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ragman le bon

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Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« on: July 27, 2010, 10:16:49 am »
I've got a pikedwarf who, giving individual melee weapon choice has chosen a short sword, as I don't have any pikes. This hasn't stopped them leading a pike demonstration! Must be interesting to watch . . .
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 10:23:01 am »
Hah!

Yeah, that'd be hilarious. Improvisation should cause a lower EXP gain, of course, but this way is more fun.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2010, 10:24:32 am »
maybe he's just a very small dwarf to think that's a pike he's holding. hopefully he's not getting bad thoughts because all the laughs.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2010, 10:40:44 am »
Maybe he attached it to a branch(which are never shown ingame).


Is he gaining Pikedwarf skills from that?
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 11:51:27 am »
He DID gain pikedwarf skill from that session. As did the dwarf he was teaching.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 01:24:27 pm »
Maybe it was a technical demonstration of where to hit someone who is holding a sword, if you've got a pike.

"Look at the way I'm standing - this would be a good spot to clobber me!"
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2010, 02:07:03 pm »
Quite logical. The biggest threat to a polearm user is a close-in weapon like a sword.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2010, 02:57:43 pm »
You could give a demonstration on basic technique just pretending to hold a pike

Or you could pick up a stick and there isn't really any difference.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2010, 02:59:40 pm »
"Next, I eat the banana."
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2010, 04:21:43 pm »
Can dwarves even use pikes? I thought pikes were too large
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2010, 04:56:43 pm »
Quote from: monkeyfetus on July 27, 2010, 04:21:43 pm
Can dwarves even use pikes? I thought pikes were too large

Dwarf-sized pikes would be precisely sized.. for Dwarves.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2010, 04:58:20 pm »
That's not how items work. A pike is a pike is a pike; none are "dwarf-sized".
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 05:04:56 pm »
Pikes are [MINIMUM_SIZE:62500], so a reasonably large dwarf would be able to use one two-handed.

They are still a foreign weapon, though, so you'd have to capture or buy one for him to use one.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2010, 05:07:55 pm »
Or get an artifact.
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Re: Ok imagine I'm holding a pike. . .
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2010, 05:27:44 pm »
Could just be regular spears.

Or not, since he did say there were no pikes available. Which puts forward the question, how was he a Pikedwarf in the first place?
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