vittro
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The Spreading Wax is like the tar. There's also a wax mother. Beethro can't cut the wax. Only a bomb can destroy the wax, but, every 1x1 explosion that hit the wax will create a wax baby.
The Spreading Wax will grow also on walls, but not on pits. The Spreading Wax will grow over monsters, and cover them until a bomb hit them; the monster won't recieve any damage. Mimics, Decoys, Guards, Slayer and even Beethro can be captured by wax.

A variant can be The Spreading Fire, that everything it captures will die.

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zex20913
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I think that this idea suffers from a lack of reusable bombs. Any puzzles you could create would be simple to see. "Blow up bomb A, then Bomb B, then..." etc.

By the way, it's good to have people with lots of new ideas. Keep them coming...just not in a massive list.

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vittro
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What about a puzzle when Beethro must activate a fuse in the right move, then being captured, and free with the bomb so monsters don't kill him? This would have puzzle potential.

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roach strangler
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Hey how about Beethro can cut it but the wax gets stuck on his sword, and when Beethro moves twice it gets off his sword and turns into a wax baby.

AtkinsSJ
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I can see the appeal to mould - it could work very well. It would mean you'd have to be much more careful. You'd need a 3-wide path through it, instead of just cutting a 1-wide path as you go.

Chaco
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Actually, no, all you'd need would be a 3x3 box around where you were going to wait for the spawn - since that would take nine moves to create, it would actually make it a lot slower to get to the wax/mould/flaxseed/deadly honey of doom mother.

Which would make timer rooms more irritating.

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Someone Else
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No - It would only take 7 turns.

Chaco
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It takes nine turns to /make/ the box. Seven is if you're already standing in the middle of said box, and then start to make it, but this is sub-optimal. In fact, you won't even be standing in the middle for at least six of those nine turns of the optimal box-making deal.

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Someone Else
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You already are in a passage, no matter what you do. 7 and you can't ever die from the spreading.