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A young girl stands in her room. Today is the 1st of Granite, her birthday!
She has just turned 12 years old and is now officially considered an adult citizen of the Dwarven Mountainhomes.
What was her name, again?
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Welcome to
☼☼☼THE LITTLEST CHEESEMAKER☼☼☼
Blessed are the Cheesemakers,
for they need it the most
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Hooray, new paint dwarf adventure thread! Nice picture, really.
Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom, that' her name.
Admire engravings and that golden figuine... and what's there behing the cabinet?
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Hooray, new paint dwarf adventure thread! Nice picture, really.
Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom, that' her name.
Admire engravings and that golden figuine... and what's there behing the cabinet?
+1 and Grow an beard, like all the true dwarf ladys :P
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+1 and Grow an beard, like all the true dwarf ladys :P
No, no, she's cute without it.
But, having a fake beard would be useful to disguise herself as a male dwarf. Yes, we need a fake beard.
And go throw a party at the main dining hall, that's how the birthday is supposed to go!
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Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom
go throw a party at the main dining hall, that's how the birthday is supposed to go!
(http://i.imgur.com/C6Tqn0s.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/C6Tqn0s.gif)
Your name is Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom, though everyone just calls you MISTY.
As mentioned before, today is your birthday! Though you'd very much like to go down to the main dining hall and throw a party to celebrate your ascension into full adulthood, you currently cannot.
(http://i.imgur.com/iAMEJsq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/iAMEJsq.png)
You've been burrowed to your room.
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>Examine Room
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This is your room.
(http://i.imgur.com/8voKhYN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/8voKhYN.png)
A luxurious six square meters of floor space. You have your very own finely-made wooden +cabinet+, a well-made rock block -bed-, and an absolutely beautiful superior-quality rock block +chest+.
(http://i.imgur.com/tGFO5A2.png) (http://i.imgur.com/tGFO5A2.png)
You also have a door, but it's Forbidden at the moment.
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Open beautiful superior-quality rock block +chest+ and
grab hands examine the items within
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Open beautiful superior-quality rock block +chest+ and grab hands examine the items within
(http://i.imgur.com/sMFltFn.png) (http://i.imgur.com/sMFltFn.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/yWpMIoC.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yWpMIoC.png)
It's just an empty low-quality backpack. You nicked it from the stockpiles when no one was looking, though you don't own very many things to carry in it.
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>Equip backpack.
>Anaunce wish to participate in the cheesemaker corps to curent overseer to get out of your room.
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>Be the Holistic Detective
>Train miscellaneous item weapon skill
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>Be the Holistic Detective
>Train miscellaneous item weapon skill
>Equip backpack.
>Anaunce wish to participate in the cheesemaker corps to curent overseer to get out of your room.
You remove the backpack.
(http://i.imgur.com/in9wT9b.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/in9wT9b.gif)
You bang it against your rock block chest a few times. You're not sure, but you think you've become slightly better at bumping one object against another. You quit fooling around and put it on.
(http://i.imgur.com/FRuOD1P.png) (http://i.imgur.com/FRuOD1P.png)
It looks nice on you! Of course, if you ever join the Royal Cheesemaker Corps, you'll get your own standard-issue Masterwork Cheesemaker Corps Backpack. Everyone knows that the Royal Cheesemaker Corps are the best cheesemakers in all the land! You hope to one day join their ranks.
(http://i.imgur.com/UpJDNNf.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/UpJDNNf.gif)
Ah, cheesemaking! It's such a noble profession! Turning otherwise useless milk into magnificent, golden, melt-on-your-tongue cheese is the most glorious and dwarvenly trade known to dwarf-kind! Some day, you tell yourself, you'll be the greatest cheesemaker in all the land, churning out masterwork cheeses for the fortresses and mountainhomes to eat, consumed with only the finest foods and drinks. No doubt the Queen herself will commission you to be her permanent Royal Cheesemaker, producing those magnificent wheels at her leisure. No fortress can ever have enough legendary cheesemakers, you always say!
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>Examine fine wall engravings
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>examine figurine
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>Remember what's the reason of you being locked in your room.
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>Examine bed
>Wonder how beds can be made out of rock
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>Throw a tantrum and kick down the door.
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Ok, burrowing mechanics. The dwarf can leave a burrow if it's idling (it can only be assigned jobs within a burrow) or if it's on active military service. The exception is if a civilian alert is going on.
The forbidden door, however, cannot be passed until it's unforbidden.
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You take a look at the exceptionally-made Cheese Figurine.
(http://i.imgur.com/Bvg47ZV.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Bvg47ZV.png)
It's your most prized possession! It's PURE GOLD and worth a BAZILLION DWARF BUCKS!
Actually, it's made out of wood and just painted yellow to look like gold, but it's priceless to you all the same. You had put it on your dresser to remind you of your dream every time you pass by it. There are hundreds of legendary blacksmiths and masons and carpenters and craftsdwarves out there, but hardly any legendary cheesemakers! The only reason you can think for that is because it's such a difficult and prized profession. Not everyone has the skills to make Masterwork Cheesewheels, you guess.
>Examine fine wall engravings
(http://i.imgur.com/qrarZfF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qrarZfF.png)
Ooh, you're quite proud of these! You engraved them yourself. They're so low-quality that they don't even have a value, but you think they're pretty.
>Remember what's the reason of you being locked in your room.
>Throw a tantrum and kick down the door.
You briefly consider throwing a tantrum and kicking down the door, but throwing a tantrum was what got you locked in your room in the first place.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZwwEbXA.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/ZwwEbXA.gif)
It was a really nice statue of the Legendary Hero Zon Lokumarak, too. You're lucky you didn't get thrown in jail, you guess, but if Duke Mosus Bothonnazom hadn't been so...so unfair!...you wouldn't have lost your temper in the first place.
(http://i.imgur.com/5f2f6Lv.png) (http://i.imgur.com/5f2f6Lv.png)
You're an adult now, and you should be allowed to make your own decisions. If you want to leave the mountainhomes, you should be allowed to! You're an adult! You're 12! But now you're locked in your room, and any minute now the migrant party is going to leave and you'll have to wait a whole nother year before you get the chance to leave. You have no time to waste if you want to leave!
>Examine bed
>Wonder how beds can be made out of rock
(http://i.imgur.com/BRDAreG.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BRDAreG.png)
You put the figurine in your backpack and spend several minutes contemplating your bed. Like most beds made for the common masses, it's made out of stone block. It is incredibly uncomfortable.
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>Examine objects on top of dresser
>Examine dresser and contents
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>Engrave a picture of the Duke being struck down by a Cheese.
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>Contemplate apologizing to the
baron Duke as an attempt to get out of the bedroom.
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but throwing a tantrum was what got you locked in your room in the first place.
> Remember what caused the tantrum
> Check your current happiness state
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EDIT:
Holy crap I just noticed that I IGNORE ONLY WHAT I CHOOSE TO IGNORE
Step 1:
>Move dresser
>Examine engraving behind dresser
Step 2:
>Remove/Deconstruct furniture and begin hauling to stockpile, spam job cancellation messages due to forbidden door until the Overseer unforbids the door.
Or, if that don't work,
>Remove/Deconstruct door with no tools, because that's how dwarves do.
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PTW.
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>Examine objects on top of dresser
>Examine dresser and contents
Oh, this thing?
(http://i.imgur.com/afcywLM.png) (http://i.imgur.com/afcywLM.png)
It's an old puzzle box. Dwarves are notorious for elaborate and complicated puzzles and traps! You've always had a knack for solving them.
You put it in your backpack.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZFDVe6k.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZFDVe6k.png)
The only thing you have inside the dresser is an extra pair of mittens. You like mittens. They make your hands easy to draw.
You stuff them in your backpack, too.
>Move dresser
>Examine engraving behind dresser
(http://i.imgur.com/VAJ23hD.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/VAJ23hD.gif)
Oops.
(http://i.imgur.com/CSb7TKY.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/CSb7TKY.gif)
Ah, ShieldDawn!
The most glorious of all the Dwarven Fortresses! Every dwarf loves their mountainhome, but it's the Fortresses that are the REAL pinnacles of dwarven culture, technology, and innovation. Some are home to impossible feats of engineering, like mountain-sized cathedrals carved out underground, or soaring towers that touch the sky, or even leviathan statues carved right into active, living volcanos!
None of them can compare to ShieldDawn, though. It's the resting place of Zon Lokumarak, the Hero of Mountains and his Artifact Spear, Shashmondul Vozbel Sedil, "Hellgraves, the Ravager of Angels", the most perfect of all dwarven artifacts. You've wanted to migrate to the fortress ever since he was entombed there seven years ago, to pay homage to the greatest dwarf ever known and to ply your trade as a cheesemaker. And you would be right now, if Duke Mosus would let you join the migrant party.
>Contemplate apologizing to the baron Duke as an attempt to get out of the bedroom.
(http://i.imgur.com/oX2L1N0.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oX2L1N0.png)
You briefly contemplate apologizing to the Duke. Maybe if you show him what a mature, calm, rational adult you are, he'll relent and let you join ShieldDawn.
>Engrave a picture of the Duke being struck down by a Cheese.
You engrave a picture of the Duke on your wall instead.
(http://i.imgur.com/YQ19xIW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YQ19xIW.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/IfPg579.png) (http://i.imgur.com/IfPg579.png)
You were starting to run out of space on the other wall, so you decide to do it on this one. You don't really like this wall as much, since it's not all natural rock.
> Check your current happiness state
You admire your new engraving.
(http://i.imgur.com/ihx1iwe.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/ihx1iwe.gif)
It makes you quite happy.
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>Deconstruct the constructed wall
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>Deconstruct the constructed wall
(http://i.imgur.com/sM1BB2g.png) (http://i.imgur.com/sM1BB2g.png)
That was easy.
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Inspect this new room and see if there are any cheese-making items
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Deconstruct walls until you find another dwarf. Make cheese from this dwarf.
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>Fall in a strange mood
>Ask for metal, green glass, cave spider silk, shells etc.
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Deconstruct walls until you find another dwarf. Make cheese from this dwarf.
Holy carp. She's too young for that stuff!!! I mean, milking other dwarves... shit, I'm retarded.
>Fall in a strange mood
>Ask for metal, green glass, cave spider silk, shells etc.
She's supposed to be a cheesmaker, not a metalcrafter, so she should ask for milk and quarry bush leaves.
>Inspect this new room and see if there are any cheese-making items
.. and then get the hell out of there!
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>Inspect this new room and see if there are any cheese-making items
.. and then get the hell out of there!
(http://i.imgur.com/pFuFjr5.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pFuFjr5.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/XbQIR8u.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XbQIR8u.png)
It looks like the wall must have been mined out at some point, probably to get at some valuable gem cluster or metal deposit. They must have patched the hole with low-value stone blocks.
Looks like the current owner of this room is out at the moment. That, or no one lives here. It's pretty barren.
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Apply flawless dwarven logic:
1. You absolutely have to leave the living quarters and embark to Shielddawn. Your destiny lies there! (and comfortable wooden beds!)
but
2. You are not allowed to open doors currently.
3. Letting a door stand open would be against the fortress security guidelines.
ergo:
Deconstruct the door and take it with you as you go in search of the migrant party.
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Apply flawless dwarven logic:
1. You absolutely have to leave the living quarters and embark to Shielddawn. Your destiny lies there! (and comfortable wooden beds!)
but
2. You are not allowed to open doors currently.
3. Letting a door stand open would be against the fortress security guidelines.
ergo:
Deconstruct the door and take it with you as you go in search of the migrant party.
+1 and loot that dresser of *Socks*
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Apply flawless dwarven logic:
1. You absolutely have to leave the living quarters and embark to Shielddawn. Your destiny lies there! (and comfortable wooden beds!)
but
2. You are not allowed to open doors currently.
3. Letting a door stand open would be against the fortress security guidelines.
ergo:
Deconstruct the door and take it with you as you go in search of the migrant party.
+1 and loot that dresser of *Socks*
(http://i.imgur.com/6Myaoku.png) (http://i.imgur.com/6Myaoku.png)
The dresser is empty. Looks like no one lives here, after all.
Not that it's surprising; there are hundreds of free-to-use rooms in the mountainhome, and most dwarves choose theirs at random.
(http://i.imgur.com/jq4qF3j.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jq4qF3j.png)
The door is unforbidden.
You suppose no one expected you to tear down the wall.
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>put rock blocks in backpack and leave through the empty bedroom's door.
>walk quietly down hall toward the Trade Depot.
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I must say that this is a ¤Wonderful¤ little story. Will follow Misty.
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((Love the story so far. The character design kinda looks like a cuter Dora the explora))
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>claim bedroom
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>Take blocks, open door, and sneak into a trading bin. (I'm assuming the migratory group is trading with the fortress?)
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>claim bedroom
>Take blocks, open door, and sneak into a trading bin. (I'm assuming the migratory group is trading with the fortress?)
>put rock blocks in backpack and leave through the empty bedroom's door.
>walk quietly down hall toward the Trade Depot.
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Hey guys, no updates today. The next one's gonna be kinda big (i.e. not copy-paste sets), so it'll be another day before I've got it ready to go.
EDIT: Okay, drawing this is taking significantly longer than I thought it would.
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PTW.
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Posting to watch.
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evictedSaint what are you doin with all of the adorableness up in this thread?
evictedSaint sthap! >:U
This is Dwarf Fortress, all of y'all already know this story does not have a happy ending rainbow at the end! You all already know The littlest cheesemaker is going to be the last [air qoute]"living"[/air qoute] thing on the landscape as a vampire werewolf mummy necromancer, caked with so much blood it might as well be a second skin layer, with the heads of several demons and human kings tied in a knot at the hair around her neck like a trophy necklace. And that is like, the ceiling absolute best case scenario!
*grabs popcorn* Ooooh, this gon be goood....
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This is Dwarf Fortress, all of y'all already know this story does not have a happy ending rainbow at the end! You all already know The littlest cheesemaker is going to be the last [air qoute]"living"[/air qoute] thing on the landscape as a vampire werewolf mummy necromancer, caked with so much blood it might as well be a second skin layer, with the heads of several demons and human kings tied in a knot at the hair around her neck like a trophy necklace. And that is like, the ceiling absolute best case scenario!
*grabs popcorn* Ooooh, this gon be goood....
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ksnec8K11rq14m7o1_500.jpg)
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PTW
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You expand the claim of your bedroom to include this new, empty space.
(http://i.imgur.com/eURUmAL.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/eURUmAL.gif)
Really, though, you just write your name on the wall in this new room.
(http://i.imgur.com/iPhYMyJ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/iPhYMyJ.gif)
You are now the proud owner of two beds, two cabinets, a chest, two doors, and a magnificent 13 square meters of floor space. Not that it matters; once you get to ShieldDawn, they'll give you your own majesty-level bedroom. You bet everyone has one, especially the valuable cheesemakers. You can't wait to get there.
>put rock blocks in backpack and leave through the empty bedroom's door.
>walk quietly down hall toward the Trade Depot.
Oh, yes! The bricks! The valuable bricks!
(http://i.imgur.com/5yitmyP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/5yitmyP.png)
You can take one, put it in your backpack, and use it for all sorts of useful stuff! You can build walls, use it as a weapon, throw it, use it to hold down pressure plates-
(http://i.imgur.com/znBv3Oa.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/znBv3Oa.gif)
On second thought, you'll just leave the bricks here.
>Take blocks, open door, and sneak into a trading bin. (I'm assuming the migratory group is trading with the fortress?)
(http://i.imgur.com/LM9QCvs.png) (http://i.imgur.com/LM9QCvs.png)
Oh, wait, yeah, that might work! The migrants aren't taking a caravan, but if you snuck into a bin, you could *easily* slip past!
(http://i.imgur.com/6fdS3V2.png) (http://i.imgur.com/6fdS3V2.png)
You poke your head out the door.
Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://i.imgur.com/3w6fzN8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3w6fzN8.png)
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Wow, great work!
>Look for migrant group - are they still here?
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Wow, great work!
>Look for migrant group - are they still here?
(http://i.imgur.com/b5rzQcV.png) (http://i.imgur.com/b5rzQcV.png)
Looks like they just left!
Looks like only a few turned out to see the group off. It used to be that the entire mountainhome would come up to the gates for the occasion, but it's become so common place that it's barely registered as a holiday any more. This is the only way out...if you don't hurry, you won't be able to catch up to the migrant party and it'll be another whole year before you can leave!
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>Run after them immediately. Perform sweet dwarven parkour if necessary.
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>run for the gate, and watch out for and avoid the authority keeping dwarves.
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>Use Misty Snake tactics: A simple bin can be a great disguise.
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>make a cross symbol with your arms and aim it upwards to simulate a flashing X.
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Charming, PTW.
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This is delightful, PTW
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+1 for sweet dwarven parkour. no need for it to be necessary just do it!
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Schoolwork has been piling up on me, guys, so it's gonna be a day or two before I update.
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No problem. I know that's tough.
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+1 and Grow an beard, like all the true dwarf ladys :P
No, no, she's cute without it.
But, having a fake beard would be useful to disguise herself as a male dwarf. Yes, we need a fake beard.
And go throw a party at the main dining hall, that's how the birthday is supposed to go!
(http://i.imgur.com/1e11RDe.png)
hey nice thread, have some fanart of Misty with her beard.
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That's some 5/5 fanart. Good, somwhat disturbing but good.
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+1 and Grow an beard, like all the true dwarf ladys :P
No, no, she's cute without it.
But, having a fake beard would be useful to disguise herself as a male dwarf. Yes, we need a fake beard.
And go throw a party at the main dining hall, that's how the birthday is supposed to go!
(http://i.imgur.com/1e11RDe.png)
hey nice thread, have some fanart of Misty with her beard.
Holy shit, I'm in love. This is beautiful, thank you so much! <3!!!!
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+1 and Grow an beard, like all the true dwarf ladys :P
No, no, she's cute without it.
But, having a fake beard would be useful to disguise herself as a male dwarf. Yes, we need a fake beard.
And go throw a party at the main dining hall, that's how the birthday is supposed to go!
(http://i.imgur.com/1e11RDe.png)
hey nice thread, have some fanart of Misty with her beard.
Holy shit, I'm in love. This is beautiful, thank you so much! <3!!!!
See, we must give all other female dwarfs beards
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I particularly like how they gave her midnight-blue cap a mustache. :')
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Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://i.imgur.com/MXmMCcn.png) (http://i.imgur.com/MXmMCcn.png.html)
That is so freaking awesome.
>Don't forget large copper dagger, no adventurer should be without one.
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This is frustrating!
They're all crowded around the Great Gate...how are you supposed to get past if they're blocking the only way out? If only there was some way to sneak by...
(http://i.imgur.com/c7sjPsX.png) (http://i.imgur.com/c7sjPsX.png)
>Use Misty Snake tactics: A simple bin can be a great disguise.
Great idea! There are some bins left over from the last caravan that passed through the mountainhome; it looks like no one's gotten around to hauling them away just yet. If you hide inside one, you can sneak by, completely unseen! What a
Brilliant Plan!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/AVkPLbm.png) (http://i.imgur.com/AVkPLbm.png)
Initiating Operation: Box Viper!
(http://i.imgur.com/DZwLPxN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/DZwLPxN.png)
Kinda hard to see in here...
>run for the gate, and watch out for and avoid the authority keeping dwarves.
Oh right, better hurry! You don't have much time left!
(http://i.imgur.com/lO79PsX.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lO79PsX.png)
Oohf! Oh, no, wait a second, you're all turned around-there's a wall here? Where are you? Maybe you can just...you just gotta...Ugh! This stupid thing needs some eye holes!
>Run after them immediately. Perform sweet dwarven parkour if necessary.
+1 for sweet dwarven parkour. no need for it to be necessary just do it!
(http://i.imgur.com/iI9KLlX.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/iI9KLlX.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/zduGL4o.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/zduGL4o.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/V8YtO2o.png) (http://i.imgur.com/V8YtO2o.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/hhxZpyF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hhxZpyF.png)
Oops.
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> Go into a martial-trance with your backpack!
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> tell him there is troll in the living quarters who broke the door and let you out. You ran and hid in the bin and thus escaped that dumb creature. While they gather the guards, wish everyone good luck and join the travellers.
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Told you you should have taken a door and held it in front of you to block vision. Bins are always under close scrutiny, because there could be prohibited items in them.
Misty:
Claim that just now, the export of trousers has been banned by the mayor, and you're on a Store Item in Bin job to collect those the migrants are wearing. Suggest the duke take up the issue with the mayor if he doesn't believe you, as long as he leaves his trousers here for safe-keeping.
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Told you you should have taken a door and held it in front of you to block vision. Bins are always under close scrutiny, because there could be prohibited items in them.
Misty:
Claim that just now, the export of trousers has been banned by the mayor, and you're on a Store Item in Bin job to collect those the migrants are wearing. Suggest the duke take up the issue with the mayor if he doesn't believe you, as long as he leaves his trousers here for safe-keeping.
THIS.
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Suggest the duke take up the issue with the mayor if he doesn't believe you, as long as he leaves his trousers here for safe-keeping.
Genius ;D
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So PTWing this.
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>babble incoherently then demand giant spider silk, and cut star rubies.
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>beg to the baron not to be thrown out
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>beg to the baron not to be thrown out
> Beg to the baron *to* be thrown out, to be out of his hair. Er, beard.
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>beg to the baron not to be thrown out
> Beg to the baron *to* be thrown out, to be out of his hair. Er, beard.
Reverse psychology, always mostly sometimes works.
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>Dwarfenly seduce the Baron!
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/a31e840d914275187a1ed4bed252c408/tumblr_n1oxxz0rB31rs5f3po4_1280.gif)
I love this. This was hilarious.
Suggest the duke take up the issue with the mayor if he doesn't believe you, as long as he leaves his trousers here for safe-keeping.
And if this fails, >more running! This time we have eyeholes eyeballs to see, you see, so it can't fail. We can't screw up running.
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>Offer to make a cheesewheel in return for freedom. Then when he says yes, pretend to go do that and escape in some convoluted way involving bad sneaking, crappy disguises, and walking behind a certain simple-minded, heavy-set dwarf peasant.
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> tell him there is troll in the living quarters who broke the door and let you out. You ran and hid in the bin and thus escaped that dumb creature. While they gather the guards, wish everyone good luck and join the travellers.
Told you you should have taken a door and held it in front of you to block vision. Bins are always under close scrutiny, because there could be prohibited items in them.
Misty:
Claim that just now, the export of trousers has been banned by the mayor, and you're on a Store Item in Bin job to collect those the migrants are wearing. Suggest the duke take up the issue with the mayor if he doesn't believe you, as long as he leaves his trousers here for safe-keeping.
>babble incoherently then demand giant spider silk, and cut star rubies.
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOhWik.png) (http://i.imgur.com/mgOhWik.png)
Um...well...
(http://i.imgur.com/tfDAHBI.png) (http://i.imgur.com/tfDAHBI.png)
There was...a Troll! Yeah! It broke into your room, and, and it was wrecking the door! It busted up everything! And so, you ESCAPED! You ran away from the Troll, the Troll in the dungeon, and, you came up to the depo to get away, yeah! So you decided to hide in the bin, from the Troll, in the dungeon, and you should get the guards to get it, and also, you need some giant spider silk and star rubies, for a reason that you can't explain, and...um...the mayor! Yeah, the mayor! He banned trousers from being exported! So you were just taking that bin on a 'store items' job to get the pants the migrants were wearing, yeah! Because, then they'd be exporting trousers! You can talk to the mayor if you want to dispute it, but...
(http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png)
Um...
Well...
(http://i.imgur.com/CJs1PFQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/CJs1PFQ.png)
You'll need his pants?
(http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1oYTay4.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/pT1UbVW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pT1UbVW.png)
Oops.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5059506#msg5059506)
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PTW :)
erm... beg not to be thrown out. maybe he'll throw you out.
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>run.
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I'm laughing so hard I'm crying and squeaking. PTW.
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"I am the mayor"
> "Not anymore! You've just lost your elections!"
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"I am the mayor"
> "Not anymore! You've just lost your elections!"
> How good are Misty's social skills? Maybe she's the new mayor!
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> Tell him that he should really get his stuff straight then. Ask him how it is that he doesn't remember ordering Misty to do this job.
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Quick, go on your break! Nobody can tell you to do anything while you're on your break!
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The next update may be a while. I've gotta standardize Misty's sprite, so I don't have to constantly redraw her back or just mirror her over whenever she looks in an opposite direction. Plus the next page, plus a bunch of other sprites I may have to draw up.
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Congratulate the Duke for winning the mayoral elections. This calls for...
a Party! Tell all the migrants, so they can get a solid week of partying in before they embark!
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Parties? Pfff...
I'd say the occasion calls for a good ol' tantrum, eh? :P
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/littlestcheesemaker_zpse280197a.png)
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Great work so far btw, love the deatails :D
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Parties? Pfff...
I'd say the occasion calls for a good ol' tantrum, eh?
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/littlestcheesemaker_zpse280197a.png)
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Great work so far btw, love the deatails
Funny cause I thought this was a post from the OP and I was like damn that looks like slowpokez work... sure enough.
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PTW I love this type of thing.
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+1 to tantrum!
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No, no reason to tantrum.
She's happy to be free and admired fine engravings recently.
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-1 to tantrum: Tantruming would cause a loop resulting in either execution, missing the embark, or just getting locked in room.
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Hmm are you sure you're not the mayor assistant and the real mayor is the 14+ legendary Biting and Reading Pug name "Sire Daggerfang Demonbane" we appointed 4 seasons ago due to biting "Gull kuggh Weugoulaely" head clean off it's seven shoulders? This fort states "Any one who pulls off a mighty Act of Dwarfiness shall Rule over the Fort Til they appoint someone far more dwarfy than they are" the second to last mayor was an Lich Snakeman who walk all the way to our doorstep barring news of several beasts we rumored to doom our fort vanquished showing us his beard made of "unspeakable beasts and horrors" you are saying you are the mayor that bested the acts of slaying many monsters or slaying the Foul demon who killed our lich mayor who by proxy became our mayor for 5 weeks in ruling?
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I think the tantrum thing was meant as a joke.
> Distract him somehow and make a run for it!
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@smjjames: Prob'ly so.
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I think the tantrum thing was meant as a joke.
> Distract him somehow and make a run for it!
throw a party near the Crate then walk out given that everybody would be too much partying to notice a lone beardless cheesemaker deserted the fort to go get her self horribly killed,
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This is the best. Ever.
PTW.
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Parties? Pfff...
I'd say the occasion calls for a good ol' tantrum, eh?
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/littlestcheesemaker_zpse280197a.png)
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Great work so far btw, love the deatails
This is gorgeous! Misty looks like such a bad ass ^_^
Duke Mosus tells you that you can’t go to ShieldDawn.
(http://i.imgur.com/e0AMa3L.png) (http://i.imgur.com/e0AMa3L.png)
You tell him that’s not fair! You’re an ADULT! You’re TWELVE! If you want to go to ShieldDawn to become a Legendary Cheesemaker, then you should be ALLOWED go to ShieldDawn and become a Legendary Cheesemaker!
He tells you that no, you can’t go to ShieldDawn.
(http://i.imgur.com/VtP5oAT.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VtP5oAT.png)
He tells you that Misty, you’re growing up to be a beautiful, young adult. You’ve got your whole life ahead of you. Fortresses…Fortresses aren’t like the mountainhomes. Even Fortresses like ShieldDawn. Fortresses don’t care about the Dwarves who come there, unless they’re already Great Dwarves or one of The Seven. A young girl like you, unskilled, an aspiring cheesemaker…he just doesn’t want you to get hurt, Misty.
(http://i.imgur.com/xRkcmLD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xRkcmLD.png)
Oh great, there he goes again. “Why don’t you become an armorsmith like me, Misty?” “Sure, Cheesemaking is a great profession, but why don’t you try being a Miner, Misty?” “I’m not sure there’s much of a demand for Cheesemaking, Misty.” What does he have against cheesemakers?! Cheesemaking is a GREAT DWARVEN PROFESSION! You’re going to be the GREATEST CHEESEMAKER EVER, and he nor anyone else can say otherwise!
(http://i.imgur.com/IqNMgES.png) (http://i.imgur.com/IqNMgES.png)
He tells you that he’s not going to throw you in jail, even though you’ve broken the law. As Duke, he’s decided to pardon you. However, you WILL stay in his office until he’s ready to talk to you. He says he’s not mad that you broke out of your room, but he is very disappointed that you lied to him. Dwarves do not lie, cheat, or steal from one another, Misty. We are better than that. YOU are better than that.
He says he just wants the best for you, Misty. He loves you, Misty.
(http://i.imgur.com/YY5ub4f.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YY5ub4f.png)
Gods, your dad is such an ass.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5062540#msg5062540)
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ermergerd plot twist!
I really don't know what to do now...
besides go make a legendary artifact out of cheese so that we become a legendary cheese maker and show them, show them all!
though then we might just be a legendary craftdwarf.
and that wouldn't do. not one bit.
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ermergerd plot twist!
I really don't know what to do now...
besides go make a legendary artifact out of cheese so that we become a legendary cheese maker and show them, show them all!
though then we might just be a legendary craftdwarf.
and that wouldn't do. not one bit.
That would work, because then they would send her, with the Milkers and the Lye Makers and the other worthless...I mean Legendary Dwarfs to the Fortress. We just have to wait a year.....
Or maybe she should just sneak out one night?
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Too adorable. Must watch!
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I have an idea!
Remember when we started to train miscellaneous item user? Continue with that. Become a backpack weilding caravan guard. Desert the caravan when you get to the fortress.
Basically;
>Begin training montage
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I have a better idea!
Let's join the guard in his undeniable appreciation of the male physique!
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/lilcheese_zpsa8ea5668.png)
Who's with me!?
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What on Earth did I just look at?
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What on Earth did I just look at?
What are you talking about, the similarities are indisputable!
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/lilcheese_zpsa8ea5668.png)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/36448867782804b0d1dff81d36bcb536/tumblr_n1xscbF05S1rs5f3po4_1280.png)
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“Why don’t you become an armorsmith like me, Misty?” “Sure, Cheesemaking is a great profession, but why don’t you try being a Miner, Misty?”
>'Cause everyone needs cheese to be happy! No fortress can be rich and prosperous without cheese! Have you ever tasted a mug of dwarven wine with a bit of dwarven cheese?
Gods, your dad is such an ass.
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/lilcheese_zpsa8ea5668.png)
>Dad, you're such an ass!.. By the way, do you know that guard is staring your ass very hard?
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"Urist McRandomGuard has been happy lately. He admired a nice ass lately."
...Wait, what?
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Hmmmm.... I don't know.
>Go wait in the office, and touch all of the stuff on the Duke-Mayor's desk. Dig in desks and discover a major plot twist: the Duke has a LEGENDARY CHEESE WHEEL STATUE and a miniature engraving copy of the legendary Boatmurdered Cheese Engraving. ( So famous, that it has permeated all Dwarven minds in every Dwarfy universe. ) That's right, he is a Legendary Cheesemaker!
>Completely rethink your opinion of the Duke.
>Get angry. Confront Duke with your findings.
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Posting to watch.
> Plan to escape the mountainhomes, and become a cheesemaker somewhere in the outer lands.
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Remind father that your mother also struck out on an unusual path and, against all adversity, has become a legendary glazier. Cheesemaking is your calling, and if you cannot follow it here in the mountainhome, you will have to follow it elsewhere.
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Hmmmm.... I don't know.
>Go wait in the office, and touch all of the stuff on the Duke-Mayor's desk. Dig in desks and discover a major plot twist: the Duke has a LEGENDARY CHEESE WHEEL STATUE and a miniature engraving copy of the legendary Boatmurdered Cheese Engraving. ( So famous, that it has permeated all Dwarven minds in every Dwarfy universe. ) That's right, he is a Legendary Cheesemaker!
>Completely rethink your opinion of the Duke.
>Get angry. Confront Duke with your findings.
No, your Dad is a Legendary ARMORSMITH, not a CHEESEMAKER. Haven't you been listening?!
(http://i.imgur.com/oA9Wy3p.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oA9Wy3p.png)
He crafted much of the armor that preserved Dwarven lives during the great Elf-Dwarf war. He's produced so many masterwork armor pieces that he doesn't even get a bad thought whenever a piece gets lost or destroyed; he's simply glad that his craft was able to save lives. Many hailed him as a Smithing Hero; Nilning incarnate, the Dwarven God of Smithing and Patron God of the Eastern Mountainhome himself!
(http://i.imgur.com/WrYBSKU.png) (http://i.imgur.com/WrYBSKU.png)
You think he's just a big jerk who hates cheese.
Remind father that your mother also struck out on an unusual path and, against all adversity, has become a legendary glazier. Cheesemaking is your calling, and if you cannot follow it here in the mountainhome, you will have to follow it elsewhere.
You don't have a mother.
(http://i.imgur.com/q5PCmNK.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/q5PCmNK.gif)
Well, actually you probably do, but you don't remember her. You're adopted. The Duke says that your parents were killed during a raid in the War, so he took you in. There were so many dead that no one knew their names.
"Urist McRandomGuard has been happy lately. He admired a nice ass lately."
...Wait, what?
Oh, him? His name's not Urist McRandomGuard, it's Gruzzluss Holt. He's the Captain of the Guard, and quite possibly one of the oldest dwarves still living in the mountain homes.
(http://i.imgur.com/qi4Pr4f.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qi4Pr4f.png)
It's okay, though, because no one can remember the last time the mountainhomes got attacked. It's so boring here that not even the ORCS want it.
The girl hopping around behind him is Reg Pashmad, the only recruit in the mountainhomes. Duke Mosus says she can't go on caravans as a guard because she's too essential to the security of the fortress to give up, although you suspect he was just saying that so he won't hurt her feelings.
(http://i.imgur.com/NNpkeef.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/NNpkeef.gif)
She's a bit...enthusiastic about her job.
(http://i.imgur.com/95IOPk7.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/95IOPk7.gif)
The Duke says they'll escort you to his office and wait with you until he's ready to give you a long, long, long, long, long, boring, long lecture about Dwarven morals and why you can't go to ShieldDawn. In the meantime, he has work to do. The caravan season is only a couple of months away and they barely have enough to fulfill their end of the trade agreement! Desertguard ordered a mountain of wood, and Wavemechanisms put in a massive order for iron and steel, Combinelocks needs an ocean of cloth and thread, and...
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5073056#msg5073056)
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BONUS:
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/d68987f63ee79e71fa69a62e5c46ce89/tumblr_n1zjf4TV4Q1rs5f3po1_r2_1280.gif)
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
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This is great! PTW.
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BONUS:
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/d68987f63ee79e71fa69a62e5c46ce89/tumblr_n1zjf4TV4Q1rs5f3po1_r2_1280.gif)
haha LMAO
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
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Become VERY enthusiastic about joining the guard and sparring with the super-eager recruit. Pester Dad for a full suit of plate armor RIGHT AWAY - you can't WAIT to start REAL WEAPONS training... I bet nobody has ever used CHEESE as a WEAPON before! (If dear old dad is so keen on keeping me safe and sound, this should alarm him enough to send me somewhere ELSE a bit "more safe".
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Bribe the guards with delicious cheese! No self-respecting dwarf will admit to not liking cheese!
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>Head to father's office and engrave masterful images of cheese after the guards leave the room. Become an engraver engraving only images of cheese until someone gets annoyed enough to send you to a budding fortress where you can practice your craft.
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>Get into talking with Reg. Convince her to change outfit with you, so you'll disguise yourself as Reg, while she stays in your room. Nobody finds that out as long as you wear that full helmet.
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The bonuses just keep coming
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/393b6a53dd85a0a33f9aede54ca516f2/tumblr_n202auxGo91rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
+2
+3
>Get into talking with Reg. Convince her to change outfit with you, so you'll disguise yourself as Reg, while she stays in your room. Nobody finds that out as long as you wear that full helmet.
This is also a good possibility, but recruits hacking things to pieces usually leads to much fun. Everyone loves a windmill crusader. OO! That leads to an even better idea!
>Tell Reg that there's a forgotten beast outside and point to the windmill. Let zeal and ax-crazy do it's work. ( Hopefully you'll get a "Duke cancels Long Boring Lecture, interrupted by recruit" )
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
+2
+3
+4
Math intensifies
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The bonuses just keep coming
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/393b6a53dd85a0a33f9aede54ca516f2/tumblr_n202auxGo91rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
The mountainhome has peas?!
No wonder few migrate away, only the pea-haters.
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
+2
+3
+4
Math intensifies
+6
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Ooh, it's another of these. Quite funny.
Also, +math
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I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
+2
+3
+4
Math intensifies
+6
+7
Then, steal some supplies from the stockpiles, and go off on a journey to find ShieldDawn!
Awesome art btw.
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Ooh, it's another of these. Quite funny.
Everyone keeps saying "another of these things".
Has someone done this sort of thing before? If so, can someone link me so I can look at it?
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They don't necessarially mean another "Dwarf Fortress" comic. They just mean a Tumblr-style webcomic wherein the forumites vote upon the desired outcome and then the maker ignores this and just does what he thinks will produce the most lulz. ( Unless all of the forumites are in agreement on one plot point, wherein the maker is forced to. See the kobold thing. ) Or at least, I haven't seen another Tumblr-style that is about Dwarf Fortress. So +1 for linking if it exists.
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Well, there's Likot, A Peasant Dwarf and Cloudspritehttp://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122065.0 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122065.0). Conveniently, they link to one another.
A Peasant dwarf has been discontinued, though, and Likot is in russian.
Let's practice lying. Talk about the craftmanship of the container, but call it oaken instead of, say, willow.
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You should put a link to Cloussprite it the OP. Continue the chain!
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The bonuses just keep coming
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/393b6a53dd85a0a33f9aede54ca516f2/tumblr_n202auxGo91rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
The mountainhome has peas?!
No wonder few migrate away, only the pea-haters.
Archers with blowguns become "pea-shooters"... o_o
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They don't necessarially mean another "Dwarf Fortress" comic. They just mean a Tumblr-style webcomic wherein the forumites vote upon the desired outcome and then the maker ignores this and just does what he thinks will produce the most lulz. ( Unless all of the forumites are in agreement on one plot point, wherein the maker is forced to. See the kobold thing. ) Or at least, I haven't seen another Tumblr-style that is about Dwarf Fortress. So +1 for linking if it exists.
Actually, the style is originally from the comics on MS PAINT ADVENTURES. This kinda thing is actually really popular on 4chan's /tg/ as well as tumblr.
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They don't necessarially mean another "Dwarf Fortress" comic. They just mean a Tumblr-style webcomic wherein the forumites vote upon the desired outcome and then the maker ignores this and just does what he thinks will produce the most lulz. ( Unless all of the forumites are in agreement on one plot point, wherein the maker is forced to. See the kobold thing. ) Or at least, I haven't seen another Tumblr-style that is about Dwarf Fortress. So +1 for linking if it exists.
Actually, the style is originally from the comics on MS PAINT ADVENTURES. This kinda thing is actually really popular on 4chan's /tg/ as well as tumblr.
^This.
You should put a link to Cloussprite it the OP. Continue the chain!
Nah.
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They don't necessarially mean another "Dwarf Fortress" comic. They just mean a Tumblr-style webcomic wherein the forumites vote upon the desired outcome and then the maker ignores this and just does what he thinks will produce the most lulz. ( Unless all of the forumites are in agreement on one plot point, wherein the maker is forced to. See the kobold thing. ) Or at least, I haven't seen another Tumblr-style that is about Dwarf Fortress. So +1 for linking if it exists.
Actually, the style is originally from the comics on MS PAINT ADVENTURES. This kinda thing is actually really popular on 4chan's /tg/ as well as tumblr.
I know. -_- I just try to forget MSPaint Adventures exists. I had a bad time with it.
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I understand.
I try to forget that Tumblr exists.
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* nods * I lost my girlfriend to tumblr once. She came back, but only thanks to my tumblr-surfing friend. He's a master at keeping his identity. Or more accurate, he's a giant dwarf with the "just doesn't care about anything anymore" tag and ergo cannot be impressed upon very heavily.
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Thank you for that information. If I had participated in the aparant wealth of comunity voting games that haunt tumblr, I might not have left the house for weeks.
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Eeyah. There's other sticky traps in Tumblr as well. I would suggest making a list of what makes you you and what your likes and dislikes are, as well as setting a timer before getting on Tumblr. If used responsibly and with filters it can be a pleasant experience. O'course, that can describe the whole of the internet, to be honest. It's just that some places are inherently worse as stealing your life due to their nature. I'm not picking on Tumblr specifically, although it does sometimes seem like Tumblr users are being "assimilated" more so than other social media. * shrug *
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(http://m1.behance.net/rendition/modules/3028294/disp/addecc6ccaf0dbb2d9187aef32e0220c.png)
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* clap clap clap *
"Insanity, insanity, no escaping that for me!"
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I hope this doesn't just die off. I really like how it's been going so far, with it's cute characters, art, and allusions to homestuck.
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Just whatever you do don't let AfellowDwarf influence the decisions, and much less write part of the story, otherwise Misty might end up on a lesbian orgy... on second thought... I guess same-sex orgies are not so bad when the protagonist is female... poor Nerin still has nightmares to this day, though... :P
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I hope this doesn't just die off. I really like how it's been going so far, with it's cute characters, art, and allusions to homestuck.
It's not dead! The next scene is just kinda big and I'm putting too much effort into it. Also, I had an exam yesterday, so that took up time.
Just whatever you do don't let AfellowDwarf influence the decisions, and much less write part of the story, otherwise Misty might end up on a lesbian orgy... on second thought... I guess same-sex orgies are not so bad when the protagonist is female... poor Nerin still has nightmares to this day, though... :P
That reminds me! While I do encourage fanart, I would very much appreciate if it remained sfw sex-wise, guys.
* clap clap clap *
"Insanity, insanity, no escaping that for me!"
Hey, friends! Could you maybe take that discussion some place else? It's not really relevant to this thread.
Expect an update later tonight, guys. It may be a couple hours, though.
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Just whatever you do don't let AfellowDwarf influence the decisions, and much less write part of the story, otherwise Misty might end up on a lesbian orgy... on second thought... I guess same-sex orgies are not so bad when the protagonist is female... poor Nerin still has nightmares to this day, though... :P
Don't worry. Flirting with everything is just too creepy when you controll a 12-year old girl. I'll behave unless there's a timeskip.
Anyway, let's adopt the first animal we come across. Especially if it already has an owner. If they ask it back, we can practice our throwing.
Edit: Oh, and this is the depot, right? Write some insults directed to Humans and Elves on the walls, as to boost diplomatic relations.
Edit2: These guards should give us a wheelbarrow ride to the office. If there's no wheelbarrow around, just sit on one of the bins and insist on being carried.
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Just whatever you do don't let AfellowDwarf influence the decisions, and much less write part of the story, otherwise Misty might end up on a lesbian orgy... on second thought... I guess same-sex orgies are not so bad when the protagonist is female... poor Nerin still has nightmares to this day, though... :P
Don't worry. Flirting with everything is just too creepy when you controll a 12-year old girl. I'll behave unless there's a timeskip.
Anyway, let's adopt the first animal we come across. Especially if it already has an owner. If they ask it back, we can practice our throwing.
Edit: Oh, and this is the depot, right? Write some insults directed to Humans and Elves on the walls, as to boost diplomatic relations.
Edit2: These guards should give us a wheelbarrow ride to the office. If there's no wheelbarrow around, just sit on one of the bins and insist on being carried.
::)
That fellow will definitely turn this story into trash.
So, did I get the main idea to become such pain in the ass so they will throw Misty outta here?
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Huh, I didn't think so far ahead.
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I hope this doesn't just die off. I really like how it's been going so far, with it's cute characters, art, and allusions to homestuck.
It's not dead! The next scene is just kinda big and I'm putting too much effort into it. Also, I had an exam yesterday, so that took up time.
Just whatever you do don't let AfellowDwarf influence the decisions, and much less write part of the story, otherwise Misty might end up on a lesbian orgy... on second thought... I guess same-sex orgies are not so bad when the protagonist is female... poor Nerin still has nightmares to this day, though...
That reminds me! While I do encourage fanart, I would very much appreciate if it remained sfw sex-wise, guys.
* clap clap clap *
"Insanity, insanity, no escaping that for me!"
Hey, friends! Could you maybe take that discussion some place else? It's not really relevant to this thread.
Expect an update later tonight, guys. It may be a couple hours, though.
1st thing: Yay!
2nd thing: Yea... no creepy fanart pls. No lesbian orgies.
3rd: Sorry, won't happen again.
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Made some Fan-Art because I could.
(http://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31/1669797_805215649506274_16756553_o.jpg)
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* thumbs up * No disappointment here.
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Made some Fan-Art because I could.
(http://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31/1669797_805215649506274_16756553_o.jpg)
Well hello, new background!
I say we:
Shout Kobold thief at the top of our lungs, hopefully the guard girl will get "enthusiastic" and then we can slip away in the ensuing chaos.
+ 1
+2
+3
+4
Math intensifies
+6
+7
Then, steal some supplies from the stockpiles, and go off on a journey to find ShieldDawn!
Awesome art btw.
The Duke leaves you with the Mountainhome Guard, muttering to himself about trade agreements.
(http://i.imgur.com/RzTF65Y.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RzTF65Y.png)
Captain Holt tells you that he's sorry, Misty, but he's gonna have to take you down to the Duke's office. You understand, of course. Duke's orders.
Little does Gruzzluss know, you've got a plan! An ace in the hole! An absolutely infallible plot that will get you out the door, an idea so well thought out that there is no way at all it could fail!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/hYa96El.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hYa96El.png)
Look! Behind you! A KOBOLD!!!!
You give a dramatic pause, letting the alarm in your voice settle in. Haha, the perfect plan! They'd go off, looking for the nonexistent kobold, and you'll slip out the door! Genius!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/vYi2ig1.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/vYi2ig1.gif)
Gruzzluss frowns and tells you nice try. He says that he's a SEASONED GUARD, and that you'll have to try harder than that if you want to trick him!
(http://i.imgur.com/myD6WD9.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/myD6WD9.gif)
Reg screams KOBOLDS! and takes a blind swing.
(http://i.imgur.com/8GQ1YvT.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/8GQ1YvT.gif)
Reg continues swinging, coming dangerously close to murdering you both. She attacks a nearby pillar and Gruzzluss follows her close behind, yelling that there is no Kobold and to put down that gods-damned sword. You seize your chance and run for the door!
(http://i.imgur.com/A6LR4K8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/A6LR4K8.png)
Freedom.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5105541#msg5105541)
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>Follow the road until we catch up to the migrants.
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The reason that update took so long was thanks to the last image. I was fooling around with a different style, and it took me way too long to do. Like, nearly eight hours.
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The style does look good, if that's any consolation.
Also, hold up, is that a sword stuck in the grass? looks like a free sword to me.
>grab sword, then follow the road and run after the migrants.
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No time, gotta catch up with those migrants!
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Did you draw ever single blade of grass?
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Did you draw ever single blade of grass?
Well, yeah. How else would they get there?
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No time, gotta catch up with those migrants!
Grabbing the sword would take, like, three seconds, it's right there. If we can't even afford to take some time to get a free weapon for protection then we've probably already lost the migrants. In that case we really would want the sword because who knows what we might run into on our own.
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No time, gotta catch up with those migrants!
Grabbing the sword would take, like, three seconds, it's right there. If we can't even afford to take some time to get a free weapon for protection then we've probably already lost the migrants. In that case we really would want the sword because who knows what we might run into on our own.
It's as big as Misty!
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Yeah, and you know what's even bigger? Bogeymen.
Actually, they're pretty small in the raws if I remember correctly.
Oh well, you get the point. Anyways, Misty needs a weapon. Let's get that sword, unless you guys wanna find out if throwing is as hilariously overpowered in this as it is in Adventure mode...
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Freedom.
>grab sword, then follow the road and run after the migrants.
> Grab the sword and run after migrants screaming FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOM/ William Walles style.
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Guys the problem isn't that she'll miss the migrants, it's that she'll be caught and brought back if she stops.
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Can reg even see anything through that helmet? No wonder she is still a recruit lol.
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Yeah, and you know what's even bigger? Bogeymen.
Actually, they're pretty small in the raws if I remember correctly.
Oh well, you get the point. Anyways, Misty needs a weapon. Let's get that sword, unless you guys wanna find out if throwing is as hilariously overpowered in this as it is in Adventure mode...
She probably can't even lift it. Does she have a cheese knife? We know how powerful peasant knives are.
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Disregard sword, frolic through grass.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png.html)
Freedom.
Thats, gorgeous. Great job, Sir.
The grass is so beautiful everything is so beautiful.
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Vomit profusely
because of twelve years of cave adaptation to celebrate freedom the dwarven way.
And yes, the world outside is beautiful (ly drawn).
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>Grab the sword, run back in, and kill everyone. :D
Enjoying the art.
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Ignore the sword, it's too heavy, she'll never reach the migrants if she tries to carry it.
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Ignore the sword, use grass to clean yourself up after the vomiting, and catch up with the migrants. Run! RUN!
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This is great.
>Run after the migrants. Convince 6 of them to join you in founding a new fortress.
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This is great.
>Run after the migrants. Convince 6 of them to join you in founding a new fortress.
+1
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+1 for sword-grabbing.
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+1 for sword-grabbing.
+1
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Yes, grab the sword. But instead of going to the migrants, join the guard in the uprising against the pillar overlords.
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Grab sword, run behind migrants, join and pretend to be a young recruit.
+1
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Grab sword, run behind migrants, join and pretend to be a young recruit.
+1
+ sword
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>After grabbing sword, waste a whole minute singing Tobuscus's "I can swing my sword" before using fastdwarf to instantly catch up with migrants.
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+1 For the sudden musical piece. What's freedom if you don't exercise it?
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+1 to grab sword.
Let's get that sword, unless you guys wanna find out if throwing is as hilariously overpowered in this as it is in Adventure mode...
We could always throw the sword!
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In westerns, the singing cowboy is the only way a posse gets from here to there in no time flat - those migrants probably don't have a singer yet - now's your chance! Of course, if the migrants DO already have a singing cowboy (maybe the expedition leader?), then the way a single person travels across Westerns is by silhouette in huge setting sun with heat-haze all around.
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+1 to grab sword.
Let's get that sword, unless you guys wanna find out if throwing is as hilariously overpowered in this as it is in Adventure mode...
We could always throw the sword!
if we had a minecart we could have pushed it in the direction of the mayor at 100,000 force per tick causing the minecart to become a cannonball on wheels hell don't we have cheese wheels we could make a minecart out of the crate and some cheese and zip on by. if ye going to use fast dwarf to hit beyond [speed:0] you better abuse the physics in [Speed:0] also you might want to have it applied to our character and not the entire fort or we still might not make it to the migrant wave.I suggest Superdwarf.lua for breaking barriers of FPS.
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Guys, we've already established that Misty's weapon of choice is her backpack. And as Headshoots proved, backpack>sword.
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Guys, we've already established that Misty's weapon of choice is her backpack. And as Headshoots proved, backpack>sword.
While the backpack would have been a mace, or at least a sap, with the brick,
I think we've well established that Misty is a cheesemaker not a fighter.
Cheese rounds being large and heavy and thick (especially the dwarven kind),
she might think to grab it as a cheese cutter, not really thinking of it as a sword.
Cue people thinking that she's a recruit just because she has her cheese cutter
hanging from her belt(?).
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The whole argument so far is based on that we'll need to fight bogeymen, but bogeymen only attack those who travel alone. If we grab the sword (which again I have to say is bigger than she is!) we'll have to drag it the whole way, and thus won't be able to catch up with them. If we just run after them, though, we need not worry about bogeymen.
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Unless they already got too far away for us to catch up. We don't know how much time passed since the sweet dwarven box parkour incident, the discussion with the mayor, and Misty's escape.
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We're not going to get very far before the fortress guard comes looking for us if we drag a sword that's bigger than misty. Look at that thing:
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png)
I doubt she could even lift it, much less swing it.
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Isn't there only two people in the fortress guard anyway? One guy is old and the other's a crazy recruit who last we saw was busy attacking a stone column. We could probably outrun them both, and if the sword is too heavy or slows us down too much we could drop it and keep moving.
Wouldn't hurt to try and at least lift the sword, right?
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What cheesemaker would ever have use for a sword! It's probably so old it doesn't even still work. Forget the sword; grab a cow. Migrants are allowed to bring pets, and nothing's more useful to a fort than a large grazer that can't be butchered.
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What cheesemaker would ever have use for a sword! It's probably so old it doesn't even still work. Forget the sword; grab a cow. Migrants are allowed to bring pets, and nothing's more useful to a fort than a large grazer that can't be butchered.
Misty doesn't have anything to lead the cow with (assuming she could even find one), and it'd likely slow her down enough that she couldn't catch up with the migrants. That's the big thing here.
My vote is go find some influential migrants to talk to and try to get in their good graces... particularly one that owns a cow or is a cheesemaker.
also, the sword is too big. Seriously, it's taller than she is. It's likely part of some statue and wouldn't cut butter anyway - let alone cheese.
Case in point: Look back above the sword. There's a helmed dwarf's head, part of a statue, upside down against the wall. You can even see the beard. That's what it's part of.
re-edit: Actually, that sword is way too small to be part of that statue... still, given how it's wrapped about with vines, I stand by how I said it won't cut anything. =p
Guys, we've already established that Misty's weapon of choice is her backpack. And as Headshoots proved, backpack>sword.
Unless you know martial dentistry like Fischer... which, Misty almost certainly doesn't.
Finally, that last image (with the ruins and grass) is made of win.
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Heck, if we're bringing a cow into this:
>Misty, grab sword, mount cow, grab cowboy hat, ride dramatically into the sunrise that rose three hours ago. Catch up to migrants on the derpiest heifer in all of the mountain-homes looking like a badass from the distance, then up close falling over from the weight of your mighty legendary cheese-cutter.
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In westerns, the singing cowboy is the only way a posse gets from here to there in no time flat - those migrants probably don't have a singer yet - now's your chance! Of course, if the migrants DO already have a singing cowboy (maybe the expedition leader?), then the way a single person travels across Westerns is by silhouette in huge setting sun with heat-haze all around.
>Misty, grab sword, mount cow, grab cowboy hat, ride dramatically into the sunrise that rose three hours ago. Catch up to migrants on the derpiest heifer in all of the mountain-homes looking like a badass from the distance, then up close falling over from the weight of your mighty legendary cheese-cutter.
Guys... (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WrongGenreSavvy)
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XD But Link rides a horse and plays an ocarina in an otherwise virtually horseless Fantasy setting. There's room for genre mix-and-mash, it's a forum comic not Shakespeare!
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There's a difference between references to other genres, and believing the world you're in operates on the rules of an entirely different genre.
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And how is riding a cow either?
Also, in the genre that Dwarf Fortress is, *not* picking up the sword is less logical than being a singing cowgirl.
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If we got the cow we could strap the sword to the cow to carry it. Don't know where we'd get the cow, but you guys brought it up.
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We just lure the cow to us with some grass. There's plenty here.
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We haven't even seen the cow. lol Lol at the grass joke, though.
Also, carrying a sword that's larger than you are, with zero weapon skill, makes you pretty much useless in combat, and that sword looks far heavier than a suit of armor, not to mention it's not sharp. It'd be faster and safer it just to leave it where it is.
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Guys since when in DF does age contribute to not carrying a weapon? Scratch that, since when as it been that realistic? I've had children hunt with iron bows' and arrows'. Even on sieges sometimes (rare) would obtain nearby weapons and going in battle bravely, honoribly dying a warrior's death being decapitated.
+1 To getting the sword.
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Key word is (rare)
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She could throw it at point blank range, followed by the cow. That tactic has helped many an historic adventurer in time honored tradition. Even better, she should weave a whip from grass stalks so that she can have whipped butter from the cow later on.
Incidentally, it's not a sword, but a dagger. ALL adventuring cheesemakers own daggers. It just looks like a sword because she's "small for a dwarf". The dagger will most likely be a multigrasp tool, but is a requirement for all adventuring cheesemakers nonetheless!
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She could throw it at point blank range, followed by the cow. That tactic has helped many an historic adventurer in time honored tradition. Even better, she should weave a whip from grass stalks so that she can have whipped butter from the cow later on.
We could use the cow's horns as an improvised weavery. The pointy piece of metal could pretend to be a needle.
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That's what fish bones are for, but first you'll need to knap a stone to make a +sharp stone+ so you can sharpen the bone.
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Guys. We don't have a cow. Do you know who probably has a cow, though? Migrants.
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Guys. We don't have a cow. Do you know who probably has a cow, though? Migrants.
This. Good luck catching up with the migrants after you pick up the sword.
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That's what fish bones are for, but first you'll need to knap a stone to make a +sharp stone+ so you can sharpen the bone.
We could use cow cheese to bait the fish.
Guys. We don't have a cow. Do you know who probably has a cow, though? Migrants.
I doubt any dwarf would take a cow away from a fort with such a great cheesemaker as Misty.
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Misty: Briefly consider acquiring the x-rhyolite greatsword-x. Decide that you'd rather not carry bits of a dilapidated warrior statue around. Whistle for your pet goat instead and take her along on your magical mysterious cheesemaking adventure. (Goat cheese making, obviously.)
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Besides, the migrants are probably moving at a pretty sluggish pace if they're trying to move the cow. We're the only one that the wild bovine listens to, becouse we're special.
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(http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/T-Shirts/wlodek/bart_dude.jpg)
(I'm working on the next scene now, just so you guys don't think I've given up.)
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The rule we probably should've followed to begin with:
(http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/compositions/106672459/views/1,width=280,height=280,appearanceId=2.png/trolls-american-apparel_design.png)
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XD Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a troll, nor did I expect the sword-cow argument to become legendary and multipaged. Well, if we don't get the sword, we still need some kinda livestock. Since we don't have a cow, I dunno... I guess...
Me: Wait to see what happens.
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I'm not trying to be a troll, I just thought that the whole 'imaginary cow' thing was funny. This thread is about humor, after all.
I suppose I could stop trying for the zany options if it bothers people here.
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You don't need to make stuff up out of thin air. It's best to follow along in the pictures and get hints as to what you can do from those.
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Sure, but while all the Masterwork level grass art is amazing, it doesn't tell us what to do next. And actually, grass to cow is not that much of a jump considering that cows eat grass. Besides, everyone's treating the swa'ad as a red herring, so if we don't pick it up now it's just gonna be a Chekhov's gun later.
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Sometimes a rusty sword is just a rusty sword.
But it's obvious what we have to do now: go after the migrants.
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Eh, I suppose I agree with that. Let's see what the actual author says.
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But it's obvious what we have to do now: go after the migrants.
I don't know. I figured we were to stay in the fort for a while untill someone suggested shouting about the kobolt.
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I find it much more interesting to role-play Misty than just playing another adventure game. Yes, adventure games have taught you to pick up anything and everything that isn't nailed down (blocks, sword, etc.). But would Misty have any desire at all to pick up a sword? Again, what use is a sword to a cheesemaker? The cow, on the other hand, while admittedly a light-hearted lark, is exactly the type of thing that Misty would want to take with her.
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The sword could cut cheese. +1 to picking it up.
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The sword could cut cheese. +1 to picking it up.
Real dwarfs eat the entire wheel.
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The sword could cut cheese. +1 to picking it up.
Real dwarfs eat the entire wheel.
Actually, Real Dwarves eat ☼Cheese Roasts☼ made of finely minced cheese, finely minced cheese, and finely minced cheese.
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The sword could cut cheese. +1 to picking it up.
Real dwarfs eat the entire wheel.
Actually, Real Dwarves eat ☼Cheese Roasts☼ made of finely minced cheese, finely minced cheese, and finely minced cheese.
Cheese that they mince with their bare hands.
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The sword could cut cheese. +1 to picking it up.
Real dwarfs eat the entire wheel.
Actually, Real Dwarves eat ☼Cheese Roasts☼ made of finely minced cheese, finely minced cheese, and finely minced cheese.
Cheese that they mince with their bare hands.
While wrestling with a bear.
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I vote against sword grab.
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I vote against sword grab.
Good thing this isn't a democracy. If the mayor author mandates picking it up, it'd better be picked up. Still, it's way too big and probably part os a shattered stone statue.
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We could always just use the captcha
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I have a feeling that the road will end at the end a few tiles away from the fortress, and Misty wont know where to go. If so:
>Run in a random direction and hope for the best.
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We could always just use the captcha
>.< No... not again! No Captchas.
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Captchas? I take it you don't mean the bot-preventing log-in measures.
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I vote against sword grab.
Good thing this isn't a democracy. If the mayor author mandates picking it up, it'd better be picked up. Still, it's way too big and probably part os a shattered stone statue.
All the author said was "don't have a cow, man"
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Captchas? I take it you don't mean the bot-preventing log-in measures.
Sorry.
It's really horrible joke from the original Homestuck (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6). (Which itself is a form of horrible humor called a shaggy dog story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_dog_story)). Perhaps you can "Amuse" yourself reading it while our author is busy writing the next installment.
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DON'T YOU DARE. IF YOU VALUE WHAT REMAINS OF YOUR SANITY STAY AWAY FROM HOMESTUCK.
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I think AFD would enjoy Homestuck. I read all the way through and retained most of my sanity.
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Problem is, it's a massive time suck that will absorb what part of your free time isn't occupied by these forums.
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This is amazing. Posting to watch.
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Yea, but are you going to watch for the updates or the mass of off-topic comments between them? ( Both is a good answer, also. )
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I'm watching for the updates. I'm now contributing to the off-topic comments...
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* hugs you * Very good. Welcome to the show.
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Come for the story, stay for the off-topic.
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Since reading this, I've vowed that the next fort I make, I'll actually bother developing a cheese industry.
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I just gotta say Misty is adorable and so is her art.
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I can't wait to see where this story goes. Watching this!
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Since reading this, I've vowed that the next fort I make, I'll actually bother developing a cheese industry.
Same! I'm going to have a most excellent cheese, bee, and soap industry. Just because most people don't ever do anything with those.
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I usually have a soap industry. It stops legendary axedwarves from dying of an infected toe.
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I usually have a soap industry. It stops legendary axedwarves from dying of an infected toe.
Such as Bob Marley.
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Mm. I wish we had one over at Willedabyss... It could really help with all the dwarf blood everywhere.
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The soap industry is way too weird to set up. I had all the stuff to make it but it wouldn't let me for some buggy reason, like having my tallow in bins.
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For those who enjoyed Homestuck, perhaps I can recommend spatula madness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CupN28y-K24)
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Mm. Slightly off-topic from that. Spatula city! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY
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Slightly off-topic from that.
Off-offtopic?
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Yeah. I'm bad about that. >.<
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> Misty, turn your head so that we can see the sword. If the sword is a shitty sword, don't touch it. If it's a good sword, see about grabbing it.
And about Homestuck... Personally, I think it hit its peak at Act 4, but it's still good; though it is a huge time sink, and a lot of the fan base is pretty awful. That said, I recommend it to anyone who likes a lot of reading.
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> Misty, turn your head so that we can see the sword. If the sword is a shitty sword, don't touch it. If it's a good sword, see about grabbing it.
And about Homestuck... Personally, I think it hit its peak at Act 4, but it's still good; though it is a huge time sink, and a lot of the fan base is pretty awful. That said, I recommend it to anyone who likes a lot of reading.
+1
I agree. I got fed up with the absurdity. I tried reading again and subsequently gave up when I was told that the cherubs turn into giant snakes and Gamzee continues to exist despite my explicit hatred toward him, (most) fictional clowns, and ICP. Also yea, I note the fandom usually has trouble with reality. Which partially includes me because I was once part of it and I have had struggles with reality. I was already pretty fed up with other aspects of the story and background and with Hussie.
I just hit about six "the last straw" moments with it
If your read the spoiler tags, then too bad cos you ruined it on your own.
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Go here to waste another 4 minutes of your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMPPWOsGe2Y
( P.S. Bump! )
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This thread is so daawww
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God is Cheese (http://hplusmagazine.com/2012/07/02/posthuman-cheese-god-religion/)
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This is why we need stuff like the cow. It keeps the thread safely off-topic, and out of the Meta-Off-Off-topic randomness region.
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YES THE COW!
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WHY A COW!?!? BRING FORTH THE GOAT, goat cheese is much better.
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WHY A COW!?!? BRING FORTH THE GOAT, goat cheese is much better.
I see your puny surfacer cheeses and raise you some genuine dwarven cheese, made of purring maggot milk.
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Let's dig down to find these purring treasures. Misty can use her hands for now, she can get a miner to help her later.
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Let's dig down to find these purring treasures. Misty can use her hands for now, she can get a miner to help her later.
*cough*http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.150*cough*
She has barely even left the front door of the mountainhome, and you're asking her to dig right there? She is just going to get caught again.
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Then we switch mittens as a disguise, tell them we need a miner to come dig here and that that awesome and beautifull cheesemaker went 'that way'.
If not, we could always dig behind a tree so they can't see the digging. We could move in with any rodents living at its trunk.
Edit: If they do check behind the tree, tell them we're not there.
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Obviously the great fortress we are setting off for has dozens of hand-picked purring maggots just for cheesemakers, unlike this backwards place.
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Oh jeez, Spring break was awesome! Nothing like working extra shifts all week long, that's what I always say.
I'll put up the next bit tonight, sorry for the delay.
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Take your time mate. Looking forward to the next post.
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That sword?
(http://i.imgur.com/PjnGqYb.png) (http://i.imgur.com/PjnGqYb.png)
That's one of The Fallen.
(http://i.imgur.com/tXav6KF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/tXav6KF.png)
To memorialize those who've given their lives during the Elf-Dwarf War, the Duke had their weapons planted in the courtyard. Each one represents a Dwarf from the mountainhome who'd fallen; your dad takes their deaths particularly hard. They wore his armor, after all.
(http://i.imgur.com/zJAd7AW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/zJAd7AW.png)
Whatever, you're just thrilled to be out of here. In just a few seconds, you'll be beyond these cramped walls and into the open, where the world awaits!
(http://i.imgur.com/lZW2V4x.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lZW2V4x.png)
You're an adult, you're a dabbling cheesemaker, and you're on your way to becoming the greatest Dwarf who ever lived.
Your name is Mistêm Kolnåzom, and you
are
free.
(http://i.imgur.com/hqHn7HE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hqHn7HE.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/0X4cJr7.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/0X4cJr7.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/B15XjG5.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/B15XjG5.gif)
ADVENTURE.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5132301#msg5132301)
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Bonus version, done by a close friend of mine.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/ee61decd68eea5b3e2455e8c7a40e366/tumblr_n2pt3mOgq01rs5f3po7_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/ee61decd68eea5b3e2455e8c7a40e366/tumblr_n2pt3mOgq01rs5f3po7_1280.png.html)
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> Tumble to freedom. Tumble to glory. Tumble until you are Legendary. Tumble until you hit a cow.
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Now see what happens when you fixate on an old rusty sword instead of keeping your eyes on the path ahead?
:P
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Now see what happens when you fixate on an old rusty sword instead of keeping your eyes on the path ahead?
:P
+1
For some reason I imagine this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQxpwCveg7A&t=0m38s) playing for that scene
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>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
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> Look at the world map to get an idea the surrounding area
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Yay, update! Very worth the wait.
Now see what happens when you fixate on an old rusty sword instead of keeping your eyes on the path ahead?
:P
+1
For some reason I imagine this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQxpwCveg7A&t=0m38s) playing for that scene
+1
And Huh, she does look a lot like Korra.
>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
YES. Parry the world, like you can only in DF, and become a +60 legendary everything.
...I doubt evictedSaint would allow that, though, so probably just look around and see where everything is. Also wonder why the road the migrants followed ended so abruptly. And why there's a cliff right outside the main gate.
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Also wonder why the road the migrants followed ended so abruptly. And why there's a cliff right outside the main gate.
This would be quite common for a player-made fort in Dwarf Fortress.
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Wow, so you didn't grab the sword after all.
Before you stop falling:
>aim for something soft to land in, if there is anything.
After you stop falling:
>Check injuries. Check surroundings. Look for clues on where the migrants went.
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Invert everything else everyone said: Dodge into waterfall, get swept off the end of the waterfall, then survive and struggle to swim to the shore. When you make it, you're downstream of the migrants and you can begin the migration phase of the story.
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Invert everything else everyone said: Dodge into waterfall, get swept off the end of the waterfall, then survive and struggle to swim to the shore. When you make it, you're downstream of the migrants and you can begin the migration phase of the story.
We can only decide what misty does in each situation. We have no idea about any waterfalls if we can't see them. Or at least, I think that's how games like these work.
Unless OP says otherwise, of course.
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And Huh, she does look a lot like Korra.
Great Scott, you're right :o
Anyway, I guess we should just reach the bottom of this thing, then see where the migrants got to.
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>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
YES. Parry the world, like you can only in DF, and become a +60 legendary everything.
I don't think she has enough levels in Fighter to pull of such block.
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>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
YES. Parry the world, like you can only in DF, and become a +60 legendary everything.
I don't think she has enough levels in Fighter to pull of such block.
Yeah, I know, I was messing around.
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If nothing else, it should raise her armor user.
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>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
YES. Parry the world, like you can only in DF, and become a +60 legendary everything.
I don't think she has enough levels in Fighter to pull of such block.
Yeah, I know, I was messing around.
That was suposed to be 8bit theatre reference.
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Why don't we have Misty battle the other Misties as training? There's enough of them to make for some quick leveling.
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Puke from cave adaptation kicking in.
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Puke from cave adaptation kicking in.
+1
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After seeing the grass that you grew, I'm interested in seeing what high quality vomit looks like.
+1
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Note that he hasn't drawn grass in quite such high quality since. lol
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>Dodge the ground and become a legendary dodger
YES. Parry the world, like you can only in DF, and become a +60 legendary everything.
I don't think she has enough levels in Fighter to pull of such block.
And she'd be so ripped from the bonus strenght, we wouldn't recognize her.
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Invert everything else everyone said: Dodge into waterfall, get swept off the end of the waterfall, then survive and struggle to swim to the shore. When you make it, you're downstream of the migrants and you can begin the migration phase of the story.
We can only decide what misty does in each situation. We have no idea about any waterfalls if we can't see them. Or at least, I think that's how games like these work.
Unless OP says otherwise, of course.
True. Too bad. ( Or else, we could just have her keep dodging forward until eventually a waterfall would be there. XD jk )
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Accompany glorious powerslide into plot progression with a face-blistering air-lute solo
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Acquaint yourself with something that is hopefully soft and squishy enough to break your fall. Then if you can, take a look at your surroundings and try to find which way those migrants went!
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Acquaint yourself with something that is hopefully soft and squishy enough to break your fall. Then if you can, take a look at your surroundings and try to find which way those migrants went!
+1
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Acquaint yourself with something that is hopefully soft and squishy enough to break your fall. Then if you can, take a look at your surroundings and try to find which way those migrants went!
+1
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Post to watch.
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Just popped in to say no update this week, got an exam friday. I meant to mention it earlier.
Wish me luck!
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Good luck!
Got a midterm to prep for myself...
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
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That's great, Dark!
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
Awesome! Allways enjoy seeing your work.
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PTW
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
Do I spy an SnK reference here?
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
This looks like it could be the poster for an animated movie.
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
Whoo, DarkerDark! Awesome as always! Very cool - love this.
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@DarkerDark: Your fan art needs a promotion to promotional poster. :)
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"The Littlest Cheesemaker" animated film... Maybe we could get the guy who animated Likot Soapeater to do it...
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Sure. Sounds good. I volunteer as a voice actor.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/cheeseplan.png)
keep this fanart train going. wonder if masterful cheesesmiths can craft any item out a single block of cheese.
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keep this fanart train going.
(http://i.imgur.com/VEPXpNi.png)
That's my best attempt.
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Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated! :)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
Just Beautiful.
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This is amazing, PTW!
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Here's Misty if she looked more like Laverne from Day of the Tentacle:
(http://s27.postimg.org/57y00jlxr/misty_laverne.png)
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Fanart for the Fanart Train!
(http://i.imgur.com/NkVggkv.png)
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D'aww, that is adorable vastaghen12.
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"Blessed are the cheesemakers, for they are the true sons of Armok"
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Hey, here's some unfinished fan-art for the fan-art train.
(http://s13.postimg.org/oiooq92if/Misty_fanart.jpg)
I'll post the finished versions sometime maybe.
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Hey, here's some unfinished fan-art for the fan-art train.
(http://s13.postimg.org/oiooq92if/Misty_fanart.jpg)
I'll post the finished versions sometime maybe.
Fanart for the Fanart Train!
(http://i.imgur.com/NkVggkv.png)
Here's Misty if she looked more like Laverne from Day of the Tentacle:
(http://s27.postimg.org/57y00jlxr/misty_laverne.png)
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/cheeseplan.png) keep this fanart train going. wonder if masterful cheesesmiths can craft any item out a single block of cheese.
Posting to watch, and leaving some fanart to keep you motivated!
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/DarkC1oak/littlestcheez.png)
OMG, you guys, these are all awesome! This seriously made my day, I love all of you. There's nothing like a waterfall of fanart to keep you motivated. :')
Your tumbling eventually reaches its end.
(http://i.imgur.com/gQYHxXq.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/gQYHxXq.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/Dr7qOaZ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/Dr7qOaZ.gif)
In a true feat of superdwarvenly luck, you manage to parry the very earth itself! The ground is blocked, and you land unharmed, only to rake in the deliriously sicknasty amount of exp that can only come from fighting the world itself! You become LEGENDARY in every stat and attribute, leaving behind your mortal form to become SUPER MISTY! THE GREATEST CHEESEMAKER WHO EVER LIVED!
(http://i.imgur.com/NRBsI5H.png) (http://i.imgur.com/NRBsI5H.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/TXZjeka.png) (http://i.imgur.com/TXZjeka.png)
Misty's ego takes the full force of the impact, bruising the pride.
(http://i.imgur.com/sRg1rxI.png) (http://i.imgur.com/sRg1rxI.png)
Well, it doesn't look like anything's broken, at least. You can move your legs, your arms, and more importantly, you still have your midnight blue cap! Whew! You were worried it might have fallen off! Oh, and all your teeth are still there too. After a quick check, it seems that at most you've got a couple bruises here and there. Nothing serious, but you may be sore for a while. You fell quite a ways; you're pretty lucky you didn't get seriously hurt!
(http://i.imgur.com/ywbPd3u.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ywbPd3u.png)
Now that you're outside and all situated, you get ready for the inevitable puking that follows all cave-adapted dwarves. The bright light and fresh air will be too much; any second now, your bile will rise and you'll be rendered incapacitated by the outside world. You brace yourself, thinking about the horrible stories you've been told of dwarves who puke for hours on end, laid low and weak by the too-bright sun.
(http://i.imgur.com/NpI3D7e.png) (http://i.imgur.com/NpI3D7e.png)
...huh.
Looks like you weren't cave-adapted as you thought you were. You don't even feel nauseous! It's a little surprising, but you're not going to complain. Cat biscuits always taste worse coming up than they do going down.
Well, with that out of the way, it's time to get back to the matter at hand.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZkZLFiQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZkZLFiQ.png)
You give the surrounding countryside a quick look. From what you can remember, ShieldDawn is due north, bordering the Frozen Swamplands, Northern Mountain Range, the Great Forest, and the Old Tower. None of that surprised you. Like all Great Dwarven Fortresses, it has to be set down in one of the most dangerous places in the world.
All that's left is to catch up with the migrants and follow them to the Fortress, then it's smooth sailing from then on out. Nothing can stop you now!
(http://i.imgur.com/JGhqgfp.png) (http://i.imgur.com/JGhqgfp.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5141167#msg5141167)
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> Run.
Hurry up. They must stop for the night so as long as you get moving right now you can catch up.
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Agreed. Catch up, they dont seem to be running.
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> Run.
Hurry up. They must stop for the night so as long as you get moving right now you can catch up.
+1
And I can't help but think that something absolutely horrible is gonna happen eventually, like disembowelment.
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That might be them in the distance! Joining in on the run after them plan.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/wait-zoom-enhance.gif)
Chances are those people up ahead aren't the migrant party but some random adventurer's group off to tackle the nearby Tower
Also that's one weird bong.
eh either way company is better than having to teach this cheesemaker how to befriend a bogeymen or how to build a wooden floor over 1z high hill for shelter. dying in the woods.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/wait-zoom-enhance.gif)
Chances are those people up ahead aren't the migrant party but some random adventurer's group off to tackle the nearby Tower
Also that's one weird bong.
eh either way company is better than having to teach this cheesemaker how to befriend a bogeymen or how to build a wooden floor over 1z high hill for shelter. dying in the woods.
That looks awfully lot like VATS :)
(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z344/Georgethegunner/VATS.jpg) (http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/Georgethegunner/media/VATS.jpg.html)
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-> Quickly rush at them screaming your name and that they will learn to fear you
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> Yell for help and run toward them with your arms flailing.
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Just sort of walk briskly towards the migrant wave. Don't run. That might attract suspicion.
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Run up the hill next to them and tumble down it in front of them, earning extra pity points
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Run to catch up with whoever they are, but slow down as you get closer so you can see if that's really the migrants or not.
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Run to catch up with whoever they are, but slow down as you get closer so you can see if that's really the migrants or not.
I agree with this one.
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Run to catch up with whoever they are, but slow down as you get closer so you can see if that's really the migrants or not.
I agree with this one.
+1, seems the most sensible.
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Run to catch up with whoever they are, but slow down as you get closer so you can see if that's really the migrants or not.
I agree with this one.
+1, seems the most sensible.
Dwarf and sensible have never been synonymous, dude.
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Run to catch up with whoever they are, but slow down as you get closer so you can see if that's really the migrants or not.
+1 from me too.
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My interpetation of the silhouets in the distance:
(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r670/Afellowdwarf/Dwarfmigrants_zpsa4cdd7d8.png)
As for the course of action, start screaming 'It's here! It's here!' while you run towards them. Upon reaching them and being asked to clarify, tell them you're here.
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Oh no... the one in blue looks like AnimaRytak.
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So, a quick google search turns up... Another forumite? Oh no.. That does indeed bode ill.
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Yeah. It's one of the guys who originated Deathgate and Murdermachines. See the art here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121407.0
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> Yell for help and run toward them with your arms flailing.
This is probably the most sensible thing to do.
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Ptw
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Check status, see our speed. Establish if we're fast enough to catch up to them while sneaking in order to train our sneak skill. This will also make it harder for them to find and catch us.
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(http://i.imgur.com/7fcaCWS.png) (http://i.imgur.com/7fcaCWS.png)
Back at the mountianhome...
(http://i.imgur.com/q0mt1u8.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/q0mt1u8.gif)
Captain Holt continues to attempt to stop his rampaging recruit. Recruit Pashmad continues to attempt to murder the non-existent kobold.
(http://i.imgur.com/9dQIVTo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/9dQIVTo.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/6sAYiJj.png) (http://i.imgur.com/6sAYiJj.png)
Oh. There we go.
(http://i.imgur.com/nDmG2ZR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/nDmG2ZR.png)
Dammit Reg, Holt says. Look around! Do you see any kobolds?!
No, says Reg. Did I get them?
Holt calmly explains that it was all a clever ruse, and that there never was a kobold. Reg postulates that perhaps there WAS a kobold, but her swordsdwarfship managed to scare it off.
This debate continues on for a few minutes before the captain concedes that no, there was no way for him to be SURE there wasn't a kobold skulking around somewhere, and it is POSSIBLE that she managed to drive it off despite no one having actually seen it.
Reg adds the kobold to her kill list.
Holt sighs and points out that they still have standing orders to bring Misty down to the Duke's office. Reg also points out that neither of them are permitted to leave the mountainhome (her especially, for security reasons). The Captain says that they'll just have go back to Duke Mosus and tell him they lost Misty.
Reg fearfully asks how Holt thinks the Duke will react.
(http://i.imgur.com/flNyRu6.png) (http://i.imgur.com/flNyRu6.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/sgUiQ0C.png) (http://i.imgur.com/sgUiQ0C.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/9qdMmMj.png) (http://i.imgur.com/9qdMmMj.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5147119#msg5147119)
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Ooh! B plot!
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Ooh! B plot!
The plot thickens.
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Sorry there's not much room for commands, guys. It's either update scene-by-scene or in huge bursts, and I figure this way at least it's more frequent.
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>charge out the front door. Trip and fall down the mountain.
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>charge out the front door. Trip and fall down the mountain.
+1 and drag the captain down the mountain with you. Also, bring along a third recruit that we haven't met yet. ( Cos 3-5 is the ideal adventuring party, 2 will die and 6 will run out of booze and screen-space. )
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Span a couple of prisoners and/or cats in front of a minecart or wheelbarrow to reach Misty faster.
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Ooh! Why not gag the duke and take him as the third man?
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Span a couple of prisoners and/or cats in front of a minecart or wheelbarrow to reach Misty faster.
Ride a minecart down the hill!
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Why not a catapult? They're armored, and this is Dwarf Fortress, so they should be mostly fine.
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Why not a catapult? They're armored, and this is Dwarf Fortress, so they should be mostly fine.
Let's use cats as cushioning!
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Guys, I'm really sorry, but schoolwork has been piling up and I don't know if I can keep working on The Littlest Cheesemaker. It was fun while it lasted, and I really, really appreciated all the fan art and supportive comments, but it's going to be a long, long time before I update again. If I even update at all, I mean. I'm sorry to cut the story short, but life gets in the way some times. :(
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It's cool. Update if/when you got the time for it. You're the dude running it, after all.
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Sorry to hear that.
If/when you return to it, we'll be here waiting.
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Guys, I'm really sorry, but schoolwork has been piling up and I don't know if I can keep working on The Littlest Cheesemaker. It was fun while it lasted, and I really, really appreciated all the fan art and supportive comments, but it's going to be a long, long time before I update again. If I even update at all, I mean. I'm sorry to cut the story short, but life gets in the way some times. :(
Yes, we can wait. Don't worry.
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PTW! Good stuff.
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Guys, I'm really sorry, but schoolwork has been piling up and I don't know if I can keep working on The Littlest Cheesemaker. It was fun while it lasted, and I really, really appreciated all the fan art and supportive comments, but it's going to be a long, long time before I update again. If I even update at all, I mean. I'm sorry to cut the story short, but life gets in the way some times. :(
Yes, we can wait. Don't worry.
We can and we will. I waited for the rerelease of Earthbound since before my conception. XD ( Trolololol, but in all seriousness... 19 years? 19... years. C'MON! It's even worse waiting for the other two cos they were never even released in America the first time. ) So, provided you don't go getting married as soon as you get through with school, we'll have updates. Oh such updates we will have! In the meantime:
Everyone: fan-art, wild-mass guess, speculate, and make fan offshoots.
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Guys, I'm really sorry, but schoolwork has been piling up and I don't know if I can keep working on The Littlest Cheesemaker. It was fun while it lasted, and I really, really appreciated all the fan art and supportive comments, but it's going to be a long, long time before I update again. If I even update at all, I mean. I'm sorry to cut the story short, but life gets in the way some times. :(
Don't say it's over for good! We'll wait as long as we have to. We love Misty, and can't wait to see more of her. Update us when you can, we'll be waiting patiently. :)
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Eh, I can wait. Don't worry about that. Also, feel free to skip over whatever list of options I'll probably put up while I wait.
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> It's April 2 now. Carry on.
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> It's April 2 now. Carry on.
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he didn't just get all of us with an April Fools prank, did he...
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> It's April 2 now. Carry on.
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he didn't just get all of us with an April Fools prank, did he...
I really hope he did. :)
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Actually, so do I. I actually hope we all got pranked. This would be the only time I've ever hoped that, too.
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> It's April 2 now. Carry on.
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he didn't just get all of us with an April Fools prank, did he...
I really hope he did. :)
Actually, so do I. I actually hope we all got pranked. This would be the only time I've ever hoped that, too.
Sorry to be a parrot, but me too.
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Sorry to be a parrot, but me too.
Squaaawk!
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Hehehe
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Hehehe
>.> Oh, that was a good one. *applauds* well played, sir, well played. You had us all fooled.
Except, apparently, for BigD145.
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D: Woah.... * mind blown *
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Tirion cancels tantrum, thread revived.
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Reg and Holt rush through the gate and into the courtyard.
(http://i.imgur.com/kYhefGG.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/kYhefGG.gif)
Thankfully, Captain Holt manages to catch Reg before she goes tumbling off the cliff. How terrible would that be, he says, if she were to fall all the way down the mountain! Rather than take the tumble, they instead follow the switchbacks down the mountainside. If they hurry, they'll be able to catch Misty before she even makes it a fourth of the way down!
(http://i.imgur.com/oIyGOPR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oIyGOPR.png)
Meanwhile, you hurry and catch up with the migrants, making sure to slow down right before you reach them. You don't want to scare the migrant party, after all!
(http://i.imgur.com/hzcGj7B.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hzcGj7B.png)
You finally catch up and introduce yourself! Hi, you say. I almost didn't make it! It's nice to meet you all! You take another moment to catch your breath while they introduce themselves, too.
I'm taking names for the migrant party.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5161737#msg5161737)
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Wait, a nun, what, is this Masterwork version? There aren't any nuns in real DF.
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The plump helmet man calls himself "super plump helmet man" and has a big ego.
But seriously, I say the engineer should be named Cog Longem.
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>Enter name. The smith is named Zusta Iridmedtob.
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The plump helmet man is to be called Poof, and will be worshipped by everyone in the new fortress as his spawn is brewed alive.
Booze for Booze God!
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Woot!!! Wait... a nun?
Engineer: last name Uristodel, or Aristotle (dagger-shield, mainly doing it because Aristotle)
Nun: last name Lokunomel (rise-staff, because lol)
Farmer 1: last name Adatith (sun-straw)
Farmer 2: first name Ned for the second farmer (brown)
Smith: last name Rodertolis for the smith (bald-top)
And the plump helmet man can be affectionately known as Plumpy until he gets eaten because it's the only way to keep from starving.
Also, I see little Billy is a redshirt is wearing a red shirt. Hmmmmmmmmm...
edit: ninja'd four times.
The plump helmet man calls himself "super plump helmet man" and has a big ego.
But seriously, I say the engineer should be named Cog Longem.
How about Cog Uristsodel? :P
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Child: Sakzul Ironbeds. :)
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The farmer looks like a Deler. Deler Uristdodok.
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The plump helmet man calls himself "super plump helmet man" and has a big ego.
But seriously, I say the engineer should be named Cog Longem.
How about Cog Uristsodel? :P
Well, as long as we have an engineer named "Cog" :)
What is "Cog" dwarfish for?
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"boot"
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I like the last name "Lodemfikod". It has a nice ring to it.
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The smith looks like a Deler to me. Or maybe Rimtar.
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I like the last name "Lodemfikod". It has a nice ring to it.
"Lodem" isn't a dwarven word, though, to my knowledge. Fikod means Glaze, I think.
Baffler - either of those works for me. lol I personally like Rimtar - hard R/T sounds.
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The plump helmet man calls himself "super plump helmet man" and has a big ego.
But since no one understands his mumbling
the plump helmet man can be affectionately known as Plumpy until he gets eaten because it's the only way to keep from starving.
And child's name is Rovod "Clasppowers" Dodokmidor. Likes backpacks and microcline, and he'll be that one who gets a mood just after they arrive.
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I like the last name "Lodemfikod". It has a nice ring to it.
Baffler - either of those works for me. lol I personally like Rimtar - hard R/T sounds.
RIMTAR!
I also kinda like peregarrett's name for the kid, but I still want Datanzust as the last name. +1 to him being the first dwarf to get a mood.
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I don't know about names, but we should gently nibble on the plump helmet man untill we're told to stop. Then we should proceed to nibble on the nearest dwarf's arm.
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I don't know about names, but we should gently nibble on the plump helmet man untill we're told to stop. Then we should proceed to nibble on the nearest dwarf's arm.
Vetoingnibbling on the plump helmet man. We have to set up a farm of them
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Name the plump helmet man "Juicy".
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I don't know about names, but we should gently nibble on the plump helmet man untill we're told to stop. Then we should proceed to nibble on the nearest dwarf's arm.
Vetoingnibbling on the plump helmet man. We have to set up a farm of them
Aww, but I wasn't going to eat all of it! Just let met take one little bite.
Edit:Besides, if they farm for food, they won't need as much cheese. The plump helmet man is a threat to Misty's status. So are the farmers, now that I think of it. But we can deal with them later.
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The plump helmet man is a threat to Misty's status. So are the farmers, now that I think of it. But we can deal with them later.
Misty seems oblivious to her status, utterly convinced the world needs more cheese, and proud that she's going to be just the royally-appointed dwarfette (no beard) to do it.
So, if she's going to eliminate threats to her status, it will largely be by accident not intention, such as deconstructing the wall to an unforbidden room, getting by the distracted guards, and bumping down the hill.
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Besides, cheese is not merely to be eaten like common food every day. No no, cheese is for special occasions, a venerable confection that deserves the respect of all Dwarves!
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Misty seems oblivious to her status, utterly convinced the world needs more cheese, and proud that she's going to be just the royally-appointed dwarfette (no beard) to do it.
So, if she's going to eliminate threats to her status, it will largely be by accident not intention, such as deconstructing the wall to an unforbidden room, getting by the distracted guards, and bumping down the hill.
Yes, of course. Misty wouldn't want to hurt anyone. But that plump helmet man does look rather tasty. A little bite wouldn't hurt much. I don't think Misty has eaten yet. Plump helmet men don't feel pain, right? Yes, they definitely don't. Probably. I bet they even like being eaten: Misty would be doing it a favor. And if Misty does eat it to death, then the greater need for cheesemakers will just be a bonus, and Misty wouldn't have done it on purpuse, she would never want to hurt anyone. It was an accident. And that plump helmet man was looking very tasty at that moment. It should've known someone would eat him if he made himself look that way. So, really, it was his fault. Misty is the real victim here. She should just forget about it and go about her way. And hey, there's one thing less standing in her way to becoming accepted as a cheesemaker, that's a happy coincedence.
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Plump helmet man doesn't give his name. A super hero never reveals his secret identity!
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Plump helmet man doesn't give his name. A super hero never reveals his secret identity!
Ooh, we should try to find him a little cape!
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Yes, of course. Misty wouldn't want to hurt anyone. But that plump helmet man does look rather tasty. A little bite wouldn't hurt much. I don't think Misty has eaten yet. Plump helmet men don't feel pain, right? Yes, they definitely don't. Probably. I bet they even like being eaten: Misty would be doing it a favor. And if Misty does eat it to death, then the greater need for cheesemakers will just be a bonus, and Misty wouldn't have done it on purpuse, she would never want to hurt anyone. It was an accident. And that plump helmet man was looking very tasty at that moment. It should've known someone would eat him if he made himself look that way. So, really, it was his fault. Misty is the real victim here. She should just forget about it and go about her way. And hey, there's one thing less standing in her way to becoming accepted as a cheesemaker, that's a happy coincedence.
That would made her big, or small, depending on the side where she bite him. Better try that on someone not important.
Also, mushroom-flavoured cheese is great!
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Also, mushroom-flavoured cheese is great!
Wouldn't we need a female plump helmet man for that?
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Nope. Just chuck the chunks of PHM into the cheese curds and churn. Wait, that's butter... How is cheese made again?
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Hmm. We could craft a cheese wheel around his head. He'd become a plump helmet cheese man.
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Hmm. We could craft a cheese wheel around his head. He'd become a plump helmet cheese man.
After all, every superhero needs a helmet to protect their mind from evildoers!
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Hmm. We could craft a cheese wheel around his head. He'd become a plump helmet cheese man.
+1 to this.
Present it as a hat.
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Hmm. We could craft a cheese wheel around his head. He'd become a plump helmet cheese man.
+1 to this.
Present it as a hat.
+2, We need to see that she can actually craft cheese anyway.
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Okay, so, what people have decided on (by popular vote, mainly, with the farmers splitting a name as the specific farmer wasn't specified by Zaerosz):
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel
Farmer: Deler Adatith
Child: Rovod Datanzust
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan
edited with new nun name
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Kulet for the nun, obviously. ( Dwarvish for "abbey". )
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Kulet for the nun, obviously. ( Dwarvish for "abbey". )
Dammit, ninja'd.
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Kulet for the nun, obviously. ( Dwarvish for "abbey". )
Dammit, ninja'd.
Haha! :D
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Nice Kul-Loku thing the Nun's got going on for her now.
