Killed by an angry turkey?

[Captain Wolf]

I was alerted to the presence of an incoming turkey who was mad. I took my best sharpshooter who really wasn't that great (a level 7 shooter) and stood him ready to ambush this angry turkey.

I didn't think I needed to wake everyone up for this, but I was wrong. I posted my little dude with his rifle, and I just watched the turkey slowly march in and peck my best soldier to near death. It was kind of funny because the turkey turned around before attacking as if to taught him even more. May guy's shots were just not connecting.

This seems like an unreasonable way to lose a pawn. How would one stop this? It was like the first event in an easy Builder Cassandra roll, and so early on, it would be nice to deal with this type of issue with only one pawn.

[Buster]

Ive watched people die by rats and bunnies, it happens. And I feel its part of the games charm.

What really drives me nuts is the emu is harder to tame than the cassowary LMAO

All of that said, have you seen a very, very angry turkey? They are not something anyone who is unarmed should take lightly. While its highly doubtful they could kill any healthy adult, they can still send you to the hospital.

[davetlow]

You should have built a trap.

[Bryan=0101]

one check weapon's effective range, if turkey get's close and guy still hasn't hit him tell him to fall back.

Furthermore the smaller the target the harder it is to hit.

You can easly just get somoene to melee attack the turkey to keep it still and have you guy shoot it then.

Honestly tho anything and everything is a threat. A horde of man hunting rabbits is most likely one of the deadlier raids you'll face given how hard they are to hit.

[Kensington]

as Dave mentioned, traps traps traps - I feel that they may be underused, but if you can create chocking points, traps will make these enconters very simple!

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Buster:

Ive watched people die by rats and bunnies, it happens. And I feel its part of the games charm.

What really drives me nuts is the emu is harder to tame than the cassowary LMAO

All of that said, have you seen a very, very angry turkey? They are not something anyone who is unarmed should take lightly. While its highly doubtful they could kill any healthy adult, they can still send you to the hospital.

are you kidding? a turkey can be killed with a single punch or kick. hollow bones are not very sturdy.

[Buster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXCde5bk6RI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhh68bITXM8

The documentary "my life as a turkey" goes over the account of one such attack where a turkey had managed to actually knock over the narrator and landed several major injuries on said person, so no they aren't a laughing stock, even though these videos are funny.

[grapplehoeker]

In the absence of traps and turrets if you are in the early game, then you should mobilise all of your pawn defenders when threatened by mad animals or any other type of hostile. One shooter is simply laziness on your part.

[Yaldabaoth]

Australia once waged war on emus and lost. Learn your history or be doomed to repeat it.

[dengeist]

You should have sent a couple of pawns to deal with a maddened animal. At least a melee dude for backup. 7 in shooting is pretty unreliable. Even a bunny or a squirrel could take out an eye or do some type of crazy damage.

[Emperor Cheesius Secundus]

Originally posted by Yaldabaoth:

Australia once waged war on emus and lost. Learn your history or be doomed to repeat it.

never forget...

[AwesomeJoeOpossum]

where you shooting from sandbags with a roof over you pawns get a boost to shooting when behind cover with a roof i always build a 5x5 4 post, sandbag fox hole with a roof and when a mad animal comes i take my 2 best shooters and let them have fun

[Captain Wolf]

ok guys good advice. Even some tips for a real run-in with one of these turkeys--thanks!

[tiberiansun371alexw]

I think this is hilarious.

Did your shooter get at least 3 shots off and miss all of them? That is just bad luck and it comes with the game.

If the mad turkey came so fast that he only had 2 shots, maybe it is an unreasonable way to lose a pawn.

[tiberiansun371alexw]

Originally posted by Yaldabaoth:

Australia once waged war on emus and lost. Learn your history or be doomed to repeat it.

Call it a draw? They ended up exactly where they started.

[tiberiansun371alexw]

It just felt like a loss since that was so unepexted.