Masonry, Mining, and Combat: Picking Wisely

[KaiMolan]

So with the new additions making mining more dangerous for your day-2-day miner, I'd like to suggest making another homage to Dwarf Fortress, and make it possible to use the Pickaxe as a weapon. However instead of taking Melee Combat, or Unarmed to power up it's fighting style it takes Masonry to give it's moves weight and damage.

This would help with combatting slimes, worms, and other players as you wouldn't have to suffer combat cooldown to give yourself a fighting chance. As well as allow miners to still specialize as being miners, without having to direct LP to other combat stats.

I admittedly do not have any ideas on what kind of Combat Moves would be appropriately exclusive to this school of combat. So I look towards the community for sound ideas, and will edit my post as new ideas come forth.

Combat Moves:

[jorb]

Agree. I've been thinking the same thing.

[MrPunchers]

The pick could use Raven's Bite and have armor pen. Should have higher cd though.

[Sevenless]

http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf_Miners

Just add some greenskins and we're good.

[Audiosmurf]

Might be cool, yeah. Idk if any combat thats entirely removed from combat skills is a good idea though.

[Sevenless]

Might be cool, yeah. Idk if any combat thats entirely removed from combat skills is a good idea though.

I don't even know if miners need that right now either. They need LP for mansory, so it's not like they're 10 int characters anymore. Hunters need UA/Melee/Exploration/Survival. Not to mention they generate gems which are pretty sexy LP right now (and probably still will be relatively after being toned down).

So what if miners need 2 stats now, masonry caps in usefulness for mining pretty quick they can afford it.

[blank]

just make miner a fighter as well? you already need str.

[Sevenless]

just make miner a fighter as well? you already need str.

It would certainly contribute to them needing to be better rounded characters instead of 1 dimensional rock smashers.

[azrid]

Having another role forced on miners is good because alts are harder to make now.
With how much money you can make mining it should be very dangerous.

[MagicManICT]

just make miner a fighter as well? you already need str.

And the CON for mishaps... nearly everyone that mines has one story, I'm sure.

Just to note: picks and hammer variants were quite common throughout the ages, especially later when armor hardening become common. (@jorb: make the sledge a weapon, too, while you're at it.)