Orb of Oddities

[Laraso]

So Orbs of Destruction are powerful enough to destroy walls and explodimicate stone giants into a bajillion gory chunks of flesh. Why is it then that you can completely negate the destructive power of an Orb of Destruction with a puny little wooden buckler?

[Sprucery]

It's magic. All shields in Crawl are magical.

[Sar]

You can't actually blow up stone walls with it, only rock and doors (not sure about crystal though, I think you can't).

[Laraso]

You can't actually blow up stone walls with it, only rock and doors (not sure about crystal though, I think you can't).

But the orbs can disintegrate doors and rock walls and yet my wooden dinner plate can take a hit from an orb like it's nothing?

(Also, I said stone giant, not stone wall.)

[Hirsch I]

its the angle.

[Sar]

That's a bit like asking how the shields can block other sources of physical impact without breaking - clubs, giant clubs, warhammers, battleaxes etc.

[varkarrus]

see: All Shields Are Magical.

[Laraso]

That's a bit like asking how the shields can block other sources of physical impact without breaking - clubs, giant clubs, warhammers, battleaxes etc.

The last time I checked clubs, giant clubs, and battleaxes are incapable of destroying walls or blowing stone giants into blood and fleshy chunks all over the room, and warhammers don't exist.

[Sar]

clubs, giant clubs, and battleaxes are incapable of destroying walls or blowing stone giants into blood and fleshy chunks

Damaging melee hits actually produce can quite a lot of blood.

[nicolae]

So Orbs of Destruction are powerful enough to destroy walls and explodimicate stone giants into a bajillion gory chunks of flesh. Why is it then that you can completely negate the destructive power of an Orb of Destruction with a puny little wooden buckler?

because otherwise the game would be stupider

[Arrhythmia]

Because it's fucking bad-ass to hurl away an Orb of Destruction at a fearsome and deadly Ancient Lich like you're some sort of god damn hero and not an elfcannibal

[headcrab0803]

eating elves is pretty damn bad-ass

[Hopeless]

eating elves is pretty damn bad-ass

Only if you aren't an Elf. Otherwise youd be a Lannister.

[Lasty]

You can't actually blow up stone walls with it, only rock and doors (not sure about crystal though, I think you can't).

But the orbs can disintegrate doors and rock walls and yet my wooden dinner plate can take a hit from an orb like it's nothing?

Wood is the natural enemy of the orb of destruction. The orbs are powerless against wood. Of course, in Crawl, doors are made of stone, not wood. Other things that you might think are made of wood but are not: trees, shambling mangroves, Fedhas, wood, Woody Allen.

[savageorange]

its the angle.

You have shown me a new meaning to the phrase 'Rouge angles of satin'
Thanks, I think?

[nicolae]

eating elves is pretty damn bad-ass

Only if you aren't an Elf. Otherwise youd be a Lannister.

i think you've gotten your societal taboos confused re: the lannisters

[XuaXua]

eating elves is pretty damn bad-ass

Only if you aren't an Elf. Otherwise youd be a Lannister.

i think you've gotten your societal taboos confused re: the lannisters

I understood the Dowan/Duvessa relation to be implied, as well as an alternate definition of "eating".

[Hirsch I]

incest.

[Baldu3]

incesspool

[Laraso]

Orb of Destruction ---> Incest.

Only in the Tavern

[Greyr]

Rape culture

[Hopeless]

Glad to see some people are on the same filthy wavelength as my brain. Of course my excuse is I am just finishing season 3 of GOT. (Thanks NYPL!)