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[UristMcDwarf]

I want to drop goblins into my dungeons of doom, and instead of stairs, just pit them and let them fall in.
I don't want them to die on the fall, that's no fun.

[Megaman3321]

I'd say 5 z-levels max.

[Ipwnurmom221]

To be safe, drop them no more than 2 z-levels.

Any more and they'll receive injuries that could most likely reduce fight quality (e.g. broken legs, unusable weapon-wielding-limbs)

I once accidentally dropped a miner 1 z-level. It died because i had no hospital and it took some damage.

[Girlinhat]

Just had a peasant survive 3 with with broken legs and fractured guts.  Never seen a goblin survive a 5 fall.  I'd say 3, maybe 4 if you want fewer survivors.  This will make them very crippled though.

[Jingles]

You could just try throwing down enough to cushion the falls of the ones you like, the problem is if the designated cushion ones bounce away or die on impact.

[UristMcDwarf]

You could just try throwing down enough to cushion the falls of the ones you like, the problem is if the designated cushion ones bounce away or die on impact.

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[MagmaMcFry]

Testing has confirmed that dwarves will survive much greater falls if they land on a live puppy. So if they all fall down the same square, the first goblin to survive the fall should act as a cushion to the goblins following him. But it's pretty hard to make them all fall down the same square. A better bet is to fill the pit with unused kittens, they will survive even if they are dumped from the top.



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[Girlinhat]

Look up the thread of "dwarven orbital insertion" or something similar.  I think it's "troops over 30 Z levels" more specifically.  We discussed how best to drop things from great heights without dying.

[Shootandrun]

I once had a dwarf survive a five z-level fall. He passed the rest of his life in coma.

[Musashi]

Yep, your best bet is the thorough and systematic use of puppy-cushions. Plus, they're reusable.

[Girlinhat]

There's also been arguments in favor of the rapid bridge drop.  Essentially, bridges on every level (or two, for slightly injured occupants) that rapidly pulse open in sequence, as dictated by a repeater setup.  Usually requires a cistern or river for optimal performance.

[Zaerosz]

A 9z fall is the absolute maximim height from which you can survive a fall. 10z is instant death and exploding. Mind you, 9z doesn't exactly leave much chance for survival either, what with the brolen bones and punctured organs and all.

[Darkren]

Are upright spear traps good cushions, too?

[gtmattz]

A series of retracting bridges in the drop chute, set to alternate, will work to get something to the bottom of any height with no damage.  This can be accomplished as simply as linking all the odd bridges to one lever and even bridges to another, or as complicated as setting up some kind of repeater which will trigger the bridges in an alternating manner.

[Mister Always]

Well, they'd stop your fall, but they'd also skewer some of your giblets.

On the subject of dropping things down pits, I have a bronze colossus in a cage. Startled the fuck outta me, I know. I have a 4 z-level drop onto soil from a project that didn't work out quite right, if I construct the collo's cage next to that pit and then assign him to it, would the fall kill him?