v0.34:Giant sponge

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Giant sponge

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Urist likes giant sponges for their squishy texture.
Biome
Any Ocean Any Lake Any River
Variations
Sponge - Sponge man - Giant sponge
Attributes
Alignment:	Savage
· Aquatic · Genderless · Exotic mount
Tamed Attributes
Pet value	500
· Exotic pet · Non-Breeding
Not trainable
Size
Max:	560,000 cm3
Age
Adult at:	Birth
Max age:	20-30
Cannot be butchered

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A huge immobile sponge.

Giant sponges can be found in savage rivers, lakes and oceans. Despite their harmless appearance, they have earned a reputation similar to that previously held by carp, for they are much more dangerous than they look. If a fisherdwarf appears near their location, giant sponges may charge the hapless dwarf and engage in combat. They may also become enraged or unconscious, as unlikely as that sounds.

"Without a central nervous system, the only thing it can feel is ANGER."

Giant sponges are entirely invulnerable to combat damage and simply cannot be killed in combat. Any kind of blunt or edge attack will only tear the body at best, and do no damage. This is due to having just one body part, with no blood, no brain, and no way to cut the body into two. Even several bronze colossuses wielding adamantine slashing weapons, or throwing punches, will not kill them. Besides being completely invulnerable to combat damage, their large size means they can cripple or even kill a dwarf via headshot using their default "push" attack. How a giant sponge can break a skull is a mystery for the ages. (It is 9 times the size of a dwarf {and 8 times the size of an average human}).

However, they tend to be killed easily by air-drowning, since they are strictly aquatic. They don't seem to be affected much by fire or magma, but they will drown in magma nevertheless. They do not seem to mind dragonfire, either. Beware embarking on evil water, though; a zombie giant sponge (or even worse, a thralled giant sponge) is NOT strictly aquatic.

Due to their invulnerability, giant sponges are wonderful training dummies, as long as they will not air-drown (or if you bypass the breathing problem via undead status). However, your dwarves need to be protected if you want to engage giant sponges in melee, and the giant sponges quickly become unconscious, negating most dwarf experience gains. Or you can simply use them as crossbow training dummies, although the bronze colossus is better for that.

According to its raws, the giant sponge can not only be tamed but even ridden as a war beast by invaders. No reports of goblins or elves riding giant sponges has been documented, but maybe its strictly aquatic lifestyle prevents it from being chosen.

Raws

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