v0.31 Talk:Combat skill

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Made the page but I really dont know how to lay out wiki pages so :-\... Also, I dont know anything about the actual skill :P I just thought there should be a page for it... --Huggz 00:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps the function of "wrestler" has changed, or maybe it's functions have been divided up into multiple skills, due to the new mechanics for wrestling? If that were the case, "fighter" may be somehow derived from there. I mean, "Dodger" was not a skill before, and evasion was partially based on your wrestling skill. --Kydo 05:43, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

This may be one of the things that we'll have to wait on. Might need some 3rd party utilities to parse out what's changing during combat, when it's improved (and hence when it's used), what triggers it, whether it's an adventurer-only thing, etc. Whatever - please don't guess on the main page - that's what this page is for. --Albedo 05:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

• I'm getting fighter skill from just sitting there letting an archer shoot at me. It's definitely not just gained from unarmed combat. It also seems to go up with every blocked blow, no matter what type. Confirm? --Sysice 20:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
• Maybe fighter skill has to do with parrying and counterattacking - that way some skill is retained when swap from eg. axe-user to sword-user. --TomiTapio 22:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Archer?

Could Archer be the ranged attack equivilent of Fighter? I've seen Bowdwarf, Marksman, and Blowdartsomething... That doesn't leave any other ranged weapon.

I think so. In adventurer mode, it advances at the same rate and time as Thrower. Not tested with bows. 24.22.117.251 22:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Wrestling

I thought wrestling is bad, until I managed to PINCH THE HEAD OF A VULTURE OFF! "You grab The Vulture by the head with your right hand! You pinch The Vulture's head with Your right hand! The Vulture has been struck down." I was pretty surprised by it, and repeated it three times with other vulture "volunteers". I am now testing it with a dwarf miner, but it takes its time.--Niggy 22:02, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

• Wrestling is not so cool when you get many grab finger, grab toe attacks. With your lower or upper arm, not with hand. Maybe higher wrestling skill lets you grab throats.

"The Lizardfolk Mystic Ranger grabs You by the fourth finger, left hand with his right lower arm!"

"The Lizardfolk Mystic Spearman grabs You by the upper left back tooth with his right upper arm!" --TomiTapio 22:41, 15 July 2010 (UTC)