So the pickaxe can't break stone?

[Mörkö]

There is this imprisoned gnome who wants something that can break stone. My dwarf immediately tossed him his trusty pickaxe.. yet he complains that this can't break stone? Dafuk. What ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tool can break stone better than a pickaxe?

[EthanT]

Its not that it CANT break stone, its that it cant break it quickly. The people on the other side are trapped in poison gas and dying. They dont have hours to wait for you to dig them out normally.

This was pretty well explained by the dialogue.

Unless you mean the prison, in which case same deal. It would take way too long.

[Grumpy]

You're talking about Wulbren ? Well a big hammer is actually better to take down a wall.

[Callirgos]

I actually think that it's perfectly acceptable to expect a pickaxe to break a rock, or even a whole wall, in one swing within the context of a video game.

It's object->interaction->solution that we've seen for 50+ years in games.

You can't legitimize the level of realism where a pickaxe won't work when very similar things do work in the rest of the game. You're entire product would have to keep up that realism bar. It's just not practical.

OP is right.

[Nats]

A pickaxe is used to excavate new stone faces not clear out rockfalls for which it would be pretty much useless.

[765]

Originally posted by Nats:

A pickaxe is used to excavate new stone faces not clear out rockfalls for which it would be pretty much useless.

Wrong, the pick is used to create fractures in rock by focusing all the force onto a point as small as possible.

[Simbolic]

Better to just grab his tool, can just kill everyone in the prison along with the spying eye. To get it without making anyone hostile in the other areas.

[Ekelak]

Gnome's Head break the Wall. I hate this Svirfneblin

[Silyon]

He's essentially looking for a sledgehammer to knock the wall down quickly, but anything that deals bludgeoning damage will work for him. I usually just grab a cheap hammer off of one of the traders upstairs. You don't want it to be a good piece of gear like the Blood, because the little ♥♥♥♥ won't return it to you without killing/disarming him in the escape fight. Yes, technically a Pickaxe should also work and in practice does work for breaking ore veins and cracked walls, he's just needlessly picky for a gnome in his position.

I would suggest stealth-killing the two patrolling eyes in front of the cells before doing anything though. Makes the fight much less stressful and gives the prisoners more time to escape before the guards come down on them.

[Moon Spice]

I tossed him the rune powder barrel but he didnt survive the blast

[Calculus]

Originally posted by Silyon:

He's essentially looking for a sledgehammer to knock the wall down quickly, but anything that deals bludgeoning damage will work for him. I usually just grab a cheap hammer off of one of the traders upstairs. You don't want it to be a good piece of gear like the Blood, because the little ♥♥♥♥ won't return it to you without killing/disarming him in the escape fight. Yes, technically a Pickaxe should also work and in practice does work for breaking ore veins and cracked walls, he's just needlessly picky for a gnome in his position.

I would suggest stealth-killing the two patrolling eyes in front of the cells before doing anything though. Makes the fight much less stressful and gives the prisoners more time to escape before the guards come down on them.

Personally i always grab the hammer out of the tower in the middle.
And it's even easier if you just distract the guards, send 1 person to talk to the captain and 1 person to distract the patrolling guard...

[Mörkö]

Originally posted by Moon Spice:

I tossed him the rune powder barrel but he didnt survive the blast

Lol did the madman actually use it in that tiny prison cell?

[Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦]

dont give them anything let them suffer

[talemore]

Try Fireball on the gnome