According to Al's logger DB there are five of those black stone walls. The Dry Riverbed encounter didn't show up anymore after I destroyed the last one. It was a pretty common encounter before that happened, I walked away from it most of the time.
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Arkaim suggests that you have to spend a certain number of turns (statistically insignificant anecdata: ~8) in the Charnel House (Reopened) before this encounter will appear. (You probably also have to have found out about A Lake Covered by Mists, either from the Guard in the Mists or the Fae in the Fog.) So it's very likely counter-productive to do what I did last run and think "Well, since I'm going to get beaten up a lot in this zone, I might as well rest in my apartment in Southside and work on getting Programmed Terror while I'm looking for black stone walls to destroy."
Hammer at it
Data points:
Success, 20 damage, Melee Power: 17, Fire Defense: 4, 4 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 17 damage, Melee Power: 17, Fire Defense: 4, 4 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 21 damage, Melee Power: 17, Fire Defense: 2, 4 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 14 damage, Melee Power: 17, Fire Defense: 10, 4 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 15 damage, Melee Power: 17, Fire Defense: 10, 4 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 23 damage, Melee Power: 13, Fire Defense: 0, 2 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
Success, 12 damage , Melee Power: 18, Fire Defense: 13
Failure, 13 damage, Melee Power: 7, Fire Defense: 0
Success, 13 damage, Melee Power: 13, Fire Defense: 8
Failure, 1 damage, Melee Power: 11, Fire Defense: 11
21 strength
Failure, 13 damage, Melee Power: 11, Fire Defense: 0
Success, 20 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 0
Success, 21 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 0
Success, 25 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 0
Success, 22 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 0
Strength: 18 (14)
Failure, 8 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 4
Strength: 19
Success, 22 damage, Melee Power: 14, Fire Defense: 0
Strength: 19 (15)
Success, 16 damage, Melee Power: 14, Fire Defense: 4
Strength: 19 (15)
Success, 17 damage, Melee Power: 12, Fire Defense: 4
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 15
Fire Defense: 2 -> 21 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 15
Fire Defense: 2 -> 19 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 15
Fire Defense 2 -> 21 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 16
Fire Defense 2 -> 22 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 18
Fire Defense: 0 -> 20 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 18
Fire Defense: 0 -> 25 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 19
Fire Defense: 0 -> 25 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 19
Fire Defense: 0 -> 20 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 19
Fire Defense: 0 -> 22 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 20
Fire Defense: 0 -> 23 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 20
Fire Defense: 0 -> 23 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 20
Fire Defense: 0 -> 24 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 20
Fire Defense: 0 -> 22 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 20
Fire Defense: 0 -> 21 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 25
Fire Defense: 5 -> 16 damage
Success, Melee Power: 15, Strength: 25
Fire Defense: 5 -> 19 damage
Success, Melee Power: 13, Strength: 25
Fire Defense: 14 -> 9 damage
Climb the wall
15 Fire Defense -> 6 damage
7 Fire Defense -> 13 damage
22 Fire Defense -> 2 damage
22 Fire Defense -> 1 damage
Nothing special happened
23 Fire Defense -> 1 damage
Still nothing special happened
23 Fire Defense -> 1 damage
Nothing
23 Fire Defense -> 1 damage
Nothing
2 Fire Defense -> 19 damage
Try some dynamite
11 Fire Defense -> 2 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 13 damage
blah
6 Fire Defense -> 4 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 15 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 15 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 8 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 15 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 10 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 10 damage
7 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
-1 Fire Defense -> 14 damage
-1 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
-1 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
-1 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
-1 Fire Defense -> 16 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 10 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
6 Fire Defense -> 9 damage
7 Fire Defense -> 6 damage
2 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 14 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 13 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
3 Fire Defense -> 8 damage
3 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
3 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
3 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
3 Fire Defense -> 10 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 15 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 11 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 13 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 13 damage
0 Fire Defense -> 12 damage
10 Fire Defense -> 3 damage
5 Fire Defense -> 6 damage
5 Fire Defense -> 5 damage
5 Fire Defense -> 8 damage
Random thought- why can't we use plain old Nitro on it? Dynamite is weaker than nitro, and it works just fine destroying the wall.
Oh yeah, and hammering the wall down has a strength requirement, because with 17 melee power and 11 strength, that did nothing.
Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.
why can't we use plain old Nitro on it? Dynamite is weaker than nitro, and it works just fine destroying the wall.
I know this question has been asked before, but I forget if it was on a podcast or in some other context. In any case, IIRC the answer was that nitro is not designed for stationary demolitions work.
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