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So everyone agrees on these names?
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Now if we could just get a translation...
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Now if we could just get a translation...
Ask and ye shall receive.
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer: Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
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Now if we could just get a translation...
Ask and ye shall receive.
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer: Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
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+1
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Sounds like a good list to me!
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Now if we could just get a translation...
Ask and ye shall receive.
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer: Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
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+1
+ all the 1s!
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Now if we could just get a translation...
Ask and ye shall receive.
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer: Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
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+1
+ all the 1s!
+8
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Now if we could just get a translation...
Ask and ye shall receive.
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer: Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer: Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
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+1
+ all the 1s!
+3
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All are great. +1 indeed!
And I'm totally using "Boot Daggershields" next time I make a cowboy character.
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Alright, so we're already agreed! Now just to have EvictedSaint make it into canon. ( I especially like Abbey Risestaff, though in the frame of mind I'm in right now.... Heheheheheh. * sighs * I feel bad about that now. )
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That was the joke. lol She's a nun, so... irony.
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So it's sort of like iron?
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Weird. I thought abbeys were made out of wood.
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Weird. I thought abbeys were made out of wood.
Obviously you haven't seen a TRUE DWARVEN abbey. They're made out of GOOD SOLID iron.
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Weird. I thought abbeys were made out of wood.
Obviously you haven't seen a TRUE DWARVEN abbey. They're made out of GOOD SOLID iron.
Yeah!
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Weird. I thought abbeys were made out of wood.
Obviously you haven't seen a TRUE DWARVEN abbey. They're made out of GOOD SOLID iron.
Yeah!
Oooh, yes.
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
Elf soap. Pretty much mandatory.
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
Elf soap. Pretty much mandatory.
Yeah. Cos then you can use the elf meat and blood for sacrifices?
(( Normally I'm against blood sacrifices, but cannibalism is slightly worse. ))
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
Elf soap. Pretty much mandatory.
Yeah. Cos then you can use the elf meat and blood for sacrifices?
Well, elves have a lot of meat. Those bastards are long like you wouldn't believe.
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Hmm... Did not know that.
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
Elf soap. Pretty much mandatory.
Yeah. Cos then you can use the elf meat and blood for sacrifices?
Well, elves have a lot of meat. Those bastards are long like you wouldn't believe.
Actually, no. They're the exact same size and weight as dwarves in every way, if you check the raws.
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Unless it's made of gold... with a soap tower.
Elf soap. Pretty much mandatory.
Yeah. Cos then you can use the elf meat and blood for sacrifices?
Well, elves have a lot of meat. Those bastards are long like you wouldn't believe.
Actually, no. They're the exact same size and weight as dwarves in every way.
See I thought so. They're just thinner somehow. And have lighter feet.
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Erm, are we still talking in euphemisms?
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That depends on how you feel like interpreting it. I meant it literally, but when you said that I almost burst out laughing.
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That depends on how you feel like interpreting it. I meant it literally, but when you said that I almost burst out laughing.
Same, guilty.
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PTW for awesomeness
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That depends on how you feel like interpreting it. I meant it literally, but when you said that I almost burst out laughing.
Same, guilty.
I di burst out laughing,
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The best April fools jokes are the ones you figure out about week later. Love this place.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/cheesemaker-new-characters.png)
okay got so drew the new migrant wave.
also silly idea but due to how religion works in DF Kalet could be hit with a 'blessing' of immortality by her god and it's possible for a vampire to live with out blood.
oh and no regrets on the other members.
edit: okay colored Boot Daggershield
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Boot-Daggershield.png)
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Wait, the name I suggested translated to Steel Daggerclasp? O_o Goddamn that's a stroke of coincidence. I mean I knew about Urist, who doesn't, but that's a surprisingly coherent name.
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I don't know why I'm in such an artistic mood all of a sudden.
(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r670/Afellowdwarf/Cutesyplumphelmetman_zps14f5f281.jpg)
Looks like plumpy here has a bit of a crush.
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Actually, you didn't specify which farmer, and I only had a farmer's first name and a second farmer's last name, so I kind of split yours up and mixed it with mine to spread the names around. And yeah, it fits pretty well now. :P (although it's not Steel Daggerclasp, it's Brown Daggerclasp and Steel Sunstraw... sorry. :-\ If nobody likes Neb's name (Brown), we can switch it back.)
Rumrusher - I'd assumed Cog was a dude, given evictedSaint's tendency to draw male dwarves with beards and female dwarves without, but seriously, damn... that looks awesome.
Ninja'd.
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I think he intentionally misinterpetated cog as a she-dwarf.
Edit: Oh, and with steel daggerclasp, we now have two suggistive names. I suggest not shaking steel's hand.
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I think he intentionally misinterpetated cog as a she-dwarf.
Edit: Oh, and with steel daggerclasp, we now have two suggistive names. I suggest not shaking steel's hand.
someone with the name Steel Daggerclasp must had soldier parents, or their father wanted a Warrior.
wait that's Steel Sunstraw and
Brown Daggerclasp
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Huh. Looks like steel is a lot less.. impressive.. than you talking him up as.
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okay here's grandma colored and what I always can't unsee when drawing misty hair
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/the-littlest-cheesemaker-also-vamp-nun.png)
also Steel SunStraw(hat)
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Why are we assuming the nun is old?
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That would be the wrinkles and bags around and under her eyes, respectively. Also, the gray hair.
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ptw. 30 pages o.o
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That would be the wrinkles and bags around and under her eyes, respectively. Also, the gray hair.
Ahah. Blame it on my memory. XD For some reason I remembered her with black hair and generic features. Oops. Very well, carry on. XD
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That would be the wrinkles and bags around and under her eyes, respectively. Also, the gray hair.
Why are we assuming she's a vampire?
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Vampires stop aging, so really any of them could be a vampire, even the plumphelmet man *dun dUN DUH!!*
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Vampires stop aging, so really any of them could be a vampire, even the plumphelmet man *dun dUN DUH!!*
:O Not plump helmet man! Dark, edgy backstory for the famed super-hero ensues.
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Vampires stop aging, so really any of them could be a vampire, even the plumphelmet man *dun dUN DUH!!*
:O Not plump helmet man! Dark, edgy backstory for the famed super-hero ensues.
(http://i.imgur.com/nl254MB.png)
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Canonical Names:
Engineer: Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel (Boot Daggershield)
Nun: Kulet Lokunnomel (Abbey Risestaff)
Farmer (female): Deler Adatith (Steel Sunstraw)
Child: Rovod Datanzust (Arch Ironbeds)
Farmer (male): Neb Uristdodok (Brown Daggerclasp)
Smith: Rimtar Iridmedtob (Castle Rythymblockade)
Plump Helmet Man: Super "Plumpy" PlumpHelmetMan (Just what it says on the tin)
FYI, the delay for this update is due in part to school work, plotting, and sprite making. Every time I gotta make a new scene or new character sprite it takes sooooooo much time.
The one with the hammer pushes his way to the front of the group and glares down at you. You two are passing acquaintances; you think his name is Rimtar Iridmedtob, one of the many weapon-smiths.
Because, you know, THAT'S what ShieldDawn needs.
ANOTHER legendary metalworker.
(http://i.imgur.com/pLKluqd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pLKluqd.png)
Misty? What are you doing out here, he asks. I thought the Duke denied your request to join the migration.
He changed his mind, you lie. You tell him about how the two of you meticulously debated the issue, and how he graciously admitted that he may have been mistaken in forbidding you from going to ShieldDawn.
Rimtar eyes you warily for a moment, then grunts in apathy. If you want to join, he says, you're free to come along.
(http://i.imgur.com/m5M1lrO.png) (http://i.imgur.com/m5M1lrO.png)
He promptly turns around and continues leading the party along, and the others hastily follow. It takes you a moment to catch up, since they're moving at a blistering pace.
The rest of the party gives you sympathetic looks; they seem friendly enough, at least. It's a long trek to ShieldDawn, maybe a day or two, so you might as well make friends with those you can.
Who should you talk to? What should you talk about?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5183265#msg5183265)
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Talk to PHM. What's his deal? He has what purpose?
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Also talk to the farmers. They may have some experience with cheese-making, or at least with the animals we get milk from. Maybe they've heard about the animals that ShieldDawn already has.
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Talk to PHM. What's his deal? He has what purpose?
+1
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Vampires stop aging, so really any of them could be a vampire, even the plumphelmet man *dun dUN DUH!!*
About that, they don't stop aging, they stop dying from old age. Remove the curse of the vampire and Poof they instantly drop dead that doesn't excuse them from being a fresh vampire. That said All I was bringing up is some side idea on the new characters Abbey or the rest all could have read necromance novels and gain immortality that way.
besides if the necromancer tower doesn't murder us then clearly some overseer knock some Vamp juice into the drinking well and every one caught the curse.
which is good since these are Meph's Towers, which usually have magical druids and wizards that cast horrible lighting and magic missiles on top of having a clown car filled with ghouls and skeletons on top of this you got
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Talk to the architect, he appears to be a visionary, just like us!
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Find out which bastard took a bite out of Plumpy.
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Talk to the engineer. Ask him if he knows how to build a cheese workshop. If so then declare him you new best friend.
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It's a long trip, talk to everyone.
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Talk to the engineer. Ask her if she knows how to build a cheese workshop. If so then declare her you new bff.
yes befriend The Cheesebeard.
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Talk to the engineer. Ask her if she knows how to build a cheese workshop. If so then declare her you new bff.
yes befriend The Cheesebeard.
Editing people's quotes isn't going to make him any less of a dwarf-man.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4c6b4c00b9c8c164a1c44701958b3f61/tumblr_n3ol48XCJy1rs5f3po2_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/4c6b4c00b9c8c164a1c44701958b3f61/tumblr_n3ol48XCJy1rs5f3po2_1280.png.html)
We're off to see the wizard!
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This story is going to be great.
>Ask Rimtar Iridmedtob if he can make a cheese-cutter for you when you get to ShieldDawn. I mean, you ARE going to need one, right? And you should give the honor of making your cheese-cutter (who wouldn't be honored by making one for a soon-to-be Legendary Cheesemaker?) to someone you know, especially since he said you could come along! And surely a cheese-cutter isn't that much different than a weapon! Well, some of them aren't. On second thought maybe we need a metalcrafter... But it never hurts to ask!
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^^Rimtar's stuck in the best pose ever.
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> Encounter a forgotten beast made of cheese?
* shrug * I haven't got any ideas. That does need to happen sometime before the story ends though.
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>Ask Plumpy if you can get a ride on him(her?). Consider the mumbling as "yes", climb on his head and strike the coolest pose you can.
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Talk to the engineer. Ask herhim if she knows how to build a cheese workshop. If so then declare her him you new Best friendbff.
yes befriend The Cheesebeard.
Editing people's quotes isn't going to make him any less of a dwarf-man.
true though the creator didn't state Cog's gender... soo eh.. better stop. Here have a CheeseBeard doodle.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/stop-nawing-on-my-mozerrella-whiskers.png)
>Ask Plumpy if you can get a ride on him(her?). Consider the mumbling as "yes", climb on his head and strike the coolest pose you can.
Misty would be carried the same way as dwarven babies are carried by their mothers, also the same way invaders ride their mounts.
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Misty and the migrant party still have a long ways to go. Maybe she can start off talking to PHM and then work her way up the line? It never hurts to get a good idea who you are traveling with and maybe gain some friends. Maybe we can learn a little more about ShieldDawn from them too!
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>Ask Plumpy if you can get a ride on him(her?). Consider the mumbling as "yes", climb on his head and strike the coolest pose you can.
+1, the only way to start an awesome story about a small hero is if they ride a friend.
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I hope super plump helmet man is really shy. I Made a quick sketch.
(http://I.imgur.com/yshvy4F.png)
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I concur with Rumrusher, the engineer is totes bishie. He'd make a pretty she.
(http://i.imgur.com/rYeuXBy.png)
The graceful pose, the feminine figure, the slight smile, the innocent expression of naive hope. Look at him, he'd be the prettiest girl at the ball.
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Ignoring the fact that EvictedSaint has only drawn beards on males thus far, the only unambiguously male migrant by your criteria is the smith.
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Nonsense, the farmer with the hat is obviously also a dude, he's clearly wearing pants, not a
dress toga. :P I was joking the whole time.
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I hope super plump helmet man is really shy. I Made a quick sketch.
(http://I.imgur.com/yshvy4F.png)
If PHM was shy, it'd make a more effective Clark Kent for his transformation to SUPER Plump Helmet Man! ( Triggered by eating a Super Mario Brothers' Super Mushroom. For extra fun, references, and unfortunate implications.)
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Ignoring the fact that EvictedSaint has only drawn beards on males thus far, the only unambiguously male migrant by your criteria is the smith.
And ignoring the fact that togas were worn by both sexes in Ancient Greece and Rome.
In my fort, I would relegate the two farmers to being haulers since three or four is all I need to keep a forts farms and brewing going.
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Ignoring the fact that EvictedSaint has only drawn beards on males thus far, the only unambiguously male migrant by your criteria is the smith.
And ignoring the fact that togas were worn by both sexes in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Forgive me if I'm wrong and also for being slightly off-topic. Weren't togas originally strictly ceremonial clothes? And weren't they usually worn with/on top of gender non-ambiguous clothes?
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You could just look it up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toga) ;)
The toga was for a long time an exclusively-male garment reserved for roman citizens. During some times, it was also worn by women, and later on, citizenship became so common it was no longer a distinction. The pallium/palla might be a better fit for generic roman-time overclothes, but the toga's more widely known.
And of course, we don't know what the dwarven rules of toga wearing are. The engineer might be emulating the look of greek intellectuals by wearing a himation without visible underclothes (http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/ImagesML/Fashion/Chimation.png). And why not? Dwarfs don't need multiple layers of clothing on the upper body to be happy.
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Hence the Uristodel -> Aristotle.
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You could just look it up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toga) ;)
Haha, I always could, but never do! Besides, I always remember it better in context of a conversation than reading Wiki articles, so I prefer to be "taught" by a knowledgeable human when it comes up in a natural conversation.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Steel-studies-also-cheesemaker-time.png)
sorry for leading this derail but here have a crop Steel study since
I originally drew Steel on the handsome side
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/minor-correction-on-that-cog.png)
covering bases.
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Oh!
>Compliment Cog on how well he/she looks in his/her toga. Might as well make friends.
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Keep talking as if cog is female, ignore her protests to that assesment. I don't suggest being rude, just being oblivious.
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Keep talking as if cog is female, ignore her protests to that assesment. I don't suggest being rude, just being oblivious.
>.<
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Oh hey isn't the path to the fort has a detour to a Tower? Since this kinda running in Meph's universe (no nuns exist in DF vanilla) I kinda wonder what type of Wizards are we going to get?
are we going to get the kind that has Food golems or the Pyromancers with their fire zombies?
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Plump helmet men don't join migrant waves in vanilla either...
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Seeing as we have two people coming after Misty, it seems like it would be prudent to try to get the migrants on our side as much as possible. Insulting Uristotle/Cog doesn't seem like a very good way to go about doing that.
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Seeing as we have two people coming after Misty, it seems like it would be prudent to try to get the migrants on our side as much as possible. Insulting Uristotle/Cog doesn't seem like a very good way to go about doing that.
Exactly, so we should compliment Cog on his/her toga!
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The engineer might be emulating the look of greek intellectuals [...]
Cog "Aristotle" Uristsodel really works. lol
Uristotle.
Seeing as we have two people coming after Misty, it seems like it would be prudent to try to get the migrants on our side as much as possible. Insulting Uristotle/Cog doesn't seem like a very good way to go about doing that.
Exactly, so we should compliment Cog on his/her toga!
I agree, say he looks very... intellectual.
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hmm well then we need to mentally ask our selves does misty know anything about Talga Orcs, or Nature in-tuned Gnomes, or the wonderful world of warlocks
with their ghoul factories and their Pylons? Wait a minute I forgot Kobolds can polymorph in meph verse. wait a minute the sudden lack of cave sickness, wanting to be a cheesemaker, the sneaking OH MY ARMOK
Misty is a Kobold(or half Kobold I don't know how I kinda do but nevermind that.).
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/look-here-missy-this-isnt-no-Friendship-migrant-wave-now-is-it.png)
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am i one of the few who don't mod beards on the women
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am i one of the few who don't mod beards on the women
I don't
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If women get boobs and babies its only fair males get beards.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/What-makes-me-a-good-Cheesemaker.png)
Is drawing Cog doing cute engineering okay in this thread? I don't remember if Turrets still exist in Meph's universe but I hope we get to make a cheddar turret that will make Swiss out of invaders.
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If women get boobs and babies its only fair males get beards.
am i one of the few who don't mod beards on the women
I mod the beards *off* of females. Cos beards and kilts are for men only. To women: You can steal pants and flannel shirts, but I'll beat your head in with a shovel if you try to wear a kilt. So know the difference between a kilt and a skirt. ( Since tone doesn't carry over the internet: I'm kidding about the shovel, but I'm dead serious about kilts being male exclusive. )
Also, I'm all for women wearing pants ( because they're one of the most sensible articles of clothing ever for anyone), but I'm a bit more upset about the loss of flannel shirts. There's an extreme scarcity of purely masculine outer clothing.
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There's an extreme scarcity of purely masculine outer clothing.
Real men don't wear shirts!
.... I guess that means I'm not a real man.
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There's an extreme scarcity of purely masculine outer clothing.
Real men don't wear shirts!
.... I guess that means I'm not a real man.
Ppfpfpff. Ok, Saxton Hale, there is a time and place for a shirt.
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So know the difference between a kilt and a skirt. ( Since tone doesn't carry over the internet: I'm kidding about the shovel, but I'm dead serious about kilts being male exclusive. )
"Ye know why it's called "kilt'? 'Cause we kilt anyone who called it "skirt"!"
Yeah, kilts are great!
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So know the difference between a kilt and a skirt. ( Since tone doesn't carry over the internet: I'm kidding about the shovel, but I'm dead serious about kilts being male exclusive. )
"Ye know why it's called "kilt'? 'Cause we kilt anyone who called it "skirt"!"
Yeah, kilts are great!
Sigged.
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On a side note...
>Check inventory
Misty may have had something in her pockets before the start of this thing.
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Maybe she's got a piece of string in there. It could make a wristband, or a cat toy, or a fake mustache...
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Maybe she's got a piece of string in there. It could make a wristband, or a cat toy, or a fake mustache...
Or a way to strangle someone while they sleep be useful in suturing any potential injuries...
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On a side note...
>Check inventory
Misty may have had something in her pockets before the start of this thing.
+1
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We have our Cheese statuette with us? It is now an Idol. Pray for the Cheese God for blessings.
If we're playing MW DF, pray lots while travelling so we can become a Priest of the Cheese God before reaching our destination.
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We have our Cheese statuette with us? It is now an Idol. Pray for the Cheese God for to Sheogorath for cheesy blessings rain.
I agree. :D
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We have our Cheese statuette with us? It is now an Idol. Pray for the Cheese God for to Sheogorath for cheesy blessings rain.
I agree. :D
O.O Is there a god of tortilla chips to? We could have a field of nachos! XD
(( Why is there a sudden popularity in food-based deities?))
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(( Why is there a sudden popularity in food-based deities?))
I guess the nutritios trintity is catching on. Plumpy is their prophet.
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Ooh, a Plump Helmet Man! Be careful! They only pretend to be meek and shy when they're in the minority and being watched...
> Befriend Plumpy and protect him from whoever took a bite of his head! That way when he and his offspring inevitably revolt against their dwarven overlords, they might spare Misty's life.
(Bonus points if he saves her from whatever depopulates/distracts the fortress' dwarven population and triggers the revolt in the first place. Extra bonus points if he converts her into a spore thrall to do so.)
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Ooh, a Plump Helmet Man! Be careful! They only pretend to be meek and shy when they're in the minority and being watched...
> Befriend Plumpy and protect him from whoever took a bite of his head! That way when he and his offspring inevitably revolt against their dwarven overlords, they might spare Misty's life.
Eat Plumpy, so his reign of terror can never begin!
Bonus points if wine is made from his flesh and served with Misty's cheese.
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Ooh, a Plump Helmet Man! Be careful! They only pretend to be meek and shy when they're in the minority and being watched...
> Befriend Plumpy and protect him from whoever took a bite of his head! That way when he and his offspring inevitably revolt against their dwarven overlords, they might spare Misty's life.
Eat Plumpy, so his reign of terror can never begin!
Bonus points if wine is made from his flesh and served with Misty's cheese.
Even better: Destroy his concept of reality, so that his reign of terror will entail doing balet at a wall.
Edit: Or eat his concept of reality. Who knows, maybe Misty can turn abstract ideas into cheese?
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Ooh, a Plump Helmet Man! Be careful! They only pretend to be meek and shy when they're in the minority and being watched...
> Befriend Plumpy and protect him from whoever took a bite of his head! That way when he and his offspring inevitably revolt against their dwarven overlords, they might spare Misty's life.
Eat Plumpy, so his reign of terror can never begin!
Bonus points if wine is made from his flesh and served with Misty's cheese.
Even better: Destroy his concept of reality, so that his reign of terror will entail doing balet at a wall.
Edit: Or eat his concept of reality. Who knows, maybe Misty can turn abstract ideas into cheese?
Plumpy Dumpy sat on the wall.
Plumpy Dumpy had a great fall...
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Ooh, a Plump Helmet Man! Be careful! They only pretend to be meek and shy when they're in the minority and being watched...
> Befriend Plumpy and protect him from whoever took a bite of his head! That way when he and his offspring inevitably revolt against their dwarven overlords, they might spare Misty's life.
Eat Plumpy, so his reign of terror can never begin!
Bonus points if wine is made from his flesh and served with Misty's cheese.
Even better: Destroy his concept of reality, so that his reign of terror will entail doing balet at a wall.
Edit: Or eat his concept of reality. Who knows, maybe Misty can turn abstract ideas into cheese?
Plumpy Dumpy sat on the wall.
Plumpy Dumpy had a great fall...
All the Kings dwarves had dinners a-plenty
With Plumpy-on-a-biscuit as hors-d'oeuvres.
My gods... it makes perfect sense! Misty is a cutebold that was adopted by the Mayor, so that the rest of the fort looks at her as an "honorary dwarf", of course, she may not know that she's not supposed to look exactly like she does, because she has yet to experience anyone non-dwarf outside the mountainhome... she's been carefully coddled to keep her from the truth of her origins... [/mind blown]
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Though, if misty was really some sort of kobolt, would she really be stopped by a door?
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Though, if misty was really some sort of kobolt, would she really be stopped by a door?
Possibly, since she doesn't know she's a kobold, but at the same time door-opening for kobolds is probably just genetic, so she could do it. Maybe she just doesn't KNOW she has that ability yet.
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Though, if misty was really some sort of kobolt, would she really be stopped by a door?
Possibly, since she doesn't know she's a kobold, but at the same time door-opening for kobolds is probably just genetic, so she could do it. Maybe she just doesn't KNOW she has that ability yet.
Hmmm... How much inertia are we putting behind Misty being a kobold?
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Solid theory
(http://i.imgur.com/OCM65syl.jpg)
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Nice. I wonder how the dwarves of ShieldDawn will react.
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I would have guessed she was a human child over a Kobold just based on the fact that she is 12 and already as tall as the other adult migrants. Then again, maybe dwarves reach their maximum adult height at that age? The littlest cheesemaker, eh? hmm...
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I regret not putting M. Night Shyamalan commenting on the twist in the corner of that drawing. I hope you guys will forgive me.
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I regret not putting M. Night Shyamalan commenting on the twist in the corner of that drawing. I hope you guys will forgive me.
Nothing's stopping you from doing it now. There's a lovely thing called a modify button. :) ( Do it for the lols. )
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>Go hang with Plumpy? He sounds like a fun guy
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I would have guessed she was a human child over a Kobold just based on the fact that she is 12 and already as tall as the other adult migrants. Then again, maybe dwarves reach their maximum adult height at that age? The littlest cheesemaker, eh? hmm...
Well... are human-dwarf hybrids possible? Maybe the Duke had a thing for tall women...
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If Kobold: * have a temporary mental breakdown when she puts two and two together *
If Half-Human: * act edgy and obnoxious *
If Human: * shrug it off *
If Dwarf: * make friends with migrants *
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If Demigod: Cheese powers activate!
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On subject of messed up family trees, if someone comes to get her, Misty could grab a random orphan and claim that (s)he's her bastard half sibling that the duke dumped in a migrant wave years ago.
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On subject of messed up family trees, if someone comes to get her, Misty could grab a random orphan and claim that (s)he's her bastard half sibling that the duke dumped in a migrant wave years ago.
If she's part kobold this means either someone in the fort married a Kobold and they had a child(the Fire imp/dwarf Clause), or the Kobold Transformed into a dwarf and married into a healthy life(the Olon Toolpalace Cat/Dwarf/Adventurer Clause) both are super rare though Misty needs to have a female dwarf to at least look Dwarven so either her dad was a warrior kobold they kept due to murdering some Forgotten beast in their caves thus deemed a hero in their eyes(and became duke what I written before was when I didn't know the plot twist), OR Mother gave birth in dwarf form and Misty just has to deal with several Kobold holidays on top of Kobold Cousins and Maybe A Kobold Brother?(slightly more likely now knowing she was told she had no mother...) So she might be hiding Kobold ears under her hat.
Oh Kobold Citizens Can't open locked doors on their own, that's left for Adventurers, visitors, Non Fort mode controlled Units. That's not going into the Mechanism locked door Territory which says a lot about the Duke.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/case-one-whats-under-the-hat-misty.png)
Oh yeah Kobolds could be civil in Masterworks and have an entire Fort mode faction towards them.
So with this knowledge her dad must have kept this a secret due to political reasons and not being screw out of Royalty because he sullied the Royal line with Kobolds.
I would have guessed she was a human child over a Kobold just based on the fact that she is 12 and already as tall as the other adult migrants. Then again, maybe dwarves reach their maximum adult height at that age? The littlest cheesemaker, eh? hmm...
Well... are human-dwarf hybrids possible? Maybe the Duke had a thing for tall women...
well there are frost giants...
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Solid theory
(http://i.imgur.com/OCM65syl.jpg)
THIS would have been a funny April Fools. Canceling was way too obvious.
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Moar fan art! Just to take us off the topic of kobolds.
(http://i.imgur.com/HiNWmeql.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/cYEdSik.png)
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Moar fan art! Just to take us off the topic of kobolds.
(http://i.imgur.com/HiNWmeql.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/cYEdSik.png)
Awww... that poor plump helmet man. Also, nice Reg and Holt.
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Damnit raul351, that's too cute. I`m gonna have a heartattack at this rate.
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Guys we can solve this!
>Examine self for signs of Koboldness, then ask the others if you're a Kobold. Oh, and still check inventory.
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Well, actually you probably do, but you don't remember her. You're adopted. The Duke says that your parents were killed during a raid in the War, so he took you in. There were so many dead that no one knew their names.
Hmm wonder why this idea got more following. I missed a the bit about her having no parents and was an Orphaned Kobold mutant dwarf baby.
drew another Misty The MoominKoboldest Cheesemaker. and some of those antmen we seen digging through to the old fort and Reg.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/antmen-interlude.png)
if anyone wonder what the image above that was crop out it's a slugman being kicked. Long story
Oh one more thing we better not start pointing fingers at the migrant wave we just joined that would be rude.
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Hmm... Misty could tell her eventual pursuers that the duke is actually a demon that was going to sacrifice her on her 12th birthday. Why did they think misty wanted out so badly?
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Because, she wants to learn the great secrets of cheesemaking from all other corners of the world and acquire the legendary Book of Cheese.
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Because, she wants to learn the great secrets of cheesemaking from all other corners of the world and acquire the legendary Book of Cheese.
Is that like the Necronomicon for cheese?
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Because, she wants to learn the great secrets of cheesemaking from all other corners of the world and acquire the legendary Book of Cheese.
Is that like the Necronomicon for cheese?
Yes, but after three failed attempts to make a pun, that's what you get. :)
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Because, she wants to learn the great secrets of cheesemaking from all other corners of the world and acquire the legendary Book of Cheese.
Just to be sure, I should clarify that what I mentioned is something Misty might lie about in the face of people who want to bring her back. Of course she's looking for the fetaous Brie of the Dead.
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Because, she wants to learn the great secrets of cheesemaking from all other corners of the world and acquire the legendary Book of Cheese.
Fat, Curd, Whey, Casein these are the 4 major elements that Cheesemakers harness to make cheese.
split into 4 groups or Sects with their own Style of cheese craft.
Fat Makers use the oils from the fat of the milk to shame and split the milk into Cheese
Curd Makers push the Curd from the milk drying it in seconds to make Cheese
Whey Makers flow the residue from the milk brewing liquid cheese
Casein Makers mess with the Proteins in the milk causing it to take a form of floaty Cheese
There was Told state that one who could harness all 4 styles of cheesemaking thus becoming The Avaxtskyr.
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You catch up to the plump helmet man.
(http://i.imgur.com/hYoocN9.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hYoocN9.png)
Hey there! you say. Gosh, you're a plump helmet man? That's so amazing! You tell him that you'd never seen a plump helmet man up close before. They're usually locked away in the slaughter pens next to the butcher shop; the most you'd ever seen of a plump helmet man before was cooked into a particularly decadent roast!
The plump helmet man, in true plump helmet man fashion, doesn't speak.
(http://i.imgur.com/Vwuhn6J.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Vwuhn6J.png)
Gosh, so, you were thinking, you know, about how it's such a long trip from here to ShieldDawn. Really long! Maybe even a day and a half! It's really too long for a sweet, young, delicate dwarven maiden such as yourself to walk the whole way. Maybe, you know, you can get a ride? Like, maybe you can ride the plump helmet man like some sort of noble steed! Arrive to the Great Fortress in style, in true Cheesemaker fashion! You'll even give him a cool name, too! Super Plumpy Plumphelmetman! Gosh, isn't that a cool name!? So, what do you think? Can you get a ride?
(http://i.imgur.com/qsKHflE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qsKHflE.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/xXrMMsk.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xXrMMsk.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/twohA1O.png) (http://i.imgur.com/twohA1O.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/KiEoBHN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/KiEoBHN.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/BJpVhnD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BJpVhnD.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/GB8EUAh.png) (http://i.imgur.com/GB8EUAh.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/3MWhDgP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3MWhDgP.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/QeyVerG.png) (http://i.imgur.com/QeyVerG.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/xHSrm01.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xHSrm01.png)
Hey there! you say. So you're an engineer, huh?
Yeah! he says. He tells you his name is Cog Uristsodel, and that he's actually a machine operator; perhaps the most noble of the engineering professions. For without his expertise at operating a cork screw and steam engine, many fortresses would go without water, or even elaborate magma-based traps! For how could a water-based binary computer operate without the essential pump stack, or the power provided by the dangerous and unreliable steam engines? How would dwarfkind even do something as trivial as drain the oceans? And HOW, pray tell, would these pumps even get built without the careful, masterful knowledge that only comes from years and years of pump-stack operations?!
You agree that his profession is a noble one indeed.
(http://i.imgur.com/ST6sBdC.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ST6sBdC.png)
So, he asks, why are you going to ShieldDawn?
Well, you reply, you've always wanted to go to a Great Dwarven Fortress and ply your trade as a Cheesemaker! And ShieldDawn is about as Great of a Fortress as you can get! Soon everydwarf shall know the name of Misty Wheeldream, the greatest dwarven Cheesemaker who ever lived! It is at ShieldDawn, you say, that you shall make your mark upon the world and fulfill your dreams.
He says that's an admirable goal indeed.
You thank him and ask why he's going to ShieldDawn.
(http://i.imgur.com/hNjda1E.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hNjda1E.png)
Oh, he says. He's just going to visit his twin sister, Sesh Uristsodel.
Ah, you say. I see.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5270486#msg5270486)
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So my internet's been down for about a week, so that sucks. This is the first chance I've had to get this uploaded; hopefully I'll get it fixed here soon.
Also, I am in absolute love with the fan art you guys have made and all the little comments. It's all glorious; absolutely glorious and I have each piece of art saved to my harddrive with loving care. -w-
You guys are about the best fans I could have ever asked for. Thank you so much for your patience and enthusiasm; I'm not sure I could do this story without your support. I love each and every one of you. <3
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I love each and every one of you. <3
I love you, Evicted Saint, for making this story. Just not in a weird way. I also apologize for my lack of artistic abilities, which directly relates to the lack of fan art from me. 3:
Also, Ask the weapon smith how he has been lately. And...Check inventory, dang it!
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Check the weapon smith's inventory to see if he has a cheeseknife.
Edit:
Let's try to get into Plumpy's head a little. Ask him if he's ever met a chicken, since chickens are also kept for food. Tell him that chickens don't make sense, since they don't give milk. Why would anyone keep an animal that doesn't give milk? Has anyone ever told him that? Unless chickens can be milked. Has he ever milked a chicken? He doesn't have a bucket, so he didn't. Maybe chicken eggs could be milked. Has anyone ever tried that? And if chicken eggs can be milked, you could do that to all eggs. I wonder if plump helmet men lay eggs. Plumpy should give Misty the next eggs he lays so she can try milking them.
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The artwork is absolutely amazing in this thread!
Let's talk to the next dorf in line, the nun.
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Let's have a religious discussion with the nun. Keep changing the subject to cheese. When she tires of this, try to convert her to cheese worship.
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That talk with plump helmet man. Hilarious.
(http://i.imgur.com/To3IxE9.gif)
It's, well, it's a thing. So that happened. In other news, I learned how to make gifs with gimp. Never again.
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Let's have a religious discussion with the nun. Keep changing the subject to cheese. When she tires of this, try to convert her to cheese worship.
+1 i agree with this path
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try to convert her to cheese worship
Well, I'm sold at least :o
>talk at length to everyone about Cheese and the various types thereof
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Misty is secretly lactose intolerant.
Thats like being a colorblind fighter-pilot.
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Let's have a religious discussion with the nun. Keep changing the subject to cheese. When she tires of this, try to convert her to cheese worship.
You guys fail to notice the anvils on her stole. If you've ever played rock paper scissors, you should know anvil always beats cheese.
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Let's have a religious discussion with the nun. Keep changing the subject to cheese. When she tires of this, try to convert her to cheese worship.
You guys fail to notice the anvils on her stole. If you've ever played rock paper scissors, you should know anvil always beats cheese.
Oh... That's right... And what is it... Anvil beats cheese, plump helmet beats anvil?
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Let's have a religious discussion with the nun. Keep changing the subject to cheese. When she tires of this, try to convert her to cheese worship.
You guys fail to notice the anvils on her stole. If you've ever played rock paper scissors, you should know anvil always beats cheese.
Oh... That's right... And what is it... Anvil beats cheese, plump helmet beats anvil?
That means cheese beats plump helmet...
Keheheh...
>Beat Plumpy until he'll beat the nun for us! (Yes, I am joking.)
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>Beat Plumpy until he'll beat the nun for us! (Yes, I am joking.)
We can't, we still don't have any cheese. We must be losing if our cheese count is still at 0.
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Well we DO have that statue... So by my math our cheese count is 0.5
Plumpy is out of our league, he's plump helmet count is pretty high...
Declare a truce with Plumpy... FOR NOW.
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>Search for some disguise in case the fortress guard catches up to you.
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>Remember who your mother is so we can possibly decifer if she is a kobold or something.
>Ask engineer why he and his sister wear togas.
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I got finals coming up, so updates are going to be sparse. However, the next update will be super-long to make up for it.
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Any one notice misty has fangs when she opens her mouth?
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Any one notice misty has fangs when she opens her mouth?
... Misty is a kobold vampire!
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>Ask engineer why he and his sister wear togas.
+1
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Any one notice misty has fangs when she opens her mouth?
... Misty is a kobold vampire!
She is a kobold vampire dwarf goblin elf human werewolf zombie necromancer plump helmet man dwarf.
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Any one notice misty has fangs when she opens her mouth?
... Misty is a kobold vampire!
She is a kobold vampire dwarf goblin elf human werewolf zombie necromancer plump helmet man dwarf.
You forgot Robot pirate ninja.
+1
Recursive quote block. +1 :)
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>Ask engineer why he and his sister wear togas.
+1
Works for me.
Any one notice misty has fangs when she opens her mouth?
... Misty is a kobold vampire!
She is a kobold vampire dwarf goblin elf human werewolf zombie necromancer plump helmet man dwarf.
Reminds me of an Alvawezoplan from Sims 2.
ALien-VAmpire-WErewolf-ZOmbie-PLANt sim.
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>Ask engineer why he and his sister wear togas.
+1
Works for me.
+8
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I just wanna say
This is adorable and amazing and never stop drawing this
That said, if Misty turns out to be a kobold I will FLIP MY SHIT
It probably won't actually affect any of you, but it is a thing that will happen if the thing that might happen is a thing that happens.
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Just skip your exams to work on this more. I'll pay you.
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Great story!
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I miss this :'( :'(
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Don't worry, evictedSaint just needs to find time to draw.
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ptw
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I just read this whole thread in a sitting. My goodness is there talent here. I'll be following for the lololols.
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Don't sweat it, guys. Finals are next week, and then I'll be free to continue Misty's campaign to become the best cheesemaker who ever lived.
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Don't sweat it, guys. Finals are next week, and then I'll be free to continue Misty's campaign to become the best cheesemaker who ever lived.
:D *is looking forwards to it*
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Don't sweat it, guys. Finals are next week, and then I'll be free to continue Misty's campaign to become the best cheesemaker who ever lived.
Misty
> Dance. Things are looking up.
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Don't sweat it, guys. Finals are next week, and then I'll be free to continue Misty's campaign to become the best cheesemaker who ever lived.
Misty
> Dance. Things are looking up.
>Dance! Dance to open up portals to other dimensions!
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Dance your way to victory!
Also, consult the other members of your traveling circus about who they are and what they know about the journey and destination.
Is there any recent news from the world?
Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Exposition, go!
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
:)
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
this is in the Meth mod universe... the talks of Orks, Nuns, and the golden chest in the ground seems to be the case.
that said would it be okay we play a little side story to pass the time til next the update?
Meanwhile back at the Old Fortress:
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/ohgod/Antmen-Saga.png)
This place looks great for The Queen's Nesting Den!
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/ohgod/antmen-saga-part-2.png)
This final strike will start Her Glorious Kingdom!
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/ohgod/antmen-Saga-part-3.png)
Oh... Me thinks we breached one of those Demon Hives
So what are the names of these Doomed Ant(wo)men??
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Don't sweat it, guys. Finals are next week, and then I'll be free to continue Misty's campaign to become the best cheesemaker who ever lived.
The best cheesemaker who ever lived? That's a mighty tall order. One of my favourite dwarfs _is_ a "farmer", whose two legendary farming skills are milking and cheesemaking. And she built them from the "novice" ratings she started out at (part of the starting seven); she also became a legendary mechanic, but her cheesemaking skill is _much_ higher.
In that vein - keep chatting it up with the mechanic, mechanics and cheese go perfectly together. After all, cheese comes in wheels!
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In that vein - keep chatting it up with the mechanic, mechanics and cheese go perfectly together. After all, cheese comes in wheels!
Not to mention all the fancy mechanisms that are (presumably) involved in the making of the finest and most technically difficult cheeses.
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PTW This is awensome.
Also, if some kobold-goblin.-elven-human-necromancer-zombie sperm whale altercate appears to happen in the middle of the road they should sacrifice the PHM. Those things are EVIL!
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
this is in the Meth mod universe... the talks of Orks, Nuns, and the golden chest in the ground seems to be the case.
Aw, don't spoil my fun. lol
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
this is in the Meth mod universe... the talks of Orks, Nuns, and the golden chest in the ground seems to be the case.
Well, there is of course no rule to Boatmurdered or SpearBreakers. In my own opinion, they are Multiversal and Causality-Persistent. In any universe in which there is Dwarf Fortress, there will eventually be, given time and magma, a group of such fortresses.
Because really, who wants to live in a universal plane of reality without good old BoatMurdered?
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Well said. While Boatmurdered may therefore be multiplanar (through some as yet unconceived plot point), the Headshoots > Syrupleaf > Spearbreakers sequels take place in a universe called Everoc, which they're pretty much specific to. So I suppose that means that even if it does include Boatmurdered, it doesn't necessarily include Spearbreakers.
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
this is in the Meth mod universe... the talks of Orks, Nuns, and the golden chest in the ground seems to be the case.
Well, there is of course no rule to Boatmurdered or SpearBreakers. In my own opinion, they are Multiversal and Causality-Persistent. In any universe in which there is Dwarf Fortress, there will eventually be, given time and magma, a group of such fortresses.
Because really, who wants to live in a universal plane of reality without good old BoatMurdered?
now now I just said it's Masterworks, I didn't go and burst the bubble of folks pulling levers and stopping undead elephants with molton rock/metal. Just that now there's a case of that happening when an necromancer/warlock strolls by a fort. Also those Orks also can jump into a war blimp and fly around looking for towns to pillage kidnapping folks via Fulton balloons then there's also Gnomes who more in tune with nature than the elves and run around being half clockborgs. To sum up this ramble, there's LOADS of HFS in Masterworks Misty might stumble into to be the best Cheesemaker in the world.
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Wars? Enemy races? BoatMurdered? Requested goods and services, particularly any related to cheese?
Awesome, if they're in the Boatmurdered universe, that means Spearbreakers should be somewhere, too. :D
this is in the Meth mod universe... the talks of Orks, Nuns, and the golden chest in the ground seems to be the case.
Well, there is of course no rule to Boatmurdered or SpearBreakers. In my own opinion, they are Multiversal and Causality-Persistent. In any universe in which there is Dwarf Fortress, there will eventually be, given time and magma, a group of such fortresses.
Because really, who wants to live in a universal plane of reality without good old BoatMurdered?
now now I just said it's Masterworks, I didn't go and burst the bubble of folks pulling levers and stopping undead elephants with molton rock/metal. Just that now there's a case of that happening when an necromancer/warlock strolls by a fort. Also those Orks also can jump into a war blimp and fly around looking for towns to pillage kidnapping folks via Fulton balloons then there's also Gnomes who more in tune with nature than the elves and run around being half clockborgs. To sum up this ramble, there's LOADS of HFS in Masterworks Misty might stumble into to be the best Cheesemaker in the world.
Gnomes + Misty= Cuteness overload!
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How on earth did I miss 40 pages of a illustrated story that uses mod parts?
Great work and artwork... that ms paint freedom grass, darkerdarks poster, the shy plump helmet man... Awesome! :)
And just to clear things up: Masterwork dwarves sometimes yell at elephants, about vengeance for boatmurdered, and in the caverns you might stumble upon the spawns of the holistic. Both realities are in the mod, although I do hope that Misty will never encounter either.
But there are Cheesemen in the game... vicious creatures that throw webs of sticky cheese that get people stuck and wheels of cheese hard enough to break bones.
Paint on, Master Saint. :)
Edit: This god damn plump helmet man. Now I want to write a little plump helmet men civ, or bribe DarkerDark to make a pic of him as mod mascot.
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But there are Cheesemen in the game... vicious creatures that throw webs of sticky cheese that get people stuck and wheels of cheese hard enough to break bones.
...I think we just found the logical conclusion to the plot.
Misty, through all her trials, becomes a master of cheese. Hers is perhaps not the tastiest or most varied. It is but simple cheese, a simple pleasure. Yet with her heart, the cheese is loyal to her. It hears her, whispering her little cheesy-nothings of encouragement. It feels for her as she does for it, though the other dwarfs scoff at her efforts.
Cue..
The Invasion of the Cheesemen
Faced with a hoard of angry beings which seem to be within the possibility of overwhelming the guard, the fortress descends into near hysterics, cursing their fate...
...until a single cheesemaker steps over the quivering masses, alone, to face the single moment she was always destined for.
Enter Misty, the Littlest Cheesemaker.
Begin!
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Skip finals.
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>Show us how the enthusiastic guard and her boss are doing.
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Yay, Spearbreakers is in!
In that case...
Misty:
> Avoid manamaids. At all costs.
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But there are Cheesemen in the game... vicious creatures that throw webs of sticky cheese that get people stuck and wheels of cheese hard enough to break bones.
...I think we just found the logical conclusion to the plot.
Misty, through all her trials, becomes a master of cheese. Hers is perhaps not the tastiest or most varied. It is but simple cheese, a simple pleasure. Yet with her heart, the cheese is loyal to her. It hears her, whispering her little cheesy-nothings of encouragement. It feels for her as she does for it, though the other dwarfs scoff at her efforts.
Cue..
The Invasion of the Cheesemen
Faced with a hoard of angry beings which seem to be within the possibility of overwhelming the guard, the fortress descends into near hysterics, cursing their fate...
...until a single cheesemaker steps over the quivering masses, alone, to face the single moment she was always destined for.
Enter Misty, the Littlest Cheesemaker.
Begin!
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Simmering-cheeto-Finger.png)
GO,
GO,
GO!
Shame we don't have Mechas and Cockpits we have automatons but we don't have huge ass fights that take place in travel mode.
Also can't she learn foodspells from druids?
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You consider asking the engineer more about his extended family, but the path has gotten a bit crowded.
(http://i.imgur.com/EBvBqKx.png) (http://i.imgur.com/EBvBqKx.png)
You decide it's best if you maybe scoot forward a bit and talk to the next person in line.
(http://i.imgur.com/16WOQ1F.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/16WOQ1F.gif)
You introduce yourself to the sweet old lady ahead of you. Hi, you say. I'm Misty Wheeldream.
Hello, young Misty, she says. She introduces herself as Kulet Risestaff, a nun of Armok.
(http://i.imgur.com/ASGpx5P.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ASGpx5P.png)
Obviously, you knew she was a nun by her shawl, but you admit that you don't actually know that much about the church itself. She says that's to be expected; the Church tends to keep it's ceremonies to itself.
She goes on, seemingly excited to talk more about her profession. Oh yes, obviously individual dwarves are permitted to choose their own gods of the pantheon for individual worship, and at their own level of dedication of course, but the Church is a bit different! While a blacksmith might worship Sarvesh, God of Furnaces, and a farmer might worship Lenod, Goddess of Bounty, those of the Church worship the Creator.
You nod along, as though you understand.
(http://i.imgur.com/0MAuTQR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/0MAuTQR.png)
You see, Misty, there's powers even greater than the Gods, powers even greater than reality itself! The humans believe in their own sect of vain human gods, and the orks and goblins believe in their bloody deities of wrath and war, and the heathen elves believe in a nonsensical "force", but it is we Dwarves, Misty, who TRULY understand the nature of the Divine!
You follow along uncomfortably, waiting a moment before cautiously asking.
What is the nature of the Divine?
Kulet simply smiles, her kind eyes twinkling with ancient knowledge passed down to her throughout the generations, ever since the world began.
(http://i.imgur.com/RZyzDqd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RZyzDqd.png)
That, she says, is what the church worships.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095)
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Whew! Done with finals! Closed out the semester with A's and B's. I doubt I'd have done so well if I'd spent time working on TLCM, but at least it's over. Thank you everyone for all your lovely words of encouragement (it's what keeps me going), fanart (I can't express how fucking awesome it is, I save every piece to my harddrive), and of course, patience (I know it sucks to go on hiatus, but you guys have been super cool about it and I appreciate it).
Misty shall continue her quest!
How on earth did I miss 40 pages of a illustrated story that uses mod parts?
Gee, I don't know (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136601.0), Meph. :\
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Beautiful. Awesome work on making the words and pictures flow together and combine, and in an easy to follow manner.
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From Misty's perspective, maybe that's too much info to take.
So she:
> will talk later to the nun
>then move on to the next migrant
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goblins>beasts>creepy crawlies>elves
This cracked me up because it is so true.
>Proclaim your faith to Shokum, the god of cheese.
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How on earth did I miss 40 pages of a illustrated story that uses mod parts?
Gee, I don't know (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136601.0), Meph. :\
[/quote]I thought that was for adv mode something, not this picture tale epicness. I didnt even click on the link when you asked me, I just saw "adventure" and thought it was in adv mode. ^^
And nice update... like the "then the creepy crawly ugly things... then the elves." :)
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I've got to take a moment to appreciate the incredible amount of work you put into that picture, the thought you put into it and the flow of it work so well as to be both awe-inspiring and funny! I love it. It's really creative and awesome!
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:o
That was definitely cool. A++ for Awesome
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Nun" some of those ashes then decided to become a civilization who likes to run around topless and use chains alot. best to ignore them less you want horns growing out of your head and turning red."
Misty "uhhh okay"
Nun" oh gnomes are connected with nature also... but they have beards and use magma as well so their higher up on the list than say elves, we call them our hill folk and what not just don't kick a dog when they visit."
Misty "Sure...?"
Nun " oh and the civil bogeymen while they..."
*Misty inch forward to the next migrant*
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That update was freaking epic.
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This is an evictedSaint golden post. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with pixels. On the item is an image of Misty Wheeldream the dwarf and Kulet Risestaff the dwarf. Kulet is crafting a completely freaking awesome religion. Misty is listening intently.
Misty: Inquire into the religious status of cheesemakers.
I think I have my permanent view of dwarf religion.
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That update was freaking epic.
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most awesome!
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>Ask about the bite mark on the plump helmet man.
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Wait.
*Check inventory
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The gnomes were the ones truly gifted by Armok. Each race was born with nothing more than their flesh, while the gnomes were made with a hat on their head. He made the others naked like the beasts, while he gave gnomes decency. It was the greatest gift of all.
One hat still red with Armok's blood. One hat to rule them all.
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We should express these views of gnome superiority to the nun. Ask Plumpy to back us up.
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We should express these views of gnome superiority to the nun. Ask Plumpy to back us up.
+!
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We should express these views of gnome superiority to the nun. Ask Plumpy to back us up.
I don't think disagreeing with Armok is a good idea.
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I don't think disagreeing with Armok is a good idea.
It's not disagreeing with Armok: it's highlighting Armok's decision to favour the gnome in matters sartorial.
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Massive engraving of awesome
That, she says, is what the church worships.
....Wow, That was great.
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Guys, we all know what must be done....
We have to recover the gnome hat of Armok. The dwarves were armok's chosen people and the first gnome must have done as Judas and betrayed us by stealing it. We have the right to the hat. We deserve it. We have to kill the gnome king and take the last relic of armok for ourselves. Only then will dwarves be the true kings of the mountains.
Or maybe the gnomes truly are the ones gifted by Armok. I dont know about you but I find that very reasonable but still refuse to beleive it.
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Gnomes are also the best capable of drinking booze, the greatest gift of Armok. Our case strengtens. I imagine language was only taken from them because they managed to get too close to him, or perhaps it was a shortcoming in the first place.
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It must be done....
(http://i.imgur.com/W5UNUWU.jpg)
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Now we only need to find a way to do that with cheese. Team up with our mechanic friend and create cheese golems to seek this gnome out?
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Now we only need to find a way to do that with cheese. Team up with our mechanic friend and create cheese golems to seek this gnome out?
+1 this childlike intrigue in engineering and application towards cheese sounds in character to me.
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I just realized: Plumpy is trying to make us friends with everyone by urging us up. Big social circles ease up tantrum spirals.
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Misty:
Do not blaspheme about gnomes to the nun who seems to be friendly towards you, regardless of how sound the logic of the voices in your head may be.
The Gnomes may be holy, but heresy is most certainly not the foot with which you which to step towards a potential ally in cheese domination of the realm.
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>Befriend the child! If it comes down to a question of whether or not to kill you, the child will be most likely to be listened to and will have his parent(s) on your side automatically.
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>Befriend the child! If it comes down to a question of whether or not to kill you, the child will be most likely to be listened to and will have his parent(s) on your side automatically.
Or tell it that it's being led to the fort to be eaten by goblins, that you're here to warn it and that it should try to escape as soon as it can.
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PTW, this is amazing :D
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I just realized: Plumpy is trying to make us friends with everyone by urging us up. Big social circles ease up tantrum spirals.
He's setting everyone up for a tantrum spiral, so he and his conspirators will not have to lift a finger to destroy the dwarves.
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I just realized: Plumpy is trying to make us friends with everyone by urging us up. Big social circles ease up tantrum spirals.
He's setting everyone up for a tantrum spiral, so he and his conspirators will not have to lift a finger to destroy the dwarves.
+1 for conspiracy theories, but still befriend the child anyway.
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PTW.
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PTW.
ES thanks you. And also, welcome to the furms demoncat!
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That update was worth the wait. Saving that last image for future perusal :o
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Sup guys, I need some names, and assumed appearances for some of the lesser gods, as well as their relative activity in the world (scale of 1-10).
God(dess) of Deception and Drink
God(dess) of Fortresses and Conquest
God(dess) of Suicide and Reincarnation
God(dess) of Wealth and Gems
God(dess) of Children and Protection
God(dess) of Knowledge and Rage
I trust you guys can come to an agreement on their descriptions; keep in mind that I may adjust the results as needed, and that this list is by no means exhaustive of all the Gods and Goddesses in this universe.
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More art.
(http://i.imgur.com/yeQRsWk.jpg)
I planned to make her more like her name implies but I didn't want to weird up this quest about dwarf cheesemakers and mushroom men.
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"Winebent" for Deception and Drink.
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"Golddug" for god (goddess?) of wealth and gems.
"Maddenedmind" for god of knowledge and rage. With great knowledge comes great rage, with great rage comes less knowledge.
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"Winebent" for Deception and Drink.
I vote "Kamin" for Deception and Drink. He's buddies with Armok--it's kind of like with Prince, where you only really need one name.
Unless you change your name into a symbol.
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I'm not great on names but I'll help the way i know how. theses are just some ideas.
the raven clutching the gem is my favorite(http://i.imgur.com/ORYj4ev.jpg)
I really like the triple halos
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Guys, we all know what must be done....
We have to recover the gnome hat of Armok. The dwarves were armok's chosen people and the first gnome must have done as Judas and betrayed us by stealing it. We have the right to the hat. We deserve it. We have to kill the gnome king and take the last relic of armok for ourselves. Only then will dwarves be the true kings of the mountains.
Or maybe the gnomes truly are the ones gifted by Armok. I dont know about you but I find that very reasonable but still refuse to beleive it.
Gnomes are Armok's vision of Elves should be." screw the plants, shove clock bits into our brains" really looking into it Gnomes are pretty much Dwarves with a Bloodhat of Nature given that they can talk to each other through long distance through the soil/earth/rock with seismograms also really paranoid gits who will quick to write off a fort if the settlers don't get in contact with them under 2 in game months locking them out of migrants and trade.
Gnome should be paranoid given how the Elves hate how well their animal friends treat gnomes, also no love for wood cause many Gnome lynch parties.
pretty sure the Elven Dwarf war this game is based on was spark from to many elves murdering Dwarves among their Gnome slaughter leading up to the Gnome Dwarf alliance.
THAT SAID Misty shouldn't worry to much about this since she is a Kobold little interested in Dwarven politics and more on Making Cheese.
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Siga the deep depths - cave spider god of caverns.
I had this in my last world gen. My favorite so far.
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Based on what we know so far, my estimate of relative influence in this world:
Deception and Drink - 4 (there may have been some small deceptions, but mostly people have been forthright. We've seen little or no drinking yet)
Fortresses and Conquest - 8 (Armourcraft and legendary fortresses are key to the setting)
Suicide and Reincarnation - 2 (This hasn't yet been a theme)
Wealth and Gems - 6 (the dwarves we have seen so far are not impoverished)
Children and Protection - 5 (Misty was not adequately protected from leaving, but she has a large degree of agency)
Knowledge and Rage - 9 - Misty was grounded for throwing a tantrum, her craft (cheesemaking) is a form of knowledge
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I'm not great on names but I'll help the way i know how. theses are just some ideas.
the raven clutching the gem is my favorite(http://i.imgur.com/ORYj4ev.jpg)
I really like the triple halos
Niiicceee. I especially like the goddess of deception and drink.
I'm going to vote Bookfire for the god of Knowledge and Rage... just because it amuses me.
God(dess) of Deception and Drink - 8
God(dess) of Fortresses and Conquest - 10
God(dess) of Suicide and Reincarnation - 1
God(dess) of Wealth and Gems - 5
God(dess) of Children and Protection - 4
God(dess) of Knowledge and Rage - 5
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I don't really think Misty is a kobold, since she doesn't really have a dog face/dog ears/dog fur.
But maybe... Just maybe... As her parents died in the elf-dwarf war... And nobody knew them... Maybe she is a half dwarf half elf! Or even a FULL elf! DUN DUN DUNNNN!
Also, with the gods:
God of Deception and Drink - Boozeball
Goddess of Fortresses and Conquest - IronMark (Datan, sounds awensome to me)
God of Suicide and Reincarnation - Murderfailed
Goddess of Wealth and Gems - Goldfortress
Goddess of Children and Protection - Babyspear
God of Knowledge and Rage -Maddenedmind
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I wonder, if 'Suicide and Reincarnation' was in fact active, would anyone notice?
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I wonder, if 'Suicide and Reincarnation' was in fact active, would anyone notice?
The Divine Tragicomedy of the Plump Helmet Man by Necromancer Bob.
Also, Plump Helmet Man should be the Avatar of said god. Why? I have no idea! But do it anyway. As for name... I dunno.
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Babyspear
Sounds like what hapens when someone gives birth in a danger room...
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Babyspear
Sounds like what hapens when someone gives birth in a danger room...
Well, there's the wicked kind of motherly protection, and then there's normal, dwarfy, baby-shields.
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God(dess) of Deception and Drink
Not very actively involved in the lives of mortals in this world as he/she is passed out drunk somewhere... or are they?
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Babyspear
Sounds like what hapens when someone gives birth in a danger room...
Oh Armok! I had that happen to me when I ran MurderMachines!
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Babyspear
Sounds like what hapens when someone gives birth in a danger room...
Well, there's the wicked kind of motherly protection, and then there's normal, dwarfy, baby-shields.
Legend say that this goddess defeated a hydra only with her spear and her +Baby Shield+.
Epic dwarven tales.
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Later, it became a <<+Baby Shield+>> when it was encrusted with scar tissue.
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Nice. The Divine Tragicomedy of Plump Helmet Man goes completely unnoticed, but Baby Shield gets four responses.
That said, later she converted the <<+Baby Shield+>> into a ¤Baby Chestplate.¤ ( XD Now to see if I can get away with this joke. )
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Naturally, said <<+Baby Shield+>> grew up to be one of the other deities in the pantheon.
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Naturally, said <<+Baby Shield+>> grew up to be one of the other deities in the pantheon.
O'course! Everyone knows Uristobeard, god of Brain Damage! Truly a highly revered deity is he.
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BabyShield, God of Children and Protection
It fits. Far too well, it fits.
Often depicted as a dwarven baby. Son of Arkmok's bride, CakeWine, the Goddess of Deception and Drink.
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Deception and drink? Those are the two main things you get from a Plump Helmet Man... Maybe she can be depicted like in Raul's drawing, but she is waited on by PHM, who are her sacred animals. And sometimes when she is thirsty, she kills one and drinks its wine. In return, she is said to have taught the PHM their deceptive ways.
Edit: Also, I vote for Babyshield (or maybe Childshield) as Goddess of Children and Protection. She should be depicted as a dwarven mother holding a baby in one hand and a spear in the other. On the surface, she appears to be protecting the child, but we all know better, don't we? She is said to be the protector of the dwarven warrior-mothers. Children killed by enemy soldiers while being used as shields are her most sacred sacrifice. (Alternative: she is said to protect children, and by extension, all those who are protecting a child, so her most faithful worshippers carry their children into battle in order to earn her favor. Whether or not this works is... debatable.)
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The reason I drew the god of chidren as a man is because I think that motherly protectiom is a bit expected. Don't fathers protect children too? I also made him holding a plant to focus on the growth aspect of childcare.
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Okay, so far for names we have:
God(dess) of Deception and Drink: Cakewine/Kamin/Winebent
God(dess) of Fortresses and Conquest: ???
God(dess) of Suicide and Reincarnation: ???
God(dess) of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God(dess) of Children and Protection: Babyshield
God(dess) of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire/Maddenedmined.
For suicide and reincarnation, I'd suggest Daggerfailed, but I've got nothing for fortresses.
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Okay, so far for names we have:
God(dess) of Deception and Drink: Cakewine/Kamin/Winebent
God(dess) of Fortresses and Conquest: ???
God(dess) of Suicide and Reincarnation: ???
God(dess) of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God(dess) of Children and Protection: Babyshield
God(dess) of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire/Maddenedmined.
For suicide and reincarnation, I'd suggest Daggerfailed, but I've got nothing for fortresses.
I like Daggerfailed.
For fortresses, maybe Strongtower(s) or something equally simple, like Victoryramparts?
Discuss.
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Elfglazed, the hills of glass.
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Incredible thread, read it a while ago and checked up on it today only to find I missed 10 pages of awesome, especially the nun's speech. How about The Rumored Rampart for the God/Goddess of Fortresses and Conquest? Figure forts are mostly largely rumors to immigrants/invaders.
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That sounds like the name of a region or fort, though.
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That sounds like the name of a region or fort, though.
It was the name of a forgotten beast who attacked my fort recently.
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For Fortresses and Conquest: BoatMurdered. Risen from the elven and elefantine ashes of Dwarven hell, BoatMurdered is Armok's fifth and favourite son. He is what drives dwarves to build in Evil terrains despite their "better judgement". He bequeathed his name to the fort that had his favour highest and will inevitably bring an end to every fort in the most creative way possible to please his father. He, along with his twin sister, Murdermaiden, is one of the two gods of Berserk dwarves and has a special place for all male Berserkers, with additional hammers, mead/sunshine fountains, and wives for each dwarf killed in a Berserk rage. However, he isn't all flames and murder, as he bequeaths large tracts of land with elven slaves to dwarves who successfully fight of Goblin sieges or lay siege to Goblin fortresses. This promise is what drives dwarves to Conquest. He is said to have gotten the name by destroying a galley in a berserk rage mere seconds after his birth. To slaughter an elephant is the highest form of sacrifice to Boatmurdered and every elephant slain in battle becomes part of his calavary. He is rumoured to be half-elf (from the elven ashes he was formed from), but he denies this heritage and smites everyone who claims this. However... Cacame Apebalded is rumoured to be his long-lost son. He has a long and luxurious beard, braided into rope that he uses to strangle enemies whenever he doesn't have weapons available.
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Just saying, we probably won't get an update 'til this is sorted out.
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Just saying, we probably won't get an update 'til this is sorted out.
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For Fortresses and Conquest: BoatMurdered.
Seconded. Funny, was actually thinking about just that when I saw that nice addition to the thread.
Also, I think that for Suicide and Reincarnation, Bob would be a good name. Why Bob? Because. Something has to be named Bob.
So, for gods, my votes:
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
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For Fortresses and Conquest: BoatMurdered.
Seconded. Funny, was actually thinking about just that when I saw that nice addition to the thread.
So, for gods, my votes:
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
+1
I think the god of Suicide and Reincarnation SHOULD be named Bob, but he should be Bob XXXVI, as this is his 306th incarnation.
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For Fortresses and Conquest: BoatMurdered.
Seconded. Funny, was actually thinking about just that when I saw that nice addition to the thread.
So, for gods, my votes:
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
+1
I think the god of Suicide and Reincarnation SHOULD be named Bob, but he should be Bob XXXVI, as this is his 306th incarnation.
+1
Gratuitous Golddug
(http://i.imgur.com/2E6ANGX.jpg)
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Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob XXXVI
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
Shall we put it up to a poll then, in the interest of more story soon? Yes or no for this arrangement, perhaps?
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The reason I drew the god of chidren as a man is because I think that motherly protectiom is a bit expected. Don't fathers protect children too? I also made him holding a plant to focus on the growth aspect of childcare.
Maybe humans fathers protect their babys, but dwarven fathers use them to club kobolds to death.
Urist Mc BadDad hits the kobold with his +BabyClub+ tearing the skull trough the bone and tearing the brain!
The kobold has been struck down.
The baby club has been struck down.
Urist Mc BadDad has gone berserk!
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Here's a quick sketch of Knowledge and Rage:
(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r670/Afellowdwarf/Shoutingbooks_zpse1f1bf4a.png)
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For Fortresses and Conquest: BoatMurdered.
Seconded. Funny, was actually thinking about just that when I saw that nice addition to the thread.
So, for gods, my votes:
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
+1
I think the god of Suicide and Reincarnation SHOULD be named Bob, but he should be Bob XXXVI, as this is his 306th incarnation.
Good, yes. Coincidentally, Necromancer Bob was the guy I had as the writer of the Divine Tragicomedy of the Plump Helmet Man so I guess it will be the same Bob. :) ( All the more evidence that Plumpy is the Avatar of the god of Suicide and Reincarnation. )
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(http://i.imgur.com/dqXb2fT.png)
Drew up what I thought the Knowledge and rage god would be.
love the God dad
Name her what you will.
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I think the god of Suicide and Reincarnation SHOULD be named Bob, but he should be Bob XXXVI, as this is his 306th incarnation.
Who taught you roman numerals? :D CCCVI.
I +1 Boatmurdered for Fortresses.
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Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob CCCVI
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
Shall we put it up to a poll then, in the interest of more story soon? Yes or no for this arrangement, perhaps?
All for, +1. With the CCCVI instead of XXXVI, XXXVI being 36, and CCCVI being 306.
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God of fortresses and war=Ramaraunt
Muhahahahahahah
+1 to the post above though.
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Bob's kill list must be a monster.
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Bob's kill list must be a monster.
No, his kill list has nothing on it. The attributed deaths though...the number is huge. He doesn't kill things. He bores them to death until they kill themselves. Everything about him is boring. His name. His mortal form. Even when he dies, it's boring. He just comes back again.
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I imagine he would be pompously dramatic, actually. It might be effective... on those who didn't know what was going on.
"Oh, Armok's Infinite Beard!!!" *clutches at chest and staggers, reeling dramatically* "I think... I think I'm dying!! How can a god die?!?! Oh, what a world!!!"
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He's the 306th iteration of the god of suicide and reëncarnation: This is a creature that killed the same god 305 times, whilst being that same god himself.
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CCCVI
XXXVI
XXCI
MNBFILJHWLIH
BRAIN. OVERHEATING.
TheSaberTooth has melted.
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CCCVI
XXXVI
XXCI
MNBFILJHWLIH
BRAIN. OVERHEATING.
TheSaberTooth has melted.
Those wacky Romans- Melting people since the 6th century!
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CCCVI
XXXVI
XXCI
MNBFILJHWLIH
BRAIN. OVERHEATING.
TheSaberTooth has melted.
Those wacky Romans- Melting people since the 6th century!
Dwarves are wackier.
"Class, if Urist has a stack of six bolts and Likot gives him a stack of nineteen bolts, how many bolts does he have? ...Yes, Catten?"
"Twenty-five bolts, Ms. Zulban?"
"No, Catten, that's wrong. Anyone else? ...No? All right, the correct answer is that Urist has a stack of six bolts and a stack of nineteen bolts altogether, because you can't add bolts to a stack of bolts."
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Bob's kill list must be a monster.
No, his kill list has nothing on it. The attributed deaths though...the number is huge. He doesn't kill things. He bores them to death until they kill themselves. Everything about him is boring. His name. His mortal form. Even when he dies, it's boring. He just comes back again.
I imagine he would be pompously dramatic, actually. It might be effective... on those who didn't know what was going on.
"Oh, Armok's Infinite Beard!!!" *clutches at chest and staggers, reeling dramatically* "I think... I think I'm dying!! How can a god die?!?! Oh, what a world!!!"
Even more evidence that he is the Necromancer patron! That's the Necromancer defense mechanism, being so dramatic and flourished that noone can bear to read your boring writing so that noone else learns the secrets of life and death!
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This is just my 2 copper coins on Bob
Bob always changes form when he dies but he always has a mask. He is less the god of sadness, and more the god of change. Though suicide is one of the extreme means which he can grant you change, it is the most effective way to offer a new life. He is known for his foolish quotes on the nature of life and inspiring folly in writings of the necromancers. He is often dramatic and tends to exaggerate. It is said that with his change of form comes the change of seasons, while others think he only changes with the eras. The one thing they agree with is that he never stays the same.
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If you guys have come to a consensus, could one of you post the decided names, assumed appearances, as well as their relative activity in the world (scale of 1-10), please?
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Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob CCCVI
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire
Shall we put it up to a poll then, in the interest of more story soon? Yes or no for this arrangement, perhaps?
All for, +1. With the CCCVI instead of XXXVI, XXXVI being 36, and CCCVI being 306.
I think this is pretty much the consensus. At least as far as names. As per appearances, I dunno if we've come to an agreement, but I personally don't care too much about that and would rather see updates, so I'm green-lighting every proposed appearance I've seen so far.
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Deception and Drink - 6
Fortresses and Conquest - 9
Suicide and Reincarnation - 2
Wealth and Gems - 6
Children and Protection - 4
Knowledge and Rage - 7
here's the other bit.
I'm all for Raul's stuff, it looks freakin' awesome.
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This is just my 2 copper coins on Bob
Bob always changes form when he dies but he always has a mask. He is less the god of sadness, and more the god of change. Though suicide is one of the extreme means which he can grant you change, it is the most effective way to offer a new life. He is known for his foolish quotes on the nature of life and inspiring folly in writings of the necromancers. He is often dramatic and tends to exaggerate. It is said that with his change of form comes the change of seasons, while others think he only changes with the eras. The one thing they agree with is that he never stays the same.
Bob well known for his earlier days of life by learning the secret of life and death not from some demon scribbles but wondering what's that second black void in the sky did,
and ponder real hard until doing so cause himself poking into his own Soul... and alter it. At first he picture immortality to be fate worst than death, after a couple eons of wonder around doing what ever he just got bored of it and felt it was just an offswitch that stored your essence into a room. Couple eons took Bob to finally reach godhood and cast aside his tower. He ended up with a following from left over companions and forts he started back when he was BOB_103. The other Gods wonder if the mask is a smiley face or a nose. (http://i.imgur.com/c9JpzGf.png) Bob lost a good 100 lives from Armok being not to please at someone surpassing Demi-godhood, and 20 from looking at Bookfire (http://i.imgur.com/dqXb2fT.png) Funny.
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Deception and Drink - 6
Fortresses and Conquest - 9
Suicide and Reincarnation - 2
Wealth and Gems - 6
Children and Protection - 4
Knowledge and Rage - 7
I'm all for Raul's stuff, it looks freakin' awesome.
I most wholeheartedly concur with this sentiment.
Though appearances are of course the final decision of evictedSaint, master craftsdwarf.
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Deception and Drink - 6
Fortresses and Conquest - 9
Suicide and Reincarnation - 2
Wealth and Gems - 6
Children and Protection - 4
Knowledge and Rage - 7
I'm all for Raul's stuff, it looks freakin' awesome.
I most wholeheartedly concur with this sentiment.
Though appearances are of course the final decision of evictedSaint, master craftsdwarf.
+1
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Deception and Drink - 6
Fortresses and Conquest - 9
Suicide and Reincarnation - 2
Wealth and Gems - 6
Children and Protection - 4
Knowledge and Rage - 7
I'm all for Raul's stuff, it looks freakin' awesome.
I most wholeheartedly concur with this sentiment.
Though appearances are of course the final decision of evictedSaint, master craftsdwarf.
+1
Might already have said so, but +1. We're all looking forward to the next update.
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Easy reference; [God][Name][Activity]
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine - 6
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Boatmurdered - 9
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob CCCVI - 2
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug - 6
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield - 4
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire - 7
Note: Activity is of course variable, and may change throughout the story.
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Easy reference; [God][Name][Activity]
Goddess of Deception and Drink: Cakewine - 6
God of Fortresses and Conquest: Murderedboat - 9
God of Suicide and Reincarnation: Bob CCCVI - 2
Goddess of Wealth and Gems: Golddug - 6
God of Children and Protection: Babyshield - 4
Goddess of Knowledge and Rage: Bookfire - 7
Note: Activity is of course variable, and may change throughout the story.
kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
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kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
I'm picturing the rook from battlechess. We could always go for an elephant, because boatmurdered. I think a stone elephant is the optimal solution.
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kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
I'm picturing the rook from battlechess. We could always go for an elephant, because boatmurdered. I think a stone elephant is the optimal solution.
Boatmurdered is most often depicted as an obsidian elephant and is associated with Fortresses and Conquest.
+1
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This is the best I could do with just a webcam.
(http://s19.postimg.org/wcc5nl203/cheesemaker.png)
/me lurks back into the shadows
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Nice, Apples.
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kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
I'm picturing the rook from battlechess. We could always go for an elephant, because boatmurdered. I think a stone elephant is the optimal solution.
Boatmurdered is most often depicted as an obsidian elephant and is associated with Fortresses and Conquest.
+1
+1 because in the ancient Indian version of chess, that's actually how the rook was depicted. Also because Boatmurdered. Also because everything. It just works so well.
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kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
I'm picturing the rook from battlechess. We could always go for an elephant, because boatmurdered. I think a stone elephant is the optimal solution.
Boatmurdered is most often depicted as an obsidian elephant and is associated with Fortresses and Conquest.
+1
+1 because in the ancient Indian version of chess, that's actually how the rook was depicted. Also because Boatmurdered. Also because everything. It just works so well.
Actually, the rook was represented as a chariot. The elephant is the predecessor of the bishop.
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kinda want to change the name Boatmurder to Yachtslain or Dingykilled. Also is the god a castle golem or something?
I'm picturing the rook from battlechess. We could always go for an elephant, because boatmurdered. I think a stone elephant is the optimal solution.
Boatmurdered is most often depicted as an obsidian elephant and is associated with Fortresses and Conquest.
+1
+1 because in the ancient Indian version of chess, that's actually how the rook was depicted. Also because Boatmurdered. Also because everything. It just works so well.
Actually, the rook was represented as a chariot. The elephant is the predecessor of the bishop.
* lifts eyebrows * I stand corrected. Very nice, thanks. :)
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Does that mean they all have an image now?
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
+1 Yachtslain.
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
I concur. I'm fine with making it an obsidian elephant and synonym in reference, but literally calling it boatmurdered doesn't sit well with me either.
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PTW
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Warspoil
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
+1 Yachtslain.
psst I could push for the last person there at boatmurdered: a single female dwarf child named Dodok Saberfrenzies. but going how folks remember the place ala the invaders that tormented the dwarves than the Tormented dwarves themselves. Why not make the deity of Fort and conquest a Mason given it's "the blocks that protects the walls and the stone that falls on invaders, it's the blocks that Fill the halls and the stone(statues) that lines them." That said This god is pretty much has a picture up in Misty's adopted dads bedroom.
getting away from god talk: Which Masterworks creature do you think Misty would like to meet?
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
I concur. I'm fine with making it an obsidian elephant and synonym in reference, but literally calling it boatmurdered doesn't sit well with me either.
>Finally reach consensus on gods, by and large
>Awaiting next update
>Suddenly 2 days later people start to disagree on one of the gods
Guys...can't we just leave it like it was? Seemed to have some good support. Plus...
Just saying, we probably won't get an update 'til this is sorted out.
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
I concur. I'm fine with making it an obsidian elephant and synonym in reference, but literally calling it boatmurdered doesn't sit well with me either.
+1
Also seconding Raul's take on the goddess of wealth and gems as a raven.
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
I concur. I'm fine with making it an obsidian elephant and synonym in reference, but literally calling it boatmurdered doesn't sit well with me either.
>Finally reach consensus on gods, by and large
>Awaiting next update
>Suddenly 2 days later people start to disagree on one of the gods
Guys...can't we just leave it like it was? Seemed to have some good support. Plus...
Just saying, we probably won't get an update 'til this is sorted out.
And so, the consensus was never reached and was doomed to an eternal limbo where people only discuss weather the god of war should be called BoatMurdered or {INSERT CRAPPY NAME HERE}
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-1 to calling a god Boatmurdered. Name has too many other associations. Let's make this lore fresh.
I concur. I'm fine with making it an obsidian elephant and synonym in reference, but literally calling it boatmurdered doesn't sit well with me either.
>Finally reach consensus on gods, by and large
>Awaiting next update
>Suddenly 2 days later people start to disagree on one of the gods
Guys...can't we just leave it like it was? Seemed to have some good support. Plus...
Just saying, we probably won't get an update 'til this is sorted out.
And so, the consensus was never reached and was doomed to an eternal limbo where people only discuss weather the god of war should be called BoatMurdered or {INSERT CRAPPY NAME HERE}
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!
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The two of you sit in comfortable silence while you digest all she's told you.
(http://i.imgur.com/2UBOID8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/2UBOID8.png)
So...the gnomes get hats, you ask?
Oh, yes, Lokum replies. That ancient mystery has long since been unraveled, thanks to the wonders of Dwarven Science!
(http://i.imgur.com/PhpYZVs.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/PhpYZVs.gif)
You see, she explains, Armok is not an unkind God. The gnomes, though one with nature and engineering alike, are frail and brittle. Even the most shoddily made pig tail fiber sock dropped from above would easily crush their egg-shell like skulls. Arkmok, in his infinite and all-encompassing wisdom, bestowed unto the gnomes the secret of conical hats to protect their feeble heads from the things that would bring about their deaths, like socks or a light rain.
Granted, this gift does not mean that GNOMES are Armoks favorite children, not at all! Quite contrary, this simply shows that Armok loved us, the Dwarves, enough to make our skulls much firmer and well-made. Our kind was made with love and diligence, whilst the gnomes and humans and others were built around us to provide a backdrop for the glory of the Dwarven race! You see?!
This is why Dwarves are the only ones who worship Armok. Humans have their own pantheon of Gods (crafted in their own image, how vain!), the Orcs have a routine of bloody Ancestors (vile and disgusting, mind you!) and the Elves believe in a nonsensical "force". That doesn't even make sense! That's not even a God!
Dwarves, though we all may worship our individual Gods, all pay homage to the All Father, the First, the God of Blood.
Of course, you must already know this, having your own deity of worship and whatnot.
(http://i.imgur.com/frFeqiA.png) (http://i.imgur.com/frFeqiA.png)
Oh.
Um.
(https://i.imgur.com/ufeaaY0.png) (https://i.imgur.com/ufeaaY0.png)
You don't have any Gods of Worship, you admit.
(http://i.imgur.com/VDsGJJ6.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VDsGJJ6.png)
You've never selected your patron Gods, she exclaims?! Why didn't you say so! We can fix that right now.
There are seven Dwarven Gods for each Dwarven Civilization. We, of course, have the best Gods of the three Dwarven Civilizations in the land.
Wise Bookfire, the Goddess of Knowledge and Rage, who has bestowed insight and madness upon those who draw her eye or ire,
Enchanting Cakewine, the Goddess of Deception and Drink, who delights in leading wandering adventurers astray,
Stoic Sunshield, the God of Children and Protection, who blesses the children of his followers and shields those who bear his sigil,
Bloody Stonetusk, the God of Fortresses and Conquest, the bloodiest of the seven and patron of Shielddawn itself,
Glittering Golddug, the Goddess of Wealth and Gems, who guides the hand of miners in the dark tunnels and brings them to the riches below,
Inconstant Urist CCCVI, God of Suicide and Reincarnation, who takes his own life at the end of each year only to be born anew the next,
And Humble Cowsea, Goddess of Cheese and Cattle, who keeps milk from spoil and the beast of the field docile.
Most Dwarves never take more than two of the seven as their patron, lest their worship be diluted to the point of inconsequence.
(http://i.imgur.com/xAlQAdN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xAlQAdN.png)
So tell me, young Dwarf, whose blessing do you seek?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5350838#msg5350838)
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Sunshield and Cowsea, obviously.
Sunshield, protection could be useful for a cheese maker...
And Cowsea, because cheese.
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Wise Bookfire, the Goddess of Knowledge and Rage, who has bestowed insight and madness upon those who draw her eye or ire,
Enchanting Cakewine, the Goddess of Deception and Drink, who delights in leading wandering adventurers astray,
Stoic Sunshield, the God of Children and Protection, who blesses the children of his followers and shields those who bear his sigil,
Bloody Stonetusk, the God of Fortresses and Conquest, the bloodiest of the seven and patron of Shielddawn itself,
Glittering Golddug, the Goddess of Wealth and Gems, who guides the hand of miners in the dark tunnels and brings them to the riches below,
Inconstant Urist CCCVI, God of Suicide and Reincarnation, who takes his own life at the end of each year only to be born anew the next,
And Humble Cowsea, Goddess of Cheese and Cattle, who keeps milk from spoil and the beast of the field docile.
Most Dwarves never take more than two of the seven as their patron, lest their worship be deluded to the point of inconsequence.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png.html)
So tell me, young Dwarf, whose blessing do you seek?
Glory to Dwarfystokzka, another masterful post! I must say, this tale is strongly pulling me in.
Sunshield and Cowsea, obviously.
Sunshield, protection could be useful for a cheese maker...
And Cowsea, because cheese.
I agree. Of course Cowsea is the clear first choice, being goddess of cheese. Sunshield could also be helpful, given the...light tumble of earlier.
+1
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Bookfire to acquire access to secret, arcane arts of cheesemaking and cheesemaking apparatus. Also, to strengthen friendship with Uristodel. :) 'Tis good to be friends with an engineer, who knows when you will need help making an automated milker so you can more efficiently get the requisite ingredients for cheese.
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Since we're all planning to make a beefed up cheese paladin, we have to get the cheese blessing for sure.
I think we should inquire the on the necessary worship rituals for each. We might have to sacrifice a lot of specific corpses if we want to make the most of our blessing and we should have a general idea of what to kill. If we have to give up any treasure for Golddug or drink a whole glass of plump helmet man for Cakewine, we have the right to know.
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Also, that last panel. 'tis my new computer background. You have been immortalized in the epicosity of being the first thing I see 'pon booting this thing oop. Congrats!
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Also, that last panel. 'tis my new computer background. You have been immortalized in the epicosity of being the first thing I see 'pon booting this thing oop. Congrats!
Same thing here, replacing the previous background of Misty running out of the doors. I just adore this art.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/8412e42f00e8f9253c122faad642a120/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po4_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/8412e42f00e8f9253c122faad642a120/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po4_1280.png.html)
I mean quite seriously, look at that scenery! So much lovely detail! Delicious, delicious, precious details!
That's just one post too! Truly a sign of glory to come.
I am ready for this art.
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Also, that last panel. 'tis my new computer background. You have been immortalized in the epicosity of being the first thing I see 'pon booting this thing oop. Congrats!
Same thing here, replacing the previous background of Misty running out of the doors. I just adore this art.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/8412e42f00e8f9253c122faad642a120/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po4_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/8412e42f00e8f9253c122faad642a120/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po4_1280.png.html)
I mean quite seriously, look at that scenery! So much lovely detail! Delicious, delicious, precious details!
That's just one post too! Truly a sign of glory to come.
I am ready for this art.
I know! I can't wait to see what Shielddawn looks like!
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Cowsea is obviously the best god but how could you not also worship Urist CCCVI? He is truly the god of change and you can't make milk into cheese without that.
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Do you think plumpy will stop following us if we give him our puzzlebox?
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I say focus on Cowsea.
If we want to become the best cheesemaker, like noone ever was. Cowsea is the way to go.
edit: Ask if it's possible to worship more than one god. (to keep Cowsea secondary, if she's not chosen first.)
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Do you think plumpy will stop following us if we give him our puzzlebox?
Why do we want Plumpy to stop following us?
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Do you think plumpy will stop following us if we give him our puzzlebox?
Why do we want Plumpy to stop following us?
Let him follow, he may be a friend.
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Do you think plumpy will stop following us if we give him our puzzlebox?
Why do we want Plumpy to stop following us?
Let him follow, he may be a friend.
My sentiments exactly. Besides, he's a Plump Helmet Man. Is there anything cooler?
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I say focus on Cowsea.
If we want to become the best cheesemaker, like noone ever was. Cowsea is the way to go.
edit: Ask if it's possible to worship more than one god. (to keep Cowsea secondary, if she's not chosen first.)
The poll says "Other" god, because we all know Cowsea is No. 1.
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Do you think plumpy will stop following us if we give him our puzzlebox?
Why do we want Plumpy to stop following us?
Let him follow, he may be a friend.
My sentiments exactly. Besides, he's a Plump Helmet Man. Is there anything cooler?
He just suffers from crippling bouts of loneliness... :-[
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My sentiments exactly. Besides, he's a Plump Helmet Man. Is there anything cooler?
(http://s30.postimg.org/tl0mx5181/ibegtodiffer.png)
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Hmm can misty just take a raincheck on selecting a patron and talk to the next person.
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It's always a tie. Better get used to it.
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I like the idea of Sunshield better than Urist CCCVI, mostly because I don't see what use worshiping the god of suicide would be... I mean, we don't want Misty to kill herself, do we?
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I like the idea of Sunshield better than Urist CCCVI, mostly because I don't see what use worshiping the god of suicide would be... I mean, we don't want Misty to kill herself, do we?
Only if this works like those other MSPaint-style adventures and she comes back even stronger with Cheese-based powers and wings. But not fairy wings like those pricks over at Homestuck, awesome angel wings to become Cowsea's demi-god friend.
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I don't know about you guys, but when I get new migrants at my fortresses, and when there's a cheesemaker among them...
>"Oh look, a group of unskilled peasants."
>"I'm a cheesmaker, sir!"
>"Like I said, unskilled peasants. Head to the barracks, get some mismatched gear, and into the caverns with you. Survivors get to join the military. Have FUN."
So I feel perhaps the god of protection may be a useful ally among the available options.
Also, Sunshield is the god of children, and Misty seems to be an adolescent at perhaps best. Ergo, extra protection.
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Also, Sunshield is the god of children, and Misty seems to be an adolescent at perhaps best. Ergo, extra protection.
She is 12 years old. She is an adult who is fully capable of making major life decisions without protection.
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Life is, in a word, cheese.
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So I feel perhaps the god of protection may be a useful ally among the available options.
I'll take my chances with reëncarnation.
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So I feel perhaps the god of protection may be a useful ally among the available options.
I'll take my chances with reëncarnation.
But you could just, not die. At all.
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I'll pick SunShield, if that fortress is like most, a dabbling cheesemaker will surely turn into part of a crappy squad made only for distracting the horrible monstrositys that roam the caverns, chase kobolds and being raped by goblins, or a unskilled miner tasked to dig into a cavern, magma or the HFS.
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So I feel perhaps the god of protection may be a useful ally among the available options.
I'll take my chances with reëncarnation.
But you could just, not die. At all.
If wishes were goblins, we'd all die.
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Actually, if you let the guys in the Corrupt a Wish thread have your wishes, you'll all die or worse. :D
The question is, does reincarnation only happen when you commit suicide? Because I don't see Misty doing that.
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Actually, if you let the guys in the Corrupt a Wish thread have your wishes, you'll all die or worse. :D
The question is, does reincarnation only happen when you commit suicide? Because I don't see Misty doing that.
You mean this journey to the fort, and most of our actions past that point, can be seen as a boon for Misty's life expectancy?
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*Shrugs*
If it's straight up reincarnation without suicide, it might give us some freedom to screw up.
I'd rather take Bookfire, because knowledge. Magic cheese, maybe?
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Reincarnation isn't resurrection or respawning, for all we know Misty will wind up as a cave fish, fluffy wambler, or elf in her next life. At the very least she'll have to wait 12 more years.
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I know, but surely the kind and caring evictedsaint would give us a time skip so we could start over? :D?
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I don't think any of the voters took into account that Urist CCCVI is the weakest god of all of them. :P
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I don't think any of the voters took into account that Urist CCCVI is the weakest god of all of them. :P
I'm completely fine with worshiping a comically weak god, should Urist prove to be that.
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I don't think any of the voters took into account that Urist CCCVI is the weakest god of all of them. :P
I'm completely fine with worshiping a comically weak god, should Urist prove to be that.
We gave him a 2 of 10. :P
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We gave him a 2 of 10. :P
That was for activity, not power. Being inactive doesn't neccecairily mean he's weak, it could also mean he doesn't do much or hasn't got a lot of worshippers.
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We gave him a 2 of 10. :P
That was for activity, not power. Being inactive doesn't neccecairily mean he's weak, it could also mean he doesn't do much or hasn't got a lot of worshippers.
If he doesn't do much, why would he help Misty? Besides cuteness.
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If he doesn't do much, why would he help Misty? Besides cuteness.
Well, let's put it in another way; if there's an avarage of 5 years between your worshippers' resurrections, you're not really interacting with them often.
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Perhaps on the topic of Urist one should take note of something.
We are talking to a potential ally who is a nice elderly dwarf nun.
So...what exactly do you expect her reaction to be if a very young dwarf tells her that she worships the god of Cheese and the god of Suicide.
Think about it, people. A teenager telling a kind elderly female that they worship the god of Suicide.
...maybe lets not?
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Then let's refer to him as the god of reëncarnation. That's positive.
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Hey, why would she be taken back? It's a god among the pantheon, she's heard all about him and has probably talked with worshiper of him. There's no reason why she would be so shocked about it. It's like saying hey, you got Vanilla instead of chocolate? I can't believe a child your age would think of such a thing.
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Let's put it differently, is it a good idea for a young teenager to worship a god of children? As in, she might give the impression of wanting to bear them already?
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(http://i.xomf.com/sdyrv.png)
Perhaps on the topic of Urist one should take note of something.
We are talking to a potential ally who is a nice elderly dwarf nun.
So...what exactly do you expect her reaction to be if a very young dwarf tells her that she worships the god of Cheese and the god of Suicide.
Think about it, people. A teenager telling a kind elderly female that they worship the god of Suicide.
...maybe lets not?
the nun worships the god of BLOOD so if anything she happy to drain misty all of her blood for Armok.
while this is dumb she didn't even talk about vampires in her creation of life, who all kinda are blessed by their gods of their following than those who didn't follow(drain all those who don't follow our teachings and what not.).
Clearly the second choice is a trick question the real answer is Armok best to worship the blood god and skip the middleman.
that said it is possible for someone to become a deity on their own, just need some extra chim powers.
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WE NOW INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM TO BRING YOU: STOP DEBATING OR THE THREAD WILL GET SIDE TRACKED ALL OVER AGAIN! XD Just kidding, of course.
Umm... Either Bob CCCVI or Bookfire is what we've narrowed it down to. It's so hard to decide. On the one hand, infinite lives, on the other, infinite knowledge. I think the second because it's slightly less of an existential horrorshow. ( Only slightly. And maybe not, depending on your point of view.)
Hey, why would she be taken back? It's a god among the pantheon, she's heard all about him and has probably talked with worshiper of him. There's no reason why she would be so shocked about it. It's like saying hey, you got Vanilla instead of chocolate? I can't believe a child your age would think of such a thing.
It's like saying hey, you got Vanilla instead of chocolate? I can't believe a child your age would think of such a thing.
There's at least three dirty jokes in there that you missed that make this statement hilarious. Especially coming from a nun.
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Knowledge won't help if you are dead... right? Protection and Reincarnation are the poll results...
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There's at least three dirty jokes in there that you missed that make this statement hilarious. Especially coming from a nun.
Risesstaffing intensifies.
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No Cheesus jokes at this point? I'm disappointed. :P
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You guys are really narrow on your interpretations of suicide and reincarnation. This is religion/mysticism we're talking about, words are used more as philosophical ideals instead of literal meanings, or at the least both. Literal interpretations is horribly boring for this kind of stuff to boot.
Suicide is the death of the self. Reincarnation is the recreation of the self.
It could mean literal death and rebirth as it could mean figurative. To reinvent yourself, you must lose your self. Every change brings about the end of the old. This isn't a god of stasis and static re-emergence, but change and reinvention.
Truly, what better is there for the wanting to make a new life for yourself?
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You guys are really narrow on your interpretations of suicide and reincarnation. This is religion/mysticism we're talking about, words are used more as philosophical ideals instead of literal meanings, or at the least both. Literal interpretations is horribly boring for this kind of stuff to boot.
Suicide is the death of the self. Reincarnation is the recreation of the self.
It could mean literal death and rebirth as it could mean figurative. To reinvent yourself, you must lose your self. Every change brings about the end of the old. This isn't a god of stasis and static re-emergence, but change and reinvention.
Truly, what better is there for the wanting to make a new life for yourself?
The philosophical cheese-wheel goes to Xanmyral. Prithee, wax poetic for thine countrymen once more.
