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Author Topic: Wassup, crutches?  (Read 498 times)

Areku

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Wassup, crutches?
« on: May 05, 2010, 02:36:49 pm »
So, how do crutches work exactly? I understand that they can be used to replace lost legs, but some particulars escape me. For instance, would you need a number of crutches equal to the number of lost legs, or could a dwarf with no legs ride a single one like a pogo stick? If not, then how would a legless dwarf attack, since both his arms would be occupied? Would he go on biting people? Or would he beat them to death with the crutches? Also, if a legless dwarf with two crutches doesn't touch the ground while walking, could steel ones be used to transverse puddles of magma/boiling water? Would it be feasible, then, to make a knee-deep magma moat around the entrance to your fortress and rip of the legs of all your dwarves to make them able to cross it safely?

Just wonderin'.
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Re: Wassup, crutches?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 02:40:14 pm »
I have no answers for you, but I like the way you think!  8)
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Re: Wassup, crutches?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 03:21:07 pm »
Considering things can walk around just fine with legs mangled or missing, I think they don't, really.
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Quote from: gtmattz on May 10, 2010, 09:56:28 am
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