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Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 06:51:50 pm

Title: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 06:51:50 pm: i've got a terrifying ocean covering half the map, and not one thing has spawned in it yet, is it possible it IS LITERALLY dead? (2 years in btw)
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: darkrider2 on March 13, 2010, 06:56:35 pm: quiet before the storm?

I can just see a massive armada of skeletal mermen riding zombie whales crashing onto shore in the most epic battle between good and evil ever.
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 07:06:43 pm: kinda what I'm worried about, skeletal sea monsters climbing from the depths to tear my fortress a new one... lol just wait and sea I guess.
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: ungulateman on March 13, 2010, 07:09:00 pm: 'Good'? Dwarves? Don't make me laugh, Dwarves are Chaotic Neutral at the best of times.
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 07:10:25 pm: huh an elven seige just got ripped apart by a zombie whale and a few merfolk.... damn are you physic?
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: lastofthelight on March 13, 2010, 09:18:56 pm: /My/ dwarves are Lawful Good. Your dwarves may be chaotic neutral. But my dwarves respect their elven brethren and break no treaties.
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: Karnewarrior on March 13, 2010, 09:27:53 pm: Quote from: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 07:06:43 pm
kinda what I'm worried about, skeletal sea monsters climbing from the depths to tear my fortress a new one... lol just wait and sea I guess.

I sea what you did there.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: NW_Kohaku on March 13, 2010, 10:20:52 pm: I thought they were Lawful Neutral... How else could their Communist Utopia work, if but for strict adherence to the work schedule and notion that all their work is for the good of the collective?
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 10:42:03 pm: the nobles are chaotic good, the military is chaotic evil and the civilians are lawful neutral. And the Hammer just is.
Title: Re: Help, my ocean is dead, not even undead.
Post by: xdarkcodex on March 13, 2010, 10:43:36 pm: Quote from: Karnewarrior on March 13, 2010, 09:27:53 pm
Quote from: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 07:06:43 pm
kinda what I'm worried about, skeletal sea monsters climbing from the depths to tear my fortress a new one... lol just wait and sea I guess.

I sea what you did there.
I was about to say that but when I scrolled down what did i sea?

Your post if your wondering.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 10:44:43 pm: I sea that you saw what I did, but do you sea the point.....
Cause I don't XD
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: shadowform on March 13, 2010, 10:45:42 pm: Whats this nonsense about Dwarves being good or evil? Dwarf IS their alignment.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: Blackburn on March 13, 2010, 10:51:54 pm: Dwarf Fortress's Alignment System is measured on two axises:

Dwarfy and Elfy
Armok and Nature

Dwarfy means hardcore badass. Elfy is pansy-picking flower child moron.

Armok is devotion to killing things in bloody messy ways, and megaprojects. Nature is devotion to love and peace and being a pompous douche.

This is all I've figured out so far... You might point out how the two axises are practically the same. You would probably be right.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: kilakan on March 13, 2010, 10:56:40 pm: and in the middle there is a zombie gopher god of pain.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 12:07:32 am: No I'm not psychic. I just know that this is dwarf fortress. and the most stupidly awesome and inexplicable thing is probably going to be the first thing to happen.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: MacaqueAttack on March 14, 2010, 01:31:27 am: I thought skeletal mermen couldn't exist, since mermen only appear in good oceans.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 02:27:12 am: then it will be modded so that merpeople are only on evil biomes and shoot balls of fire.

actually I really want to SEA if that would work now...
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: o_O[WTFace] on March 14, 2010, 07:57:13 am: I embarked on an evil ocean once or twice, no skelewhales though :(

Right now I'm on a terrifying forest next to a good ocean. I haven't seen a single C creature after 3 years. Maybe the merfolk are scared of all the skeletal rhinoceri? Maybe they already know that my dwarves are the evilest thing in that forrest? Anyway, does it make a difference if you embark on a coast that shows up as an ocean tile or a coast that shows up as a land tile (in the middle embark map).
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: Meanmelter on March 14, 2010, 03:27:46 pm: I love evil oceans, all I gotta do is wait for some giant skeleton whales to come ashore and nothing will penetrate them, unless a skeleton dragon comes along.
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Post by: Don Blake on March 14, 2010, 03:29:13 pm: Quote from: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 02:27:12 am
then it will be modded so that merpeople are only on evil biomes and shoot balls of fire.

actually I really want to SEA if that would work now...

Are you shore it's wise to keep up these puns? You should really beach careful. I'd hate to sea the pun police come take you away. I'd only be able to stand there and wave. Urchin you glad I warned you?
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: Stas on March 14, 2010, 03:42:24 pm: Quote from: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 12:07:32 am
No I'm not psychic. I just know that this is dwarf fortress. and the most stupidly awesome and inexplicable thing is probably going to be the first thing to happen.

Sigged.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: They Got Leader on March 14, 2010, 09:20:12 pm: Quote from: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 12:07:32 am
No I'm not psychic. I just know that this is dwarf fortress. and the most stupidly awesome and inexplicable thing is probably going to be the first thing to happen.
Exactly.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: techno65535 on March 15, 2010, 01:30:11 am: Quote from: Stas on March 14, 2010, 03:42:24 pm
Quote from: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 12:07:32 am
No I'm not psychic. I just know that this is dwarf fortress. and the most stupidly awesome and inexplicable thing is probably going to be the first thing to happen.

Sigged.

Ditto.
Title: Re: evil oceans, quite until you talk about them.
Post by: Phil_Z on March 15, 2010, 01:54:07 am: Quote from: darkrider2 on March 14, 2010, 12:07:32 am
No I'm not psychic. I just know that this is dwarf fortress. and the most stupidly awesome and inexplicable thing is probably going to be the first thing to happen.

sig
..DAMNIT