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Cheese can be thought of as being closely related to the philosophical concept of death and rebirth. It is a transformation of milk involving the controlled decay of a formerly life-giving substance, and through that decay, giving birth to a new and wondrous creation. Truly, death and rebirth is a force fit for a cheesemaker to worship.
...but as Misty is probably not a philosopher, my guess is that she would not voluntarily pick a god of suicide, nor deception, rage, nor any other unpleasant-sounding spheres.
I'd go for Sunshield. It sounds pleasant enough (and children=milk=cheese?), and I'm still hoping that at some point in the future she might run into a radical sect of worshipers who carry their children into battle as a form of worship and start to have internal conflict as a result.
Also, I think Plumpy should worship Cakewine.
Should I point out that many of these gods rule over concepts that are not officially in the DF sphere list? Cheese among them.
Does anyone care? Probably not.
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I see nobody else really reflecting this sentiment, but I went with Golddug partly because it's not the most obvious choice, and partly because Misty wants to be the GREATEST legendary cheesemaker ever! Wealth and riches and all the cheese a fortress could ever need! But it doesn't look likely that that will win.
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I see nobody else really reflecting this sentiment, but I went with Golddug partly because it's not the most obvious choice, and partly because Misty wants to be the GREATEST legendary cheesemaker ever! Wealth and riches and all the cheese a fortress could ever need! But it doesn't look likely that that will win.
Ooh, that's a good point, there...
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I see nobody else really reflecting this sentiment, but I went with Golddug partly because it's not the most obvious choice, and partly because Misty wants to be the GREATEST legendary cheesemaker ever! Wealth and riches and all the cheese a fortress could ever need! But it doesn't look likely that that will win.
Ooh, that's a good point, there...
Indeed...is there a way to change one's vote, perhaps?
Also, point of interest, in the polls it reads 'goddug' in case anyone has yet to notice.
I feel this is perhaps a sign.
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No, no way to change your vote, sadly. I'd change to Golddug too, I think. Wealth is always useful, and I want to see Misty profit. Still, at the same time, it'd be exciting to see the god of protection get her out of some really close scrapes. Pros and cons all around.
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1 more day and I'll adjust the poll to be between the top three picks.
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1 more day and I'll adjust the poll to be between the top three picks.
Fifty votes in two days - you should feel proud. :) My stuff's been up for months and I still only have 21 votes.
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I love how we suddenly compromise and accept Golddug as the best deity. (next to cowsea of course)
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Well, Cowsea is the goddess of Cheese.
And we aspire to be the greatest cheese maker ever.
So in my opinion, Cowsea is the ideal deity for Misty.
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That's why the poll reads 'other god'. Cowsea is a given.
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Well I'm just trying to make a point to stick with Cowsea.
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Well I'm just trying to make a point to stick with Cowsea.
Perhaps she becomes exceedingly good at cheesemaking, then, but gets killed in a goblin raid! Or, perhaps she's exceedingly good at cheesemaking, but can't manage to make a decent profit. Choices matter. :)
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Well I'm just trying to make a point to stick with Cowsea.
Perhaps she becomes exceedingly good at cheesemaking, then, but gets killed in a goblin raid! Or, perhaps she's exceedingly good at cheesemaking, but can't manage to make a decent profit. Choices matter. :)
Exceptionally well made cheese can save lives.
Imagine cheese so dense, that it can act as a shield.
edit: or so soft that arrows bounce right off it.
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By the way, I'm calling it now: the third place will be a tie. The poll god wills for indecisiveness.
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Guys Guys there's so many ways to raise the dead in masterworks that Dwarves can pull off this stunt by learning it from a workshop.
there also the legionnaire dwarves who are the Space marines of the Dwarf race.
besides all those other gods are a trick question better to accept armok into your heart.
PS say this so the massive armok lover doesn't send misty soul into hell where she needs to become the littlest imp cheesemaker.
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New poll's up, it seems.
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And of course, I still voted for Cowsea.
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Come on Urist! Your poll can rise again, just like you do. :P
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Sunshield would be a very good and reliable god for Misty but too predictable and boring. After coming up with the character, name and backstory of Urist CCCVI it'd be a shame to waste him. I'm voting for him, as weird and bizarre as that is. XD
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
Heads up, guys; I'm going to be out of town all next week, so no update until I get back. Here's a shot of of when Reg finally fulfilled her dream and became a member of the illustrious Fortress Guard to make up for it. Captain Holt is the best mentor.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
Heads up, guys; I'm going to be out of town all next week, so no update until I get back. Here's a shot of of when Reg finally fulfilled her dream and became a member of the illustrious Fortress Guard to make up for it. Captain Holt is the best mentor.
Have fun, and remember to praise Armok!
Also, Reg is the best guard. Follow your dreams Reg. Follow them forever.
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What do you guys want to do in the meantime? Come up with the back story for Urist?
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This is just my 2 copper coins on Bob
Bob always changes form when he dies but he always has a mask. He is less the god of sadness, and more the god of change. Though suicide is one of the extreme means which he can grant you change, it is the most effective way to offer a new life. He is known for his foolish quotes on the nature of life and inspiring folly in writings of the necromancers. He is often dramatic and tends to exaggerate. It is said that with his change of form comes the change of seasons, while others think he only changes with the eras. The one thing they agree with is that he never stays the same.
Bob well known for his earlier days of life by learning the secret of life and death not from some demon scribbles but wondering what's that second black void in the sky did,
and ponder real hard until doing so cause himself poking into his own Soul... and alter it. At first he picture immortality to be fate worst than death, after a couple eons of wonder around doing what ever he just got bored of it and felt it was just an offswitch that stored your essence into a room. Couple eons took Bob to finally reach godhood and cast aside his tower. He ended up with a following from left over companions and forts he started back when he was BOB_103. The other Gods wonder if the mask is a smiley face or a nose. (http://i.imgur.com/c9JpzGf.png) Bob lost a good 100 lives from Armok being not to please at someone surpassing Demi-godhood, and 20 from looking at Bookfire (http://i.imgur.com/dqXb2fT.png) Funny.
What do you guys want to do in the meantime? Come up with the back story for Urist?
Bob/Urist backstory was written up some time ago but we don't have one for bookfire.
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Alright. In the meantime we'll settle this: What's the deal with bookfire?
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God(dess) of Fate and Passion. Interesting concept considering the two often come to blows.
Of course, that's the two spheres of his/her boiled down to their most utmost basic roots. At least assuming knowledge means omniscience, either limited or full.
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I'm glad I stumbled across this little gem. It was a great read. :D
(PTW)
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Alright. In the meantime we'll settle this: What's the deal with bookfire?
(http://i.imgur.com/XwbpWuW.png) "like some how the warlocks and wizards can write all sorts of books, but come time to read any of them They can't. The only person who could read any of those dang things are some random git going on an adventurer... whats up with that!?" *Seinfeld theme here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI)*
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Bookfire insists that she does not actually have more rage than any other god or goddess. However, that rage is compressed into a being 1/4th the size of the others, so like a can of pressurized gas, she tends to explode.
She is the foremost deity of the gnomes. One out of 25 gnomes is born prone to rage and is said to be blessed by her. She is also said to be the inspiration for all megaprojects that ultimately destroy the fortress they were built in.
Nobody knows what is under her hat. Some theories include an enormous bottle of tequila, the original Blood of Armok gemstone, a pet moleweasel that acts as her spy and messenger, and a machine that will end the world when activated.
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Someone vote for Cowsea! D:
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When Bookfire came to be, she first did not understand why she was to be a goddess of rage, but being one of knowledge, she quickly came to know: Mortals would forever want her to explain the obvious, such as the meaning of life and the laws of physics. Even should she deny this knowledge, still would these petty flies continue to ask, bother and annoy.
When this fact suddenly popped up in her mind, as others would as well, the fate she knew she would be subjected to left her with no other choice but to tantrum. When she is calm, she prefers to impart knowledge of the destructive, such as magma and weaponry. She knows that for each life these things claim, there will be one less mortal to talk to her.
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When Bookfire came to be, she first did not understand why she was to be a goddess of rage, but being one of knowledge, she quickly came to know: Mortals would forever want her to explain the obvious, such as the meaning of life and the laws of physics. Even should she deny this knowledge, still would these petty flies continue to ask, bother and annoy.
When this fact suddenly popped up in her mind, as others would as well, the fate she knew she would be subjected to left her with no other choice but to tantrum. When she is calm, she prefers to impart knowledge of the destructive, such as magma and weaponry. She knows that for each life these things claim, there will be one less mortal to talk to her.
Yup.
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Hmm, I guess there is no way to change my vote once it has been cast. I kind of like the mythos people have come up with for Urist the 300th+. Bookfire is pretty great too. Perhaps there is room for another deity in Misty's life after all.
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Hmm, I guess there is no way to change my vote once it has been cast. I kind of like the mythos people have come up with for Urist the 300th+. Bookfire is pretty great too. Perhaps there is room for another deity in Misty's life after all.
there's no limit to how many gods you can pick up.
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No limit imposed by the game per se, but in this story, the nun said Most Dwarves never take more than two of the seven as their patron, lest their worship be deluded to the point of inconsequence (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095). Pretty sure she really meant "diluted", but what do I know about delusions.
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If we pick more than two deities, we'd probably spend way too much time on sacrificing goat cheese to all of them.
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Well if Cowsea is not chosen as first deity, I will do what I can to make Cowsea the second.
Also I do not think we need to sacrifice something to all of them.
I don't even think sacrifices are needed to please Dwarven deities.
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Ultimuh, Cowsea is the first deity. The poll has always been there to decide the second.
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Ultimuh, Cowsea is the first deity. The poll has always been there to decide the second.
Ah, well I must have misread something somewhere..
/me facedesks.
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Dive back into masterworks adventure mode to do some minecart !!XXXScienceXXX!! and this might be a crosspost in the draw your adventurers thread but here's bookfire playing around with RC
minecarts wagons whoops forgot what item I used
(http://i.imgur.com/pSb6Nkc.gif) due to having discover this with a gnome adventurer.
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Who's that in the moving cart? Golddug?
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Who's that in the moving cart? Golddug?
oh some random human peasant during the testing. did we draw up golddug?
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Well, I can't find a golddug pic in the thread at least.
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Back were we first started talking about gods.
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He's a raven with gemstones, apparently.
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Ah, I hadn't looked before we started worshipping them.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
Makes me think that Reg is really a young human girl :o
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd969c01cb48b8e6fc8ec706c50994e0/tumblr_n60czinHMg1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
Makes me think that Reg is really a young human girl :o
Would make sense.
And I don't think people would mind if that were the case.
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You know how stuf shrinks when washed? I bet that happens with gallons of goblin blood as well.
Theres 70 votes in the poll now. I don't know if it's a record, but it's a lot at least.
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Don't think its a record. I've seen TWoOtA polls with more votes. Maybe for the upper boards.
This story's gotten really popular, eh?
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Don't think its a record. I've seen TWoOtA polls with more votes. Maybe for the upper boards.
This story's gotten really popular, eh?
Aye, an' for good reason. We need to make it even more popular tho! ( Nah, cos unlike other paint adventures, evictedSaint doesn't have all his free time to devote to this. :/ Too bad though... I'd like to see it become popular outside these furms. )
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We haven't made much fan art in a few days...
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We haven't made much fan art in a few days...
(http://s30.postimg.org/91z9lbctd/sarcasm.png)
Sincere fan-art may come later, depending on what I get done tonight. I'll put it on my to-do list.
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ES is right. Hands are hard to draw in MSPaint.
(http://s14.postimg.org/op56uqeap/brickjoke.png)
Welp. I'm done with fan-art until I can get to my pencils. Everyone else... have at it.
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Someone needs to ape his style really close and post a fake update, to throw everyone for a loop.
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Someone needs to ape his style really close and post a fake update, to throw everyone for a loop.
WHO AMONG US HAS THAT TALENT!?
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Someone needs to ape his style really close and post a fake update, to throw everyone for a loop.
Please do not do this.
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Someone needs to ape his style really close and post a fake update, to throw everyone for a loop.
WHO AMONG US HAS THAT TALENT!?
evictedSaint does. He's remarkably good at imitating that particular style.
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Someone needs to ape his style really close and post a fake update, to throw everyone for a loop.
WHO AMONG US HAS THAT TALENT!?
evictedSaint does. He's remarkably good at imitating that particular style.
Yeah, but isn't evictedSaint imitating evictedSaint's style redundant?
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Misty-Meets-Thrikichrilis.png)
Oh yeah look who got added to Masterwork now.
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Awesome Rumrusher. ( What is it exactly? A satyr? A faun? Somethin' else? )
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(Could be a succubus, notice the wings.)
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( Nah, lips are too small and the facial expression is wrong. Succubi only have two facial expressions: hungry and tired. Besides anyway, if 'tis a succubus it's mostly over-clothed and seems way too nice. (Succubi are only nice for thirty minutes at a time. Or whenever they're on vacation I guess. Spring break for succubi probably consists of going and living on an Amish reservation... I am so completely too tired to brain right now.) Still tho, you have a point. The wings are significant. Chimera, maybe? )
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All I know is that that nun will go completely haywire. :D
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(Pretty sure it's a succubus, seeing as how they are the latest addition to Masterwork. Albeit a rather conservatively dressed one.)
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Maybe she left the Brothel for Slaking Intellectual Lusts and travels the DF planes now.
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Hmmm... Well if that is what it is, good for them! It's good to see them doing other work and taking vacations and such. I mean seriously, what are the odds that ever single member of a species has the same job aspirations? (( Also, I don't know if it's possible (yet), but I kinda look forward to using Masterwork to play as a succubus adventurer. How epic would that be?))
On a somewhat related note: Meph, you should add snuggle demons to Masterwork. ( It's a joke from the lower forums... but it would be quite the adversary. )
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(( Also, I don't know if it's possible (yet), but I kinda look forward to using Masterwork to play as a succubus adventurer. How epic would that be?))
I'm gonna have to agree on this one. It would be.
On a somewhat related note: Meph, you should add snuggle demons to Masterwork. ( It's a joke from the lower forums... but it would be quite the adversary. )
CMC. CMC no. It was only briefly mentioned in one thread. And it wasn't a joke.
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Sure would be nice to get some more story in this story...
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(Could be a succubus, notice the wings.)
Correct, She's one of the new playable forts/civs in Masterworks.
Like just recently added New playable fort/civ in Masterworks.
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(( Also, I don't know if it's possible (yet), but I kinda look forward to using Masterwork to play as a succubus adventurer. How epic would that be?))
I'm gonna have to agree on this one. It would be.
On a somewhat related note: Meph, you should add snuggle demons to Masterwork. ( It's a joke from the lower forums... but it would be quite the adversary. )
CMC. CMC no. It was only briefly mentioned in one thread. And it wasn't a joke.
Mmhmm. Are the male succubi called incubi?
XD Yeah... I don't know why everyone takes me so seriously. It may not have been that funny, but it was still intended as a joke.
Sure would be nice to get some more story in this story...
Well, we can fan-speculate, if that's what you mean. We don't need to rush evictedSaint's genius though.
I speculate that ShieldDawn is going to have a major plot twist waiting for Misty/us. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if ES threw the succubus in there for fun. ( I don't know if he will, he takes this thing rather seriously, and for that, I thank him. I like stories to have coherence. She could still be worked in semi-reasonably though.) That's about all I got. So far I've been wrong on most of my guesses about how the story's gonna go.
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yes the male succubi are called incubi(though they are rare in the game).
the thing is CaptainMcClellan I don't like being the bearer of joke killing but
this is a real thing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=138901.0)
chances are A Succubus could be Misty's Moth... (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-mother-spotted.png)
Though they do have Great cheesemaking leaders So who knows.
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yes the male succubi are called incubi(though they are rare in the game).
the thing is CaptainMcClellan I don't like being the bearer of joke killing but
this is a real thing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=138901.0)
chances are A Succubus could be Misty's Moth... (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-mother-spotted.png)
Though they do have Great cheesemaking leaders So who knows.
I know. That doesn't kill my joke, just reveals how lame it was from the start. :P I am really bad about making terrible jokes.
Also, I really think it'd be kinda neat to have succubus along, just so long as it's not like... a stereotypical one. Sort of an inversion of the whole "sex demon" thing for comedic effect. Similarly, we could play snuggle demons for a sudden burst of horror if they get added to Masterworks. ( Last time I'm gonna mention it, though. )
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this is a real thing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=138901.0)
chances are A Succubus could be Misty's Moth... (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-mother-spotted.png)
Oh thou tiny text, how thou nearly escapeth me. That is... quite, quite amazing. I +1 this in hopes of making it canon.
(Half dwarf, half succubus, eh? Brilliant. )
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this is a real thing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=138901.0)
chances are A Succubus could be Misty's Moth... (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-mother-spotted.png)
Oh thou tiny text, how thou nearly escapeth me. That is... quite, quite amazing. I +1 this in hopes of making it canon.
(Half dwarf, half succubus, eh? Brilliant. )
OH hell nah it was a side joke crossposted from the adventure thread Her child was in the same room she was when she asked that question. like I just turn around to see the "succubus girl" and felt like there's must be another demonic child of a cheesemaker who just wants to be an armorer or blacksmith or something. "Fun fact I almost had the succubus drawing end up with Misty looking annoyed and wondering why this red horned teary eyed woman calling her Daughter."
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Hmmm. I think Misty's friendlier than that. What you went with is better. Very random though, but that's not a bad thing.
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( Nah, lips are too small and the facial expression is wrong. Succubi only have two facial expressions: hungry and tired. Besides anyway, if 'tis a succubus it's mostly over-clothed and seems way too nice. (Succubi are only nice for thirty minutes at a time. Or whenever they're on vacation I guess. Spring break for succubi probably consists of going and living on an Amish reservation... I am so completely too tired to brain right now.) Still tho, you have a point. The wings are significant. Chimera, maybe? )
Maybe is't Cowsea, she doesn't look that goaty...
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PTW. Need to catch up on reading this later.
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Sure would be nice to get some more story in this story...
Are you seriously trying to guilt me into updating...? I mentioned before hand that I'd be out of town for a solid week, and I've a part time job AND internship that take up my time. TLCM is a hobby; a fun hobby that I intend to finish, but don't try to passive-aggressively guilt me into doing it faster. That's seriously not cool, dude.
Update will be in the next two days or so, if it makes you feel any better.
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Well these kind of suggestion games tend to die after a while, with little to no explanation or response from the author.
So don't be so harsh on notquitethere, he's/she's just worried.
But it's good that you at least give information on approximate updates.
Take as much time as you need tough.
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Are you seriously trying to guilt me into updating...?
Oops, didn't mean it to come across like that at all. Sorry! I'm enjoying it all so far, and I understand lives can be very busy. Keep doing what you do. :)
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/now-look-what-you-have-done-nun-you-broke-mistys-mind.png)
hmm misty seems troubled lets dive into her head*
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/the-deity-edition-of-the-bachalorette.png)
Down to the last
2
Who
Going
To Be paired up with
CowSea?
CowSea: Wonder which
Boy could it Beeeaaaaa
ShieldSun: What?
Bookfire: he
he
he
he
Enjoy!
Offpanel filler:
Part Cow
Part Goat
uh.... ?Sheep?
Oh.
*Don't really think this is what really goes on in misty head when she has to choose, but it was too good to pass up on the joke.
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Saint, I wont blame you if you ever have to pull the plug on this, just promise me this: When it is going to end, you will tell us. You're not obligated to keep posting, you shouldn't feel forced to put this above your responsibilities and don't ever blame yourself when the world gets too real to play games.
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I'm on this story like white on rice in a glass of milk on a paper plate in a snowstorm.
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Posting to watch! Pretty great so far.
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Why do people "post to watch" instead of just hitting the Notify button?
...posting to whine. :)
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Why do people "post to watch" instead of just hitting the Notify button?
...posting to whine. :)
Perhaps to show that there's another person out there interested in seeing the author/authors/players/GM continue with the story? Sort of a "Hey! I like this! Keep up the good work!"?
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I thought the notify button sent you an email every time someone posted?
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I thought the notify button sent you an email every time someone posted?
It does, I believe. I don't think there's a way to monitor a thread outside of email, or posting inside of the thread to have it be tracked in unread posts.
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The "view new replies to your posts" button only sends links to topics you have written in. And you don't get spammed by emails.
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Ahh, that makes sense then. I actually wanted the emails because I'm not in this forum often, and would forget to check on my own. :P
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*patiently waiting for story.
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Fun story, eS! Thanks.
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Thanks to meph for pointing this thread to us and mr.saint for awesome story and visuals
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You take a moment to think about your options.
(http://i.imgur.com/Hss5N7O.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Hss5N7O.png)
Well, obviously you would need Cowsea's blessing, if you're to truly become the greatest cheesemaker who ever lived. You don't know much about her, but you can further your knowledge of your patron later. Right now you need to start putting in that faith as early as possible! You mention as much to Lokum, who nods in understanding.
She asks you if Humble Cowsea, patron of the farmers, will be your only focus of worship. You say no, you think you'll seek the blessing of Urist CCCVI as well.
(http://i.imgur.com/OtfXfXN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/OtfXfXN.png)
Urist CCCVI, she asks?
Well, yeah, you reply! You're starting a new life at Shielddawn. A free life, out from under the thumb of your dumb old dad. It just seems fitting.
Lokum's eyes sparkle as you come to a decision. All that's left now is to declare your faith and pray to your new patrons, affirming them as your new Gods of worship. She seems absolutely delighted to have introduced a young dwarf to the Gods. She goes on about how she'd been a worshiper of Cakewine and Bookfire herself, before moving on to focus her faith upon Almighty Armok.
Go on, then, she says eagerly! Pray to your new Gods, declare your worship! No doubt Cowsea and Urist will be delighted to have another follower; they're some of the less popular Gods, after all.
(http://i.imgur.com/LlcGCIA.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/LlcGCIA.gif)
You nervously put your hands together and look up. That's where the Gods are, right? Up in the sky some place?
You flounder for a moment. You've never prayed before, what should you even say?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5401402#msg5401402)
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Sorry about that
Oops, didn't mean it to come across like that at all. Sorry! I'm enjoying it all so far, and I understand lives can be very busy. Keep doing what you do. :)
It's fine, just a misunderstanding.
And don't worry, guys. I don't have ANY plans of discontinuing TLCM. And even if I do take a hiatus or (god forbid) pull the plug, you guys will know.
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Do a simple prayer for now. Ask for divine protection, blessing, whatever comes to mind.
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>Pray for good cheese!
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Blessed are the cheesemakers, for they will be called children of Armok.
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Attempt to play I spy with the gods.
Edit: Or maybe an enthousiastic 'Hellooo! I'm down here!'
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Or maybe an enthousiastic 'Hellooo! I'm down here!'
this
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Attempt to play I spy with the gods
Get them to guess your gloves.
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"I want to be the very best, like no one ever was
To press curds is my quest, to make cheese is my cause"
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"Queen of Cheese shall be my name."
"Everyone in the world shall know my fame."
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"I want to be the very best, like no one ever was
To press curds is my quest, to make cheese is my cause"
+1
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
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Ask the God's which of your companions you should sacrifice first while eying the nun in a cold and creepy manner. Then nudge her with an elbow and and tell her it was just a joke.
Misty already knows the Gods hunger for the blood of all her companions.
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
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This is wonderful
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"Dear gods....... I have no idea what to say.. umm... hi?"
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(http://i.imgur.com/K38N6yo.jpg)
With both a good and bad* influence, we have a perfect/flawless morality system.
Also urist
(http://i.imgur.com/NAqJuKU.jpg)
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"I want to be the very best, like no one ever was
To press curds is my quest, to make cheese is my cause"
+1
+2
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
+2
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
+1
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(http://i.imgur.com/K38N6yo.jpg)
With both a good and bad* influence, we have a perfect/flawless morality system.
It's not a good/evil axis, it's a cheese/change axis.
Misty has two main driving forces: to be a great cheesemaker, and to break away from the stagnation of her former life. Cowsea represents cheese, Urist represents change.
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I feel like she could develop some sort of suicide-cheese dualistic morality system. Sort of nacho flavor blue-orange morality.
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I feel like she could develop some sort of suicide-cheese dualistic morality system. Sort of nacho flavor blue-orange morality.
MMmm... And I feel like that'd be a bit heavy-handed and morbid. Granted, this is the Dwarf Fortress multiverse, so it's going to get morbid eventually anyway, but let's try to keep it light-hearted for now... I just don't feel right about driving a cute, bright-eyed little thirteen year old to suicide.
Which brings up a pretty decent point, what the hell happens when she gets to ShieldDawn? There've been some murmurings but no solid theories.
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Still though, if we're looking at it from the aspect of cheese versus change, lets think for a second about what milk ( and by extension cheese ) represents. It represents nurture and comfort. And as the goddess of livestock and the harvest, not just of cheese, Cowsea is by far the most kind and represents the all to rare element of stability in a dwarf's life. The drive to settle down and accept who you are now as you are now and be okay with it. On the other hand, Urist is the force of change, the urge to wander and to improve* yourself. To become a brand new person where once there was another. In some regards, there's an element of dissatisfaction in there. So in a way, I could see where people are trying to play the good/evil cards, but it's not really. It's more of a struggle to balance self-improvement and being happy about who one is and one's circumstances. After all, too content and you become docile, complacent, useless. Driven by too grandiose a dream and trying to change too much too fast? You'll burn out and slip into self-loathing that very well could lead to actual, literal suicide. We want our Misty to change and to improve, but not too put so much pressure on herself that she goes insane. And that's more what I think the shoulder deities will represent.
Don't get me wrong, there could be mores that aren't strictly to do with this sort of thing. For example, say a dwarf is in stuck under a rock or something. It could go like this...
Urist: "No, let him save himself. He has to go through the struggle to get stronger."
Cowsea: "Mooo... You should help him. He could be a valuable companion and it doesn't look like he can make it himself."
Or something like that... Not so much good and evil, both deities want what they think is good for both Misty and the other dwarf, but what they want is still in contrast and is probably how dwarves really think. ( But I'm just guessing. )
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Yeah I can agree with that.
None of the Dwarven deities seem to be inherently evil, it's just a matter of perspective and different philosophies.
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"I want to be the very best, like no one ever was
To press curds is my quest, to make cheese is my cause"
+1
+2
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I recommend adding a "piety meter" which is a bar with Cowsea on one end and Urist on the other. Even though these two aren't mutually exclusive, it still would make for some fun competition between the two.
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I recommend adding a "piety meter" which is a bar with Cowsea on one end and Urist on the other. Even though these two aren't mutually exclusive, it still would make for some fun competition between the two.
If we do this like mass effect Paragon/Renegade points, I'm all for it.
Extra brownies if the symbols get used and Misty asks what the symbols mean as a point of humor.
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If evictedSaint is up for that idea, sure I'll vote for such a system.
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Maybe we're all overestimating the importance/involvement of the gods a little.
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Maybe we are.
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KILL THE NON-BELIEVER
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
+4 (since Mephansteras didn't add to the count)
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
+4 (since Mephansteras didn't add to the count)
+5
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the littlest cheesemaker where a young little girl who vow to follow her path away from what her (adopted)dad tells her to be in hopes of becoming the best cheesemaker breaks her back to please gods and goddess after one small talk with a Nun.
Can I vote for misty to acknowledge that there are gods but continue on with her goal (not like we found away to attach them to the mortal realms yet and talking to them in adventure mode Will CRASH THE GAME
so... ) like seriously you don't want to talk to the gods. like there's a reason toady one remove the ability to pick a faith in vanilla.
if you excuse me I'm off to learn how to fix this so you can talk to them my guess is to learn how to attach a historical figure onto a unit and blah blah wizard shit only warmist would understand.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/dont-talk-to-gods.gif)
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"Are you there, gods? It's me, Mistêm."
Yeah I think this would probably be best. Stay humble for now.
+4 (since Mephansteras didn't add to the count)
+5
+ a number betwixt 5 and 7
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That's hilarious Rumrusher!
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Maybe we should first quickly asl Urist 'Please fix me if I implode'
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Ask the God's which of your companions you should sacrifice first while eying the nun in a cold and creepy manner. Then nudge her with an elbow and and tell her it was just a joke. Misty already knows the Gods hunger for the blood of all her companions.
i do believe the moment Misty enters the fortress Urist CCCCVI will give her a thought such a idea of such magnituden that she will be over come by it
Mistem looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible!
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So in means of solving this problem about talking to gods I went on a coding journey which can be seen in this thread here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139278.0) So far the point proven is Misty could talk to one.
Just that she has to find someone to become the avatar of that god. Which then they don't become their formal selves and the god piggybacks on their soul. Now which of these Chucklenuts should Misty sacrifice to a god so she can rain affection to the god for her remaining mortal life? Or she could just pray real hard and they could pop up in a fresh new body(unable to return back to the heavenly world) since, hey we have the wizard skills now to do that in masterworks.
In other words I kinda solve the issue of misty praying with It's A OKAY just that doing so will cause them to materialize and stuck in the mortal world and or insane and want to kill every one
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You're doing honorable work, Rumrusher. To your research, we will forever be in debt.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/some-faith.png)
"Wonder how the nun handles Gods in mortal flesh?
I'm guessing not so well."
though I don't know what Cowsea could do in a mortal state other than teach misty how to curd milk.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/some-faith.png)
"Wonder how the nun handles Gods in mortal flesh?
I'm guessing not so well."
though I don't know what Cowsea could do in a mortal state other than teach misty how to curd milk.
Love it. I think Cowsea needs bigger udders, though :P
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/some-faith.png)
"Wonder how the nun handles Gods in mortal flesh?
I'm guessing not so well."
though I don't know what Cowsea could do in a mortal state other than teach misty how to curd milk.
Better idea: the nun IS a god in mortal flesh!!! ( I'm thinking Bookfire. )
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Love it. I think Cowsea needs bigger udders, though :P
Perverse, unhelpful, and irrelevant...
+1
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/some-faith.png)
"Wonder how the nun handles Gods in mortal flesh?
I'm guessing not so well."
though I don't know what Cowsea could do in a mortal state other than teach misty how to curd milk.
Better idea: the nun IS a god in mortal flesh!!! ( I'm thinking Bookfire. )
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/really-dont-talk-to-gods.png)
This was made right when I discover the whole god bit, I was playing a gnome at the time so... Oh it's highly unlikely also her MO is tech(and rage) not faith.
Bookfire is slowly pushing into my 'research art'.
Besides Abbey RiseStaff seems like she follows Anvils
but since you brought it up...(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/gods-possession.png)
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/some-faith.png)
"Wonder how the nun handles Gods in mortal flesh?
I'm guessing not so well."
though I don't know what Cowsea could do in a mortal state other than teach misty how to curd milk.
Better idea: the nun IS a god in mortal flesh!!! ( I'm thinking Bookfire. )
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/really-dont-talk-to-gods.png)
This was made right when I discover the whole god bit, I was playing a gnome at the time so... Oh it's highly unlikely also her MO is tech(and rage) not faith.
Bookfire is slowly pushing into my 'research art'.
Besides Abbey RiseStaff seems like she follows Anvils
but since you brought it up...(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/gods-possession.png)
+1! :D
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Been watching this since it begun and finally thought I'd make a profile so I could join in. :D
Hi bay12forums.
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Been watching this since it begun and finally thought I'd make a profile so I could join in. :D
Hi bay12forums.
Many greetings to you, apparent non-bot: Welcome to the Thunder Dome.
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Been watching this since it begun and finally thought I'd make a profile so I could join in. :D
Hi bay12forums.
Many greetings to you, apparent non-bot: Welcome to the Thunder Dome.
Look'n forward to being here. Thunder Dome'eh? From what I'v read that sounds about right.
And also evictedSaint just got to say your art is awesome mate.
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Been watching this since it begun and finally thought I'd make a profile so I could join in. :D
Hi bay12forums.
Salutations, Lemonkin! May the insects die before they manage to land on your yellow skin!
Might I inquire how you feel about the undead and/or insane?
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Might I inquire how you feel about the undead and/or insane?
I believe there livers go well with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Also made some fan art.
(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2739570.jpg)
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Aaah, a lemony brother. Welcome!
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Aaah, a lemony brother. Welcome!
Thank you thank you . . . not much posting happening here is there?
This is still running right?
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Yes
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ptw
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Watching this.
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Are you there, Gods? It's me, Misty.
(http://i.imgur.com/VOgzQYC.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VOgzQYC.png)
You wait a moment for them to respond, but you don't hear anything in return. That makes sense; they probably want to hear what you have to say. Gods sure are busy, and you don't want to waste their time.
(http://i.imgur.com/F17fiFX.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/F17fiFX.gif)
Alright, so...I have no idea what to say. Um...hi?
Off to a good start so far, just need to actually...say something. You rack your brains for a moment, then decide to go with the basics.
Okay, so, my name is Mistêm Wheeldream. My dad is the Duke, but you probably...you guys probably know all this already.
Um, so, basically, I worship you guys now? So, Cowsea, I guess I'd like to become a great cheesemaker. That'd be nice. Not that I'm demanding anything! I just...you know. You're the cheese Goddess! If you can help with that, it'd be great.
Urist CCCVI, you're the God of suicide and reincarnation, which is pretty cool! I was hoping that, if it wasn't too much trouble, you could maybe give me some divine protection? I'm starting new, and before today I didn't even know much about the Gods, so this is all pretty scary, but if you can maybe help me out in some way, I'd be eternally grateful. If it's not too much trouble, that is.
You pause, wondering if there was anything else you should tack on before you end the prayer. You want to make a good impression, after all; you're talking to almighty, powerful deities that rule all of existence, and you didn't even know anything about them until ten minutes ago.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5414852#msg5414852)
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
I second this.
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I suppose I didn't insult them, at least. Can you imagine someone commenting on the gods' weight. ..Oh, I'm not saying both of you are fat! I don't even want to think about your weight. Carp! I don't- I just- I need to stop thinking about the fat ..gods. O-gods-I'm-so-sorry-you're-only-a-little-pudgy-at-best..
At worst! I mean at worst!
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
I second this.
I third this
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Cowsea should be super-excited. Urist should be... creepily excited?
Also, Rumrusher's point? Seconded as well, so thirded.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
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Ooh! What a great outfit you're wearing! I want to meet your clothier so bad :[
Aren't you afraid of falling down up there? Or do gods fall up? Why don't you live down here where you can grab onto the mountains and the trees if you misstep?
Do you want to play cards? One of these migrants must've brought a deck along, and I'm sure I can get him to share it if I ask nicely.
I pray for the cheeseless. May they starve quickly, painlessly and be reborn as cattle.
Cowsea, I present you a most humble question: Why does it ever rain water from the sky? Wouldn't creamy cheese be a far kinder choice?
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
+4
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Huh, I didn't notice that image #2 was animated before.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
+4
+5
Also +9001 for the win-rar comment. Lol 7zip pwns ur ass.
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By first in eons I mean first as in Ever... Cowsea one of those gods no one care to follow but knows about, you find them mostly through in legends mode as a myth of that nation.
Dagger(urist) on the other hand would be more Salesman motif given the whole possession of bodies and what not.
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I hope that throughout our Quest we go through a classic roguelike style adventure with cursed objects and mysterious potions.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
+4
+5
Also +9001 for the win-rar comment. Lol 7zip pwns ur ass.
+6
YAY this is alive.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
+4
+5
Also +9001 for the win-rar comment. Lol 7zip pwns ur ass.
+6
YAY this is alive.
+8
This is definitely a triumph.
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager? :D
+4
+5
Also +9001 for the win-rar comment. Lol 7zip pwns ur ass.
+6
YAY this is alive.
+8
This is definitely a triumph.
+9 MAH FEET HURT!
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Be Cowsea.
Realize you got your first follower in eons, roll around on the floor gushing over this event you waited for.
Also Talk to Dagger(Urist) about the good news.
+3
So Cowsea is a win-rar sales manager?
+4
+5
Also +9001 for the win-rar comment. Lol 7zip pwns ur ass.
+6
YAY this is alive.
+8
This is definitely a triumph.
+9 MAH FEET HURT!
+10 because that would be quite glorious.
Throwing in 7 as well. I know nobody likes 7, after the accusations of cannibalism and gambling addiction and all, but he's still a good guy.
However, on to the protagonist...
Misty: Keep your prayers short and simple. Simply ask
"...for your guidance in my journey, and if you two ever desire for me to do something, let me know and I'll get right on it. After all, wishes go both ways. I've never had a wish granted before I think, but still, yeah that all and such. Anyways, so that's me, Misty, and that's you, gods. Hope you have a nice...whatever nice things gods can have."
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Maybe misty could pray an elongated 'pray'. (Praaaaaaay)
Cowsea might like it. Or take it as some kind of slur against dairy cattle.
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After thinking about it for a moment, you realize that your prayer has been pretty selfish so far. That's not the impression you want to give!
Oh! And, um, thank you, so much for being my patrons. I'll try not to need to much, but thank you for your...your guidance in my journey, and-and if you guys ever need something from me, you know, something that I could do for you guys in return, just let me know and I'll get right on it!
So, anyways, so that's about it, Mr. and Mrs. Gods. Thank you for your time, I hope I wasn't bothering you. I hope you have a nice...um. Nice whatever it is you guys have.
Yeah. So. Um. Amen on three? One, two, three, amen.
(http://i.imgur.com/QJiq7cw.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/QJiq7cw.gif)
You clap your hands, because you're not entirely sure how to end a prayer. You clap your hands together a few more times for good measure. You just talked to two Gods! Like, two actual, living, real Gods! How cool was that?!
(http://i.imgur.com/7ClAqvK.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/7ClAqvK.gif)
You wait a minute for the beam of light or angel or...whatever is supposed to come down from the sky. That's what happens when you pray, right? Something should happen, but it doesn't seem like anything...did. You ask Kulet if maybe you did something wrong.
(http://i.imgur.com/7CedClN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/7CedClN.png)
She says no, you did it perfectly. The clapping was a bit unusual, but that's just how you pray.
Oh, you say. You were expecting some kind of physical response. That's...kind of disappointing.
You've just made your first baby step into the Dwarven religion, she replies. What this ceremony really needs is to be anointed by the Allfather, Armok! A blood tribute is all that's needed to sanctify the new union between you and your patrons...
(http://i.imgur.com/WdEJhfs.png) (http://i.imgur.com/WdEJhfs.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/TogCedd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/TogCedd.png)
She laughs, flicking away a few droplets of blood. It hurts of course, she says, but you get used to it being a nun of Armok. Who knows, young Misty! Maybe one day you'll become a nun yourself, and join me in the worship of glorious, glorious Armok, the God of Blood! Oh, the river of thick, ichorous blood we will spill in the name of the Allfather! Wouldn't that be wonderful?
(http://i.imgur.com/ZPMBNyE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZPMBNyE.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/v24adR3.png) (http://i.imgur.com/v24adR3.png)
Hi there, you say! I'm Misty! Would you mind if I walked with you guys for a bit?
Hey guys! It'd be super helpful if you could put suggestions in green, like this! It'd help me sort comments from suggestions, and I'd really appreciate it! You can change the color of your text by putting [color=green] <= these two things => [/color]
around your comment.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5442672#msg5442672)
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Aww.... but green is my special talk color. Ah well.
Ask about dairy and milking, as these are the precursors to cheese.
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(https://38.media.tumblr.com/66a2dd1d6682c1c68ada14f4ab03d9d6/tumblr_n7td45ZD3z1rs5f3po4_r1_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/66a2dd1d6682c1c68ada14f4ab03d9d6/tumblr_n7td45ZD3z1rs5f3po4_r1_1280.png.html)
Ahahaha that face.
Ask about dairy and milking, as these are the precursors to cheese.
+1
And also tell the other's what the nun just did.
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(https://38.media.tumblr.com/66a2dd1d6682c1c68ada14f4ab03d9d6/tumblr_n7td45ZD3z1rs5f3po4_r1_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/66a2dd1d6682c1c68ada14f4ab03d9d6/tumblr_n7td45ZD3z1rs5f3po4_r1_1280.png.html)
Ahahaha that face.
Ask about dairy and milking, as these are the precursors to cheese.
+1
And also tell the other's what the nun just did.
We don't actually need to tell what the nun just did.
It's probably a normal thing for her any way.
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Ask how long they think it's going to take to get there
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Also ask about the construction we just passed through.
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Also ask about the construction we just passed through.
+1
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Quietly express your concern that the nun might catch an infection, suggest cleaning her by tossing her in the river.
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No, any syndrome in her blood she'd obviously already have because it's her blood.
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No, any syndrome in her blood she'd obviously already have because it's her blood.
Yeah, but infections aren't syndromes, are they?
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No, any syndrome in her blood she'd obviously already have because it's her blood.
Yeah, but infections aren't syndromes, are they?
Sorry yeah I suddenly remembered they're a thing as well. I think open wounds without soap is a bad thing. Did anyone remember to bring soap?
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What's that stone building ahead?
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Ahead? Didn't the group just pass through it?
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EvictedSaint, you will get a lot more readers than the poll will indicate. I get about 50-100 times as many downloads on my mod, than any number of people that vote on the polls I make.
It great to see you continuing with this. I am working on manuals at the moment, and I put a link to this in it, in the Forts/Stories section. :)
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Ask the others if they actually know the nun, or anything about her.
She might just be some random night creature that joined up with the migrant wave but she was dressed like a nun so no one questioned it :o
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Logical meta-gaming deduction by Misty will make clear that the nun can not be a possessed secret-fun dwarf, because they cant join guilds, of which the Apostles of Armok are one.
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That nun might become a villain at some point.
But for now, we should not focus too much on the crazy old bat.
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oi, if you aren't really caught up on the story then the latest chapter seems trippy as fuck...
why is the cheesemaker starin' at her hands all shifty? Why is the nun eating her own hand? who chewed on the creepy mushroom dude in the background!?
Your average shrooms experience in a nutshell?
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/tlcm_zps0c0e494d.gif)
I guess I'll know once I catch up...
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This a fun little story and that shrooming fan art was so hilarious it made me choke on my orange juice.
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Eh, nevermind. Still needs to be put in a spoiler, though.
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Yeeeeah, please spoiler that. It's huge, it's flashing, it's in neon colors and it hurts my eyes after a little while.
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Slowpokez, I love the fanart! That sort of stuff is what keeps me going.
That being said, you really do need to spoiler that and put an epilepsy warning on it. You can do that by putting
[spoiler=EPILEPSY WARNING] <= these => [/spoiler]
On either side of the picture!
Thanks again!
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Yer with the whole how meany people are watching there are probably some people like me who have been watching since the beginning but don't have a profile yet.
Also if we can see the tower on the left of this image point it out and ask about it
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
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Yer with the whole how meany people are watching there are probably some people like me who have been watching since the beginning but don't have a profile yet.
Also if we can see the tower on the left of this image point it out and ask about it
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
...hadn't noticed that.
Neat.
Looks like we're dealing with a necromancer.
Looks like we're in close proximity to a probable problem.
#wield closest weapon-like object#
I also put pound signs around it because the green doesn't contrast the warm grey background.
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Yer with the whole how meany people are watching there are probably some people like me who have been watching since the beginning but don't have a profile yet.
Also if we can see the tower on the left of this image point it out and ask about it
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/2110ed95c7ef16ed200e8413af4baf50/tumblr_n6te81qsIa1rs5f3po1_1280.png.html)
...hadn't noticed that.
Neat.
Looks like we're dealing with a necromancer.
Looks like we're in close proximity to a probable problem.
#wield closest weapon-like object#
I also put pound signs around it because the green doesn't contrast the warm grey background.
Yeah, can we switch to this colour?
+1 to the exploring the tower and wielding weapons.
Just in case...
+1 to exploring the tower and improvised weapons.
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...yeah, sure, fine, yellow is okay too. I just wanted it to be easier to pick out suggestions.
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Right, okay. Thanks. :)
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I think the necromancer will be a perfectly chill dude. He might even be from another source of secrets, doesnt have to be undeads... or he knows all of them. He, the almighty airmancer, geomancer, firelord lich necromancer of werewolf doom castle tower: You can call him Tim.
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This a fun little story and that shrooming fan art was so hilarious it made me choke on my orange juice.
Makin' people choke's my specialty
Yeeeeah, please spoiler that. It's huge, it's flashing, it's in neon colors and it hurts my eyes after a little while.
Aye aye, captain! No more epilepsy for you!
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I think the necromancer will be a perfectly chill dude.
Of course. What could possibly go wrong?
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Of course. What could possibly go wrong?
If we encounter a horde of undead, we just blame the gods for it. Insult them over doing such a shoddy job at [feeding people so they don't starve to death]/[reëncarnating creatures in bodies that aren't already dead]. The undead won't get us if we're a vampire.
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"ah, man, look at that little kobold zombie... so cute how he is drooling... wait, is he humping your leg?"
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Okay So I at first was wondering how Vamp Nun was going to convert Misty to her brood then... the whole biting her thumb brought the idea of her offering her blood so that she can chile'd misty under the idea of
KhorneArmok.
Glad misty saw it as Nun insane and Believing in gods is foolish nonsense that turns you into an immortal bloodthirsty maniac that never age but can never learn any new skills. Which is right since even though I did figure out how to talk to gods via taking empty historical vessels and filling them with gods ids, even then they don't do bumkis.
Until they pop up out of the blue to kidney punch misty.
Of course. What could possibly go wrong?
If we encounter a horde of undead, we just blame the gods for it. Insult them over doing such a shoddy job at [feeding people so they don't starve to death]/[reëncarnating creatures in bodies that aren't already dead]. The undead won't get us if we're a vampire.
or elf... or goblin or a fellow necromancer.
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{color=#00ffff} Cyan is going to be the best highlight color. Green blends too well with the gray, and yellow is the link color.
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Cyan is going to be the best highlight color. Green blends too well with the gray, and yellow is the link color.
Maybe but you have to type that out as there is no Cyan in the quick colour change thingy.
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Cyan is going to be the best highlight color. Green blends too well with the gray, and yellow is the link color.
Maybe but you have to type that out as there is no Cyan in the quick colour change thingy.
Type {color=cyan}words{/color} See?
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Why not go with pink? You can find that one in the change color menu.
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AND THUS THE COLOUR WAR BEGAN. someone should stomp this out before it gets bad.
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WOULDN'T NORMAL BOLDED ALLCAPS SUGGESTIONS WORK? THEY'RE PRETTY DISTINCTIVE
ACTUAL SUGGESTION: MISTY, ASK THE OTHERS ABOUT THE TOWER, SHIELDDAWN AND THE RUINS WE JUST PASSED THROUGH.
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So... EvictedSaint, who is very busy in RL, wants you to help him by making suggestions more easy to spot, and the general reaction is to make it impossible to spot them, by using all kinds of colors and bold/caps text. Good thinking guys.
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I just think that cyan would put up a tiny barrier of entry once if this page gets futher removed from the foreground. Getting posts about 'how we make the text that color and that you can't find it in the menu' will get tedious after a while. I actually don't mind yellow: Link (http://www.bay12games.com) colors aren't quite as flashy.
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So... EvictedSaint, who is very busy in RL, wants you to help him by making suggestions more easy to spot, and the general reaction is to make it impossible to spot them, by using all kinds of colors and bold/caps text. Good thinking guys.
I'm sorry! :(
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It's decided. Yellow is now official suggestion color.
Begin conversation with a compliment on his fine dwarvern beard, proceed with query on cheesemaking skills.
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Cowsea answer back the prayer you just received. (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/cowsea-modern-life.png)
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Begin conversation with a compliment on his fine dwarvern beard, proceed with query on cheesemaking skills.
Impromptu compliments to a guy in front of his wife? +1
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So... EvictedSaint, who is very busy in RL, wants you to help him by making suggestions more easy to spot, and the general reaction is to make it impossible to spot them, by using all kinds of colors and bold/caps text. Good thinking guys.
I'm sorry! :(
Me to!(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2739819.jpg)
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ACTUAL SUGGESTION: MISTY, ASK THE OTHERS ABOUT THE TOWER, SHIELDDAWN AND THE RUINS WE JUST PASSED THROUGH.[/color]
The tower definitely warrants asking the others about it since the path ahead seems to lead near it and necromancers aren't known for being particularly friendly towards their neighbors.
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Express concern about the ominous purple tower off in the distance.
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Very much so warn about the tower in the distance. Also, wield nearest weapon-like object.
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I don't think misty is in any condition to fight. She should just stay close to the infant so she can sick him on the undead if she encounters any.
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I don't think misty is in any condition to fight. She should just stay close to the infant so she can sick him on the undead if she encounters any.
Even if she's not in a condition to fight I still think she should try to defend herself somehow.
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I don't think misty is in any condition to fight. She should just stay close to the infant so she can sick him on the undead if she encounters any.
Even if she's not in a condition to fight I still think she should try to defend herself somehow.
She's better off hiding. Is this Masterwork DF? Volunteer to become an Arcane Dwarf, demand to research Cheese Magic. Or use one of the existing branches to boost your cheesemaking and make something special.
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Is this Masterwork DF? Volunteer to become an Arcane Dwarf, demand to research Cheese Magic. Or use one of the existing branches to boost your cheesemaking and make something special.
Perhaps she should ask cowsea for cheese magic?
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check the thoughts and prefrences menu for misty, just in case misty becomes head of the royal cheesemaking corps and becomes a
snobbish little parasite delightful young noble. we don't want misty making mandates for the production of slade figurines, do we?
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I think we are going way too far with this color thing.
Why not just ignore all colored suggestions and everyone will be happy.
edit: Just realized that this might be considered racist by some people.. <_<
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The thing is there's literally no separation of suggestion and comment for this adventure... unless the post was from a fan artist drawing something most folks would just submit a suggestion.
also yellow totally camouflage that link of a doodle (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/cowsea-modern-life.png) I did a few posts back.
Evict did say we should use green for suggestions so we can't really just say no to the creator now.
any way dark tower in meph is mostly filled with wizards fiddling with magic Wizards of all races.
writing Necrotica and Necromanance novels that they can never read.
Since this is meph's work she has a 20% chance of being captured by orks and sold into slavery, captured by succubi then converted then put into slavery, captured by warlocks then tortured into being a ghoul or sold into Drow slavery, captured by dwarves then sold into Slavery to the guys above who then sell her for cheap/converted then sell for cheap to the Drow, the last 20% is a fill in your own result.
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If we're going green, why not use the lime variant? It's easier to see.
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If we're going green, why not use the lime variant? It's easier to see.
Alright. Now that the color problem is settled. On to cashing in enough fanart points to buy a new update. Any suggestions?
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Who wants to bet we'll get an opportunity to learn the secrets of life and death some time in the future?
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Who wants to bet we'll get an opportunity to learn the secrets of life and death some time in the future?
I'll put down a small chunk of cheese against it. When the dead rise, so does the bar for creating tension.
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Who wants to bet we'll get an opportunity to learn the secrets of life and death some time in the future?
I'm gonna go for the long shot and say she learns the secrets of how to raise an army of undead cheese.
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isn't cheese already undead milk?
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isn't cheese already undead milk?
I'd describe cheese more as a milk husk.
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isn't cheese already undead milk?
I'm OOCing this
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It is decided. Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom: Future Cheese Necromancer.
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Yes! Cheese necromancy! +1
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Wanted: Mistêm "Wheeldream" Kolnåzom
Succubus Cheeseromancer at large. "Got milk?"
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I think "Necrocheeser" sounds better than "Cheeseromancer".
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Love how this is all from something that I pointed out in a old post. should we go back and see if we missed anything else?
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I think "Necrocheeser" sounds better than "Cheeseromancer".
I don't know, cheese-romancer has a ring to it...
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Cheeseromancer implies that she's romancing the cheese, though. That's taking it one too far.
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Tyromancer. It is actually a real practice, though it just means divining from the coagulation of cheese.
Of course, necromancy is itself a bit of a misnomer as it is (it should just be divination from the dead) so you would probably prefer tyrourge or tyrokinesis.
Tyromancy sounds cool though.
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Tyromancer. It is actually a real practice, though it just means divining from the coagulation of cheese.
:o
The best word I could think of is "Lactomancy", but that's just milk, not full-blown cheese. And it's not even a real thing! I think.
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I don't see the benefit of saying it in latin. Necrocheeser is pretty self-defining even if you've never heard the word before.
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Now I want to make an actual tyromancy option for Masterwork. Or just an 'anything golem' magic workshop that includes cheese as a valid material. The construct-creature script allows stuff like that. But that's up to Meph, of course.
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If we're going green, why not use the lime variant? It's easier to see.
Yea.
So, about all that. Why do we have to be so complicated? ( Stupid question I know, but still. ) Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. "Cheese Mage"
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So, about all that. Why do we have to be so complicated? ( Stupid question I know, but still. ) Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. "Cheese Mage"
Nah, that just sounds cheesy. I am very sorry.
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Cheese wizard.
No, wait. Cheese Whizard!
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Cheese Wizard could mean any sort of magic to do with cheese. Necrocheeser means raising cheeses from the dead to be your servants.
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Cheese Wizard could mean any sort of magic to do with cheese. Necrocheeser means raising cheeses from the dead to be your servants.
I have no objections to learning the secrets of cheese whizardry.
String cheese web emission!
Hard cheese projectile blasts!
Mind numbing super cheese aroma!
Raising the dead as animated servants! Made of cheese!
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New plan: Misty becomes a Cheese Whizard, and her arch nemesis is the evil Necrocheeser.
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Not original art, but I wanted to know what google would say to necrocheeser. I am not disappointed.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/kingdomrushtd/images/thumb/4/45/Cheese.jpg/212px-Cheese.jpg)
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HA! Awesome.
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No, wait. Cheese Whizard!
This is a great title for a young dwarf who wishes to learn the secrets of cheese & processed cheeselike product.
String cheese web emission!
Hard cheese projectile blasts!
Mind numbing super cheese aroma!
Raising the dead as animated servants! Made of cheese!
Transmute guns to butter crossbows to cheese!
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Hello Misty, the father says. Yes, you're more than welcome to walk with us.
(http://i.imgur.com/C9GBE1X.png) (http://i.imgur.com/C9GBE1X.png)
The introduce themselves; his name is Neb, a beekeeper, his wife is Deler, a waxworker, and this here is their son, Rovod. It's always nice to meet another farmer - you're a cheesemaker, right? You were shouting about cheese back there, but he just wants to be sure.
You nod your head and say, yes, I am a cheesemaker!...well...you've never actually MADE a cheese wheel before, but you're enthusiastic to start!
Deler speaks up and says, well, it's wonderful that you're so excited to join the noble field of farm work! Rovod here says he wants to be a metal worker when he grows up, can you believe that? He has such a rich heritage of farming behind him and he'd rather hit things with a hammer! Can't be helped, she laughs. Sometimes you just have to let your kids choose their own paths.
You nod pensively and think about your dumb dad back at the mountainhome. You can agree with her on that.
Oh, you say, I was wondering, I'm a bit unfamiliar with the surrounding countryside. What was that ruin we just passed through? And do you think you can tell me about that weird tower up ahead?
Neb raises his eyebrows in surprise. You don't know, he says? That ruin dates back to the Elf-Dwarf war!
(http://i.imgur.com/RSdbRQ7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RSdbRQ7.png)
Yep, it used to be an old fort that worked as a river crossing and as a checkpoint. Back then, the elves had actually managed to push us so far back that they'd taken the fort! It was a bloody battle, with their archers and Dyrads twisting nature itself to tear the thing down brick by brick. Damned elves; they won't hurt a tree, but they'll slaughter a dozen dwarves with one and gorge themselves silly on the poor souls.
(http://i.imgur.com/YpKup3l.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YpKup3l.png)
Now it's just a pile of rubble; too damaged to man, not important enough to repair. Each year it crumbles a bit more.
(http://i.imgur.com/Wj57WjT.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Wj57WjT.png)
As for the tower, well...we don't really like to talk about that. Tale is that a crazy necromancer lives up in that thing, doing ghastly and terrible things with the dead. Built his blasted tower right on top of an old tomb, where those who met Armok during the war were laid to rest. If you ask me, we should tear the thing down and put those bodies back in their coffins...but the Queen says she we shouldn't be makin' MORE dead just to save those who are ALREADY dead. She's got a point, I suppose, and it ain't like that loon is hurtin' anybody up in his crazy little tower. Don't mean I gotta like it, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ew6AsjG.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Ew6AsjG.png)
Yep! That's all there really is to say about that. Anything else we can help you with, lil' Misty?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5460589#msg5460589)
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Ask the family if they have known any great cheese makers during the years they've spent plying their crafts.
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Ask the farmer if he knows anything about plump helmet men. Because there is one following you all the time, and you dont know if its harmless or not.
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The Plump Helmet Man seems harmless enough, he's just happy to have met a friend.
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Necromancer see if your throwing skill up to par and bean the farmer for badmouthing ya with a
skeleton animated skull
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Necromancer see if your throwing skill up to par and bean the farmer for badmouthing ya with a skeleton animated skull
Agreed on this.
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Taunt the necromancer by calling him names. You might have to shout.
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Ask the family if they have known any great cheese makers during the years they've spent plying their crafts.
Ask the farmer if he knows anything about plump helmet men. Because there is one following you all the time, and you dont know if its harmless or not.
Both of these.
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Necromancer see if your throwing skill up to par and bean the farmer for badmouthing ya with a skeleton animated skull
Agreed on this.
+1.
Also:
Necromancer, be the happiest person EVER. Also be really lonely and wanting company.
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Necromancer see if your throwing skill up to par and bean the farmer for badmouthing ya with a skeleton animated skull
Agreed on this.
+1.
Also:
Necromancer, be the happiest person EVER. Also be really lonely and wanting company.
Be the necromancer. Be really lonely.
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Be the necromancer. Be really lonely.
+1
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I just hope he won't be like The Ice King from Adventure Time.
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(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/tyromanciii_zps598befe8.png)
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I don't understand why the necromancer can't just be a tyromancer, it would fit.
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Plot twist - the necromancer has a daughter about Misty's age that wants to become an engraver.
Could totally use this to make a fancy restaurant to serve Misty's cheese in.
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The necromancer should be adorable.
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The necromancer should be adorable.
Plot twist! Misty is the necromancer! She just has amnesia!
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The necromancer should be adorable.
Plot twist! Misty is the necromancer! She just has amnesia!
Only if she is also half cutebold.
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Plot twist - the necromancer has a daughter about Misty's age that wants to become an engraver.
Could totally use this to make a fancy restaurant to serve Misty's cheese in.
+1
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Be the lonely necromancer's creepy-cute (adopted) son/daughter. Commence deuteragonist subplot.
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Have the guards encounter the necromancer in the B plot
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Be the lonely necromancer's creepy-cute (adopted) son/daughter. Commence deuteragonist subplot.
This!
This is where my +1 goes!
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Ask if undead cows give milk. If not, conclude necromancers are icky.
Then:
Ask the farmer if he knows anything about plump helmet men. Because there is one following you all the time, and you dont know if its harmless or not.
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A resurrected corpse would have to reboot essentially all biological systems. If the body gets infected with bacteria, it will eventually cease to function, so it will need an immune system. In order to move, it will need muscles, which will require the muscular system to work, along with the lungs and the circulatory system...basically if you do the math, robots are easier than zombies. For any critical biological system (which is all of them except maybe the reproductive system), you'd have to either repair it to working order or replace it with magic. Logically excessive magic is draining of resources so you'd want to use the minimum necessary amount, which would still be quite a bit. If you just want a doll you can move around with magic, use an empty suit of armor. Anyway, it's possible that the nature of necromancy is such that it's easier to reboot all of the biological systems than just some of them, so logically a zombie cow would produce milk.
In my experience, anyway.
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You know that mammary glands are part of the reproductive system, right? The one bit you acknowledged to be superfluous to the undead? ;)
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You know that mammary glands are part of the reproductive system, right? The one bit you acknowledged to be superfluous to the undead? ;)
it's possible that the nature of necromancy is such that it's easier to reboot all of the biological systems than just some of them, so logically a zombie cow would produce milk.
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PTW
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In a little more detail, we know from the fact that necromancers exist that necromancy is worthwhile. If my earlier thoughts about rebooting individual systems were correct, then all necromancers would just enchant suits of armor instead, but they haven't so it must be incorrect, and it must be easier to reboot everything than to selectively reboot individual systems, therefore zombie milk and therefore zombie cheese is entirely logical.
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Now we know what happens ingame when you pray. ;)
Dwarf Fortress.exe has stopped working...
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If the farmer doesn't know how undead cows work, ask the child.
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Now we know what happens ingame when you pray. ;)
Dwarf Fortress.exe has stopped working...
Now? wait ... I think you miss some posts there Boltgun.
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If my earlier thoughts about rebooting individual systems were correct, then all necromancers would just enchant suits of armor instead
Necromancy is learned by reading a slab engraved by a supernatural being which details the secrets of life and death. I don't know about you, but I haven't noticed any books detailing the secrets of granting motility to objects which never had it in the first place, nor in fact have I seen any magically mobile objects in the game that weren't previously animate in their own right. If you want to keep slinging around the word "logical," demonstrate how this scenario is any less so given the available data: life, like anvils, exists only by the will of Armok; and, much as one cannot create an anvil without an anvil, artificial animation can only be given to something that was already alive.
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Go in steal the slab become master necromancer and then use hundreds of dead revived body parts to make lots of cheese. :)
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Now we know what happens ingame when you pray. ;)
Dwarf Fortress.exe has stopped working...
Now? wait ... I think you miss some posts there Boltgun.
Looking at the bug report, the first thing many tried to do is to try to talk to their deity. Of course you went there first, but now it's right there like a 'talk to me to crash the game' option. ;D
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nor in fact have I seen any magically mobile objects in the game that weren't previously animate in their own right.
This story is in a Masterwork universe, so there are, in fact, magically animated weapons that float around and hack things.
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Pardon me as I suck on my toes, then. :)
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If my earlier thoughts about rebooting individual systems were correct, then all necromancers would just enchant suits of armor instead
Necromancy is learned by reading a slab engraved by a supernatural being which details the secrets of life and death. I don't know about you, but I haven't noticed any books detailing the secrets of granting motility to objects which never had it in the first place, nor in fact have I seen any magically mobile objects in the game that weren't previously animate in their own right. If you want to keep slinging around the word "logical," demonstrate how this scenario is any less so given the available data: life, like anvils, exists only by the will of Armok; and, much as one cannot create an anvil without an anvil, artificial animation can only be given to something that was already alive.
The fact that we do not know everything does not mean that we do not know anything.
Logic does not stop existing just because you're talking about a fictional world. I would explain why, but every time I try it turns into a ten page essay. The things you're talking about are part of the premise. The premise is the minimal set of things that must be assumed in order for the story to make sense. One illogical thing in the premise does not imply every illogical thing is possible. The existence of a man with the power to walk through walls does not imply that he'd forget his own middle name. Walking through walls is illogical, but it's part of the premise. Given the premise, it still doesn't make sense he'd forget his own middle name. Thus, it is illogical, even given the premise. I'm going to stop myself there.
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When you're done here, I think Bill Gates needs a lecture on OS design.
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Tell him to check out Linux. I'm told it's solidly beaten Windows in every market except for personal computers.
The point remains that just because we don't know everything doesn't mean we don't know anything.
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I like to remind folks that in this universe everyone doesn't know how to read... unless they selected that option from birth and that only for adventurers those necromancers in that tower are super friendly illiterate Robe wearing nerds who write books all day and can't read a single piece of them. that said... I don't know if meph added an option for folks to learn to read so.
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Hah. I never noticed that.
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The necromancer should be adorable.
Plot twist! Misty is the necromancer! She just has amnesia!
Only if she is also half cutebold.
I don't thing a rat-dog thing would be really cute on a realistic perspective.
Also, I don't think a person could have childrens with a kobold. Unles the person (or kobold) is really, REALLY weird.
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Have you considered that DF biological systems aren't actually what moves creatures around? From what I've observed, the head and sometimes the blood of a being is what actually separates them from inanimate objects. Mobility=life. Ergo, Animation="Anima" (AKA: Lifeforce, AKA mobility). A necromancer, then, merely has learned the secret techniques to "animate" certain pre-living things, including him/her/itself. Consider the blood to be a type of battery and the head to be the "antenna" for receiving Anima. Necromancers are limited to these things that once were animated already, however, but other types of magic-weilders can create mobile weapons by infusing them with Anima, even though they never were originally intended to have mobility in the first place. I would think that necromancy is the lowest level of magic, with the animation of weapons and armor being more difficult, and the creation of living robots (golems) more difficult still.
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Going completely off subject from Timeless Bob's seminar: Congrats on having over 100 professed readers! * applauds eS *
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Have you considered that DF biological systems aren't actually what moves creatures around? From what I've observed, the head and sometimes the blood of a being is what actually separates them from inanimate objects. Mobility=life. Ergo, Animation="Anima" (AKA: Lifeforce, AKA mobility). A necromancer, then, merely has learned the secret techniques to "animate" certain pre-living things, including him/her/itself. Consider the blood to be a type of battery and the head to be the "antenna" for receiving Anima. Necromancers are limited to these things that once were animated already, however, but other types of magic-weilders can create mobile weapons by infusing them with Anima, even though they never were originally intended to have mobility in the first place. I would think that necromancy is the lowest level of magic, with the animation of weapons and armor being more difficult, and the creation of living robots (golems) more difficult still.
See the issue with this is it does not explain reanimated severed limbs / shells / hair.
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(http://i.imgur.com/k60V6LR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/k60V6LR.png)
You decide to change the subject. You ask Neb if he knew any great cheesemakers during his time; surely the mountainhome has produced other cheesemakers of amazing caliber, right?
Well, he says, he hasn't really met a cheesemaker before! Not many dwarves choose that as their profession; then again, he's pretty young. He's only forty years old! If anyone's been around long enough to know any cheesemakers, it'd probably be Rimtar up there.
(http://i.imgur.com/EKVQzVO.png) (http://i.imgur.com/EKVQzVO.png)
Rimtar's been smithing weapons for nearly a hundred and fifty years now. He's been around for so long that he probably knew a cheesemaker or two in his time.
(http://i.imgur.com/gmButNK.png) (http://i.imgur.com/gmButNK.png)
Heeeey there, you say! It's Rimtar, right? You're friends with my dad! And gee, you're pretty old, too! Like, really old! Super duper old! You wouldn't happen to know any cheesemakers, would yo-
(http://i.imgur.com/j0AOi22.png) (http://i.imgur.com/j0AOi22.png)
"QUIET."
I promise, some day I'm going to draw the back of Misty's head with some sort of consistency.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5523620#msg5523620)
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Stop moving, stay silent, observe and get down.
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Theory: The necromancer will turn out to be the world's greatest cheesemaker, and the only legendary +5 cheeser. His/her creepy cute adoptive child will, conversely, want to be a legendary armorer.
Before anyone objects on the grounds that undead in the tower would murder the child on sight, in 0.40.01, it appears that undead raised by necromancers share their masters' allegiances rather than being opposed to life in general, so it works.
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Given someone just told you to be quiet, the most logical course of action is to yell, search for a weapon or a stick of sufficient size to use as a weapon, and failing this use your backpack as a makeshift thing. Also make a quick prayer to your gods to live.
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There appear to be 2-3 figures in white on the horizon.
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There appear to be 2-3 figures in white on the horizon.
I think those are actually towers/ruins behind the hills, though I'm not sure.
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There appear to be 2-3 figures in white on the horizon.
I think those are actually towers/ruins behind the hills, though I'm not sure.
No, he's right. Look at the tower for a few pictures, there's a white dot.
Edit: Nevermind - the things over the hill is what he meant.
Anyways, either of you could be right.
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The dot is coming closer.
Lets be quiet.
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Looks like the necromancer failed chucking something at the group for badmouthing him.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
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Looks like the necromancer failed chucking something at the group for badmouthing him.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
I think those are actually ruins. Here's another theory though: the object falling out of the tower's window seems to be a bit off-white, almost yellowish. Could it perhaps be a roll of cheese?
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You're not letting your dad's friend order you around like that, are you? Your dad's bad enough. Make a mad dash forward while you shout enthousiastically.
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Looks like the necromancer failed chucking something at the group for badmouthing him.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
+1
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Looks like the necromancer failed chucking something at the group for badmouthing him.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
+1
+2
You're not letting your dad's friend order you around like that, are you? Your dad's bad enough. Make a mad dash forward while you shout enthousiastically.
-1
Given someone just told you to be quiet, the most logical course of action is to yell
-1
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
+1
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
Then again, he did join a migrant wave, and we all know what that means is in his future. Smart dwarves stay at the mountainhomes ;D
Ask him what he's so spooked about... very quietly...
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The black cloub over the necromancer tower shrunk a lot...
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The black cloub over the necromancer tower shrunk a lot...
Consistency is hard. :c
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The black cloub over the necromancer tower shrunk a lot...
Consistency is hard. :c
Oh. Ok, nothing plot related.
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The black cloub over the necromancer tower shrunk a lot...
Consistency is hard. :]
I have turned that frown upside down. Quite literally. For Justice.
I must amend, for no more reason than that this work is deserving, that nonetheless your art remains quite beautiful.
Also, clearly the necromancer is moody. Most are. It's generally a commonality amongst the overall average of necromancers.
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The black cloub over the necromancer tower shrunk a lot...
Consistency is hard. :]
I have turned that frown upside down. Quite literally. For Justice.
I must amend, for no more reason than that this work is deserving, that nonetheless your art remains quite beautiful.
Also, clearly the necromancer is moody. Most are. It's generally a commonality amongst the overall average of necromancers.
Yes, your art is great. I just thought it had something to do with the necro.
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Yes the necromancer is clearly moody. Look. Also tell me if that image loads up ok. thanks.
(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2784335.jpg)
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Yes the necromancer is clearly moody. Look. Also tell me if that image loads up ok. thanks.(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2784335.jpg)
Image is fine. Maybe the necromancer was angry, and took hisanger out on some poor soul?
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Yes the necromancer is clearly moody. Look. Also tell me if that image loads up ok. thanks.(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2784335.jpg)
Image is fine. Maybe the necromancer was angry, and took hisanger out on some poor soul?
Hahaha yeah.
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Have you considered that DF biological systems aren't actually what moves creatures around? From what I've observed, the head and sometimes the blood of a being is what actually separates them from inanimate objects. Mobility=life. Ergo, Animation="Anima" (AKA: Lifeforce, AKA mobility). A necromancer, then, merely has learned the secret techniques to "animate" certain pre-living things, including him/her/itself. Consider the blood to be a type of battery and the head to be the "antenna" for receiving Anima. Necromancers are limited to these things that once were animated already, however, but other types of magic-weilders can create mobile weapons by infusing them with Anima, even though they never were originally intended to have mobility in the first place. I would think that necromancy is the lowest level of magic, with the animation of weapons and armor being more difficult, and the creation of living robots (golems) more difficult still.
That's an interesting idea. It makes sense to me.
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I guess this is as good a place as any to ask.
"what site are you guys hosting your images on?"
And that's not just for evictedSaint its also for the people posting fan art.
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The official art is being linked from the tumblr blog this adventure is also posted on, it looks like.
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So apparently there's a metal singer known as necrocheeser. (http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Necrocheeser/331828)
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So apparently there's a metal singer known as necrocheeser. (http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Necrocheeser/331828)
Wat.
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So apparently there's a metal singer known as necrocheeser. (http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Necrocheeser/331828)
And if you google the band name you can find a video of him singing. I love the internet :D
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next update is gonna be a bit later than usual because i'm dicking about with the new version of df
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next update is gonna be a bit later than usual because i'm dicking about with the new version of df
Thats ok so are we. :D
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next update is gonna be a bit later than usual because i'm dicking about with the new version of df
Thats ok so are we. :D
Indeed. Take as much time as you need.
Don't want you to get burned out.
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Also, every time i make a non-sprite page, or have to design new sprites or scenery, that adds time to the update. With that being said, the next couple updates are gonna take a bit of time.
>_>
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Also, every time i make a non-sprite page, or have to design new sprites or scenery, that adds time to the update. With that being said, the next couple updates are gonna take a bit of time.
>_>
This has probably been asked before, but what program do you use?
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Photoshop; some panels were made using paint tool sai, but photoshop handles pixel work better. I use a wacom bamboo fun tablet.
Mspaint! Gee, it sure is hard redrawing everything all the time. :P
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every blade of grass...
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I'm confused. Which is the sarcasm? Is it a reference?
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PTW!
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every blade of grass...
i actually just drew a 30 px by 30 px square of grass and copy-pasted it a dozen times, fyi
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
Mufasa Dwarf has wise
+1
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
+1
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next update is gonna be a bit later than usual because i'm dicking about with the new version of df
If you weren't dicking around with the new DF, we'd think you suspiciously elven!
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next update is gonna be a bit later than usual because i'm dicking about with the new version of df
If you weren't dicking around with the new DF, we'd think you suspiciously elven!
Nah, even the elves love it. I mean, MULTI-TILE TREES. You can't tell me the elves don't want to play the version that has that.
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Mass deforestation caused FPS death in the first year for me... Maybe the elves are on to something with this "harmony with nature" thing, at least it doesn't leave your stocks filled with thousands upon thousands of logs.
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My first post on these forums, despite having an account and being a casual lurker for almost two years.
Just wanted to say that this story is wonderful, and I can't wait to see where it'll go from here.
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
I left mine with the coat pig.
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
Can I sig this?
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
There's a new person?
Why didn't anyone invite me to the welcome party? :(
August should get acquainted with my axe, at least!
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
August cancels Read Forum: Too Insane.
Hooboy.
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Can I sig this?
Dunno about you, but I sure am!
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There's a new person?
Why didn't anyone invite me to the welcome party? :(
August should get acquainted with my axe, at least!
A party? A'ight, let's get to it!
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/621/264/45f.gif)
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August cancels Read Forum: Too Insane.
Hooboy.
Stay out of the lower boards and you'll be fine. :P
Besides, that's apparently my territory. More specifically, FG&RP.
Not that I even know why, but that's what others have decided.
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
August cancels Read Forum: Too Insane.
Hooboy.
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Can I sig this?
Dunno about you, but I sure am!
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There's a new person?
Why didn't anyone invite me to the welcome party? :(
August should get acquainted with my axe, at least!
A party? A'ight, let's get to it!
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/621/264/45f.gif)
Where did you get that GIF from? I chuckled.
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A party? A'ight, let's get to it!
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/621/264/45f.gif)
Where did you get that GIF from? I chuckled.
I first found it years ago, though from where I have no idea. Googling 'Dwarf Fortress Party Hard' brings it up pretty easy, but even then all the pages it can be found on seem to be just reposts that got it from somewhere else. No idea what the source is, perhaps some chan thread that has long since 404'd.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Welcome to the forums, August!
Please leave your sanity on the coat hanger to your left.
August cancels Read Forum: Too Insane.
Hooboy.
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Can I sig this?
Dunno about you, but I sure am!
-snip-
There's a new person?
Why didn't anyone invite me to the welcome party? :(
August should get acquainted with my axe, at least!
A party? A'ight, let's get to it!
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/621/264/45f.gif)
Sig thief.
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Sig thief.
(http://applejack.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/139692949737.png)
Uh oh.
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Sig thief.
(http://applejack.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/139692949737.png)
Uh oh.
Good. Now you'll go to Hell. Are you happy now, you soulless sig thief? You... Kobold impersonator?! ARE YOU HAPPY?!
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Why is it the welcome to the forum things are in The Littlest Cheesemaker?
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Why is it the welcome to the forum things are in The Littlest Cheesemaker?
Because the guy's first post was here? :P
Cmega3 remains a ninja.
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Good. Now you'll go to Hell. Are you happy now, you soulless sig thief? You... Kobold impersonator?! ARE YOU HAPPY?!
(http://x2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/5198207+_f35852638b0eb8c304cef699b5ab1ef6.gif)
I only wanted a pretty sig to bring home to my family... You don't know how hard it is to be a Kobold!
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The only epic kobold I have ever found in DF was a werebeast. It had lots of kills, and lived for quite a while. I think I have screenshots somewhere. Anyways, HEY KOBOLD LIFE SUCKS GET OVER IT.
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Alright, so, next update is ready to be posted, along with the general outline of the next two, but my internet is out atm and its super hard to update from my phone. As soon as that gets fixed, Misty's adventure will continue.
Damn, I really wish you could host images on bay12...
P.S. hello to all the new readers and to all the first time posters!!!
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Yes. Welcome to the fold. Hospital is to the right, tombs just past the well.
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Alright, so, next update is ready to be posted, along with the general outline of the next two, but my internet is out atm and its super hard to update from my phone. As soon as that gets fixed, Misty's adventure will continue.
Damn, I really wish you could host images on bay12...
P.S. hello to all the new readers and to all the first time posters!!!
Hello!
Yes. Welcome to the fold. Hospital is to the right, tombs just past the well.
But where's the booze?
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Yes. Welcome to the fold. Hospital is to the right, tombs just past the well.
But where's the booze?
Its a booze well. Duh.
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Yes. Welcome to the fold. Hospital is to the right, tombs just past the well.
But where's the booze?
Its a booze well. Duh.
Truly the best kind of well.
I just realized that Misty hasn't had a single drink since this narrative started! It has only been a day in real-time so far, I suppose. Well, when she finally reaches ShieldDawn, can't wait to see her first party.
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There is a different type of well?
I just realized that Misty hasn't had a single drink since this narrative started! It has only been a day in real-time so far, I suppose.
Only been a day? Only?
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There is a different type of well?
I just realized that Misty hasn't had a single drink since this narrative started! It has only been a day in real-time so far, I suppose.
Only been a day? Only?
I thought less than that.
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Yeah probably, unless the praying took longer than we think.
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Less than, really:
>Broke out of room
>Ran upstairs
>Talked to by guards
>Dodged outside and ran after migrants
>Fell downhill and joined them
>Talked
And the sun hasn't gone down the whole time.
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Goddamn webcomic time!
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Timeline so far:
- Get up
- Escape room via vandalism
- Engage in sneakanigans
- Confront father/overlord
- Yield to father/overlord
- Engage in some more sneakanigans
- Escape safe home in journey for glory and cheese
- Fall on face; repeat until bottom of the hill
- Catch up with caravan
- Engage in conversation with non-sapient creature
- Engage in conversation with somewhat more sapient creatures
- Be amazed by religion via friendly old nun
- Be horrified by religion via blood-covered nun
- Engage in more conversation with sapient creatures
- Be told to shut up and given the hand
- Engage in
sass silence the future
Estimated time passed: 2-4 hours
Estimated distance traveled: 11.29 DUMs (Dwarven Units of Measurement)
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They're Kilourists. Not DUMs. We measure everything in Urists. Temperature, weight, distance, what have you.
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Oh yes, I remember the old DU vs. Urist wars. The whole mountainhome was in uproar: they were trying to instate this new system of standardized units for every little thing, when it's so much easier to measure everything with just one unit. You won't end up confusing units either! Oh yes what a quaint notion it was.
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They're Kilourists. Not DUMs. We measure everything in Urists. Temperature, weight, distance, what have you.
Conversion:
11.29 DUMs = 4.95 Kilourists
There!
My apologizes for the utilization of a massively antiquated system, my olde bones simply steer me wrong at times.
Well, now indeed the measurement is so wonderfully clear and meaningful to all parties involved, no longer arcane!
I'm glad for the sake of forumkind that this matter has been dealt with promptly, and thank you profusely for your sage advice.
Now in order to not be taken as offensively sarcastic but merely sarcastic in a goode-spirited sort of way, I shall include the addendum of a 'smile-y face'.
=]
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So one KiloUrist is exactly 2.2808080 repeated ad infinitum DUMs.
What a beautiful coincidence.
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Estimated distance traveled: 11.29 DUMs (Dwarven Units of Measurement)
Conversion:
11.29 DUMs = 4.95 Kilourists
I missed the exciting (and no doubt intellectually stimulating) debate over units of measure, so I'm still trying to pick things up. Are we talking distances on a fortress-scale map? Adventurer scale travel map? I presume it wasn't one of them fancy-shmancy zoomed-halfway adventurer travel maps, as those were a more recent creation.
--Rexfelum
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We really need to stop using urists as the unit of measure for everything. It can get confusing real fast if you're not careful.
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We really need to stop using urists as the unit of measure for everything. It can get confusing real fast if you're not careful.
Dwarves are confusing and stupid. That's why we don't Note what the 200 levers all packed into one room are.
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We really need to stop using urists as the unit of measure for everything. It can get confusing real fast if you're not careful.
Dwarves are confusing and stupid. That's why we don't Note what the 200 levers all packed into one room are.
"If trial and error was good enough for your grandparents, its good enough for you."
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"The merchants are coming. Pull the lever for the welcoming bridge. It is placed near the pour lava on everything lever."
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Good. Now you'll go to Hell. Are you happy now, you soulless sig thief? You... Kobold impersonator?! ARE YOU HAPPY?!
(http://x2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/5198207+_f35852638b0eb8c304cef699b5ab1ef6.gif)
I only wanted a pretty sig to bring home to my family... You don't know how hard it is to be a Kobold!
I... Sorry. I didn't knew. Here. Take this sig, I don't need it.
*Two months later*
"Honey! Why is a kobold war party on our backyard?!"
"Oh, god dammit, DARLING! BRING THE IMPALING SPEAR"
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I usually place a stockpile of goods for kobolds to steal, just so i can have fun with their rading parties.
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I usually place a stockpile of goods for kobolds to steal, just so i can have fun with their rading parties.
I love this forum. Is recomforting to know there's people as sadist as me out there.
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PTW
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I usually place a stockpile of goods for kobolds to steal, just so i can have fun with their rading parties.
I love this forum. Is comforting to know there's people as sadist as me out there.
I love it because we essentially just had a welcoming party for a new poster that included verbal assault and ended with discussions of Kobold-based charity and its suitability to entice trainingdummy raiding parties. Really speaks for the psychological effects of the game really.
Then again, so does the fact that yesterday I made a quantum stockpile set to drop rocks several z's, and made a 1x1 pen at the bottom where I put every non-livestock animal those pesky migrants haul in. Including the named ones. I had recently mined a quarry.
Then d...b...d...
Then I watched as the dwarfs crushed their own pets by stoning. It took so very long a time. There was quite the mess.
I think I might experiment with it as a method of death-exposure training...perhaps put it in my dinning hall in a glass case. Maybe behind a locked door so that I can use it for useless migrants...ah, Dwarf Fortress!
Anyways, neither here nor there! Carry on, all!
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I always run into moral quandries with death-exposure training: On one hand, dropping cats into the dining room is fun, because, well, cats. On the other hand it's actually efficient.
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The ridiculously over-the-top sadism of the DF community was one of its biggest appeals to me.
You guys warm my heart <3
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True indeed. This game has a massive amount of orange-blue morality; hence why I truly love it.
You can choose to use burrows in creative fashion, combining them with drop-traps, to break the spirits of all migrants and children via exposure to death and decay, leaving them as hollow slaves; I like to think that the part where they don't care any more is about when they begin to rate deaths by gruesomeness.
'That's a 9-8-10 for Urist McMigrant's death, due to that wonderful quadruple-amputation on impact but holding back with that 8 because the head is still attached to the body!'
Or, you can create an idealistic commune where all dwarfs may do all jobs, happiness is imparted en masse by grand rooms, every dwarf family has a multi-room abode, death is unheard of apart from naturally, and the use of the subsequent hordes of miners and masons permits the creation of grand megaprojects.
I have done this many a time, to surprising success; so long as you disable fishing for all, as that shit takes up everyone and nothing gets done.
And the best part?
At the end of the day, after everything, you can still create a doomsday and seal your entire population in obsidian, encased in their beloved legendary dining hall.
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death is unheard of apart from naturally
Y'know... I don't think I've ever had a dwarf die of "natural" causes, apart from bugged liaisons who arrived older than dwarvenly possible and died instantly.
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death is unheard of apart from naturally
Y'know... I don't think I've ever had a dwarf die of "natural" causes, apart from bugged liaisons who arrived older than dwarvenly possible and died instantly.
Battle-axes are natural, right?
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That's true from anything apart from the newest edition; used to be that dwarfs just didn't age to death in fort mode, at least without mods.
Now, though, Toady has implemented an all-new way to kill your dwarves! The usage of time!
Note- Time may or may not be wibbly or wobbly. If time wibbles or wobbles for more than 8 hours, please see your Doctor.
Also yes. Battle-axes are natural deaths. They must be, your honor, for there could be no other way that the battle-axe flew across the Barron's chamber and struck him in the head. Perhaps it was the will of the gods sir, given his near-constant requests to construct solid-gold mini-forges. Armok does not care for such silliness, after all.
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True indeed. This game has a massive amount of orange-blue morality; hence why I truly love it.
You can choose to use burrows in creative fashion, combining them with drop-traps, to break the spirits of all migrants and children via exposure to death and decay, leaving them as hollow slaves; I like to think that the part where they don't care any more is about when they begin to rate deaths by gruesomeness.
'That's a 9-8-10 for Urist McMigrant's death, due to that wonderful quadruple-amputation on impact but holding back with that 8 because the head is still attached to the body!'
Or, you can create an idealistic commune where all dwarfs may do all jobs, happiness is imparted en masse by grand rooms, every dwarf family has a multi-room abode, death is unheard of apart from naturally, and the use of the subsequent hordes of miners and masons permits the creation of grand megaprojects.
I have done this many a time, to surprising success; so long as you disable fishing for all, as that shit takes up everyone and nothing gets done.
And the best part?
At the end of the day, after everything, you can still create a doomsday and seal your entire population in obsidian, encased in their beloved legendary dining hall.
I think it'd be amazing one day to create some kind of superfortress like FlareChannel. That one lasted over 200 in-game years, and had hundreds of Dwarves die of old age if memory serves correct.
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True indeed. This game has a massive amount of orange-blue morality; hence why I truly love it.
You can choose to use burrows in creative fashion, combining them with drop-traps, to break the spirits of all migrants and children via exposure to death and decay, leaving them as hollow slaves; I like to think that the part where they don't care any more is about when they begin to rate deaths by gruesomeness.
'That's a 9-8-10 for Urist McMigrant's death, due to that wonderful quadruple-amputation on impact but holding back with that 8 because the head is still attached to the body!'
Or, you can create an idealistic commune where all dwarfs may do all jobs, happiness is imparted en masse by grand rooms, every dwarf family has a multi-room abode, death is unheard of apart from naturally, and the use of the subsequent hordes of miners and masons permits the creation of grand megaprojects.
I have done this many a time, to surprising success; so long as you disable fishing for all, as that shit takes up everyone and nothing gets done.
And the best part?
At the end of the day, after everything, you can still create a doomsday and seal your entire population in obsidian, encased in their beloved legendary dining hall.
I think it'd be amazing one day to create some kind of superfortress like FlareChannel. That one lasted over 200 in-game years, and had hundreds of Dwarves die of old age if memory serves correct.
I've had forts run for 50 or so. And forts with 500+ dwarves. Those are fun as heck, and when it finally goes down the tubes it's always amazing to watch. Like the downfall of civilization or something.
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Have you... optimized a computer for DF? Or do you just play with 0.25 FPS? Even the most minimal of my forts on computers with fairly powerful individual cores tend to slow to a crawl at around 180 dwarves.
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The ridiculously over-the-top sadism of the DF community was one of its biggest appeals to me.
You guys warm my heart <3
Yes. But don't get too confident. That warmt could be magma injected by one of us into your chest.
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Oh right I'v been reading but haven't posted hi to the new person. . . "greetings" :D I also made my account because of this story so I could post on it.
Well enjoy your stay. . . Because your never leaving nowThats right its all a trap they got me and now their going to get you. O_O
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Oh right I'v been reading but haven't posted hi to the new person. . . "greetings" :D I also made my account because of this story so I could post on it.
Well enjoy your stay. . .Because your never leaving nowThats right its all a trap they got me and now their going to get you. O_O
We told you not to talk... You were doing so well... But you had to warn newcomers, did you? Oh, well. GUYS! TAKE THIS ONE TO THE TORTURE ROOM AGAIN!
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Oh right I'v been reading but haven't posted hi to the new person. . . "greetings" :D I also made my account because of this story so I could post on it.
Well enjoy your stay. . .Because your never leaving nowThats right its all a trap they got me and now their going to get you. O_O
We told you not to talk... You were doing so well... But you had to warn newcomers, did you? Oh, well. GUYS! TAKE THIS ONE TO THE TORTURE ROOM AGAIN!
Oh, man...
But the last time that happened...
Well, see for yourself:
(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2739738.jpg)
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I have been really enjoying this story so far, so... PTW.
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Greetings. I know why you have come.
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Well, see for yourself:
(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2739738.jpg)
Mmm, I could go for some lemonade right now.
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Well, see for yourself:
(http://assets.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/users/7663461/pics/full/2739738.jpg)
Hahahaha I like that you went and found that XD
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Hey, is eS on Sabbatical? I notice a lot of chatter... I guess it shows how popular he is though! :)
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His internet borked and he can't upload from his computer for a couple days.
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Well, that was part of it, but recently I've been dicking about with the new version of df rather than drawing...
...nnnnnnnnnnnnngh....I should probably draw up the next few slides, since it was about to get SUPER EXCITING AND PLOT ADVANCEMENT-Y.
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Oh, noes! :o
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...nnnnnnnnnnnnngh....I should probably draw up the next few slides, since it was about to get SUPER EXCITING AND PLOT ADVANCEMENT-Y.
Pretty please?
With corpses and blood cheese on top?
Your legions of zombies fans are waiting!
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If this new version of DF has taught me anything, it's that patience is the virtue.
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If this new version of DF has taught me anything, it's that patience is the virtue.
Patience is actually a fairly useless stat, regarded in adventure mode as a dump stat.
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If this new version of DF has taught me anything, it's that patience is the virtue.
Patience is actually a fairly useless stat, regarded in adventure mode as a dump stat.
Ah, yet for the player patience is a virtue in trying to train!
Also in trying to manage all of the bloody wood now, but I digress.
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PTW. This is amazing.
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PTW, how in the world did I not discover this beauty earlier?
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Joining the PTW train.
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(http://i.imgur.com/XGc6GDH.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XGc6GDH.png)
You fall flat on your butt. Dang, he's got a strong arm! Must be from swinging that big dumb metal-working hammer of his. What's his problem, anyways?! Did he have to knock you down?!?! What a dick!!!!!
Stop moving, stay silent, observe and get down.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
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Be quiet, but look at the strange white figures ahead of you on the road.
+1
+2
You're not letting your dad's friend order you around like that, are you? Your dad's bad enough. Make a mad dash forward while you shout enthousiastically.
-1
Given someone just told you to be quiet, the most logical course of action is to yell
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ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
+1
ENTER SILENCE
He's old. He's got a big axe. He knows what is up in here. He's the top of the line, the front of the pack, the lion king.
He probably got a reason for you to quiet down.
Y'all better listen.
Then again, he did join a migrant wave, and we all know what that means is in his future. Smart dwarves stay at the mountainhomes
Ask him what he's so spooked about... very quietly...
(http://i.imgur.com/X5UKKOf.png) (http://i.imgur.com/X5UKKOf.png)
O-oh. Right...or you could just...shut up and stay quiet...you can do that too.
(http://i.imgur.com/uF8wBgU.png) (http://i.imgur.com/uF8wBgU.png)
You stand up and brush yourself off, making an effort to be quiet and not...annoy anyone. Meanwhile, the rest of the migrant group crowds up, looking over Rimtar the Smith's shoulder. It seems like there's some sort of...commotion up the road? Neb asks what the hold up is, putting a hand protectively on his wife Deler's shoulder. Rimtar grunts, pointing his hammer dead ahead.
(http://i.imgur.com/q2J9u84.png) (http://i.imgur.com/q2J9u84.png)
Undead.
(http://i.imgur.com/yOiHqLX.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yOiHqLX.png)
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Send kid a as bait while we escape over the hills.
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Simply move everyone to the other side by having them stay behind Plumpy and go one at a time. Move when the undead are looking the other way, then stop and crouch when they start to turn. With luck, they'll think it's just a large Plump Helmet, and won't wanna eat it. If not, weeeell... At least we have a distraction.
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Everyone should step off the road and walk around the undead, maintaining the current distance (radius). If they notice us, we will be on higher ground. The undead may have more difficulty on roughish terrain as well. The higher vantage point will also allow us to see further along the road in case this isn't just an isolated case.
And misty should listen to the older dwarves. No theatrics now.
This is assuming we don't have some sort of cart that can't do the rough terrain.
we could also have misty run ahead and lead the undead off the road..... XD
Edit: Now that I think of it, maybe we should send a scout around to the crest of a hill to the flank of the road, in order to get an idea of where we are going.
