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noodle0117

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So if Magma is the ultimate weapon of DF...
« on: May 14, 2011, 10:05:06 pm »
Why don't we have any creatures/forgotten beasts that spew magma?
The beast itself could be weak, but its magmatic spittle would be like a much more dangerous version of fire.
It could also be used to fill up magma reservoirs if caught or it could be used as a gate defense against unsuspecting trespassers.
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Re: So if Magma is the ultimate weapon of DF...
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 11:52:48 pm »
You just answered your own question.

Toady knows his fanbase far too well and he still has some affection for these poor dwarves he's given to us. Giving us a magma-spewing monster with which to terrorise them in the two worst ways possible (dismemberment and lava) is probably a little much for him, at least just now.

Give him a month or two, I'm sure it'll appear eventually.
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What's wrong with using magma? That's almost always the easiest method.
I have issues channeling it properly to do that method. I end up flooding the fortress with magma.
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Re: So if Magma is the ultimate weapon of DF...
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2011, 01:06:37 am »
Shovalkast the Magmastrosity Necromancer has come! An enormous chinchilla twisted into humanoid shape, it has three horns and intones the names of all it meets. Beware its breath of magma. In the time before time, Shovalkast learned the hidden secrets and gained the power over death itself. He now leads an army of the undead.

A siege of the undead has come!
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Re: So if Magma is the ultimate weapon of DF...
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2011, 01:34:50 am »
Don't forget the HFS skin.
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Re: So if Magma is the ultimate weapon of DF...
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2011, 01:15:58 pm »
Probably i would simply result in players filling their magma reservoirs with them.
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