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elf-fondling human

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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2011, 05:35:02 pm »
What about Moose? They're pretty crazy. Hippos, too. A panda can crush a human head in its mouth.
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« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2011, 05:41:34 pm »
But don't large herbivores also require lots of pasture?  I recall reading that war elephants can't even eat fast enough to keep themselves fed at the moment once tamed.
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« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2011, 08:07:05 pm »
One word: Jabberers.  War Jabberers can rend a goblin thief into pieces.  Jabber snatches with his beak--goblin arm flies off.  Dunno if they are egg-layers in this version,  but they do spawn hatchlings and they are cute.
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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2011, 08:26:47 pm »
And they are the largest tameable non-grazer that is not nigh-impossible to get a breeding pair of.
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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2011, 09:38:08 pm »
And since they're cavern creatures, they show up on virtually every embark. Speaking of caverns, I totally got shafted on mine this embark and got 20+ z-levels of open space in one. I also thought of that really excellent pun.
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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2011, 10:03:03 pm »
I like that this thread is helping someone create hooved firebreathing tames war elves to pull his wagons and guard the gates.
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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2011, 11:34:41 pm »
War grizzly bears are my pick.  They just seem so damned dwarfy; I even modded them to be available at embark for my dwarves (they're a hefty 250 points for untrained ones though, so save your pennies).
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« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2011, 11:27:36 am »
Quote from: elf-fondling human on July 22, 2011, 05:35:02 pm
What about Moose? They're pretty crazy. Hippos, too. A panda can crush a human head in its mouth.

The problem wit those 3 is that they are grazers.  And the panda only grazes on bamboo, making it even more impractical.
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« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2011, 02:01:02 pm »
War Giant Eagles. One time the elves have earned enough respect not to be slain on sight / imprisoned / burnt / drowned / slashed to pieces by my Legendary+5 Swordsdwarf / all of the above.
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« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2011, 02:47:45 pm »
Screw your grizzlies, polar bears are where it's at.
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Re: Non-dog war animals
« Reply #25 on: July 25, 2011, 03:03:35 am »
I've had some luck with war tigermen.  In fact, one of my war tigermen became the mayor, but instead of making useless mandates, she went around killing intruders.
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