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Everyone should step off the road and walk around the undead, maintaining the current distance (radius). If they notice us, we will be on higher ground. The undead may have more difficulty on roughish terrain as well. The higher vantage point will also allow us to see further along the road in case this isn't just an isolated case.
And misty should listen to the older dwarves. No theatrics now.
This is assuming we don't have some sort of cart that can't do the rough terrain.
we could also have misty run ahead and lead the undead off the road..... XD
Edit: Now that I think of it, maybe we should send a scout around to the crest of a hill to the flank of the road, in order to get an idea of where we are going.
Saunds gud.
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Quietly wait for Rimtar to make a judgement call on what to do next.
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The undead are just building a wall guys, just let them build.
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The undead are just building a wall guys, just let them build.
Oh. Didn't even notice that.
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Ask the sad little kobold zombie if you can help him carry something.
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My guess is the necromancer is building something. Another tower maybe?
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He's building a tower into space to find his dad.
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Pretend to be builders, but secretly wall in the zombies.
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Be Misty. Run up happily to the 4 new friends and ask "Hey fellas, what are you doing? Beautiful day today isnt it. Whats up with that wall? You like some drinks? Or cheese? Do you like cheese? You smell like you like cheese."
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Be Misty. Run up happily to the 4 new friends and ask "Hey fellas, what are you doing? Beautiful day today isnt it. Whats up with that wall? You like some drinks? Or cheese? Do you like cheese? You smell like you like cheese."
+1
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PTW
This... this just ate my day. I must have more shiny story.
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Is one-arm holding a bar of soap? Is he a zombie soap-maker?
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Is one-arm holding a bar of soap? Is he a zombie soap-maker?
That would be amazing, but I'm fairly certain it's masonry.
The undead are just building a wall guys, just let them build.
Toward what nefarious end? It almost looks like they're walling off the road itself.
--Rexfelum
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I forgot a minor detail in the final panel of the previous update, and it's since been corrected.
For those of you too lazy to flip back to that page, here it is:
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/af5574c1d96db41274016301ac34833e/tumblr_n9hx59MoUR1rs5f3po6_r1_1280.png) (http://38.media.tumblr.com/af5574c1d96db41274016301ac34833e/tumblr_n9hx59MoUR1rs5f3po6_r1_1280.png)
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Oh, so that be where the road that is paved starts, yes.
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Oh, they'd just (un?)paving the road.
Cool.
Carry on, zombie dudes.
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The kobold zombie seems strangely adorable.
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Doesn't he?
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Are they paving the road, or are they removing the pavement?
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Are they paving the road, or are they removing the pavement?
Let's get Misty to figure this out.
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So...the zombzombs are either building a road or taking bricks from it.
Observe actions to determine zombzomb behavior.
It would also seem that they are unarmed, however, though that does not necessitate a lack of danger.
Stay back, for safety, as they may be hostile.
Also, they have an elf-zombie among them.
BEWARE OF ELF ZOMBZOMBS. POTENTIAL DOUBLE CANNIBAL.
Also, human zombie is missing a hand...
Be on alert for rogue human hand on patrol.
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Also, human zombie is missing a hand...
Be on alert for rogue human hand on patrol.
Hands are tiny, so we should Stay away from tall grass.
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Also, human zombie is missing a hand...
Be on alert for rogue human hand on patrol.
Hands are tiny, so we should Stay away from tall grass.
Yes, avoid tall grass.
Lest we encounter any Pokémon.
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Also, human zombie is missing a hand...
Be on alert for rogue human hand on patrol.
Hands are tiny, so we should Stay away from tall grass.
Yes, avoid tall grass.
Lest we encounter any Pokémon.
Pokemon? Boy, you dont run into tall grass because of velociraptors. ;)
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Aha! Road maintenance crew. Man, my city should hire these guys... it could only be an improvement.
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Aha! Road maintenance crew. Man, my city should hire these guys... it could only be an improvement.
Problem is, when they go on strike, the zombie union will demand brains, and there's already a distinct shortage of those in government.
((Also, posting to watch the awesome art. ^_^))
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That ain't no elf, that's an Orc. MW mod, remember?
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Well, its a kobold, a human, an orc and a... half-elf half-hobbit thing? Its very small for being an elf, but it has the pointy ears. But it doesnt quite look like a gnome, which would be way smaller and have a pointy hat. Certainly not a seductive succubi, that one.
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It's an elf. Elves are supposed to be the same size as dwarves; at least in vanilla, anyways. If elves were modded to be taller in MW then I didn't realize it.
While I do play MW, I have by no means found every little secret/detail/change. :(
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Nonono. You misunderstand size in the raws. Its cubic. Its volume, not height. Dwarves are short, but stocky. Elves are tall, but thin. Thats why they have the same volume. It rougly translates into weight as well, which puts both at around 60kg. But please, dont change the picture because something minor like that.
A good example is the humble cow as well. Its 10 times the bodysize of a dwarf or elf. But is the cow 10 times the height of a dwarf or elf? No, its just 10 times heavier. :)
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IMHO left to right: goblin, human, kobold, orc.
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IMHO left to right: goblin, human, kobold, orc.
Elf. It's an ELF, ffs. I'll change it to make it more obvious.
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This whole thing is fabulous. Great work!
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Nonono. You misunderstand size in the raws. Its cubic. Its volume, not height. Dwarves are short, but stocky. Elves are tall, but thin. Thats why they have the same volume. It rougly translates into weight as well, which puts both at around 60kg. But please, dont change the picture because something minor like that.
A good example is the humble cow as well. Its 10 times the bodysize of a dwarf or elf. But is the cow 10 times the height of a dwarf or elf? No, its just 10 times heavier. :)
Yet elven armor is perfectly sized for dwarves... Size is a funny thing in DF.
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Elf. It's an ELF, ffs. I'll change it to make it more obvious.
Goblins are basically elves that don't care about wood and have a worse PR department.
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Elf. It's an ELF, ffs. I'll change it to make it more obvious.
Goblins are basically elves that don't care about wood and have a worse PR department.
They're also green. But then again, all the zombies are.
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well for starters the difference between a goblin and an elf outside green skin is the hair color, Gobbos all have wonderfully shades of pink hair.
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Wait, do elves have green skin? Or just zombie elves?
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IMHO left to right: goblin, human, kobold, orc.
Elf. It's an ELF, ffs. I'll change it to make it more obvious.
Nonono, it's an elf with Dwarfism, and is very sensitive about his height!
See? Instant backstory!
Just add zombification and we have a supporting character! :D
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Nonono, it's an elf with Dwarfism, and is very sensitive about his height!
See? Instant backstory!
..I should vary my characters' disabilities more.
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Quietly wait for Rimtar to make a judgement call on what to do next.
+1
So...the zombzombs are either building a road or taking bricks from it.
Observe actions to determine zombzomb behavior.
It would also seem that they are unarmed, however, though that does not necessitate a lack of danger.
Stay back, for safety, as they may be hostile.
Also, they have an elf-zombie among them.
BEWARE OF ELF ZOMBZOMBS. POTENTIAL DOUBLE CANNIBAL.
Also, human zombie is missing a hand...
Be on alert for rogue human hand on patrol.
+1
Considering how close we are to a Necromancer tower, the fact that these zombies seem to be paving a road, and the possibility that the Necro may actually be a pretty cool guy, it's reasonable to guess that the zombies are non-aggressive. Obviously we still need to walk with caution, but rushing in aggressively could set the zombies on us in self-defense, getting us in a fight we didn't need to have.
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Send Plumpy to attack the zombies. While the zombies are busy figthing him, go around them and continue the travel, watching out for zombie arms (both orkish and humans). You'll remember Plumpy as a hero. And knowing certainly that he at least took down the kobold. Everyone can take down a kobold...
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Quietly wait for Rimtar to make a judgement call on what to do next.
+1 more
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
Cautiousness?
Be shocked by the sight and ask loudly what kind of monster would use sick people to pave a road. They need medical attention, do we have a doctor?
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
Cautiousness?
Be shocked by the sight and ask loudly what kind of monster would use sick people to pave a road. They need medical attention, do we have a doctor?
Well, a normal person would not do that, but Misty is not a person, she's a dwarf.
+1
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
Cautiousness?
Be shocked by the sight and ask loudly what kind of monster would use sick people to pave a road. They need medical attention, do we have a doctor?
Well, a normal person would not do that, but Misty is not a person, she's a dwarf.
+1
Are you saying Dwarves are not people?
Comrades, I have found an elf!
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
Cautiousness?
Be shocked by the sight and ask loudly what kind of monster would use sick people to pave a road. They need medical attention, do we have a doctor?
Well, a normal person would not do that, but Misty is not a person, she's a dwarf.
+1
Are you saying Dwarves are not people?
Comrades, I have found an elf!
*Lemons prepares the magma lever*
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Cheer on Rimtar's descision making without raising your voice.
Cautiousness?
Be shocked by the sight and ask loudly what kind of monster would use sick people to pave a road. They need medical attention, do we have a doctor?
Well, a normal person would not do that, but Misty is not a person, she's a dwarf.
+1
Are you saying Dwarves are not people?
Comrades, I have found an elf!
*Lemons prepares the magma leaver*
Does that move you away from magma?
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Does that move you away from magma?
Fixed the spelling I think.
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Does that move you away from magma?
Fixed the spelling I think.
is gud nao.
And fock yuo autocorrect
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PTW
Also, amazing artwork bro :)
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You decide to shut up and let Rimtar make the decisions.
(http://i.imgur.com/BdVL6Ky.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BdVL6Ky.png)
Okay, Rimtar says. Here's the situation.
We've got a couple of undead up ahead buildin' some kinda nefarious road. Now, obviously they're up to no good, being undead and all, so there's no telling what sorts of evil that road is. It could be so that crazy Necromancer up in his tower can march his undead armies all over the place! It could be a trap! It could even be an evil road, with some sort of crazy necro-killing powers!
Obviously we have to get through, an' I doubt very much that those filthy maggot heads are just gonna let us waltz on by. So here's what's gonna happen. I'm gonna go over there an' put those unholy hell critters back in the ground, an' once I've rekilled'em all single handedly we'll continue on to Shielddawn.
(http://i.imgur.com/ruesiJU.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ruesiJU.png)
You almost speak up and offer up some alternatives. You could just go around the undead. You could use Plumpy as bait. You could even check to see if they're not zombies, but actually a multicultural road construction crew that'd been in a terrible accident.
You almost mention all of this, but hold your tongue. Rimtar's the leader, and obviously he knows best. He's the one with the hammer, after all.
Rimtar hefts his mighty smithing hammer and boldly strolls on up to the zombie construction crew. The rest of the migrant party watches on with bated breath, equal parts apprehensive and excited.
(http://i.imgur.com/M0OhxOS.png) (http://i.imgur.com/M0OhxOS.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/rjQia0L.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/rjQia0L.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/wKqY4m4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/wKqY4m4.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/gT3h0XF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/gT3h0XF.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/7EtBiDY.png) (http://i.imgur.com/7EtBiDY.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/aQ0AgTt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/aQ0AgTt.png)
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Grab the head and run. The guy should get a proper burial.
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Grab the head and run. The guy should get a proper burial.
+1...
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Right, we certainly don't want the necromancer to revive the head...
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
+1
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Send the redshirt kid ahead to distract them, then walk around. Get spotted by kobold zombie, who has sneaking skills and knows how to spot people. Take him with you to replace that kid. He is much cuter and more useful.
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Send the redshirt kid ahead to distract them, then walk around. Get spotted by kobold zombie, who has sneaking skills and knows how to spot people. Take him with you to replace that kid. He is much cuter and more useful.
+1
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Send the redshirt kid ahead to distract them, then walk around. Get spotted by kobold zombie, who has sneaking skills and knows how to spot people. Take him with you to replace that kid. He is much cuter and more useful.
I would vote against endangering any civilians.
-1
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Enter martial trance
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
+
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
+
+1 Say a prayer for him to both Cowsea and Urist. Something along the lines of allowing him rebirth with a bit more sense, and that if he is reborn within your lifetime you would like Cowsea to send him your way so you can make some fine cheese for him.
Huh. Woulda thought Rimtar would have had more sense than that.
So, guess we learned from now on to always point out our alternatives and to talk people out of fights they can't or likely won't win. Preemptively.
:P
Watch ES kill off all our party members before we get there.
Only to find everyone in the fortress dead.
Looks like those zombies are building a road back the way we came, AKA to the mountainhomes. Just guessing that the necromancer is planning to send his zombies there at some point later, and Misty's dad will die. Or something.
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Watch ES kill off all our party members before we get there.
We could steal the child and leave the rest of the party to its own devices. That'd ensure one other survivor.
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(http://33.media.tumblr.com/eab849c46adb2bf8e74ca310c4af0d6f/tumblr_n0xhw2FyZP1s2rqhoo1_400.jpg)
In all seriousness, +1 to speaking up in the future
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
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+1 Say a prayer for him to both Cowsea and Urist. Something along the lines of allowing him rebirth with a bit more sense, and that if he is reborn within your lifetime you would like Cowsea to send him your way so you can make some fine cheese for him.
+1
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A bunch of zombies just tossed a head in our direction. Should we really take the time to pray?
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A bunch of zombies just tossed a head in our direction. Should we really take the time to pray?
Yes. They could be religious zombies, and think, "Oh, they're religious people. That means we shouldn't attack them, as they are just innocent dwarven travelers." Not that dwarves are innocent, but you get the picture.
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I never said now.
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I never said now.
We'd be rather much removed from his corpse later.
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It's OK if we don't say the prayer over his dead body; his ghost will come find us later if he doesn't hear our prayers the first time. Right now, I suspect it's better to run, then sneak around them if they don't come after us as well. We can mourn the fallen once we're safe.
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Don't worry since this is meph works we could always Dwarf resurrect Wilbur over there or turn him into a golem.
but since this is meph works that necromancer might be a warlock and they tend to have more spells than just reanimation for starters.
Any one in the party could turn into a werebeast, horribly transform into the undead in a instant, die from ebola, go insane and start killing each other, blow up, blow up and cause anyone near them to blow up, scuttle.
or worst horribly be captured then enslaved.
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Do not take the head. He has no assigned tomb, so it is not appropriate to try to carry out a "Place Item in Tomb" job.
If Rimtar was the leader, and he's dead, then maybe Misty is the new leader. I think we're being urged to take a more proactive stance in any case.
TELL the rest of the party, "Let's go around the zombies. They'll be too busy making their road to bother with us." Then start walking around them, expecting everyone to follow our lead.
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Reg and Holt finally catch up and dispatch the zombies?
I hope you guys hadn't forgotten them:
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/8c3866e5e3bc1b14e8ab1f3d0123d6fe/tumblr_n3c0ybItUQ1rs5f3po5_1280.gif) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/8c3866e5e3bc1b14e8ab1f3d0123d6fe/tumblr_n3c0ybItUQ1rs5f3po5_1280.gif.html)
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
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+1 Say a prayer for him to both Cowsea and Urist. Something along the lines of allowing him rebirth with a bit more sense, and that if he is reborn within your lifetime you would like Cowsea to send him your way so you can make some fine cheese for him.
+1
+1. Later watch his zombie head bouncing after us.
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If we're going to try to take charge, hold up the head and ask if anyone else wants to play hero.
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This story is going to be great.
>Ask Rimtar Iridmedtob if he can make a cheese-cutter for you when you get to ShieldDawn. I mean, you ARE going to need one, right? And you should give the honor of making your cheese-cutter (who wouldn't be honored by making one for a soon-to-be Legendary Cheesemaker?) to someone you know, especially since he said you could come along! And surely a cheese-cutter isn't that much different than a weapon! Well, some of them aren't. On second thought maybe we need a metalcrafter... But it never hurts to ask!
Ah man. I just realized this will never happen now. :(
Also, Rimtar is the only one from the mountainhomes Misty knew, yes?
Guess it kinda sucks that the first death she witnessed was of the only one she knew.
And isn't even that far from her home.
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:'( tantrum spiral ? :D
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Postpone praying until we are in no immediate danger of being killed by zombies.
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:'( tantrum spiral ? :D
'Zerker Misty?
With that Backpack 'O Doom?
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
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They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
Isn't that hostile action? I mean, it's denying our cultural identity of being workaholics without being productive! I'm not bowing down to some halfwit zombies taking our jobs!
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Are you saying Dwarves are not people?
Comrades, I have found an elf!
Not in the technical sense of the word, but they are still more people than elves. Please don't kill me.
Also.
>Run. Run like a kobold being chased by a murderous puppy.
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Kick head back, invent soccer/football.
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Much as I'd like to let him become a ghost to party with the zombies and passers-by, I think Misty should pick up the head. Rimtar is still the leader, so holding his head gives you his authority. If necessary, he can give orders via macabre ventriloquism.
Lead the party around the zombies, giving them a safe berth. If they're already moving aggressively towards us, pull back; if they continue pursuit, split the party into groups to take separate routes and meet up again past the zombies.
Or do this:
Kick head back, invent soccer/football.
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Guys, I have the solution. :P
Misty, have actually just been considering what might happen if you didn't speak up.
In reality, stop Rimtar before he goes on and point out to him that each of those zombies has some form of weapon, and they severely outnumber him. Refuse to allow him to do it, and instead propose sneaking around them, in order to alert a sizable force later on to take down the tower once and for all.
Yes, I am joking.
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On the plus side, the group is now a nice solid seven. If Reg and Holt catch up, we can afford to sacrifice two more suckers and still start our own fortress somewhere.
'Cause we sure aren't getting all the way to ShieldDawn with THIS crew.
Also, I'm terribly disappointed in how few cheese-related solutions have been proposed recently. We do have that cheese prayer, so . . .
Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
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Leave the head. Sneak around the zombies and escape.
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+1 Say a prayer for him to both Cowsea and Urist. Something along the lines of allowing him rebirth with a bit more sense, and that if he is reborn within your lifetime you would like Cowsea to send him your way so you can make some fine cheese for him.
+1
+1. Later watch his zombie head bouncing after us.
+1
Also receive an unhappy thought for witnessing death recently
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Kick head back, invent soccer/football.
+1
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
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On the plus side, the group is now a nice solid seven. If Reg and Holt catch up, we can afford to sacrifice two more suckers and still start our own fortress somewhere.
'Cause we sure aren't getting all the way to ShieldDawn with THIS crew.
Also, I'm terribly disappointed in how few cheese-related solutions have been proposed recently. We do have that cheese prayer, so . . .
Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
+1
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On the plus side, the group is now a nice solid seven. If Reg and Holt catch up, we can afford to sacrifice two more suckers and still start our own fortress somewhere.
'Cause we sure aren't getting all the way to ShieldDawn with THIS crew.
Also, I'm terribly disappointed in how few cheese-related solutions have been proposed recently. We do have that cheese prayer, so . . .
Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
+1
+2
+3
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yeah meph brings up a good point... these could be Ghouls and pretty much murder that guy due to self defense.
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On the plus side, the group is now a nice solid seven. If Reg and Holt catch up, we can afford to sacrifice two more suckers and still start our own fortress somewhere.
'Cause we sure aren't getting all the way to ShieldDawn with THIS crew.
We have no anvils, picks or axes. We have no food or booze. We lost our only fighter, not counting Plumpy. There is absolutely no way we are better off founding a new fortress.
Leave the head. We can have a slab engraved for him when we get to Shielddawn. And we'll probably say some prayers for him before we get there, once we're out of immediate danger from the zombies. Just... one step at a time.
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put his head back on the body so he can help with the road as a new zombie?
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
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Wait a moment. Misty is not only worshipping the god of cheesemaking, but also Bob. God of Reincarnation. Maybe he can help, and bring back that poor guy back to life. Wasnt his fault that a mad smith bashed his head in with a hammer.
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You go to pick up the severed head.
(http://i.imgur.com/EljOrhE.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/EljOrhE.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/xRsizbN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xRsizbN.png)
You change your mind at the last minute and decide to puke instead.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5596144#msg5596144)
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Notice how the zombies aren't coming after us. They're clearly friendly, upstanding citizens who have just lost one of their number to a pointless tragedy.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
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Pray. Pray hard.
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I love how everyone else seems a bit nonplussed.
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Pray. Pray hard.
+1
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Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
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Blame cave-adaption for your upset stomach.
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Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
As good as any suggestion.
+1
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Blame cave-adaption for your upset stomach.
+1
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I love how everyone else seems a bit nonplussed.
And conversely, even the blood-faced nun isn't too thrilled.
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Cry. Say"it was inevitable"
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hasent been any fan art in a while i guess there hasent been that much new stuff to make fan art of i cant draw however my sister likes to draw chibis so i might be able to get her to draw a chibi misty
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Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
As good as any suggestion.
+1
i counted 3 before that
+4
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>Go hang with Plumpy? He sounds like a fun guy
how did nobody notice this
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There's a 'modify' button(paper and pencil) on the upper and lower right of your posts. You can use that to put up additional information without making multpile posts after one-another.
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Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
As good as any suggestion.
+1
i counted 3 before that
+4
+1
There's a 'modify' button(paper and pencil) on the upper and lower right of your posts. You can use that to put up additional information without making multpile posts after one-another.
It's been pointed out before.
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Poor zombies. First some random dwarf walks up and murders one of them, then the rest just sort of slink around the road they were working so hard to build without so much as an apology.
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Poor zombies. First some random dwarf walks up and murders one of them, then the rest just sort of slink around the road they were working so hard to build without so much as an apology.
You're right. We need to sacrifice the other dorfs.
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Remember your statement about how cat biscuits taste worse going up than down and regret breakfast.
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Remember your statement about how cat biscuits taste worse going up than down and regret breakfast.
The breakfast our father no doubt made for us, or ordered, or was in some other way somehow responsible for. Clearly we're on the right track in disobeying him and coming on this journey.
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Remember your statement about how cat biscuits taste worse going up than down and regret breakfast.
The breakfast our father no doubt made for us, or ordered, or was in some other way somehow responsible for. Clearly we're on the right track in disobeying him and coming on this journey.
what a jack ass, making misty breakfast. >:(
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Remember your statement about how cat biscuits taste worse going up than down and regret breakfast.
The breakfast our father no doubt made for us, or ordered, or was in some other way somehow responsible for. Clearly we're on the right track in disobeying him and coming on this journey.
what a jack ass, making misty breakfast. >:(
I know the nerve of some people!!!
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That's a very DF 2014 moment Misty had at the side of the road. Shouldn't we be thinking of ways to weaponize our fallen leaders head? Rimtar would have wanted it that way.
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
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Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
<AOL>
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Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
<AOL>
+1 if I haven't already.
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
Why not. +4 or something
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Why does everyone assume that the zombies are going to kill them? They acted in self-defense. They did nothing until attacked. They were building a road. They were more productive and helpful to the general population than every other character in this series. >:(
This.
Approach zombies, apologize for rudeness of murderous vitistic smith. Explain that he was from a different time.
+1
Related: what's our Dodger skill?
+1
Why not. +4 or something
I see no possible consequences to this. +1
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Shouldn't we expose our brains first, then approach the zombies in a friendly manner? I'm sure they would appreciate the gesture.
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Shouldn't we expose our brains first, then approach the zombies in a friendly manner? I'm sure they would appreciate the gesture.
Yes. Then we become a better self-surgeon. Great idea.
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Shouldn't we expose our brains first, then approach the zombies in a friendly manner? I'm sure they would appreciate the gesture.
No no, not a lot of people know this, but that's actually considered extremely offensive and racist(lifeist?) by most undead! It's a stereotype they have fought against for a long time and it's only recently catching on.
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What are they doing with the rest of the blacksmith's body?
If they are eating it, I'd suggest you to run. If not, then you should go to apologize to those gentleman.
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Shouldn't we expose our brains first, then approach the zombies in a friendly manner? I'm sure they would appreciate the gesture.
Yes. Then we become a better self-surgeon. Great idea.
It was only a matter of time before we started suggesting this like we were actually playing dwarf fortress.
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Sorry about the wait, guys; the next update is gonna be a big one. That, combined with class starting this week, slows things down.
But! It's about 50% completed as-of-now!
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Sorry about the wait, guys; the next update is gonna be a big one. That, combined with class starting this week, slows things down.
But! It's about 50% completed as-of-now!
Horrible slaughter due to idiotic suggestions incoming in 3... 2... 1...
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Horrible slaughter due to idiotic suggestions incoming in 3... 2... 1...
Idiotic suggestions despite it being pointed out that idiotic suggestions won't work for the most part...
Also that Misty isn't going to be uncaring about these things...
::)
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Idiotic suggestions despite it being pointed out that idiotic suggestions won't work for the most part...
In my defence, it's like all you have is hammer.
..Ask to have the man's hammer returned to the group.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-the-rippest-blue-cheese-maker.png)
wonder if the necromancer has room for a cheesemaker.
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-the-rippest-blue-cheese-maker.png)
wonder if the necromancer has room for a cheesemaker.
This is best alt.plot ever.
I mean legit.
Spinoff quality.
Throw it to the masses like
GO.
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Whoa, I really fell behind in reading this. :-\
edit: and then I caught up.
Circumvent the zombies. Instruct Lokum that you shall be doing tandem prayer whilst walking quickly. You pray for Rimtar (to both Cowsea and Urist as noted earlier). Lokum prays that Armok accept this blood sacrifice in return for zombies not eating your brains.
--Rexfelum
As good as any suggestion.
+1
i counted 3 before that
+4
+moar
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It's been a half-year since I've started, and it looks like I just hit my 200 reader mile marker!
I am woefully unprepared for this moment, so here's a piece of 30-second bonus art to celebrate.
(http://i.imgur.com/PqreHAE.png)
Guess who's been watching Gurren Lagann, guys?
I'll have the next update posted by Friday (or sooner).
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AWWWW YEAH
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And here I thought in DF-realm, the cheese pierces the lower body, tearing the guts.
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And here I thought in DF-realm, the cheese pierces the lower body, tearing the guts.
One day, Toady will implement realistic food-swallowing physics. Then a duplicate entry in the raws will bug the swallowing velocity.
--Rexfelum
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And here I thought in DF-realm, the cheese pierces the lower body, tearing the guts.
One day, Toady will implement realistic food-swallowing physics. Then a duplicate entry in the raws will bug the swallowing velocity.
Yes.
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And here I thought in DF-realm, the cheese pierces the lower body, tearing the guts.
One day, Toady will implement realistic food-swallowing physics. Then a duplicate entry in the raws will bug the swallowing velocity.
--Rexfelum
And then we get glitches like "Eating prickle berries causes instant death" and "Plump helmets get stuck in dwarves's throats, causing them to die of starvation"
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So the same bit with bone carn kobolds having a chance of dying if they ate bone but for every single piece of food.
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Just caught up on this, it took me 3 days.
Awesome idea man, I've been practicing my drawing lately so I can illustrate my stories.
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Just caught up on this, it took me 3 days.
Awesome idea man, I've been practicing my drawing lately so I can illustrate my stories.
Neeeeew kiiiiid!
Have some cookies.
/me tosses cookies like confetti.
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/me tosses lemons on top of the confetti and cookies.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMv86Ov7-8
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And here I thought in DF-realm, the cheese pierces the lower body, tearing the guts.
One day, Toady will implement realistic food-swallowing physics. Then a duplicate entry in the raws will bug the swallowing velocity.
--Rexfelum
Huehuehue.
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Just caught up on this, it took me 3 days.
Awesome idea man, I've been practicing my drawing lately so I can illustrate my stories.
welcome to the forums enjoy your descent into madness
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Thx mate
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It...it was probably just cave adaption kicking in. Certainly not the dismembered head sent rolling in your direction, nope.
(http://i.imgur.com/hQnY4QO.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/hQnY4QO.gif)
Maybe...maybe they're good zombies? Y-yeah, that makes sense! It was just Rimtar, attacking them, so they-so they were just defending themselves...maybe if you explain that he's from a different generation, and apologize, they'll let you pass?
You shield your eyes as you get close. You don't want to see what happened to Rimtar or else you might...get another bout of cave adaption. You'll be fine. You'll be totally fine. Everything is fine. You just need to apologize and explain that it's all a misunderstanding, and everything will be okay. Wow...these guys smell awful up close...
(http://i.imgur.com/RLAqiKA.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/RLAqiKA.gif)
Excuse me, m-mister zombie? I w-want to apologize for my friend. He...he thought you were going to h-hurt us, and he didn't mean to attack. This is...this is all just a m-mistake, we're s-sorry! If it's all okay, we'll just be going now. We don't want to fight you, or hurt anyone, we just...we just want to go, please.
(http://i.imgur.com/Nl7vlyy.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/Nl7vlyy.gif)
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(http://i.imgur.com/UVmULKp.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/UVmULKp.gif)
M...mister zombie, sir...?
(http://i.imgur.com/GTk1RkU.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/GTk1RkU.gif)
Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no -
(http://i.imgur.com/dgs6gRT.png) (http://i.imgur.com/dgs6gRT.png)
...wh...what?
(http://i.imgur.com/Oq5tcA7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Oq5tcA7.png)
How did...?! Who could have...??
Wait! There, in the distance! Who's that?!
(http://i.imgur.com/iIk7dSn.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/iIk7dSn.gif)
Some one came to help! We're saved! It must have been Shielddawn, it just had to be -
Wait a minute - are those elves?!?!?!
(http://i.imgur.com/1h0IqIN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1h0IqIN.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5599550#msg5599550)
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Hide anything wooden that you have on your person.
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Oh, look! The zombies weren't friendly.
Kind of like in the game! ::)
Loot either the axe or shovel.
Have other party members get the sword, whichever of those you didn't pick, and Rimtar's hammer.
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Attempt to bandage the tree. Ask the farmer to season the fresh corpse.
Alternatively, pick up the kid as a shield.
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Defy the filthy elves, grab the axe and cut down the tree, then claim you were just putting it out of the misery of the arrow the elves cruelly punctured the tree with!
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Defy the filthy elves, grab the axe and cut down the tree, then claim you were just putting it out of the misery of the arrow the elves cruelly punctured the tree with!
Hide anything wooden that you have on your person.
+1
But, I think these elves have to be extrmely good (Cacame-ish?) to save some dwarves, so maybe, you can go say hello to them?
Especially the guy with the flower, I like him.
Hide anything wooden that you have on your person.
-1
Attempt to bandage the tree. Ask the farmer to season the fresh corpse.
Alternatively, pick up the kid as a shield.
+1
Also, why did the nun picked up Rimtar's head with such a subtle grin?
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I wonder how long will it be before the author tires of your stupidity and kills somebody off again.
Run before the elves can capture us and sell us into slavery.
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Swipe the head out of the Nun's hands and play keep-away while you wait for the elves.
Edit
If you hide your wooden things, you should do so outside of the elves' field of vision. No need to add lying to your list of crimes against nature.
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Oh, look! The zombies weren't friendly.
Kind of like in the game! ::)
Loot either the axe or shovel.
Have other party members get the sword, whichever of those you didn't pick, and Rimtar's hammer.
No, take the sword since it's the only weapon available that does not have wooden parts.
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No, take the sword since it's the only weapon available that does not have wooden parts.
Yes, approach the elves with a weapon. Try to look large. Show your teath.
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You still don't get it, do you?
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You still don't get it, do you?
Of course they don't.
Anyways, suggested the weapon thing so our group would be armed next time something like this occurs.
Doubt they'll care as long as we don't try to give it to them.
Even if they do, we got it from the zombies.
We can pass it off as having taken them because we wanted to ask the elves what should be done with them. Or point out that the elf has a WOODEN bow.
And used arrows made with WOOD.
What about that WOODEN spear of theirs?
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Put sword in any available container. Ask one of the other migrants to say hello to the elves.
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Ignore the elves. Get Rimtar's hammer and keep it moving.
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Or point out that the elf has a WOODEN bow.
And used arrows made with WOOD.
What about that WOODEN spear of theirs?
Maybe we should save the accusation of hypocricy for when we have to talk down someone with metal weapons? It'd be wastefull to use such a potent diplomatic tool on mere elves.
Ignore the elves. Get Rimtar's hammer and keep it moving.
Soonds good. +1
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You people are more insane the typical FG&RP crowd.
And reserving hypocrisy for metal weaponry makes no sense whatsoever.
Besides, it's always time to hone Diplomancy skills.
Anywho, if you insist on leaving behind all the weapons but one, I'll agree that we should grab the hammer.
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You people are more insane the typical FG&RP crowd.
And reserving hypocrisy for metal weaponry makes no sense whatsoever.
Besides, it's always time to hone Diplomancy skills.
It's.. The. I- What..
What I was trying to say is that telling someone who just made a zombie shish kebab that they're a hypocrite is a bad idea.
As for the hammer, I +'ed that for the Elf ignoring portion.
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We don't belong talking to the elves. They were only killing unnatural things.
Being a 12 year old, I presume we cant carry every weapon ourselves. The hammer is priority, and I dont think we have the stomach to check the pockets of all the bodies. Maybe the nun will?
Also note some weapons are in a state of disrepair.
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Words.
... Which is exactly why I suggested having almost everyone in the group take a weapon? So we wouldn't be trying to take all of them on our own?
And so what if they're in disrepair? I'd take a mildly broken axe over nothing. And avoiding the elves is cool - take the weapons, though.
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Dont forget the arrow thats in them then :P
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aren't elves still cannibals? I suggest running.
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Dont forget the arrow thats in them then :P
Yes even without a bow arrows are mighty deadly..
[ATTACK:EDGE:5:1000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
Although if Misty is 6+months old her arrows are probably still
[ATTACK:EDGE:2:1000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000]
Thus even MORE effective weapons.
Maybe if we tell the elves that we tried to tell the zombies not to kill that tree that, just ,just they would'nt listen and its just, just so great that the elves came by and rescued us..
Because we are on our way to ShieldDawn to enlighten them as to the divine nature of the arboreal form...
Surely they would appreciate that? ???
aren't elves still cannibals? I suggest running.
Give them his head, maybe they are hungry?
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No, silly. The elves will eat the zombies, if anything, as they only eat their fallen enemies. Also, we just got saved (admittedly from our own idiocy) by these fellows. At least a thank you is in order. Assuming they didn't just shoot the zombies first because they were closer together of course.
+1 to hammer acquisition.
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Although if Misty is 6+months old her arrows are probably still
Misty just turned 12. She is officially an adult. This is canon from earlier in the story.
Take the hammer. Thank the elves for their help. Tell the elves you are going to Shielddawn, and that they are welcome to visit for trade.
Ignore the voices in your head that tell you to do silly things (like talking to zombies that your former leader just attacked).
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You still don't get it, do you?
Of course they don't.
Anyways, suggested the weapon thing so our group would be armed next time something like this occurs.
Doubt they'll care as long as we don't try to give it to them.
Even if they do, we got it from the zombies.
We can pass it off as having taken them because we wanted to ask the elves what should be done with them. Or point out that the elf has a WOODEN bow.
And used arrows made with WOOD.
What about that WOODEN spear of theirs?
elves use special magic that makes it ok are you felling ok lyeos you seem forgetfull you should see a doctor
Dont forget the arrow thats in them then :P
Yes even without a bow arrows are mighty deadly..
[ATTACK:EDGE:5:1000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
Although if Misty is 6+months old her arrows are probably still
[ATTACK:EDGE:2:1000:stab:stabs:NO_SUB:1000]
Thus even MORE effective weapons.
Maybe if we tell the elves that we tried to tell the zombies not to kill that tree that, just ,just they would'nt listen and its just, just so great that the elves came by and rescued us..
Because we are on our way to ShieldDawn to enlighten them as to the divine nature of the arboreal form...
Surely they would appreciate that? ???
aren't elves still cannibals? I suggest running.
Give them his head, maybe they are hungry?
im confused what are these 2 different bits of code for arrows and whats age got to do with it
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im confused what are these 2 different bits of code for arrows and whats age got to do with it
The arrow coding is from one of the 40.xx versions, and 34.11, respectively. The age refers to RL time, where 6 months ago (when this started) we were using 34.11 still.
Its the idea that the version of DF updated, but the 'world' of our cheesemaker may not have. Quick, do a test. Climb that tree!
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im confused what are these 2 different bits of code for arrows and whats age got to do with it
The arrow coding is from one of the 40.xx versions, and 34.11, respectively. The age refers to RL time, where 6 months ago (when this started) we were using 34.11 still.
Its the idea that the version of DF updated, but the 'world' of our cheesemaker may not have. Quick, do a test. Climb that tree!
ah i see well its worth noting that this is in the masterwork universe what implications does that have for arrows
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I dont play Masterwork, and know nothing about it, really. I've heard nothing but good things though.
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Elves like cheese, right?
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Take the hammer. Thank the elves for their help. Tell the elves you are going to Shielddawn, and that they are welcome to visit for trade.
Ignore the voices in your head that tell you to do silly things (like talking to zombies that your former leader just attacked).
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I bet those elves are bandits though. However, would bandits really save them?
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I bet those elves are bandits though. However, would bandits really save them?
When it comes to the undead, we are all on the same team 8).
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I bet those elves are bandits though. However, would bandits really save them?
When it comes to the undead, we are all on the same team 8).
Yes. This.
Anyways, +1 to all of the "arm up" suggestions. -1 to the "placate the elves" ones.
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Oh, look! The zombies weren't friendly.
Kind of like in the game! ::)
That's debatable. They were goddamn ninja attacking Rimtar, but only after he clubbed one of them. If it wasn't for the elf raising his bloody... rock or whatever, we'd have no particular reason to think waiting until we had finished talking to advance slowly on us was their idea of hostile.
+1 saying hello to and thanking elves.
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Although if Misty is 6+months old her arrows are probably still
Misty just turned 12. She is officially an adult. This is canon from earlier in the story.
Take the hammer. Thank the elves for their help. Tell the elves you are going to Shielddawn, and that they are welcome to visit for trade.
Ignore the voices in your head that tell you to do silly things (like talking to zombies that your former leader just attacked).
+1.
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Although if Misty is 6+months old her arrows are probably still
Misty just turned 12. She is officially an adult. This is canon from earlier in the story.
Take the hammer. Thank the elves for their help. Tell the elves you are going to Shielddawn, and that they are welcome to visit for trade.
Ignore the voices in your head that tell you to do silly things (like talking to zombies that your former leader just attacked).
+1.
+2.
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Be the background voice that yells TRIPLE KILL!
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Take your first steps into being a hardened individual. That, or experience sudden emotional shock and become a gibbering wreck. Also, try to remember whether or not you are currently at war with the Elves.
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Love the update, and the perspectives of looking up/down to/from Misty. :)
But I had to think of a ballista, or at the very least a javeline thrower when I saw that arrow going through 3 units, a tree and had space to spare. Elves might have greatbows in the mod, but their singing arrows are supposed to be normal sized. But artistic freedom can if course make them pierce a tree...
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... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
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I'm sure providing it with ample fertilizer for the future will make up for the arrow-wound.
Alternatively, by the time we leave the elves begin to mourn and sing about how sorry they are that they hurt the tree, and so on.
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Love the update!
... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
My Armok his right! o.O
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Love the update!
... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
My Armok his right! o.O
The tree sacrificed himself for the greater good. Not that that will save the elves for being lynched/exiled/both by their bethren if the queen notices that.
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Love the update!
... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
My Armok his right! o.O
No no no, the elves merely added more wood TO the tree thus making it more magnificent..
Besides elves are allowed to fell trees (or perhaps they do mercy killings on sick and dying trees or even the trees sacrifice themselves willingly for the good of the retreat!), their caravans are full of wood 8).
Obviously they and the trees have some sort of understanding that dwarves are not privy to.
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Love the update!
... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
My Armok his right! o.O
No no no, the elves merely added more wood TO the tree thus making it more magnificent..
Besides elves are allowed to fell trees (or perhaps they do mercy killings on sick and dying trees or even the trees sacrifice themselves willingly for the good of the retreat!), their caravans are full of wood 8).
Obviously they and the trees have some sort of understanding that dwarves are not privy to.
I'm pretty sure the accepted "canon" as proclaimed by the Toad is that elves grow all their wooden items (logs included, I suppose) from the tree itself via magic. So maybe the magical arrow will just continue to grow from the tree, like a reattached amputated branch.
Upon closer inspection, these elves are also wearing what appears to be bits of leather armor (a big taboo in elven cultures) and metal necklaces. We could be dealing with a sect of humanized elves.
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... your elves attacked a tree. O.o
Remember the sand desert Elves that once existed in Masterworks(from a left over from genesis)... I do. and I believe they care little about trees than their forest brethren... I miss the desert elves. Shame we will never get that Masterworks desert elf civ where you make loads of stuff out of glass and sand and tame scorpions for scorpion tech also making a special cage trap that seals units into sand.
these guys could be from that tribe.
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Obviously any conversations with the elves must be made with their leader on the far left 8)
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Obviously any conversations with the elves must be made with their leader on the far left 8)
How dumb do you think Misty is?
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(http://i.imgur.com/w2S9wEW.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/w2S9wEW.gif)
The elves hurry across the river and approach the migrant party.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZnqGdlk.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZnqGdlk.png)
Oh my goodness! the female elf exclaims. We're so sorry, if only we'd gotten here sooner! So much pain, so much death that could have been easily avoided...it just makes my heart ache to think of what careless evil we'd inadvertently brought into the world. May the Force bless and show us the Way.
You and the rest of the dwarves shift around uneasily. You have to admit, it was oddly touching that an elf would extend their condolences to the death of a dwarf.
Yes! the elf with the bow replies. If only we had arrived sooner, I would have had a clear shot. Truly the world weeps for the pain I've brought upon this gentle, innocent tree.
(http://i.imgur.com/xWW7Y2F.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xWW7Y2F.png)
The elves walk past Rimtar's fresh corpse and start praying around the tree. The migrants look on with incredulity at the elves blatant rudeness.
Two of the elves continue to pray, while one produces a pouch of emerald-green dye. The female elf hums while she draws spirals on the tree.
(http://i.imgur.com/b8L2Sq2.png) (http://i.imgur.com/b8L2Sq2.png)
Crazy elves and their crazy religion, Kulet mutters, still covered in blood and clutching Rimtar's severed head.
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Obviously any conversations with the elves must be made with their leader on the far left
the donkey
How dumb do you think Misty is?
Look again and that picture and see him for what he is,.. standing there ominously behind his underlings?
Look into that face, and tell me that is not the face of this Elven trade parties true ruler, the pack mule. With out him he knows that these 'traders' would not even be able to generate from their home civilization.
His people are in fact the true rulers of the Elven nation spreading their brethren in "cages" only to "pasture them" in our homes the very workings of their minds taxing the fabric of our world and leading to ending of our world?
These beasts are headed to ShieldDawn surely though. We are too weak now, let us bide our time as trader migrants and be wary of any gifts from this donkeys people.. (never trust a cat merchant :o)
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Ask the elves if they would mind you taking the weapons until such a time that you can outfit yourself properly, at which point you will give the weapons proper treatment.
It's a lie, of course.
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talk to the elves about cheese
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
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Looks like the elf's also killed some zombie's (Probably another road crew) Look at the ground around where they start those three red things. Also the road seems to be getting paved in three directions look up at the top of the image so could that mean there's another zombie road crew around? That also mean the paving was started really close by. And leaves the question as to why is was started at the intersection?
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
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Looks like the elf's also killed some zombie's (Probably another road crew) Look at the ground around where they start those three red things. Also the road seems to be getting paved in three directions look up at the top of the image so could that mean there's another zombie road crew around? That also mean the paving was started really close by. And leaves the question as to why is was started at the intersection? (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
hm i had noticed the other corpses where they started but i dident notice the paving or its significance
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Looks like the elf's also killed some zombie's (Probably another road crew) Look at the ground around where they start those three red things. Also the road seems to be getting paved in three directions look up at the top of the image so could that mean there's another zombie road crew around? That also mean the paving was started really close by. And leaves the question as to why is was started at the intersection? (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8883628b510a37f0ddccd784cf650677/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
$5 says the necromancer has a thing for paved roads, maybe elegance to some extent?
... which means...
The necromancer is either:
A: A homosexual male.
B: Eccentric beyond belief.
C: A dwarf.
D: Emo Dumbledore.
E: Short emo Dumbledore.
....
Anyhow, as for things go for Misty...
TAKE THE SWORD!!!!!! (and keep it, even if you have to carry it on your back and won't use it. At the very least that sword is probably worth something to sell or barter with! Or use it for decoration on a weapon rack. Or cut cheese with it. Or post multiple discs of cheese together with it. Or slice cheese with it. Or mix cheese with it. Or feed cheese to a monster with it. So many uses for swords. Including those which involve cheese.)
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
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Look again and that picture and see him for what he is,.. standing there ominously behind his underlings?
Even now he stands imperiously on the road, letting his minions tend to the slain. Well, probably just injured, but everyone knows a tree being injured is at least as bad as a talented dwarven smith being ripped asunder.
Looks like the elf's also killed some zombie's (Probably another road crew) Look at the ground around where they start those three red things. Also the road seems to be getting paved in three directions look up at the top of the image so could that mean there's another zombie road crew around? That also mean the paving was started really close by. And leaves the question as to why is was started at the intersection?
I don't think there's a third road crew, because we can see the northern/upper part of the road and its dirt, and the other two crews were right on their paving. It's also very short, suggesting that may have been the start point or only fleshed out enough to cover the intersection properly.
As for why, probably explicitly because it's an intersection. We know it's near a necromancer's tower and seems to lead to at least the Mountainhomes, a famous fortress, and elves, so that seems like a good start if you've got a reason to pave roads in the first place.
Still a little sunk on just what that reason could be, of course. I naturally maintain that the necromancer is hoping to improve relations between his gentle and noble people and those of other races via improved trade conduits, but who knows.
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+4
Look again and that picture and see him for what he is,.. standing there ominously behind his underlings?
Even now he stands imperiously on the road, letting his minions tend to the slain. Well, probably just injured, but everyone knows a tree being injured is at least as bad as a talented dwarven smith being ripped asunder.
Looks like the elf's also killed some zombie's (Probably another road crew) Look at the ground around where they start those three red things. Also the road seems to be getting paved in three directions look up at the top of the image so could that mean there's another zombie road crew around? That also mean the paving was started really close by. And leaves the question as to why is was started at the intersection?
I don't think there's a third road crew, because we can see the northern/upper part of the road and its dirt, and the other two crews were right on their paving. It's also very short, suggesting that may have been the start point or only fleshed out enough to cover the intersection properly.
As for why, probably explicitly because it's an intersection. We know it's near a necromancer's tower and seems to lead to at least the Mountainhomes, a famous fortress, and elves, so that seems like a good start if you've got a reason to pave roads in the first place.
Still a little sunk on just what that reason could be, of course. I naturally maintain that the necromancer is hoping to improve relations between his gentle and noble people and those of other races via improved trade conduits, but who knows.
oh you mean the warlock race which is a thing in masterworks. warlocks are a race of necromancersWizards who pretty much sit around writing books and research also using their vast amount of 'free mind blocks' to build their fort and using the help of skeletons and ghouls to do the manual labor of the fort. If the tower is of the warlock race the overlord must have sent his troops out to build a road or something.
it could be worst there could be a monolith nearby to reanimate all the dead. then again it could be a Hermit who tapped into necromancy?
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Refrain from standing in a straight line with the nun and the blond elf.
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Politely apologize for jeopardizing the health of the tree.
Ask in which direction they are going.
If they are headed in the same direction, ask if your group could tag along.. Just in case there's another band of undead ahead.
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Politely apologize for jeopardizing the health of the tree.
Ask in which direction they are going.
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This is a good idea, in itself. Elves value respect and honor, and even if they are racist tree-hugging cannibals they are racist tree-hugging cannibals with really scary poky shooty weapons and zombie-kebab accuracy, so Good-side=Good-idea.
Don't ask to tag along just yet though, it might seem presumptuous. Just give them some light praise and try to keep everyone from bursting out with racist comments.
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Don't apologize for the tree's injury, as you didn't cause it. However,
Express concern and sympathy for the tree. Thank the elves for their assistance. Tell them you are headed to Shielddawn, and they are welcome to visit you.
Then take the hammer, because it is the symbol of leadership in this migrant band.
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Don't apologize for the tree's injury, as you didn't cause it. However,
Express concern and sympathy for the tree. Thank the elves for their assistance. Tell them you are headed to Shielddawn, and they are welcome to visit you.
Then take the hammer, because it is the symbol of leadership in this migrant band.
+1
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+5 because snipping is too hard on mobile.
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Don't apologize for the tree's injury, as you didn't cause it. However,
Express concern and sympathy for the tree. Thank the elves for their assistance. Tell them you are headed to Shielddawn, and they are welcome to visit you.
+also
Then take the hammer, because it is the symbol of leadership in this migrant band.
...and hand it to Kulet, because spiritual guidance is better than nothing. Keeping it doesn't even cross your mind; leadership would eat into valuable cheese time, plus your dad was a leader, so yuck.
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oh you mean the warlock race which is a thing in masterworks. warlocks are a race of necromancersWizards who pretty much sit around writing books and research also using their vast amount of 'free mind blocks' to build their fort and using the help of skeletons and ghouls to do the manual labor of the fort. If the tower is of the warlock race the overlord must have sent his troops out to build a road or something.
it could be worst there could be a monolith nearby to reanimate all the dead. then again it could be a Hermit who tapped into necromancy?
Interesting. Could be, yeah. Maybe we should examine what the zombies were building the road out of? Clearly if it's mundane stone we should recognize it. If it's mindstone or something maybe not.
plus your dad was a leader, so yuck.
Curses. I want us to become the cheesiest overlord of all time, but the logic of this one is hard to deny.
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oh you mean the warlock race which is a thing in masterworks. warlocks are a race of necromancersWizards who pretty much sit around writing books and research also using their vast amount of 'free mind blocks' to build their fort and using the help of skeletons and ghouls to do the manual labor of the fort. If the tower is of the warlock race the overlord must have sent his troops out to build a road or something.
it could be worst there could be a monolith nearby to reanimate all the dead. then again it could be a Hermit who tapped into necromancy?
Interesting. Could be, yeah. Maybe we should examine what the zombies were building the road out of? Clearly if it's mundane stone we should recognize it. If it's mindstone or something maybe not.
plus your dad was a leader, so yuck.
Curses. I want us to become the cheesiest overlord of all time, but the logic of this one is hard to deny.
What logic is there in such pettiness
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(https://38.media.tumblr.com/b521ed36d6f2b0b74732493ad8ab2ab8/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po2_1280.png)
I just realize something the Elf Zombie is still alive.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/remember-always-double-tap.png)
elf zombie take vengeance against those who harm the tree, don't believe their excuses if they were true elves they would have gotten a better shot anyway and left the small cheesemaker to die.
thus for failing to live up to their elven code their punishment is DEATH! Their bones be used for bricks and organs fertilizer for the local fauna
While the Elf Zombie is brutally Murdering is own race everyone walk along hoping it doesn't notice you also yoink their Leader Sr. Donk alot.
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(https://38.media.tumblr.com/b521ed36d6f2b0b74732493ad8ab2ab8/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po2_1280.png)
I just realize something the Elf Zombie is still alive.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/remember-always-double-tap.png)
elf zombie take vengeance against those who harm the tree, don't believe their excuses if they were true elves they would have gotten a better shot anyway and left the small cheesemaker to die.
thus for failing to live up to their elven code their punishment is DEATH! Their bones be used for bricks and organs fertilizer for the local fauna
While the Elf Zombie is brutally Murdering is own race everyone walk along hoping it doesn't notice you also yoink their Leader Sr. Donk alot.
The orc zombie should still be alive alsos.
>Zombies: Murder The Elves.
>Dwarves: Tactical Retreat.
>Elves: Die Horribly.
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I just realize something the Elf Zombie is still alive.
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Nope, that's a mistake on my part. Elf Zombie (his name is Seabrook, btw) was supposed to be dead-dead. I just never grayed-out his eyes.
Edit: the appropriate edits have been made to reflect that. Sorry for the mistake, guys. :(
Edit II: since someone asked, these were the zombies names.
(http://i.imgur.com/eQn8j4u.png)
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I hope we end up talking to them about cheese elves probably have all sorts of cheese dwarves don't have
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Whatever we do, avoid offending the elves. Take whatever weapons we can, but don't push it: as we are, the elves could easily slaughter the migrant party.
Ask about cheese if the opportunity arises.
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This is me just guessing here but why have names if we are never going to talk to them? So does this mean we will be seeing these zombie's again sometime in the future.
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Southey :)
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i was wondering the creation story the nun told explained the creation of almost everything but it skipped over the forgotten beasts (unless what i thought was the clowns was actually forgotten beasts)
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This is me just guessing here but why have names if we are never going to talk to them? So does this mean we will be seeing these zombie's again sometime in the future.
They're zombies. If we're still operating under pre 2014 rules, the necromancer can just bring them back later. And if not, the zombies are probably still squirming around. It was just a puncture wound after all.
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i was wondering the creation story the nun told explained the creation of almost everything but it skipped over the forgotten beasts (unless what i thought was the clowns was actually forgotten beasts)
Fuck.
FUCK.
FUCK.
Okay, yeah, so I totally had an explanation for the forgotten beasts, god fucking dammit. Looking back now I see that it got lost in my notes while I was plotting out that little panel. I'm gonna have to go back and fix that. As a matter of fact, looking back I see a ton of little mistakes littering the story. I think I'm gonna bump the next update so I can do a general clean-up first.
Does anyone else have any inconsistencies they wanna point out while I'm fixing stuff? :(
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i was wondering the creation story the nun told explained the creation of almost everything but it skipped over the forgotten beasts (unless what i thought was the clowns was actually forgotten beasts)
Fuck.
FUCK.
FUCK.
Okay, yeah, so I totally had an explanation for the forgotten beasts, god fucking dammit. Looking back now I see that it got lost in my notes while I was plotting out that little panel. I'm gonna have to go back and fix that. As a matter of fact, looking back I see a ton of little mistakes littering the story. I think I'm gonna bump the next update so I can do a general clean-up first.
Does anyone else have any inconsistencies they wanna point out while I'm fixing stuff? :(
im not sure if i should be happy that i helped you notice a mistake or sad the updates gonna take longer im going to go with happy
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While you're fixing stuff if you could make a collection of all the story post hyperlinks it would be helpful. 95 pages is a lot to flip through.
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Relax. They are called Forgotten Beasts for a reason. 8)
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Relax. They are called Forgotten Beasts for a reason. 8)
yes but to be forgotten we had to have known about them at some point
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If we're still operating under pre 2014 rules, the necromancer can just bring them back later. And if not, the zombies are probably still squirming around. It was just a puncture wound after all.
This story is operating in some unspecified version of Masterwork (probably 5.x). So the undead have hit points, don't need pulping, etc.
Masterwork also has reduced ranged weapon deadliness, compared to the vanilla 0.34.11 it's based on. That's probably why the tree is still relatively OK. ;)
I can't remember whether Masterwork changed the frequency of milking animals. I think it might have. That's something Misty will care about.
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While the story is set in the MW universe, please remember that the story isn't about the MW Mod and exploring every detail about it. It's about Misty and her dream of becoming the greatest cheesemaker who ever lived.
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Wait wait wait. There are necromancers about, maybe we can "revive" Rimtar :-\.
Don't loose the head, plenty of zombie meat for the hippies. 8)
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While the story is set in the MW universe, please remember that the story isn't about the MW Mod and exploring every detail about it. It's about Misty and her dream of becoming the greatest cheesemaker who ever lived.
good thing to keep in mind, it doesn't help to have knowledge of the stuff in masterworks to help others who haven't played it and end up seeing a stone golem dwarf. but it's not like misty going to have to roll for milk checks.
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/b521ed36d6f2b0b74732493ad8ab2ab8/tumblr_nasg967rcG1rs5f3po2_1280.png)
I just realize something the Elf Zombie is still alive.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/remember-always-double-tap.png)
elf zombie take vengeance against those who harm the tree, don't believe their excuses if they were true elves they would have gotten a better shot anyway and left the small cheesemaker to die.
thus for failing to live up to their elven code their punishment is DEATH! Their bones be used for bricks and organs fertilizer for the local fauna
While the Elf Zombie is brutally Murdering is own race everyone walk along hoping it doesn't notice you also yoink their Leader Sr. Donk alot.
The orc zombie should still be alive alsos.
>Zombies: Murder The Elves.
>Dwarves: Tactical Retreat.
>Elves: Die Horribly.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/nah-hes-dead-dead-also.png)
nah seabrook (was) the only zombie left alive which would have lead to a neat twist... but since that's not the case then I guess
Ask if any of them know how to make cheese if they don't know anything about cheese then ask them what happen to their Red caps?
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nah seabrook (was) the only zombie left alive which would have lead to a neat twist... but since that's not the case then I guess
Ask if any of them know how to make cheese if they don't know anything about cheese then ask them what happen to their Red caps?
Those are gnomes. Better not confusing elves with gnomes.
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nah seabrook (was) the only zombie left alive which would have lead to a neat twist... but since that's not the case then I guess
Ask if any of them know how to make cheese if they don't know anything about cheese then ask them what happen to their Red caps?
Those are gnomes. Better not confusing elves with gnomes.
dumb joke about how gnomes and elves are one with nature but only gnomes befriend animals where elves just enslave them and sell them off for metal armor to dwarves.
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I have decided that, aside from a few glaring errors, I'm not gonna be going back and touching-up old pages, since there's nearly 35 pages and that would involve redrawing dozens of panels. Unless something affects the story plot-wise I don't expect I'll be going back for redraws.
I've updated the title page to include an actual title (a humble little thing) and all the page links, which should make it a bit more newbie-friendly. You should take advantage of my ten minutes of work to reread TLCM! I plan to include a fanart section, but that's on the backburner for the moment. Of course, if someone were to be as kind as to collect all the links to fanart posts in one place, I'd be able to plug it in right away, but at the moment I still need to trawl through 96 pages and scoop out all of the (totally awesome and talented) fanart that you guys have been kind enough to bless this story with.
In other news, school has started back up! As always, school comes first, but I promise to make time for TLCM. I wanna close this chapter by the end of the month (September).
That's all for now. I should update this weekend, unless something comes up.
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Awesome links. Made getting the meat much easier. Thanks.
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Thanks!
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Thanks.
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Thanks!
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Go check out the OP for the list of fanart!
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PTW
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Will edit this with organization and stuff later.
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So cool thank you as well!
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(http://i.imgur.com/bcQbXQV.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bcQbXQV.png)
The female elf finishes drawing her curly little spirals on the tree, then takes a step back. Kulet starts to mumble something else about hippie elves and their nonsensical religion when a low rumble fills the air.
(http://i.imgur.com/ri2mZmJ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/ri2mZmJ.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/c6Qu6Ia.png) (http://i.imgur.com/c6Qu6Ia.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/aYB1i7P.png) (http://i.imgur.com/aYB1i7P.png)
As good as new, the female elf exclaims!
Sorry about that, she continues. The poor thing was crying out in pain, it would have been horrible to leave it that way for a moment longer! Please, let us introduce ourselves.
(http://i.imgur.com/ANZ3ZWO.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ANZ3ZWO.png)
The one with the spear is Cameicala, "Hemlock".
The one with the hat is Tiseada, "Finnberry".
The one with the bow is Marima, "DarkerDaffodil".
The packmule behind me is old Maynard.
And my name is Imacalafed, "Flowerplucker"!
It's a pleasure to meet you all, I'm sure! I trust you're all on your way to Shielddawn as well?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5645629#msg5645629)
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Ask why the tree grew, explain as a young dwarf, we weren't schooled in the cultures of other races and would like to learn about the elvish culture.
((Might as well learn nature magic right~?))
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Will edit this with organization and stuff later.
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Got all of them, now its organization tiem.
Special thanks to Migue for collecting the fanart for me! I'll put it in the title page once you get it all put together and organized, then I'll be able to update it myself from then on.
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Zombie on the ground is alive again. :P But anyway Love the update and as always keep up the good work. We love you for it!
Edit: Ya fixed it cool, I got some lol's out of that anyway.
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Ask why the tree grew, explain as a young dwarf, we weren't schooled in the cultures of other races and would like to learn about the elvish culture.
((Might as well learn nature magic right~?))
jaaaa +1
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The fanart on the titlepage has been organized and set up to look all nice and pretty.
If you notice an error, or if your fanart isn't listed, let me know! I assure you it's not intentional; even the most humble of drawings will be included in the masterpost.
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PTW
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Finnberry, Huckleberry Finn, nice reference there :D
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I think we should do what any female protagonist would do in this situation.
Misty: Abruptly fall in love with bow wielding elf. Have trouble understanding why you're feeling this way and cope by being rude and mean to him.
Also some of my Fanart links go to Rumrusher's art instead.
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Imma PTW this so hard
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...some of my Fanart links go to Rumrusher's art instead.
fixed
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I think we should do what any female protagonist would do in this situation.
Misty: Abruptly fall in love with bow wielding elf. Have trouble understanding why you're feeling this way and cope by being rude and mean to him.
I want to +1 this but we don't know if he likes cheese. Maybe... maybe we could teach him to like cheese?
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+4
Did we all forget this?
talk to the elves about cheese, CowSea commands it!
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Special thanks to Migue for collecting the fanart for me! I'll put it in the title page once you get it all put together and organized, then I'll be able to update it myself from then on.
Aww, our li'l forum game is all grown up. Only the BIG kids have enough updates to need an index!
Finnberry, Huckleberry Finn, nice reference there :D
Speaking of which, my first reaction to "DarkerDaffodil" was "huh, what, DarkerDark (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601)?"
Ask them why they are going to ShieldDawn.
Well, since we can guess the answer is "we're going to trade," why not follow that with offers to trade? Seriously, did anyone think to bring booze for our journey? Trade for booze.
Hopefully we'll discover some inborn merchant skills (Appraiser?) and help snap us out of being traumatized.
--Rexfelum
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+4
Did we all forget this?
talk to the elves about cheese, CowSea commands it!
Do not put words in my mouth.
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Do not put words in my mouth.
It was Inevitable. -_-*
Edit: At least go get some fan art for the avatar.
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I think we should do what any female protagonist would do in this situation.
Misty: Abruptly fall in love with bow wielding elf. Have trouble understanding why you're feeling this way and cope by being rude and mean to him.
+1
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+4
Did we all forget this?
talk to the elves about cheese, CowSea commands it!
Do not put words in my mouth.
You're not the boss on me! *Starts randomly putting words where ever I please*
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I still don't trust this Maynard character... Make sure they aren't harboring any cats
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Speaking of which, my first reaction to "DarkerDaffodil" was "huh, what, DarkerDark (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601)?"
You're not the only one.
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Speaking of which, my first reaction to "DarkerDaffodil" was "huh, what, DarkerDark (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601)?"
You're not the only one.
Misty is rather lucky the elves are not lead by Amala - even though the shot was quite in her style.
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Speaking of which, my first reaction to "DarkerDaffodil" was "huh, what, DarkerDark (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55601)?"
Hey, stop that! That's my time you're wasting there! I was planning doing stuff with it!
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
good idea +1
+3
+4
Did we all forget this?
talk to the elves about cheese, CowSea commands it!
+1!
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We should totally talk about cheese with elves even though it isnt a permitted job or reaction via raws. Thatll go well.
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We should totally talk about cheese with elves even though it isnt a permitted job or reaction via raws. Thatll go well.
But more customers! Tell them about the excellent cheese they can buy from us next year.
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Look at the Puzzlebox in our backpack, check to see if it has broken.
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Look at the Puzzlebox in our backpack, check to see if it has broken.
Tell the elves if they solve it it gives you hints on how to protect the Earth. try to trade it for cheese (plant).
cmon, we've all seen the stockpile option. :/
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Wait, I am thinking now that cheese is an animal product, will it piss em off? Are they vegetarians or just vegan supremacist/cannibals...?
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They're the opposite of vegetarians. Animal products are ok. Plant products are not. Well, tree products are not. Fruit and such is ok (probably).
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cmon, we've all seen the stockpile option. :/
Ah yes, plant cheese and animal booze. Breakfast of willowy treeshagging hypocrites champions.
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They're the opposite of vegetarians. Animal products are ok. Plant products are not. Well, tree products are not. Fruit and such is ok (probably).
yeah the vegetarians are the gnome..ish since they are all about protecting animal rights and using loads of wooden stuff for grafting cogs in their bodies.
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I wonder what happened with the 2 guards. They rushed after the settlers... and while Misty got ahead by falling down the hill, a running group of guards should catch a slowly walking group of migrants, which stop to pray, which stop for zombies and stop to talk with elves.
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I wonder what happened with the 2 guards. They rushed after the settlers... and while Misty got ahead by falling down the hill, a running group of guards should catch a slowly walking group of migrants, which stop to pray, which stop for zombies and stop to talk with elves.
Reg and Holt died a very horrible Reader Driven Narrative style death. We're trying to overcome our failures but it's hard when you keep bringing them up.
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talk to the elves about cheese
+1
+even moar
good idea +1
+3
+4
Did we all forget this?
talk to the elves about cheese, CowSea commands it!
+1!
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I wonder what happened with the 2 guards. They rushed after the settlers... and while Misty got ahead by falling down the hill, a running group of guards should catch a slowly walking group of migrants, which stop to pray, which stop for zombies and stop to talk with elves.
Reg and Holt died a very horrible Reader Driven Narrative style death. We're trying to overcome our failures but it's hard when you keep bringing them up.
Nah, they probably got into a whole mess of misadventures on their own. Probably got sidetracked chasing after imaginary kobolds.
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I wonder what happened with the 2 guards. They rushed after the settlers... and while Misty got ahead by falling down the hill, a running group of guards should catch a slowly walking group of migrants, which stop to pray, which stop for zombies and stop to talk with elves.
Reg and Holt died a very horrible Reader Driven Narrative style death. We're trying to overcome our failures but it's hard when you keep bringing them up.
Nah, they probably got into a whole mess of misadventures on their own. Probably got sidetracked chasing after imaginary kobolds.
Reg and Holt catch up with migrants - and seeing them with elves, Reg immediately charges into atack. Why would any dwarf talk with an elf without being held capitve or something similar, right? Holt tries to stop her, as he knows better, and hilarity ensues.
Actually, these tree-huggers look like a good company. Let's not let them die for at least the next part of the story. :)
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Suggest a proper burial for your late smithy friend.
Before the elves eat his remains.
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Suggest a proper burial for your late smithy friend.
Before the elves eat his remains.
Ooh, as a bonus, suggest to the elves that his remains could quite possibly help nourish the tree. Maybe we could get the elves to help out... manipulative as that may be.
I've played Dwarf Fortress far too long. "Let's bury our dead friend - not to give him a proper burial, but because it'll make the grass greener over here and keep the necromancers away."
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I don't think our friend of a priestess would like the idea, of a Dwarf being buried next to a tree.
I think she would prefer if said dwarf were buried beneath a fortress. Or at least in a mountain or a rocky cliff.
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And it might not be a great idea to leave a talented warrior's corpse where our friend the necromancer might pick it up. Not unless ypu want to be dealing with Rimtar the Headless Hammerdwarf later on.
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I don't think our friend of a priestess would like the idea, of a Dwarf being buried next to a tree.
I don't think she cares overly much about what happens to the flesh, once the blood's all been drained out. But, maybe I shouldn't try to guess what she's thinking. She's pretty far out there.
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Look at the Puzzlebox in our backpack, check to see if it has broken.
Trade good! Trade good right there! It's not going to serve much good at ShieldDawn (it's "imported," after all, so won't even add to wealth) and conceivably could save some hides right now. I repeat, let's get that trading going on (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5626670#msg5626670).
. . . Yeah, I'm outvoted by now. Let's just hope that "talking to elves about cheese" helps snap us out of emotional trauma.
--Rexfelum
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I don't think our friend of a priestess would like the idea, of a Dwarf being buried next to a tree.
I don't think she cares overly much about what happens to the flesh, once the blood's all been drained out. But, maybe I shouldn't try to guess what she's thinking. She's pretty far out there.
I think it's more about principle.
Rather to have a dead Dwarf left unburied than to let the corpse have anything to do with elven traditions.
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I wonder what happened with the 2 guards. They rushed after the settlers... and while Misty got ahead by falling down the hill, a running group of guards should catch a slowly walking group of migrants, which stop to pray, which stop for zombies and stop to talk with elves.
I don't believe they discovered she was missing immediately, and the eager one might have a wee bit of difficulty walking quickly. It's likely they're lagging behind by a fair amount.
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PTW
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Ooh, according to the map (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5132301#msg5132301), we're really close to Shielddawn!
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Ooh, according to the map (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5132301#msg5132301), we're really close to Shielddawn!
\o/ woohoo!
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reserved
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Did you time that to get the top of the page? :D Also I don't what other people got but 100 pages WooHoo \o/
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Did you time that to get the top of the page? :D Also I don't what other people got but 100 pages WooHoo \o/
60 pages, you mean. :P
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60 pages, you mean. :P
/me hits pisskop with a rolled up newspaper
"Bad pisskop bad, Don't you go starting a ppp debate."
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Thirty for me. :D
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What are you guys talking about. I see only one page.
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What are you guys talking about. I see only one page.
Oh god. I cant imagine how long this thread must be then.
I cant, not when I use mobile phone to check here.
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1492nd page!
(Reserved for what?)
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I think we should do what any female protagonist would do in this situation.
Misty: Abruptly fall in love with bow wielding elf. Have trouble understanding why you're feeling this way and cope by being rude and mean to him.
+1
What? Um, no???
(http://i.imgur.com/QhMIrQu.png) (http://i.imgur.com/QhMIrQu.png)
He's an elf. You don't care if he has long, golden locks, or how strong his arms are to pull such a mighty bow, or how he saved your life in such a heroic manner. You don't care about his good looks, or his chiseled muscles. And seriously, who would care about how he so effortlessly struck down evil, or is so at peace with nature? His long, delicate, exotic ears. His beautiful, green eyes. His smooth, unblemished skin.
(http://i.imgur.com/pTKnW5b.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pTKnW5b.png)
He's just an elf, and that makes him gross and ugly. What sort of dwarf would you be if you found an elf attractive? They're all-what was it Kulet said about elves? Oh! Right, they're all just a bunch of "tree huggers." Honestly, you're a little upset the subject was even brought up.
(http://i.imgur.com/V7q18fW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/V7q18fW.png)
"You're all welcome to travel with us to Shielddawn," the tree-hugger says. "If we meet some other threat, Hemlock and I will no doubt be able to keep you all safe."
The nerve! As though you proud, noble Dwarves needed an elf's protection. The very thought makes you want to punch him right in his stupid, beautiful face. Still, the threat of the zombie menace looms behind you, and you're both going in the same direction...
After a quick, mumbled discussion between the remaining dwarves, you all agree to travel with the elves, ONLY because you happen to be going in the same direction. That's all.
(http://i.imgur.com/Bsq4Wa7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Bsq4Wa7.png)
With your new traveling companions freshly added to the group, your party continues on to Shielddawn. Your destiny awaits!
By a totally random crazy happenstance, you just so happen to end up walking next to Darkerdaffodil. Jeez, might as well strike up a conversation, even if he IS a dumb gross elf.
"So um...you wouldn't happen to like cheese, would you?"
(http://i.imgur.com/DBkYGDz.png) (http://i.imgur.com/DBkYGDz.png)
Meanwhile...
(http://i.imgur.com/NbhKXis.png) (http://i.imgur.com/NbhKXis.png)
"Welp.
We're lost."
(http://i.imgur.com/bqh4CH1.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bqh4CH1.png)
"Well, maybe if you knew where you were going, we wouldn't have spent the last couple hours wandering through the woods," Reg replies, propping her helmet open with one hand.
"ME?" Captain Holt snorts. "Lass, YOU were the one who ran off the path chasing a kobold! There wasn't even a kobold! You just ran off into the woods swinging your blasted sword again!"
"There was TOO a kobold," Reg shoots back. "It was just invisible. You know how kobolds do that! So excuse me for trying to make the world a little safer by striking one more of those dirty lizard-dogs from the face of the planet, Captain! Maybe next time you get us lost in the woods I won't have to add another kobold to my kill list."
(http://i.imgur.com/ocQ4CIy.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ocQ4CIy.png)
"Oh, here we go again," Captain Holt groans, rolling his eyes.
Not to be outdone, Reg rolls her eyes even harder. "Look, I didn't go that far into the woods. You were the one who got turned around and led us even further in!"
"No," Holt replies, "I meant the invisible kobolds. That's not a thing. It's never been a thing. Kobolds can't turn invisible. Kobolds have never been able to turn invisible."
"You don't know that," Reg shoots back. "Have you ever even seen an invisible kobold?"
"No," Holt says, "because they don't-"
"They do too! Kobolds could have perfected some sort of invisibility cloaking device techno-magic thing, and then they'd be able to stalk around all they want! You don't know. It could happen, just think about it. Kobolds, invisible, nefarious, doing nefarious invisible kobold things. Invisible."
(http://i.imgur.com/YktyCDD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YktyCDD.png)
"Gods damn it, kobolds can't turn invisible!" Captain Holt yells. "A kobold can't turn any more invisible than I can! What, do you think they can just snap their fingers fingers and-"
(http://i.imgur.com/aBoFMuG.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/aBoFMuG.gif)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5648029#msg5648029)
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Tsundere cheesemakers and invisible guard captains.
Hell yes.
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Holt: Freak out and wave sword around.
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Holt: Wat
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Holt: Wat
+1~
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Just a sidenote: There is nothing in the Masterwork mod that makes people randomly invisible. Except dwarven mages... is Holt a mage? Is Reg hallucinating? Is EvictedSaint using artistic freedom? Will someone punch that tree so hard, it explodes? What will happen next?
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Well you got to have an opinion! I mean do you think that Armok came down from heaven and stopped the ...
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Just a sidenote: There is nothing in the Masterwork mod that makes people randomly invisible. Except dwarven mages... is Holt a mage? Is Reg hallucinating? Is EvictedSaint using artistic freedom? Will someone punch that tree so hard, it explodes? What will happen next?
He just started sneaking without realizing.
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Let's see more elf romance stuff.
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No, no more elf romance stuff please!
And if you want, you can send me all the words, and I'll put them in a format that is easier to read. I am finding it hard to see when someone is speaking, or whether it is descriptive or what. I write semi-professionally, so I'd be good at formatting (I don't want to write it, just format it).
Great story though! Keep up the good work.
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Just began reading this again after stopping on the April Fool's joke...I never realized it was an April Fool's joke.
:'(
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Just a sidenote: There is nothing in the Masterwork mod that makes people randomly invisible. Except dwarven mages... is Holt a mage? Is Reg hallucinating? Is EvictedSaint using artistic freedom? Will someone punch that tree so hard, it explodes? What will happen next?
The residual time energy generated by a nearby (or directly underground) Cosmic Gear can randomly teleport people back home, or directly to their intended destination if its polarity is reversed. Are there any gnome settlements in the area?
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Reg: snap fingers.
Alternately, conclude that Holt is a kobold.
Holt: snap fingers with both hands.
Edit:
Blond elf, become romantically interested in the dwarf woman farmer.
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Reg: perform Sword Tornado Attack
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...I am finding it hard to see when someone is speaking, or whether it is descriptive or what....
Last update modified to use more active voice, so hopefully it's a little clearer. I'll probably trawl through prior updates at some point and do those, too.
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Reg: snap fingers.
Alternately, conclude that Holt is a kobold.
Holt: snap fingers with both hands.
Edit:
Blond elf, become romantically interested in the dwarf woman farmer.
Make the blond elf by shy and interested in Misty, and have Misty continue to be tsundre. Make it a cliche romantic comedy like that.
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He is an elf. Elves don't make cheese, for the same reason they don't make wool cloth- they see it as exploitation of the animals, who are their allies. Heart broken...
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He is an elf. Elves don't make cheese, for the same reason they don't make wool cloth- they see it as exploitation of the animals, who are their allies. Heart broken...
yea. They even encourage the animals to worship their forces.
Ask Darkerdaffodil about his (stupid) God(s)
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IDK about Masterwork, but vanilla elves seem to have no problem with meat and animal products. They're probably reverse-vegetarians.
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That post was amazing. *applauds*
Let's see more elf romance stuff.
+1 to this. My Vanya Carena ("A Skulker's Tale" in my sig) is an elf with a dwarf as a love interest, so it's not that far out there.
Reg: [...] conclude that Holt is a kobold.
+1 to this too.
Make the blond elf by shy and interested in Misty, and have Misty continue to be tsundre.
And +1 to this.
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IDK about Masterwork, but vanilla elves seem to have no problem with meat and animal products. They're probably reverse-vegetarians.
I think that elvish morals operate on the basic assumption that all life has an equal right to live. They don't have a problem with anyone eating anything, plants, animals, or sapients, because most animals aren't picky about eating whatever they want, or killing in self-defense, and you have just as much a right to live and eat as they do. It's killing trees they don't like, because you're killing a living thing that could not harm you and you can't eat it - a senseless act of murder from the elfy 'all life is equal' philosophy.
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Reg: conclude that Holt is a kobold.
+1
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Then why they never bring animal products for trade?
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That post was amazing. *applauds*
Let's see more elf romance stuff.
+1 to this. My Vanya Carena ("A Skulker's Tale" in my sig) is an elf with a dwarf as a love interest, so it's not that far out there.
Reg: [...] conclude that Holt is a kobold.
+1 to this too.
Make the blond elf by shy and interested in Misty, and have Misty continue to be tsundre.
And +1 to this.
+3
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Then why they never bring animal products for trade?
Because they eat them?
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Just a sidenote: There is nothing in the Masterwork mod that makes people randomly invisible. Except dwarven mages... is Holt a mage? Is Reg hallucinating? Is EvictedSaint using artistic freedom? Will someone punch that tree so hard, it explodes? What will happen next?
He just started sneaking without realizing.
He can't just be sneaking because Reg is Holt's ally so Reg can see through Holt's sneak invisibility.
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I think that elvish morals operate on the basic assumption that all life has an equal right to live. They don't have a problem with anyone eating anything, plants, animals, or sapients, because most animals aren't picky about eating whatever they want, or killing in self-defense, and you have just as much a right to live and eat as they do. It's killing trees they don't like, because you're killing a living thing that could not harm you and you can't eat it - a senseless act of murder from the elfy 'all life is equal' philosophy.
Well, only Toady knows for sure. But my opinion is that elves have a "special" relationship with trees, kind of like the aliens in Orson Scott Card's novel "Speaker for the Dead" (for spoilers, see this wikipedia summary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead#The_Pequeninos)). Probably not exactly that relationship, but something similar enough that they hold the trees in special regard.
This elven regard or reverence for trees does not extend to any other plant or animal species as far as I can tell. But it seems to encompass every tree species, even the "evil" ones.
Toady's canon gives elves the ability to "grow" objects from a living tree. Things like bracelets and musical instruments are somehow (magically?) extracted from the tree (possibly like a fruit?), and used as trade goods. This is about all we know for sure.
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Uh, are people forgetting that elves get offended if you trade them anything with the [IMPLIES_ANIMAL_KILL] tag? Leather, bone, meat etc.
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Uh, are people forgetting that elves get offended if you trade them anything with the [IMPLIES_ANIMAL_KILL] tag? Leather, bone, meat etc.
Do they now? I remember selling bone crafts to elves in MW.
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And I sell them leather in vanilla.
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Oh gods.
You knew it.
(http://i.imgur.com/GNnc56W.png) (http://i.imgur.com/GNnc56W.png)
Captain Holt was a kobold all along! How else could he just disappear like that?!
(http://i.imgur.com/4iSFSI3.png) (http://i.imgur.com/4iSFSI3.png)
You know, besides falling down that hole.
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Tell him to jump out of that hole since it's totally possible right? ;)
Serious answer: explore what else is in the hole.
Nice to see Reg and Holt rejoining the story though :3
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Uh, are people forgetting that elves get offended if you trade them anything with the [IMPLIES_ANIMAL_KILL] tag? Leather, bone, meat etc.
But Cheese doesn't kill animals. So even then we'd be in the clear.
Misty X elf romance is still a go!
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Take off belt, lower it down to Holt like a rope. Help him out of the hole.
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Jump down hole with your sword out! He was obviously taken by underground kobold tunnelers and needs your help!
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Jump down hole with your sword out! He was obviously taken by underground kobold tunnelers and needs your help!
+1
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Hahaha, that went somewhere I didn't expect.
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look down into hole, yell "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
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Captain Holt: Loudly shout out profanities at whomever decided place this hole where you were standing.
Then proceed to examine surroundings.
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Reg: blame the hole on kobolds.
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holt snap your fingers to teach the young cadet about ambushing and give her a stern talking about not building up her observation skills since everyone can poof from view if you aren't facing them unless you have adept skills in noticing things. Also tell her to stop looking at that hole you don't know what random lair having monster could be in there.
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Holt: Be rational and shout to the young recruit not to follow you into the hole, since that'd just make you both unable to get him out.
Reg: Jump in anyway, because kobolds are crafty ones, mimicking the captain's voice like that.
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Jump down hole with your sword out! He was obviously taken by underground kobold tunnelers and needs your help!
+1
And be sure to jump in head first. You need to see where you're going.
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Wait, why didn't I think of this?
Holt: Parry the ground to ease your fall.
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He is gone, unless one of you has a pick there is no way to get him out of the hole. Whatever you do, do not jump into the hole...
The presence of the Plump Helmet men and this adventure being older than July STRONGLY suggest that climbing back out of a hole is still impossible (34.11) 8)
:))
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I think that elvish morals operate on the basic assumption that all life has an equal right to live. They don't have a problem with anyone eating anything, plants, animals, or sapients, because most animals aren't picky about eating whatever they want, or killing in self-defense, and you have just as much a right to live and eat as they do. It's killing trees they don't like, because you're killing a living thing that could not harm you and you can't eat it - a senseless act of murder from the elfy 'all life is equal' philosophy.
+1 Headcannon
Holt: Parry the ground to ease your fall.
+1
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words
Misty X elf romance is still a go!
*Grabs knife*
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He is gone, unless one of you has a pick there is no way to get him out of the hole. Whatever you do, do not jump into the hole...
The presence of the Plump Helmet men and this adventure being older than July STRONGLY suggest that climbing back out of a hole is still impossible (34.11) 8)
If you fill the hole with water slowly enough that he learns to swim before he drowns, you can get him out. If only there were a source of water...
Holt: Parry the ground to ease your fall.
It didn't work make Misty legendary, but she didn't have a weapon readied. Do it! What's there to lose?
besides landing on your weapon
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(http://i.imgur.com/245llWR.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/245llWR.gif)
No time to waste; your Captain's in trouble! You hop down the hole, senses fine-tuned to detect any kobold shenanigans.
They're probably the ones responsible for all this, after all.
(http://i.imgur.com/YbWTTT7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YbWTTT7.png)
It doesn't look like he went too far, at least.
"You alright...Captain?" You say, still wary. Just because he didn't turn invisible doesn't dismiss the fact that he could still be a kobold in disguise.
"For the love of...I twisted the ever-loving carp out of my ankle," Holt hisses. It certainly looks painful, and you discount the 'Holt is a kobold' theory. Kobolds don't have ankles; just that weird dog-leg thing. That leaves just five other 'kobolds did it' theories.
"I got it figured out, Captain!" You press on. "I bet the kobolds knew we were coming, so they dug this hole to trap us! You know how they dig in the dirt, right Captain? Well, what I'm thinking is-"
(http://i.imgur.com/Jh94eXs.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Jh94eXs.png)
"Reg!" Captain Holt whispers furiously, cutting you off. "Keep your voice down! For the love of Sunshield, if there was ever a time I needed you to focus, it would be now! I need you to get out of here!"
"But...what about you Captain? I can't just leave you here with the kobolds." You glance about, half-expecting one to leap from the walls.
"REG." He pauses to grit his teeth, though whether from frustration or pain you don't now. "Don't worry about me. I just need a minute then I'll climb on up out of this gods-forsaken hole right behind you. Now go!"
You hesitate. You can't just...you can't just abandon your Captain like that. That's about the most undwarvenly thing a dwarf could do!
"Come on, Captain! You know I can't-"
"REG, I am NOT going to ARGUE with you on this, I gave you a direct order-"
(http://i.imgur.com/7Vi0cO8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/7Vi0cO8.png)
A deep grumble cuts him off.
"Oh...orc shit," he whispers.
(http://i.imgur.com/BALpoV3.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/BALpoV3.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/AajTbtr.png) (http://i.imgur.com/AajTbtr.png)
NOW YOU WILL KNOW
WHY YOU FEAR THE NIGHT
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Clearly it's a friendly werebadger.
words
Misty X elf romance is still a go!
*Grabs knife*
*grabs crossbow and metal bolts*
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There's only one way to cope with a Night Creature:
MARTIAL TRANCE.
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Yeah, thats not good. That could be anything, nightcreature, werebeast, vampire, some modded monster...
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There's only one way to cope with a Night Creature:
MARTIAL TRANCE.
+1
Just what I was going to say.
Does anyone else want Reg to turn out to be a amazing fighter? And then not kill whatever it is because its not a kobold.
Reg: after you win spare the things life because its probably not a kobold. But if it is you know what to do.
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Tell Holt that if he really is a kobold and just hiding the fact, now would be a good time to do the disappearing trick. If he opts to leave you both to die instead, it proves his innocence and status as a dwarf, letting both of you pass on peacefully. Save for the part before passing on when you are being painfully and forcefully splattered all over the pit.
Although, he just might be THAT loyal into keeping kobold secrets...
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Holt, grab it's ankles. Reg, murderize it with your sword.
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Maybe you could try diplomacy? You're too skinny, but your brother will be along soon, and he's a much better meal.
If that fails, get Holt into the light area so the night-creaturekobold will have to step out of the darkness, then make it learn why it fears the day.
Oh, and you need some kind of battle cry. Death to kobolds!
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"Why hello there, mister. How are you today?"
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*Cackle menacingly*
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Welcome to my lair, would you chaps like some refreshments?
(Yes, I hope for a very gentlemanly night creature. Evil of course but very polite about it.)
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Does anyone else want Reg to turn out to be a amazing fighter?
Oh yes. She probably trains constantly so that she will always be prepared to fight the kobold menace, so she should be at least a grand master swordsdwarf by now.
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...But is only good against kobolds.
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Also, Reg and Holt nominated for Most Dynamic Duo of 2014
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Misty X elf romance is still a go!
*Grabs knife*
*grabs crossbow and metal bolts*
*Takes cover behind a baby*
-PUT THAT DOWN!please?
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Wow. Night creature. Wasn't expecting that, but it makes sense with the layout.
Except . . . hey, doesn't that mean the hatch cover is busted? What kind of run-down cast-off night creature lair IS this?? Holt: find carving fork or other small tool, pitch straight through night creature skull, grumble about it.
--Rexfelum
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Its a spouse converter. We should throw a wedding.
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Its a spouse converter. We should throw a wedding.
Night Creature: Attempt cheesy pick-up line.
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so the list of fear the night monster types are, werewolf, werewolf, werebear, werescorpion, werelizard, several degree of vampires, a demondog or a slasher who description is
A demon created from a recently deceased corpse. It takes the form of a mouthless humanoid with large blades on the end of its fingers. It's featureless face only contains two buring red eyes. Its skin is dark crimson, and its claws are metallic gray.
can't be a brawler since those have bad dental care and teeth shine a bad yellow sheen.
then again it could just be a goblin or one of those animals that murder enough people to make a lair.
wait it could be worst 'they found the hermit.' a fate worst than death.
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so the list of fear the night monster types are, werewolf, werewolf, werebear, werescorpion, werelizard, several degree of vampires, a demondog or a slasher.
You forgot werelemurs, m8. Those things are evil...
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Rumrusher looked through the raws, mostly fear the night, not the procedually generated werebeasts, which can be pretty much anything. :)
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...But is only good against kobolds.
Why IS Reg so obsessed with killing kobolds? Is there more to it than simple mania? Perhaps she's using it as misdirection or to condition everyone around her to ignore kobold sightings.
I figure she's either a werkobold or a kobold sitting on another kobold's shoulders. In the former case, she's a night creature herself; in the latter, kobolds skulk and skulking's best done at night, so that's close enough. Call dibs on Holt.
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Ahem.
"But it's daytime! At least let us go get something to drink while we wait for it to be night!"
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Reg: Brag about your past violent acts.
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Nobody's offering combat suggestions, so y'know what, here you go. Let's handle this adventure-mode style.
Reg is fully armored, largely in iron/steel. You can tell she has chainmail on beneath her blue dress. She's holding what appears to be a silver/steel short sword. She should be fine against the creature.
Reg: Put your visor down (not that that does anything, but just to be safe). If you get a good shot, stab the creature in the foot (to slow it down and therefore make its attacks less accurate), and then watch for the chance to sever its neck. Failing that, stab it in the head if you get an opening. Both are almost guaranteed one-shot kills.
Let's give Reg a title, shall we? Should make things amusing when she's lording that over Holt.
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I thought we were going with the 'Reg swings sword wildly while Holt watches in awe only to jump in with a save at the last moment' thing.
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Let's give Reg a title, shall we?
"Reg the Amazing Idiot"
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I thought we were going with the 'Reg swings sword wildly while Holt watches in awe only to jump in with a save at the last moment' thing.
I guess that works too, but the thought of Reg gaining a title greatly amuses me, and it's obtainable without her needing much skill, too. Well, provided it doesn't decide to break her legs.
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I'm uh... back. How many panels have been submitted since July?
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I'm uh... back. How many panels have been submitted since July?
The first post should have links to both fanart and canon updates. And welcome back
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slasher
mouthless
Definitely not that. :)
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slasher
mouthless
Definitely not that. :)
That, or it has a severe wound in the head. In wich case it's weak and easy to kill.
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Nobody's offering combat suggestions
I beg to differ!
hey, doesn't that mean the hatch cover is busted? What kind of run-down cast-off night creature lair IS this?? Holt: find carving fork or other small tool, pitch straight through night creature skull, grumble about it.
Not that I disagree with your suggestions. Everything you said for Reg could happen at the same time. Simultaneous combat resolution and all that.
--Rexfelum
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True enough. But Holt needs to have terribly high throwing skill for that to be effective, and even then it's a carpshoot - it's impossible to aim at a bodypart while throwing.
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Just read this from start to finish (was a slow day at work), and I'm officially hooked. 'sweet Dwarven parkour' had me actually laughing aloud, prompting some curious looks from my colleague ;D
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Many hailed him as a Smithing Hero; Nilning incarnate, the Dwarven God of Smithing himself!
I think this needs editing, since we have established the pantheon.
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Many hailed him as a Smithing Hero; Nilning incarnate, the Dwarven God of Smithing himself!
I think this needs editing, since we have established the pantheon.
There are three dwarven civilizations, each with seven gods of their own. The seven misty had to choose from were the patrons of her particular mountainhome.
Still, though, you're right. It is confusing, and I intend to go back and clarify that a bit more.
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Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Silly me.
Still, thanks.
Keep up the good work, mate.
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Reg: Brag about kobold kills until Holt manages to crawl out of the hole/ambush the creature. Don't fret over repeating them a couple of times: every one of your victories over the kobold menace is awesome enough to count as at least five.
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well looking forward for misty to meet up with rigs and holt... though looking at their situation it's more likely going to be this
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-years-later.png)
"OH Hi Regs and Holt hope you're not to mad about the kobold ruse."
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/rig-and-holt-the-after-years.png)
"Your father is very disappointed in you."
not to horribly doom Regs and holt to becoming a clown car for masterwork mess.
well good news this is old DF so all they need to do is break line of sight and be 3 tiles away from ol' red eye to escape.
oh and I guess holt was standing on the floorhatch which is why there's a hole there.
also it's not even night time so their fine, what's the odds this is a baby? not that it being a baby doesn't stop it from being lethal just askin.
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inb4 it turns out to be a fluffy warbler
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inb4 it turns out to be a fluffy warbler
That's one seriously badass-looking fluffy wambler, then.
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inb4 it turns out to be a fluffy warbler
That's one seriously badass-looking fluffy wambler, then.
Oh... even better.... a forgotten beast that's a fluffy wambler?
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inb4 it turns out to be a fluffy warbler
That's one seriously badass-looking fluffy wambler, then.
Oh... even better.... a forgotten beast that's a fluffy wambler?
Beware its stumble bumble!
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A giant wambler composed of fire. It rolls around on its back. Beware its strange adorableness!
NINJAS
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A fluffy wambler once killed a bronze colossus. Beware!
