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Title: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: wolfram on October 26, 2008, 10:00:31 pm
So, I have for the first time discovered HFS, and i have somehow receieved it in waves. the first wave took out 2 legendary sword dwarves and a legendary axer, as well as 8 miners of considerable skill. This recent batch, i have disposed of 3 with archers, and another 3 with a legendary mace dwarf who appears to be one hit killing them like so many chumps. are HF people weak to maces? steel maces in particular maybe? oop, and there he goes away for a drink, away from the hell mouth.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: penguinofhonor on October 26, 2008, 10:02:44 pm
No, you're just getting lucky. They don't have any special weaknesses except the traditional DF weakness to spears and arrows that all creatures with organs have.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: wolfram on October 26, 2008, 10:17:51 pm
Also, how many show up? i must have discovered a dozen by now, half of which were found with highly flammable civilians.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: penguinofhonor on October 26, 2008, 10:25:08 pm
I think somewhere between 10 and 30, but I haven't found any myself.

So you got fire spirits? Those are the worst kind.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Time Kitten on October 26, 2008, 11:10:28 pm
Unless you don't have lava o process that adamant with, since I here they come with that.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: penguinofhonor on October 26, 2008, 11:34:13 pm
Oh yeah, fire spirits are worth it for the magma. Magma is real useful.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Chaoticjosh on October 27, 2008, 05:57:51 am
the wiki article on spirits of fire:

http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/Spirit_of_fire

states that they can drown. So flooding the floor they appear on may be able to exterminate them without dwarf casualties.

But i've never fought them before, so what do i know?


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Greiger on October 27, 2008, 09:47:42 am
Yes they can drown.  But only when temperature is off. 
In my experience when temperature is on they turn all the water near them into steam well before it gets anywhere close to drowning them.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Deon on October 27, 2008, 01:04:50 pm
You can drown them in magma.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Yougiedeggs on October 27, 2008, 08:26:23 pm
You can drown them in magma.
Damn i love this game!


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: Wolfking6116 on October 28, 2008, 03:58:17 pm
...I don't think they can. Afaik they -live- in Magma.


Title: Re: HFS weakness? :spoiler:
Post by: shoruke on October 28, 2008, 10:36:33 pm
Drowning in magma isn't about [MAGMA_IMMUNE], it's about [NOBREATHE]. A legendary skeletal dragon came to my fortress one time and found that out the hard way.
Then its bones melted. Dammit, I wanted those.