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GhostDwemer

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Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« on: April 11, 2011, 02:42:28 pm »
I got a giant moose and he starved. Then I got a giant badger, but he runs away from goblin thieves. He didn't run fast enough and got stabbed in the foot, breaking the bone and tearing the foot open. He's probably going to die of infection. I thought giant badgers would be as rage-prone as their normal sized kin, but no dice. Giant badgers are pacifist wimps.
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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2011, 03:05:01 pm »
Quote from: GhostDwemer on April 11, 2011, 02:42:28 pm
I got a giant moose and he starved. Then I got a giant badger, but he runs away from goblin thieves. He didn't run fast enough and got stabbed in the foot, breaking the bone and tearing the foot open. He's probably going to die of infection. I thought giant badgers would be as rage-prone as their normal sized kin, but no dice. Giant badgers are pacifist wimps.
Probably most tame critters are-and with reason. Not much in the way of normal critters can both stand up to an armored, armed goblin and feed itself fast enough to not starve.
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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2011, 03:33:21 pm »
Have you war-trained the giant badger? If not, then it makes good sense.
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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2011, 03:43:48 pm »
Maybe the badgers don't enrage as easily when tamed?
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GhostDwemer

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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2011, 04:07:11 pm »
I'd love to war train Mr. Badger, but I tried it and he won't train with a normal animal trainer. Checked the raws, he has PET_EXOTIC and MOUNT_EXOTIC, but not TRAINABLE. Meh. I wonder how him taste?
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2011, 04:08:46 pm »
Ah. I've taken to using NoExotics, at least until the Dungeon Master works again. I've got a couple of giant war badgers guarding the entrance to one of my forts.
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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2011, 04:55:33 pm »
Quote from: Hammerstar on April 11, 2011, 04:08:46 pm
Ah. I've taken to using NoExotics, at least until the Dungeon Master works again. I've got a couple of giant war badgers guarding the entrance to one of my forts.
Hm. How would you say they compare to Giant Cave Spiders?
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Re: Giant Badgers, a huge disappointment
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2011, 04:58:09 pm »
They're not too bad, against lower end goblins and such. Can't shoot webs or poison, obviously, so they lose out there. But they seem to be much less likely to get enraged when friendly, which is another weakness compared to their normal state. But then I had one crush a goblin's skull with one bite. I love that big guy.
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