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PTW
Also:
Reg: Put your visor down (not that that does anything, but just to be safe). If you get a good shot, stab the creature in the foot (to slow it down and therefore make its attacks less accurate), and then watch for the chance to sever its neck. Failing that, stab it in the head if you get an opening. Both are almost guaranteed one-shot kills.
Let's give Reg a title, shall we? Should make things amusing when she's lording that over Holt.
+1 to this. Bonus points if it's a particularly silly title, like "The Idiocies of Socks".
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PTW
Also:
Reg: Put your visor down (not that that does anything, but just to be safe). If you get a good shot, stab the creature in the foot (to slow it down and therefore make its attacks less accurate), and then watch for the chance to sever its neck. Failing that, stab it in the head if you get an opening. Both are almost guaranteed one-shot kills.
Let's give Reg a title, shall we? Should make things amusing when she's lording that over Holt.
+1 to this. Bonus points if it's a particularly silly title, like "The Idiocies of Socks".
+2
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PTW
Also:
Reg: Put your visor down (not that that does anything, but just to be safe). If you get a good shot, stab the creature in the foot (to slow it down and therefore make its attacks less accurate), and then watch for the chance to sever its neck. Failing that, stab it in the head if you get an opening. Both are almost guaranteed one-shot kills.
Let's give Reg a title, shall we? Should make things amusing when she's lording that over Holt.
+1 to this. Bonus points if it's a particularly silly title, like "The Idiocies of Socks".
Idiocies of Socks sounds awesome. XD +1 to that.
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PTW
Also:
Reg: Put your visor down (not that that does anything, but just to be safe). If you get a good shot, stab the creature in the foot (to slow it down and therefore make its attacks less accurate), and then watch for the chance to sever its neck. Failing that, stab it in the head if you get an opening. Both are almost guaranteed one-shot kills.
Let's give Reg a title, shall we? Should make things amusing when she's lording that over Holt.
+1 to this. Bonus points if it's a particularly silly title, like "The Idiocies of Socks".
+4
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(http://i.imgur.com/N1BIcsg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/N1BIcsg.png)
Meanwhile...
(http://i.imgur.com/xCtpoGZ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/xCtpoGZ.gif)
"Almost...aaaalmost..."
(http://i.imgur.com/aGsEngB.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/aGsEngB.gif)
"Got it! Looks like I win, young Misty. I finished your Dwarven puzzle box long before you've finished my Elven apple! I win the wager, and your delightful little toy along with it. It'll make a nice addition to our caravan. You should know better than to challenge an elf to a game of puzzles, young dwarf! We elves are notorious for our keen ability to solve puzzles and traps!"
You giggle for some reason. You can't really help it; you've found yourself laughing at nearly everything he says. As for the puzzle box, you're alright with letting that go. An apple for an old low-quality puzzle box is a fair trade by itself, and you haven't had anything to eat since before you left the mountainhomes.
And by the Gods, do elves know how to grow apples! A crisp Elven apple is better than stale cat biscuits on any day of the week. How they manage to make them grow during the winter is beyond you, but you're not about to complain.
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Plump helmet man: Punish this foolish mortal donkey for its offense on thy meat.
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See what they have in their caravan while we wait.
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Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
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Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
+1
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(https://38.media.tumblr.com/e25835cbb33437ca2b0303c642998e31/tumblr_nbx6ovyF8z1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/e25835cbb33437ca2b0303c642998e31/tumblr_nbx6ovyF8z1rs5f3po1_1280.png)
[Blah blah blah] the winter
Ah ha! I was wondering about that snowy view. So it's winter, and apparently we're changing biomes on our way into ShieldDawn, leaving one which has no lingering snowfall. Good thing we love mittens so much.
Also, I note that all the trees visible on ShieldDawn's embark site have been cut down. SOMEbody's going to make an offer to the elves that offends them. Yup.
. . .
Hey. How well do elves do with cold weather? We've got one spare pair of mittens in our backpack (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5015924#msg5015924). Show foresight as well as compassion and trade your spare mittens to your newfound elf friend for, I dunno, whatever they got on 'em. The rest of their trading excursion is gonna go poorly, so it falls on you alone to make a good impression.
In other words, I'm hoping at least to get through a mitten trade before we fall flat on our face.
--Rexfelum
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Ah ha! I was wondering about that snowy view. So it's winter...
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/9eae326ff014f34c2f767deb98216225/tumblr_n110awcbcK1rs5f3po1_1280.gif)
A young dwarf stands in her room. Today is the 1st of Granite, her birthday!
Granite=January on the dwarven calendar. I dunno why toady felt the need to make dates so needlessly complicated, but he did, so it is.
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if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==1)
{
KILL_CHAR==1;
}
On a side note. . . If FANS=>200 and CHAR=<30 and we each annoy you we can kill everyone in the story and more?
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Plump helmet man: Punish this foolish mortal donkey for its offense on thy meat.
Too many non-PHM in sight for rebellion. But he will remember that donkey.
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Plump helmet man: Punish this foolish mortal donkey for its offense on thy meat.
Too many non-PHM in sight for rebellion. But he will remember that donkey.
+1
PHM: Swear silent Vendetta against the donkey.
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1st Granite - first day of spring. Depending on how you cut it, that's either the first or 23rd of March. Not an unusual time for snow, of course, when you can get pictures like this (http://videos.haz.de/pictures/XL-Winter-laesst-Stoerche-hungern-2273549117001.jpg). (Storks arrive in late March/early April, the picture is apparently from early April 2013.)
And the Misty/Bowelf interaction is adorable.
Donkey: experience vivid multicolour trip from hallucinogenic snack.
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Plump helmet man: Punish this foolish mortal donkey for its offense on thy meat.
Too many non-PHM in sight for rebellion. But he will remember that donkey.
+1
PHM: Swear silent Vendetta against the donkey.
+2
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A dwarf having a good time playing games with an elf? Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
+1
+1
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Donkey: experience vivid multicolour trip from hallucinogenic snack.
+1
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Ask the hansom elf about his bow.
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Arrive at Shielddawn
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Arrive at Shielddawn
+1. But behind the elves. and off to the side, in some more obscure location. And one at a time. And refuse to do any work for a week.
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Might be a bit of a sensitive matter but..
Ask him about trees, why they condone woodwork and such.
You have only heard stories about elves going to war because wooden bins, but never understood why and things from an Elven perspective.
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Know what it'd be hilarious?
If the elves were treated like elves are /really/ treated in dwarven fortresses, romantic interest status notwithstanding.
Blood, death, trees' wooden tears.
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Know what it'd be hilarious?
If the elves were treated like elves are /really/ treated in dwarven fortresses, romantic interest status notwithstanding.
Blood, death, trees' wooden tears.
And the rare occasion of an elf deciding to turn against their own people on account of the cannibalistic customs of many elven nations, whom usually then join a dwarven kingdom after traveling with a caravan and become badasses on the front lines in order to prove their resolve.
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Donkey: experience vivid multicolour trip from hallucinogenic snack.
+1
+2
Might be a bit of a sensitive matter but..
Ask him about trees, why they condone woodwork and such.
You have only heard stories about elves going to war because wooden bins, but never understood why and things from an Elven perspective.
+1
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Donkey: experience vivid multicolour trip from hallucinogenic snack.
+1
+2
Might be a bit of a sensitive matter but..
Ask him about trees, why they condone woodwork and such.
You have only heard stories about elves going to war because wooden bins, but never understood why and things from an Elven perspective.
+1
I actually meant Condemn.
Used the wrong word there. *facepalm*
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if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==1)
{
KILL_CHAR==1;
}
On a side note. . . If FANS=>200 and CHAR=<30 and we each annoy you we can kill everyone in the story and more?
Wait. What programming language is this? 'Cause I'm fairly sure that you mean "KILL_CHAR=1;" with a single-equals sign, not that double-equals sign. It's assigning a value of "true," right? Then single.
Otherwise, it will just return a value of true or false on whether KILL_CHAR is true.
--Rexfelum
P.S.: How's ANNOYED_W_FANS==1 doing now?
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if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==1)
{
KILL_CHAR==1;
}
On a side note. . . If FANS=>200 and CHAR=<30 and we each annoy you we can kill everyone in the story and more?
Wait. What programming language is this? 'Cause I'm fairly sure that you mean "KILL_CHAR=1;" with a single-equals sign, not that double-equals sign. It's assigning a value of "true," right? Then single.
Otherwise, it will just return a value of true or false on
whether KILL_CHAR is true.
--Rexfelum
P.S.: How's ANNOYED_W_FANS==1 doing now?
I was going off java script and also your right " KILL_CHAR==1; " can't work maybe making it a function instead " KILL_CHAR(); " would look better. Or we could just say F**K it this is the internet :D
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if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==1)
{
KILL_CHAR==1;
}
On a side note. . . If FANS=>200 and CHAR=<30 and we each annoy you we can kill everyone in the story and more?
Wait. What programming language is this? 'Cause I'm fairly sure that you mean "KILL_CHAR=1;" with a single-equals sign, not that double-equals sign. It's assigning a value of "true," right? Then single.
Otherwise, it will just return a value of true or false on whether KILL_CHAR is true.
--Rexfelum
P.S.: How's ANNOYED_W_FANS==1 doing now?
I was going off java script and also your right " KILL_CHAR==1; " can't work maybe making it a function instead " KILL_CHAR(); " would look better. Or we could just say F**K it this is the internet :D
Ah, internet.
Creating a code line mimicking the actions of the author of a webcomic and then immediately debugging and reworking said code for total accuracy.
Never change. <3
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if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==1)
{
KILL_CHAR==1;
}
On a side note. . . If FANS=>200 and CHAR=<30 and we each annoy you we can kill everyone in the story and more?
Wait. What programming language is this? 'Cause I'm fairly sure that you mean "KILL_CHAR=1;" with a single-equals sign, not that double-equals sign. It's assigning a value of "true," right? Then single.
Otherwise, it will just return a value of true or false on whether KILL_CHAR is true.
--Rexfelum
P.S.: How's ANNOYED_W_FANS==1 doing now?
I was going off java script and also your right " KILL_CHAR==1; " can't work maybe making it a function instead " KILL_CHAR(); " would look better. Or we could just say F**K it this is the internet
Ah, internet.
Creating a code line mimicking the actions of the author of a webcomic and then immediately debugging and reworking said code for total accuracy.
Never change. <3
Haha that post made my day.
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1) It was C++
2) You guys were correct in that it could have been written better.
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1) It was C++
2) You guys were correct in that it could have been written better.
Clearly.
if (ANNOYED_W_FANS==true)
{
KILL_CHAR(rand());
}
Say, anyone thinking what I am? Generate a text-based webcomic simulator? I feel this is a thing that should be a thing. We should make this a thing.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
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Although it'd amuse me to see Misty's reaction to the donkey munching the plump helmet man:
"Once a beautiful plump helmet, and now? It is a paltry snack, fit only for your kind."
I'd rather not see her die this early by angering an armed band of elves.
Might be a bit of a sensitive matter but..
Ask him about trees, why they condone woodwork and such.
You have only heard stories about elves going to war because wooden bins, but never understood why and things from an Elven perspective.
+1
+2, but don't let the nun see you. Perhaps Misty can become a cultural ambassador between the dwarves and the elves before a dwarf burns her cheese press for charcoal, after which she takes up the name Rodem Izegroder and becomes queen of the elves in order to learn the secrets of plants & cheese.
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Although it'd amuse me to see Misty's reaction to the donkey munching the plump helmet man:
"Once a beautiful plump helmet, and now? It is a paltry snack, fit only for your kind."
I'd rather not see her die this early by angering an armed band of elves.
Elves care about tress, not animals. They really don't give a shit to anything that walks.
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A dwarf having a good time playing games with an elf? Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
+1
+1
+1
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Dwarves: kill the elves entering your site.
Misty: short lived attempt at reverse Cacame.
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We've been warming up to this elf far too well.
I think it's about time for Misty to have a serious, heartbreaking dose of reality.
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This is a Masterwork story, so between all the mithril stuff and plants and booze and animals with cool fighting abilities or simply much needed meat (harder farming: ON, I guess) the elf caravan is a lot more welcome than most would think. Still, that doesn't make robbery or murder by fortress any less probable.
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Dwarves: kill the elves entering your site.
Misty: short lived attempt at reverse Cacame.
reverse cacame: totally fine with people of his race eating his wife /lover, becomes jester of his race enemies? later gets eaten by a hydra?
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Kills a hammer with a dragon while only having Competent Misc. Object User?
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Cacame Lizardhairy, Dwarven Fish Cleaner of the Elves, who once tamed a hammer by having a dragon blow fire onto it and once had a badly crafted short figurine of his left ear made of hamster bone by a novice carver to pass time.
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Just wondering, is shield-dawn a glacier fortress?
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Just wondering, is shield-dawn a glacier fortress?
If it is, then I hope Misty is resistant to the cold. And that she knows how to play Tetris with frozen elves.
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MistyxElf interactions are the best thing ever. That idea was brilliant.
Just wondering, is shield-dawn a glacier fortress?
I suspect not, given that it's surrounded by grass. Glaciers tend to be surrounded by tundra and frozen seas.
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Granite=January on the dwarven calendar. I dunno why toady felt the need to make dates so needlessly complicated, but he did, so it is.
Eh, it's all a manner of story. After all, what good is a "January" to a dwarf? However, that cold, hard, grey month, that's totally Granite.
Just in case anyone needs it for future reference, here's the calendar. (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/v0.31:Calendar#Months_and_seasons)
Meta-action: Ask fellow players what possessed me to buy a Praline soda.
Misty: Go for a second apple in case of famine at Shielddawn.
Shielddawn: Be infested with troglodytes, forcing three of five food stockpiles to be totally unavailable.
(( * shrugs * I'm not creative and it's been months since I've read. ))
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A dwarf having a good time playing games with an elf? Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
+1
+1
+1
+1
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A dwarf having a good time playing games with an elf? Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
Elf: Make a cheesy pickup-line referencing cheese to Misty.
Misty: When elf says a pickup-line referencing cheese, silently vow your undying love in your head, then say something awkward instead.
Elf: Laugh it off, make a small joke, and glance embarassedly towards Misty.
Donky: Panic.
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1 to the above, -1 to elf murder. What did I just say, Oh god what is wrong with me.
Also, +1 to the PHM/Donkey Rivalry. I still like that.
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You are all filthy tree-lovers.
I thought you were better than this. What has this community become?
I've gazed upon the abyss, I have. And it's full of fucking elves.
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he killed three zombies with one shot. Racism takes a back seat to bad ass.
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he killed three zombies with one shot. Racism takes a back seat to bad ass.
Pretty much this +1
Plus the sheer volume of comedic options Misty x Elf allows for in the future on account of such racism.
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he killed three zombies with one shot. Racism takes a back seat to bad ass.
Pretty much this +1
Plus the sheer volume of comedic options Misty x Elf allows for in the future on account of such racism.
Elves, in my own games, are good for cloth and food but not worth conversation. Im for a good culling of the cream crop.
His badassery is even more reason to maim him so he has to recover at the fort kill him off now.
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he killed three zombies with one shot. Racism takes a back seat to bad ass.
Pretty much this +1
Plus the sheer volume of comedic options Misty x Elf allows for in the future on account of such racism.
Elves, in my own games, are good for cloth and food but not worth conversation. Im for a good culling of the cream crop.
His badassery is even more reason to maim him so he has to recover at the fort kill him off now.
Outside of the DF traditions, i've never seen purpose to kill elves, well, at least until they declare war on me.
And again, who knows, he could be the next Cacame.
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
So long as said goblin isn't wearing a Santa Hat and polka dress, uses a pair of scissors as a weapon, and speaks French, we have a deal.
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
So long as said goblin isn't wearing a Santa Hat and polka dress, uses a pair of scissors as a weapon, and speaks French, we have a deal.
Can't be just hate on kobolds and be friends?
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
So long as said goblin isn't wearing a Santa Hat and polka dress, uses a pair of scissors as a weapon, and speaks French, we have a deal.
Can't be just hate on kobolds and be friends?
So we may.
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
So long as said goblin isn't wearing a Santa Hat and polka dress, uses a pair of scissors as a weapon, and speaks French, we have a deal.
Can't be just hate on kobolds and be friends?
So we may.
But what if they're Cutebolds? I am physically incapable of hating Cutebolds.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
Dude...what if Reg Pashmad is the stealth weremammoth and even she doesn't know it? It would be the last thing we'd expect.
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Guys we are missing the major suggestion, what if Misty's parents are weremammoths and was with her the entire journey?
that said was much as the oogling over this elf, we are missing out oogling over the other 3 elves and that donkey.
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THE DONKEY MUST BE THE NECROCHEESER
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THE DONKEY MUST BE THE *TYROMANCER
corrected it for you :)
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As long as we compromise never to befriend a goblin, we have a deal.
I sure hope his wife isn't eaten by warring elves.
didn't think I miss this comment.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/what-you-say-about-goblins.png)jokes
Do Goblins even have a Civ in masterworks? I know there's Goblinmen and there's Goblin adventurers that roam around in genesis but no goblin Civ.
like I seen more talga orks than I have a goblin hmm just check the raws and yes they do exist but on levels of elves, right down to being adventurers only... or attacking the fort.
oh well back to discussing omelet hair elf and Magical Donkey.
Omelet Hair: gossip about your elven companions to The milker
Misty:wonder why the fortress is loaded to the gills with undead.
Group realize the Necromancer(Warlocks) Reclaimed to the fort.
might tug on the loose end of why the dead building a road.
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Look at Slingblock's last turn. Note the names of the dwarves.
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[/quote] didn't think I miss this comment.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/what-you-say-about-goblins.png)jokes
Do Goblins even have a Civ in masterworks? I know there's Goblinmen and there's Goblin adventurers that roam around in genesis but no goblin Civ.
like I seen more talga orks than I have a goblin hmm just check the raws and yes they do exist but on levels of elves, right down to being adventurers only... or attacking the fort.
oh well back to discussing omelet hair elf and Magical Donkey.
Omelet Hair: gossip about your elven companions to The milker
Misty:wonder why the fortress is loaded to the gills with undead.
Group realize the Necromancer(Warlocks) Reclaimed to the fort.
might tug on the loose end of why the dead building a road.
I never thought any line of conversation could lead to a drawing of a goblin scaring Adachi-san the Cabbage Prince.
But there we have it.
And it is good.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
Dude...what if Reg Pashmad is the stealth weremammoth and even she doesn't know it? It would be the last thing we'd expect.
What if our littlest cheesemaker has the beast blood? What if that's why her father didn't want her to leave? He could control her transformation at the mountainhomes, due to some "magic" or something. Or that he could contain her, as he himself has the beast blood, but can control it better?
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
Dude...what if Reg Pashmad is the stealth weremammoth and even she doesn't know it? It would be the last thing we'd expect.
What if our littlest cheesemaker has the beast blood? What if that's why her father didn't want her to leave? He could control her transformation at the mountainhomes, due to some "magic" or something. Or that he could contain her, as he himself has the beast blood, but can control it better?
Or maybe he just had her locked in her room on the full moon or something.
That said, not a fan of the whole werebeast idea.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
Dude...what if Reg Pashmad is the stealth weremammoth and even she doesn't know it? It would be the last thing we'd expect.
What if our littlest cheesemaker has the beast blood? What if that's why her father didn't want her to leave? He could control her transformation at the mountainhomes, due to some "magic" or something. Or that he could contain her, as he himself has the beast blood, but can control it better?
Or maybe he just had her locked in her room on the full moon or something.
That said, not a fan of the whole werebeast idea.
I was joking originally, hoping that someone would have gotten the reference to another forum from a few months ago... but I'd be rather pleased to see something like this eventually haha. Even if it's just a random picture, not part of the story.
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this made me stop using cheesemakers as GCS fodder.
i now have a cheesemaker in every fortress.
that actually makes cheese.
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
Dude...what if Reg Pashmad is the stealth weremammoth and even she doesn't know it? It would be the last thing we'd expect.
What if our littlest cheesemaker has the beast blood? What if that's why her father didn't want her to leave? He could control her transformation at the mountainhomes, due to some "magic" or something. Or that he could contain her, as he himself has the beast blood, but can control it better?
Or maybe he just had her locked in her room on the full moon or something.
That said, not a fan of the whole werebeast idea.
I was joking originally, hoping that someone would have gotten the reference to another forum from a few months ago... but I'd be rather pleased to see something like this eventually haha. Even if it's just a random picture, not part of the story.
Misty: helicopter weremammoth parents are the worst follow you everywhere and if you try to talk to someone new they burst out from the ground and spray trunk water all over their faces, you can't even go for a drink of water with out seeing them in the reflection gosh mom stop hiding all the time.
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But what if they're Cutebolds? I am physically incapable of hating Cutebolds.
+1 our luck chance that it turns out to be a cutebold so we can overcome our kobold prejudice.
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But what if they're Cutebolds? I am physically incapable of hating Cutebolds.
+1 our luck chance that it turns out to be a cutebold so we can overcome our kobold prejudice.
cutebolds dating dwarf shapeshifted child shenanigans cutebolds... I'm saying this because kobolds have druid wizard magic and can take dwarf forms.
wait a minute elves have no druid wizard magic in masterworks... gasp, so unless their gnomes wearing gear stilts, or Kobold shapeshifting shaman druids.
jokin aside, misty prejudices nah, she too young for that.
man that elf misty in love with hair looks like a kraft single flop on a bald head.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/resist-the-urge-to-eat-their-heads-misty.png)
it's like cowsea is guiding us through a path of cheeseheads.
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THE DONKEY MUST BE THE NECROCHEESER!
corrected it for you :)
FTFY
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But what if they're Cutebolds? I am physically incapable of hating Cutebolds.
+1 our luck chance that it turns out to be a cutebold so we can overcome our kobold prejudice.
cutebolds dating dwarf shapeshifted child shenanigans cutebolds... I'm saying this because kobolds have druid wizard magic and can take dwarf forms.
wait a minute elves have no druid wizard magic in masterworks... gasp, so unless their gnomes wearing gear stilts, or Kobold shapeshifting shaman druids.
jokin aside, misty prejudices nah, she too young for that.
man that elf misty in love with hair looks like a kraft single flop on a bald head.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/resist-the-urge-to-eat-their-heads-misty.png)
it's like cowsea is guiding us through a path of cheeseheads.
Now you just gave me an idea.
Misty: Use cheese slices to disguise your elf lover as a dwarf. Nobody will notice the difference.
(http://i.imgur.com/WFlDLEX.png)
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Hmm.
Command Cowsea to grant you a cheesebeard.
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(http://i.imgur.com/xacFrFV.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/xacFrFV.gif)
You've heard tales of the horrors that Elf-kind have visited upon the Dwarves in the past century, but you can't bring yourself to believe any of it right now. The stories of Elves ripping fortresses apart stone by stone with walking tree-men, crops blighted and refusing to grow even deep below the surface, enchanted singing arrows impaling Dwarves from miles and miles away...
Surely Darkerdaffodil couldn't be one of those elves, could he? He seems too sweet, too kind to bring about such destruction. You're even starting to doubt whether or not Elves really ARE cannibals! Maybe it was just a rumor spread by the misinformed, like that time you heard that a magical cheese-making-wizard would be visiting the mountainhome. It turned out that it was just a regular traveling wizard, doing lame magic tricks like making a cheese wheel disappear. You've never been so disappointed in Cheese-Wiz in your whole life.
You tell Darkerdaffodil about all the crazy elf-stories you've heard over the years, like how they eat each other and worship trees. That's so lame, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/dnj34ol.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/dnj34ol.gif)
Darkerdaffodil looks away, his shoulders slumping.
"I'm afraid that's all true, Misty. Well, at least partly true." He takes a moment to collect his thoughts, then points up the road.
(http://i.imgur.com/wzmtSRf.png) (http://i.imgur.com/wzmtSRf.png)
"Do you see Flowerplucker up there? She's a Druid and an ambassador for our race, though she may be a fragile, naive young thing and I may be twenty years her senior. For you see, she was blessed by the great Force with the power to give life, where most of us can only take it away. She is an older soul, and I suspect that after her passing she may rejoin us again in life as a Greater Soul."
(http://i.imgur.com/6sS72gJ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/6sS72gJ.gif)
"You see young Misty, our mission is not one of trade alone. Shielddawn has been deforesting the countryside in their industrious pursuits. They've cut so far and so wide that soon they will start to encroach upon the pine forest to the east, where we make our home. The deforestation must be stopped, or soon the land will cry out and the trees where our children sleep will fall to Dwarven axes. And while it does pain me to see trees fall, we Elves realize we cannot impose our will on others, so we've come bearing a compromise. If your kind can limit themselves to the lives of only a sixty trees a year, the land will have a chance to regrow and replenish itself.
It is not a pretty compromise, but we know that we cannot judge Dwarves for their needs and beliefs any more than they would judge us for living amongst the trees. We can not expect a culture so different from ours to hold the same values, especially not after so many years of bloody conflict."
(http://i.imgur.com/L8Aauc4.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/L8Aauc4.gif)
"We Elves believe that we; you, I, the birds in the forests, the fish in the sea, are all of the same. When we die, our bodies go to the world and our souls return to the great Force. There our souls mingle and exchange with one another, until it is time to return to the world with a new body and a fresh essence.
Why does your kind find it so strange, then, to consume the discarded shell of a soul? It is so wrong for my ancestors to nourish me even in their passing, for my enemy who wished harm upon my person to heal my wounds in his death? I know to forgive my enemy, but I will not shed my shell at his wish. And, if I must, I will relieve him of his mortal coil if he were to insist, but I will do so with regret. Young souls like us who walk and talk have not yet achieved perfection.
Trees, however, are the shells of Greater Souls and have achieved this perfection. They live life harming none, giving to all. Their fruits nourish us, their branches provide shelter, their leaves shade. They are the ideal, and to see them forced wrongfully from this earth fills every Elf's heart with sadness. We live in harmony with these Greater Souls, and though it saddens us to see others do differently, we know we must respect their beliefs. For if we did not, how would we be any better than they?"
(http://i.imgur.com/ZCmEuze.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZCmEuze.png)
"The great Force saw fit to make many of us who think and see differently, perhaps to test us and encourage us to work with one another. If that is the great Force's purpose, then we must strive to make peace possible."
(http://i.imgur.com/oFXTLpo.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/oFXTLpo.gif)
You sit for a minute and let that sink in. It's...different than what the nun told you, and you're not really sure what to make of it. You want to explain to him about Armok and the giant Anvil in the sky, but he believes in this "great Force" thing so much that you're not sure you have the heart to tell him he's wrong.
Because, well, he is wrong. He has to be. Dwarves have believed in Armok since time began, it would be silly to think that the world wasn't recreated over and over again.
"That's...interesting," you finally say.
"I know you believe different, young Dwarf," he replies. "But that is not reason for our races to fight. Through peace, we may both grow stronger and achieve enlightenment."
You nod your head slowly. Elves are...weird.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763441#msg5763441)
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Continue on the cheesy romance misty x elf plotline and shrug indifference to religious beliefs and social differences. You (misty) happen to like trees somewhat more than most dwarves anyhow, as they represent something outside the mountainhome you were cramped up in for years.
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have the elf heal the donkey's hand and then mercilessly slaughter the donkey, claiming he was secretly a werebeast.
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Oh my GOD Plumpy!
Someone help him!
Love the update!
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Oh my GOD Plumpy!
Someone help him!
Love the update!
+!!1!!
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(( Forgive this intrusion of unrelatedness but anyone want to help me test the Bay12 Cards Against Humanity Pack that I made? If so, go here: http://pyx-2.socialgamer.net/game.jsp#game=152 The password is ToadyOne ))
Also, Plumpy!!!
Oh my GOD Plumpy!
Someone help him!
Love the update!
+!!1!!
+1
Oh the agonizing surreal horror!!!
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My god Urist believes that people return, too. Dwarves are not that different.
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My god Urist believes that people return, too. Dwarves are not that different.
+100000000
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My god Urist believes that people return, too. Dwarves are not that different.
+100000000
+100000001
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My god Urist believes that people return, too. Dwarves are not that different.
+100000000
+100000001
+100000010
We are a long way from zero...
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My god Urist believes that people return, too. Dwarves are not that different.
+100000000
+100000001
+100000010
We are a long way from zero...
+100000000000000000000001010101110
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That was a complicated update. At first I was just amused by a restraining mitt on old Maynard's face, followed by Cheese-Wiz. In the end it was a flood of art and character interaction.
However, though Misty feeding the apple to Maynard is a good distraction, it makes me a little worried. It implies Misty is trying to get rid of the thing; that she's now uncomfortable with anything taken from the elves. All our efforts at smoothing out inter-species conflict are resulting in a dwarf discarding a brewable fruit.
Stop talking religion. Start talking economics.
--Rexfelum
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I have created a tropes page for this most deserving tale! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker
Let us give it our love! (Needs an image!)
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I have created a tropes page for this most deserving tale! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker
Let us give it our love! (Needs an image!)
It's a trap. It violates one of the few rules of the internet: Never, absolutely never, click on any links that lead to tvtropes. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
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I have created a tropes page for this most deserving tale! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker
Let us give it our love! (Needs an image!)
It's a trap. It violates one of the few rules of the internet: Never, absolutely never, click on any links that lead to tvtropes. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
For yea shall forever be caught upon it's binds.
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You weren't using all that free time anyway.
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Misty: Contemplate the similarities between elvish and dwarven beliefs. Recognize a parallel between the death and rebirth of living things and the destruction and recreation of the world at the hands of Armok, and consider the possibility of the world itself struggling to attain greater spiritual perfection through the same process. Also contemplate the true nature of the god of Rebirth, Urist. But don't mention this in front of the nun, for fear of being branded a dangerous heretic.
Plumpy: Nervously walk over to the elf with the plant-growing powers. Maybe she can heal you?
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plumpy should be eaten.
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plumpy should be eaten.
+1
This story went all touchy very quick.
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I have created a tropes page for this most deserving tale! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker
Let us give it our love! (Needs an image!)
This is awesome! I'm so pumped someone made a tvtropes page of this! I've been working on a cover page for TLCM for a while, but I can never make anything that looks right. I'll make one, eventually.
Also, Misty's dad is the Duke, not the Baron. Edit: Thank you. u_u
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If our misdirected hate for stupid sexy elves ever leads us to call him a "Tree Hugger", I hope his retort is along the lines of "Rock Snuggler".
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
+2 stealth weremammoths
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inb4 The Elves are actually stealth weremammoths!
I do +1 having a stealth weremammoth involved at some point, though.
+2 stealth weremammoths
Since there hasn't been a full moon yet, anyone could be the stealth weremammoth...
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If our misdirected hate for stupid sexy elves ever leads us to call him a "Tree Hugger", I hope his retort is along the lines of "Rock Snuggler".
+1
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The wrath of the plump helmet man will catch you, silly donkey, and when you think you are safe, all your happiness will turn into ashes in your mouth.[/color]
But not now, someone help Plumpy.
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Turn left, see thing.
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I forgot to check this for a week or so. That last update was giving me some Heinlein vibes there.
Aw Plumpy's hand :'(
Replace his fingers with plump helmets, it'll probably work.
/dabbling surgeon
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I forgot to check this for a week or so. That last update was giving me some Heinlein vibes there.
Aw Plumpy's hand :'(
Replace his fingers with plump helmets, it'll probably work.
/dabbling surgeon
I'm sure it will grow back! :)
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+1 to rescuing Plumpy and being called a rock snuggler.
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Plumpy: Wrestle with donkey, and pinch it's tongue.
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Hold on a minute. What was that Puzzle Box made of again?
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Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
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Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
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Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
That Puzzleblock is made of colors.
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Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
That Puzzleblock is made of colors.
Masterwork has a block painting workshop, doesn't it? It's plausible that in this universe that dwarves figured out the art of decorating goods with things other than gems.
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I bet that even the statue of
Saint Joseph evictedSaint is made of dolomite.
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Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
Dolomite is may favorite material in dwarf fortress.
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
Eh, to be honest, I prefer marble items aesthetically, but given dolomite is sedimentary and can be found more often as an upper layer, and therefore a residential layer, I tend to have a preference for dolomite.
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Bauxite's my favorite. It's the only magma safe nonflux stone I can remember is magma safe.
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Bauxite's my favorite. It's the only magma safe nonflux stone I can remember is magma safe.
Its also the only magmasafe non-flux stone Ive ever been able to simulate with a dye.
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
True. Whether or not it's magmasafe, I like pitchblende for it's purple and it's radioactivity.
Edit: Bauxite doesn't show blood, so both are good in terms of camouflaging fluids.
Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
(http://i.imgur.com/XKe0SCT.jpg)
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Guys.
Guys guys guys.
You're all forgetting Best Material.
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Guys.
Guys guys guys.
You're all forgetting Best Material.
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Microcline is the devil's stone. Along with orthoclase. I always forbid and hide rocks from it as soon as they are dug.
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While I've loved the story up to this point, this panel reminds me of one of those "and this is the path they took" cartoons. Kinda surprised the path was actually relatively straight and practical. ;)
I've shared this with my buddy who also plays DF.
Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png)
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
True. Whether or not it's magmasafe, I like pitchblende for it's purple and it's radioactivity.
Edit: Bauxite doesn't show blood, so both are good in terms of camouflaging fluids.
Probably solid rock. Dolimite maybe?
Everything is made from Dolomite.
(http://i.imgur.com/XKe0SCT.jpg)
I like pitchblende for uranium warhammers and Urist Mcradioactivearmor.
But dolomite is still the divine stone.
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Y'know, Orthoclase actually looks pretty cool in real life. When polished, it looks like a beige/mauve marbley thing with black stripes.
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Guys.
Guys guys guys.
You're all forgetting Best Material.
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+1
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It may be drab, but my personal favorite stone is Basalt. Obsidian is probably better overall, but I like the dark grey color or Basalt just a touch more. I'm a sucker for the igneous rocks.
Misty should ask the elf (girl? boy? It's so hard to tell) what their favorite mineral is, and their favorite cheese. Romance has no place in an ambitious, forward moving, Gods blessed (maybe?) cheeser, at least not until a luxury bedroom has been dedicated for her and her future paramour. Besides, we have centuries for that.
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Misty asking the elf what his favourite mineral is, is like the elf asking Misty what her favourite type of wood is. I dont think that Misty knows that there are different types, and the elf doesnt now about different types of stone. I mean, come on, rock is rock... right?
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I kind of want a print of this
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Misty asking the elf what his favourite mineral is, is like the elf asking Misty what her favourite type of wood is. I dont think that Misty knows that there are different types, and the elf doesnt now about different types of stone. I mean, come on, rock is rock... right?
Well, Dwarves have a great variety of fungus wood to work with (some of it quite distinct, like nether cap). But I could see elves saying "Rock is rock." Unless they're into gems.
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While I've loved the story up to this point, this panel reminds me of one of those "and this is the path they took" cartoons. Kinda surprised the path was actually relatively straight and practical. ;)
I've shared this with my buddy who also plays DF.
Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png)
Glad you are enjoying it.
Anyway hey guy have a look at the status at the top of the panel their shields have the three circles like the gods halo's. But this was made before we even started talking about the gods. LOL
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In fact, it's a pretty reoccurring theme in the drawing. There's one on top of the narrow spiraling staircase and an engraving of three people worshiping it. Judging by the dress, I guess the middle one is a priest?
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Misty asking the elf what his favourite mineral is, is like the elf asking Misty what her favourite type of wood is. I dont think that Misty knows that there are different types, and the elf doesnt now about different types of stone. I mean, come on, rock is rock... right?
More like asking who her favorite tree is. An elf asking you your favorite type of wood is like a human asking you what part of humans tastes best.
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Misty asking the elf what his favourite mineral is, is like the elf asking Misty what her favourite type of wood is. I dont think that Misty knows that there are different types, and the elf doesnt now about different types of stone. I mean, come on, rock is rock... right?
More like asking who her favorite tree is. An elf asking you your favorite type of wood is like a human asking you what part of humans tastes best.
I always assumed the long part. And elves would know what part of a human tastes best.
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+1 to future dwarf/elf argument about their favorite minerals/trees.
While I've loved the story up to this point, this panel reminds me of one of those "and this is the path they took" cartoons. Kinda surprised the path was actually relatively straight and practical. ;)
I've shared this with my buddy who also plays DF.
Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png)
I just realized that the three-linked-circles god symbol shows up several times in this picture, a whole chapter before we find out what it means. Foreshadowing FTW.
Also, Reg and Holt.
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+1 to future dwarf/elf argument about their favorite minerals/trees.
While I've loved the story up to this point, this panel reminds me of one of those "and this is the path they took" cartoons. Kinda surprised the path was actually relatively straight and practical. ;)
I've shared this with my buddy who also plays DF.
Looks like the coast is clear...you make a run for it.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png)
I just realized that the three-linked-circles god symbol shows up several times in this picture, a whole chapter before we find out what it means. Foreshadowing FTW.
Also, Reg and Holt.
+1 to argument discussion. Also this is getting really good.
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In fact, it's a pretty reoccurring theme in the drawing. There's one on top of the narrow spiraling staircase and an engraving of three people worshiping it. Judging by the dress, I guess the middle one is a priest?
I just realized that the three-linked-circles god symbol shows up several times in this picture, a whole chapter before we find out what it means. Foreshadowing FTW.
Also, Reg and Holt.
But didn't we make up the whole three-linked-circles thing our selfs?
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I'd say its "the symbol of the civilization", thats why its engraved so often. And the middle figure is not a priest, but a craftsman who made a masterwork with the symbol.
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I'd say its "the symbol of the civilization", thats why its engraved so often. And the middle figure is not a priest, but a craftsman who made a masterwork with the symbol.
Are you sure? It seems like one of the god artworks that show up so often...
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God XYZ most often takes on the form of three circles?
Never heard of it. ;)
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I just realized I should mention that the next three updates (end of chapter 2 and start of chapter 3) are gonna happen all at once to avoid any week-long clifff-hangers. The upside is that its gonna be like, 25 panels all at once and look really cool. The downside is that it may take another week or so. That sucks, but I think it'll be more satisfying to end the "going to shield dawn" arc all at once.
Edit: and to clarify, the three interlocking circles is the holy symbol of the all the dwarven gods, as it represents the three sister dwarven civs in this universe. Misty's mountainhome has chosen this symbol for their respective civ. Make of that what you will.
The other two civs have their own 7 gods of worship (making a total of 21 dwarven gods) and their own unique civ symbols (a crown with three points and an anvil with three flames, which all has its own mythos but is not immediately relevant to the story so I wont be getting into it right now).
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In fact, it's a pretty reoccurring theme in the drawing. There's one on top of the narrow spiraling staircase and an engraving of three people worshiping it. Judging by the dress, I guess the middle one is a priest?
I just realized that the three-linked-circles god symbol shows up several times in this picture, a whole chapter before we find out what it means. Foreshadowing FTW.
Also, Reg and Holt.
But didn't we make up the whole three-linked-circles thing our selfs?
I thought so too, until I looked back and realized it shows up in Kulet's creation myth page.
I interpreted the engraving on the staircase to be two people worshiping a goddess. Usually it shows up over the head of a deity figure.
Maybe when it appears by itself it means something like faith in general, which is why it shows up on the statues' shields.
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(http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/1410/41/c2ccdcef9fbe.jpg)
Episode with falling into pit remind me dark souls intro. I dont know why.
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Awesome! Looking forward to it.
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(http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/1410/41/c2ccdcef9fbe.jpg)
Episode with falling into pit remind me dark souls intro. I dont know why.
+all the ones
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Alright, do you guys want to turn this into a fanart thread for about a week until the next update?
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Alright, do you guys want to turn this into a fanart thread for about a week until the next update?
We can try.
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(http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/1410/41/c2ccdcef9fbe.jpg)
Episode with falling into pit remind me dark souls intro. I dont know why.
Aaaah, mmmm, yes, Dark Souls is the quickest way to my heart. Wonderful. :)
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I accidentally a this.
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2lmlx8g.jpg)
Because yes.
-Fixed for scale and spelling.
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(http://s020.radikal.ru/i700/1410/59/2b0cec98ce5e.jpg)
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Fan-art train, you say?
* reserves a spot for my ASCII fan art *
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Stay put for "Bited, but not broken. The epic saga of Plumpy the mushroom knight versus the evil Necrocheeser! Tuesdays, at ten."
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(http://s020.radikal.ru/i700/1410/59/2b0cec98ce5e.jpg)
Awesome job! We are actually selling a book right now for an author event tonight called "Cracked, not Broken."
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God, after being trapped in the dungeon of a very evil monster called Real Life, it's quite good to see that I didn't missed many updates.
please dont kill me for saying that
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Poker night at CG&S
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/282/0/c/triplefanart_by_hugoluman-d828ngd.gif)
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Poker night at CG&S
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/282/0/c/triplefanart_by_hugoluman-d828ngd.gif)
(http://s020.radikal.ru/i700/1410/59/2b0cec98ce5e.jpg)
I accidentally a this.
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2lmlx8g.jpg)
Because yes.
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Nnnnn, oh my god, you guys are killing me with this masterwork fanart here. This is absolutely beautiful.
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Sorry it's so late but my power was out last night. Hope you guys enjoy!
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/fced5796c7481ae19be83090425c0d7c/tumblr_nd8lgglvv21se07vjo1_1280.png)
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Sorry it's so late but my power was out last night. Hope you guys enjoy!
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/fced5796c7481ae19be83090425c0d7c/tumblr_nd8lgglvv21se07vjo1_1280.png)
Ye dwarven gods that is amazing.
No disappointment from that post.
None. Nada. Nil.
Also, is that a 'Shrek is Love' reference I spot?
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Well crud.
I read the entire thread, now I have to wait like the rest of you people. >:(
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Well crud.
I read the entire thread, now I have to wait like the rest of you people. >:(
Welcome to the club!
Please leave your murderous desires towards the author inside of your mind.
Only accomplish them when the post gets abandoned by Evicted Saint for more than 2 months.
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Almost half way there.
How are you getting a % anyway?
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Almost half way there.
How are you getting a % anyway?
(Number of panels and frames completed)/(Total number of panels and frames to complete)
This ignores the difficulty and complexity of each piece, though.
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So, some percents are more percenty than the others, you mean.
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So, some percents are more percenty than the others, you mean.
Well of course. Dwarven percents. Like dwarven phyics, they are similar to, but not quiet exactly unlike our percents. I assumed that said system was being used. It is only fitting, after all.
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
My fave is olivine because green. :D
Vomit in the Mayday graphics set is blue for some reason though.
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Unpopular opinion: Mine is olivine. Its magmasafe and you dont see vomit on it.
My fave is olivine because green. :D
Vomit in the Mayday graphics set is blue for some reason though.
Plump helmets have that strange property. They also make your poop blue.
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PTW
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Between mid-terms and school work, I'm only finding enough time to draw 1 panel a day or so. At this rate, I'll be done this weekend (maybe sooner, who knows!)
In the mean-time, I was thinking about hosting some sort of competition, where the winner gets Dwarfed as a character in the story. Any ideas, guys?
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FANART CONTEST.
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FANART CONTEST.
Good enough for me.
Anyone who makes a piece of fanart before the next update (approximately this weekend) will be put up in the poll. The readers will vote on their favorite, and the winner by the time the NEXT update gets posted will get Dwarfed. Sound good?
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What does every fandom need other than fanart?
I'm proposing a fanfiction contest.
The people who participate are instantly disqualified so no one can write.
After that we can hold the actual fanart contest.
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Well not everyone can art so its kind of bringing the possibilitys for a winner down if its a fan-art comp.
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It could be a fanart NOMINATION contest. Whoever nominates the best wins.
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I cannot into art either, though I could give it a shot.
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What does every fandom need other than fanart?
I'm proposing a fanfiction contest.
The people who participate are instantly disqualified so no one can write.
After that we can hold the actual fanart contest.
The problem is that I haven't expounded upon the universe enough to make a fanfiction contest viable.
After the next chapter or two, that will be a possibility, though.
EDIT: Regardless, I will allow fanfiction to compete.
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I was gonna suggest "dance contest" but I guess the general mood would be against it.
--Rexfelum
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Well not everyone can art so its kind of bringing the possibilitys for a winner down if its a fan-art comp.
What would you recommend in it's stead, then?
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Cheese sculpting competition?
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Cheese sculpting competition?
Yes! Post photos!
Bonus if you make it yourself!
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Alright, it's now a cheese-sculpting/fanart/fanfiction competition. I'm pretty sure this is a terrible idea, but let's give it a shot.
Anyone who submits an entry before midnight Sunday night is eligible. The readers will vote on the winner. Winner gets Dwarf'd into the story.
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I just want to say that its the quality of the art, not the quantity that makes evicted saint such an awesome storydrawer. Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
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I was gonna commission the Toad to draw the necrocheeser but I doubt it'll be done in time for the contest.
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
Plot twist: The mawnstah is the PHM and I was trying to warn you, bu-
Mate888, Peasant was found dead!
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
Dear dwarves....
I FOUND THE ELVES!
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
Dear dwarves....
I FOUND THE ELVES!
KILL THEM BEFORE THEY BREED!
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
Dear dwarves....
I FOUND THE ELVES!
KILL THEM BEFORE THEY BREED!
The elves or the dwarves? Or the PHM?
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The vegetarians. They threaten Plumpy.
*cannibalism is ok though
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ptw! Loving this so far.
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Also, I wish I had a pet plumphelmetman I could eat whenever I wanted.
You MAWNSTAH!
Oh, so now it's immoral to eat food? Great.
Only plants. If its animals you have to kill, its not immoral.
It's okay, you are an animal. That means it's not weird when you kill and eat another one.
Dear dwarves....
I FOUND THE ELVES!
KILL THEM BEFORE THEY BREED!
The elves or the dwarves? Or the PHM?
The first and the third, of course.
The second will eventually kill itself with demons or magma.
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So is everybody else PMing their fanarts or do we just not have any?
Because if we just don't have any that'd be super. Nobody should feel pressured or anything, it's fine.
(http://i.imgur.com/tfjgJke.png)
EDIT: A young, fair-skinned, blue-eyed dwarf with as close to nearly-white-with-a-touch-of-blue-tint hair as they can get (blond or light brown is fine). An aspiring glassmaker (whether or not their home has sand) who approves of using glass and gemstones everywhere. Very curious and inquisitive, and a big fan of capturing/trading for and breeding exotic plants and animals.
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So is everybody else PMing their fanarts or do we just not have any?
Because if we just don't have any that'd be super. Nobody should feel pressured or anything, it's fine.
I'm not sure. I sure didn't see anything that would suggest we have to PM it.
I made something myself, in spite of the notion of time management.
(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r670/Afellowdwarf/Fanartlittlestcheesemakermisty_zps152669d9.png)
It turned out smaller than I'd figured.
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You're walking down a road
There's a bunch of elves around
And you have no idea
Out of the corner of your eye, you spot them
Reg and Holt
They're following you
About 30 feet back
They fall down a hole and have to climb back out
But they're still gaining on you:
Reg and Holt
You look for Shielddawn
But it's not close enough
They're almost upon you now
And you see there's kobolds behind them
My gods, there's kobolds everywhere!
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"The Littlest Cheesemaker (Illustrated Interactive Story) Next Update100%Complete" ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Wait what, where?
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Oh, it's done.
He never said he'd actually post it this weekend. Just that it'd be finished :P
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He never said he'd actually post it this weekend. Just that it'd be finished :P
;-; I can wait.
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You know... I kept wondering where people were getting those percentage quotes from... >_<
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I'm gonna post the end of this chapter tonight (midnight).
Anyone who wants to get dwarfed can enter before then. Be sure to include a description of your dwarf in your post!
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Dwarf Me! I wanna be a mason. A big, strong guy, but on the lazy side, and has trouble with the concept of family, though not of friendship.
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Dwarf Me! I wanna be a mason. A big, strong guy, but on the lazy side, and has trouble with the concept of family, though not of friendship.
Alright, it's now a cheese-sculpting/fanart/fanfiction competition. I'm pretty sure this is a terrible idea, but let's give it a shot.
Anyone who submits an entry before midnight Sunday night is eligible. The readers will vote on the winner. Winner gets Dwarf'd into the story.
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Dwarf Me! I wanna be a mason. A big, strong guy, but on the lazy side, and has trouble with the concept of family, though not of friendship.
Alright, it's now a cheese-sculpting/fanart/fanfiction competition. I'm pretty sure this is a terrible idea, but let's give it a shot.
Anyone who submits an entry before midnight Sunday night is eligible. The readers will vote on the winner. Winner gets Dwarf'd into the story.
To be fair, my knee-jerk reaction was the same as Omeganaut's.
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He looked at the world around him. The world, which had never given him a single real choice. He could only react, not decide. He had been brought around, led from place to place, sometimes with others and sometimes alone. This moment was hardly different. He was alone this time, below an open sky, being led. He could not choose where to go. He could only follow. He had no idea where he was being led. He might be on his way to a painful death and yet he had no ability to turn back. No will, either. He had long ago grown complacent with his life, such as it was. He was hardly even the subject of much attention. The decisions which ruled his fate, his life, his entire world, were of secondary importance. He himself was hardly looked at. Not of malice, not of spite, but of inconsequence he was ignored. Yet..wait. This one. It looked at him. It made gestures, made noise. Was she trying to communicate with him? Oh how he longed to return this gesture, to even thank her for trying. Yet he could not. He knew nothing of her gestures and noise. They did not talk, back at the farm, he and the others. They simply waited in silence. He could not speak, could not move to signal thanks. He was still as always. Yet he was moved, in his spirit. Perhaps, if he could be seen, he could choose. Perhaps he could leave. Simply walk away. Keep walking, not led but instead simply move. Perhaps he could even lead others. His brothers and sisters of the farm. They could all move, together. Yet...no. He did not move. He was resigned to his fate. Indeed, with time she left. Went on to ignore him. Just as was meant. Ow, hey stop that. Anyways, he simply moved just the same. He was led, and he followed and...okay, stop it already, I am trying to monolog herOH GREAT PLUMP MY HAND, YOU BIT MY HAND YOU BASTARD. Okay, to FERTILIZER with that all, I am getting the root out of here. Second these gits look yhe other way, I am gone. Jackassses let the Jackass bite my hand off, bloody gits...
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You're walking down a road
There's a bunch of elves around
And you have no idea
Out of the corner of your eye, you spot them
Reg and Holt
They're following you
About 30 feet back
They fall down a hole and have to climb back out
But they're still gaining on you:
Reg and Holt
You look for Shielddawn
But it's not close enough
They're almost upon you now
And you see there's kobolds behind them
My gods, there's kobolds everywhere!
Does this count?
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Yep.
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He looked at the world around him. The world, which had never given him a single real choice. He could only react, not decide. He had been brought around, led from place to place, sometimes with others and sometimes alone. This moment was hardly different. He was alone this time, below an open sky, being led. He could not choose where to go. He could only follow. He had no idea where he was being led. He might be on his way to a painful death and yet he had no ability to turn back. No will, either. He had long ago grown complacent with his life, such as it was. He was hardly even the subject of much attention. The decisions which ruled his fate, his life, his entire world, were of secondary importance. He himself was hardly looked at. Not of malice, not of spite, but of inconsequence he was ignored. Yet..wait. This one. It looked at him. It made gestures, made noise. Was she trying to communicate with him? Oh how he longed to return this gesture, to even thank her for trying. Yet he could not. He knew nothing of her gestures and noise. They did not talk, back at the farm, he and the others. They simply waited in silence. He could not speak, could not move to signal thanks. He was still as always. Yet he was moved, in his spirit. Perhaps, if he could be seen, he could choose. Perhaps he could leave. Simply walk away. Keep walking, not led but instead simply move. Perhaps he could even lead others. His brothers and sisters of the farm. They could all move, together. Yet...no. He did not move. He was resigned to his fate. Indeed, with time she left. Went on to ignore him. Just as was meant. Ow, hey stop that. Anyways, he simply moved just the same. He was led, and he followed and...okay, stop it already, I am trying to monolog herOH GREAT PLUMP MY HAND, YOU BIT MY HAND YOU BASTARD. Okay, to FERTILIZER with that all, I am getting the root out of here. Second these gits look yhe other way, I am gone. Jackassses let the Jackass bite my hand off, bloody gits...
*snickers* And here I'd thought it was the a different Point of View all along. ;D
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sorry. the way you said that confused me. I just forgot about what I had read earlier in my excitement.
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I'm gonna post the end of this chapter tonight (midnight).
Anyone who wants to get dwarfed can enter before then. Be sure to include a description of your dwarf in your post!
You are a terrible person. An hour is too much for my little heart!
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Can i have a cannon fodder dwarf named Bob Sherman, I want to be killed off ASAP if possible (so no need for descriptions!) ;)
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I'm so frustrated, I had to redraw my picture entirely due to a save corruption :'( As a result it's sketchy as heck.
(http://i.imgur.com/QZV6Zmv.png)
I hope you like it! If I do get a dwarf I'd love if they were named Enir Twigappears. (Only caveat is I'd prefer a ladydorf!) ((EDIT 2: Though I guess her nickname could be Earwig! I don't have numbers or anything in my name so it doesn't destroy canon. And everybody loves earwigs.))
UPDATE WITH DESCRIP: Just in case you want more specific stuff; pale skin, long mahogany brown hair with bangs, wears black and/or grey. Loves insects, monkeys, fur trimmed jackets, and copper. Green eyes with some bags under them, like she's Seen Things. Maybe a little creepy/odd, but not impolite. Probably steals things. Can be any profession, be of any personality, any religion, any motive, etc etc. Have fun with her if you make her. :D
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Can i have a cannon fodder dwarf named Bob Sherman, I want to be killed off ASAP if possible (so no need for descriptions!) ;)
Alright, it's now a cheese-sculpting/fanart/fanfiction competition. I'm pretty sure this is a terrible idea, but let's give it a shot.
Anyone who submits an entry before midnight Sunday night is eligible. The readers will vote on the winner. Winner gets Dwarf'd into the story.
I don't think I was quite clear enough on the rules. I'll keep that in mind next time.
I'm so frustrated, I had to redraw my picture entirely due to a save corruption :'( As a result it's sketchy as heck.
(http://i.imgur.com/QZV6Zmv.png)
I hope you like it! If I do get a dwarf I'd love if they were named Enir Twigappears. (Only caveat is I'd prefer a ladydorf!)
:o Holy cow, that's amazing!
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(http://i.imgur.com/AsBYw2P.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/AsBYw2P.gif)
"Ah, there we go! Don't worry little guy, you'll grow up all nice and strong again in a few years."
(http://i.imgur.com/mme77fR.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/mme77fR.gif)
"Hmmm?"
(http://i.imgur.com/BHpkyaD.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/BHpkyaD.gif)
"Oh, no thank you! I'm not hungry."
(http://i.imgur.com/zhUnnvd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/zhUnnvd.png)
"No, but like, what if the world wasn't made on a giant anvil in space?" Finnberry asks, staring off into the distance. "Like, what if there's just one guy, like you said, but he's not a dwarf and just some sort of all-knowing, all-loving Force of some kind? What if we, like, are part of that Force? Like...whoah..."
"...That sounds...blasphemous," the nun replies with a frown.
(http://i.imgur.com/lAvkBPu.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lAvkBPu.png)
"...and then we simply pluck the fruit from the trees, already grown into the shape of a chair, or a shield, or a door, or whatever we need it to be! So you see, we don't actually need stone, or even the mechanisms you make for a living. The only metal we even use is mithril for our weapons, like Daffodil's bow, and tin for everything else, like my brooch here! So, to answer your question, no! We don't have any engineers like you in the Elven Retreat."
"...o-oh."
(http://i.imgur.com/523U4wP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/523U4wP.png)
"Typical elves. Thinking they can just waltz in with their fancy bows and show off. Keep them away from little Rovod, dear, I don't want them talking to my little baby boy and filling his head with that nonsense religion of theirs."
"Just keep walking, honey, don't make eye contact. They won't talk to you unless you make eye contact."
(http://i.imgur.com/RbffaPo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RbffaPo.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/jnCDivZ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jnCDivZ.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/4XXmvyr.png) (http://i.imgur.com/4XXmvyr.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/1UwqBu3.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1UwqBu3.png)
"Well, young Misty! It looks like we've finally made it," Darkerdaffodil says with a smile. "It feels like it's been nearly nine months since we've left, but it's been barely a day, and even less than that since I've had the pleasure of your company."
You can barely contain your excitement. You've finally made it. You've dreamed of this day for years, but now it's here. You're at Shielddawn, and soon you'll employ your craft as a cheese-maker and show the world just what you can do.
(http://i.imgur.com/lJWdjYM.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lJWdjYM.png)
"I've had my doubts about the Dwarves before, young Misty, but you've assuaged them to no end. This tenuous peace between our races has been the point of many a discussion amongst our leaders in the Forest Retreat, but I believe that this peace will last. You've shown me that a friendship between an elf and a dwarf is possible. For that, I thank you.
It's here that we must part ways, young Misty, but I wish you the best. Pursue your dream as a cheese-maker, and, should fortune allow, the next time we meet our trade caravan will be laden heavy with your masterwork cheese wheels.
May the Force be with you."
(http://i.imgur.com/bBWyW8w.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bBWyW8w.png)
You can't believe it. This...he's the first person, the first one who's ever believed in you. The first one who's ever told you to follow your dream. The only one, really. You've had your doubts before, but for the first time you're 100% sure that you're making the right choice by going to Shielddawn. You don't know what to say!
You've got a good feeling about all this.
(http://i.imgur.com/G1pOvOx.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/G1pOvOx.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/5OqgPcK.png) (http://i.imgur.com/5OqgPcK.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763442#msg5763442)
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(http://i.imgur.com/c5Wc8Iw.png) (http://i.imgur.com/c5Wc8Iw.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ft06jsi.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Ft06jsi.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/yiDs2rK.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/yiDs2rK.gif)
"Behind me-"
(http://i.imgur.com/gmBlZDJ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/gmBlZDJ.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/epzESEq.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/epzESEq.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/H6Xexaf.png) (http://i.imgur.com/H6Xexaf.png)
"W-why??"
(http://i.imgur.com/U5H1WXW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/U5H1WXW.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/g1dOVLW.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/g1dOVLW.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/dXi6stm.png) (http://i.imgur.com/dXi6stm.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/GeD2HdO.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/GeD2HdO.gif)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5765829#msg5765829)
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WELL.
THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY.
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Earwig gets my vote!
Ninjaed by update, which is great!
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...well then.
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Amazing update. : (((
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:o Holy cow, that's amazing!
Earwig gets my vote!
Thank you guys! :D evictedSaint, this story is amazingly inspirational. I know how hard it can be to keep up story steam. Thank you for your hard work!
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Thank you guys! :D evictedSaint, this story is amazingly inspirational. I know how hard it can be to keep up story steam. Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you. I know that this update is a little...depressing, and I'm sorry for that, but I hope it's still good. Sorry to make you guys wait so long for such a downer.
(https://33.media.tumblr.com/31298a06079d7c1764eb65c297a13010/tumblr_n9z7uxOP931rs5f3po9_r1_400.gif)
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Dwarves: kill the elves entering your site.
Know what it'd be hilarious?
If the elves were treated like elves are /really/ treated in dwarven fortresses, romantic interest status notwithstanding.
Blood, death, trees' wooden tears.
You can't say we didn't ask for it...
Edit: besides, it's a great update!
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(https://33.media.tumblr.com/31298a06079d7c1764eb65c297a13010/tumblr_n9z7uxOP931rs5f3po9_r1_400.gif)
Pretty much. D:<
In less depressing news, I really like that handclasp archway.
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Haha, bravo!
Misty: Plot the downfall of the fort. Locate plump helmet man farm.
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my theory is the fortress Misty was from was an NPC fortress and Shielddawn is a player fortress. something tells me the unprovoked elfslaughter will be the least of the atrocities we will witness.
and Armok help us if the hypothetical player has done any modding...
keep up the good work
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Misty: Seeing that they just out right killed the elf's try your best to not show emotion at what has happened because it many not be good if they find out you and Darkerdaffodil were friends.
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Dwarves: kill the elves entering your site.
Know what it'd be hilarious?
If the elves were treated like elves are /really/ treated in dwarven fortresses, romantic interest status notwithstanding.
Blood, death, trees' wooden tears.
You can't say we didn't ask for it...
Edit: besides, it's a great update!
It is a good update, but more of us as far as I saw in the posts were hoping for a pro-elf / possible elfxmisty bit, but regardless author is author.
Regardless, moving on with my suggestion.
Misty should be heavily emotionally disturbed for various reasons including but not limited to: having a person be killed while having a conversation with them, liking said person, and said person being the first to actually care about her life goals other than her.
P.S. Misty planning the downfall of the fort in collaboration with plump helmet men would be awesome.
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Dammit, am I the only one who never atom smash monarchs, kill immigrants, design 'daycares' and happily trade XXsocksXX with elves?
Even when I play succubi? minus the elves parts
Oh and btw :
Misty : ☺ ! ☺ ! ☺ ! ☺
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I see absolutely no problem with this. How can people be worried about dead elves, if they so casually kill zombies? Even the elf-zombie was ok to murder.
At least they have a good reason to kill the caravan. Free stuff. And adding "has seen death, doesnt care for anything anymore" to the migrants. Win-Win.
Now they can melt down the mithril for materials in their volcanic forge, if they have one.
PS: Cheesemakers need milk. The outside of Shielddawn is pallisaded and snowy, there are no areas where I saw cows. No milk, no work for a cheesemaker.
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P.S. Misty planning the downfall of the fort in collaboration with plump helmet men would be awesome.
+1
This produced a mental image of dwarves being brewed in my mind. Hmmm...
Misty: if you are ordered to make armor rather than cheese, attempt to make armor out of cheese.
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*Slow clap*
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Misty: In memory of your Elf-beau, try to get some of the survivors (if any) captured alive. Any excuse will do, so long as it stops that excessive death he was set against.
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Oh hey, another quick thought.
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/5ee8b624ccfd170d29351f8b448a3762/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po6_1280.png)
1. Our elf here doesn't look quite dead yet. In fact it looks to me rather straight forward he's looking towards the guy with the axe quite angrily. Correct me if I'm just seeing things.
2. The position of the bolt appears to have entered the neck at a diagonal - not at the horizontal, meaning that assuming an elf has similar anatomy to a human, it would miss the main jugular and carotid. What would likely be hit would be the anterior jugular vein - bloodworks galore still, but a somewhat slower death sentence. (i.e. a few minutes instead of seconds) I would assume this would give time for some last words and such.
3. Last words assume the bolt did not strike the Larynx, though if it hit the larynx, we would see bleeding, but not likely death-dealing blow. But this option gives a mute, living elf. (and if elf could stay alive, my personal vote for progression. Should that not be an option, I'd still like to hear some last words, either supportive of misty or spiteful towards -someone.-)
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Evaris, that elf is dead. He is almost passed out from pain and blood loss, lying on the floor, surrounded by crossbow dwarves in rampants, facing a fully platemail clad dwarf with a great axe.
Even if he wouldnt be killed outright, non-civ members are not treated by doctors, he'd die of infection.
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The elf get the axe at the last frame (it's animated, wait for it).
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The first person who believed in our cheese making dreams got shot in the neck with an arrow.
Fuck our life so hard.
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Curse the inevitability of it all.
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Oh, and since I forgot earlier:
Dammit, am I the only one who never atom smash monarchs, kill immigrants, design 'daycares' and happily trade XXsocksXX with elves?
That's the way I play as well.
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Dammit, am I the only one who never atom smash monarchs, kill immigrants, design 'daycares' and happily trade XXsocksXX with elves?
No, you're not the only one. Except for the bit about the socks. I'm not sure what you meant by that.
1. Our elf here doesn't look quite dead yet. In fact it looks to me rather straight forward he's looking towards the guy with the axe quite angrily. Correct me if I'm just seeing things.
He's alive in that frame. The axedwarf finishes him off.
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Misty: never say that you are cheesemaker, because you risk being atom-smashed
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No, you're not the only one. Except for the bit about the socks. I'm not sure what you meant by that.
5-6 years in, dwarven forts can buy entire caravans with used laundry. I always wondered how in their right mind merchants could be ecstatic about it.
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
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Dammit, am I the only one who never atom smash monarchs, kill immigrants, design 'daycares' and happily trade XXsocksXX with elves?
No, you're not the only one. Except for the bit about the socks. I'm not sure what you meant by that.
1. Our elf here doesn't look quite dead yet. In fact it looks to me rather straight forward he's looking towards the guy with the axe quite angrily. Correct me if I'm just seeing things.
He's alive in that frame. The axedwarf finishes him off.
Yeah I prefer to not be a sadist. Even when I get a liaison telling me to stop chopping down trees, I let the caravan go, and just happen to cause a 'delay' for their return.
Otherwise I'm somewhat disappointed by this update, aside from my more optimistic hopes being denied, but that it was done in an undorfy way as well. No obsidian chamber, magma flush, or at least drowning chamber? The lattermost keeping the goods intact, after all. And those are just the simple options that would have had things a bit less depressing. Granted I understand how this hits things down to home for misty and has the potential to make her go insane, but still.
As for the axedwarf finishing him off, I didn't recognize the last frame as doing such till I had you guys point it out. Would have liked to have seen some last words dialog in there, but oh well.
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Well, good news, donkey murderer finaly die.
Also, watch "[$] Game over"/kill all characters.
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The Littlest Cheesemaker is the new Game of Thrones. No one is safe.
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
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Misty: Struggle to contain your shock and horror at your new friends' sudden demise, declare that there must have been some sort of mistake, and desperately (and probably futilely) attempt to stop the bleeding and/or drag him away from the clearly deranged axedwarf, assuming your friend still has a head.
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
Cheesemaker isn't moodable IIRC, so she'd default to a random crafting labor, which could and probably would be bonecarving for a fell mood. Now granted, I rather doubt this will happen, but we'll see.
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
Cheesemaker isn't moodable IIRC, so she'd default to a random crafting labor, which could and probably would be bonecarving for a fell mood. Now granted, I rather doubt this will happen, but we'll see.
She becomes a bone-carving cheese maker, and enters a strange mood. She takes the bones of her elf-friends and makes a bone-cheese wheel, with bone meal as the cheese. It is of the highest craftsdwarfship.
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How did I not see this ._.
PTW
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
Cheesemaker isn't moodable IIRC, so she'd default to a random crafting labor, which could and probably would be bonecarving for a fell mood. Now granted, I rather doubt this will happen, but we'll see.
She becomes a bone-carving cheese maker, and enters a strange mood. She takes the bones of her elf-friends and makes a bone-cheese wheel, with bone meal as the cheese. It is of the highest craftsdwarfship.
Say, do we know what the name of Misty's civilization is, and the name of the group that runs shielddawn?
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Pray to Urist, maybe they will get favorable reincarnations.
+1 to Fell mood. One by one turn them into cheese...
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
The Littlest Cheesemaker: Soylent Yellow
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Pray to Urist, maybe they will get favorable reincarnations.
+1
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Pray to Urist, maybe they will get favorable reincarnations.
+1 to Fell mood. One by one turn them into cheese...
+1.
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Pray to Urist, maybe they will get favorable reincarnations.
+1 to Fell mood. One by one turn them into cheese...
+1, I really liked that elf guy.
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These Jedi elves make dwarves look like ewoks.
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Wow the plot is heating up, great work evictedSaint and fanartists.
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The Littlest Cheesemaker: Soylent Yellow
+1
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The Littlest Cheesemaker is the new Game of Thrones. No one is safe.
Oh, good. It wasn't just me thinking "The Rains of Shielddawn".
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Uh huh. I get the feeling that Misty won't be a cheesemaker anytime soon. Recruit or sweatshop worker are more likely career options at the moment.
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So I've made some fan art...Sort of, in a sense. I can't draw for my life, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, than a thousand words is worth a picture...
Shielddawn Overseer cancels construct minecart shotgun: interrupted by migrant wave.
> Check descriptions for new migrants.
(http://i.imgur.com/YvMjOF4.jpg)
If people would like, I'll do the other dwarves, though I'll have to do even more guesswork about dates than I did for Misty.
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Pray to Urist, maybe they will get favorable reincarnations.
+1 to Fell mood. One by one turn them into cheese...
Deep beneath the fear and panic that this incident causes within you, is also planted the seed of a bitter resentment.
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So I've made some fan art...Sort of, in a sense. I can't draw for my life, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, than a thousand words is worth a picture...
Very well done, but for one small detail: If the current date is in 357, and Misty was born in 339... She's be older than 12. (She'd be 18.)
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So I've made some fan art...Sort of, in a sense. I can't draw for my life, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, than a thousand words is worth a picture...
Very well done, but for one small detail: If the current date is in 357, and Misty was born in 339... She's be older than 12. (She'd be 18.)
Oops, I forgot to change that, originally I was going to have the year be 351, with Misty being a second year spring migrant for a player fort in a default history-length world, but then I realized that A. Second year migrants are scripted, and B. Shielddawn is apparently a mature fortress, and thus at least a few years old, so I pushed it up to 357, but forgot to update Misty's age. AFAIK, EvictedSaint has yet to post any dates or names of civilizations/groups, so any of that stuff here is just guesswork. Initially I was going to say that Misty was the "daughter of Unknown Historical Figure and Unknown Historical Figure", but apparently the game just removes that part in fortress mode descriptions if there's no historical figures listed as their (biological) parents.
Uh huh. I get the feeling that Misty won't be a cheesemaker anytime soon. Recruit or sweatshop worker are more likely career options at the moment.
I'm not especially selective with recruiting soldiers (I only really get turned off by physical attributes well below average), so out of curiosity, how would the attributes I gave her in my mock in-game description look for an unskilled migrant? It occurs to me that since I described her as "tall" (she's the same height as the adult dwarves IIRC while only being twelve), she might be able to wield a two-handed sword, pike, or halberd, and if the fortress happens to have any artifacts of those classes, she'd be a prime militia candidate.
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Enter Fell mood, make statue of our elf friend out of axeman
It makes perfect sense, and the dwarves can't even get angry about it!
But Misty's a cheesemaker! You can't make cheese out of Dwa-
Wait.... Dwarven Cheese?
...Dear god. DWARVEN CHEESE IS DWARVES! IT'S DWARVES!
Cheesemaker isn't moodable IIRC, so she'd default to a random crafting labor, which could and probably would be bonecarving for a fell mood. Now granted, I rather doubt this will happen, but we'll see.
She becomes a bone-carving cheese maker, and enters a strange mood. She takes the bones of her elf-friends and makes a bone-cheese wheel, with bone meal as the cheese. It is of the highest craftsdwarfship.
She wouldn't be a craftsdwarf, she's likely overheard her father talking about weapon and armor smithing, right? She must be dabbling at worst!
Make that dwarf into a bone Two-handed sword.
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now im just waiting for that necromancer to show up...
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now im just waiting for that necromancer to show up...
I know who shows up next... I got some ominous PMs asking about mod-specifics. But I wont spoil anything :P
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now im just waiting for that necromancer to show up...
I know who shows up next... I got some ominous PMs asking about mod-specifics. But I wont spoil anything :P
Oh oh So exciting!
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Uh guys, Fell moods are subject to dwarven justice you realize (according to the wiki at least, I've had macrame moods before but never a fell mood), which for murder is a hammering.
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oh hey I been away from a while let's check up on the new updat...oh
pffffffthahahahahahahahahhahaHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAAHAHAHAHAHA wonder when that dwarf elf war that was talked about earlier would have rear it's ugly head.
Cough cough. well I was wondering why those characters wasn't being fleshed out from the start and misty got the chance to talk to one of them.
so good news we get our puzzlebox/hellraiser cube back, we double traumatize a girl.
now better have misty eat darkerdaffodil's soul before it leaves his body. or store it in a cheese pylacatory can't go and leave a perfectly good soul to waste
oh yeah before we forget Misty related to a noble thus technically a noble cheesemaker. then again it could be any Civ from masterquest in those suits of armor it could be Gnomes that gundown those elves,
or say ghouls in platemail, funny option a hermit/succubus/hivemind/human.
oh and here some art
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/thirst-for-elfblood.png)
some where that Zombie elf is smiling for tree justice being served.
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Say, do we know what the name of Misty's civilization is, and the name of the group that runs shielddawn?
I haven't come up with names for the Mountainhomes or the group name, actually.
There's the Northern Mountainhome (the one that Misty is from and spawned Shielddawn. Emblem is three halos)
The Western Mountainhome (borders the ocean, close to human territory. Emblem is a crown with three points)
And the Eastern Mountainhome (in the jungles to the east, isolated and very savage landscape. Emblem is an anvil with three flames).
If you guys want to suggest some potential names, I'll pick ones that sound good and make them canon.
So I've made some fan art...Sort of, in a sense. I can't draw for my life, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, than a thousand words is worth a picture...
Shielddawn Overseer cancels construct minecart shotgun: interrupted by migrant wave.
> Check descriptions for new migrants.
(http://i.imgur.com/YvMjOF4.jpg)
If people would like, I'll do the other dwarves, though I'll have to do even more guesswork about dates than I did for Misty.
1) This is amazing, and pretty damn spot-on for however little information I've given.
2) The tentative timeline I've given before was long, long, looong before I'd hammered out any real plot. The timeline (non-spoilery) goes thusly:
Years Prior Year Notable Event
0 357 Misty Arrives at Shielddawn.
-1 356 Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
-7 350 Legendary Demi-God Hero Zon Lokumarak dies and is entombed at Shielddawn.
-12 345 Misty is born. War ends the same year and Zon retires to Shielddawn.
-15 342 Reg is born. The Queen migrates to Sheilddawn the same year.
-20 337 Shielddawn is founded. Mosus Bothonnazom is declared a Duke the same year.
-30 327 Tipping point of the Elf-Dwarf war in favor of the Dwarves.
-36 321 Darkerdaffodil is born.
-55 312 Zon is born.
-78 279 War begins to tipping in favor of the Elves.
-107 250 War declared between Elves and Dwarves.
-112 245 Gruzzluss Holt becomes Captain of the Mountainhome Guard.
-120 237 Mosus is born.
-165 192 Gruzzluss is born.
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Years Prior Year Notable Event
0 357 Misty Arrives at Shielddawn.
-1 356 Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
-7 350 Legendary Demi-God Hero Zon Lokumarak dies and is entombed at Shielddawn.
-12 345 Misty is born. War ends the same year and Zon retires to Shielddawn.
-15 342 Reg is born. The Queen migrates to Sheilddawn the same year.
-20 337 Shielddawn is founded. Mosus Bothonnazom is declared a Duke the same year.
-30 327 Tipping point of the Elf-Dwarf war in favor of the Dwarves.
-36 321 Darkerdaffodil is born.
-55 312 Zon is born.
-78 279 War begins to tipping in favor of the Elves.
-107 250 War declared between Elves and Dwarves.
-112 245 Gruzzluss Holt becomes Captain of the Mountainhome Guard.
-120 237 Mosus is born.
-165 192 Gruzzluss is born.
-1 356 Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
...
:'(
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Dirty elves got what was coming to em...
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(http://i.imgur.com/ASBmqlP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ASBmqlP.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/FxWg8aE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/FxWg8aE.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/A2WYK55.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/A2WYK55.gif)
Your name is Reg Pashmad and boy, do you have a headache.
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Aw shit. cliff hanger's much. love'n it!
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It's okay, so many characters died that Holt and Reg should be immune to death for a while! R-right? :-[
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Me might want to get the mood screen for Reg before she bites it.
...Like Misty will bite into those murderers, when she makes them into cheese!
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Soooo my opinions revised:
1. Misty is traumatized. Foul mood in which she makes either a bone two handed sword or bone throne is optional. If/Whichever is made, it is covered in carvings of Darkerdaffodil and images regarding vengeance, and possibly encrusted with diamonds, obsidian, and steel spikes. -just- to piss off the fort more for using rare materials on a bone mood item.
2. Fort sees her highest skills are in cheesemaking and misc object user, the former being useless they toss her in a militia, possibly leading a new squad made up of mostly other migrants.
3. Misty uses off time to plot revenge alongside plumpy.
4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
Just my opinions / thoughts.
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4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
+1
It's the scratch on her arm. Some werebeast bit her.
Let's vote what kind of werebeast bit her!
Poll, poll, poll!
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4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
+1
It's the scratch on her arm. Some werebeast bit her.
Let's vote what kind of werebeast bit her!
Poll, poll, poll!
Wait, weres can be almost anything, right?
Reg is now a Werechicken.
Seriously though, let's change her into a Weremonitor or similar. Kobolds look like humanoid lizards, right?
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There's the Northern Mountainhome (the one that Misty is from and spawned Shielddawn. Emblem is three halos)
The Western Mountainhome (borders the ocean, close to human territory. Emblem is a crown with three points)
And the Eastern Mountainhome (in the jungles to the east, isolated and very savage landscape. Emblem is an anvil with three flames).
Symbols which really love the number three... Holy crud they're Cutie Marks! :P
Seriously though, let's change her into a Weremonitor or similar. Kobolds look like humanoid lizards, right?
Some people have them like furry lizard-like things?
Also... I'm ignoring the wife line. Maybe it'll go away? :-X
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4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
+1
It's the scratch on her arm. Some werebeast bit her.
Let's vote what kind of werebeast bit her!
Poll, poll, poll!
Wait, weres can be almost anything, right?
Reg is now a Werechicken.
Seriously though, let's change her into a Weremonitor or similar. Kobolds look like humanoid lizards, right?
Werebeasts can only be mammals or reptiles, so no werechicken. :) But that koboldish were-monitor-lizard would be... interesting.
Still, I'd vote for wereopossum. :D
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Whoo, boy. That's not going to be good for her sense of well-being. Poor Misty...
4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
(Ninja) Weremammoth. We don't ask how a weremammoth got into those tunnels, just as we don't ask how it can be a ninja. It simply is.
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Take off our helmet and prepare to wield it as a weapon
Also, I forgot to say this before, but that part where Plumpie asked the elf to fix him was absolutely precious.
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Using our new ninja were mammoth skills, karate chop anything and everything.
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I vote werekobold.
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> Open visor to improve visibility, observe surroundings, and try to recall what happened to you today, only to be distracted by the fact that you don't have your sword.
If you happen to have been bitten by a were creature, recall that it was a were monitor.
(Throwing in for weremonitor, though given that evicted was asking Meph about masterwork stuff in a PM according to the latter, so it's entirely possible it's a masterwork night creature.)
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I have no suggestions (how do you react to your first crush getting slaughtered before your eyes?) but I wanted to say that last update was sweet :o :D
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Awesome updates!
I vote ninja weremammoth. I always vote ninja weremammoth.
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Me might want to get the mood screen for Reg before she bites it.
(http://i.imgur.com/r7MvmkO.png)
Ask and you shall receive. Since nobody, with the possible exception of Toady understands how the new emotions work, it's done in the style of pre 0.40.14 screens.
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Me might want to get the mood screen for Reg before she bites it.
(http://i.imgur.com/r7MvmkO.png)
Ask and you shall receive. Since nobody, with the possible exception of Toady understands how the new emotions work, it's done in the style of pre 0.40.14 screens.
Awesome! But she actually worships Stonetusk and Sunshield, not Golddug and Sunshield.
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Just from a modders perspective: Werekobold is impossible, as is the werechicken. Were monitor lizard, weremammoth or werepossum are possible.
Of course, most werebeasts are actually werewolves, just with different traits. And EvictedSaint has near unlimited artistic freedom. And... the mod specific PM talk about the next "thing"... its not about a werebeast. Which doesnt mean that there wont be one. Just that there will also be... something else.
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Awesome updates!
I vote ninja weremammoth. I always vote ninja weremammoth.
thiiiiiiiiis!
Also: Misty's dad dies, and she's suddenly a baron. This may help or hurt her chances of survival.
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Using our new ninja were mammoth skills, karate chop anything and everything.
Whoo, boy. That's not going to be good for her sense of well-being. Poor Misty...
4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
(Ninja) Weremammoth. We don't ask how a weremammoth got into those tunnels, just as we don't ask how it can be a ninja. It simply is.
4. Reg is now a nightcreature but won't know it for a good while. Gets up and looks around.
+1
It's the scratch on her arm. Some werebeast bit her.
Let's vote what kind of werebeast bit her!
Poll, poll, poll!
Wait, weres can be almost anything, right?
Reg is now a Werechicken.
Seriously though, let's change her into a Weremonitor or similar. Kobolds look like humanoid lizards, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/M24QetQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/M24QetQ.png)
Oh, for the love of Stonetusk, it's not a were-anything!
You thought it was a particularly tough kobold at first,
but now that it's flung you through the air like a rag doll you're starting to think it might actually be a night troll-
> Be distracted by the fact that you don't have your sword.
(http://i.imgur.com/RIgcj7f.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/RIgcj7f.gif)
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My guess is it's whatever that thing is from MW that has swords sticking out of it.
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He thinks every enemy is a kobold though. Especially ninja weremammoths.
Grab sword. Slice anything and everything that isn't your partner.
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Only one creature can possibly be this powerful: it's a giant dingo.
GO FOR THE EYES.
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Grab sword. Slice anything and everything that isn't your partner.
(http://i.imgur.com/fOfcLgU.png) (http://i.imgur.com/fOfcLgU.png)
Good idea.
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CHOP THE HANDS!
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CHOP THE HANDS!
Quickly! You are in a fight!
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Enter martial trance
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CHOP THE HANDS!
Quickly! You are in a fight!
+1
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Say, do we know what the name of Misty's civilization is, and the name of the group that runs shielddawn?
I haven't come up with names for the Mountainhomes or the group name, actually.
There's the Northern Mountainhome (the one that Misty is from and spawned Shielddawn. Emblem is three halos)
The Western Mountainhome (borders the ocean, close to human territory. Emblem is a crown with three points)
And the Eastern Mountainhome (in the jungles to the east, isolated and very savage landscape. Emblem is an anvil with three flames).
If you guys want to suggest some potential names, I'll pick ones that sound good and make them canon.
So I've made some fan art...Sort of, in a sense. I can't draw for my life, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, than a thousand words is worth a picture...
Shielddawn Overseer cancels construct minecart shotgun: interrupted by migrant wave.
> Check descriptions for new migrants.
(http://i.imgur.com/YvMjOF4.jpg)
If people would like, I'll do the other dwarves, though I'll have to do even more guesswork about dates than I did for Misty.
1) This is amazing, and pretty damn spot-on for however little information I've given.
2) The tentative timeline I've given before was long, long, looong before I'd hammered out any real plot. The timeline (non-spoilery) goes thusly:
Years Prior Year Notable Event
0 357 Misty Arrives at Shielddawn.
-1 356 Darkerdaffodil's wife becomes pregnant with their first child.
-7 350 Legendary Demi-God Hero Zon Lokumarak dies and is entombed at Shielddawn.
-12 345 Misty is born. War ends the same year and Zon retires to Shielddawn.
-15 342 Reg is born. The Queen migrates to Sheilddawn the same year.
-20 337 Shielddawn is founded. Mosus Bothonnazom is declared a Duke the same year.
-30 327 Tipping point of the Elf-Dwarf war in favor of the Dwarves.
-36 321 Darkerdaffodil is born.
-55 312 Zon is born.
-78 279 War begins to tipping in favor of the Elves.
-107 250 War declared between Elves and Dwarves.
-112 245 Gruzzluss Holt becomes Captain of the Mountainhome Guard.
-120 237 Mosus is born.
-165 192 Gruzzluss is born.
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The Cavernous Empire and The Anvil of Plenty
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I am also on the boat of
CHOP THE HANDS!
Also, still vote weresomethingorother.
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Werekobold.
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Using your superior agility stat, yank the sword out, dodge under the monster's grapple attempt, and to for its leg with a slash.
Whatever you do, don't let it touch you, in case it's one of those infectious night creatures.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
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CHOP THE HANDS!
Then the fingers! Then the rest of the (hopefully bloody by that point) thing!
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What hand?
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What hand?
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/b8cff56abacfbc2ed9928ed6794df35b/tumblr_ne6qa7IVfe1rs5f3po3_r2_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/b8cff56abacfbc2ed9928ed6794df35b/tumblr_ne6qa7IVfe1rs5f3po3_r2_1280.png)
EDIT: Also, I just noticed that "The Queen migrate[d] to Sheilddawn"! :o
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As far as names for the groups and civs go, I chose "The Bearded Council" for the group running the Mountainhome that Misty came from, "The Feverish Anvil" for Shielddawn's ruling group, and "The Hammer of Deciding" for the overall civ name.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
Reg's weapon seems to be a longsword, which is a multigrasp weapon for the average sized dwarf.
Also guys, notice that EvictedSaint's tagline is now pseudocode for: If annoyed with fans, kill off Reg. Don't make any sudden moves if you want her to live.
Unless you are Reg, then move as suddenly as possible.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
By Holis are you talking about Holistic Spawn or something to that effect, or something different?
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Reg: Turn around promptly to face foe, sword in hand. Observe enemy, use caution. It is clearly a very large Kobold, and must be dealt with.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
By Holis are you talking about Holistic Spawn or something to that effect, or something different?
Yep, holistic spawn. Also known as "scary ass motherfuckers".
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
By Holis are you talking about Holistic Spawn or something to that effect, or something different?
Yep, holistic spawn. Also known as "scary ass motherfuckers".
Are those in masterwork?
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Are those in masterwork?
(http://reactiongif.org/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/10/Barack-Obama-Classified-Its-classified-maybe-not-really-Obama-Perhaps-Top-secret-Its-Top-Secret-MR-President-President-USA-President-US-President-America-President-GIF.gif)
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
By Holis are you talking about Holistic Spawn or something to that effect, or something different?
Yep, holistic spawn. Also known as "scary ass motherfuckers".
Are those in masterwork?
I never met those ingame so I'll keep saying 'nope'.
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Okay, not enough fur for a werewolf, too far from civilization for a vampire, it might be a banshee unless night creatures include holis... Uh, oh.
Slash the hand. Try to look around the lair to see its contents, is there a shield?
+1 to the shield idea.
Also.... oh. Reg is fucked if that's what she's facing.
By Holis are you talking about Holistic Spawn or something to that effect, or something different?
Yep, holistic spawn. Also known as "scary ass motherfuckers".
Are those in masterwork?
I never met those ingame so I'll keep saying 'nope'.
Do they bleed?
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Also guys, notice that EvictedSaint's tagline is now pseudocode for: If annoyed with fans, kill off Reg. Don't make any sudden moves if you want her to live.
Unless you are Reg, then move as suddenly as possible.
I'm scared! Poor Reg! Please ES, tell us what offerings we can make to save Reg. We live to serve!
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Do they bleed?
I've never seen them in-game, but I found this:
- Spawn do not bleed nor breathe and their brains don't do anything. They only die when their obsidian hearts are destroyed or they are chopped in half.
- Spawn don't feel pain.
- Due to their lack of bleeding and obsidian hearts, immersion in magma does next to nothing to Spawn. I think it does slow them down due to their legs being injured, but it has the nasty side-effect of lighting them on fire virtually-forever.
- Spawn have TRAPAVOID and LOCKPICKER (BUILDINGDESTROYER led to pathing errors, sadly), so most passive defense methods don't work.
- Spawn have no weapons, but they can bite through armour with frightening efficiency due to natural skill and force multipliers.
I'm grateful I've never met them. Some things should've stayed forgotten.
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PTW
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Hey guys, check this out:
http://chuck.dfwk.ru/df/res/131111.html
Neat, huh?
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A Russian mirror?
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Bite the hand so it turns into a were-dwarf.
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Do they bleed?
I've never seen them in-game, but I found this:
- Spawn do not bleed nor breathe and their brains don't do anything. They only die when their obsidian hearts are destroyed or they are chopped in half.
- Spawn don't feel pain.
- Due to their lack of bleeding and obsidian hearts, immersion in magma does next to nothing to Spawn. I think it does slow them down due to their legs being injured, but it has the nasty side-effect of lighting them on fire virtually-forever.
- Spawn have TRAPAVOID and LOCKPICKER (BUILDINGDESTROYER led to pathing errors, sadly), so most passive defense methods don't work.
- Spawn have no weapons, but they can bite through armour with frightening efficiency due to natural skill and force multipliers.
I'm grateful I've never met them. Some things should've stayed forgotten.
Well crap...I was going to bring out the good old Ahnold quote "Then we can kill it."
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Hey guys, check this out:
http://chuck.dfwk.ru/df/res/131111.html
Neat, huh?
Translating that back into English is chucklesome.
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I am also on the boat of
CHOP THE HANDS!
Also, still vote weresomethingorother.
+1
Everyone sure is keen about a stealth weremammoth appearing. It's like a save Ned Stark campaign. Also, I want to save the elf from the end of the last chapter. It feels important.
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Also guys, notice that EvictedSaint's tagline is now pseudocode for: If annoyed with fans, kill off Reg. Don't make any sudden moves if you want her to live.
Unless you are Reg, then move as suddenly as possible.
I'm scared! Poor Reg! Please ES, tell us what offerings we can make to save Reg. We live to serve!
I'd probably advise people to stop going on about weremammoths and weremonitors; this night creature probably isn't even a werebeast given what little we've seen of it, so trying to force of the issue would definitely be something that could be construed as "annoying", and thus fufilling the condition in Saint's tagline.
That said, I really hope Reg lives, she's honestly one of my favorite characters.
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It could be any one of a number of things at this point. But out of curiosity, I wonder if Reg's hatred of kobolds would extend to niths, their feral, tamable underground cousins?
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It could be any one of a number of things at this point. But out of curiosity, I wonder if Reg's hatred of kobolds would extend to niths, their feral, tamable underground cousins?
In story terms probably, in game terms, Kobolds aren't even hateable from what I recall, but I took the occasional liberty in the mood screens for Misty and Reg; ie describing Misty as tall given she's the same height as most of the adult dwarves in the story at age twelve, despite the fact that in game, sentient creatures reach their full size at 12 years of age.
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
Wait is that for real? I've never heard of a dwarf with anti-preferences for anything other than a type of vermin. In fact, according to the wiki, it's not possible for a person to have their own race in their preferences.
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
Wait is that for real? I've never heard of a dwarf with anti-preferences for anything other than a type of vermin. In fact, according to the wiki, it's not possible for a person to have their own race in their preferences.
So you never heard a person say: "People... what a bunch of bastards.", a human hating humans? :P
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
Wait is that for real? I've never heard of a dwarf with anti-preferences for anything other than a type of vermin. In fact, according to the wiki, it's not possible for a person to have their own race in their preferences.
So you never heard a person say: "People... what a bunch of bastards.", a human hating humans? :P
In real life, yes. In dwarf fortress, I didn't believe the way preferences worked would allow that, since I was under the impression that anti-preferences would only be chosen from creatures with the hateable vermin tag.
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
Wait is that for real? I've never heard of a dwarf with anti-preferences for anything other than a type of vermin. In fact, according to the wiki, it's not possible for a person to have their own race in their preferences.
If it's real, it's from a modded game. You normally can't get preferences for "dwarf nail" and "dwarf eye tissue" either.
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You can hate anything if you try hard enough!
(http://i.imgur.com/aYH7R.png)
Wait is that for real? I've never heard of a dwarf with anti-preferences for anything other than a type of vermin. In fact, according to the wiki, it's not possible for a person to have their own race in their preferences.
If it's real, it's from a modded game. You normally can't get preferences for "dwarf nail" and "dwarf eye tissue" either.
Yeah, I assume they'd need to add hateable vermin to dwarves to enable this, but isn't that a vermin exclusive tag?
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With the power of raw dupes, you, too can have dwarf eye tissue furniture!
Yeah, I assume they'd need to add hateable vermin to dwarves to enable this, but isn't that a vermin exclusive tag?
As discovered in Dwarf Fortress From Scratch, it works perfectly if applied to any creature.
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Noted, though I'm fairly sure there would need to be multiple creatures named "dwarves" in the raws for it to appear multiple times, and I'd assume you wouldn't be able to have your own race as an anti-preference just like you can't have it as a preference.
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Nah, just [NAME:blah:dwarves, dwarves and dwarves:blah] would do the trick. Would have to, even, because I'm sure dwarves can only have one detested creature.
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There was just one race of dwarves. I used DFHack to give her weird preferences.
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Woah waoh waoh, how did I miss this. Yes yes, too much time spent in FG&RP, now shush.
PTW!
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There was just one race of dwarves. I used DFHack to give her weird preferences.
Hacking hate into the very core.
How much did he/she lasted before getting mad and punching her kinsmen to death?
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I made her Chief Medical Dwarf. I didn't notice a difference.
