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− | '''Giant sponges''' are larger versions of [[sponge]]s. They can be found in savage rivers, lakes and oceans, and are one of the most improbably [[fun]] new creatures | + | '''Giant sponges''' are larger versions of [[sponge]]s. They can be found in savage rivers, lakes and oceans, and are one of the most improbably [[fun]] new creatures of DF2012. |
− | Physically, giant sponges are blobs made of "sponge" tissue. Despite this harmless appearance, they have earned a reputation similar to that previously held by [[ | + | Physically, giant sponges are blobs made of "sponge" tissue. Despite this harmless appearance, they have earned a reputation similar to that previously held by [[carp]], for they are much more dangerous than they look. If some hapless [[dwarf]] appears near their water, giant sponges may feel suddenly threatened and charge (!) the hapless dwarf and engage in combat. They may also become enraged or unconscious, as utterly improbable as that sounds. |
''"Without a nervous system, the only thing it can feel is ANGER." | ''"Without a nervous system, the only thing it can feel is ANGER." | ||
− | '''Giant sponges | + | '''Giant sponges seem to be utterly unkillable in normal combat.''' Any kind edge attack will only tear the body at best, and blunt attacks make no damage at all. 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 shatter bones, articulations, bruise organes or even kill a dwarf via headshot using their default "push" attack. How a giant sponge's soft structural tissue can break a dwarven skull is a mystery for the ages. |
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− | + | *Giant sponges are utterly immune to blunt damage and seemingly cannot be killed by edge damage. | |
− | + | *Giant sponges do not seem to take damage from being set on [[fire]], although they will probably die from air-drowning. | |
− | + | *Giant sponges do not seem to explode when striking the ground with enough force, so they are immune to falling damage. | |
− | + | *Giant sponges can only move when attacking or charging other creatures. | |
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+ | *The only way to kill a giant sponge is by airdrowning or all the insta-kill methods such as [[dwarven atom smasher]], obisidian and ice encasing, and [[cave-ins]]. | ||
− | + | . Beware embarking on evil water, though; a zombie giant sponge (or even worse, a [[evil weather|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. | |
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