Anson
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A spike will be a tile.
You can see dots on that tile.
A spike will rise up in 5 turns and kill the object above it.
Execpt a invinsble NPC.
It can kill beethro.
Simple and fast!

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larrymurk
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Spikes have been mentioned before. They are a great idea, but I'm not sure what the best way to implement them is.

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Nuntar wrote:
How about: safe for 5 turns, then deadly for 5 turns, and so on? That makes the cycle fit in with the roach queens' 30-cycle.

When the spikes are up, monsters would avoid moving onto them. However, monsters don't know when the spikes are going to go up, so if they step onto them on the last "safe" turn, the spikes go up and kill the monster!

Snakes would, I think, only be killed if the spikes hit their heads.

Can wraithwings fly safely over spikes? Maybe, maybe not. They can't fly above Beethro's sword, after all!

EDIT: one last detail. Roach queens don't lay eggs on spike squares, even when they're down. And you can't put mimics on them.

Yup


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I don't think any kind of snake should be killed by spikes. But snakes should treat spikes as a wall when they're up, so I guess serpents can be killed by being cornered by them. Hmmm.

And Wraithwings shouldn't be able to cross spikes that are up.
Nor should seeps.


Now for another question: What about wubbas?


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BDR
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Wubbas can be exploded, right? I don't see why they shouldn't be destroyed by spikes either, nor be allowed to pass them while up.

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Yes, but explosions are fiery. And since Really Big Swords can't hurt them, I think wubbas are resistant to sharp stuff.
It seems like wubbas are liquidy, like Osmosis Jones (forgive the kid show reference). So spikes shouldn't hurt them.

No enemy should be able to cross spikes that are up, but I think that wubbas and snakes shouldn't be hurt by them when they pop up.

But come to think of it, I guess a snake wouldn't survive spikes.
Whatever, it's the Eigth.

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BDR wrote:
Wubbas can be exploded, right? I don't see why they shouldn't be destroyed by spikes either, nor be allowed to pass them while up.

well, if stabbing them with a really big sword (tm) isn't enough to blow them up...

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golfrman wrote:

BDR wrote:
Wubbas can be exploded, right? I don't see why they shouldn't be destroyed by spikes either, nor be allowed to pass them while up.

well, if stabbing them with a really big sword (tm) isn't enough to blow them up...

He meant wubbas can be killed by bombs.

And yeah, the best behaviour for spikes on wubba's would be to pin them there.

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Nuntar wrote:

Kwakstur wrote:
But come to think of it, I guess a snake wouldn't survive spikes.
Whatever, it's the Eigth.

It can slither between them

But how can a 5-foot wide (see advertisement for JtRH full version) snake slither around spikes?

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Kwakstur wrote:
But how can a 5-foot wide (see advertisement for JtRH full version) snake slither around spikes?

With great care.

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Spikes would, with 5 turns up, 5 turns down, move like snakes.

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