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I made her Chief Medical Dwarf. I didn't notice a difference.
Did you happen to change her surname to Hillock? :P
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I should probably add HATEABLE_VERMIN to all races in the mod. Makes for more interesting stories, if your military commander, who hates stranglers, defeats their army, or a trader, who hates humans, sells only used clothing and other junk to them. Yeah for racism. (dont quote me on that)
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Yeah for racism.
I had to.
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Yeah for racism.
I had to.
It was inevitable.
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It should be noted that, while you can make any creature hateable, individuals who hate them will only get bad thoughts from encountering them if they are actually vermin (i.e. a dwarf-hating dwarf will not be constantly miserable in a dwarf-filled fortress). I'm not sure if they will get bad thoughts from statues of the hated creature though.
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Hi guys! I just finished archiving all the new pages of TLC. A total of 212 pages! (http://mspfanventures.com/log.php?s=7844) Should be useful for new readers.
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Yeah for racism.
I had to.
It was inevitable.
It's terrible.
Can we sue Meph for that?
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Night-creature, get hit squarely on hand with sword, lose three fingers, raise arm to stare at hand stump, exposing your gut.
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Reg: Slash at the hand, dodge any incoming attack and make a spooky face to scare that kobold away.
And of course it is a kobold.
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I have caught the flu. I am sick and (probably) very close to death. No update this weekend, most likely. Sorry guys.
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I have caught the flu. I am sick and (probably) very close to death. No update this weekend, most likely. Sorry guys.
Get well, I hope you are not close to death, really.
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Yes, please don't die :(
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Please do your best not to die.
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I have caught the flu. I am sick and (probably) very close to death. No update this weekend, most likely. Sorry guys.
Happy Halloween, get well soon! Don't worry about the thread, just treat yoself.
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I have caught the flu. I am sick and (probably) very close to death. No update this weekend, most likely. Sorry guys.
Well, it IS Halloween today, so if you die today there's a 0,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance of you coming back as a zombie or a ghost, so that will not be a proble-
Mate888, Garbagedwarf has been found dead, with a terrified look on his face!
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The spinning water strikes death in the left foot and it collapses into a useless lump of gore!
Turn, parry, then stab death in the head, shattering the skull and tearing the brain!
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PTW
Read this entire thread in a week and I love it
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What type of night creature is this?
If the night creature looks smaller than yourself, use a charge attack to knock it over. If it looks larger, time for some slicing and dicing.
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What type of night creature is this?
If the night creature looks smaller than yourself, use a charge attack to knock it over. If it looks larger, time for some slicing and dicing.
if it's smaller than a fluffywambler then your dealing with night creature that normally(is possible just you need to set up the scenario for that to happen) rigs wouldn't see at the time or place but hella deadly.
if it's bigger than a fluffywambler then well roll the die on what modded night troll it could be.
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Well, I'm feeling loads better. Thanks for the words of comfort, everyone. I hope you had a better Halloween than I did.
Here's a little Halloween doodle I made as thanks.
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7a9839b673be44c2f0e4a9fcccbb549/tumblr_nefrjem00C1rs5f3po1_500.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7a9839b673be44c2f0e4a9fcccbb549/tumblr_nefrjem00C1rs5f3po1_500.png)
Reg and Misty decided to go trick or treating! Reg is a were-kobold. Misty is a cheesewheel. Super creative costumes, I know.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7a9839b673be44c2f0e4a9fcccbb549/tumblr_nefrjem00C1rs5f3po1_500.png) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7a9839b673be44c2f0e4a9fcccbb549/tumblr_nefrjem00C1rs5f3po1_500.png)
Reg and Misty decided to go trick or treating! Reg is a were-kobold. Misty is a cheesewheel. Super creative costumes, I know.
So cute ;-;
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Wait... Reg's a blonde!? :o *bursts out laughing*
Glad to hear you're feeling better.
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Just caught up, finally.
Since this comic likes switching perspectives at cliffhangers, I'll leave my small suggestion to Misty here.
(http://i.imgur.com/JJt7M0n.png)
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Just caught up, finally.
Since this comic likes switching perspectives at cliffhangers, I'll leave my small suggestion to Misty here.
(http://i.imgur.com/JJt7M0n.png)
top kek
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Just caught up, finally.
Since this comic likes switching perspectives at cliffhangers, I'll leave my small suggestion to Misty here.
(http://i.imgur.com/JJt7M0n.png)
top kek
+1
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(http://i.imgur.com/1flzbFp.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1flzbFp.png)
Almost...
(http://i.imgur.com/IV2NEQq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/IV2NEQq.png)
Nope.
(http://i.imgur.com/25vP7J0.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/25vP7J0.gif)
Too slow.
(http://i.imgur.com/NkvlPtz.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/NkvlPtz.gif)
Your name is Reg Pashmad and boy, do you have a headache.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5791558#msg5791558)
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Call for help
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CHOKE THE THROAT! Or grab and throw. Or try to break a limb with a joint lock.
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Pray Sunshield
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BREAK ITS FINGERS! Grab the hand that's grabbing you and break them fingers!
Pray Sunshield
Pray for victory!
Where's Holt!?
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CAST ROCK SPIRE! BE THE DWARVEN MAGE!
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Divine intervention via gnome falling from sky onto the night creature.
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Oh dear god, it's a chryssalid.
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Oh dear god, it's a chryssalid.
Actually, bloody hell, what /is/ that? A Bebilith, maybe?
Anyway, suggestion time.
>Holt: Save your young ward, provided you haven't got a bad case of the recently deceased.
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Oh dear god, it's a chryssalid.
Actually, bloody hell, what /is/ that? A Bebilith, maybe?
To save on future speculation, it's supposed to be a procedurely generated night troll/creature. I realize that having to actually explain it outside of the story reflects poorly on my skills as an author. That's what I get for rushing an update. :(
Im sorry guys, I was really struggling with this one. I had always intended for it to be a night troll/creature thing, but I probably should have jumped on one of the suggestions you guys threw out instead. Even the art in this update is below par; I'm not happy with any of it. I can do better and I should do better. I think I might just scrub this update and try over again, I'm too unsatisfied with it and if I don't fix it now I never will.
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Oh dear god, it's a chryssalid.
Actually, bloody hell, what /is/ that? A Bebilith, maybe?
To save on future speculation, it's supposed to be a procedurely generated night troll/creature. I realize that having to actually explain it outside of the story reflects poorly on my skills as an author. That's what I get for rushing an update. :(
Im sorry guys, I was really struggling with this one. I had always intended for it to be a night troll/creature thing, but I probably should have jumped on one of the suggestions you guys threw out instead. Even the art in this update is below par; I'm not happy with any of it. I can do better and I should do better. I think I might just scrub this update and try over again, I'm too unsatisfied with it and if I don't fix it now I never will.
Don't be too harsh on yourself ES, you're doing good work over here. Please understand I was not questioning your artstyle or writing, but simply asking out of my ignorance on Masterwork's night creatures.
However, the work is yours and I'm sure no one will mind if you re-do it, should that be for your own comfort as an author.
Again, don't be too harsh on yourself, friendo. Keep up the good work! :)
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Night trolls are random, the only thing that prevent such speculation ingame is that they speak, "Haha, I am a night troll, now have fun looking at me!".
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I had always intended for it to be a night troll/creature thing, but I probably should have jumped on one of the suggestions you guys threw out instead.
Okay, so this is a chance to clear up some of that confusion I've been feeling: This story is only partly interactive, then?
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I had always intended for it to be a night troll/creature thing, but I probably should have jumped on one of the suggestions you guys threw out instead.
Okay, so this is a chance to clear up some of that confusion I've been feeling: This story is only partly interactive, then?
If I let my players interact completely free in my rpgs it would be 8 hours sessions of dicking with everything that may or may not exist in one room.
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Okay, so this is a chance to clear up some of that confusion I've been feeling: This story is only partly interactive, then?
Well, I haven't seen the update, but if we had full controll over the characters and what happened to them, it'd be less of an interactive story and more someone drawing whatever random crap we post.
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Pretend it is a Kobold and enter martial trance.
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I have nothing to say.
(http://s010.radikal.ru/i312/1411/d9/afc9bb9a7bc1.jpg)
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I think I might just scrub this update and try over again, I'm too unsatisfied with it and if I don't fix it now I never will.
I'm sad the update disappeared without me seeing it but I respect you holding yourself to high standards.
If only I did the same ;)
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I have nothing to say.
(http://s010.radikal.ru/i312/1411/d9/afc9bb9a7bc1.jpg)
Not the update we wanted, it's the update we.... FANORD
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Oh, an update!? Great! I can't wait to see--
**Update Scrubbed, Check Back Later**
*Loud gasp* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Mate888, fish cleaner has gone insane!
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Im a little sad I missed the stabbymonster myself :{
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Misty: never say that you are cheesemaker, because you risk being atom-smashed
Or drafted.
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Ah, the update with the Arachni-night-troll (ANT for short?) is gone? That's too bad, I quite liked it :) Reminded me of a Drider from DnD. Regardless thanks for all this hard work you put in evictedSaint, The Littlest Cheese Maker is such a pleasure to read.
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I also quite liked the spider critter. Though I'm sure what ever you draw to replace it will also be great.
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Thanks for the replies on the degree of interaction. Since there are already so many people who have been here from the start and know the format better, I'll just go back to sitting back and reading.
Sorry to see the last update was taken down, though...
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I also quite liked the spider critter. Though I'm sure what ever you draw to replace it will also be great.
Ah, the update with the Arachni-night-troll (ANT for short?) is gone? That's too bad, I quite liked it :) Reminded me of a Drider from DnD. Regardless thanks for all this hard work you put in evictedSaint, The Littlest Cheese Maker is such a pleasure to read.
Stop taunting us.
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I've caught up again.
such plot twist. much dead character. wow.
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I've caught up again.
such plot twist. much dead character. wow.
I ended up reading your sig and just realized this comic turned very racist.
Then again, it's elves. Filthy tree-huggers.
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I've caught up again.
such plot twist. much dead character. wow.
I ended up reading your sig and just realized this comic turned very racist.
Then again, it's elves. Filthy tree-huggers.
Yo, don't hate on elves! At least they aren't kobolds!
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I've caught up again.
such plot twist. much dead character. wow.
I ended up reading your sig and just realized this comic turned very racist.
Then again, it's elves. Filthy tree-huggers.
Yo, don't hate on elves! At least they aren't kobolds!
Better to be a Kobold, than a filthy tree-hugger.
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I've caught up again.
such plot twist. much dead character. wow.
I ended up reading your sig and just realized this comic turned very racist.
Then again, it's elves. Filthy tree-huggers.
Yo, don't hate on elves! At least they aren't kobolds!
Better to be a Kobold, than a filthy tree-hugger.
Kobolds are awsome, they can steal stuff from Vaults and never get caught while I'm getting killed just coming close to the entrance (with my elven adventurer... ehm, never mind).
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Better to be a Kobold, than a filthy tree-hugger.
Everyone is fine in a cage.
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>Holt: Save your young ward, provided you haven't got a bad case of the recently deceased.
(http://i.imgur.com/y4eU0eg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/y4eU0eg.png)
Your name is Captain Gruzzluss Holt, and the only Dwarf under your command is about to have her head smashed in.
You're not gonna let that happen. Not if you can help it.
(http://i.imgur.com/jlpV6PY.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jlpV6PY.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/JwaPFq7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/JwaPFq7.png)
Okay, that hurt. That really hurt. Walking is out of the question.
You can't give up, though! Your recruit needs your help, and by mighty breastplate of Sunshield you would never leave a dwarf behind!
(http://i.imgur.com/kNkQAbc.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kNkQAbc.png)
Your name is Reg Pashmad, and your captain is hurt.
If you don't do something soon, he could die down here in this dark, stinking pit!
(http://i.imgur.com/W9osm9l.png) (http://i.imgur.com/W9osm9l.png)
If you don't do something soon, you could die down here in this dark, stinking pit!
The revised version of the previous update can be found here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5782348#msg5782348).
I'm sorry about taking it down, but when I first came up with the idea for TLCM I was worried because my art wasn't good enough to do the story justice. I eventually realized that the only way to get better was to practice, and the best way to practice was to just go ahead and draw it. Since then I've made it my goal to update once a week or so, and improve myself with each update. I'd ended up rushing the previous update, and when I realized what I'd done I was disappointed in myself. That wasn't the improvement that I wanted; it wasn't an effort to do better. So, I took it down and resolved to redraw the scene better than I had, and I'm proud to say this version is much, much better.
So thanks for your patience, guys, and thanks for your support. Interested readers are what keeps TLCM going, and you guys are hecka good fans.
Oh! And I'm super sorry that I'm about to kill off this character in a couple pages, by the way. They were one of my favorites.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5824409#msg5824409)
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Yikes. Desperate times!
Reg: Well, at least it's only grabbing your helmet. Slip out of it and roll away.
Holt: Slide your blade to Reg as she gains some space. Then look for some rocks, skulls, boning knives, anything at hand to serve as a thrown weapon?
Reg: Adroitly catch/scoop up the sword Holt sends your way. Lop the limbs off that thing!
Night creature: Sorry, apparently you were one of evictedSaint's favorites, but now it's time to die ;)
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Oh! And I'm super sorry that I'm about to kill off this character in a couple pages, by the way. They were one of my favorites. :(
Well dang, I guess this is the end of The Littlest B Plot. Urist keep you, Reg and Holt. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRCUt3q_TxA)
Not the Elf though. He will not be missed. Okay, maybe a little.
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Holt, well, you know what night creatures do. Act as if you're its annoyed spouse to distract it from Reg.
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Yikes. Desperate times!
Reg: Well, at least it's only grabbing your helmet. Slip out of it and roll away.
Holt: Slide your blade to Reg as she gains some space. Then look for some rocks, skulls, boning knives, anything at hand to serve as a thrown weapon?
Reg: Adroitly catch/scoop up the sword Holt sends your way. Lop the limbs off that thing!
Night creature: Sorry, apparently you were one of evictedSaint's favorites, but now it's time to die ;)
+1
Poor night creature, we hardly knew ye :'(
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Night Creature: grab Reg by the upper leg and throw her, preferable at Holt.
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:P unless you dont have grabby parts. Then bite her in the upper arm. Less armor there.
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Good thing October is over, so we can now start celebrating thanksgiving and later goblin Christmas.
*the creature suddenly turns back into a human baby...* Reg still in horror as the baby still has a death hold on her.
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Good thing October is over, so we can now start celebrating thanksgiving and later goblin Christmas.
Depends on where this would be set, I suppose. Canada has Thanksgiving in October. Some places don't have it at all.
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Reg and Holt: turn into cultists, praise to mighty Carp!
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Holt, well, you know what night creatures do. Act as if you're its annoyed spouse to distract it from Reg.
+1
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I love the little circles of light on Reg's face inside the helmet.
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Oh! And I'm super sorry that I'm about to kill off this character in a couple pages, by the way. They were one of my favorites.
Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
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Oh! And I'm super sorry that I'm about to kill off this character in a couple pages, by the way. They were one of my favorites.
Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
"This character" would imply that only one character is going to perish...But I like both Reg and Holt. :'(
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Yikes. Desperate times!
Reg: Well, at least it's only grabbing your helmet. Slip out of it and roll away.
Holt: Slide your blade to Reg as she gains some space. Then look for some rocks, skulls, boning knives, anything at hand to serve as a thrown weapon?
Reg: Adroitly catch/scoop up the sword Holt sends your way. Lop the limbs off that thing!
Night creature: Sorry, apparently you were one of evictedSaint's favorites, but now it's time to die ;)
+1!
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Holt, well, you know what night creatures do. Act as if you're its annoyed spouse to distract it from Reg.
+1
Reg: While it's back is turned, combat trance. Flip out and go to town on it.
I'm still hoping that Reg turns out to be a Bunny Ears Lawyer (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BunnyEarsLawyer).
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
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Holt, well, you know what night creatures do. Act as if you're its annoyed spouse to distract it from Reg.
+1
Reg: While it's back is turned, combat trance. Flip out and go to town on it.
I'm still hoping that Reg turns out to be a Bunny Ears Lawyer (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BunnyEarsLawyer).
"Where does this link go?" *accidently clicks*
TVTropes?! NOOO000ooo...
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
And dealing with the idea that not all kobolds are horrible would kill off Reg's character. +1
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
I'd very much like to see that. +1
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Check Holt's mood screen. Always nice to see a mood screen.
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
I'd very much like to see that. +1
+1 Also requesting to use those kobolds as meat shields if necessary.
And also: Holt: Throw your helmet/socks/gauntlets at the horrible monster, buying Reg enough time to flee.
And triple also: of course, the black guy dies first :'(
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Holt, throw your sword! Save Reg!
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And triple also: of course, the black guy dies first :'(
Yeah for racism.
Though seriously, the first death here was that of an old guy.
Holt, throw your sword! Save Reg!
Night creature: Use dwarf-shield.
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Reg - Untie helmet and fall to the floor, go for the sword.
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
I'd very much like to see that. +1
+1 Also requesting to use those kobolds as meat shields if necessary.
And also: Holt: Throw your helmet/socks/gauntlets at the horrible monster, buying Reg enough time to flee.
And triple also: of course, the black guy dies first :'(
+1 Kobolds
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Gruzzluss: Crawl to the rescue!
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-1 to ditching the helmet, as it's the only thing keeping Reg alive at this point and the thing's too fast to get away clean. If there's one thing I've learned from Dwarf Fortress, it's to always wear a helmet.
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-1 to ditching the helmet, as it's the only thing keeping Reg alive at this point and the thing's too fast to get away clean. If there's one thing I've learned from Dwarf Fortress, it's to always wear a helmet.
Not just from there.
(http://img.pandawhale.com/121733-Tyrion-Oberyn-life-is-tough-we-wOx6.jpeg)
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"Where does this link go?" *accidently clicks*
TVTropes?! NOOO000ooo...
But seriously. I suffer from clicky ankles, it stops me from fighting night creatures too.
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Holt: Try not to die, but if it's inevitable, sacrifice yourself to save Reg, as every commander would. Dedicate your last toughts to the King's butt.
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc401/zlowpoke/lilcheese_zpsa8ea5668.png)
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-1 to ditching the helmet, as it's the only thing keeping Reg alive at this point and the thing's too fast to get away clean. If there's one thing I've learned from Dwarf Fortress, it's to always wear a helmet.
There is a grip to break from, and quickly because that helmet will not last forever.
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Reg: Get out of that helmet, maybe it will confuse your enemy for a few seconds.
Holt: Throw your sword at your enemy, at best it might hurt it. Otherwise maybe it will distract it enough to buy some time.
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Reg: Get out of that helmet, maybe it will confuse your enemy for a few seconds.
Holt: Throw your sword at your enemy, at best it might hurt it. Otherwise maybe it will distract it enough to buy some time.
Or it will hit Reg.
Actually no. Don't do that.
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
I'd very much like to see that. +1
+1 Also requesting to use those kobolds as meat shields if necessary.
And also: Holt: Throw your helmet/socks/gauntlets at the horrible monster, buying Reg enough time to flee.
And triple also: of course, the black guy dies first :'(
+1 Kobolds
+2 to Sudden Kobold Rescue.
Also PTW
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Get rescued by a tribe of Kobolds. Please, pretty please?
Pretty pretty pretty please?
That would be hilarious. +1
I'd very much like to see that. +1
+1 Also requesting to use those kobolds as meat shields if necessary.
And also: Holt: Throw your helmet/socks/gauntlets at the horrible monster, buying Reg enough time to flee.
And triple also: of course, the black guy dies first :'(
+1 Kobolds
+2 to Sudden Kobold Rescue.
Also PTW
thiiis
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I wonder how I just missed this, this comic, this game, this comic-game, this thread, this THING.
I really wonder.
Blindly kick backwards in an attempt to knock out whatever is about to kill you.
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Actually, Helmets DO tend to last forever in dwarf fortress.
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Actually, Helmets DO tend to last forever in dwarf fortress.
Well, that claw DID went througt it and very close to Reg's eye.
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To be fair, if the creature is strong enough to poke a hole in it (which would mean it's fingers alone could take enough force to push through ~3mm steel) You probably aren't strong enough to just take it off while the creature is grabbing it.
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The helmet already had holes in it to begin with. The creature's claw is poking in through one of them. It didn't rip a new hole through the material.
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The helmet already had holes in it to begin with. The creature's claw is poking in through one of them. It didn't rip a new hole through the material.
Mind you, now that it's through, it's definitely expanding the hole, judging by the "rend" sound effect and the jagged edges of the metal peels around it. If we ditch the helmet, though, we're going to have to worry about something strong enough to cut steel still having a pretty solid grip on us and no longer having to worry about cutting through the helmet, so it's a bit of a horse apiece.
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Guys, if there's one thing Ive learned about killing semimegas as a peasant adventurer its to initiate wrestling.
Reg, initiate wrestling by grabbing the wrist and locking it. Break if able, but call to Holt to grab your sword.
DF creatures love to waste time wrestling.
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Guys, if there's one thing Ive learned about killing semimegas as a peasant adventurer its to initiate wrestling.
Reg, initiate wrestling by grabbing the wrist and locking it. Break if able, but call to Holt to grab your sword.
DF creatures love to waste time wrestling.
I just imagine wrestling battles like a dwarf grabbing a part, and then the creature slaps it away.(x99)
"No, stop that."
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
+1
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
+1
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
+1
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
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I think shenanigans just turned out to be my favourite english word, beating up the word "mate"
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I think shenanigans just turned out to be my favourite english word, beating up the word "mate"
Don't you mean beating out? Or do you literally mean that Shenanigans went and beat the crap out of Mate?
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Is it too late to give it a sock?
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I think shenanigans just turned out to be my favourite english word, beating up the word "mate"
I'm a fan of Brobdingnagian myself.
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+1 to silly wrestling shenanigans.
+1 to shenanigans.
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I think shenanigans just turned out to be my favourite english word, beating up the word "mate"
Don't you mean beating out? Or do you literally mean that Shenanigans went and beat the crap out of Mate?
Probably both.
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Dropping this here because it amuses me.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/15dknf5.png)
The hypothetical Spawn of Fischer. It really shoudln't be able to walk but eldritch abominations find a way. One arm is elongated and the fingers immobile, functioning similar to Fischer's pike. It also has many jagged teeth filling its mouth.
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/07cac0d73d5d3b07af1b6dccb3766d9a/tumblr_nepbgrqWqE1rs5f3po7_1280.gif)
Also, epic work on the story, EvictedSaint! Loving how it's developing. :) Keep it up!
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Throw a fluffy wambler (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56935.0) at it.
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Throw a fluffy wambler (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56935.0) at it.
+1
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Deus Ex Machina: Kill the Night-troll, save the dwarves ( well at least the ones we care about, you can kill the no-names if you like.)
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Throw a fluffy wambler (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56935.0) at it.
+1
+1
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I caught up again.
From the picture of the night creature knocking reg's head against the wall.
Reg is in a perfect position to use the much feared "PIMP SLAP" technic.
Left handed of course.
I might sound like a teenage girl going on about twilight, but I was liking the "whats his face+misty" deal before the crossbow nation attacked.
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I might sound like a teenage girl going on about twilight, but I was liking the "whats his face+misty" deal before the crossbow nation attacked.
Its funny, I was liking the 'What's his face dying in front of Misty' deal. It was a tangent to the story, and now it sets Misty up with some backstory and future shenanigans.
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Well, you know me. I love to kill off tangents!
Speaking of which, I plan to update tonight.
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yea that whole thing was too frilly and nice and positive to last. Obvious set up for future PTSD.
PTW
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I plan to update tonight.
/me vibrates with anticipation. RRRRRRRRRRR!
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Speaking of which, I plan to update tonight.
Mate888, Legendary Garbagedwarf exploded!
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I plan to update tonight.
:D :D
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ptw
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Did anyone notice the change in ES's personal text?
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That's been there a while.
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That's been there a while.
Oh. I guess I didn't notice on the last update, then.
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I plan to update tonight.
To quote every Star Wars character ever:
I have a bad feeling about this.
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(http://i.imgur.com/KiaciG3.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/KiaciG3.gif)
*FWIP*
(http://i.imgur.com/QBXWF2L.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/QBXWF2L.gif)
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Throw that helmet at his face to distract 'im, using said distraction to grab your sword! Prepare to lop off his other hand! Haha!
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If you manage to get a shot in, make it a killing blow. This thing's teeth are as nasty as its claws.
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Take out the other hand! Reduce it to pushing! Make it give in to PAIN! This is the path to VICTORY!
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Holy shit, why didn't you tell us Holt was a Legendary Thrower +2?
Reg: Reach for the dagger, because the sword is a bit too far and is risky to take. Try to take off the thing's other hand, but be careful with the teeth.
Also, Reg is a cutie, but I think just about everyone called that.
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Throw a tantrum, because being hurt and covered in blood is not fun. Punch creature into next year.
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Is something wrong with that second image of Holt? There seems to be a big brown rectangle just below his arms, blocking the entire lower half of his body.
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It's fast, it doesn't want to talk and Reg's backed into a corner, so taking advantage of the moment it's stunned to run away is probably not an option. I'd say keep fighting following some of the other suggestions and maneuver into a position where you can back towards the entrance. Hopefully Holt will be able to crawl over to join you. The idea's that if they can't kill it outright they'll at least be in a better position to escape and perhaps lure it into the daylight.
If it tries to bite and you can't parry, block or dodge, perhaps jamming your helmet in its mouth will delay it, but that's strictly a last resort.
... I wonder if its blood carries a syndrome? Possibly a contact syndrome that causes werkoboldism?
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Is something wrong with that second image of Holt? There seems to be a big brown rectangle just below his arms, blocking the entire lower half of his body.
...what?
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Is something wrong with that second image of Holt? There seems to be a big brown rectangle just below his arms, blocking the entire lower half of his body.
...what?
(http://s19.postimg.org/u2s2kw41v/error1.png)
(http://s19.postimg.org/701jlq2kj/error2.png)
Everything else seems to be working, so I dunno -v(O_o)v-
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I'm not seeing that, looks fine to me.
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That's super weird. I have no idea where you're getting the corruption from. Those are both .gif's, by the way. Are they still animated for you?
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If those two are supposed to animate, they aren't doing it for me. The other images do animate.
I have no idea where the corruption is coming from either. It could just be my browser; damn thing's been getting screwy lately.
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If those two are supposed to animate, they aren't doing it for me. The other images do animate.
I have no idea where the corruption is coming from either. It could just be my browser; damn thing's been getting screwy lately.
What browser are you using? Does the problem persist with other browsers?
Does anyone else have this problem?
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I'm using the Nightly build of Firefox...and it does indeed seem to be the problem. IE loaded the .gifs just fine. :/
Oh well.
Holy shit, why didn't you tell us Holt was a Legendary Thrower +2?
Reg: Reach for the dagger, because the sword is a bit too far and is risky to take. Try to take off the thing's other hand, but be careful with the teeth.
Also, Reg is a cutie, but I think just about everyone called that.
This, but stab the creature in the chest instead. Even if you take off the other hand it still has those teeth, so start perforating those vital organs!
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Love the update.
GRAB THE SWORD FINISH HIM!
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Holy shit, why didn't you tell us Holt was a Legendary Thrower +2?
Reg: Reach for the dagger, because the sword is a bit too far and is risky to take. Try to take off the thing's other hand, but be careful with the teeth.
Also, Reg is a cutie, but I think just about everyone called that.
+1. Also, if possible, take advantage of teeth being [SOCKETABLE] to punch them out of it's mouth. If you can't get the sword, and if it's too dangerous to punch out it's teeth, try surprising it by attempting to bite out it's throat.
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Throw that helmet at his face to distract 'im, using said distraction to grab your sword! Prepare to lop off his other hand! Haha!
+1
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I just caught up on this thread, this is *fantastic!* Well done sir, well done indeed.
Throw that helmet at his face to distract 'im, using said distraction to grab your sword! Prepare to lop off his other hand! Haha!
+1
+1 - using the helmet as a distraction/pseudo shield while grabbing a sword (whichever is most accessible) sounds like a great plan. Once the sword is aquired, hack off nearest limb to increase blood loss and reduce mobility. Then withdraw.
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What other said. Throw helm, grab sword, try to hack off other limb, GTFO.
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Yay! My suggestion was listened to! Finally vindicated! Never have to post another suggestion again.
Press space bar, see what occurs automatically in the combat.[/b]
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(http://i.imgur.com/F4npbkE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/F4npbkE.png)
Your...your helm....
(http://i.imgur.com/ggWlSrx.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ggWlSrx.png)
The Duke had made you that helm.
(http://i.imgur.com/JSueIB8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/JSueIB8.png)
Recruit Reg Pashmad has become Enraged!
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Hmmm. Kill the creature by slamming the helmet onto and through its head.
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Night creature: Pray.
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Hahahaha Love the Update.
Night creature: Pray.
XD This!
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Night creature: Pray.
The forgotten beast Glygolgoasmbeun A'kbirbr hears your prayer. It doesn't care.
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nightcreature drop on one knee use the remaining arm to pull out the *kobold bone ring* you made, hold it in front of rigs/holt.
If the 3 things I know about night troll/creatures are, one they kill, two if their not killin they engage, three they takeover stores, and since masterworks hasn't updated to 40.xx then it's all out of business.
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Hmmm. Kill the creature by slamming the helmet onto and through its head.
and alsoNight creature: Pray.
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Hit the creature in the face with the helmet. Grab the sword with a free hand. Hit it with the helmet and sword, alternatively, until it is dead.
I thought that since I caught up I was going to have to be patient and stuff, but nope, update right away! :D good timing I guess.
Did we ever learn more about that object that fell from the necromancer's tower?
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Reg : pick up helmet, pickup dagger, be enraged
Readers : Grab popcorn
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Reg: Get the sword while the creature is distracted and systematically chop all his limbs, finishing it with a stab on the brain, soaking your sword with the blood of the children of the night and imbuing the blade with the power of those who prey on the innocent under the terrifying night.
Night creature: Pray.
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The dwarven recruit Reg Pashmad has come! A tiny adorable dwarf. It has two arms and two legs and it walks and talks. Beware its deadly rage!
NOW YOU WILL KNOW WHY YOU FEAR THE NIGHT
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My vocal reaction
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
Do this:
(http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/LinkBHD/LinkAnimation4.gif)
And check on your commander!
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Reg: Bisect it vertically for good measure. You never know with these things. Work out your anger on its carcass. With your sword. Using your violence.
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Reg: Bisect it vertically for good measure. You never know with these things. Work out your anger on its carcass. With your sword. Using your violence.
Decapitate it as well.
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Reg: Bisect it vertically for good measure. You never know with these things. Work out your anger on its carcass. With your sword. Using your violence.
Decapitate it as well.
Then cut the head in half, and burn the corpse, just to be sure.
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Anything bisected in DF automatically dies.
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My vocal reaction
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA
Yer then check on your commander!
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I laugh in the face of death! .... or something else in the dwarven badass style :)
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I think this sums it up best:
The dwarven recruit Reg Pashmad has come! A tiny adorable dwarf. It has two arms and two legs and it walks and talks. Beware its deadly rage!
NOW YOU WILL KNOW WHY YOU FEAR THE NIGHT
Reg is awesome. Also,
Reg: maybe mess around and use the corpse to practice if Holt doesn't mind. Just as long as you keep the blood off of you. Who knows what syndromes that thing's blood might have.
...
Actually, scratch that.
Reg, go help Holt.
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Do this:
(image)
And check on your commander!
+1
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Holt: When you're sure the creature is dead, calm Reg from a safe distance.
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Reg: Take the creature's head as a trophy.
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Reg: Take the creature's head as a trophy.
The Creature's head becomes Reg's new helmet.
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Read through this this afternoon. It is very good.
Posting to watch.
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Anything bisected in DF automatically dies.
More specifically, if the upper half and lower half get separated then it dies. It depends on the raws a bit but you could construct a weird creature where you can cut off a surprisingly large fraction of it without killing it.
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Meanwhile, back at Shield Dawn
Epic 'NNNNOOOOOO!' and a tearful 'WWWHHYYYYY?!'
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yea, the Duke is going to have to have adventures. I wonder what kind of dwarf he was in civilian life?
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Reg and Holt: Dodge the body parts flying off in an arc. Take care not to dodge into the wall, into each other, into another flying part, or over a pit.
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Holt: When you're sure the creature is dead, calm Reg from a safe distance.
+1
With those glowy eyes, the blood contact and certain cryptic comments, it wouldn't hurt to exercise caution and avoid being mistaken for a kobold.
The Creature's head becomes Reg's new helmet.
I'm sure the duke can do something with it.
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Butcher the creature, eat its heart.
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While this, the mountainhome is being sieged by gobbos.
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Butcher the creature, eat its heart.
Prepared spleen!
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Not a new reader and there's no special occasion but I just wanted to say I really like reading this. Thanks for doing it! It's great!
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Been following the story, and really enjoying it.
This little cheesemaker is just adorable and i would take her and hug her. Same with Reg, but she's also an angry badass so that gives extra points.
The plump helmet being the literal chew toy of everything is hilarious (plump helmet men are just so delicious and punchable) and the nun is rather hilarious. You know, the "kindly old nun" stereotype along with being a nun of ARMOK, THE GOD OF BLOOD. And the painting herself with her own blood, of course.
PTW.
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You know, it occurs to me that I listed helms in Reg's preference list when I did a mock DF mood screen for her. I'm not sure if I'm psychic. I suppose I should put it to the test.
Now, to get all of my Wild Mass Guesses off of my chest...
!!Reg is now a proper swordsdwarf (novice in swordsdwarf) rather than merely a recruit!!
!!Holt will bestow a title on Reg for her slaying of the creature of the night!!
!!Reg's title will be somewhat old fashioned and at least a little bit embarrassing to Reg, the kind of thing an aged, grandfatherly dwarf like Holt would consider a good title!!
!!Because of their detour into the lair of a night creature, Reg and Holt arrive at Shielddawn after Misty and the other migrants have been "processed", and are told by the dwarves at the door that nobody of Misty's description arrived with the last group!!
!!There will then be a timeskip of a few months or so!!
!!During this time, Misty will be put to work in the mines of Shielddawn ,perhaps as part of a crew of haulers assigned to move mine carts full of ore up from the depths!!
!!Misty being stuck down in the depths of Shielddawn is part of some higher conspiracy!!
!!At some point, perhaps via overhearing gossip from the guards or one of the other "laborers", Misty learns that the only living master (legendary+5) of the cheesemaking skill is none other than the necromancer!!
!!Misty will hatch a daring plan to escape Shielddawn, and, at the insistence of the couple who came to Shielddawn in the same wave as her, rescue their son from Shielddawn's "Daycare" program!!
!!We then return to Reg and Holt at the Mountainhomes just as Misty's plan is reaching a critical moment!!
!!Reg is now a proficient swordsdwarf!!
!!Because of his failure to keep an eye on Misty, and because he took the blame for the two getting lost and wandering into a night creature's lair, Holt has been politely asked to retire!!
!! Holt's replacement turns out to be a well-meaning but sheltered and horrifically under-qualified nobledwarf with an influential Count (who may have a goatee) for a father who negotiated him the position to keep him the as far away from any actual fighting as possible while still making him think he's in a position with actual responsibility!!
!!Awkward moments ensue between Reg and her clueless new boss!!
!!Then we hear screaming and fighting: the mountainhomes are under attack for the first time in decades!!
!!Back to Misty, because cliffhangers when switching between the perspectives of the protagonist and the (apparent) deutragonist seem to be a tradition at this point!!
So yeah.
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Awesome!
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Animation!
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So, is that the monster she's stabbing, or Holt...? :P
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So, is that the monster she's stabbing, or Holt...? :P
Shes finishing off the monster, I think.
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So, is that the monster she's stabbing, or Holt...? :P
Shes finishing off the monster, I think.
In all likelihood that's what's going on. It's not like Holt's horrifically injured to the point where a mercy killing would be on the table, and I kind of doubt Reg would randomly stab her Captain for no reason.
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It was a joke about her being enraged and the image not showing what she was stabbing, rather than an actual "I wonder if this is what's happening" question. :T
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It was a joke about her being enraged and the image not showing what she was stabbing, rather than an actual "I wonder if this is what's happening" question. :T
That said, at some point in the distant future when things get SUPERSERIOUS, I wouldn't be opposed to Reg having to deliver a coup de grace to a mortally wounded Holt. I like Holt, but he 's practically at the max age for a dwarf, and in that age group your starting to look at a bunch of horrible, incurable, and painful illnesses, particularly cancer. A death on the battlefield might very well make for a more dignified end to an old soldier than wasting away in a hospice.
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da feels ;-;
Holt: Tell Reg she did the right thing and everythings going to be ok.
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(http://i.imgur.com/JUieFxG.png) (http://i.imgur.com/JUieFxG.png)
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Enraged creatures attack anything nearby, friend or foe, don't they?
Crawl away Holt! She's too far gone!
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no, there's a difference between enraged and berserk.
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I believe we agree that Reg is no longer a recruit but a proper sworddwarf now.
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I believe we agree that Reg is no longer a recruit but a proper sworddwarf now.
Our little Reg has grown up!
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wait, her arm is uncovered!
Feel shame at being caught uncovered!
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Holt: Use leg as crutch.
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Reg: Strike a badass pose, then go check out on Holt. Pick him up if necessary.
Holt: Shed a single manly tear of pride about seeing his charge grew up. Have an emotion-laden, silent scene with her.
also, YOU GO GIRL. I am betting our protagonist will soon be less popular.
And Holt has better be careful now... if Reg's grown up, that means he's no longer safe from the plot and that the story may just kill him off to provide character development for Reg.
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And Holt has better be careful now... if Reg's grown up, that means he's no longer safe from the plot and that the story may just kill him off to provide character development for Reg.
Reg: get concerned about this at some point in the future, in a manner similar to your obsession with kobolds.
Holt: Try to explain to Reg that this is silly, then die in a horribly ironic manner, possibly involving kobolds.
Actually,
Reg: Strike a badass pose, then go check out on Holt. Pick him up if necessary.
+1 to this.
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Reg: Finish butchering the monster, leave the rage state, and then mutter "Damn kobolds."
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Reg: Finish butchering the monster, leave the rage state, and then mutter "Damn kobolds."
Actually, this seems like a better solution. +1 to this.
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Reg: Finish butchering the monster, leave the rage state, and then mutter "Damn kobolds."
Actually, this seems like a better solution. +1 to this.
yes
+1
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Reg: Leave rage state, behold the carnage, realize YOU did this, and have a minor freak-out.
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When this is finished, they should print a booklet of it. Like they did with Bronzemurder (http://bronzemurder.timdenee.com/).
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
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Indeed! I am thankful for this story!
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
Well, everyone in the US. :P
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
Well, everyone in the US. :P
Yes, just the people in the US. People in other countries should not have a happy Turkey Day, except for maybe Turkey. They deserve a happy Turkey Day more than anyone.
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Well, time to update the TVTropes page.
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Holt: Use leg as crutch.
+1
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
Well, everyone in the US. :P
Yes, just the people in the US. People in other countries should not have a happy Turkey Day, except for maybe Turkey. They deserve a happy Turkey Day more than anyone.
I'm brazilian and I still appreciate the sentiment.
tfw no turkey tho.
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
Well, everyone in the US. :P
Yes, just the people in the US. People in other countries should not have a happy Turkey Day, except for maybe Turkey. They deserve a happy Turkey Day more than anyone.
I'm brazilian and I still appreciate the sentiment.
tfw no turkey tho.
Hey, i'm brazilian too!
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Meanwhile:
A masterwork of Mountainhome has been lost!
He feels Sadness at being separated from Mistem Konazom. He feels Grief at the loss of his masterpiece ☼Steel Helm☼
Duke Mosus, Duke has gone berserk!
Duke Mosus, Duke, has been struck down.
After a polite discussion with local rivals, Mistem Konazom has assumed the position of duke of the Hammer of Deciding
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Actually people who have produced many masterwork items don't stress out too much over just one being destroyed.
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And the Duke is mentioned to be one such.
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Happy Turkey day, everyone!
Well, everyone in the US. :P
Yes, just the people in the US. People in other countries should not have a happy Turkey Day, except for maybe Turkey. They deserve a happy Turkey Day more than anyone.
We already had our Turkey day here in the frozen north. So I had an artichoke and chicken calzone instead. But thank you for the sentiment.
If the dwarves have a thanksgiving like celebration, what would they eat? Prepared dog spleen?
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Man bronze murderd was cool.
Happy thanksgiving.
I'm likeing cheesemaker.
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If the dwarves have a thanksgiving like celebration, what would they eat? Prepared dog spleen?
Elk bird. Delicious, delicious elk bird.
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My dwarves usually eat turkey all year anyway.
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"That'll do, recruit."
(http://i.imgur.com/TEkn4OS.png) (http://i.imgur.com/TEkn4OS.png)
The first one is always the hardest.
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Wheee for update.
Is it bad I kept looking for the second "That'll do"?
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Reg: name your sword.
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Reg: name your sword.
+1
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Reg: Start sobbing. Be cuddled.
Holt: Once done consoling, look for a way out.
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Reg: name your sword.
+1
+2
Perhaps we should think of a name ourselves, first.
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Actually people who have produced many masterwork items don't stress out too much over just one being destroyed.
But he is separated from his daughter. And upset at inadequate fortress guard lately.
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That last update was splendid. Superb leadership by Holt too.
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I feel addicted to this story now-I read through all of it between yesterday morning and now.
Reg, become at LEAST novice with that sword. And at least a Master armor-user for that helmet use. Holt, start looking for a way out. Preferably using what's left of that night whatever.
I just wish my adventurers could take on something like that...
Why is nobody posting anything about the Shielddawn scene that happened like 50 pages or more ago? Unless I missed something, that plot line hasn't had an update since.
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I'm sure we'll return to the main plot-line in due time :) I must admit I'm looking forward to it too though.
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Reg: Start sobbing. Be cuddled.
Holt: Once done consoling, look for a way out.
She already is. A close examination of the last image shows that they are embracing, him comforting her. It is really a wonderful bit of fine detail.
I think with the fade-out, it is time to return to our little friend the cheesemaker, who is discovering the lovely reception of a dwarven fortress. Indeed, it would seem that this fortress is to be much of what a player would operate, as opposed to the mountainhome and its more AI setup. Alas, poor misty, we knew her cheese well.
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I think with the fade-out, it is time to return to our little friend the cheesemaker
Yup. This.
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This update was great.
It would have been even greater if Reg said "damn kobolds" but it is good.
She already is. A close examination of the last image shows that they are embracing, him comforting her. It is really a wonderful bit of fine detail.
nonono that's philia not eros, please
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Captain Holt is a homosexual 165 year-old dwarf.
Reg is a 15 year-old girl.
Edit: Not that it's ever stopped shippers before....
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Captain Holt is a homosexual 165 year-old dwarf.
Reg is a 15 year-old girl.
*Duke/Holt shippers rejoice*
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Slowpokez confirmed for oracle.
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Slowpokez confirmed for oracle.
Actually, I took his suggestion and rolled with it.
I don't always quote suggestions when I take them, you know. A huuuuge portion of this story is inspired/influenced by suggestions I didn't directly acknowledge.
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Horrible nasty dwarf, name your Axe, TheChopperofFalseLogs.
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Captain Holt is a homosexual 165 year-old dwarf.
Reg is a 15 year-old girl adult.
Edit: Not that it's ever stopped shippers before....
Technically, dwarves are generally considered adult at twelve.
And technically all we know for sure is that he's a fan of the Duke's butt. Perhaps he... cannot lie.
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Captain Holt is a homosexual 165 year-old dwarf.
Now that's interesting, because homosexuality wasn't in the game in 0.34.x. So our author is either importing some 0.40.x features, or isn't sticking to Dwarf Fortress mechanics at all.
Technically, dwarves are generally considered adult at twelve.
But dwarves also must be within 10 years of each other in age (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Marriage) to become romantically involved. That is, in Dwarf Fortress they do. Maybe not in this story.
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Honestly, this comic is only adhering to dwarf fortress game mechanics when it's funnier that way, and that's for the best in my opinion. Dwarves can't use bins to (badly) hide, don't do anything with toys/crafts other than sell them, and have their deities selected at birth in the game, to use a few examples of deviations from game mechanics.
We could probably use one more update to establish what Reg and Holt are going to do next before changing the POV; are they going to go back to the Mountainhomes or try to make it to Shielddawn?
Now, that said, at this point, I'd consider Reg more or less the deuteragonist to our protagonist (about 30% of the pages are from Reg's POV rather than Misty) rather than just a supporting character, and if the entire chapter is meant to cover her point of view, I'd be fine with that.
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Honestly, this comic is only adhering to dwarf fortress game mechanics when it's funnier that way
p much.
Now, that said, at this point, I'd consider Reg more or less the deuteragonist to our protagonist
Well, her role has indeed evolved quite drastically since her initial conception as "Bumbling Guard #2".
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Wow-you were only ever going to have them be a pair of bumbling idiots with no B plot line?
Well, nice job with the career advancement to them, then.
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Technically, dwarves are generally considered adult at twelve.
But dwarves also must be within 10 years of each other in age (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Marriage) to become romantically involved. That is, in Dwarf Fortress they do. Maybe not in this story.
I didn't know that. Makes sense, but didn't know that.
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Wow-you were only ever going to have them be a pair of bumbling idiots with no B plot line?
Well, nice job with the career advancement to them, then.
I didn't have much in mind for this story past "escape the room" when I drew the first page.
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Zombified War-hero Zon Lokumarak: Begin to knock on the lid of your coffin
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That sounds like the legend of the dwarves in Lord of the Rings, that Durin the Deathless will wake and walk the earth....again. How pleasant, except you are plotting for the hero to be a zombie, rather than simply a completely-restored dwarf, thus creating another plotline. Why not a C plotline?
Are you plotting to make this plot really complicated and interesting or just plotting to drive our wonderful story-writer INSANE with extra plotlines?
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OH! Before I forget, finals are coming up in these next couple weeks, so updates will be sparse. Sorry guys.
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Oh, how can anybody ever blame you for that? We've all had to face exams/finals/whatever you want to call them.
Don't apologize, do well on the finals!
And then come back and write stories! ;)
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OH! Before I forget, finals are coming up in these next couple weeks, so updates will be sparse. Sorry guys.
Don't worry dude, we'll be wishing the best of luck to you.
Knock 'em dead friendo.
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That sounds like the legend of the dwarves in Lord of the Rings, that Durin the Deathless will wake and walk the earth....again. How pleasant, except you are plotting for the hero to be a zombie, rather than simply a completely-restored dwarf, thus creating another plotline. Why not a C plotline?
Are you plotting to make this plot really complicated and interesting or just plotting to drive our wonderful story-writer INSANE with extra plotlines?
It just seemed to me like the ripe-for-the-picking corpse of a demigod war-hero just sitting around, wasting away in the near vicinity of a necromancer would be an awful shame. Or maybe he has already been resurrected and is commanding his zombie army to build roads Roman legion style? Old dogs, you know.
Good luck on finals!
pixel cheese:
(http://i.imgur.com/OatlKLQ.png)
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Oh, how can anybody ever blame you for that? We've all had to face exams/finals/whatever you want to call them.
Don't apologize, do well on the finals!
And then come back and write stories! ;)
Indeed! You will have time to write and draw more later - exams are *now*!
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(http://i.imgur.com/OatlKLQ.png)
Aaaah, beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. I'm really diggin' this, good job! I've linked it from the Title Post.
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Hey, don't sweat it, finals are always top priority. Besides, you've given us a lot of updates in a short period, so it sort of balances.
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Good luck on your exams! Study hard, and do your best!
We'll be here, patiently waiting for your return.
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
I would have sigged this if it was text.
(And if I would have had space in my sig.)
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
this cat has the perfect waiting expression
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
i am just quoting to see more cat
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/rX8V0M3.jpg)
Have some music to go along with the waiting. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuABhumm6fY)
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Alright guys that's enough, we've seen enough cat in this threa-
(http://gametechmods.com/../uploads/images/33828bloggif_547e0a6a640a2.gif)
Sorry.
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pixel cheese:
(http://i.imgur.com/OatlKLQ.png)
This deserves more quotes than a cat macro (as much as I love cat macros).
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pixel cheese:
(http://i.imgur.com/OatlKLQ.png)
This deserves more quotes than a cat macro (as much as I love cat macros).
I must concur. Or more fan art.
... if only I could draw...
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Say CHEESE!
(http://img.pr0gramm.com/2011/12/funny-gifs-cheese-attack-in-skyrim.gif)
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OH! Before I forget, finals are coming up in these next couple weeks, so updates will be sparse. Sorry guys.
Same. I literally have one tommorrow, but I can't bring myself to sleep despite the massive headache. 'Tis maybe time to seek help for my internet addiction...
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You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
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(http://gametechmods.com/../uploads/images/33828bloggif_547e0a6a640a2.gif)
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You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
This makes me want a TLCM game.
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Where's the next update?
I NEED MY FIX
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Where's the next update?
I NEED MY FIX
exams dude, exams. Exams>Dwarf Fortress.
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NO, YOU FOOL.
Dwarf Fortress>Exams>TLCM
DF and TLCM are different things. For us Bay12'ers, nothing compare's to DF's sheer horrifying, depraved, inhumane insanity awesomeness.
And, evicted, remember the exams rule:
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!
Without dutiful studying, and self-deprivation with regard to story-making and DF, depressing though that may be." -- Gandalf McTeacher, your imagined, awesome study-buddy with more wisdom and knowledge than anyone else and a fancy, glowing staff.
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NO, YOU FOOL.
Dwarf Fortress>Exams>TLCM
DF and TLCM are different things. For us Bay12'ers, nothing compare's to DF's sheer horrifying, depraved, inhumane insanity awesomeness.
And, evicted, remember the exams rule:
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!
Without dutiful studying, and self-deprivation with regard to story-making and DF, depressing though that may be." -- Gandalf McTeacher, your imagined, awesome study-buddy with more wisdom and knowledge than anyone else and a fancy, glowing staff.
Positions like that make rules like "You shall not pass" true.
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You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
Oh, man, this is awesome! I always dig seeing things drawn in other people's styles. You did a really good job, it's going on the title post!
Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
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(http://gametechmods.com/../uploads/images/33828bloggif_547e0a6a640a2.gif)
Of course it had to be this way.
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You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
Oh, man, this is awesome! I always dig seeing things drawn in other people's styles. You did a really good job, it's going on the title post!
Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
that nearly makes me want to make a fanart of Misty sitting on a pile of bloodied skulls cheese wheels.
Also, come back to Shielddawn, put a few more faceshots of Misty (emotions).
Mule: Attempt to eat plump helmet man.
PHM: Defend yourself.
Then focus on the mule/PHM battle.
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I'm looking forward to the Bited but not Broken story arc kicking off 8)
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Not broken ? Nah.
Plumpy isn't a "dark and troubled hero" archetype. He is merely here to get himself gnawed on and provide comedy.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChewToy
You know it's true. (And a literal AND metaphorical example as well :D)
Maybe once he will die horribly because Misty was hungry ? It'll be funny at least.
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His silent screming, shown by shaking, is both horrifying and hilarious. He has no mouth but must scream.
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/543/824/99e.gif)
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His silent screming, shown by shaking, is both horrifying and hilarious. He has no mouth but must scream.
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/543/824/99e.gif)
That's one heck of a right hook!
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Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
Oh no! I wasn't entirely satisfied with holt anyway, here's an edit:
(http://i.imgur.com/e7dZexp.png)
backgrounds are hard
I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
I would love if you could explain further! Always looking for criticism ( :
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Elven Archdruid: Feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if the elves of your trade caravan cried out and were suddenly silenced. Vow revenge and invoke ancient nature majyks against Shielddawn
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Elven Archdruid: Feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if the elves of your trade caravan cried out and were suddenly silenced. Vow revenge and invoke ancient nature majyks against Shielddawn
+1, but have it show up waaay later
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His silent screming, shown by shaking, is both horrifying and hilarious. He has no mouth but must scream.
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/543/824/99e.gif)
That's amazing! What game is that from?
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I wanna know too. Giant myconoids, and the option to try hugging monsters--- pure awesome there.
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Dark Souls.
Truly an amazing game. If you look close, you can see some of the game's influence on TLCM.
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You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
Oh, man, this is awesome! I always dig seeing things drawn in other people's styles. You did a really good job, it's going on the title post!
Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
that nearly makes me want to make a fanart of Misty sitting on a pile of bloodied skulls cheese wheels.
Also, come back to Shielddawn, put a few more faceshots of Misty (emotions).
Mule: Attempt to eat plump helmet man.
PHM: Defend yourself.
Then focus on the mule/PHM battle.
The mule is dead.
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Thus to all who incur the wrath of Plumpy!
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I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
I would love if you could explain further! Always looking for criticism ( :
I think I have more of an issue with the style. Having faces made out of little colored squares, and therefore be all angular and blocky, feels unnatural to me. The expressions seem distorted.
Considering every image is made out of little colored squares, I probably just have an issue with the resolution.
You guys are too sweet - Reg and Holt incoming (;
(http://i.imgur.com/XciqaIJ.png)
I hate shoes
bonus reg sans helm:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ethi2VT.png)
Oh, man, this is awesome! I always dig seeing things drawn in other people's styles. You did a really good job, it's going on the title post!
Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
that nearly makes me want to make a fanart of Misty sitting on a pile of bloodied skulls cheese wheels.
Also, come back to Shielddawn, put a few more faceshots of Misty (emotions).
Mule: Attempt to eat plump helmet man.
PHM: Defend yourself.
Then focus on the mule/PHM battle.
The mule is dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
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I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
I would love if you could explain further! Always looking for criticism ( :
I think I have more of an issue with the style. Having faces made out of little colored squares, and therefore be all angular and blocky, feels unnatural to me. The expressions seem distorted.
For me, the issue is more that the colors seem a little strange. Some parts of it seem too light, others too dark. It's slight, but it's everywhere, which make it look a little eye-twisting. It's still pretty damn good art, though.
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I discovered this thread shortly afteraking an account, and read through the whole thing in a week. Now I have to wait like the rest of you...
Because of this story, I made a recent migrant into a cheesemaker, and named it misty. If only if had more things to milk...
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I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
I would love if you could explain further! Always looking for criticism ( :
I think I have more of an issue with the style. Having faces made out of little colored squares, and therefore be all angular and blocky, feels unnatural to me. The expressions seem distorted.
For me, the issue is more that the colors seem a little strange. Some parts of it seem too light, others too dark. It's slight, but it's everywhere, which make it look a little eye-twisting. It's still pretty damn good art, though.
It's odd, for me what felt off was completely different - the expression and stance. This guy look like Holt's brother. Holt is stooped, and his eyes are guarded - he *appears* not particularly bright, but I think there is a lot more going on behind that face that he lets on. So the result is someone who looks a lot like Holt, but doesn't *feel* like Holt. I'm not sure if that make sense?
That being said, compared to the crude scrawl I could barely manage in MS paint...
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I like the pixel art, reminds me of some of the games I used to play when I was a kid.
I also like seeing all these different takes on the same characters.
A lot of talented artists in this community.
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Although I gotta say, Holt looks super-weird without his patent leather helmet...
Oh no! I wasn't entirely satisfied with holt anyway, here's an edit:
(http://i.imgur.com/e7dZexp.png)
backgrounds are hard
I think this pixel art is odd, it makes for weird facial features. Still nice fanart, but... it's just odd.
I would love if you could explain further! Always looking for criticism ( :
I really hate to criticize (especially when they make kick-ass fanart!), but if you want to know what makes it look a bit off, I can help.
Aside from a few trivial details (the neck of his armor is rounded, not a V, you forgot the tuft of feather on his helm, his moustache doesn't connect, etc), what makes him look odd is his bodily proportions. His torso and arms are too long, and his shoulders don't slope. Likewise, his face is a tad too long; he's a dwarf, his head is short and blocky. His body position seems a bit unnatural, too; he's standing stock upright.
Holt is an old military dwarf who's gotten fat with inactivity. His shoulders were once square and proud, but after so many years of hard work they're now sloped and hunched, as though he carries his burdens wherever he goes. He even rests his hands on his hips and hangs onto the brim of his helm when he's standing, as though the effort of standing upright is too exhausting alone. His eyes have deep bags beneath them, betraying his exhaustion from years of keeping his zealous recruit from getting herself hurt. His uniform is desaturated and dull from the years, where Reg's uniform is still bright and clean. His armor cuts into his waistline, and the hem of his pants drag on tge ground, showing how far he is from his prime. It's these little details that make him look *almost* like Holt but not quite Holt, IMHO.
Reg also looks a bit too professional. Her helm is too big for her head, as is her uniform and belt, as though she's still growing into her position as a recruit. Her shoulders are still small, and tensed with a perpetual eagerness.
That being said, the little details are spectacularly done. Shadows and lights are well placed, your lines are clean, and your style is clearly visible. The metal portions in particular are VERY well done. It gives a very 3D picture.
The art is good, and I really liked it! The second picture in particular is very nice; Reg still looks sweaty from being crammed in her helmet, and pissed to find it broken. The emotion and body language is nicely done.
I really I'm not being too harsh, I loved the fanart, and I would never offer criticism unless it was asked for. I'd love to look at some more of your art, if you want to link to it.
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Gosh, leave it to the DF community to give me real actual art critique, you guys are the best! <3
taking your advice into consideration, I return once more to my pixel art cave.
(as far as more of my art, I'm afraid I don't really have a portfolio - I'm actually a programmer who tried to learn pixel art to throw together some silly games)
Swapped out the colors for DawnBringer's brilliant 16 color Palette (http://goto.glocalnet.net/richard_fhager/db16_v1_analyze.png):
(http://i.imgur.com/s69oNYY.png)
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Dark Souls.
Truly an amazing game. If you look close, you can see some of the game's influence on TLCM.
Reg is basically wearing Elite Knight armor, am I right?
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About Plumpy:
Make him grow
I just had to read up on mushroom people in Dark Soul, quite entertaining. Apparently they not very important to the overall story, but good design have made them really catch people's imagination. They certainly have mine.
Anyway, my point is this: In dark soul, there are small, fairly harmless Mushroom "children", and then large, quite dangerous mushroom "parents". I can't help but notice that Plumpy is about intermediate in size - perhaps a bit bigger than the children but not full grown yet (that, or he appears that way because dwarves are short?) Anyway, under the right conditions, mushrooms can grow quite fast, and just to say that Plumpy may not have reach his full potential yet...
Gosh, leave it to the DF community to give me real actual art critique, you guys are the best! <3
taking your advice into consideration, I return once more to my pixel art cave.
(as far as more of my art, I'm afraid I don't really have a portfolio - I'm actually a programmer who tried to learn pixel art to throw together some silly games)
Thank you for being gracious about it too. Constructive criticism, when it comes to art, is really tricky. I think people took the effort because we sense there is potential there :)
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About Plumpy: Hes not from Dark Souls, but Masterwork DF. The Plump Helmet Men are the same size as dwarves. They can be rebellious, but only if they outnumber your dwarves.
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Plumpy should become enraged, and explode into a cloud of purple spores, thus inducing a horrible syndrome in everyone else as they experience parasitism and mycotoxic shock.
That should teach that donkey a valuable lesson about picking fights with strong, silent type mushroom men!
{this is a joke}
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How about no exploding plump helmet man jokes?
(You might give the PHM ideas)
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I like the idea of him getting angry and poofing out spores-- but I am not so sure about the resulting syndrome reaction.
Though, it WOULD make a good room-clearing event, given that the dwarves of the new mountain home that misty has found herself in seem to be elf murdering psychos with crossbows.
Just stick a thumb where his "mouth" would be, and "exhale" strongly. POOOOOOF. Lol
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The dwarves should bring Misty into a side room with the bookkeeper in it, an old, crooked dwarf, and after an akward eye-over she needs to be assigned the glorious job of gelding.
She gets to milk the cow, to geld the bull, to shear the sheep and even spin the wool, but not make the cheese. She's becomes a 'herder'.
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"Vampire Testing"
Considering that Misty escaped from one set of locked cells, it would be hilarious for her to get locked up a second time.
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Gosh, leave it to the DF community to give me real actual art critique, you guys are the best! <3
taking your advice into consideration, I return once more to my pixel art cave.
(as far as more of my art, I'm afraid I don't really have a portfolio - I'm actually a programmer who tried to learn pixel art to throw together some silly games)
Swapped out the colors for DawnBringer's brilliant 16 color Palette (http://goto.glocalnet.net/richard_fhager/db16_v1_analyze.png):
(http://i.imgur.com/s69oNYY.png)
Reg definitely looks better. Must be the increased contrast.
Holt looks weird with that nose, he looks like an alcoholic (not all dwarves are alcoholics, surely ?). Also his skin has the exact same color as his breastplate.
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Sadly, with strongly constrained palettes, this happens.
Also, it is not unreasonable for clothing to exactly match skin tones. Happens frequently in fact, which is why "Look agains" are a thing.
Take for instance, this woman's understated blouse.
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/77/88/ca/7788ca49cca087a4a289edffd620c702.jpg)
With the problem of a constrained palette, recurrence of a suitable shade is inevitable. The best he could do here is to put an edge in a darker hue at the edge of the armor-- but with low pixel resolution, this can be an even worse faux-pas.
In this case, I would say overlook that issue.
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wait, that is 16 colors ? I thought it was 256.
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About Plumpy: Hes not from Dark Souls, but Masterwork DF. The Plump Helmet Men are the same size as dwarves. They can be rebellious, but only if they outnumber your dwarves.
Plump helmet men are also in vanilla, though naturally they're differently implemented.
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wait, that is 16 colors ? I thought it was 256.
16 colors, count 'em (http://i.imgur.com/aaEty8Y.png)! Actually 15 because I only used the light green for the background.
I appreciate all the feedback, guys, and will continue improving on my work with your help in mind! Hopefully I haven't driven this thread too far off topic! You'll certainly see more fanart from me in the future ( :
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In the later updates of the original mod that Masterwork got its Plump Helmet Men from, they have the ability to turn dwarves into 'spore thralls' by sneaking up on them while they sleep (like vampires) and planting spores in their brains (they will only do this if they are planning a rebellion). Spore thralls are indistinguishable from regular dwarves except that they have no emotions and do not die from blood loss. However, if the Plump Helmet Men decide to revolt, all the spore thralls will join the rebellion. Also, spore thralls can make other spore thralls.
Masterwork doesn't include this feature, but it does include rebellious PHM killing dwarves in their sleep by draining their blood (using their mycellium I guess). I guess TLCM can include either...
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In the later updates of the original mod that Masterwork got its Plump Helmet Men from, they have the ability to turn dwarves into 'spore thralls' by sneaking up on them while they sleep (like vampires) and planting spores in their brains (they will only do this if they are planning a rebellion). Spore thralls are indistinguishable from regular dwarves except that they have no emotions and do not die from blood loss. However, if the Plump Helmet Men decide to revolt, all the spore thralls will join the rebellion. Also, spore thralls can make other spore thralls.
Masterwork doesn't include this feature, but it does include rebellious PHM killing dwarves in their sleep by draining their blood (using their mycellium I guess). I guess TLCM can include either...
Oh, why dont I know about this? I should update that. :)
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The spore mind control thing is actually something that occurs in nature. There is a specific fungus that can control the mind of ants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis
I believe it is not the only instance of such an effect in nature. There are also more subtle ones, like toxoplasmosis, which causes rats to loose their fear of the smell of cat urine and instead be attracted to it. (it may also have an impact on human behavior...)
All that being said, I much prefer giant plumpy with the megapunch ;)
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Interesting. So if one makes sure to take care of one's Plump Helmet men, and keeps them near the residence halls, one could create a mindless population which does not die from bleeding? Sounds like a lovely setup to me. Eventually, then, the PHMs would rule the entire fort.
I think Plumpy has a plan, perhaps...
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Suggestion for Reg and Holt: After you managed to get out of that tunnel, take a moment to praise the sun. Then vomit from cave adaption.
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Go back to misty please ;D
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What do you think are Reg and Holt doing? Of course they are going back to Misty. :P
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TLCM returns this Friday, guys. Wish me luck on my finals!
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TLCM returns this Friday, guys. Wish me luck on my finals!
(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
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Luck wished! I know the feel!
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I have a link for you, and for anyone doing finals :
http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/104681936212/kittydoom-cavykatie
You can do it!!!
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TLCM returns this Friday, guys. Wish me luck on my finals!
I was going to start a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery minor "complaint"-like-thing-that-is-in-no-way-meant-to-push-you-or-offend-you-or-say-fuck-you-exams-or-otherwise-as-a-real-complaint-thing asking when the next TLCM page is out as it's been a little long. Of course, nothing goes above exams right now.
But then I saw this post. Hit it, saint. Rejoice :D
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(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
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Good luck on exams!
Heh, exams. Gotta hate exams. No, really, I think even the teachers hate exams. Or, at least, hate to grade exams.
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(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/150/9/1/housepets____waiting_intensifies_by_chaokocartoons-d7kd081.gif)
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(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
So many goddamn quotes... Keep it up.
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(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130923232553/spongebob/images/f/ff/Waiting.jpg)
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(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
So many goddamn quotes... Keep it up.
(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
So many goddamn quotes... Keep it up.
The knowledge that it can come any second now makes me quote twice.
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Please don't build quote pyramids. Apparently they can mess up some things for other users.
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Please don't build quote pyramids. Apparently they can mess up some things for other users.
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(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
So many goddamn quotes... Keep it up.
(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/3/0/vpw-waiting-intensifies.jpg)
So many goddamn quotes... Keep it up.
The knowledge that it can come any second now makes me quote twice.
Please don't build quote pyramids. Apparently they can mess up some things for other users.
You like it EH?! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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(http://i.imgur.com/AfhLpyO.jpg)
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And now! For something completely different! http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=146504.0
(( Yes, yes thread spam is bad, but it's something to entertain. ))
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shitty news, guys.
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
Again.
I'm posting this via phone. I'll see if I can get the next update posted tomorrow.
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the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
(http://i.imgur.com/sqcFh8v.jpg)
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shitty news, guys.
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
Again.
I'm posting this via phone. I'll see if I can get the next update posted tomorrow.
Ah. Been there. Don't worry, take your time. Who knows, you might get struck by inspiration and come up with a major twist to cram into a bonus panel thanks to these delays. ( My terrible attempt to spin your misfortune into a positive encouragement. )
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I am spending the extra time drawing...it's just frustrating, because I usually dump pages the second I get them done.
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shitty news, guys.
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
Again.
I'm posting this via phone. I'll see if I can get the next update posted tomorrow.
Mate888, legendary spinner, has stopped responding to the world...
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Doh!
In *some* circumstances you can use your phone as a hotspot for internet. I actually played EVE that way when I has issues with my ISP - my cellphone was far more reliable. This is only viable if you have a lot of data on your phone plan though (and if your phone can act as a hotspot).
Well, we'll have to be patient. Congrats on your finals :)
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Thanks! I aced all of them, I'm pretty sure. And I'll just mooch wifi off a coffee shop or something tomorrow.
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I doubt the elves will just do nothing after a mule of theirs was so brutally slaughtered. I think there will be elven spies on the fort.
(http://i.imgur.com/2ZqBsg5.png)
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I doubt the elves will just do nothing after a mule of theirs was so brutally slaughtered. I think there will be elven spies on the fort.
(http://i.imgur.com/2ZqBsg5.png)
That is awesome! :D :D :D
And given how strangely the dwarven mind work, this could work ... for a time
Urist: This imigrant, Pansy McElvenspy
Ingish: What of him?
Urist: I do no like him. There is something wrong with him. His speech is strange. He doesn't like butchering kittens. His hair is silky and soft. Is he even dwarven?
Ingish: He has a beard. He carries a hammer. Therefore, he is dwarf.
Urist: Your logic is strong like granite.
only to fail due to the most absurd of reason later on
Pansy: Hello Urist TinDoored
Urist: Greetings Pansy McElvenspy
Pansy: Erm Urist, are you sure you should remove that floor? Ingish is sort of standing on it
Urist: Orders are to remove floor.
Pansy: But Ingish will fall
Urist: You question orders?!? SPYYYYYY!!!
*Urist has become enraged*
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Latias1290, Overseeer cancels wait: Went insane.
Latias1290 has stopped responding to the world...
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Could have been worse:
Urist: "Greetings Pansy McElvenspy, here, take this axe. You are our new woodcutter."
McElvenspy: "...! I literally cant even."
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(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8400941312/hC6A47F4E/)
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I doubt the elves will just do nothing after a mule of theirs was so brutally slaughtered. I think there will be elven spies on the fort.
(http://i.imgur.com/2ZqBsg5.png)
bwahhaha, that is fantastic. Would you mind terribly much if I cropped that for an avatar?
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The prophecy day was upon us, and then
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ib1S2Vj.jpg)
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It's so soon, I can feel the hype before the storm.
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(http://www.upad.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/freakout.gif)
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Could have been worse:
Urist: "Greetings Pansy McElvenspy, here, take this axe. You are our new woodcutter."
McElvenspy: "...! I literally cant even."
PansyMcelvenspy, woodcutter has been stricken by melancholy...
I doubt the elves will just do nothing after a mule of theirs was so brutally slaughtered. I think there will be elven spies on the fort.
(http://i.imgur.com/2ZqBsg5.png)
bwahhaha, that is fantastic. Would you mind terribly much if I cropped that for an avatar?
Well, it's not mine, is a screenshot from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeeV_Dl9gw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeeV_Dl9gw), so do as you want.
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Could have been worse:
Urist: "Greetings Pansy McElvenspy, here, take this axe. You are our new woodcutter."
McElvenspy: "...! I literally cant even."
PansyMcelvenspy, woodcutter has been stricken by melancholy...
I doubt the elves will just do nothing after a mule of theirs was so brutally slaughtered. I think there will be elven spies on the fort.
(http://i.imgur.com/2ZqBsg5.png)
bwahhaha, that is fantastic. Would you mind terribly much if I cropped that for an avatar?
Well, it's not mine, is a screenshot from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeeV_Dl9gw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeeV_Dl9gw), so do as you want.
LOL - looks like Pansy McElvenspy made it all the way to the Dwarven Council. Now that's a spy!
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shitty news, guys.
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
Again.
I'm posting this via phone. I'll see if I can get the next update posted tomorrow.
(http://nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg) (http://nooooooooooooooo.com/)
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I thought that looked familiar. I am a Dwarf and I'm digging a hole...
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I thought that looked familiar. I am a Dwarf and I'm digging a hole...
SOI CONFIRMED!!!
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TLCM returns this Friday, guys. Wish me luck on my finals!
(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091008044606/spongebob/images/0/02/3_DAYS.jpg)
(I know it's actually been four days but I couldn't find one for four days. Also of course I'm not blaming you but it's been so long :( )
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Isnt it 2 days later? Its sunday as far as I know. :P
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Depends on how you view it. It's been 4 days since he said it, but 2 days since Friday. (There was no time card for two days, either.)
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As long as its not 28 days... :D
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That youtube song inspires me.
One day the bay12 dwarves will make it to space of some sort.
Also, I started a forums "catsplosion". Technicaly, sort of.
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Also, I started a forums "catsplosion". Technicaly, sort of.
this made me laugh more than it probably should have
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shitty news, guys.
I have the next update finished...but the construction crew digging next door cut through the internet cable.
Again.
I'm posting this via phone. I'll see if I can get the next update posted tomorrow.
(http://nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg) (http://nooooooooooooooo.com/)
I love Palpatine in that picture.
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(http://i.imgur.com/BAmGXVs.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BAmGXVs.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/W4DH7JD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/W4DH7JD.png)
You are now the terrified girl in the corner.
(http://i.imgur.com/I7Wje21.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/I7Wje21.gif)
You just watched your newest best friend get murdered right in front of you. You politely ask the iron monster for mercy.
You know, if it's okay with that.
(http://i.imgur.com/HtyLW2o.png) (http://i.imgur.com/HtyLW2o.png)
The iron monster makes a few noises of confusion, and withdraws its ax from the elf's chest cavity.
(http://i.imgur.com/YTyW7ES.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YTyW7ES.png)
Then it lifts its visor.
"What are you on about, love? That elf didn't getcha, did he?"
(http://i.imgur.com/vcQ8vXW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/vcQ8vXW.png)
Oh...it's not a monster.
It's just a dwarf.
(http://i.imgur.com/27z0CI1.png) (http://i.imgur.com/27z0CI1.png)
"I mean, your mates all seem righty-oh. Our markdwarves were pretty dead-on, eh? Picked the tree-huggers off all nice and square before they could turn on ya. Never can trust a tree-hugger, cap'n always says! Tryin' to smuggle their junk into our fortress, down-right insultin' is what it is!"
(http://i.imgur.com/8m2XafP.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/8m2XafP.gif)
You take a minute to wipe the blood off your face as the girl goes on.
"Name's Datan Ritas, number Eight of H.E.R.T. Squad Three, 'High Emergency Response Team'! Cap'n figured it'd only take one to clean up down here. Can't waste too many bolts on an elf, and SOMEONE'S gotta make sure the buggers are dead!"
(http://i.imgur.com/XA0yddq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XA0yddq.png)
"Come on now, hop on up! Can't fall down every time your neighbor gets an ax in the chest, can we? Else the entire fort'll be on it's rump!"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5887018#msg5887018)
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Whooo! Off to meet the creepy old Bookkeeper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa7Ig6elozo)!
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AAAAAAAAAh yes we've been expecting you...
I like how shocking a classical fort dwarf attitude is to us now that we've met and humanized the elves a bit.
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Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook.
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Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook brewer.
It's a lot easier to fake being a brewer. Skilled brewers are just faster than unskilled ones. Skilled cooks produce better food.
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Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook brewer.
It's a lot easier to fake being a brewer. Skilled brewers are just faster than unskilled ones. Skilled cooks produce better food.
Pretend to be a brewer instead.
Also, realise with shock and horror that the elf has been brainwashing you in order to bend you to his will. Be glad that he is dead now.
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The nun is my favorite character <3
Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook brewer.
It's a lot easier to fake being a brewer. Skilled brewers are just faster than unskilled ones. Skilled cooks produce better food.
Pretend to be a brewer instead.
Also, realise with shock and horror that the elf has been brainwashing you in order to bend you to his will. Be glad that he is dead now.
+1
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Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook brewer.
It's a lot easier to fake being a brewer. Skilled brewers are just faster than unskilled ones. Skilled cooks produce better food.
+1
Also, realise with shock and horror that the elf has been brainwashing you in order to bend you to his will. Be glad that he is dead now.[/color]
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Never forget
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Don't tell anyone you are a cheesemaker. Pretend to be a cook brewer.
It's a lot easier to fake being a brewer. Skilled brewers are just faster than unskilled ones. Skilled cooks produce better food.
+1
Also, realise with shock and horror that the elf has been brainwashing you in order to bend you to his will. Be glad that he is dead now.[/color]
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Never forget
Elf sympathising is a sure sign of moral degeneration, Urist! And you know what we do with degenerates...
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The same thing we do with cheesemakers
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The same thing we do with cheesemakers
Exactly. Which is why Misty needs to stop being both as fast as possible.
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She may lie for now, but she will not betray her inner cheesemaker. It would be the saddest thing ever if misty changed her whole life plan just to conform to being another fortress drone.
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She may lie for now, but she will not betray her inner cheesemaker. It would be the saddest thing ever if misty changed her whole life plan just to conform to being another fortress drone.
She does not have to stop being a cheesemaker deep inside her soul, she just has to stop being an elf-lover and be a brewer on the outside instead.
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Throw a tantrum due to "horror at seeing a deceased sentient being" when you really just want to break something (or someones neck).
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Throw a tantrum due to "horror at seeing a deceased sentient being" when you really just want to break something (or someones neck).
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Not in the presence of the military.
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Throw a tantrum due to "horror at seeing a deceased sentient being" when you really just want to break something (or someones neck).
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Not in the presence of the military.
I +1 the -1 in agreement with the disagreement.
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A new Cheesemaker update! It's like Christmas ... well a Christmas where we celebrate the murder of elves that is...
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Datan Ritas translates to "Iron Owl".
I didn't forget, IronOwl! You got your dwarf.
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> If asked, claimed your an engraver interested in learning about cheesemaking; it seems like these people are pretty serious about having skilled laborers around, and you're technically a dabbling engraver from drawing on your wall, right? In a fortress as mature as Shielddawn, it's not like there's going to be a massive engraving project going on anywhere right? So you'll most certainly be free to study with the experts on cheesemaking that are most definitely going to be found somewhere. Once you're good enough to produce results, you'll be able to ply your trade without fear of the crazy fortress guards who are almost certainly loose cannons and not representative of the entire fortress!
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Arent engravings of pictures of cheese not a great dwarven tradition? :)
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Arent engravings of pictures of cheese not a great dwarven tradition? :)
Pretend to be an engraven and a brewer, who "likes cheese for its roundness."
Recognise the elf's mind games for what they were.
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Actually, you don't mind the Elves.. especially not.. that one..
Just don't reveal anything about your real feelings for now.
Just play along with the elf genocide for now. Call dibs for that particular elf's belongings.
(Maybe even get some kind of information from them or something?)
Geez, what manner crazy place have you gotten yourself into?
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Once she pulls herself together, perhaps offering a prayer to Urist and Armok that the dead elves might be reforged and reborn in a higher form -- not as dwarves yet, mind, that's too big a leap, but perhaps as snails, donkeys, or humans -- Misty's going to need to get through whatever immigration controls they have here at Shielddawn.
I suppose there're three scenarios to consider: does this fortress use unskilled migrants as mass unskilled (but generally safe) labor, as military recruits, or for dangerous jobs like working in the caverns & "testing" the trash compactor? If they go into the military, are they ablative shields or do they undergo an actual training program?
If the fortress isn't assigning squad numbers out of sequence to confuse the elven menace, then the existence and equipment of HERT Squad 3 gives me hope that Shielddawn has an efficient military with a good training program. If we find that's the case, getting drafted as an unskilled migrant might be Misty's best bet, something like a dwarven GI Bill (since it's valuable for soldiers to also have a civilian profession). What does a legendary axedwarf do on her downtime? Whatever she wants!
On the other hand, if Shielddawn is a more typical fortress, I'd say Misty should be mostly honest about her skill level but claim interest in a desirable moodable skill / material / object combination. Engraving's good, or she could talk about how her father's a legendary armorsmith and wanted her to be an armorsmith too, but she never wanted to be an armorsmith. She wanted to be... a weaponsmith! Leaping from forge to forge, her best hammer in her hand, as she strides down the broad craft halls! Oh, and she really likes cheese, too.
... after all this paranoia and deception, Misty's going to lie and get shunted into some boring or dangerous job only to find out that Shielddawn is attempting to construct the world's largest underground dairy operation, isn't she? A dairy industry is a large &inefficient process by which they produce a product (cheese) that's less valuable than the result of an easy, compact process (farm plots + prepared meals), but that's the dwarven way: Dwarves undertake megaprojects like a giant glass tower, a magma-spewing death machine or a cheese-based economy not because they are easy but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of their energies and skills, because that challenge is one that they are willing to accept, one they are unwilling to postpone, and one that they intend to die horribly when it all falls down around their heads win.
Oh, and Plumpy: Jubilate at the fate of the insolent donkey who tried to eat you! Then do your best to not look delicious.
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Once she pulls herself together, perhaps offering a prayer to Urist and Armok that the dead elves might be reforged and reborn in a higher form -- not as dwarves yet, mind, that's too big a leap, but perhaps as snails, donkeys, or humans -- Misty's going to need to get through whatever immigration controls they have here at Shielddawn.
I suppose there're three scenarios to consider: does this fortress use unskilled migrants as mass unskilled (but generally safe) labor, as military recruits, or for dangerous jobs like working in the caverns & "testing" the trash compactor? If they go into the military, are they ablative shields or do they undergo an actual training program?
If the fortress isn't assigning squad numbers out of sequence to confuse the elven menace, then the existence and equipment of HERT Squad 3 gives me hope that Shielddawn has an efficient military with a good training program. If we find that's the case, getting drafted as an unskilled migrant might be Misty's best bet, something like a dwarven GI Bill (since it's valuable for soldiers to also have a civilian profession). What does a legendary axedwarf do on her downtime? Whatever she wants!
On the other hand, if Shielddawn is a more typical fortress, I'd say Misty should be mostly honest about her skill level but claim interest in a desirable moodable skill / material / object combination. Engraving's good, or she could talk about how her father's a legendary armorsmith and wanted her to be an armorsmith too, but she never wanted to be an armorsmith. She wanted to be... a weaponsmith! Leaping from forge to forge, her best hammer in her hand, as she strides down the broad craft halls! Oh, and she really likes cheese, too.
... after all this paranoia and deception, Misty's going to lie and get shunted into some boring or dangerous job only to find out that Shielddawn is attempting to construct the world's largest underground dairy operation, isn't she?
Oh, and Plumpy: Jubilate at the fate of the insolent donkey who tried to eat you! Then do your best to not look delicious.
+1 (I assume my suggestions would be applied to this as well.)
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Take the hand of the
iron golem Datan Ritas
What is the nun drawing in the wall ? I get it that she has a blood fetish (she IS one of Armok's chosen after all), but it looks like... nothing.
Anyways, activate Brewing, Engraving, Milking and Cheesemaking. At least she won't be completely useless to the fort, and maybe she'll make cheese.
About the elf... have a regretful look at him and claim his stuff in true dwarven fashion. These -rope reed socks-.
Then go about your life.
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About the elf... have a regretful look at him and claim his stuff in true dwarven fashion. These -rope reed socks-.
+1
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About the elf... have a regretful look at him and claim his stuff in true dwarven fashion. These -rope reed socks-.
+1
+1
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What is the nun drawing in the wall ? I get it that she has a blood fetish (she IS one of Armok's chosen after all), but it looks like... nothing.
I (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) don't (https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png) know! (https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png) It's (https://31.media.tumblr.com/d3611963bd82475d63e1937fe3d491b7/tumblr_ne2th75gMF1rs5f3po6_1280.png) probably (https://38.media.tumblr.com/31fc9f7de773502372821e8a5395156b/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po5_1280.png) nothing. (https://31.media.tumblr.com/5ee8b624ccfd170d29351f8b448a3762/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po6_1280.png)
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As for what happens now, here's my mega-suggestion post I made a while back...I edited in to a fairly aged post, so I suspect not many people saw it at the time.
You know, it occurs to me that I listed helms in Reg's preference list when I did a mock DF mood screen for her. I'm not sure if I'm psychic. I suppose I should put it to the test.
Now, to get all of my Wild Mass Guesses off of my chest...
!!Reg is now a proper swordsdwarf (novice in swordsdwarf) rather than merely a recruit!!
!!Holt will bestow a title on Reg for her slaying of the creature of the night!!
!!Reg's title will be somewhat old fashioned and at least a little bit embarrassing to Reg, the kind of thing an aged, grandfatherly dwarf like Holt would consider a good title!!
!!Because of their detour into the lair of a night creature, Reg and Holt arrive at Shielddawn after Misty and the other migrants have been "processed", and are told by the dwarves at the door that nobody of Misty's description arrived with the last group!!
!!There will then be a timeskip of a few months or so!!
!!During this time, Misty will be put to work in the mines of Shielddawn ,perhaps as part of a crew of haulers assigned to move mine carts full of ore up from the depths!!
!!Misty being stuck down in the depths of Shielddawn is part of some higher conspiracy!!
!!At some point, perhaps via overhearing gossip from the guards or one of the other "laborers", Misty learns that the only living master (legendary+5) of the cheesemaking skill is none other than the necromancer!!
!!Misty will hatch a daring plan to escape Shielddawn, and, at the insistence of the couple who came to Shielddawn in the same wave as her, rescue their son from Shielddawn's "Daycare" program!!
!!We then return to Reg and Holt at the Mountainhomes just as Misty's plan is reaching a critical moment!!
!!Reg is now a proficient swordsdwarf!!
!!Because of his failure to keep an eye on Misty, and because he took the blame for the two getting lost and wandering into a night creature's lair, Holt has been politely asked to retire!!
!! Holt's replacement turns out to be a well-meaning but sheltered and horrifically under-qualified nobledwarf with an influential Count (who may have a goatee) for a father who negotiated him the position to keep him the as far away from any actual fighting as possible while still making him think he's in a position with actual responsibility!!
!!Awkward moments ensue between Reg and her clueless new boss!!
!!Then we hear screaming and fighting: the mountainhomes are under attack for the first time in decades!!
!!Back to Misty, because cliffhangers when switching between the perspectives of the protagonist and the (apparent) deutragonist seem to be a tradition at this point!!
So yeah.
3 rings is the civ symbol right?
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What is the nun drawing in the wall ? I get it that she has a blood fetish (she IS one of Armok's chosen after all), but it looks like... nothing.
I (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) don't (https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png) know! (https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png) It's (https://31.media.tumblr.com/d3611963bd82475d63e1937fe3d491b7/tumblr_ne2th75gMF1rs5f3po6_1280.png) probably (https://38.media.tumblr.com/31fc9f7de773502372821e8a5395156b/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po5_1280.png) nothing. (https://31.media.tumblr.com/5ee8b624ccfd170d29351f8b448a3762/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po6_1280.png)
Nice one, I missed the rings on the armor. :)
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Once she pulls herself together, perhaps offering a prayer to Urist and Armok that the dead elves might be reforged and reborn in a higher form -- not as dwarves yet, mind, that's too big a leap, but perhaps as snails, donkeys, or humans -- Misty's going to need to get through whatever immigration controls they have here at Shielddawn.
I suppose there're three scenarios to consider: does this fortress use unskilled migrants as mass unskilled (but generally safe) labor, as military recruits, or for dangerous jobs like working in the caverns & "testing" the trash compactor? If they go into the military, are they ablative shields or do they undergo an actual training program?
If the fortress isn't assigning squad numbers out of sequence to confuse the elven menace, then the existence and equipment of HERT Squad 3 gives me hope that Shielddawn has an efficient military with a good training program. If we find that's the case, getting drafted as an unskilled migrant might be Misty's best bet, something like a dwarven GI Bill (since it's valuable for soldiers to also have a civilian profession). What does a legendary axedwarf do on her downtime? Whatever she wants!
On the other hand, if Shielddawn is a more typical fortress, I'd say Misty should be mostly honest about her skill level but claim interest in a desirable moodable skill / material / object combination. Engraving's good, or she could talk about how her father's a legendary armorsmith and wanted her to be an armorsmith too, but she never wanted to be an armorsmith. She wanted to be... a weaponsmith! Leaping from forge to forge, her best hammer in her hand, as she strides down the broad craft halls! Oh, and she really likes cheese, too.
... after all this paranoia and deception, Misty's going to lie and get shunted into some boring or dangerous job only to find out that Shielddawn is attempting to construct the world's largest underground dairy operation, isn't she?
Oh, and Plumpy: Jubilate at the fate of the insolent donkey who tried to eat you! Then do your best to not look delicious.
+1 (I assume my suggestions would be applied to this as well.)
+1
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Once she pulls herself together, perhaps offering a prayer to Urist and Armok that the dead elves might be reforged and reborn in a higher form -- not as dwarves yet, mind, that's too big a leap, but perhaps as snails, donkeys, or humans -- Misty's going to need to get through whatever immigration controls they have here at Shielddawn.
I suppose there're three scenarios to consider: does this fortress use unskilled migrants as mass unskilled (but generally safe) labor, as military recruits, or for dangerous jobs like working in the caverns & "testing" the trash compactor? If they go into the military, are they ablative shields or do they undergo an actual training program?
If the fortress isn't assigning squad numbers out of sequence to confuse the elven menace, then the existence and equipment of HERT Squad 3 gives me hope that Shielddawn has an efficient military with a good training program. If we find that's the case, getting drafted as an unskilled migrant might be Misty's best bet, something like a dwarven GI Bill (since it's valuable for soldiers to also have a civilian profession). What does a legendary axedwarf do on her downtime? Whatever she wants!
On the other hand, if Shielddawn is a more typical fortress, I'd say Misty should be mostly honest about her skill level but claim interest in a desirable moodable skill / material / object combination. Engraving's good, or she could talk about how her father's a legendary armorsmith and wanted her to be an armorsmith too, but she never wanted to be an armorsmith. She wanted to be... a weaponsmith! Leaping from forge to forge, her best hammer in her hand, as she strides down the broad craft halls! Oh, and she really likes cheese, too.
... after all this paranoia and deception, Misty's going to lie and get shunted into some boring or dangerous job only to find out that Shielddawn is attempting to construct the world's largest underground dairy operation, isn't she?
Oh, and Plumpy: Jubilate at the fate of the insolent donkey who tried to eat you! Then do your best to not look delicious.
+1 (I assume my suggestions would be applied to this as well.)
+1
+1
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What is the nun drawing in the wall ? I get it that she has a blood fetish (she IS one of Armok's chosen after all), but it looks like... nothing.
I (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/243/b/c/escape_by_two_halves-d7xhji0.png) don't (https://31.media.tumblr.com/b2bc94fbb288e78e6e5249961c864e13/tumblr_n25j4h237k1rs5f3po2_1280.png) know! (https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png) It's (https://31.media.tumblr.com/d3611963bd82475d63e1937fe3d491b7/tumblr_ne2th75gMF1rs5f3po6_1280.png) probably (https://38.media.tumblr.com/31fc9f7de773502372821e8a5395156b/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po5_1280.png) nothing. (https://31.media.tumblr.com/5ee8b624ccfd170d29351f8b448a3762/tumblr_ne2tnfHfgK1rs5f3po6_1280.png)
so it's their civ's symbol ? I missed that.
also is she engraving but with blood ? that is the greatest engraving method ever.
Also I vote no for a plumpy episode. We need to focus on misty now, not silent-comedy-plump-helmet-man.
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Yep, the Armok-worshipping nun is engraving the divine symbol with holy ink. It's not a very good engraving, though. It's... dripping.
Misty: pray to Urist for your departed friend. Quietly. Don't let the axedwarf know.
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Yep, the Armok-worshipping nun is engraving the divine symbol with holy ink. It's not a very good engraving, though. It's... dripping.
Misty: pray to Urist for your departed friend. Quietly. Don't let the axedwarf know.
+1, and quickly snatch any personal affects (and his socks since you're a dwarf) before the guards toss them in the trash. Hopefully one day you'll be able to give them to his next of kin, and maybe you'll be able to get some justice for the clearly unwarranted actions of these lunatics!
We all know what's going on, but I don't think Misty would get it.
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> If asked, claimed your an engraver interested in learning about cheesemaking; it seems like these people are pretty serious about having skilled laborers around, and you're technically a dabbling engraver from drawing on your wall, right? In a fortress as mature as Shielddawn, it's not like there's going to be a massive engraving project going on anywhere right? So you'll most certainly be free to study with the experts on cheesemaking that are most definitely going to be found somewhere. Once you're good enough to produce results, you'll be able to ply your trade without fear of the crazy fortress guards who are almost certainly loose cannons and not representative of the entire fortress!
+1
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> If asked, claimed your an engraver interested in learning about cheesemaking; it seems like these people are pretty serious about having skilled laborers around, and you're technically a dabbling engraver from drawing on your wall, right? In a fortress as mature as Shielddawn, it's not like there's going to be a massive engraving project going on anywhere right? So you'll most certainly be free to study with the experts on cheesemaking that are most definitely going to be found somewhere. Once you're good enough to produce results, you'll be able to ply your trade without fear of the crazy fortress guards who are almost certainly loose cannons and not representative of the entire fortress!
+1
+1
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Be horrified, oblivious and pass out.
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Be horrified, oblivious and pass out.
-1 We are not an elf.
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Oh hey a new update time to draw fanart of the new cast.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/new-rigs.png)
Going by the looks of the hair, the entire fort is vamp'd and currently going to ask misty to drink from a strange well, Misty saying no means she can work on her cheesemaking skills but bound to be prey to the entire fort,
if she says yes she safe, but lock out on improving her cheesemaking skills.
Wonder if those elves where Hive infested?
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Be horrified, oblivious and pass out.
-1 We are not an elf.
Of course we would be dead otherwise.
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If Misty is going to get some shit job assigned, I'd like to think that the nun would intervene. She seemed to like Misty and would probably want to help her.
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Can Vampires learn skills? I forget.
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Yes they can, but they cant gain/lose attributes. Thats why people always lock in vampires to make legendary bookkeepers. ;)
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Right, right. So you're supposed to send them through screw pump training before vamping them.
