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[Aoi]

So I've been trying to get a crew through the candy vein to explore down below for the last few forts and I've finally made a working system that allows me to perforate them as they come up. I can't seem to kill this last group of 'Monster of Grime' that're 'a towering dove composed of grime and filth'.

I've had candy/steel spear traps poking them for the last hour or so at ~30FPS and they're riddled with injuries but not a single one has died yet. Think they'll eventually die if I leave them to be poked for a few more hours, or should I just send in the military and hope for the best with their poisonous vapors?

[sdrawkcabcM tsirU]

I have heard that spears, like arrows, will only cause organ and body part damage as well as bleeding. Some creatures, like bronze colossi and certain demons won't die from organ damage or blood loss. They can only be killed by decapitation or splitting body segments.

[tolkafox]

Traps 101: You must have a large serrated disc and large axe blade in every trap.

[Aoi]

Except those traps won't trigger on demons which, at least last time I looked through the info, are all trapavoid. Upright spear traps are manually triggered and can hit them.

Hmm. Guess I could open up a second passage and lob ballistae at them.

[tolkafox]

Drats, I've been playing with the dwarven BFG too much.

If you have balista up, those should help. If not, send in the dwarfs!

[FuzzyZergling]

If they're made of grime, thet shouldn't be too hard to tear apart.
If they try dodging away from the spears with any regularity, you could try rigging a long speared platform with a drop on both sides.

[Aoi]

I don't think they're that tough, but I'd rather keep my military as undamaged as possible so I can storm whatever lies beneath in the best condition possible-- I tossed a few animals into them and they all almost immediately suffocated. (The poison vapor, I'm guessing.)

Them dodging off the edge won't do anything since they're flyers, will it?

Ballista's also being met with failure since I can't get a shot to actually hit them [and not the wall]. Grrr.

[bobhayes]

So I've been trying to get a crew through the candy vein to explore down below for the last few forts and I've finally made a working system that allows me to perforate them as they come up. I can't seem to kill this last group of 'Monster of Grime' that're 'a towering dove composed of grime and filth'.

I've had candy/steel spear traps poking them for the last hour or so at ~30FPS and they're riddled with injuries but not a single one has died yet. Think they'll eventually die if I leave them to be poked for a few more hours, or should I just send in the military and hope for the best with their poisonous vapors?

Magma + water kills anything.

So does a dropping floor.

Sounds like you've gotten them contained, so it's just a matter of engineering.

[EmperorJon]

Dropping a floor will leave a hole where the floor was. Not a good idea.

Anyway, I'd just pour magma down the hole. Even if they're immune, it's funny.

[Erkki]

Just to be sure, you could make a lava tank above the the ceiling, and insert lava in above the tank... If the cave-in doesnt get them all (or there are more coming), the whole corridor can be obsidianized. Even better if you can do it drop by drop to kill them dropping the blocks on them.

[Oliolli]

Just to be sure, you could make a lava tank above the the ceiling, and insert lava in above the tank... If the cave-in doesnt get them all (or there are more coming), the whole corridor can be obsidianized.

Then kill some more of them with the obsidian swords made out of the "corridor"?

Or, if you're masochist, and on a cold biome, encase them in ice.

[Mister Always]

Just to be sure, you could make a lava tank above the the ceiling, and insert lava in above the tank... If the cave-in doesnt get them all (or there are more coming), the whole corridor can be obsidianized.

Then kill some more of them with the obsidian swords made out of the "corridor"?

Or, if you're masochist, and on a cold biome, encase them in ice.

You mean "sadist".

[mutabulis]

Just to be sure, you could make a lava tank above the the ceiling, and insert lava in above the tank... If the cave-in doesnt get them all (or there are more coming), the whole corridor can be obsidianized.

Then kill some more of them with the obsidian swords made out of the "corridor"?

Or, if you're masochist, and on a cold biome, encase them in ice.

You mean "sadist".

Think he means masochist, due to the span of the job its masochistic to go through all that trouble.

[Oliolli]

Just to be sure, you could make a lava tank above the the ceiling, and insert lava in above the tank... If the cave-in doesnt get them all (or there are more coming), the whole corridor can be obsidianized.

Then kill some more of them with the obsidian swords made out of the "corridor"?

Or, if you're masochist, and on a cold biome, encase them in ice.

You mean "sadist".

Think he means masochist, due to the span of the job its masochistic to go through all that trouble.

Maybe a bit of both.