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[GhostDwemer]

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It's super effective!

[Lectorog]

...what? I'm not sure what we're supposed to be observing here. Other than your rather large military.

[Agent_86]

Two full squads of marksdwarves (so that you can have two shifts of dwarves on your battlements) and a squad of melee dwarves is really all you need for a militia, combined with good defensive positions.

[Jacob/Lee]

...what? I'm not sure what we're supposed to be observing here. Other than your rather large military.

Probably the Mace Lord organizing a biting demonstration.

[GhostDwemer]

Ding, ding ding, we have a winner. The biting demonstration, what else?

He is level five in biting now. He came to the fort with two levels of biting, one level of fighter, and one of shield user. You just have to wonder what combination of life experiences gave him those skills...

[Agent_86]

Maybe he's Mike Tyson.

[Jacob/Lee]

The other part being somebody else is actually attending it?

[GhostDwemer]

With the new combat system, biting is actually quite effective, he's killed things by biting and shaking them. One goblin in particular, he bit him on the head and shook him until the body flew off with the goblin's head remaining in his mouth. That's pretty bad-ass.

He's taught everyone in his squad up to level one or two, and one guy up to level three.

[Agent_86]

Hmm, maybe I should get some recruits unarmed...  and get them to train together.  See what happens.

[Girlinhat]

Give them dual-shields, it discourages wrestling, due to the lack of free hands, and encourages protection.

[GhostDwemer]

I wasn't even going to draft him into the military because he was a proficient weapon smith as well as having what I thought was poor fighting skills, but then I had some warriors die to an FB's deadly dust and I thought, hey maybe he'll teach his squad to bite, and sure enough, he has. It took two or three years with him in the squad to get them all up to level 1-3, though.

[GhostDwemer]

Give them dual-shields, it discourages wrestling, due to the lack of free hands, and encourages protection.

Do you think they would bite and kick more while dual wielding shields?

[Montague]

Give them dual-shields, it discourages wrestling, due to the lack of free hands, and encourages protection.

Do you think they would bite and kick more while dual wielding shields?

Nah, they'd endlessly bash with the shields. They generally only bite/kick/scratch/punch when their weapon gets stuck in the enemy and they don't have any other sane options.

[ext0l]

Or just don't give them any weapon. This also prevents 'growing attatched'.

[Montague]

Hammerlord: "LISTEN UP!" "Aye, its time to teach ye conscripts a lesson..."

Hammerlord:"You, Dwarf, what is yer profession?"

Conscript 1: "I am a lye maker"

Hammerlord: "Ye look like a mighty warrior, indeed!"

Conscript 1: "No, I am a lye maker."

Hammerlord: "Bah, (so much for motivational speeches)... let's get on wit'it, the point of today's drill fer ye militia-sorts is... there, warrior, what do ye do if yer sword or spear gets stuck and diff'cult to remove from their sinew and guts and wot not?"

Conscript 2: "Eh, I supposed I'd hit them with my shield till they died, I would.

Hammerlord: "Yeah? and wot else?

Conscript 2: "Maybe kick them... or scratch them wit the pointy bits on these gauntlets we are made to wear?"

Hammerlord: "Aye, yes ye could. What else could be done?"

Conscript 3: "I know, I'd twist the spear in the wound, over and over and over and over and over and over again, till the bastard bleed to death!"

Hammerlord: "Ach, no, that is old army doctrine, you've listened too well to yer grandpappy's war stories"

Conscript 4: "Well wot about just pull'n yer weapon free and getting about stabbin' again...?

Hammerlord: "Well, no, ye would't do that. No, no... ye'd put distance between yer'self and the hated enemy fer a moment! Also, its against the code, we are professionals! But yes... aye, aye, ye could do such things, which may or may not work, but you could do sumthin' better... which I'll teach ye, to... bite the living magma out of them!"

Conscript 3: "Wot? With my mouth? Iz that why these helms don't cover the mouth?"

Hammerlord: "Aye, such as it is. I will show you ye how to bite thee life out of ye foes... (conscript 1) come over ere'... and lemme show ye others how it's done.