Apparently vamping is a word. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vamping?s=t)
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I honestly doubt that this very relyable, white-haired guard is a vampire. He seems like a swell guy and very welcoming to the migrants.
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The Guard is clearly a minion of the necrocheeser. Tread carefully.
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Lets hope he isnt sending his evil cheese minions to attack the fort...
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/149/d/5/Evil_cheese_by_Two_T.jpg)http://two-t.deviantart.com/art/Evil-cheese-56386757
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Guard is actually a female, and her way of calling Misty "love" seems odd.
It would be hilarious if Misty actually would fall for her.
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Guard is actually a female, and her way of calling Misty "love" seems odd.
It would be hilarious if Misty actually would fall for her.
You take a minute to wipe the blood off your face as the girl goes on.
Whoops, missed that somehow.
-1 to falling for the guard. The brief elf romance was a good bit, but falling for everyone would get old quickly.
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Guard is actually a female, and her way of calling Misty "love" seems odd.
It would be hilarious if Misty actually would fall for her.
You take a minute to wipe the blood off your face as the girl goes on.
Whoops, missed that somehow.
-1 to falling for the guard. The brief elf romance was a good bit, but falling for everyone would get old quickly.
agreed, if anything you should hate and / or curse that guard for eternity. All the more fun if you get drafted .
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agreed, if anything you should hate and / or curse that guard for eternity. All the more fun if you get drafted .
+1 for rival. Rivals are good for stories.
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Misty is too nice for rivalry.
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Misty needs more trauma in her life, then.
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After someone killed the handsome elf right in front of her? She's more young than nice. It doesn't mean she can't hold a grudge. Not that she's mean or anything.
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If Misty pretends to be an engraver, she should offer to engrave a memorial slab to the elf, you know, in case his ghost rises because you know they're not going to bury him. ;) It can be built in the room she claims. If the overseer has saw fit to dig out enough rooms...
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PTW
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You know what? I feel like playing the devil's advocate and saying....
Misty should tell the truth-she wants to be a cheesemaker...but has yet to make any cheese.
Bonus points if she immediately gets put on the extra-dangerous, extra-tedious hauling jobs, while still being a cheesemaker. For a fort with no cattle or so much as a drop of milk. Or any other cheesemakers.
Besides, it'll be great for plot! She definitely should also develop a grudge with the bookkeeper who will assign her to those jobs, but that can come AFTER the assignment.
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I find it very strange that everyone is demanding that Misty claim to be anything but a Cheesemaker, when she has no reason at all to know or even suspect that that would be looked down upon. Why should she claim otherwise, other than the fact we know better? Unfortunately, she does not, and probably wouldn't think of it, especially right after a traumatic experience.
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Exactly! She's not mentally prepared to lie. Or do anything, save curl up into a ball and cry. And probably also throw up a bit. The insides of an elven ribcage that has recently been a
victim patient of a dwarven axe-assisted open-heart surgery are not very pretty. And probably smell bad.
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I concur - a lot of people are saying "if the fortress is run way X, Misty should do Y", based on our own experiences of how forts are often run. Misty has no way of knowing that... I think the only two viable alternatives are to shut up and stay in the background (observe and learn more) or be open and honest. Lying when you don't know what's going at all is a recipe for disaster, even a 12 year old knows that.
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Guard is actually a female, and her way of calling Misty "love" seems odd.
That's a pretty common +solidarity mode of address for friends, strangers & casual acquaintances in some places - not where I'm from, but close enough that I encounter it on occasion. Think the stereotypical matronly restauranteuse who calls everyone "love" or "hun". That's how I'm picturing Datan the ironclad monster here. She probably bakes ≡«☼elf tallow pies☼»≡ (they menace with spikes of dough) when she's off duty.
Oh, and for Misty's sake I hope that
Can't fall down every time your neighbor gets an ax in the chest, can we? Else the entire fort'll be on it's rump!
is hyperbole.
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Misty needs more trauma in her life, then.
+1
Her "saviour" from the elf menace should get killed by a falling log or spontaneous tree-growth cave-in.
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You know what? I feel like playing the devil's advocate and saying....
Misty should tell the truth-she wants to be a cheesemaker...but has yet to make any cheese.
Bonus points if she immediately gets put on the extra-dangerous, extra-tedious hauling jobs, while still being a cheesemaker. For a fort with no cattle or so much as a drop of milk. Or any other cheesemakers.
Besides, it'll be great for plot! She definitely should also develop a grudge with the bookkeeper who will assign her to those jobs, but that can come AFTER the assignment.
+1
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I find it very strange that everyone is demanding that Misty claim to be anything but a Cheesemaker, when she has no reason at all to know or even suspect that that would be looked down upon. Why should she claim otherwise, other than the fact we know better? Unfortunately, she does not, and probably wouldn't think of it, especially right after a traumatic experience.
+1
I am convinced.
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I find it very strange that everyone is demanding that Misty claim to be anything but a Cheesemaker, when she has no reason at all to know or even suspect that that would be looked down upon. Why should she claim otherwise, other than the fact we know better? Unfortunately, she does not, and probably wouldn't think of it, especially right after a traumatic experience.
+1
I am convinced.
So that's like +5 or so to this total? I think?
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Maybe Misty should go into a mood and make an Elf Bone cheese ladle
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Don't tell these monsters your life's hopes and dreams. They might decide to eat them.
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Don't tell these monsters your life's hopes and dreams. They might decide to eat them.
Why eat hopes and dreams when they can eat masterwork cheese?
Misty!! Tell them the truth and then ignore the fact that you will be forced to haul, clean, mine or be sent as cannon-fodder aganist a Forgotten Beast!
Or even better! Have a strange mood (bonus points if she gets possessed by the spirit of Darkerdaffodil) and make a masterwork cheese statue!
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Don't tell these monsters your life's hopes and dreams. They might decide to eat them.
Why eat hopes and dreams when they can eat masterwork cheese?
Misty!! Tell them the truth and then ignore the fact that you will be forced to haul, clean, mine or be sent as cannon-fodder aganist a Forgotten Beast!
Or even better! Have a strange mood (bonus points if she gets possessed by the spirit of Darkerdaffodil) and make a masterwork cheese statue!
+1
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Datan Ritas translates to "Iron Owl".
I didn't forget, IronOwl! You got your dwarf.
Hehehehehe! She's so adorable in her deathnaught armor!
+1 to telling her the truth about our cheesemaking ambitions.
In fact, murdering our best friend right in front of us aside, she seems like the best way to get acquainted with our new home. Might want to ask her how things work around here.
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Black Iron Owl
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Datan Ritas translates to "Iron Owl".
I didn't forget, IronOwl! You got your dwarf.
Hehehehehe! She's so adorable in her deathnaught armor!
+1 to telling her the truth about our cheesemaking ambitions.
In fact, murdering our best friend right in front of us aside, she seems like the best way to get acquainted with our new home. Might want to ask her how things work around here.
wait does misty had a best friend in the old fort before BestFriending elf romeo here?
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/old-best-friend-killed-new-best-friend.png) was it Datan? We didn't say our name.
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(http://i.imgur.com/87JQSLe.png) (http://i.imgur.com/87JQSLe.png)
"There we go, lookit you! Right as rain, not a scratch. Fallin' over like that and makin' us think we nicked ya with a bolt or somesuch, shame on you!"
(http://i.imgur.com/2QruwUz.png) (http://i.imgur.com/2QruwUz.png)
"Oh, shoot, the Overseer's here already! I was hopin' we'd get this mess cleaned up before she came around. Old bird must be in a hurry, eh?"
(http://i.imgur.com/p1nmnUw.png) (http://i.imgur.com/p1nmnUw.png)
"Come on, come on, get in line, we've got to get you migrants all processed all nice and tidy. We can't have ANOTHER vampire sneakin' in, can we?"
She's joking...you think.
(http://i.imgur.com/jeuCRCC.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jeuCRCC.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/RgjIWKr.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RgjIWKr.png)
"Datan? What's...what's going to happen to the elves? Are we going to bury them, or...say a prayer, or...something?"
(http://i.imgur.com/IEE1a5K.png) (http://i.imgur.com/IEE1a5K.png)
"What you on about, love? Bury'em? Pray for'em? Why would we do somethin' silly like that?"
(http://i.imgur.com/kDA3fwP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kDA3fwP.png)
"Well...you know. To help put their souls to rest."
(http://i.imgur.com/kDA3fwP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kDA3fwP.png)
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/dO9p4x3.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/dO9p4x3.gif)
"AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAHAHAAAAAAHAHA AHAHAAAAHAAA HAHA AHA!"
(http://i.imgur.com/fIfrPQX.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/fIfrPQX.gif)
"Ah ha ahaha ha...eh hehe heh heh...eh..."
(http://i.imgur.com/cXEPBTg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/cXEPBTg.png)
"Oh come on now, love. Elves don't have souls! Bloody everyone knows that."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5902871#msg5902871)
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Poor Misty. :)
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Poor Misty ;_;
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Wait to be processed. We are CHEESEMAKER!
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Jokes aside, you'll want these corpses behind a big piece of stone in case the necromancer shows up. Like in a coffin.
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Welcome to DF, Misty. Or should I say, *elf bone bolt* x25 fortress.
Get set in line, offer a prayer to Urist XVIIII for the passing of the elf (what was his name anyway ?), and then promptly ask for Cowsea's blessing again, that she may impress the overseer with her willingness to become a cheesemaker.
Say milker is a fine job as well. So is animal caretaker.
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Jokes aside, you'll want these corpses behind a big piece of stone in case the necromancer shows up. Like in a coffin.
ohh :o what if instead of that, they dump the corpses in magma or under bridge? Or perhaps in an above-ground catacombs as bait for said necro?
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Be assigned on corpse dumping duty.
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Welcome to DF, Misty. Or should I say, *elf bone bolt* x25 fortress.
Get set in line, offer a prayer to Urist XVIIII for the passing of the elf (what was his name anyway ?), and then promptly ask for Cowsea's blessing again, that she may impress the overseer with her willingness to become a cheesemaker.
Say milker is a fine job as well. So is animal caretaker.
+1
Oh, also...
Enquire after the resting place of Zon Lokumarak, to pay homage. It's the reason we chose ShieldDawn specifically, after all.
EDIT:
Actually, scratch that second bit. We can do that once we've settled in. And aren't horribly traumatized by the death of a new friend right in front of us by the people who we thought were going to be protecting us.
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>Try to not to draw attention to yourself, and don't speak unless spoken to. Given everything that's happened so far, it's probably your safest bet.
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>Try to not to draw attention to yourself, and don't speak unless spoken to. Given everything that's happened so far, it's probably your safest bet.
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Get Smithy head. Present it and complain about unsafe roads. Demand action be taken.
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>Try to not to draw attention to yourself, and don't speak unless spoken to. Given everything that's happened so far, it's probably your safest bet.
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Get Smithy head. Present it and complain about unsafe roads. Demand action be taken.
Does Misty even have his head or anything?
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The nun did. Whether or not she kept it . . .
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"Oh, really? they didn't seem to 'know' that."
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Oooh mysteries!
Why is the nun drawing the fortress'/civ's symbol on the wall in blood?
Where is the plump helmet man?
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Did plumpy escape :O
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Well, they never come back as ghosts so...
Learn to wield a spear, it will be very relevant soon
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Well, they never come back as ghosts so...
Learn to wield a spear, it will be very relevant soon
Yes, seek out some kind of weapon. Perhaps carve something out of a large, stale block of cheese or find a sturdy stone mug of some kind.
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Well, they never come back as ghosts so...
Learn to wield a spear, it will be very relevant soon
Yes, seek out some kind of weapon. Perhaps carve something out of a large, stale block of cheese or find a sturdy stone mug of some kind.
I vote a sword of some sort as a weapon, and name it after the elf after you win many bouts of combat. You should make your armor from cheese. Or just add cheese atop your armor for added protection.
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oh!
Ask the nun if elves have souls. If she says yes, raise the issue of proper burial again.
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Silly people. Civilians can't assign themselves weapons. They have to be placed in a squad!
Tell Datan about the zombies on the road.
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Silly people. Civilians can't assign themselves weapons. They have to be placed in a squad!
Well, civilians can't usually assign "Remove construction" jobs to themselves either.
Quickly ask Datan is there's a cheese industry going. If not, convince the overseer to get a cheese industry going ASAP by telling her that the entire mountainhome wanted cheese, and there's no milkable animals there. So they would pay huge prices for cheese wheels in the next trade season.
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Tell Datan about the zombies on the road.
Quickly ask Datan is there's a cheese industry going. If not, convince the overseer to get a cheese industry going ASAP by telling her that the entire mountainhome wanted cheese, and there's no milkable animals there. So they would pay huge prices for cheese wheels in the next trade season.
+1 for both.
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Don't cry, dwarves aren't pussies.
Grab the dead elf's spear, it may be useful for cheesemaking.
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Why grab weapons or anything? That might look aggressive to someone! You just want to make cheese. Legendary cheese.
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oh!
Ask the nun if elves have souls. If she says yes, raise the issue of proper burial again.
+1
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oh!
Ask the nun if elves have souls. If she says yes, raise the issue of proper burial again.
+1
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oh!
Ask the nun if elves have souls. If she says yes, raise the issue of proper burial again.
Alternatively, don't bury him and work out how to make ghost cheese to welcome him back once his ghost shows up.
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
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Yeah, I dont think Misty will start doing Warlocky stuff that requries magic. Not all kids that run away from home, because they dont want to do what their parents tell them, have to become satanists. :P
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Found this while playing Dragon Age Inquisition, will leave it here. http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Wedge_of_Destiny
Military cheesemaker, anyone? Like Discworld's dwarven battle bread, only with cheese. Seeing how Misty's dad is an armorsmith and she doesn't actually know cheesemaking, she might end up making this one accidentally. Or in a mood.
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The mountainhomes are being sieged by Kobolds
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Yeah, I dont think Misty will start doing Warlocky stuff that requries magic. Not all kids that run away from home, because they dont want to do what their parents tell them, have to become satanists. :P
Yes that's right, that would be silly.
Make a soul gem instead!
But the serious suggestion would be to hide your job, they seem to be of the crazy metalsmithy type.
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When they ask you if you have any skills, say that you are a cheesemaker.
When they ask if you have any useful skills, have a flashback to when your father tried to teach you armorsmithing. Become an armorsmith.
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Something just occurred to me... she may or may not be able to do this right away, but Misty should try to get her puzzlebox back before it's inevitably dumped into magma or crushed under a bridge along with Darkerdaffodil's corpse. Having a memento might make the grieving period easier to get through, and since this is shaping up to be the sort of story where things get worse before they get better, Misty will have something to look at to remind herself that someone believed in her dreams.
In fact, come to think of it, she might be able to get it back now by pointing out the puzzlebox was originally hers. She doesn't even have to lie - the guard will undoubtedly jump to the conclusion that it was stolen from her and let her have it back.
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I'd say it doesnt matter that it belonged to her first. Dwarves always claim whatever is lying around, on a first-come-first-served basis. If she pockets the puzzle box, no one will care. Its perfectly normal behaviour to snatch items from fresh corpses.
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Well, that's true, but it's still a bit fuzzy how much of this story runs on dwarf logic and how much of it
actually makes sense has the characters think like real people would.
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Perhaps you can milk a dwarf for cheese? That's where they get dwarf cheese from, right?
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Dwarf cheese comes from purring maggots if I remember correctly.
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Dwarf cheese comes from purring maggots if I remember correctly.
It does.
But what does she know about milk?
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Perhaps you can milk a dwarf for cheese? That's where they get dwarf cheese from, right?
Let's not go THAT way.
And yes, if Misty wants to be a cheesemaker she should know about milk and purring maggots.
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Yeah, I dont think Misty will start doing Warlocky stuff that requries magic. Not all kids that run away from home, because they dont want to do what their parents tell them, have to become satanists. :P
have you seen Misty's chosen Gods? (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/misty-not-satanic.png)
one Misty could just use the soul for fresh SOULCHEESE. I mean Souls are yellow and what also yellow CHEESE. I mean it's wasteful to leave their souls not consumed by noble men.
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Rumrusher, I conquer. This makes perfect sense.
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Rumrusher, I conquer. This makes perfect sense.
Oh? What are you conquering then? Is it the afterlife?
Oh, and I concur with Ram. Conquer souls>Make SoulCheese>??>Profit
I am a terrible dwarf. I regret nothing.
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Rumrusher, I conquer. This makes perfect sense.
Oh? What are you conquering then? Is it the afterlife?
Oh, and I concur with Ram. Conquer souls>Make SoulCheese>??>Profit
I am a terrible dwarf. I regret nothing.
9 out of 10 dwarves agree, collecting souls is far greater than profit
Neither do I
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CHEESE FOR THE CHEESE GOD, SOULS FOR THE SOUL THRONE
or something like that ?
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I conquer my grasp of the English language of course.
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*Is now strangely curious if ghosts actually COULD be milked... would this produce ghostly cheese, or a cheesed ghost?
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*Is now strangely curious if ghosts actually COULD be milked... would this produce ghostly cheese, or a cheesed ghost?
Ghosts only exist of intelligent civ members, which can not be milked. If ghost pets would exist, they could be milked, giving normal milk/cheese.
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So you'd just need to add the [PET] tag to dwarves and make them milkable or make sheep intelligent?
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So you'd just need to add the [PET] tag to dwarves and make them milkable or make sheep intelligent?
What? No. Dwarves dont produce milk, and sheep wouldnt be civ members. Neither one would work.
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Raw modding can't make a pet ghost, as far as I'm aware. However, the ghostliness of a creature is handled by a single tag. It would be very simple to make a DFhack script that ghosts or de-ghosts a target creature. Though I'm not sure what effects that would have on things like pathing.
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Raw modding can't make a pet ghost, as far as I'm aware. However, the ghostliness of a creature is handled by a single tag. It would be very simple to make a DFhack script that ghosts or de-ghosts a target creature. Though I'm not sure what effects that would have on things like pathing.
Sounds like a perfect script to use with USAGE_HINT:FLEEING. Would be very interesting to see. Could you send me that script, if its easy to write? ^^
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So you'd just need to add the [PET] tag to dwarves and make them milkable or make sheep intelligent?
What? No. Dwarves dont produce milk, and sheep wouldnt be civ members. Neither one would work.
Could you just add milk tags to the raws for dwarves to make them produce milk?
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I said that you'd have to make them milkable.
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Doesnt work, civ members cant be milked. Btw, this is seriously off topic. ;)
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It's dwarf fortress, off topic is its natural state
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It's dwarf fortress, off topic is its natural state
Of course. If we were able to stay on topic for more than a few posts, we would betray our dwarfine -
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It's dwarf fortress, off topic is its natural state
That was exactly what I was thinking and more or less my intention when I wrote what I did.
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
Take the soul and use it to enchant a battleaxe. Use the battleaxe to chop down trees
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
Take the soul and use it to enchant a battleaxe. Use the battleaxe to chop down trees
Once she's done asking about elves, Misty should ask Kulet if Dwarf Fortress players have souls, at which point Kulet should almost laugh herself to death.
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
Take the soul and use it to enchant a battleaxe. Use the battleaxe to chop down trees
Once she's done asking about elves, Misty should ask Kulet if Dwarf Fortress players have souls, at which point Kulet should almost laugh herself to death.
No, ask about kobolds
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
Take the soul and use it to enchant a battleaxe. Use the battleaxe to chop down trees
Once she's done asking about elves, Misty should ask Kulet if Dwarf Fortress players have souls, at which point Kulet should almost laugh herself to death.
No, ask about kobolds
Kobolds have souls.
Brains is what they lack.
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Well technically if you check in Dfhack(which masterworks should have) they do, everyone has Souls(even freshly created zombies, down to the monsters rigs fought, to bogeymen) or they won't have a personality or dreams or what not later on in 40.xx series.
Just that while this is true I don't think Datan knows about this. Misty could just pray for the Putnam/warmist God to cram an Elf soul into Datan.
Then there's the whole Warlock subset which everyone who dies drops a soul which could be used.... wait
Misty pull one of your hourglass do dads from your hair and search for the elf soul... you can totally make a phylactery and keep Darkerderp soul forever.
This. Totally do this.
Pls no
Take the soul and use it to enchant a battleaxe. Use the battleaxe to chop down trees
Once she's done asking about elves, Misty should ask Kulet if Dwarf Fortress players have souls, at which point Kulet should almost laugh herself to death.
:D
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Everyone: have a welcome party. Let the dead elves rot in the anteroom, cleanup can wait. I mean, you're not expecting a visit from a friendly neighbourhood necromancer, are you? There sure are none of those around, no sir/ma'am.
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Everyone: have a welcome party. Let the dead elves rot in the anteroom, cleanup can wait. I mean, you're not expecting a visit from a friendly neighbourhood necromancer, are you? There sure are none of those around, no sir/ma'am.
on the other hand, if the necromancer does show up and she takes elf's soul for whatever the necromancer might try to make her his/her apprentice, you know, lure her to the dark side and all that. Zombie cheese, just think of it.
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Everyone: have a welcome party. Let the dead elves rot in the anteroom, cleanup can wait. I mean, you're not expecting a visit from a friendly neighbourhood necromancer, are you? There sure are none of those around, no sir/ma'am.
on the other hand, if the necromancer does show up and she takes elf's soul for whatever the necromancer might try to make her his/her apprentice, you know, lure her to the dark side and all that. Zombie cheese, just think of it.
Because, as people have said about 20 times, the necromancer is definitely a (possibly THE) legendary cheesemaker. S/he may also be one of Misty's biological parents, because Star Wars.
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Everyone: have a welcome party. Let the dead elves rot in the anteroom, cleanup can wait. I mean, you're not expecting a visit from a friendly neighbourhood necromancer, are you? There sure are none of those around, no sir/ma'am.
on the other hand, if the necromancer does show up and she takes elf's soul for whatever the necromancer might try to make her his/her apprentice, you know, lure her to the dark side and all that. Zombie cheese, just think of it.
Because, as people have said about 20 times, the necromancer is definitely a (possibly THE) legendary cheesemaker. S/he may also be one of Misty's biological parents, because Star Wars.
"I told them dirt roads were not good enough, and when the armies came the dirt roads had just worn out and they were unable to march to the town in time. Now that I have my own workforce I will correct this and none shall face the elven menace without the empire's support again!"
"What does that have to do with cheese?"
"Not everything is about cheese, sweetie, and until you realize that you will never become truly legendary..."
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What mancer? I only remember the necrocheeser.
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What mancer? I only remember the necrocheeser.
I think you mean Tyromancer.
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Tyromancer just means you do magic with cheese. Necrocheeser implies something to do with dead cheese, or something evil with cheese. A tyromancer could just as easily be a good guy, but a necrocheeser is definitely evil. There would be no association between a tyromancer and zombies, but a necrocheeser might dabble in raising corpses to milk them or to defend his undead cows. We've already seen zombies near the tower, so the evidence points more strongly to a necrocheeser.
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(http://i.imgur.com/FwdKshg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/FwdKshg.png)
"Hello and welcome to Shielddawn, the most glorious of all Dwarven Fortresses, where every dwarf is valued and has a purpose and so on and so forth etcetera blah blah blah.
"My name is Enir Buzatasrer, the current Overseer of this hell-hole. Today is the first of Granite, which means I just finished my year-long stint as Overseer and can finally pass this place off to whoever's next in line to be in charge of this toxic dump. I would be doing that right now if I didn't have to process you five, so let's make this quick, alright? Alright."
(http://i.imgur.com/EpZyksU.png) (http://i.imgur.com/EpZyksU.png)
"Name."
"Kulet Lokunnomel, and this here is Rimtar Iridmedtob."
"Are you a vampire?"
"Nope!"
"Wonderful. Profession?"
"Well now, I'm a nun, and he used to be a weaponsmith, if I recall right."
"Great."
(http://i.imgur.com/LxnfCm7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/LxnfCm7.png)
"Well, welcome to Shielddawn. Here's your complimentary map of the fortress. You can drop your friend off in the catacombs, then make your way to the church on level fifty six."
(http://i.imgur.com/8SrJAGn.png) (http://i.imgur.com/8SrJAGn.png)
"Next. Names?"
"Deler Adatith, and my husband Neb Uristdodok, and our son Rovod Datanzust."
"Any of you vampires?"
"Not that we know of."
"Professions?"
"Farmers. I'm a wax worker, and Neb here is a beekeeper. That's actually how we met, you see. It's a funny story - "
"All I heard was 'Farmers'."
(http://i.imgur.com/8IZdI0n.png) (http://i.imgur.com/8IZdI0n.png)
"Here's your complimentary map. Report down to the farming level for assignment."
(http://i.imgur.com/8BIA2mq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/8BIA2mq.png)
"Oh, and take the plump helmet man with you. Make sure you lock him up with the others. We have enough problems already without more of those pests running around."
(http://i.imgur.com/z6UR8LP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/z6UR8LP.png)
"Next. Name?"
"Cog Uristsodel, but I'm just here visiting - "
"Are you a vampire?"
"Well, no, but I'm not actually a migrant. I'm just visiting my sister."
(http://i.imgur.com/JkxR16b.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/JkxR16b.gif)
" ... "
(http://i.imgur.com/hriXUXq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hriXUXq.png)
"You're a mechanic, aren't you?"
"I...yes, but you're not listening, I'm just here visiting - "
(http://i.imgur.com/wswvU8q.png) (http://i.imgur.com/wswvU8q.png)
"Welcome to Shielddawn, here is your complimentary map. Please report down to the housing district. The sewers backed up and flooded the entire level and we need someone to hook up a drainage hatch. We'd get one of our other Engineers to do it, but they're all busy trying to fix the aqueducts before they overflow and drown the entire upper level again.
"Oh, and try to hurry. It's been a few days now and all the remaining dwarves on that level and the ones below it are going to start starving to death soon."
(http://i.imgur.com/3UHSL4e.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3UHSL4e.png)
"Next. Name?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5922131#msg5922131)
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
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Truly, updates are the greatest gift of all.
And that's it, Plumpy. Revel in the blood of your enemy.
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
The odds of this working are not great, but a lot better than I'd like to admit. This place is clearly a mess, so the chances that the next overseer will be indisposed or selected through a metaphorical list rather than a literal one are kind of okay.
I say we at least explore the possibility. Ask her to tell us more about this list, and see if there's some chance to claim the spot yourself. You are an overseer's daughter, right? That makes you qualified, sort of, by a certain definition.
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Say that you're a cheesemaker and be assigned to engraving.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
+1 to trying this, but after it fails do this:
Say that you're a cheesemaker and be assigned to engraving.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
*first post in the thread to support this awesome idea*
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Ask to see the grave of the legendary dwarven hero
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
YES. PLUS ONE.
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"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Yes. All the yes.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
YES. PLUS ONE.
ALL OF THE PLUS ONES
ALL OF THEM
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>Mistem Wheeldreams, and I have a few problems with how things are being run here. I mean, no offense to you of course but...Well, I haven't had time to learn much about it, but I want to be a cheesemaker, and I know a little bit about engraving. Oh, and my dad is an armorsmith, a really, really good armorsmith. He's also the Duke of Stonefortunes, and the Mayor.
I feel like that's what Misty would actually say, and it will either end with Misty being put to work hauling, drafted into a cannon fodder squad. Or worse, the Overseer will pass you her cap and walk out.
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Mumble incoherently about cheesemaking while trying to get your head back together after everything that just happened. If you can pull yourself together enough to engage in conversation, ask what Ms. Overseer meant when she called this place a "hellhole". I mean, this is the best place ever in the entire civilization! Right? ...Right...?
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/6bc02c3ad4ac9f908c6e273506826e15/tumblr_mh9e793aso1rgxgtqo1_500.gif)
(http://img.pandawhale.com/87495-Thor-upvote-gif-ANOTHER-Imgur-vhqM.gif)
(http://img.pandawhale.com/post-17348-Shut-up-and-take-my-upvote-gif-QYew.gif)
So much this. IN the case of failure, be drafted into the militia.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
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This is a succession fort ! Damn, it will go to shit soon enough.
Also the overseer asking the nun if she was a vampire was the funniest thing ever.
Also, Plumpy drinking the blood of the mule was annoying to me. He needs to be bitten more.
I disagree with this "mistem wheeldreams, overseer" thing. It will never work.
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This is a succession fort ! Damn, it will go to shit soon enough.
It already has. Hence some levels being flooded and everybody being in danger of starving to death if the coincidental mechanic casual visitor doesn't hook up their drainage system for them.
Also, Plumpy drinking the blood of the mule was annoying to me. He needs to be bitten more.
Is he literally drinking it? I have no idea where his input thingies are.
I disagree with this "mistem wheeldreams, overseer" thing. It will never work.
That's no reason not to try!
Besides, nothing is going to work. This fort is run by savages, near a necromancer's tower, half-flooded, under new management, and completely lacking in aboveground pastures. We are in for a lot of failure and shenanigans.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
+1 to trying this, but after it fails do this:
Say that you're a cheesemaker and be assigned to engraving.
Precisely. +1. Babble some random stuff about magma* directly after saying that you're overseer and you're golden.
*Or, if you really can't resist, about some random cheese-related !!SCIENCE!! or megaproject idea.
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Wait half flooded you say? are we in Sir Major's Fort?
If only misty wore Darkerdaffy as a hat, she could have avoided his deat*checked Sir Major's thread* oh OH hmm well nevermind.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
Guys. Who gets blamed when things are going wrong. How many things seem to be going wrong. What normally is the result of the two of those.
If you said Overseer, Everything and FUN, you are correct.
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This is all silly and completely out of character.
Misty wants to be a cheesemaker, not an overseer.
Introduce yourself as Mistem Wheeldreams, engraver and cheesemaker.
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She could run a cheese mafia? She could command the dwarves of the fortress to bring all of the milk to her; she could command them to set up breeding areas for milkable creatures; there are hundreds of ways for her to make achieving her dream of making the best cheese ever easier to achieve by becoming overseer.
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Also, Plumpy drinking the blood of the mule was annoying to me. He needs to be bitten more.
For me it seems like he saw blood first time in his life and so he's baffled. But he saw it several times just on the way here. Amazed that donkeys have blood too? Amazed that they are not immortal plump-helmet-man-eaters? Maybe he even considered the one who tried to eat him his friend?
-1 for "Misty The Overseer". This fast-food style clothing is totally not for her.
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From a story telling perspective, I think it doesn't quite make sense to have her become overseer now. In the future however, it could work very well.
Oh, and Merry Christmas everyone :)
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
+1
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
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This is all silly and completely out of character.
Misty wants to be a cheesemaker, not an overseer.
Introduce yourself as Mistem Wheeldreams, engraver and cheesemaker.
+1
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
Yes! They can run any of several different special "Pray for ___" jobs. They can produce military-grade metals, economic metals, silk, etc. out of thin air. An overseer should be greatly pleased by this.
And ES, kudos on the succession fort thing. That's hilarious.
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Nuns and Priests also detect vampires and werebeasts and hidden threats that only exist in the mod. There are several levels, and high priests even protect your dwarves from the spells these hidden threats would use. Lets say your citizens slowly convert to the cult of the carp god, the high priest can slow down/prevent that.
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
+1
+1
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She could run a cheese mafia? She could command the dwarves of the fortress to bring all of the milk to her; she could command them to set up breeding areas for milkable creatures; there are hundreds of ways for her to make achieving her dream of making the best cheese ever easier to achieve by becoming overseer.
She must become the sheriff and start deciding who to send to jail... where they will only get sub-par cheese while the rest of the fortress gets the good stuff...
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
+1
+1
That would end badly. -1
Also, if the overseer is leaving, that means that the fort is a succession fort! So, we could either recive a good overseer that would let us be a cheesemaker, or the typical maniatic sociopath that will doom the fort. Either way tell them that you are a cheese maker.
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How to make a great DF comic in 3 easy steps:
1. Make protagonist migrate from mountainhome to fort.
2. Make fort a succession fort.
3. Have it already screwed up.
Hilarity ensues.
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Truly, updates are the greatest gift of all.
And that's it, Plumpy. Revel in the blood of your enemy.
He's not reveling in the blood of his enemy, he's just looking for the piece the mule took from him. It's in there somewhere!
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
+1
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How to make a great DF comic in 3 easy steps:
1. Make protagonist migrate from mountainhome to fort.
2. Make fort a succession fort.
3. Have it already screwed up.
Hilarity ensues.
Hah. "Easy" steps.
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
Oh gods no wonder they couldn't find the first one.
He's not reveling in the blood of his enemy, he's just looking for the piece the mule took from him. It's in there somewhere!
...Plumpy's smarter than I gave him credit for. He'll make a legendary surgeon yet!
Hah. "Easy" steps.
It's easy, you just draw the stuff.
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Hah. "Easy" steps.
It's easy, you just draw the stuff.
Its just pixels, right? My monitor paints them all the time.
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How to make a great DF comic in 3 easy steps:
1. Make protagonist migrate from mountainhome to fort.
2. Make fort a succession fort.
3. Have it already screwed up.
Hilarity ensues.
Hah. "Easy" steps.
It's true for extremely hard values of easy.
There was once a man who visited an artist, and said "I need a painting of a rooster. Can you make one for me? I'm wiling to pay". The artist said "sure, come back in 2 weeks".
Two weeks later, the man returns. The artist says "oh yes. One moment please". He then takes a prepared canvas, and in 10-15 minutes, he has painted a rooster. He then tells the man "that will be 200$".
The man protested - the rooster *was* very nice, but barely took 15 minutes to do! Surely 200$ is too much for a quarter hour of labor.
The artist pointed to his waistbasket... which was filled with discarded paintings and sketches of roosters.
The man paid the artist, and left.
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Cant you just nail a rooster to a canvas and call it a day?
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Awesome. Do Masterwork nuns actually do things?
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
Why not. +1
+1
+1
That would end badly. -1
Also, if the overseer is leaving, that means that the fort is a succession fort! So, we could either recive a good overseer that would let us be a cheesemaker, or the typical maniatic sociopath that will doom the fort. Either way tell them that you are a cheese maker.
+1, and complain about how things are being run! The last time you just sat back and stayed silent, Rimtar died!
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Cant you just nail a rooster to a canvas and call it a day?
Only if struck by a macabre mood, I'm afraid.
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I can't wait for the next update! :)
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
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"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
so far, this is at +23.
Add me and it makes it +24
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Overseer indeed!
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Misty becoming the OVERcheeser seems like a good mix of keeping up with her cheesemaker job.
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"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
so far, this is at +23.
Add me and it makes it +24
Make it +25
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
+2
"I never drink... wine ! Especially plump helmet wine ! That would be cannibalism !"
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But how can she become an overseer? She's a dwarf, not a player...
... unless *we* are the player!
That would be one messed up community fort :P
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
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Well. She's too shy for it, tbh. But I could see her being a perfect scapegoat for an overseer. Maybe she can experience frameratedeath - or actual death. Imagine they got visitors :P
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"Are you a vampire?"
"Why? Are YOU a vampire?"
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And that's it, Plumpy. Revel in the blood of your enemy.
It looks to me like he's extending hyphae into the dead mule to absorb nutrients. Look! He's already regrown what was bitten off! Its strength is now his.
"MISTEM WHEELDREAMS, OVERSEER"
I'm split between thinking Misty should say that to claim the title and turn this place into a cheesy paradise and thinking she should say that as respectful direct address and do her best not to attract attention.
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
+1
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Do vampire plumphelmet people suck blood or plumphelmet juice?
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Do vampire plumphelmet people suck blood or plumphelmet juice?
Fun Fact: All plump helmet men do suck blood in the mod, but very rarely and only if unsupervised. It simulated the plump helmet man murdering people.
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
+1
+1
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
+1
+1
+1
I'll drink (blood) to that.
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The name's Misty. I do the cheesemaking 'round these parts.
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
+1
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
+1
+1
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The name's Misty. I do the cheesemaking 'round these parts.
+1
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
+1
+1
I'd prefer this to Misty declaring herself Overseer for story reasons. And hilarity.
+1
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What would Misty do in that case?
Eventually get bored and render the fortress unplayable by not responding to developing cases of !!FUN!! ?
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What would Misty do in that case?
Eventually get bored and render the fortress unplayable by not responding to developing cases of !!FUN!! ?
Misty, bored, would start a megaproject, making half of the fortress cheesemakers and then building a tower made out of cheese, despite the fact that you can't actually do that in the game.
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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.
Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"
I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
+1
+1
I'd prefer this to Misty declaring herself Overseer for story reasons. And hilarity.
+1
I prefer this to the original suggestion, actually. +1.
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I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"
+1 "But I'm a cheesemake - " "Yeah, I tried the 'useless migrant' act, didn't work for me either. Have !!FUN!!, kid."
Bonus points: The ex-Overseer then takes up residence in the booze stockpile. Misty repeatedly attempts to ask her for advice and she repeatedly refuses to do anything but single-handedly cause booze shortages and then blame Misty's management skills for them.
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I must reluctantly admit that Overseerership being trust upon her makes more sense than her claiming it...
I'm still not convinced that it's best for the story, but it would be funny
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It would be funny, but I really do not think that it would be a good thing for the story. :-\ What would Misty do? Leave the overseership to some random farmer?
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"Are you a vampire?"
"Why? Are YOU a vampire?"
+1
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Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right now she's in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Can I sig that?
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PTW.
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Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right now she's in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.
In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort
Can I sig that?
Feel free, I don't mind being sigged
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PTW
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This thread has one eleventh of a million views by now. By the time it's done, it could easily have surpassed the one million mark. Just something to think about.
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This thread has one eleventh of a million views by now. By the time it's done, it could easily have surpassed the one million mark. Just something to think about.
Have you been reading XKCD again?
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This thread has one eleventh of a million views by now. By the time it's done, it could easily have surpassed the one million mark. Just something to think about.
Have you been reading XKCD again?
Still a long way to go till it beats Spearbreakers 359836. :P
PS: Just looked it up because I was curious... my mod thread as over a million. (Old thread has 831331 till I locked it, new one has 286210) :o
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Your current thread has significantly under a million. A million is seven figures, that's only six.
Also, weep:
[=] Bay 12 cannot the box (Happy thread) « 1 2 3 ... 10114 » Janet 151700 3397666
I'm not sure anything will ever surpass the Happy Thread, unless it gets locked.
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Your current thread has significantly under a million. A million is seven figures, that's only six.
Also, weep:
[=] Bay 12 cannot the box (Happy thread) « 1 2 3 ... 10114 » Janet 151700 3397666
I'm not sure anything will ever surpass the Happy Thread, unless it gets locked.
666 at end of happy thread views. [insert conspiracy theory here]
And Meph was talking about the total of both threads.
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Ah, okay.
...why are we talking about this?
"Are you a vampire?"
"Why? Are YOU a vampire?"
+1
+1
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"Are you a vampire?"
"Why? Are YOU a vampire?"
+1
+1
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What does XKCD have to do with what I said?
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math. obtuse math
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Merry new year or whatever. ::)
(http://i.imgur.com/pHXJNvH.jpg)
EDIT:Stupid tiny picture.
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What does XKCD have to do with what I said?
This (http://xkcd.com/605/)
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"Are you a vampire?"
"Why? Are YOU a vampire?"
+1
+1
+more
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Are you a vampire?
"Why, are YOU a vampire?"
"I'm the overseer. If I were a vampire, why would I want to know if you were?"
"To blame me for your victims and have it stick of course! I WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR YOUR BLOOD SUCKING HABITS!"
"You've.... Been here before, haven't you?"
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Are you a vampire?
"Why, are YOU a vampire?"
"I'm the overseer. If I were a vampire, why would I want to know if you were?"
"To blame me for your victims and have it stick of course! I WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR YOUR BLOOD SUCKING HABITS!"
"You've.... Been here before, haven't you?"
Out of character for Misty but it would be funny if someone else said it.
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It was inevitable.
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(http://i.imgur.com/L2uAJB4.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/L2uAJB4.gif)
This is it!!!
This is your chance! If there was ever a time you were going to establish yourself as a real, serious cheesemaker, it would be now!
Forget everything up until this point. Put Darkerdaffodil and the other elves out of your mind. Forget Rimtar, and forget your dumb dad!
You can do this!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/EFSYwEO.png) (http://i.imgur.com/EFSYwEO.png)
"My name...is..."
(http://i.imgur.com/E0P9BNW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/E0P9BNW.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/DQ0Sfpw.png) (http://i.imgur.com/DQ0Sfpw.png)
"Mhm. Vampire?"
(http://i.imgur.com/HsD6ieL.png) (http://i.imgur.com/HsD6ieL.png)
"...no?"
(http://i.imgur.com/P8liZHq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/P8liZHq.png)
"Profession?"
"I...I just said..."
(http://i.imgur.com/RZm56IC.png) (http://i.imgur.com/RZm56IC.png)
"Profession, please."
"...novice cheesemaker, ma'am."
(http://i.imgur.com/m7CbIWy.png) (http://i.imgur.com/m7CbIWy.png)
"Really? We've been needing someone like you for a while now."
YES!!!
This is it!!!
Your whole life has been leading up to this moment.
Finally, after twelve years, you're about to become the Legendary Cheesemaker you've always dreamed of!
(http://i.imgur.com/fhDjhtb.png) (http://i.imgur.com/fhDjhtb.png)
"You'd be amazed at how quickly we go through haulers. Well, I'm sure you'll figure that out soon enough.
Here's your map."
You know what's neat? The Littlest Cheesemaker has been nominated in the Hall of Legends (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=89305.0)!!! How cool is that?!
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5925181#msg5925181)
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"I have dabbled a bit in cooking too.. If that's needed.."
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well, E for effort i guess, time to start hauling :'(
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"I have dabbled a bit in cooking too.. If that's needed.."
+1
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That was awesome!
I am above a simple hauler! I have above average creativity and a fine kinesthetic sense. I am quick to heal and am getting used to tragedy. I demand a real job. Where are your cow cows?
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Read over the map
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Read over the map
+1
Also, Ask who to go to to get our work assignments. Maybe we can get promoted to cheesemaker if we ask nicely!
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Read over the map
+1
Misty: Explore the kitchens/farming area under the pretense of hauling something light, like a single pump helmet.
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Note that she didn't ask Plumpy whether he was a vampire.
+1 Vampire Plumpy
+1
+1
+1
I'll drink (blood) to that.
+5 Vampire Plumpy
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Read over the map
+1
Misty: Explore the kitchens/farming area under the pretense of hauling something light, like a single pump helmet.
+1
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Read over the map
+1
Misty: Explore the kitchens/farming area under the pretense of hauling something light, like a single pump helmet.
+1
+1 to the map-reading, but -1 to the plump-helmet-hauling. A lot of overseers tend to punish things like that.
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Stand around in the meeting area until the overseer recruits you into the militia
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Stand around in the meeting area until the overseer recruits you into the militia
o.O and so begins our plan to 'get attached' to a full se of armor!
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZwgC66I.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZwgC66I.png)
"Wait wait wait wait, hold on. Hauler? I said cheesemaker. Haulers are...you know. Not cheesemakers."
Clearly she doesn't understand the inherent value of a cheesemaker, novice or not.
(http://i.imgur.com/alVi9V8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/alVi9V8.png)
"Look, kid, maybe if I wasn't retiring in the next thirty seconds, I'd care about...this. Or anything else for that matter.
But I am, so I don't."
"A hauler, though?!" you protest. "I can't be a, a, a farmer at least? Or an animal caretaker? Or-or maybe I can be the next Overseer! Anything! But not a hauler!"
(http://i.imgur.com/uft4OzI.png) (http://i.imgur.com/uft4OzI.png)
"You want to be Overseer? Fine, I'll put you on the list.
You are now two-hundred ninety-sixth in line to be Overseer. Since each O.S. keeps their job for an entire year, that means you only have to wait about three centuries before it's your turn.
On the bright side, most dwarves die before they get their chance as Overseer. You probably won't even have to wait that long. Who knows? Maybe you'll make Overseer before you die of old age, or other reasons."
(http://i.imgur.com/MTBF41R.png) (http://i.imgur.com/MTBF41R.png)
"Now, as my last official act as Overseer, I order you to grab one of those elves and dump them in the waste pile before they start stinking up the Trade Depo any worse than they already have. After that...well, I really don't care what you do after that, I just retired. Have fun, kid."
(http://i.imgur.com/fFE2kY9.png) (http://i.imgur.com/fFE2kY9.png)
"Well, I best get on back to the barracks before the squad starts missing me.
Good luck, love! And welcome to Shielddawn!"
(http://i.imgur.com/ModaZr1.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ModaZr1.png)
...
(http://i.imgur.com/iwlVyr9.png) (http://i.imgur.com/iwlVyr9.png)
You start to suspect that Shielddawn isn't quite they way you thought it was.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5945512#msg5945512)
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run down to cavern 3 ASAP
Edit: actually run down the the place titles Magick and learn some tyromancy!
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run down to cavern 3 ASAP
+8 million
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Claim a room, get some real food & booze. Avoid any nobles.
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Party
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 for corpse looting
Also:
Visit slaughter pits next to the prison, immediately be appalled at what is going on there
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 because you are a nice person.
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I mean, just because elves may or may not have souls, ghosts still exist.
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Haul the elf, then go on break and wander over to the kitchen to do cheese
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1, on the sly. When you're done with that, see if you can get to the catacombs to visit Zon Lokumarak's tomb. And hey! The public dormitories are now fireproof! That... that means they care about you, right? This isn't another Arrowstockades, right? Stay positive!
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daaang that map :D
... and that number of overseerers is eerily similar to the number of people who said they were reading on the poll... hmmmm....
Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 logical and in character
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silly double post
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While there's no overseer around here right now, sieze your chance and assign yourself to make cheese, disable hauling, and order a bunch of cheeses to be made.
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Also:
Visit slaughter pits next to the prison, immediately be appalled at what is going on there
Problem with this is that part of the place is flooded. The prison and slaughter pits are probably well below a few solid floors of water.
Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 because you are a nice person.
+1, but haul him where? Refuse pile as ordered, or something more... elfy?
Of course, since they believe in reincarnation, they might not care so much about where their current primitive meat shells end up. Might prefer it to be outside in the great cycle of things, though.
So yeah, haul Darkerdaffodil's corpse outside somewhere out of the way. Someplace he'll be eaten by badgers in peace or something. Whatever elves like to do about the great cycle and all.
Also of concern: Misty is probably not very strong. This will probably take quite a while. It is fortunate that we have nothing better to do.
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Haul the elves outside, bury them or something. Next to a tree. Also loot DarkerDaffodil's corpse.
What season and month are we ? Not any risk of getting interrupted by goblins ?
"You want to be Overseer? Fine, I'll put you on the list.
You are now two-hundred ninety-sixth in line to be Overseer. Since each O.S. keeps their job for an entire year, that means you only have to wait about three centuries before it's your turn.
i find this rather hilarious
Also favorite character... Reg... the nun... the mule... WHY DON'T I HAVE SEVERAL CHOICES ?
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1, on the sly. When you're done with that, see if you can get to the catacombs to visit Zon Lokumarak's tomb. And hey! The public dormitories are now fireproof! That... that means they care about you, right? This isn't another Arrowstockades, right? Stay positive!
oh he has one, every one has a Soul... just you need to butcher it out first. Kinda wonder if this fort gotten workshops from the other Civs?
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 because you are a nice person.
+1
Then, if there's still time, do this:
While there's no overseer around here right now, sieze your chance and assign yourself to make cheese, disable hauling, and order a bunch of cheeses to be made.
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 because you are a nice person.
+1
Then, if there's still time, do this:
While there's no overseer around here right now, sieze your chance and assign yourself to make cheese, disable hauling, and order a bunch of cheeses to be made.
+1 to both.
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Start hauling the corpse of that one elf you actually like. Be sure to claim anything of his that might put his spirit to rest. Should he have one. Or at least something which might help you survive in this place.
+1 because you are a nice person.
+1
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Come now, the lot of you!
Haven't you ever seen a game of Dwarf fortress?
There is a room of levers in there, and theres a few jobs that are ALWAYS on...
Misty: Run to lever room in anger and sadness.
Misty: Pull ALL the levers.
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Come now, the lot of you!
Haven't you ever seen a game of Dwarf fortress?
There is a room of levers in there, and theres a few jobs that are ALWAYS on...
Misty: Run to lever room in anger and sadness.
Misty: Pull ALL the levers.
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I would assume you are that guy.
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sewers... are there sewers in Masterwork DF? I mean it's "logical" that there are some (I assume that dwarves poop at some time) but I wondered if it was part of the game.
Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
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sewers... are there sewers in Masterwork DF? I mean it's "logical" that there are some (I assume that dwarves poop at some time) but I wondered if it was part of the game.
Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
Even is she might know, she probably won't have anything to do with this at all.
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sewers... are there sewers in Masterwork DF? I mean it's "logical" that there are some (I assume that dwarves poop at some time) but I wondered if it was part of the game.
Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
Even is she might know, she probably won't have anything to do with this at all.
The funeral would probably involve eating the body... just saying...
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sewers... are there sewers in Masterwork DF? I mean it's "logical" that there are some (I assume that dwarves poop at some time) but I wondered if it was part of the game.
Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
Even is she might know, she probably won't have anything to do with this at all.
The funeral would probably involve eating the body... just saying...
I wonder.. Does composting copses in plump helmet fields be a form of cannibalism?
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I wonder.. Does composting copses in plump helmet fields be a form of cannibalism?
I would imagine not. We don't count it as such irl. Not that we purposely fertilize the field with our dead, but its sure to have happened before.
For a more real-world comparison, look at what we do fertilize fields with. Are we dung-eaters?
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Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
-1 Sorry, we already know the Nun thinks elves are the lowest form of life in the universe. (Reference (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5270486#msg5270486): "We came first, and rightfully claimed the rich, bountiful mountains. Then came humans and the Gnomes and the Orks and their cousins the Goblins. Then the mythical and the mundane and then the creeping, crawling, ugly things and then the elves.")
That map. Shielddawn's layout is far too simple, sensible and logical to be a succession fort. I love the Shielddawn crest, though! (The shield with the three holy circles and the sun rising over it. That's just wonderful.)
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Ask the nun if she knowns anything about elven funeral practices. If info obtain, do the best to do that. If not, just do something nice in their memory with the bodies.
-1 Sorry, we already know the Nun thinks elves are the lowest form of life in the universe. (Reference (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5270486#msg5270486): "We came first, and rightfully claimed the rich, bountiful mountains. Then came humans and the Gnomes and the Orks and their cousins the Goblins. Then the mythical and the mundane and then the creeping, crawling, ugly things and then the elves.")
That map. Shielddawn's layout is far too simple, sensible and logical to be a succession fort. I love the Shielddawn crest, though! (The shield with the three holy circles and the sun rising over it. That's just wonderful.)
What if the fort started started as a normal one by someone actually intelligent, who then got bored and left it to succession?
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Sensible? Putting levers by prisoners by nobles in the caverns is sensible?
The argument can be made either way. Ive had some very sensibly designed succession forts.
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Do as you were ordered and drag the elves to the waste pile. After you finish bringing them to the waste pile, thus finishing the task you were assigned you can drag them all the way back outside. Maybe bury them in a hole near a tree so their corpses can be used as nutrients for the plants. The elves would have wanted it that way.
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Maybe bury them in a hole near a tree so their corpses can be used as nutrients for the plants
then watch that tree get cut down by a woodcutter :)
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Maybe bury them in a hole near a tree so their corpses can be used as nutrients for the plants
then watch that tree get cut down by a woodcutter :)
Take first pick of the clothing, if its better than your. Take any pouches or bags.
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Do as you were ordered and drag the elves to the waste pile. After you finish bringing them to the waste pile, thus finishing the task you were assigned you can drag them all the way back outside. Maybe bury them in a hole near a tree so their corpses can be used as nutrients for the plants. The elves would have wanted it that way.
+1 My conscience demands it.
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Yeah, +1. We'll have to be careful though, showing anything but casual disregard for an elf's body could land us in a heap o' trouble.
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Loot elves for any arrows, throw them at a wall to train thrower skill.
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Then go to the pasture and find a chicken to wrestle to build wrestler/fighter/dodger/armour skill and make five attributes superdwarven. Whoops this ain't adventure. Disregard.
+1 give as close to a proper burial as you can. If your party had depended on their own very dwarven devices, you'd now all be members of an undead roadbuilding crew, at best.
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If anyone asks about why you're burying it, explain that the elves had proven themselves to be dwarven in their minds by being badass.
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So yeah, haul Darkerdaffodil's corpse outside somewhere out of the way. Someplace he'll be eaten by badgers in peace or something. Whatever elves like to do about the great cycle and all.
+1 this but after you finish that go directly the queen and ask nicely if you can please be a cheese maker
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You know, with the overseer quitting, there is going to be a period of chaos and Misty can do almost anything she wants as long as she claims the last overseer told her to do it... so really, she can do whatever feels best for the elves.
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True, and as a succession fort the overseer won't have a tight focus on getting her. If she keeps her nose down, she'll only have to fear passive malice, not the burning active hate a long-term overseer can develop.
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Haul boozes from the stockpile to the dinning hall.
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Get drunk.
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Cope with your losses by finding caged prisoners and speaking to them.
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Well, do what you are ordered; take the corpses outside and bury them below a tree. Or just leave them before the tree to fertilize it Make sure not to hurt the tree.
I am sure they will appreciate the thought if they where alive. And it does not hurt to show any natural force residing in the trees that you did not mean to harm the elves. Might be useful to have some friends once the elves comes knocking asking what happened to the caravan. I mean, these idiots just provoked a war with a bunch of elves that nearly won the last one. The mountain-home don't have much of an army to help out, or protect themselves for that matter. Her father might be a prime target in any war, being a legendary smith in a very ill protected mountain-home. So make sure to you at least keep things as nice as possible with the treehuggers.
I know check the donkey for a couple of tree saplings or seeds and plant them where you put the corpses, that should please the hippies and show respect for your recently deceased pointy eared friend. Oh, and say a personal prayer for them to Urist XXXwhatever and then a courtesy one to the force.
Also: Holy moly plot twist! I just recently caught up with the thread and I am now sad. I liked the dude. He was nice. Good story tough, keep the updates coming, I love them!
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Cope with your losses by finding caged prisoners and speaking to them.
Talking to goblins will cheer her up? Well, if she liked the elves I guess it's not too much of a stretch...
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Misty has too many naive feels. She is a walking Break the Cutie, and it time we do just that. Again.
She should haul the elves to the miasma pit. I hope it has all kinds of cool bones and sinews in it. And vermin, I always have a fair amount of vermin and kitties in refuse piles.
Haul the organic trash to the pits. Miasma and rats and worms everywhere. Kitty adopts Mistem.
Also now going to mod in maggots, specifically.
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Not that we purposely fertilize the field with our dead, but its sure to have happened before.
My grandmother always buried a deceased pet under a something-edible plant. It's a source of great ambivalence eating a blueberry pie fertilised by your favourite cat's decomposing body. Great yield though.
I think the elf would have liked that though, dispose of the elf corpse under a tree if you can.
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Not that we purposely fertilize the field with our dead, but its sure to have happened before.
My grandmother always buried a deceased pet under a something-edible plant. It's a source of great ambivalence eating a blueberry pie fertilised by your favourite cat's decomposing body. Great yield though.
I think the elf would have liked that though, dispose of the elf corpse under a tree if you can.
Or the plump helmet fields. For sake of irony.
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Haul the organic trash to the pits. Miasma and rats and worms everywhere. Kitty adopts Mistem.
+1
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
Like... that necromancer tower? (Or maybe the white healer mage that exists in the mod. He can actually resurrect dwarves. Dwarves I said. Not elves. Damn the elves.)
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
Then have Misty sneaking around the tower, trying to find the slab. This doesn't seem like it could go wrong.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
Then have Misty sneaking around the tower, trying to find the slab. This doesn't seem like it could go wrong.
Mistem Wheeldreams gestures
Elf corpse shudders and begins to move
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
That's a *terrible* idea and I LOVE IT!
+Eleventeen
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation.!
Dorkierdaffodil? Is that Darkerdaffodils nerd brother?
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation.!
Dorkierdaffodil? Is that Darkerdaffodils nerd brother?
HA. Ha ha ha.
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check the donkey for a couple of tree saplings or seeds and plant them where you put the corpses, that should please the hippies and show respect for your recently deceased pointy eared friend.
Mistem Wheeldreams, legendary cheesemaker and ALSO the prophet of fruit liquor!
(Now that we have fruit harvesting my dwarves are becoming ever more elfy and ever more boozy.)
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Plumpy: Reunite with your brethren and organize the rebellion. The dwarves shall succumb to the overgrowth.
Fort: Crush Plumpy's rebellion.
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That sounds very interesting.
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Plumpy: Reunite with your brethren and organize the rebellion. The dwarves shall succumb to the overgrowth.
Fort: Crush Plumpy's rebellion.
+1
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
The necromancer is quite possibly (given how enthusiastically people suggested that) a legendary cheesemaker and/or one of Misty's biological parents, so I feel like she'll end up heading off to the tower eventually. In fact, it would be pretty amusing for Misty to make her way to the tower and sheepishly approach the necromancer, who (naturally) assumes there's another person here looking for the secrets of life and death when all she wants is to learn from the world's greatest cheesemaker.
Speaking of which, I just caught a dwarf cheesemaker necromancer named Mistem SomethingSomething skulking around outside my fort. Said world just so happens to be in the year 361. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
As for the present, +1 to giving the elves a proper burial, and make sure to take one of the elves' weapons, ideally something easy to use like a club. Something tells you you're going to need something to defend yourself with around these parts. Perhaps there's a wooden mace or something amidst the trade goods they were bringing?
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Cope with your losses by finding caged prisoners and speaking to them.
Talking to goblins will cheer her up? Well, if she liked the elves I guess it's not too much of a stretch...
Given that player controlled dwarves are even more sadistic than goblins, I imagine it would be an improvement over the present company.
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Speaking of which, I just caught a dwarf cheesemaker necromancer named Mistem SomethingSomething skulking around outside my fort. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Dude. There is no coincidence. This is fate. Wooooooo.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
The necromancer is quite possibly (given how enthusiastically people suggested that) a legendary cheesemaker and/or one of Misty's biological parents, so I feel like she'll end up heading off to the tower eventually. In fact, it would be pretty amusing for Misty to make her way to the tower and sheepishly approach the necromancer, who (naturally) assumes there's another person here looking for the secrets of life and death when all she wants is to learn from the world's greatest cheesemaker.
Speaking of which, I just caught a dwarf cheesemaker necromancer named Mistem SomethingSomething skulking around outside my fort. Said world just so happens to be in the year 361. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
As for the present, +1 to giving the elves a proper burial, and make sure to take one of the elves' weapons, ideally something easy to use like a club. Something tells you you're going to need something to defend yourself with around these parts. Perhaps there's a wooden mace or something amidst the trade goods they were bringing?
Hey, why not make the necromancer (Which is her father/mother) be a legendary cheesemaker that, became so legendary that wanted to live forever to make endless wheels of cheese, so he/she learned the secrets of life and death. He/she would also have a book dedicated to become a legendary cheesemaker that he/she gives to Misty once he/she realizes that she is her/his daughter.
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As much as I love the idea of necrocheesing it up (and if Misty was an adventurer this is the correct answer every time, surely she could dodge her way through to a book which had a title that looked enough like the secrets of cheesemaking for her to read it, become a necro, look over and go "mom?" or something similar) I'm actually curious how Reg and Holt are doing.
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Yeah, let's see how Reg and Holt are doing.
Also, the wheel-shaped nature of the cheese represents eternity in the Necrocheesian philosophy, right?
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If we are going to check on anyone check up on Plumpy and his mushroom revolution.
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Well if we're still making sugggestions:
Say hello to the new Overseer
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I really liked how the Overseer acted. The way the character was written, it reminded me of those people working int he fast food industry who has all their life and joy sucked out of them.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancer, this is a really bad idea.
The necromancer is quite possibly (given how enthusiastically people suggested that) a legendary cheesemaker and/or one of Misty's biological parents, so I feel like she'll end up heading off to the tower eventually. In fact, it would be pretty amusing for Misty to make her way to the tower and sheepishly approach the necromancer, who (naturally) assumes there's another person here looking for the secrets of life and death when all she wants is to learn from the world's greatest cheesemaker.
"I actually learned necromancy while trying to learn how to make cheese more efficiently! Imagine it, fine cheese made at the wave of a hand! Even making a dozen wheels of cheese in mere minutes! Alas, I only managed to find the gesture that animates corpses, but I've put them to work on some menial tasks while I figure out how to get the cheesemaking gesture right... On a related note, do you have any need of yogurt golems in that fortress of yours?"
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If I had been allowed to vote for two characters, I would have chosen the Nun as #2. But I had to vote for Misty. She's just so incredibly adorable.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
+1 to those ideas.
I had to choose Misty, she's just too cute.
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PTW
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Non-canon little blurb here. A few warm-up doodles, inspired by some of your replies.
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/8fe076bf221a1ee9d0ccf46436d9d0e3/tumblr_nhvvh4xVBp1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8fe076bf221a1ee9d0ccf46436d9d0e3/tumblr_nhvvh4xVBp1rs5f3po1_1280.png)
Cope with your losses by finding caged prisoners and speaking to them.
Talking to goblins will cheer her up? Well, if she liked the elves I guess it's not too much of a stretch...
Given that player controlled dwarves are even more sadistic than goblins, I imagine it would be an improvement over the present company.
Kitty adopts Mistem.
I really liked how the Overseer acted. The way the character was written, it reminded me of those people working int he fast food industry who has all their life and joy sucked out of them.
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Non-canon little blurb here. A few warm-up doodles, inspired by some of your replies.
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/8fe076bf221a1ee9d0ccf46436d9d0e3/tumblr_nhvvh4xVBp1rs5f3po1_1280.png) (https://38.media.tumblr.com/8fe076bf221a1ee9d0ccf46436d9d0e3/tumblr_nhvvh4xVBp1rs5f3po1_1280.png)
Cope with your losses by finding caged prisoners and speaking to them.
Talking to goblins will cheer her up? Well, if she liked the elves I guess it's not too much of a stretch...
Given that player controlled dwarves are even more sadistic than goblins, I imagine it would be an improvement over the present company.
Kitty adopts Mistem.
I really liked how the Overseer acted. The way the character was written, it reminded me of those people working int he fast food industry who has all their life and joy sucked out of them.
Did the kitty that adopted Misty got transformed into a cat biscut? Nah, it's just my imagination...
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Misty likes cat biscuits? AHAHAH :D :D :D
She's a cute 12 year old but she's still a dwarf!
edit: does this means the ex-Overseer is a cook?
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A cashier is not necessarily a cook. Dwarves don't really have a position analogous to cashier at the moment, with the economy turned off and the tavern arc still just a gleam in Toady One's amphibious eye. Once we have taverns, it would be similar to a bartender. A bartender in a bar with no booze. Now that's a dwarven hell.
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Soft Kitty, warm Kitty
Little ball of fur
Tasty Kitty Seasoned Kitty
Purr Purr Purr
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A bartender in a bar with no booze. Now that's a dwarven hell.
Obligatory. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1l40SUGabg)
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Soft Kitty, warm Kitty
Little ball of fur
Tasty Kitty Seasoned Kitty
Purr Purr Purr
that'sa itchy kittymeat-a-ball!
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It's Masterwork elves we are dealing with, they have mithril and moonsilver stuff instead of wooden. A mithril cheese knife would be the best for Misty.
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It's Masterwork elves we are dealing with, they have mithril and moonsilver stuff instead of wooden. A mithril cheese knife would be the best for Misty.
I assume moonsilver is good for blunt weapons, right? If so, I still maintain that Misty ought to grab something easy to use.
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Assuming this is going off of a Tolkien-ish (Lord of the Rings-ish) system, moonsilver is Mithril mixed with something else, and is therefore very lightweight. Making it kind of like using an adamantine warhammer. So, no, it's probably not good. She'd do better with a Mithril dagger or the like. Very, VERY sharp and not too hard to stab someone with...although it would be hard to fight a swordsman with.
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Assuming this is going off of a Tolkien-ish (Lord of the Rings-ish) system...
Actually, it's based off of the Masterwork Mod (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=125633.0).
That being said, TLCM isn't a MM showcase. I've been trying to keep it newbie-friendly, so the more obscure, out-of-place, and confusing stuff (like xen infectors, velociraptors, liquid spawners, etc) probably won't be showing up, since someone new to Dwarf Fortress (let alone MM) would be lost. If that sort of stuff DOES show up, it'd involve an explanation or simplification.
And, iirc, Moonsilver is just a more expensive Silver equivalent.
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Moonsilver does do 30 times damage to evil creatures. Including werebeasts. ;)
(Yes, I know you take complete artistic freedom and its loosely based on the mod, but sometimes I like to clear things up. :P )
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Moonsilver does do 30 times damage to evil creatures. Including werebeasts. ;)
(Yes, I know you take complete artistic freedom and its loosely based on the mod, but sometimes I like to clear things up. :P )
Is 30x a bit excessive?
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Moonsilver does do 30 times damage to evil creatures. Including werebeasts. ;)
(Yes, I know you take complete artistic freedom and its loosely based on the mod, but sometimes I like to clear things up. :P )
Is 30x a bit excessive?
The Dwarf Swordman slashes the Werenarwhal in the left lower leg, lightly tapping the target.
Sitsu Dumphead, Werenarwhal has been struck down
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Im just asking :P
At 6x, elven hammers begin to show faint glimmers of promise, but swords do not.
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Moonsilver does do 30 times damage to evil creatures. Including werebeasts. ;)
(Yes, I know you take complete artistic freedom and its loosely based on the mod, but sometimes I like to clear things up. :P )
Is 30x a bit excessive?
It's like what "silver" in mythology would do to creatures of the night, ie, quite a lot...
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Its because the creature have something like 10x resistance against everything else. At least the new modded vampires, werebeasts and so on. They are tough.
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That, and moonsilver is for all other intents and purposes, silver, thus really crappy as edged or pointy weapons, and werebeasts are usually immune to pain and big enough that fighting them with blunt weapons is tricky. Some "meh" base damage x 30 might just be enough.
Also, a knife would be easy to carry and conceal, useful in a multitude of everyday non-combat situations, and not beyond Misty's strenght or agility. If it comes to combat, just stick them with the pointy end. And she definitely doesn't want to walk around with a big obvious weapon she can't effectively use, they might mistake her for a soldier and send her to battle, without training or armor.
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Get drunk.
Getting drunk in the post-shock and trauma state she is in, and being barely 12 years old, would probably result in fun.
That said, +1 to getting drunk
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Get drunk.
Getting drunk in the post-shock and trauma state she is in, and being barely 12 years old, would probably result in fun.
That said, +1 to getting drunk
Given that dwarves become lethargic and weak without alcohol. I'd assume ethanol serves a vital role in some metabolic pathway. Presumably a metabolic "shunt" exists that bypasses the need for ethanol intake at a significant energy cost, since a dwarf can survive indefinitely without alcohol.
Thus, I don't really think dwarves would "get" drunk.
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perhaps "drunk" is what a dwarf is when it hasn't had enough alcohol.
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perhaps "drunk" is what a dwarf is when it hasn't had enough alcohol.
Well, Misty didn't have a drink since the beginning of the series. Gee!
Drink dwarven wine
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Get drunk +3 or whatever plusses are appropriate
me being drunk has probably something do do this with this post :D
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Drink dwarven wine
Fsck that, drink beer instead
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Drink dwarven wine
Fsck that, drink beer instead
It's more likely that she'll drink wine, as plump helmet production is often higher than cave wheat.
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Drink dwarven wine
Fsck that, drink beer instead
It's more likely that she'll drink wine, as plump helmet production is often higher than cave wheat.
And plump helmet man production is higher than both.
Now, if Plumpy is a vampire, and a dwarf drinks wine made from him, what does that make the dwarf?
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You can brew plumpy?! mmmhmm
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Drink dwarven wine
Fsck that, drink beer instead
It's more likely that she'll drink wine, as plump helmet production is often higher than cave wheat.
And plump helmet man production is higher than both.
Now, if Plumpy is a vampire, and a dwarf drinks wine made from him, what does that make the dwarf?
Plump Helmet Vampire?
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Also, this. For modders.
Cheese is an appropriate path to immortality because milk, which represents life, rots quickly, but if it rots in the right way then it can 'live' forever. If one were to comprehend the true essence of cheese, one could achieve immortality through 'the coagulation of the soul'.
Hey, the Chinese alchemists thought that gold contained the secret to eternal life because it doesn't rust. This makes just as much sense.
interaction_secret_cheese
[OBJECT:INTERACTION]
[INTERACTION:SECRET_CHEESE]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of ultimate cheesemaking]
[IS_SPHERE:AGRICULTURE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:MORTAL]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Tyromancer]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:165:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:tyromancer:tyromancers:tyromantic:START:0]
[CE_ADD_TAG:NOEXERT:NO_AGING:NO_EAT:NO_DRINK:NO_SLEEP:NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN:NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray cheese web]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:WEB_SPRAY]
[CDI:VERB:sprays string cheese:sprays string cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:5]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Shoot cheeseball]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:shoot a cheeseball:shoots a cheeseball:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray melted cheese]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:LIQUID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:spray a glob of melted cheese:sprays a glob of melted cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Create cheesy servant]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[CDI:TARGET:A:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:A:10]
[CDI:VERB:gesture:gestures:NA]
[CDI:TARGET_VERB:coagulate and begin to move:coagulates and begins to move]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]
[INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[I_TARGET:A:CORPSE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM]
[IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION]
[IT_FORBIDDEN:NOT_LIVING]
[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:corpses]
[I_EFFECT:ANIMATE]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Cheese Servant]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN:DEFAULT]
creature_cheese
[CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN]
[ARENA_RESTRICTED]
[DESCRIPTION:A small, man-shaped creature made entirely of cheese. They live only to serve their master, the Ultimate Cheesemaker.]
[NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CASTE_NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CREATURE_TILE:'%'][COLOR:6:0:1]
[NOBONES]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
[NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOFEAR]
[ODOR_STRING:cheese]
[ODOR_LEVEL:50]
[SMELL_TRIGGER:10000]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_BIPED_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[PREFSTRING:gruesomeness]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:CHEESE:CREATURE_CHEESE_TEMPLATE]
[DISPLAY_COLOR:6:0:1]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[BUTCHER_SPECIAL:CHEESE:NONE]
[TISSUE:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_NAME:cheese:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_MAT_STATE:SOLID]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHEESE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:30000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:4:4]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[ITEMCORPSE:LIQUID_MISC:NO_SUBTYPE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
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Also, this. For modders.
Cheese is an appropriate path to immortality because milk, which represents life, rots quickly, but if it rots in the right way then it can 'live' forever. If one were to comprehend the true essence of cheese, one could achieve immortality through 'the coagulation of the soul'.
Hey, the Chinese alchemists thought that gold contained the secret to eternal life because it doesn't rust. This makes just as much sense.
interaction_secret_cheese
[OBJECT:INTERACTION]
[INTERACTION:SECRET_CHEESE]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of ultimate cheesemaking]
[IS_SPHERE:AGRICULTURE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:MORTAL]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Tyromancer]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:165:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:tyromancer:tyromancers:tyromantic:START:0]
[CE_ADD_TAG:NOEXERT:NO_AGING:NO_EAT:NO_DRINK:NO_SLEEP:NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN:NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray cheese web]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:WEB_SPRAY]
[CDI:VERB:sprays string cheese:sprays string cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:5]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Shoot cheeseball]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:shoot a cheeseball:shoots a cheeseball:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray melted cheese]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:LIQUID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:spray a glob of melted cheese:sprays a glob of melted cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Create cheesy servant]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[CDI:TARGET:A:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:A:10]
[CDI:VERB:gesture:gestures:NA]
[CDI:TARGET_VERB:coagulate and begin to move:coagulates and begins to move]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]
[INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[I_TARGET:A:CORPSE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM]
[IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION]
[IT_FORBIDDEN:NOT_LIVING]
[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:corpses]
[I_EFFECT:ANIMATE]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Cheese Servant]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN:DEFAULT]
creature_cheese
[CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN]
[ARENA_RESTRICTED]
[DESCRIPTION:A small, man-shaped creature made entirely of cheese. They live only to serve their master, the Ultimate Cheesemaker.]
[NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CASTE_NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CREATURE_TILE:'%'][COLOR:6:0:1]
[NOBONES]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
[NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOFEAR]
[ODOR_STRING:cheese]
[ODOR_LEVEL:50]
[SMELL_TRIGGER:10000]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_BIPED_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[PREFSTRING:gruesomeness]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:CHEESE:CREATURE_CHEESE_TEMPLATE]
[DISPLAY_COLOR:6:0:1]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[BUTCHER_SPECIAL:CHEESE:NONE]
[TISSUE:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_NAME:cheese:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_MAT_STATE:SOLID]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHEESE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:30000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:4:4]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[ITEMCORPSE:LIQUID_MISC:NO_SUBTYPE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
That's the best thing I ever saw! (http://i.imgur.com/g4cJUmM.gif)
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Also, this. For modders.
Cheese is an appropriate path to immortality because milk, which represents life, rots quickly, but if it rots in the right way then it can 'live' forever. If one were to comprehend the true essence of cheese, one could achieve immortality through 'the coagulation of the soul'.
Hey, the Chinese alchemists thought that gold contained the secret to eternal life because it doesn't rust. This makes just as much sense.
interaction_secret_cheese
[OBJECT:INTERACTION]
[INTERACTION:SECRET_CHEESE]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of ultimate cheesemaking]
[IS_SPHERE:AGRICULTURE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:MORTAL]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Tyromancer]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:165:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:tyromancer:tyromancers:tyromantic:START:0]
[CE_ADD_TAG:NOEXERT:NO_AGING:NO_EAT:NO_DRINK:NO_SLEEP:NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN:NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray cheese web]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:WEB_SPRAY]
[CDI:VERB:sprays string cheese:sprays string cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:5]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Shoot cheeseball]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:shoot a cheeseball:shoots a cheeseball:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray melted cheese]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE_MAN:CHEESE:LIQUID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:spray a glob of melted cheese:sprays a glob of melted cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Create cheesy servant]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[CDI:TARGET:A:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:A:10]
[CDI:VERB:gesture:gestures:NA]
[CDI:TARGET_VERB:coagulate and begin to move:coagulates and begins to move]
[CDI:VERBAL]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]
[INTERACTION:MAGIC_NECROCHEESER]
[I_TARGET:A:CORPSE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM]
[IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION]
[IT_FORBIDDEN:NOT_LIVING]
[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:corpses]
[I_EFFECT:ANIMATE]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Cheese Servant]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN:DEFAULT]
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[CREATURE:CHEESE_MAN]
[ARENA_RESTRICTED]
[DESCRIPTION:A small, man-shaped creature made entirely of cheese. They live only to serve their master, the Ultimate Cheesemaker.]
[NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CASTE_NAME:cheese man:cheese men:cheese man]
[CREATURE_TILE:'%'][COLOR:6:0:1]
[NOBONES]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
[NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOFEAR]
[ODOR_STRING:cheese]
[ODOR_LEVEL:50]
[SMELL_TRIGGER:10000]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_BIPED_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[PREFSTRING:gruesomeness]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:CHEESE:CREATURE_CHEESE_TEMPLATE]
[DISPLAY_COLOR:6:0:1]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[BUTCHER_SPECIAL:CHEESE:NONE]
[TISSUE:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_NAME:cheese:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:CHEESE]
[TISSUE_MAT_STATE:SOLID]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHEESE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:30000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:4:4]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[ITEMCORPSE:LIQUID_MISC:NO_SUBTYPE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
To me, having a necromancer being a cheesemaker makes a lot of sense, for the reason you list out. Through death, a new life
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That cheeseman is remarkable unsmelly :P
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(http://i.imgur.com/lv7MhiN.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lv7MhiN.png)
Meanwhile...
(http://i.imgur.com/T1KkdPm.png) (http://i.imgur.com/T1KkdPm.png)
"Well, here we are. It's been one heck of a ride, you little mushroom man you. I have no idea where you came from or what's going to happen to you now, but quite frankly I don't really care."
(http://i.imgur.com/JgztAwy.png) (http://i.imgur.com/JgztAwy.png)
"In you go."
(http://i.imgur.com/yNCAlKm.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yNCAlKm.png)
"So long, you viscous little parasite. Maybe I'll see you around some time, in a bowl of mushroom soup or something."
(http://i.imgur.com/XNPkDwi.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/XNPkDwi.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/oAQZUP5.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/oAQZUP5.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/9iXxAHn.png) (http://i.imgur.com/9iXxAHn.png)
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next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5982666#msg5982666)
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Rise of the mushroom man!
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PHM determine their likelihood of a successful rebellion based on the ratio of PHM to non-PHM creatures that they have seen recently.
Whoever opens that door is pretty much dead.
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I mean...I...I guess I can handle a C plot...it...it shouldn't slow down the story TOO much...
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oh shi
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Plumpy: Be vampire.
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Plumpy: rebellion intensifies.
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prepare for the vampire mushroom man rebellion...
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Your scar is a sign of your authority! Establish dominance over these pathetic wall-mushrooms with their lack of distinguishing features!
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Your scar is a sign of your authority! Establish dominance over these pathetic wall-mushrooms with their lack of distinguishing features!
So is your one hand thats missing its flipper :P
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Plumpy: rebellion intensifies.
+1
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Plumpy: rebellion intensifies.
+1
+1
Also make note of Neb's cruel lack of empathy when considering future actions
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Now I'm glad someone took a bite out of plumpy, at least we can identify him now.
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+1 to the vampire plumpy idea,
+100 to plumpy rebellion
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+1 to the vampire plumpy idea,
+100 to plumpy rebellion
+1 to both ideas!
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The plumpy rebellion... Saint, you have to do that, after teasing so much. You can't just throw away Plumpy into a deep dark hole, and forget about him while continuing the main story.
Oh wait, you did that with Reg and Holt and it worked. :P
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What doPHM do in MW? Why keep them about?
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They are cheap pets, that give lots of food when butchered. This meat is plump helmet tissue, and can also be brewed into plump helmet wine, several hundred units worth of it.
They are self-growing plump helmets, which need no farm.
The problem? IndigoFenix wrote an AI for them. They might kill your dwarves in their sleep, start open war against your fort, if the PHM outnumber your dwarves, or are kept in an area full of other PHM and few dwarves. They might rot and cause miasma, they might infect your dwarves with a fungi, meaning the dwarf joins them if they rebell, and similar things. It's very neat.
Full info and mod for vanilla DF here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=132464.msg4714968#msg4714968
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I mean...I...I guess I can handle a C plot...it...it shouldn't slow down the story TOO much...
This is a valid point - you don't want to dilute/interfere too much with the main story. However, the nice thing about a plump helmet men revolution is that the timeline and series of event is *completely* flexible. Maybe the plum helment men are mere hours away from destroying the fort. Maybe they need 12 more years of preparation. Who knows?!? How do these alien minds think? So from a story telling point of view, you can put that in your back pocket, make occasional reference to it, and unleash it when most appropriate - if at all.
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I am ready for code plump, mushroom of the rebellion
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Plumpy: rebellion intensifies.
+1
+1
+1
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It might be a bit more work though... especially if you consider that they dont talk. It would have to be all told through pictures.
If you think back to the last updates with Misty arriving, its often the same frame, and only the text or facial expressions change. Plumpy has neither. He only stares into your soul.
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Nah, no need for another plot thread. Just ignore Plumpy until we've forgotten about him and then have them all rampage when we don't expect it.
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Plumpy, remember Mistem's (relative, for a dwarf) kindness to you and reward her with a position as your Royal Cheesemaker after you lead your glorious revolution to victory, declare yourself Overtyrant of Shielddawn and rule the dwarves with an iron fist. Fungi are part of cheesemaking, and Misty will probably not be driven into melancholy by the horrible deaths of every non-mushroom she knows!
Anyway, she'll do just fine if you turn her into a spore thrall.
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PLUMPY REBELLION!!
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
Cheeseromancer sounds better.
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
Cheeseromancer sounds better.
Does he romance cheese? don't answer that, I don't think I want to know...
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
Cheeseromancer sounds better.
Does he romance cheese? don't answer that, I don't think I want to know...
No, he loves it. And what can an artist achieve if he does not love his craft?
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He'd be a cheesophile then. Not a chesseromancer. (Cheesanova?)
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Aren't PHM [CANOPENDOORS][LOCKPICKER]?
In which case that door isn't just locked, it's lever-operated.
Misty: get drunk and head to the lever room.
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
Cheeseromancer sounds better.
Tyromancer. (http://www.occultopedia.com/t/tyromancy.htm)
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See, whenever I read or hear that word, I think "critomancy". I've read too much Eoin Colfer.
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Great Plumpy's out of the way, now let's forget about it until the inevitable train wreck.
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Misty: Get to work on hauling/looting those elves. Maybe they have socks.
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Everything about that Plumpy->Hole scene was perfect.
But oh man, I'm so torn between Plumpy: You are Spartacus and Misty: Resume doing things.
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I suggest focusing on Misty, with Plumpy's rebellion happening in the background and coming on screen in the most
inappropriate moment.
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He'd be a cheesophile then. Not a chesseromancer. (Cheesanova?)
My name is Immortal-D.... and I'm a cheeseophile :-[ (especially sharp cheddar :D). For those wondering (I'm sure nobody is), the suffix 'phile' means 'lover of, has admiration for'. Hence we get words like 'philharmonic orchesta', i.e. 'lover of melody'.
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Misty: Get to work on hauling/looting those elves. Maybe they have socks.
++, and don't forget the puzzle box! Keep it as something to remember Darkodaffodil by. I'm sure it won't be taken from you in a tramatizing way!
I suggest focusing on Misty, with Plumpy's rebellion happening in the background and coming on screen in the most inappropriate moment.
<AOL>
This:
Start Bitten but not Broken arc.
is a name to remember!
He'd be a cheesophile then. Not a chesseromancer. (Cheesanova?)
My name is Immortal-D.... and I'm a cheeseophile :-[ (especially sharp cheddar :D). For those wondering (I'm sure nobody is), the suffix 'phile' means 'lover of, has admiration for'. Hence we get words like 'philharmonic orchesta', i.e. 'lover of melody'.
So long as you keep it φιλία and not έ̓ρος we should all be fine. And yes, sharp cheddar is the best kind of cheddar!
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Misty: Get to work on hauling/looting those elves. Maybe they have socks.
++, and don't forget the puzzle box! Keep it as something to remember Darkodaffodil by. I'm sure it won't be taken from you in a tramatizing way!
If you look back, the farmer's kid rightfully claimed the puzzlebox as loot.
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Plumpy's C plot: Be a thing.
Or at least make the rebellion start somewhere in the future.
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Its time to start the Rise of the Planet of the Mushroom Men.
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Plumpy being used for slapstick never fails to amuse me.
Start Bitten but not Broken arc. Well, a FALSE one.
You know, plumpy fantasizing about revenge, about leading the plump helmets to victory and about killing that farmer with his bare hands.
Of course, the audience doesn't buy it since he IS just here to be abused for our amusement, after all.
Then his plan to escape comes to fruition when someone opens the door, only to drag him outside and into a butcher's workshop...
Whilst the necrocheeser enters the fort...
Cheeseromancer sounds better.
Cheeseromancer = lover of cheese
Tyromancer = wizard who does things with cheese, may or may not be evil
Necrocheeser = evil wizard who does things with dead cheese or cheese from dead cows/milkable animals/purring maggots
Clearly the best term for the dude from the tower is necrocheeser, assuming he's not just a regular necromancer.
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I saw the armour that guard was wearing, and that's just the guard they sent out to deal with the elf pests. Plump helmet man rebellion stands no chance, they are weak and fleshy :P
If a rebellion happens it should end quickly, with most of them being butchered and brewed into wine.
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I saw the armour that guard was wearing, and that's just the guard they sent out to deal with the elf pests. Plump helmet man rebellion stands no chance, they are weak and fleshy :P
If a rebellion happens it should end quickly, with most of them being butchered and brewed into wine.
Yeah, PHM rebellions rarely end well for the Plump Helmet Men, especially for forts with any kind of military. It's closer to passive-aggressive suicide...
It certainly could be used as a diversion, though.
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Elves, send message to Plumpy requesting them to rebel to act as a distraction so that the elves can attack. plumpy, rebel.
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I suggest focusing on Misty, with Plumpy's rebellion happening in the background and coming on screen in the most inappropriate moment.
+1
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Goblins: siege Shield Dawn!
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Goblins: siege Shield Dawn!
Kobolds: Siege the mountainhome!
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Yea, I think Mistem's pa 'The Duke' would make a good C-plot. PLumply's got no speech, so would make a good D-minor. And one who's purpose is chaos, lending itself to the crescendo moment or the setting up of thereof.
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I like Plumpy but any plot should be 1-2 pages a chapter or maybe in the background (literally) of other events.
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I like Plumpy but any plot should be 1-2 pages a chapter or maybe in the background (literally) of other events.
+1 for background
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I like Plumpy but any plot should be 1-2 pages a chapter or maybe in the background (literally) of other events.
+1 for background
+2
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All this cheesemaker necromancer fanwank makes no sense.
Why would a cheesemaker be a necromancer ? Because they're useless and rejected ? You mean a small animal dissector wouldn't be better ?
or something more fitting such as butcher/a healthcare job
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Goddamn, I've been spending the last few days catching up on the pages I missed because I have an in-progress digital redo of the fanart I posted waaaay earlier in the thread and it wouldn't seem right to post it without catching up. (Also it's good incentive to keep up with a good story for once, which I haven't done in quite some time for convoluted reasons.) I left off at page 48, currently at 118. I didn't expect to miss this much, though 95% of it is just discussion.
Anyway, just letting you know you've (re)gained another reader, and that mollusk-slow fanart is on the way. :D
He's building a tower into space to find his dad.
I'm surprised no one else caught this.
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(http://i.imgur.com/RKp7VuI.png)
"Misty... I'm already a demon."
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All this cheesemaker necromancer fanwank makes no sense.
Why would a cheesemaker be a necromancer ? Because they're useless and rejected ? You mean a small animal dissector wouldn't be better ?
or something more fitting such as butcher/a healthcare job
We're debating the nature of the owner of the Tower they passed more than Misty's future career. It would be mildly amusing if he were the Necrocheeser instead of a regular necromancer because it would make him more of an antagonist to Misty specifically instead of the fort in general.
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Snip
So... Punished Helmet?
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Wait a minute, aren't all corpses stripped naked before being hauled off to the refuse pile?
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Snip
So... Punished Helmet?
Punished Helmet/Big Shroom.
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Choose Dorkierdaffodil's corpse to haul. (Obviously) Maybe he's not all the way dead! Attempt resuscitation. (Possibly gross).
If he's really really dead, I bet I you know about someone who might be able to help! Someone nearby! Someone with specific useful tips and tricks regarding life and death!
If it is the necromancercheeser, this is a really badgood idea.
Fixed that for you.
Also, +1 to background rebellion.
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Re: PHM rebellion vs armed soldiers: that's exactly why they don't rebell unless they massively outnumber the soldiers.
Plumpy: You are locked in a dark damp room that's visibly suitable for mushroom life. You have access to several other PHM, surely some are the opposite gender? Breed.
Or just wait until all the soldiers are otherwise occupied with FUN.
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They make Plumpy their leader.
When they finally break out, Plumpy roars the command: "Release the spores!" The entire fort becomes infected. Some die. Some live and become slaves to the Plump Helmet Hivemind. The fungus begins growing everywhere. Plump helmet people begin life anew, with the above-ground sanctuary they had claimed.
Long live the cause.
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Somebody needs to play PHM Fortress, slowly spread spores across the land and fend of vicious herbivore donkeys.
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PTW
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
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Hehe, who would have guessed plump helmet men rebellions would become so popular?
For anyone interested, the PHM overgrowth mod has been updated for DF2014.Link (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=147525.0)
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Wait a minute, aren't all corpses stripped naked before being hauled off to the refuse pile?
This is correct, but she could easily grab a memento while grabing the corpses to haul to the refuse pile. Like say, elven socks.
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Wait a minute, aren't all corpses stripped naked before being hauled off to the refuse pile?
This is correct, but she could easily grab a memento while grabing the corpses to haul to the refuse pile. Like say, elven socks.
Game-mechanically, all clothing just magically falls off when you die. It lies in the same tile as your corpse, but is not on your corpse any longer. Of course, that wouldn't make sense in the illustrated story....
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Hehe, who would have guessed plump helmet men rebellions would become so popular?
For anyone interested, the PHM overgrowth mod has been updated for DF2014.Link (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=147525.0)
You could put that in your signature. ;)
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You have access to several other PHM, surely some are the opposite gender? Breed.
+1 to NSFW literal story
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We are but our attentions wonder while we wait.
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We are but our attentions wonder while we wait.
I actually think Reg needs a turn now.
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We are but our attentions wonder while we wait.
I actually think Reg needs a turn now.
Reg and Holt: Head to Sheilddawn
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I'm actually starting to worry about what the new overseer will be like.
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I'm actually starting to worry about what the new overseer will be like.
New Overseer: walk in drinking a flagon of elf blood and singing butchered dwarven songs
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I'm actually starting to worry about what the new overseer will be like.
New Overseer: walk in drinking a flagon of elf blood and singing butchered dwarven songs
+1
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You have access to several other PHM, surely some are the opposite gender? Breed.
+1 to NSFW literal story
Spores. In this case, they are even appropriate.
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"Reg and Holt meet Misty outside as she is hauling a corpse. Escort her back home. The end".
- one billion!
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We're in denial. Everything's fine! I don't see a horrible deathtrap that's going to systematically crush her soul, then leave her mangled body on a rubbish heap somewhere. Do you? Of course not!
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Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We're in denial. Everything's fine! I don't see a horrible deathtrap that's going to systematically crush her soul, then leave her mangled body on a rubbish heap somewhere. Do you? Of course not!
You're right, they did not reach cavern 3 yet so she still have at least 19 minutes of life expectancy.
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Indeed. Now, if the armor of the first responders was bright blue, we might have some cause for concern. ^_^
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Wait a minute, aren't all corpses stripped naked before being hauled off to the refuse pile?
This is correct, but she could easily grab a memento while grabing the corpses to haul to the refuse pile. Like say, elven socks.
Game-mechanically, all clothing just magically falls off when you die. It lies in the same tile as your corpse, but is not on your corpse any longer. Of course, that wouldn't make sense in the illustrated story....
Worse, you actually lose your grip on the items, which means dorfs don't wear clothing, their various body parts hang on to their designated pieces until they die.
Readers: Worry about Misty instead.
We are but our attentions wonder while we wait.
I actually think Reg needs a turn now.
Reg and Holt: Head to Sheilddawn
+1
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Wait a minute, aren't all corpses stripped naked before being hauled off to the refuse pile?
This is correct, but she could easily grab a memento while grabing the corpses to haul to the refuse pile. Like say, elven socks.
Game-mechanically, all clothing just magically falls off when you die. It lies in the same tile as your corpse, but is not on your corpse any longer. Of course, that wouldn't make sense in the illustrated story....
Worse, you actually lose your grip on the items, which means dorfs don't wear clothing, their various body parts hang on to their designated pieces until they die.
Does that mean dwarves have little fingers on all their body parts that cling to their clothes? Actually it would probably be their body hair grabbing all their clothes...
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I try not to think about it too much, but while humiliating an elf queen after she hocked some spit on me I was removing her limbs and then waiting an hour so she wouldn't bleed out and each time she respawned with a full set of clothing, which then results in "the elf queen loses hold of the..." with all the stuff that would go on missing limbs falling to the ground.
When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
Anyway, I'm still wanting to see how Reg is handling things after... resolving her monster problem last time we saw her and Holt.
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I try not to think about it too much, but while humiliating an elf queen after she hocked some spit on me I was removing her limbs and then waiting an hour so she wouldn't bleed out and each time she respawned with a full set of clothing, which then results in "the elf queen loses hold of the..." with all the stuff that would go on missing limbs falling to the ground.
When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
Anyway, I'm still wanting to see how Reg is handling things after... resolving her monster problem last time we saw her and Holt.
It is terrifying.
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I try not to think about it too much, but while humiliating an elf queen after she hocked some spit on me I was removing her limbs and then waiting an hour so she wouldn't bleed out and each time she respawned with a full set of clothing, which then results in "the elf queen loses hold of the..." with all the stuff that would go on missing limbs falling to the ground.
