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crush

Discworld command help

crush

Name

crush - launch a special crush attack on someone

Syntax

crush <living> with <weapon>
crush <living> [in|at] [the] <zone> with <weapon>
crush compare <zone 1> with <zone 2>
crush <living> [in|at] [a] random [zone] with <weapon>

Description

This command allows you to prepare an attack with a weapon (which does smashing damage) against an opponent in combat.

Your ability in fighting.special.weapon determines your ability to prepare the attack, and your weapon skill determines the efficacy of your attack. It will cost you 35 to 45 fighting guild points to attempt to crush, depending on the zone chosen.

Zones

Aside from launching a special crush attack directly (using the "crush <living> with <weapon>" syntax), you can do more damage by targeting specific vulnerable zones in your opponent using the dedicated syntax. Targetable zones are: legs, kneecaps, back, neck, hands, ribs, feet, skull and arms. It is possible that some of these are not available to all guilds.

While these targeted attacks do more damage than untargeted attacks, they are correspondingly harder to prepare. You can use the crush compare syntax to see the relative difficulties and damage of various zones. To compare a given zone with untargeted specials, use for instance "crush compare legs with body".

Note that some zones which are good in one special attack can be weak or even unavailable in other special attacks. To do a zone-targeted special, without specifying the zone, use the "crush <living> random with <weapon>" syntax.