When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
Anyway, I'm still wanting to see how Reg is handling things after... resolving her monster problem last time we saw her and Holt.
It is terrifying.
No, it was inevitable.
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I try not to think about it too much, but while humiliating an elf queen after she hocked some spit on me I was removing her limbs and then waiting an hour so she wouldn't bleed out and each time she respawned with a full set of clothing, which then results in "the elf queen loses hold of the..." with all the stuff that would go on missing limbs falling to the ground.
When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
It is terrifying.
No, it was inevitable.
This is why I love Dwarf Fortress.
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When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
I'm never putting another quarter in a magic fingers bed at the cheap motel ever again.
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When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
I'm never putting another quarter in a magic fingers bed at the cheap motel ever again.
:D That was hilarious.
I'm actually starting to worry about what the new overseer will be like.
New Overseer: walk in drinking a flagon of elf blood and singing butchered dwarven songs
+1
+1
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Given the strange, arcane means how overseers are chosen, it could really be anyone...
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I try not to think about it too much, but while humiliating an elf queen after she hocked some spit on me I was removing her limbs and then waiting an hour so she wouldn't bleed out and each time she respawned with a full set of clothing, which then results in "the elf queen loses hold of the..." with all the stuff that would go on missing limbs falling to the ground.
When you consider you can wrestle someone and grab their back teeth with your lower leg while applying a joint lock on their knee with the upper part of the same leg, dorfs start to resemble some sort of bearded 4 limbed monstrosity which behaves like a cross between an octopus, a bunch of velcro, and far too many fingers.
It is terrifying.
No, it was inevitable.
This is why I love Dwarf Fortress.
I don't have anything to contribute, I just like quote pyramids.
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This is why I love Dwarf Fortress.
I don't have anything to contribute, I just like quote pyramids.
"I will spear your quote pyramids because they are unhealthy for browsers."
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i'm so fucking sick of drawing mushroom men you guys i s2g
"oh these next few pages will be easy, they're all the same color and shape" jfc.
update in a day or two.
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Copy/paste is your friend. Just make sure to do back-to front or the stacking will look all derpy.
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Well that doesn't bode well for our C Plot.
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Well that doesn't bode well for our C Plot.
It's fine, it was simply more involved than I planned.
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Well like someone said if you want a C plot it can be a background thing with us only seeing small things of it like a mushroom men in the background doing something etc. etc.
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Exactly. From now on each picture of plot A will include a small, hidden PHM planning murder and mayhem for the people to look for.
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It's fine, it was simply more involved than I planned.
Hehe, plots never seem to evolve as planned.
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Hehe, plots never seem to evolve as planned.
The plot is evolving by following the will of a multi-personality schizophrenic being that dictates every action they take, or at least that's how I like to think how its made.
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Hey guys! What'd I miss?
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Hehe, plots never seem to evolve as planned.
The plot is evolving by following the will of a multi-personality schizophrenic being that dictates every action they take, or at least that's how I like to think how its made.
In Dwarf Fortress, schizophrenic multi-personality gods are basically canon...
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Hey guys! What'd I miss?
Gratuitous and unnecessary murder, the promise of slaughter to come, Misty failing to become overseer...
Just the usual, really. :P
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Hey guys! What'd I miss?
Gratuitous and unnecessary murder, the promise of slaughter to come, Misty failing to become overseer...
Just the usual, really. :P
Alright! Hey, is there somewhere with just a collection of panels? This is a bulky thread and fishing for the updates can be very unFun.
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Page 1 has links to all pages.
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Page 1 has links to all pages.
O. That's new.
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Page 1 has links to all pages.
O. That's new.
Not really.
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Page 1 has links to all pages.
O. That's new.
Not really.
You underestimate how far I am behind and how long before that it was when I last checked the OP. Month and a half and four? months, respectively.
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(http://i.imgur.com/oiMNHDZ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oiMNHDZ.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/lglISuA.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lglISuA.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/MgMRyY6.png) (http://i.imgur.com/MgMRyY6.png)
<Brothers! Sisters! Kinsmen!
Lend me thine ears!>
(http://i.imgur.com/M0W8dMx.png) (http://i.imgur.com/M0W8dMx.png)
<Traveled have I a great many miles to ask, nay, beseech ye for an answer. An answer to a question which hath for too long gone unasked. A question born the first day dwarf dined upon mushroomman flesh. A question multiplied by each successive injustice, and a question that hath weighed down my very soul since the day I witnessed the consumption of mine very own spore-mates.
Verily, only by great chance did I arrive here undevoured, though not unscathed. I have born the burnt of mine enemies insatiable appetites, and each violent nibble, each unjust chomp and each wearisome chew has only exacerbated this question I bring ye until it festers within mine conscience as though it were a blighted cyst on mine very being.>
(http://i.imgur.com/OhDdFdE.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/OhDdFdE.gif)
<A question of such magnificent import that I pause to wonder if I be worthy enough for it to slip pass through mine lips. Indeed, I do not think mineself noble enough to ask, but a question of such weight demands to be heard and pondered. And, if none other are willing, able, or perhaps daring enough to ask, should I then be the one to do so?
Aye, methink I should.>
(http://i.imgur.com/bWafaJ5.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bWafaJ5.png)
<Why do we persist? Why do we stand by idle as we are herded and corralled as slaves - nay, worse than slaves, as CATTLE? Are we not noble, proud mushroom men? Why do we let ourselves be treated as these crude creatures' livestock?
Have we been broken so easily? Have the years of brutality left us unable to revolt, to change our stature and rise as the glorious mushrooms we know in our hearts to be?
Nay. I do not believe so.>
(http://i.imgur.com/4oM9rcM.png) (http://i.imgur.com/4oM9rcM.png)
<For today, mine kinsmen, I witnessed the first death of an enemy. The very same foe who took mine soft fungal hand for sustenance was struck down less than an hour past. Aye, and I have with me his instrument of demise; a steel bolt, fashioned by the hands of our oppressors and hidden within the folds of mine gills. Look close, kinsmen, for the wicked beasts blood still shines bright upon the blade.>
(http://i.imgur.com/2Z0M2Hf.png) (http://i.imgur.com/2Z0M2Hf.png)
<This is not the last time this weapon shall taste the blood of our enemies! Nay, we shall rise, mine brethren! We will wait until the moment is ripe, and at that opportune moment we will strike from our cage and revolt! The dwarven oppressors will fall to the Undergrowth, and we will take their vile home from them and fashion it into an agent of their demise, much in the same way this humble bolt will soon be used to strike down its creators and drink of their blood!
Rise with me, kinsmen! Join me, and reclaim the glory that our oppressors have kept from us for centuries! For once, WE shall dine on THEM!
Viva la Undergrowth! Viva la revolution!>
(http://i.imgur.com/0soad69.png) (http://i.imgur.com/0soad69.png)
<Viva la Undergrowth!> <Long live Plumpy!> <Down with the Dwarves!>
<Death to our oppressors!> <Viva la Undergrowth!> <Hail Plumpy!> <Kill the Dwarves!>
<Viva la Undergrowth!> <Viva la Fungus!> <Viva la revolution!>
<Viva la Undergrowth!!!>
(http://i.imgur.com/3dXTI3K.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3dXTI3K.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6009083#msg6009083)
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So much purple!
And I love the 'mushroom noises'.
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Is the C plot being promoted to B plot here or something? :P
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That was glorious. :)
My favourite update so far.
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So, Plumpy is now both Shakespeare and Che Guevara ?
Bah. It's all plump helmet noises anyway.
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That was glorious. :)
My favourite update so far.
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Man, I can't believe the post-humorous donkey and elf beat out the nun for popularity :-\
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that certainly was worth the wait - you don't do half-measures do you? :D
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Viva la Revolution! And other Mushroom noises!
Kobold conspiracy: be real
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So, Plumpy is now both Shakespeare and Che Guevara ?
Bah. It's all plump helmet noises anyway.
Naryar, that destructive urge is always distracting me. I stopped playing so many years ago...
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Awesome update, thanks again!
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Oh god, the last panel is magnificently timed, and baffling because what the hell do mushrooms sound like anyway?
Here's hoping Reg and Holt come by to save the day during the inevitable mushroom uprising... wait, that just sounds like someone horking up their food... which is not unusual at all.
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(http://plasmon.rghost.ru/60560213/image.png)
Viva la revolution!
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So, Plumpy is now both Shakespeare and Che Guevara ?
Bah. It's all plump helmet noises anyway.
Naryar, that destructive urge is always distracting me. I stopped playing so many years ago...
SKULLLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE !
There is no impportance for the slaugher of stuff. tHERE NEEeds *wow caps lock* to be less drunk things. I say, PRaise khrKHRONE ! KILL ! KILL !
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BRILLLIANT. Now every good revolution needs the Venomous ultraviolent revolutionary who wants to subject kinsmen and foe alike to a corrupt and despicable Stalinist dictatorship.
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BRILLLIANT. Now every good revolution needs the [color=lime green]Venomous ultraviolent revolutionary who wants to subject kinsmen and foe alike to a corrupt and despicable Stalinist dictatorship.[/color]
Bloody communists, amirite ?
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Plumpy the Plump Helmet Man: the epitome of eloquence and strength.
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BRILLLIANT. Now every good revolution needs the Venomous ultraviolent revolutionary who wants to subject kinsmen and foe alike to a corrupt and despicable Stalinist dictatorship.
Bloody communists, amirite ?
MMmm Sort of.
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I know what time it is. :D
Its propaganda time!
So, Plumpy is now both Shakespeare and Che Guevara ?
Bah. It's all plump helmet noises anyway.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q5lSoIE.png)
I spend more time making that than I should have...
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"Viva la revolution!" XD I lost it, great jot evictedSaint!
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Reg and Holt stumble into that area where the plump helmet men are...
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Well.
Plumphelmet men start gathering weapons.
Misty should somehow find out about the revolution and try to stop it.
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Well.
Plumphelmet men start gathering weapons.
Misty should somehow find out about the revolution and try to stop it.
Misty: become hungry for plump helmet flesh
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Some very, very crappy fanart from long, long ago.
(http://i.imgur.com/nl254MB.png)
It does not merit linking, I just thought it would be relevant
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IT HAS BEGUN
For some reason I really liked the occasional blinking panel. Just really showed the sort of blank, inquisitive mood.
Though yes, the last panel is also hilarious.
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I know what time it is. :D
Its propaganda time!
So, Plumpy is now both Shakespeare and Che Guevara ?
Bah. It's all plump helmet noises anyway.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q5lSoIE.png)
I spend more time making that than I should have...
+1^B.A.T.T.E.R.Y, also please let that poster show up in-story as a background bonus. It deserves canonization.
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Everything about this is top notch, the PHM mod, evictedSaint's panels, the fan art including the original Bited but Not Broken flyer and these new "viva la undergrowth" posters. Brilliant.
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THIS IS... OUTER HELMET
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Reg and Holt stumble into that area where the plump helmet men are...
Obvious signs of the revolution appear all over, but nobody notices except Reg, who blames it on kobolds.
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Che Plumpy made me snort soda at work today :-[ Dunno why this particular song popped into my head, but here you go (bonus nerd points if you recognize the source and read/sing in the appropriate voice);
Lashing out the sweet wine, returning to the confines, delicious flesh torn away.
Hypnotizing minions, crushing all the beardlings,
Plumpy Man is here to stay!
Smashing all OS plans,
Militia Dwarves have no chance,
Cannot stop the Plumpy Man!
Pounding out aggression.
Turns into obsession.
Cannot kill the Plumpy Man!
Can't kill what you don't see,
Plumpy Man is found in me!
Plumpy Man! Plumpy Man!
Hypnotizing pod spores, mashing all the lame Dorfes,
Never-ending sobriety.
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker,
Breeding when you're far away.
Smashing all OS plans,
Militia Dwarves have no chance,
Cannot stop the Plumpy Man!
Pounding out aggression.
Turns into obessesion.
Cannot kill the Plumpy Man!
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Viva la hongo-revolución!
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Holy crap this is amazing. Thank you EvictedSaint!
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Che Plumpy made me snort soda at work today :-[ Dunno why this particular song popped into my head, but here you go (bonus nerd points if you recognize the source and read/sing in the appropriate voice);
Lashing out the sweet wine, returning to the confines, delicious flesh torn away.
Hypnotizing minions, crushing all the beardlings,
Plumpy Man is here to stay!
Smashing all OS plans,
Militia Dwarves have no chance,
Cannot stop the Plumpy Man!
Pounding out aggression.
Turns into obsession.
Cannot kill the Plumpy Man!
Can't kill what you don't see,
Plumpy Man is found in me!
Plumpy Man! Plumpy Man!
Hypnotizing pod spores, mashing all the lame Dorfes,
Never-ending sobriety.
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker,
Breeding when you're far away.
Smashing all OS plans,
Militia Dwarves have no chance,
Cannot stop the Plumpy Man!
Pounding out aggression.
Turns into obessesion.
Cannot kill the Plumpy Man!
as if I couldn't place Battery, pls
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PTW.
Damn it you guys I was supposed to be working.
Also I'd pay ten bucks for a Plumpy Guevara T-Shirt. Just saying.
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Also I'd pay ten bucks for a Plumpy Guevara T-Shirt. Just saying.
Hey, can I license that out from the hostergaard and eS? I could totally make and sell 2000 Plumpy Guevaras. I could even cut out metal wall decorations and (possibly) mint commemorative coins.
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Woops. Hand slipped.
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Next thing you know, people are doing real crazy stuff, like turning this comic into a comic book. :o
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Next thing you know, people are doing real crazy stuff, like turning this comic into a comic book. :o
Silly Meph, stop giving me ideas! ;)
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Here is an idea: Maybe we can create a computer game, based on this succesful comic to create more franchise? Something with dwarves and plump helmet men, fortresses and the like. I can see it very clearly... would be a great hit.
Slaves to Plumpy, God of Mushroom-Wine: Chapter III: Dwarf Prison
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Here is an idea: Maybe we can create a computer game, based on this succesful comic to create more franchise? Something with dwarves and plump helmet men, fortresses and the like. I can see it very clearly... would be a great hit.
Slaves to Plumpy, God of Mushroom-Wine: Chapter III: Dwarf Prison
Oh hell. Now I want an adventure-mode mod where you play as a PHM in a player-like fortress and organize the rebellion. Then combine it with a Hidden Agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_%28video_game%29)-esq game mode.
(http://s16.postimg.org/xsp53912t/LCM_P1.jpg)
Conclusion- Comic-creation is hard...
(Additionally, with the math of ~5 images/page with ~250 images, not addressing extra-long images, a comic book of LCM would end up roughly 50 pages long, or 25 pages, double-faced.)
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Here is an idea: Maybe we can create a computer game, based on this succesful comic to create more franchise? Something with dwarves and plump helmet men, fortresses and the like. I can see it very clearly... would be a great hit.
Slaves to Plumpy, God of Mushroom-Wine: Chapter III: Dwarf Prison
Oh hell. Now I want an adventure-mode mod where you play as a PHM in a player-like fortress and organize the rebellion. Then combine it with a Hidden Agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_%28video_game%29)-esq game mode.
(http://s16.postimg.org/xsp53912t/LCM_P1.jpg)
Conclusion- Comic-creation is hard...
(Additionally, with the math of ~5 images/page with ~250 images, not addressing extra-long images, a comic book of LCM would end up roughly 50 pages long, or 25 pages, double-faced.)
Like Liberal Crime Squad, Toady's Existing Open Source game that's ripe with the modability? 8)
( This is totally happening, isn't it? )
EDIT:
>Just kidnap the Conservative Dwarf-Loving bitch!
~To-do: Draw/commission an image of a PHM holding another at knife point and dragging him/her/it into a dark alleyway.
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Here is an idea: Maybe we can create a computer game, based on this succesful comic to create more franchise? Something with dwarves and plump helmet men, fortresses and the like. I can see it very clearly... would be a great hit.
Slaves to Plumpy, God of Mushroom-Wine: Chapter III: Dwarf Prison
Oh hell. Now I want an adventure-mode mod where you play as a PHM in a player-like fortress and organize the rebellion. Then combine it with a Hidden Agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_%28video_game%29)-esq game mode.
(http://s16.postimg.org/xsp53912t/LCM_P1.jpg)
Conclusion- Comic-creation is hard...
(Additionally, with the math of ~5 images/page with ~250 images, not addressing extra-long images, a comic book of LCM would end up roughly 50 pages long, or 25 pages, double-faced.)
Like Liberal Crime Squad, Toady's Existing Open Source game that's ripe with the modability? 8)
( This is totally happening, isn't it? )
If it is, the TVtropes page is going to get crowded...
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Here is an idea: Maybe we can create a computer game, based on this succesful comic to create more franchise? Something with dwarves and plump helmet men, fortresses and the like. I can see it very clearly... would be a great hit.
Slaves to Plumpy, God of Mushroom-Wine: Chapter III: Dwarf Prison
Oh hell. Now I want an adventure-mode mod where you play as a PHM in a player-like fortress and organize the rebellion. Then combine it with a Hidden Agenda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Agenda_%28video_game%29)-esq game mode.
(http://s16.postimg.org/xsp53912t/LCM_P1.jpg)
Conclusion- Comic-creation is hard...
(Additionally, with the math of ~5 images/page with ~250 images, not addressing extra-long images, a comic book of LCM would end up roughly 50 pages long, or 25 pages, double-faced.)
Like Liberal Crime Squad, Toady's Existing Open Source game that's ripe with the modability? 8)
( This is totally happening, isn't it? )
If it is, the TVtropes page is going to get crowded...
What good☼ TV Tropes page isn't?
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There's a TVTropes page? Time to go check that out.
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Woops. Hand slipped.
Does that look off-center to y'all?
inb4 "left of center" jokes
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Woops. Hand slipped.
Does that look off-center to y'all?
inb4 "left of center" jokes
The image is indeed a bit off-center, due to how the background is designed. I just threw it in there, I'd probably center it if I actually made one.
Priced around $20 individually, too; not bad. The price is a lot better in bulk as well.
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Woops. Hand slipped.
Does that look off-center to y'all?
inb4 "left of center" jokes
The image is indeed a bit off-center, due to how the background is designed. I just threw it in there, I'd probably center it if I actually made one.
Priced around $20 individually, too; not bad. The price is a lot better in bulk as well.
Yeah. CustomInk likes to supply businesses too. I just wish there was some way to get it set up with an official shop for Plumpy shirts that pays the content creators automatically. ( Split three ways, I guess? four, if I can get in on this. :oP )
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So to Toady, IndigoFenix and EvictedSaint, right? They are the three creators :P
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I read it as "The Littlest Cheesemancer" for a second there...
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C-plot is quickly overshadowing the b-plot and a-plot.
There needs to be something done against this.
Can someone derivate a magma channel on top of the PHM park ?
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C-plot is quickly overshadowing the b-plot and a-plot.
There has literally been only two updates devoted to C-plot.
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Hehe, cheesemancers. Someone needs to mod in a cheesemancer. Here's a start:
[INTERACTION:CHEESE_SECRET]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of Cheese]
[IS_SPHERE:BALANCE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:CHEESEMANCER]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:CHEESEMANCER]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_CLASS:]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:64:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:cheesemancer:cheesemancers:magical:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Conjure Cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SPATTER_POWDER]
[CDI:VERB:conjure some grated cheese:conjures some grated cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Hurl cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:hurl a wheel of cheese:hurls a wheel of cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
Not sure what other spells a cheesemancer would have. Encase with cheese? Ferment foe? Maybe some sort of nacho cheese powder cloud attack?
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Someone discussed why it would be tyromancer, and I could swear one was posted a couple pages back.
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Clearly we've got a C-plot, K-plot and P-plot. Try to keep up.
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Pretty soon, we'll start breaking down the plots further, and we'll end up with up-plot, down-plot, strange-plot, charm-plot, top-plot, and bottom-plot. Our final quest as readers will be the search for the mysterious Higgs-plot that will help us unite three-quarters of the plots back together.
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According to the Many Plots interpretation, every X-plot has taken place, or will take place, in some thread.
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Just so I'm clear, are we seriously going to defy the wishes of the Overseer? (last-second though they may be). Dwarves who do that tend to end up on Cavern exploration duty :o
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Misty's cheesemaker labor was not explicitly turned off. On her way to the primary meeting hall, she could have been telepathically alerted to a cheese making job, and give it preference over the cleaning/hauling duty she has been assigned.
this oversight is squarely in the court of the overseer, who neglected to forbid her continued vocational exploration of making cheese.
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Hehe, cheesemancers. Someone needs to mod in a cheesemancer. Here's a start:
[INTERACTION:CHEESE_SECRET]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of Cheese]
[IS_SPHERE:BALANCE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:CHEESEMANCER]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:CHEESEMANCER]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_CLASS:]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:64:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:cheesemancer:cheesemancers:magical:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Conjure Cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SPATTER_POWDER]
[CDI:VERB:conjure some grated cheese:conjures some grated cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Hurl cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:hurl a wheel of cheese:hurls a wheel of cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
Not sure what other spells a cheesemancer would have. Encase with cheese? Ferment foe? Maybe some sort of nacho cheese powder cloud attack?
Perhaps be able to turn a target creature into cheese (all tissues change to cheese or perhaps given ITEMCORPSE of cheese and then a short timed poison/necrosis :D)
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Just so I'm clear, are we seriously going to defy the wishes of the Overseer? (last-second though they may be). Dwarves who do that tend to end up on Cavern exploration duty :o
Only those who fail to do something awesome... Hehe, cheesemancers. Someone needs to mod in a cheesemancer. Here's a start:
[INTERACTION:CHEESE_SECRET]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of Cheese]
[IS_SPHERE:BALANCE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:CHEESEMANCER]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:CHEESEMANCER]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_CLASS:]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:64:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:cheesemancer:cheesemancers:magical:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Conjure Cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SPATTER_POWDER]
[CDI:VERB:conjure some grated cheese:conjures some grated cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Hurl cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:hurl a wheel of cheese:hurls a wheel of cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
Not sure what other spells a cheesemancer would have. Encase with cheese? Ferment foe? Maybe some sort of nacho cheese powder cloud attack?
I made one of these... It had cheesecake shooting, string cheese webs and could animate the dead as cheese men, allowing them to build towers. They also have NO_AGING, because cheese only grows stronger as it ages.
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Just so I'm clear, are we seriously going to defy the wishes of the Overseer? (last-second though they may be). Dwarves who do that tend to end up on Cavern exploration duty :o
Only those who fail to do something awesome... Hehe, cheesemancers. Someone needs to mod in a cheesemancer. Here's a start:
[INTERACTION:CHEESE_SECRET]
[I_SOURCE:SECRET]
[IS_NAME:the secrets of Cheese]
[IS_SPHERE:BALANCE]
[IS_SECRET_GOAL:IMMORTALITY]
[IS_SECRET:SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RESEARCH_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_TEACHING_POSSIBLE]
[IS_SECRET:MUNDANE_RECORDING_POSSIBLE:objects/text/book_instruction.txt:objects/text/secret_cheese.txt]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_LEARN]
[IT_REQUIRES:CAN_SPEAK]
[IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:CHEESEMANCER]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:CHEESEMANCER]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_CLASS:]
[CE_DISPLAY_TILE:TILE:64:6:0:1:START:0]
[CE_DISPLAY_NAME:NAME:cheesemancer:cheesemancers:magical:START:0]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Conjure Cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SPATTER_POWDER]
[CDI:VERB:conjure some grated cheese:conjures some grated cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]
[CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Hurl cheese]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:CHEESE:SOLID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:hurl a wheel of cheese:hurls a wheel of cheese:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
Not sure what other spells a cheesemancer would have. Encase with cheese? Ferment foe? Maybe some sort of nacho cheese powder cloud attack?
I made one of these... It had cheesecake shooting, string cheese webs and could animate the dead as cheese men, allowing them to build towers. They also have NO_AGING, because cheese only grows stronger as it ages.
In that case I hope it lacks the typical frozen attributes, instead allowing gain but not rust.
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Been working on a multi-fort project world where I have a set of artifact gear scattered around different forts and I'm trying to get the whole set together on an adventurer, after having the previous elf drown and recovering the pieces they had I decided to make a female dorf to go grab the war hammer and boots.
The name generator gave me Mistem Ilirnil (Joyhammer) after a couple of random rolls, and after I get to the fort I find the hammer itself has an image of cheese on it. Awesome.
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Someone discussed why it would be tyromancer, and I could swear one was posted a couple pages back.
As I have explained many times:
Cheeseromancer = lover of cheese
Tyromancer = cheese wiz = wizard who does things with cheese, may or may not be evil
Necrocheeser = evil wizard who does things with dead cheese or makes cheese from dead cows/milkable animals/purring maggots
Clearly the best term for the dude from the tower is necrocheeser, assuming he's not just a regular necromancer.
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Where is the connection between Tyro and Cheeser? I only get "beginner" as translation or a reference to a greek (non-cheese) god if I google that.
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Maybe it's cheese in latin?
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Where is the connection between Tyro and Cheeser? I only get "beginner" as translation or a reference to a greek (non-cheese) god if I google that.
The greek word for cheese is Tyros.
http://wordinfo.info/unit/2208/ip:10/il:T
"Tyrogenous:
Originating in or produced in or by cheese."
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Ah, that makes sense. A bit.
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Maybe it's cheese in latin?
It isn't.
"tyro" from "tiro" means beginner or novice. A bit more poking around suggests that the word refers specifically to recruits. So a Tyromancer would be a Drill Sargent. :P
Alternatively, it's Lithuanian meaning "pure".
Latin for cheese is caesus, which (I think?) refers to any processed curd product. ( So butter & cheese would both fall under the domain of Caesomancer. And yes, it'd be pronounced like "queso". )
Where is the connection between Tyro and Cheeser? I only get "beginner" as translation or a reference to a greek (non-cheese) god if I google that.
The greek word for cheese is Tyros.
http://wordinfo.info/unit/2208/ip:10/il:T
"Tyrogenous:
Originating in or produced in or by cheese."
Ah! I see... Thanks for deflating the thing I said by sniping me. XD
A+ for research though.
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I think some of the related words listed would make for good spells of the Tyromancer.
Tyrosis
...
3. Caseation or the process in which necrotic (dead) tissue is converted into a granular amorphous mass resembling cheese.
Tyrotoxicosis, cheese poisoning
Illness resulting from ingestion of tyrotoxicon (poisonous compound found in contaminated cheese and other milk products).
Symptoms are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, severe epigastral pain, dilated pupils, numbness of the limbs, prostration, and possible death.
Tyroglyphus
A genus of sarcoptoid mites commonly known as cheese mites which can cause scabies or itch in humans and mange and scab in other animals.
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Has anyone here just searched for 'tyromancer?' It's actually a real word.
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Has anyone here just searched for 'tyromancer?' It's actually a real word.
Define real word.
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Has anyone here just searched for 'tyromancer?' It's actually a real word.
Define real word.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tyromancy
Used to indicate divination through the results of fermenting cheese. While that is the common use, the literal definition [Magic based around cheese] is more broad and is technically correct for both.
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Has anyone here just searched for 'tyromancer?' It's actually a real word.
Define real word.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tyromancy
Used to indicate divination through the results of fermenting cheese. While that is the common use, the literal definition [Magic based around cheese] is more broad and is technically correct for both.
The literal definition would be 'divination through cheese', but the literal definition of necromancy is 'divination through the dead', so...
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That's a form of divination I had never heard of before. Now I am curious how they read the cheese...
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That's a form of divination I had never heard of before. Now I am curious how they read the cheese...
Best way would be to eat it with a slice of bread and tell you how good it was.
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That's a form of divination I had never heard of before. Now I am curious how they read the cheese...
http://www.occultopedia.com/t/tyromancy.htm
Check there. Describes the methods. I like the one about writing names of suitors on cheese and selecting the onr which grew mold first. Mold is just so romantic, after all.
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"What portents does the cheese foretell, wise Seer?"
"Hmm, mmmm, it seems to indicate that my hunger will abate soon, and you will have less cheese than once you did."
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It says my apprentice has brought me camembert when I explicitly called for cheddar! How can I read the texture when it is basically just slime! The FOOL!
What's next? Brie when I ask for Parmegian?! Honestly, that boy has cheese for brains!
... Hmmmmm....
(And thus, visceromancy was born!)
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You know, I hate to say it, but a tyromancer sounds to me like a basement-bargain type of wizard...
"Bob Mclackey, have you hired a magic user for me as I ordered you to?"
"Yes, oh great Baron Rupert the Frugal ... mostly..."
"Mostly?!"
"Well yes, your highness. As you recall you strictly limited to a 300 copper piece budget..."
"Yes, a small fortune, but well worth it to have magic on our side!"
"So ... erm... the pyromancer didn't want to work for that kind of money. Neither did the transmuter"
"What?!? Those greedy fools! But surely there are more than 2 magic users in the realm?"
"Yes sire. But the druid wouldn't work with the nobility, and the clerics consider you impious"
"Those stuffy, arrogant swines! Go on now"
"And as your majesty must concede, it wouldn't be proper to consort with a necromancer or a witch"
"Granted"
"The abjurer left town, the diviner said it would end poorly and the alchemist accidentally blew himself up three weeks ago... so..."
"Yes? You did get someone? Surely not a warlock"
"Oh no sire, definitely not a warlock! And yes I did find a magic user willing to work for your price"
"And?"
"Yes sire?"
"What kind of magic does he-"
"She sire"
"She use?"
"Tyromancy sire"
"Tyromancy!?"
"Yes sire"
"And what kind of magic is that, Bob McLackey?"
"I believe it has to do with cheese sire"
"Cheese?"
"Most definitely sire"
"So we have a cheese wizard?"
"Apparently so sire"
"... it will do".
And so Baron Rupert the Frugal, who never spent a gold crown when a copper would do, hired the greatest tyromancer of the land, and his enemies quivered in fear at the thought of meeting his cheesy wrath.
(edits: typos, grammar, slight clean up)
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The irony is that having nonperishing food you can magically conjure would actually be a big boon in the pre-refrigeration days. Sure you can't set things on fire, but you can send a big army that won't starve on the way to the enemy...
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Unless the soldiers are lactose intolerant, or havent gotten enough fiber.
Either way, it's a painfully shitty way to go. ;)
But I can see it now--
"Quick! cast a fireball on him or something!"
"I'm not that kind of wizard!"
"It's an ice demon! Cant you do SOMETHING to it to make it melt!?"
"Well, I SUPPOSE I could conjure some hot fondue..."
"WELL DO IT THEN!"
"What nonsense! We havent got any bread!"
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You could probably encase your enemies in cheese. Cryomancy has nothing on tyromancy. And you can probably cause your enemies internals to turn to cheese if you're a tyromancer.
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Milk Guy from Misfits comes to mind.
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If he's using cheese to see the future, then he's certainly a tyromancer, but if he's doing nefarious things with cheese or raising dead cheese or whatever then he's a necrocheeser.
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In a time before time the god of uh.... herb and munchies was like "duuuude, I didn't know earthworm fiends made milk", and after a really unfortunate interaction which required a binding ritual (since they in fact do not produce milk) he produced a slab of earthworm-fiend-cheese. As said fiend would never be able to show their uh... face... around the underworld again after what took place, it decided to thrust a spire of solid parmesan up into the overworld, that it may better sow uh... confusion and awkwardness across the world.
After the Cheese, this is a brie-bound book, the writing concerns the secrets of life and cheese, it kinda smells funny.
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THIS suddenly comes to mind... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KBcpLIqNwU)
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You know, I hate to say it, but a tyromancer to me sounds like a basement-bargain type of wizard to me...
"Bob Mclackey, have you hired a magic user for me as I ordered you to?"
"Yes, oh great Baron Rupert the Frugal ... mostly..."
"Mostly?!"
"Well yes, your highness. As you recall you strictly limited to a 300 copper piece budget..."
"Yes, a small fortune, but well worth it to have magic on our side!"
"So ... erm... the pyromancer didn't want to work for that kind of money. Neither did the transmuter"
"What?!? Those greedy fools! But surely there are more than 2 magic users in the area?"
"Yes sire. But the druid wouldn't work with the nobility, and the clerics consider you impious"
"Those stuffy, arrogant swines! go on now"
"And as your majesty must concede, it wouldn't be proper to consort with a necromancer or a witch"
"granted"
"The abjurer left town, the diviner said it would end poorly and the alchemist accidentally blew himself up three weeks ago... so..."
"yes? You did get someone? Surely not a warlock"
"oh no sire, definitely not a warlock! And yes I did find a magic user willing to work for your price"
"and?"
"yes sire?"
"what kind of magic does he"
"she sire"
"she use?"
"Tyromancy sire"
"Tyromancy?"
"yes sire"
"and what kind of magic is that Bob McLackey"
"I believe it has to do with cheese sire"
"cheese?"
"most definitely sire"
"so we have a cheese wizard?"
"apparently so sire"
"... it will do".
And so Baron Rupert the Frugal, who never spent a gold crown when a copper would do, hired the greatest tyromancer of the land, and his enemies quivered in fear at the thought of meeting his cheesy wrath
This scene makes me think of Monthy Python meeting Terry pratchett.
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I was away for awhile and came back to more updates than I could read in one sitting. Wow.
Everything that happened in those updates caused further "wow." This is awesome. Yeah, I caught that puzzlebox transfer and was going to comment on it if no one else did. Also I note that cavern 3 has been breached and contains "danger." (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5925181#msg5925181)
I guess . . . Misty: develop a traumatic aversion to apples (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5660374#msg5660374) as you haul away Darkerdaffodil.
Which is basically the third suggestion so far that has anything to do with Misty.
--Rexfelum
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This scene makes me think of Monthy Python meeting Terry pratchett.
Why thank you, that's sort of what I was going for there :D
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"Bob Mclackey, have you hired a magic user for me as I ordered you to?"
"Yes, oh great Baron Rupert the Frugal ... mostly..."
"Mostly?!"
"Well yes, your highness. As you recall you strictly limited to a 300 copper piece budget..."
"Yes, a small fortune, but well worth it to have magic on our side!"
"So ... erm... the pyromancer didn't want to work for that kind of money. Neither did the transmuter"
"What?!? Those greedy fools! But surely there are more than 2 magic users in the area?"
"Yes sire. But the druid wouldn't work with the nobility, and the clerics consider you impious"
"Those stuffy, arrogant swines! go on now"
"And as your majesty must concede, it wouldn't be proper to consort with a necromancer or a witch"
"granted"
"The abjurer left town, the diviner said it would end poorly and the alchemist accidentally blew himself up three weeks ago... so..."
"yes? You did get someone? Surely not a warlock"
"oh no sire, definitely not a warlock! And yes I did find a magic user willing to work for your price"
"and?"
"yes sire?"
"what kind of magic does he"
"she sire"
"she use?"
"Tyromancy sire"
"Tyromancy?"
"yes sire"
"and what kind of magic is that Bob McLackey"
"I believe it has to do with cheese sire"
"cheese?"
"most definitely sire"
"so we have a cheese wizard?"
"apparently so sire"
"... it will do".
And so Baron Rupert the Frugal, who never spent a gold crown when a copper would do, hired the greatest tyromancer of the land, and his enemies quivered in fear at the thought of meeting his cheesy wrath
+1 well done! I strongly encourage you to continue writing humorous things =).
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This scene makes me think of Monthy Python meeting Terry pratchett.
Why thank you, that's sort of what I was going for there :D
I recomend spinoff. Potentially novel-length. I would seriously read the hell out of a book like that.
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This scene makes me think of Monthy Python meeting Terry pratchett.
Why thank you, that's sort of what I was going for there :D
I recomend spinoff. Potentially novel-length. I would seriously read the hell out of a book like that.
AODF are at work.
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(http://i.imgur.com/FuHu3P3.png) (http://i.imgur.com/FuHu3P3.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/54I9FSo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/54I9FSo.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/R0itsun.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/R0itsun.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/l9WbGHK.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/l9WbGHK.gif)
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(http://i.imgur.com/hJyTmIC.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/hJyTmIC.gif)
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(http://i.imgur.com/bihiNNF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bihiNNF.png)
Okay. Okay maybe, maybe you'll just sit here for a while.
Just a little while.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6013393#msg6013393)
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Have a good cathartic cry.
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;~;
Have a good cathartic cry.
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Have a good cathartic cry.
Cry more still, try speaking to the dead body like he's still there, say you wish he hadn't been killed, lament about the situation you're in, things like that.
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Have a good cathartic cry.
Cry more still, try speaking to the dead body like he's still there, say you wish he hadn't been killed, lament about the situation you're in, things like that.
Maybe give the corpse an undwarvenly hug and cry on the deceased's shoulder...
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Honor his elvish traditions and eat him.
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Grab a bunch of shields and go wrestle a cat until you're strong enough to haul him around one-handed without slowing down.
Get a running start and tackle the corpse hard enough to send it skidding towards your destination.
Make a campfire under the corpse and immolate it.
Butcher the corpse, eat the heart, and stick the rest of the meat in your backpack before wandering around like a creepy murderhobo asking strange questions of random people you meet.
Gesture and accidentally turn the corpse into cheese.
Cry and state that death is all around us, but you have a part in this.
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If anyone sees you cry over the dead elf, tell them you stubbed your toe on the stairs.
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It's propably a corpse pile down there, you can cry as much as you want.
Grab a souvenir, cry at the sudden increase of your discipline skill.
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Have a good cathartic cry.
Cry more still, try speaking to the dead body like he's still there, say you wish he hadn't been killed, lament about the situation you're in, things like that.
Maybe give the corpse an undwarvenly hug and cry on the deceased's shoulder...
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+1 to the crying. Its suddenly very dwarven to freeze up and cry
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+1 to the crying. Its suddenly very dwarven to freeze up and cry
Cry, then accidently freeze yourself to the floor.
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Darkerdaffodil: Rise, because necromancer attack.
The thing's right next to a tower after all.
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Darkerdaffodil: Rise, because necromancer attack.
The thing's right next to a tower after all.
Burrow: activate, calling cheesemaker back to the meeting hall before she can try to talk to her raised friend
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Darkerdaffodil: Rise, because necromancer attack.
The thing's right next to a tower after all.
Burrow: activate, calling cheesemaker back to the meeting hall before she can try to talk to her raised friend
Misty: Get bitten by the zombie, then wake up, relieved that everything was just a bad dream.
The elf is still dead.
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Comfort yourself with the thought that it was inevitable.
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
+1
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
+1
+1
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It would play into misty's choice of gods to worship as well. One of them was a god of reincarnation, after all. A tree seems a fitting (and desirable) outcome for an elf to experience reincarnation, and it could have future implications when the new overseer insists that the tree be cut down (for growing in the refuse pile, and because it is made of wood.)
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Welp it been awhile since I been here wanna say Crying in DF tend to lead to a horrible case of Headmelt if you stand near anything hot for too long.
the cure is to drink the tears before you hit bleeding and the blood start superheating and welp.
Misty currently in a crisis and know what would work well is if we talk to those gods... let's see what would they have to say about Darkerdafilliio death:
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/TLCM-gods-peanut-gallery.png)
to be fair that elf super dead unless he gets reanimated/resurrected by Modded interactions of a wizard.
because he got his head smashed in by a warhammer, and mangled skulls is just enough to tick off no-reanimation from 'fit for reanimation' quota for vanilla necromancy.
that or do what Bookfire said and craft yourself a Flesh golem connected with the spirit of DarkerPhiladelphia
Or just fire his corpse with you along with it to the necromancer tower so you can do more. it's doable just need 1 minecart and a siege weapon.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/siege-cart-portation.gif)
chances are this bound to not happen as misty not foolhardy enough or adventure-y enough to Fire herself out of a Batista.
Reg or holt would do it but not misty so gonna vote for something more meaningful and Look Deep into the Hammer Crater of once your formal Cheese-hairfriend and Totally Gross the thread out. also realize You need blood to help call to your god, and start usin that elf blood to write a letter to bring back DarkerPhil from his horrible pancakeface death...Idunno recarnate him into uhh talking fluffywambler?
Wait I just remember Gnomes have cage launchers that capture folks and you can load caged-folk into siege weapons (http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/adventioneering-1.png) and fire them. wonder if masterworks could do a Caged animal delivery service via catapults?
kinda hope for cowsea to unleash vengeance for that Mule death.
so far to wrap up this comment, we should have prayed to Bookfire for free Gnome tech.
wait I forgot Boot we should find him now that we are freed up, maybe ask him to make ourselves a Flesh-golem out of those Corpse parts.
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Misty: Don't cry, dear. It was inevitable. Go grab a wheelbarrow and dump him with the rest of his kin.
Alternatively you can eat him to honor his elven traditions and harvest his soul. Then use that soul to make cheese.
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
+1
+1
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/f60d2d7cb40f384b9d7720e3243d7dea/tumblr_nchdgscTde1rs5f3po6_1280.gif)
remember this?
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/TLCM-gods-peanut-gallery.png)
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PFFFFfffehehehe okay that seriously made me lol, Rumrusher. A+ 10/10 (http://martianelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GoldStar__iStock_000011959430Illustra.jpg)
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If donkey ate the apple core, and donkey is dead, it too will be in the corpse stockpile.
Given the state of this place, it's probably a bit "crowded" in there, so just put the elf corpse on top of the donkey corpse, and let nature take its course.
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to be fair that elf super dead unless he gets reanimated/resurrected by Modded interactions of a wizard.
because he got his head smashed in by a warhammer, and mangled skulls is just enough to tick off no-reanimation from 'fit for reanimation' quota for vanilla necromancy.
I thought the coup de grace for Darkerdaffodil was delivered by Iron Owl with an axe. Not a hammer. Am I thinking of the wrong elf?
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to be fair that elf super dead unless he gets reanimated/resurrected by Modded interactions of a wizard.
because he got his head smashed in by a warhammer, and mangled skulls is just enough to tick off no-reanimation from 'fit for reanimation' quota for vanilla necromancy.
I thought the coup de grace for Darkerdaffodil was delivered by Iron Owl with an axe. Not a hammer. Am I thinking of the wrong elf?
It was definitely him, and I think the axe actually chopped into his chest (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5877703#msg5877703 ), so he's probably revivable as hell. Anyway, even if his head did get pulped, all they would have to do is chop it off and the rest of his body could be revived...
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Darkerdaffodil: Rise, because necromancer attack.
The thing's right next to a tower after all.
Darkerdaffodil: BECOME the necromancer, force Misty into a moral quandary where she has to choose between her undead friend and the lives of shielddawn.
Misty: Become tragic hero by returning Darkerdaffodil to the god of Suicide and Reincarnation.
Darkerdaffodil: * reincarnate as a dwarven child, sans all the elven plants rights bs *
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If donkey ate the apple core, and donkey is dead, it too will be in the corpse stockpile.
Given the state of this place, it's probably a bit "crowded" in there, so just put the elf corpse on top of the donkey corpse, and let nature take its course.
Donkey is ethically butcherable to dwarves, I don't think they'd waste it that way.
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Brilliant solution:
Misty: find donkey tallow and make soap.
Clearly, the fort will value THIS skill more highly and we'll be promoted out of hauler! And while we're at it, we can wash the blood off our hands!
More practical solution:
Misty: just don't look at the face.
--Rexfelum
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If donkey ate the apple core, and donkey is dead, it too will be in the corpse stockpile.
Given the state of this place, it's probably a bit "crowded" in there, so just put the elf corpse on top of the donkey corpse, and let nature take its course.
Donkey is ethically butcherable to dwarves, I don't think they'd waste it that way.
Except that they don't butcher animals that die in combat, only ones specifically brought in by hunters or slaughtered. Some sort of purity custom, maybe? (Ok, it's a bug, but I like to think it's akin to kosher butchering or the like)
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If donkey ate the apple core, and donkey is dead, it too will be in the corpse stockpile.
Given the state of this place, it's probably a bit "crowded" in there, so just put the elf corpse on top of the donkey corpse, and let nature take its course.
Donkey is ethically butcherable to dwarves, I don't think they'd waste it that way.
That is not true. They butcher animals killed by the military, its the only way I ever "hunt". The solution is making a corpse/refuse stockpile next to the butcher. It only works, if the target corpse is close by.
Except that they don't butcher animals that die in combat, only ones specifically brought in by hunters or slaughtered. Some sort of purity custom, maybe? (Ok, it's a bug, but I like to think it's akin to kosher butchering or the like)
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If donkey ate the apple core, and donkey is dead, it too will be in the corpse stockpile.
Given the state of this place, it's probably a bit "crowded" in there, so just put the elf corpse on top of the donkey corpse, and let nature take its course.
Donkey is ethically butcherable to dwarves, I don't think they'd waste it that way.
Except that they don't butcher animals that die in combat, only ones specifically brought in by hunters or slaughtered. Some sort of purity custom, maybe? (Ok, it's a bug, but I like to think it's akin to kosher butchering or the like)
That is not true. They butcher animals killed by the military, its the only way I ever "hunt". The solution is making a corpse/refuse stockpile next to the butcher. It only works, if the target corpse is close by.
That works for wild animals, but I've never seen dwarves butcher enemy mounts or merchant pack animals before. I always figured it was some sort of entity-relationship based decision of some sort.
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
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+1
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
+1
+1
+1
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but donkey ate the apple core. EV pointed that out.
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Do what no other dwarf knows how to do. Once Darkerdaffodil corpse is outside and in the corpse pile, put the seeds from the elven apple he traded you underneath it.
+1
+1
+1
+1
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That tree turns into a dryad. I want that elf to come back as a sapient.
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Very touching update.
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but donkey ate the apple core. EV pointed that out.
Ah, in that case:
try not to cry, cry a lot. When finished, try to take him the rest of the way.
He may have been a dirty hippie, but he was our dirty hippie.
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Ive gotten my dwarves to butcher enemy mounts before. A siege had .like 12 cave dragons with them, soooo much meat
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(http://i.imgur.com/kjZE4qB.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kjZE4qB.png)
Maybe you can turn to the gods for help?
That's what the nun said people do. Maybe...maybe Urist CCCVI can help? He's the god of reincarnation, maybe he can help Darkerdaffodil be reincarnated as a...as a tree or a flower, or whatever.
(http://i.imgur.com/kgwdXlR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kgwdXlR.png)
Hey, maybe even Cowsea can help! It wouldn't hurt to ask.
(http://i.imgur.com/0dwN8J7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/0dwN8J7.png)
And besides, it'd...it'd be nice to have someone to talk to right now.
For the first time since you left, you kinda miss your dad.
(http://i.imgur.com/oJgS8II.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oJgS8II.png)
"Dear Cowsea and Urist Three Hundred and Six. Hi. It's me Misty again. I'm sorry for praying again so soon, but I really need some help.
I know I only started worshiping you guys today, but my friend got killed and I also only met him today. I'm feeling really lost, and confused, and really really scared, and if you guys can help me I would really appreciate it! You see, Darkerdaffodil was telling me about how elves worship trees and how everything is connected, and how souls are all just sort of sloshing around in the afterlife. I really didn't understand it very much, but I'm pretty sure that when he gets reincarnated, he would want to be a tree.
I know that's a lot to ask, but if you guys could help him out, that would be very nice. And if you've still got some time left over, I would also like some help. Shielddawn is kind of a scary place, and I'm worried that I might not fit in very well, or get hurt, or something. I know the Overseer Lady told me that I'm a hauler now, but I really don't want to be a hauler! I want to be a cheesemaker! So if you guys can maybe help me out, just a little, I'll try not to ask you for anything else."
(http://i.imgur.com/bQUevSs.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/bQUevSs.gif)
"Okay, that's all I had to say. Thanks for listening, I hope. Amen on three.
One, two three, Amen."
You wait a minute for a response, or a beam of light, or a sign, or...or anything really.
(http://i.imgur.com/sMSQTd5.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/sMSQTd5.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/6vOhANI.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/6vOhANI.gif)
Why won't they answer you?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6051650#msg6051650)
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*GAME CRASHES due to running an older version of DF where THIS BUG (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=6524) is not fixed yet.
:P (Sorry, it just had to.)
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Ponder over the thought if the gods, any gods truly exist. Or souls and the afterlife even.
Think about the consequences of those possibilities. Ask them for a sign, no matter how small it is. One small that you might notice some time during this day.
Then let it go and keep hauling. You said your prayers and that's what matters.. right?
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Ask for a pony from the gods. Then go to the chapel/whatever and request aid in your piety from the nuns/monks who reside there.
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Have existential crisis over the potential existence of gods and or the afterlife. Specifically, in dwarven beliefs, after witnessing elven magic first hand, and seeing real results there, in stark contrast to the lack of answering that the gods are showing you.
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New friend: appear
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
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Nominated, Eligible, and Voted Upon! The Littlest Cheesemaker (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.0) has been inducted into the Hall of Legends! *dadurrr!*
Eeeeeeeehehehehe!!!!
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Nominated, Eligible, and Voted Upon! The Littlest Cheesemaker (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.0) has been inducted into the Hall of Legends! *dadurrr!*
Eeeeeeeehehehehe!!!!
As it should be. This thread is of the highest quality after all ;)
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Kea: steal the elf corpse
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
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:*(
This is very gripping. I just hope it doesn't go completely Katya.
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:*(
This is very gripping. I just hope it doesn't go completely Katya.
Katya?
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Or was it Katia
Sorry, webcomic reference.
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Or was it Katia
Sorry, webcomic reference.
...Prequel (http://prequeladventure.com), you mean?
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
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Or was it Katia
Sorry, webcomic reference.
...Prequel (http://prequeladventure.com), you mean?
Yeah
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
+1
Stop making Misty cry ;~;
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
+1
Stop making Misty cry ;~;
+1.
Oh god Misty is so cute.
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The clapping panel is heartbreaking, so I think it's time to see what Reg and Holt are up to!
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
+1
Stop making Misty cry ;~;
+1.
Oh god Misty is so cute.
+1, poor Misty.
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Nominated, Eligible, and Voted Upon! The Littlest Cheesemaker (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.0) has been inducted into the Hall of Legends! *dadurrr!*
Eeeeeeeehehehehe!!!!
Congrats!!
Misty: Be strong and know that the elf's gods will recognize their own
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Rip misty, she shed tears that shall shed her face
but really
realize you forgot the one thing the nun did to get her calls answered. Pleasing your god first with an offering ... now Cowsea and Dagger alliance 2 might have different answer calls than say uhh Bloodtusk who the mascot god of this fort and currently working plumpy into a conquest murderfrenzy. that all said, man seeing dark bleak Dwarf fort reminds me the other Civs in masterworks are alot more cheerful. oh and misty needs to look for a masterpiece table to look at.
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Except that they don't butcher animals that die in combat, only ones specifically brought in by hunters or slaughtered.
No, the actual issue is whether the animal (before its death) was wild or not. If the animal had any degree of tameness (from semi-wild all the way up to domesticated), then its corpse is completely useless -- you can't butcher it. Wild animals that are killed by the military and then hauled close to a butcher's shop (or, you can just build a butcher's shop next to the corpse) can be butchered just fine. The same goes for the non-sentient mounts of sieging armies.
Since the donkey was a pack animal brought by a merchant caravan, I believe it counts as "wild" from Shielddawn's point of view. They should be able to butcher it. I think.
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Dawww, she's growing up!
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Misty: Get hit with the cynicism stick. HARD.
Reg: Take a moment to practice your analytical ability by knapping stones.
Holt: Take a moment to take a refreshing drink from your flask. Somehow in the process, GAIN ENLIGHTENMENT.
Plump Helmet Revolution: Steal sharp pointy things used for cutting plump helmet flesh and then use them to cut dwarven flesh and consume that.
New Character: Be struck with a strange mood and withdraw from society to work on a ☼SUPREME LEGENDARY ARTIFACT [insert item name.]☼ for as long as the Dwarf Fortress music remains stuck in your head. ( Because why not more ancilliary plots? D plot that is tightly connected to the C plot plois! )
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Reg: Take a moment to practice your analytical ability by knapping stones.
hmm like to bring up that pre-40.xx masterworks came with wanderer_mod which allows her to stud and band and decorate anything so Reg could butcher that night creature then stud and wrap loads of nightcreature bones then tan the skin to make into a nice
[REACTION:SEW_CLOTH_PANTS_ADV]
[NAME:Sew cloth pants]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:3000:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_PANTS:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
[SKILL:CLOTHESMAKING]
[REACTION:SEW_CLOTH_SHIRT_ADV]
[NAME:Sew cloth shirt]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:3000:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_SHIRT:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:B:NONE]
[SKILL:CLOTHESMAKING]
[REACTION:CRAFT_LEATHER_SHOES_ADV]
[NAME:Sew leather shoes]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:2:SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SHOE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:B:NONE]
[SKILL:LEATHERWORK]
hmm pants? Ehh
Wonder if Misty super depress enough to snap and butcher her elf friend into a nice suit of armor wearing his skull as a mask then shove his soul into a placatory. hell shove his soul into an AppleSeed Placatory.
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Wonder if Misty super depress enough to snap and butcher her elf friend into a nice suit of armor wearing his skull as a mask then shove his soul into a placatory. hell shove his soul into an AppleSeed Placatory.
heh. this may be the most disturbingly awesome suggestion all thread.
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Wonder if Misty super depress enough to snap and butcher her elf friend into a nice suit of armor wearing his skull as a mask then shove his soul into a placatory. hell shove his soul into an AppleSeed Placatory.
heh. this may be the most disturbingly awesome suggestion all thread.
Agreed.
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Reg: Take a moment to practice your analytical ability by knapping stones.
hmm like to bring up that pre-40.xx masterworks came with wanderer_mod which allows her to stud and band and decorate anything so Reg could butcher that night creature then stud and wrap loads of nightcreature bones then tan the skin to make into a nice
[REACTION:SEW_CLOTH_PANTS_ADV]
[NAME:Sew cloth pants]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:3000:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_PANTS:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
[SKILL:CLOTHESMAKING]
[REACTION:SEW_CLOTH_SHIRT_ADV]
[NAME:Sew cloth shirt]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:3000:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_SHIRT:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:B:NONE]
[SKILL:CLOTHESMAKING]
[REACTION:CRAFT_LEATHER_SHOES_ADV]
[NAME:Sew leather shoes]
[ADVENTURE_MODE_ENABLED]
[REAGENT:A:1:TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEEDLE:NONE:NONE][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[REAGENT:B:1:SKIN_TANNED:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[REAGENT:C:1:THREAD:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:2:SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SHOE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:B:NONE]
[SKILL:LEATHERWORK]
hmm pants? Ehh
Wonder if Misty super depress enough to snap and butcher her elf friend into a nice suit of armor wearing his skull as a mask then shove his soul into a placatory. hell shove his soul into an AppleSeed Placatory.
I'd like to point out that that was the point... Knapping stones is sort of a useless, frivolous task. All the more reason it needs to be done right now.
Also... I don't know if Misty knows any soul interactions? I guess she could always make elven-leather armour, but I don't think she's at that emotional state. (Yet.) Besides, I think we ought to allow her a little bit of kindness, she's got a pretty long and traumatizing life ahead of her.
Alternatively! That would be an exceptional way for Misty to very quickly rank up in ShieldDawn's society. So... do we want
An emotionally developed, deep and round character with lots of wisdom, kindness and leadership skills or An unfeeling, sociopathic monster who is quite famous for making Dwarven headcheese?
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Kulet: Appear. Gently lecture Misty on the nature of life in Dwarf Fortress.
I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
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Kulet: Appear. Gently lecture Misty on the nature of life in Dwarf Fortress.
I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
The mental image of a small parrot flying down and carrying the elf's half-frozen body away is hilarious though...
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Kulet: Appear. Gently lecture Misty on the nature of life in Dwarf Fortress.
I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
The mental image of a small parrot flying down and carrying the elf's half-frozen body away is hilarious though...
I hate Giant keas!
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I just realized pisskop has an avatar with a big buff guy holding a condom in his mouth... courtesy of me...
*really really wants to see what Reg and Holt are up to now*
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Realize that you won't know if/when Darkerdaffodil is reincarnated, because his body will still be here. So, there's nothing to wait for on that front. There's no reason to believe you've been heard or you haven't been heard; you just have to trust that Urist 306 will take care of it.
Finish your hauling job so you don't get yelled at, and then head down to the farms and see if the fortress already has a cheesemaker. Maybe you can spend some time apprenticing in your downtime?
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Alternatively--
If the fortress imports all the cheese (This is a PLAYER fortress, after all), ask what site they order the cheese FROM, then migrate THERE. (your dad is not here to stop you.)
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Alternatively--
If the fortress imports all the cheese (This is a PLAYER fortress, after all), ask what site they order the cheese FROM, then migrate THERE. (your dad is not here to stop you.)
Don't do that, since when have you ever heard of a dwarf leaving a player fortress?
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When have you ever heard of a dwarf leaving a player fortress?
dfhack now has an exile script.
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If the fortress imports all the cheese (This is a PLAYER fortress, after all)
Who imports cheese to a player fortress? Milk is so much cheaper, even if you don't need more barrels (and who doesn't need more barrels?)
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When you have a sufficient supply of large pots?
If you dont want a cheesemaker around, but want the happiness bonus of having cheese around, then you import cheese.
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If the fortress imports all the cheese (This is a PLAYER fortress, after all)
Who imports cheese to a player fortress? Milk is so much cheaper, even if you don't need more barrels (and who doesn't need more barrels?)
I hoard massive amounts of cheese and mead for my dwarfs. I make the mead, and some cheese, but I buy cheese when I can. Nah just kidding, I hoard it all for my own amusement. I have a giant room filled with them both, and nobody to partake in them. All for me! Mwuahahahaha....
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If the fortress imports all the cheese (This is a PLAYER fortress, after all)
Who imports cheese to a player fortress? Milk is so much cheaper, even if you don't need more barrels (and who doesn't need more barrels?)
I always buy cheese, because they bring it anyway and because it's cheese.
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I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
Why not? I've seen them steal anvils before. Not even the GIANT keas, just ordinary garden variety keas lifting an entire anvil and flying off with it to adorn their nest with. Or maybe to discover metal working so they can make weapons to kill us with.
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I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
Why not? I've seen them steal anvils before. Not even the GIANT keas, just ordinary garden variety keas lifting an entire anvil and flying off with it to adorn their nest with. Or maybe to discover metal working so they can make weapons to kill us with.
Yeah, but do they steal worthless items?
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I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
Why not? I've seen them steal anvils before. Not even the GIANT keas, just ordinary garden variety keas lifting an entire anvil and flying off with it to adorn their nest with. Or maybe to discover metal working so they can make weapons to kill us with.
Yeah, but do they steal worthless items?
Never seen one steal a fishery worker, so I'm gonna say no.
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I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
Why not? I've seen them steal anvils before. Not even the GIANT keas, just ordinary garden variety keas lifting an entire anvil and flying off with it to adorn their nest with. Or maybe to discover metal working so they can make weapons to kill us with.
Yeah, but do they steal worthless items?
Never seen one steal a fishery worker, so I'm gonna say no.
:o Wow.
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Cowsea: Be real and Save elfboy
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I would have voted for the kea stealing the elf corpse buuutt keas don't steal corpses.
Why not? I've seen them steal anvils before. Not even the GIANT keas, just ordinary garden variety keas lifting an entire anvil and flying off with it to adorn their nest with. Or maybe to discover metal working so they can make weapons to kill us with.
Yeah, but do they steal worthless items?
Never seen one steal a fishery worker, so I'm gonna say no.
:o Wow.
Ohhhh, someone get some ice for that burn.
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Oh my, I was sleepy and actually forgot I wrote that... read the new page like "dammit, I wanted to make that joke... OH HAY I DID!" just now.
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Let's see here.
Reg is traumatized by killing.
Misty is traumatized by witnessing death.
Reg is in hostile territory, providing the majority of her party's battle-worth.
Misty is in a player-run Dwarf Fortress.
evictedSaint, you are a monster.
But our course is clear. Misty: leave the body for just a moment to check out the corpse stockpile. Your excuse: to see what respectful and hygienic arrangements the fort has made and figure out where you'll put Darkerdaffodil. Our excuse: desensitization training.
--Rexfelum
Edit: Somehow I misspelled "Fortress." Yeesh.
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Toss the dead elf corpse with the mushroom men
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Toss the dead elf corpse with the mushroom men
Leave a key on the corpse, be Oscar from Dark Souls...
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Toss the dead elf corpse with the mushroom men
Leave a key on the corpse, be Oscar from Dark Souls...
PHM are natural lockpickers, keys are useless to them.
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PTW
really liking this story so far :). And i think a minor influx of other watchers are going to increase because of me, like at least 10 more. i'd link reasons but i'm new to this forum and i've been lacking in my programming self-teaching :P. long time lurker and only recently made an account and etc..
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PTW
really liking this story so far :). And i think a minor influx of other watchers are going to increase because of me, like at least 10 more. i'd link reasons but i'm new to this forum and i've been lacking in my programming self-teaching :P. long time lurker and only recently made an account and etc..
Welcome! It's always nice to see new accounts on bay12. ^_^
And I'm glad you're enjoying the story, but what are you talking about?
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I think he might have posted a link to this somewhere else, where people can see it, outside of bay12.
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PTW
really liking this story so far :). And i think a minor influx of other watchers are going to increase because of me, like at least 10 more. i'd link reasons but i'm new to this forum and i've been lacking in my programming self-teaching :P. long time lurker and only recently made an account and etc..
Welcome! It's always nice to see new accounts on bay12. ^_^
And I'm glad you're enjoying the story, but what are you talking about?
i'd like to note that i live up to my user name. around 40 people have noticed my tumblr post, so logically at the most 1 other new person is reading. cheap link because this is the first of any forum i've posted in so i have no idea what these buttons do
http://randomizedthinker.tumblr.com/post/110457660658/a-young-dwarf-stands-in-her-room-today-is-the
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I think he might have posted a link to this somewhere else, where people can see it, outside of bay12.
yeah, there is a small lucrative community of DF fans on tumblr, just spreading this tale to others :)
took me two days to read this, not in one sitting of course. I know that a mirror has been made on mspfanventures but reading everyone's comments along with the comic is more fun.
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Neat! I only use my tumblr to host the images for this thread, and the occasional doodle. I still use one of the default themes and have all of two followers.
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cheap link because this is the first of any forum i've posted in so i have no idea what these buttons do
http://randomizedthinker.tumblr.com/post/110457660658/a-young-dwarf-stands-in-her-room-today-is-the
That works. If you'd like, you could learn the below format by hitting the "Quote" button on my post and looking at the code:
Link to my blog (http://randomizedthinker.tumblr.com/post/110457660658/a-young-dwarf-stands-in-her-room-today-is-the)
(Only it's not my blog, but your blog.) Hitting the "hyperlink" button in your message editor won't do that for you: it'll just create "url" and "/url" tags. It's up to you to put "=" in the right spot and type your link.
And welcome. I just love games like these.
--Rexfelum
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
+1
Stop making Misty cry ;~;
+1.
Oh god Misty is so cute.
+1, poor Misty.
And by friend I for one suggest a necromancer from the tower trying to sneak into the corpse stockpile. In a manner even more pathetically obvious than the "Solid Misty" sequence.
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New friend: appear
+1 And have them be a former milker, now a hauler like we are. Probably hauling a corpse of some kind.
+1 this would be a great time to meet someone - the Gods work in mysterious ways...
+1
+1
Stop making Misty cry ;~;
+1.
Oh god Misty is so cute.
+1, poor Misty.
And by friend I for one suggest a necromancer from the tower trying to sneak into the corpse stockpile. In a manner even more pathetically obvious than the "Solid Misty" sequence.
If this happens, said necromancer should take pity on misty crying over the corpse of the elf, have some sappy story, and offer Misty to become his/her apprentice. Just saying, would be cool.
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Sure...
"oh, these elves that killed my road construction crews are dead? Good. Maybe I should stop attacking the dwarven fort, since they are enemies of my enemies."
...
"Just kidding, every living thing is my enemy."
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If this happens, said necromancer should take pity on misty crying over the corpse of the elf, have some sappy story, and offer Misty to become his/her apprentice. Just saying, would be cool.
Pfft, Misty a warlock? Haha!
Ever considered becoming a fiend instead? We're hiring.
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I've been hoping since we first saw the tower that the necromancer has an (adopted) kid, who is kind of creepy but in a cute way, who would be tired of living among all the zombies and escape the tower and eventually become Misty's friend.
But I think we've reached plot saturation by this point.
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I am lost in a sea of suggestions. :\
Also! I am late in doing so, but welcome RandomThinker to Bay12! From what I can tell from briefly looking at your Tumblr page, we should have an influx of useful and interesting migrants to at very least the webcomic. ( Translated: I didn't burst into flames upon contact with your Tumblr so welcome new friend! )
EDIT: Just kidding about the Tumblr. :P Mostly :o
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I am lost in a sea of suggestions. :\
Also! I am late in doing so, but welcome RandomThinker to Bay12! From what I can tell from briefly looking at your Tumblr page, we should have an influx of useful and interesting migrants to at very least the webcomic. ( Translated: I didn't burst into flames upon contact with your Tumblr so welcome new friend! )
EDIT: Just kidding about the Tumblr. :P Mostly :o
you just caught me on a good day :P
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I am lost in a sea of suggestions. :\
Also! I am late in doing so, but welcome RandomThinker to Bay12! From what I can tell from briefly looking at your Tumblr page, we should have an influx of useful and interesting migrants to at very least the webcomic. ( Translated: I didn't burst into flames upon contact with your Tumblr so welcome new friend! )
EDIT: Just kidding about the Tumblr. :P Mostly :o
you just caught me on a good day :P
Then I hope every day is a good day for you. :)
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Realize that you won't know if/when Darkerdaffodil is reincarnated, because his body will still be here. So, there's nothing to wait for on that front. There's no reason to believe you've been heard or you haven't been heard; you just have to trust that Urist 306 will take care of it.
Finish your hauling job so you don't get yelled at, and then head down to the farms and see if the fortress already has a cheesemaker. Maybe you can spend some time apprenticing in your downtime?
+1
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
+1 and how many other votes I can cast!!!
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
-1. We don't want Misty to get made into a ghost bone sword.
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
-1. We don't want Misty to get made into a ghost bone sword.
I don't think ghosts have bones?
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
-1. We don't want Misty to get made into a ghost bone sword.
I don't think ghosts have bones?
They do in Dwarf fortress
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Get some green bedsheets and impersonate DorkierDaffofil's ghost! Haunt the fortress until they learn their lesson for killing him! And, you know, I bet nobody will try to stop a ghost from making the odd wheel of cheese.
-1. We don't want Misty to get made into a ghost bone sword.
I don't think ghosts have bones?
They do in Dwarf fortress
So... You can kill a ghost and take its bones and make a pickaxe from it?
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Well . . . a dwarf can enter a fell mode and take ghost bones and make a pick axe with it.
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Well . . . a dwarf can enter a fell mode and take ghost bones and make a pick axe with it.
Misty has entered a fell mood!
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I never did succeed at getting Nish Shamelorban to do anything useful with the... uh... corpse, though she did kill her own ghost several times--well, another ghost which I manually resurrected with gm-editor unlike this one (http://i.imgur.com/8LiyKf6.png)--with forced fell moods (which produced the weirdness of having a justice page listing Nish as the victim, injured party, and witness as I recall *edit: nope, I was wrong, it just included her name under the crimes list below the two murders for some reason (http://i.imgur.com/Nj93oKx.png)) but I did get her to make a crossbow out of her doppleganger and use it!
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Well . . . a dwarf can enter a fell mode and take ghost bones and make a pick axe with it.
okay combine this with the fact ghost now can't fly (but have no gravity) and if you trap them on a retracting bridge you could pin one in the air and maybe build a bridge to lead a fey dwarf to murder them for their ghost bones. then there's the whole minecarts can kill ghosts or hit them.
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Well . . . a dwarf can enter a fell mode and take ghost bones and make a pick axe with it.
okay combine this with the fact ghost now can't fly (but have no gravity) and if you trap them on a retracting bridge you could pin one in the air and maybe build a bridge to lead a fey dwarf to murder them for their ghost bones. then there's the whole minecarts can kill ghosts or hit them.
Personally, I'd prefer a ghost leather hat...
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Start the 200th page! YAY!
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(http://i.imgur.com/KgPkFUw.png)
Well! Ok then!
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You mean 120th?
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I think we all have different numbers of posts per page set to display...
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I have 15 posts per page, that's the default.
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25, and I'm at page 120
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Fifty posts/page brings the page count down to a mere sixty.
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Hmm, I have this Sacred Harp shape-note hymnal sitting on my footstool. That elf's name is has many syllables, but let's do #268 (http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder/200-bis-299/268-david-s-lamentation) anyway!
Mistem the cheesedorf was grieved and moved,
she went to the corpse pit, the corpse pit and wept.
And as she went, she wept and said:
O poor elf!
O poor elf!
Would to Urist you had fled
(Would to Urist you had fled)
Would to Urist you had fled Shield-dawn, Darkerdaffodil my friend, my friend!
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Hey all, I'm not sure how many realize this, but I'm pretty sure that eS is playing a succession fort right now. It's entirely possible that his next update will be a few minutes late. So we should have a fan art contest in the meantime.
Hmm, I have this Sacred Harp shape-note hymnal sitting on my footstool. That elf's name is has many syllables, but let's do #268 (http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder/200-bis-299/268-david-s-lamentation) anyway!
Mistem the cheesedorf was grieved and moved,
she went to the corpse pit, the corpse pit and wept.
And as she went, she wept and said:
O poor elf!
O poor elf!
Would to Urist you had fled
(Would to Urist you had fled)
Would to Urist you had fled Shield-dawn, Darkerdaffodil my friend, my friend!
That's a good start fourpotatoes.
Who's next?
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Well . . . a dwarf can enter a fell mode and take ghost bones and make a pick axe with it.
okay combine this with the fact ghost now can't fly (but have no gravity) and if you trap them on a retracting bridge you could pin one in the air and maybe build a bridge to lead a fey dwarf to murder them for their ghost bones. then there's the whole minecarts can kill ghosts or hit them.
Personally, I'd prefer a ghost leather hat...
though I kinda wonder what happens to a ghost if you cast resurrection, do you need to put his but into a coffin first then you get access to resurrecting that person back to life?
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Hey all, I'm not sure how many realize this, but I'm pretty sure that eS is playing a succession fort right now. It's entirely possible that his next update will be a few minutes late. So we should have a fan art contest in the meantime.
Hmm, I have this Sacred Harp shape-note hymnal sitting on my footstool. That elf's name is has many syllables, but let's do #268 (http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder/200-bis-299/268-david-s-lamentation) anyway!
Mistem the cheesedorf was grieved and moved,
she went to the corpse pit, the corpse pit and wept.
And as she went, she wept and said:
O poor elf!
O poor elf!
Would to Urist you had fled
(Would to Urist you had fled)
Would to Urist you had fled Shield-dawn, Darkerdaffodil my friend, my friend!
That's a good start fourpotatoes.
Who's next?
Welcome to Shielddawn
The fortress of us all
Join us for the revelry
We probably might not fall
Volunteer for leadership,
Kill elves within the halls!
Oh, welcome to shielddawn:
The fortress of us all!
Hear cries coming from the caverns
Then ignore them for the day!
Strike the earth for minerals,
then hold monsters at bay!
The flooding is only temporary,
That is what they say
Welcome to shielddawn,
We build it our own way.
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I chuckled. I read that to the tune of "Beer Beer Beer" from The Bards Tale.
Oh, hey! Does anyone know what tomorrow is? :)
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Am I the only person who now wants to murder ghosts with ghost bone minecarts?
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Poor Misty. All Alone with her valentine Darkerdaffodil on Valentine's Day.
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...anyone...? Anyone at all know what today is...?
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...anyone...? Anyone at all know what today is...?
Wouldn't happen to be your birthday would it?
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Not his. Something else's.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTY!!!!!
Great thread so far :D
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Ah. Yay!
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Damn, this year went quick.
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Update day? :o
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evictedSaint, thank you so much for this beautiful story. It's been an awesome ride, and I hope it continues!
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well then uhh I learn far to much dark
Dfhack arts that using just advfort(which was in 31.xx) would lead to some crazy stuff like say
this.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/gons-hammer.gif)
or
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/baby-transport-device.gif)
horrible airborne weapons/transport that misty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4y7RUQDBvw) could use.
if only she had bookfire as a god...or spent valentine with Boot(Cog).
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Misty-the-cheesemaker.png)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTY!
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Indeed. Happy birthday Misty.
You survived a year.
In Dwarf Fortress years, that's an eternity.
--Rexfelum
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Indeed. Happy birthday Misty.
You survived a year.
In Dwarf Fortress years, that's an eternity.
--Rexfelum
True, but then again, the plot armor is strong with this one.
* very ready for the next update *
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Let's throw a party for her.
Away from the lever room.
A vile force of darkness has come! :o
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That's right! I've officially been writting and drawing TLCM for an entire year. A member of the Hall of Legends. 52 weeks. 63 updates. And, as of the next update, 3 complete chapters.
To be honest, I'm just as fuckin' surprised as the rest of you. Not only that I've gotten this far, but also that people actually cared and read my little story. I don't know how I can show my appreciation. Thank you so much guys. I can promise you one thing; the next couple chapters are going to get really exciting.
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Happy Birthday, TCLM!
I don't know how I can show my appreciation.
Post the next update! :P
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Merry birthday, TLCM.
Post the next update! :P
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Yes happy birthday to TLCM. The thing that made me make an account ^_^
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(http://www.truimagz.com/host/fortcrush2/de/Misty-the-cheesemaker.png)
Oh my bloodgod, that last panel with them doing the E.T. shot across the moon, brilliant!
Also, happy birthday TLCM, thanks for the fun read ES!
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Post the next update! :P
I've got the next update all storyboarded out, I just need to sit down and actually draw it.
If tomorrow is a snow day, then I'll definitely put it up then. If not, then...maybe.
Classes are canceled tomorrow due to snow, so that is a definite yes.
I was wrong.
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I don't know how I can show my appreciation.
The "hurry up and post" sentiment has a certain overlap, but I'd say your own continued interest is the biggest reward. Lots of stories run out of momentum. An author who has the interest (and time, for that matter) to keep sharing the story with a pack of ravenous fans is a rarity.
--Rexfelum
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Happy birthday TLCM, may your story continue until we reach a satisfying end
I don't know how I can show my appreciation.
The "hurry up and post" sentiment has a certain overlap, but I'd say your own continued interest is the biggest reward. Lots of stories run out of momentum. An author who has the interest (and time, for that matter) to keep sharing the story with a pack of ravenous fans is a rarity.
--Rexfelum
+1
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Happy birthday TLCM, may your story continue until we reach a satisfying end
I don't know how I can show my appreciation.
The "hurry up and post" sentiment has a certain overlap, but I'd say your own continued interest is the biggest reward. Lots of stories run out of momentum. An author who has the interest (and time, for that matter) to keep sharing the story with a pack of ravenous fans is a rarity.
--Rexfelum
+1
Yep. 'Tis for that that I do not make my own creative work...
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Happy 1st Birthday TLCM.
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One year? Wow... time flies.
So listen up boys, the next time migrants arrive to your fort, after a 1 year journey to get there, dont turn them into haulers, disctractions for invaders or FB fodder. They worker hard to get to your place, honor their sacrifice. :P
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One year? Wow... time flies.
So listen up boys, the next time migrants arrive to your fort, after a 1 year journey to get there, dont turn them into haulers, disctractions for invaders or FB fodder. They worker hard to get to your place, honor their sacrifice. :P
How so Meph?
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So listen up boys, the next time migrants arrive to your fort, after a 1 year journey to get there, dont turn them into haulers, disctractions for invaders or FB fodder. They worker hard to get to your place, honor their sacrifice. :P
So I'm allowed to make them all haulers, distractions, and FB fodder? Nice. ;)
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One year? Wow... time flies.
So listen up boys, the next time migrants arrive to your fort, after a 1 year journey to get there, dont turn them into haulers, disctractions for invaders or FB fodder. They worker hard to get to your place, honor their sacrifice. :P
How so Meph?
Ehm.... I didnt think of that. Let cheesemakers by cheesemakers? Let them to the labor they learned, trained for?
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You could always just draw a comic about their adventures for an entire year. That's what I do.
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You could always just draw a comic about their adventures for an entire year. That's what I do.
Yeah, I suppose.
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That's right! I've officially been writting and drawing TLCM for an entire year. A member of the Hall of Legends. 52 weeks. 63 updates. And, as of the next update, 3 complete chapters.
To be honest, I'm just as fuckin' surprised as the rest of you. Not only that I've gotten this far, but also that people actually cared and read my little story. I don't know how I can show my appreciation. Thank you so much guys. I can promise you one thing; the next couple chapters are going to get really exciting.
To be honest, there are elements of the story that would, on the surface, make it boring, almost repellent, to many readers. I mean, a young stubborn teenager wants to run away from home to make cheese. That doesn't sound like a winner to me! (good luck selling that story in Hollywood...) And yet... here we are! Obviously you are doing something very right to keep us enchanted by the story.
I know this must be a lot of work, and I really appreciate that you are doing it. Looking forward to the next installments!!!
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I...um.
Thanks...?
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I'm not sure either...
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To be honest, there are elements of the story that would, on the surface, make it boring, almost repellent, to many readers. I mean, a young stubborn teenager wants to run away from home to make cheese. That doesn't sound like a winner to me! (good luck selling that story in Hollywood...) And yet... here we are! Obviously you are doing something very right to keep us enchanted by the story.
I know this must be a lot of work, and I really appreciate that you are doing it. Looking forward to the next installments!!!
/me do the secret passive agressive team handshake
Edit: The /me command actually works!?
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/me tests the /me command.
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Happy belated comic anniversary!
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/me falls for the stupid trick and demonstrates credulity by posting it.
. . . The blazes? How long has that been a functionality?
And is there anything more hiding in the forum code?
--Rexfelum
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A number of secret smilies and a couple of obsure BBCode tags1 (#post_this), mostly. Also, /me and the [me] tags have worked for as long as I can remember, which means probably since the original switch to SMF.
1Like this.
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A number of secret smilies and a couple of obsure BBCode tags1 (#post_this), mostly. Also, /me and the [me] tags have worked for as long as I can remember, which means probably since the original switch to SMF.
1Like this.
Impressive I used ³²¹ in changelogs without knowing this.
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This ballista escape from the vile plump helmet horde needs to be a thing.
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/me Follows the Leader!
This ballista escape from the vile plump helmet horde needs to be a thing.
Yes, but not yet. We have more story to squeeze out first, maybe even more teenage angst.
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escape
Pffffft. "Escape."
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Minecart assault on the plump helmet army via ballista!
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escape
Pffffft. "Escape."
it's a shame that dwarves havent invented cannons yet. Plump Helmet men are vaguely missile shaped-- I wonder about their aerodynamic qualities.
(What I am saying here, is Plump Helmet Man + Siege engine + Atmospheric Flight == WIN)
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Pffffft. "Escape."
it's a shame that dwarves havent invented cannons yet. Plump Helmet men are vaguely missile shaped-- I wonder about their aerodynamic qualities.
(What I am saying here, is Plump Helmet Man + Siege engine + Atmospheric Flight == WIN)
(http://i.imgur.com/xw92w24.png)
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You can take plump helmet man cages and load them into catapults as ammo, with dfhacks siege-engine plugin. :)
I often throw hellfire landmines at invaders this way.
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(http://i.imgur.com/xw92w24.png)
now all someone needs to do is add 4 frames of fast paced animation to that and it will be a proper intensification post :P
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I...um.
Thanks...?
I'm sorry, that came out all wrong did it?
so erm.... if we were to use a dwarf fortress analogy....
What I was trying to say is that from a storytelling point of view, you didn't take an easy embark. You took a challenging one, with difficult to find resources and potentially unfriendly neighbors. But you rose to the challenge and crafted a great story.
/me hopes for the best!
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I'm sorry, that came out all wrong did it?
Well for me it didn't I got what the complement you where trying to say was.
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Don't sweat it man. I figured that you didn't mean it to come off as backhanded, and I'm pretty sure everyone has fumbled a compliment at least once or twice. It's nbd.
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You can take plump helmet man cages and load them into catapults as ammo, with dfhacks siege-engine plugin. :)
I often throw hellfire landmines at invaders this way.
It would be funny to see pain elementals loaded in balistas.
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pain elementals.
If anybody knows how to do this (without dfhack, preferably) then I do want.
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Late happy birthday, thread.
I think Misty's only survived something like six hours.
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It is the sweetest of tears; shed for her crush on the day of his death, her birthday, and Valentine's Day. This thread is so dwarf.
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You can take plump helmet man cages and load them into catapults as ammo, with dfhacks siege-engine plugin. :)
I often throw hellfire landmines at invaders this way.
I've gotta try that sometime...
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Late happy birthday, thread.
I think Misty's only survived something like six hours.
Since making it to Shielddawn, do you mean?
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It is the sweetest of tears; shed for her crush on the day of his death, her birthday, and Valentine's Day. This thread is so dwarf.
The tears must have lots of emotional baggage then.
USE THE TEARS FOR A RITUAL OR SOMETHING. Something with the god of suicide or similar.
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It is the sweetest of tears; shed for her crush on the day of his death, her birthday, and Valentine's Day. This thread is so dwarf.
The tears must have lots of emotional baggage then.
USE THE TEARS FOR A RITUAL OR SOMETHING. Something with the god of suicide or similar.
Psssh.
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evictedSaint, thank you for the masterpiece. Your story made me to remember the password from the abandoned forum account and cry from awe a couple of times. Your narrative skills are amazing.
Commenters, you are simply awesome. Couldn't make it through the entire thread though, but most of the remarks I read made me cackle.
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evictedSaint, thank you for the masterpiece. Your story made me to remember the password from the abandoned forum account and cry from awe a couple of times. Your narrative skills are amazing.
Commenters, you are simply awesome. Couldn't make it through the entire thread though, but most of the remarks I read made me cackle.
Yep. Glad to have you back, even though I think you originally left before I got here.
(( I reply to everything, even stuff that's explicitly not directed at me. It's like a form of mental disease or something. :P ))
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(http://i.imgur.com/xw92w24.png)
now all someone needs to do is add 4 frames of fast paced animation to that and it will be a proper intensification post :P
So, uh, I guess I'm the one to do this then.
(http://i.imgur.com/FSpvEcN.gif)
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(http://i.imgur.com/xw92w24.png)
now all someone needs to do is add 4 frames of fast paced animation to that and it will be a proper intensification post :P
So, uh, I guess I'm the one to do this then.
~snip~
Slow down the animation a bit or spoiler it please? It's giving me a little bit of a headache...
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(http://i.imgur.com/xw92w24.png)
now all someone needs to do is add 4 frames of fast paced animation to that and it will be a proper intensification post :P
So, uh, I guess I'm the one to do this then.
~snip~
Slow down the animation a bit or spoiler it please? It's giving me a little bit of a headache...
Yeah, it's going a little too fast, and the text is almost impossible to read. Good job, though.
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(http://i.imgur.com/EUqNxIp.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/EUqNxIp.gif)
You know what? It's fine. It's fine, everything's o-okay.
You don't need divine intervention anyways. Yes, your friend got killed, and...yes, he was a...a heathen, but that's okay. It's all okay, you're a grown-up, and you're at Shielddawn, and right now you're a hauler, but you'll work your way up, you'll see! You'll be a cheesemaker, and you'll make new friends who don't get killed right away. And, and the Queen - yeah, the Queen will be so impressed by how great you haul everything and make cheese that she'll make you one of the Royal Cheesemakers of the Royal Cheesemaker Corps, and you'll get your own bedroom and a Royal Backpack and everything will be okay and no one will make you feel like a kid again!
You're an adult, and they need to treat you like one, even...even if the Cowsea and Urist won't answer you, and even - even if your dad wouldn't let you leave, and even if you needed saving that one time, and even if you can't stop freaking crying okay???
Everything is okay. Everything will be fine.
(http://i.imgur.com/AxBKG81.png) (http://i.imgur.com/AxBKG81.png)
Just...just as soon as you throw your friend in the garbage, like the Overseer told you to do.
Right. The...garbage piles.
(http://i.imgur.com/PfpWThW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/PfpWThW.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ty5lgFt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Ty5lgFt.png)
...Oh gods.
Oh gods. Oh, oh no, oh gods.
You can't.
(http://i.imgur.com/TNTP0L7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/TNTP0L7.png)
You just, you can't.
You can't do this.
Not in there. Not like that. Darkerdaffodil, he...you...
(http://i.imgur.com/Bmb5DIz.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Bmb5DIz.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/VIYgBlX.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VIYgBlX.png)
You need to be alone.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6132519#msg6132519)
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Wait, wasn't end of Chapter 2 when we got here? Which was... 3 updates ago?
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Very dramatic - and realistic, both in game and "how would a young person react to this". Dwarven refuse piles are horrifying even for dwarves, that's why many haulers cancel their jobs!
Wait, wasn't end of Chapter 2 when we got here? Which was... 3 updates ago?
I see why someone would feel that way, but look at the first post - there has been a fair amount of stuff that has occurred since.
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Oh right, forgot the Reg and Holt stuff happened concurrently with Misty's arrival.
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And the plump helmet man plot.
Every time you guys like a character, misty gets a little less screen time. Chapter 4 is gonna be a bit more exciting, at least. Ive been looking forward to it.
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Didn't forget about that, just thought it all happened in 1 update.
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Misty Kolnåzom cancels Dump Item: Horrified.
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Late happy birthday, thread.
I think Misty's only survived something like six hours.
Since making it to Shielddawn, do you mean?
I dunno, they never mentioned camping or anything. If we got any "Three days on the road later..." style observations I've forgotten about them.
And the plump helmet man plot.
Every time you guys like a character, misty gets a little less screen time. Chapter 4 is gonna be a bit more exciting, at least. Ive been looking forward to it.
Metal Gear Helmet, or Darkest Hauling Route?
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Reg and Holt: back on the journey!
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Misty: Start exploring ShieldDawn.
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Misty:Take his boots to remember him forever
Loving the story and the art style.
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Late happy birthday, thread.
I think Misty's only survived something like six hours.
Since making it to Shielddawn, do you mean?
I dunno, they never mentioned camping or anything. If we got any "Three days on the road later..." style observations I've forgotten about them.
Yeah, I don't recall any night-scenes or timecards, but based on that map, it seems like they'd have to have been on the road for more than a day. I figure it was morning of the second day when they met the elves. Besides, she's likely been at Shielddawn for at least six hours, because of three reasons:
1) Corpses are heavy, even if their previous owner was dainty.
2) In most forts I've played, it takes about an in-game day to haul three objects from the Depot to their correct stockpile. ( On average. )
3) Fortress mode time is considerably faster than Adventure mode time.
Bonus reason: Misty is probably below average in strength, which even given her High Agility, would mean that she would be greatly encumbered by hauling an object that is assumable to be at least her size.
Not related to timeline speculation: I really like how you deconstruct and bring harsh realism to everything we players take for granted. Which is why:
Misty observes a forgotten beast attack, A vile force of Darkness arrives, or the Dead Rise
I want to see such pedestrian, blassé, events become horrifying and seen through the eyes of a little girl... To rightly see just how much these things would actually effect the dwarves.
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Misty observes a forgotten beast attack, A vile force of Darkness arrives, or and the Dead Rise
I want to see such pedestrian, blassé, events become horrifying and seen through the eyes of a little girl... To rightly see just how much these things would actually effect the dwarves.
ftfy :P
It doesn't even have to be the eyes of a little girl, just to see the events happen in a more realistic portrayal than ascii tiles would probably be enough...
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Misty: Go down into the caverns to be alone. Watch any of those fancy underground trees and think it as Darkerdaffodil's reincarnation.
Lumberjack: Cut the tree down before Misty's eyes.
Dead: Rise.
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OH god I just remember a thing about DF. Don't people lose their belongings after they die and fall off their bodies? I say this because necromancy for the adventurer is running with a leper nudist colony like oh great you don't pick up Or wear the armor you died in.
so in other words darkerdaphil isn't dead... just knock out unconscious and misty dragged him all the way into the cold by his foot. but not like misty knows this. I bet if he wakes up and finds that apple seed, he won't place misty on his hitlist. rip cog/boot though.
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If the dead rise, let them be intelligent.
Darkerdaffodil: Try to screw with Misty by talking to her and try to convince her to willingly join the necromancer/the undead
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If the dead rise, let them be intelligent.
Darkerdaffodil: Try to screw with Misty by talking to her and try to convince her to willingly join the necromancer/the undead
Agreed, but specifically the necromancer.
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OH god I just remember a thing about DF. Don't people lose their belongings after they die and fall off their bodies? I say this because necromancy for the adventurer is running with a leper nudist colony like oh great you don't pick up Or wear the armor you died in.
so in other words darkerdaphil isn't dead... just knock out unconscious and misty dragged him all the way into the cold by his foot. but not like misty knows this. I bet if he wakes up and finds that apple seed, he won't place misty on his hitlist. rip cog/boot though.
I mentioned that before about how the dead "lose their grip on" all their clothes/gear, leading to my description of a dorf as some sort of cross between a beard, a gimpy four-armed octopus, and far too many fingers.
As for myself.
Reg and Holt hijinks!
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If the dead rise, let them be intelligent.
Darkerdaffodil: Try to screw with Misty by talking to her and try to convince her to willingly join the necromancer/the undead
Agreed, but specifically the necromancer.
Indeed, joining the undead is significantly less fun.
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Necromancer: Reanimate the corpse of Darkerdaffodil because it is the first thing you see when you arrive, because it was not properly dumped.
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OH god I just remember a thing about DF. Don't people lose their belongings after they die and fall off their bodies? I say this because necromancy for the adventurer is running with a leper nudist colony like oh great you don't pick up Or wear the armor you died in.
so in other words darkerdaphil isn't dead... just knock out unconscious and misty dragged him all the way into the cold by his foot. but not like misty knows this. I bet if he wakes up and finds that apple seed, he won't place misty on his hitlist. rip cog/boot though.
I mentioned that before about how the dead "lose their grip on" all their clothes/gear, leading to my description of a dorf as some sort of cross between a beard, a gimpy four-armed octopus, and far too many fingers.
As for myself.
Reg and Holt hijinks!
I haven't checked, but I don't know that that's still the case with corpses and their stuff.
I'm game for some more Reg and Holt hijinks, but I still want to see things happen with Misty.
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You dont have an active enough imagination! It isn't octopus like tentacle arms/fingers that hold on those clothes!
It's PREHENSILE BODY HAIR.
The tiny black hairs on every inch of their horrible dwarf bodies actively clutch at the fabric, and hold it on tightly.
This is also why they are able to grasp with a lower leg, and how they can mysteriously hold on to a weapon, a shield, two crutches, AND a mining pick, all at the same time!
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I mentioned that before about how the dead "lose their grip on" all their clothes/gear, leading to my description of a dorf as some sort of cross between a beard, a gimpy four-armed octopus, and far too many fingers.
As for myself.
Reg and Holt hijinks!
I haven't checked, but I don't know that that's still the case with corpses and their stuff.
I'm game for some more Reg and Holt hijinks, but I still want to see things happen with Misty.
Yes, they do drop everything: a corpse is an item-thingy, and is not a container. Therefore, it cannot store clothing/equipment. The transformation from living to dead causes everything to be released.
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I wonder... Misty needs to be alone? Perhaps... withdrawing from society?
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Claim Magma Forge, demand candy, goat bone, sapphires, and silk.
PRODUCE MAGNIFICENT BATTLE-AXE CHEESESLICER ARTIFACT!
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Misty, claim a workshop and make a masterpiece to honor Darkerdaffodil’s memory (After all, making a masterpiece can’t be that hard, can it?) Pour your pain and grief into it! Depict your friendship with him and the senseless slaughter that followed so that the cruelty that happened this day will be remembered!
And if this happens I imagine the images will be interpreted wrong and the item tossed somewhere, but at least some emotional release might be good for her, right?
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This is a masterwork engraving of the Elf Darkerdaffodil, and a dwarf in microcline. The dwarf is striking down Darkerdaffodil the elf with an arrow. In the corner is a masterful rendering of cheese in microcline.
Yes-- that's what misty needs to do. Employ her 'Dabbling Engraver(Rusty)" skills clandestinely, and "Sign" all of her artwork with images of cheese.
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Been following this for a couple of months now. I have to say that, after reading all that there was when I first found it, I was thrilled when I saw that the last post date was recent, and that TLCM was still an ongoing thing. It seems like every other time that I've found something cool that's DF related, it's already ancient history and long since concluded. Keep up the great work! :D
Misty: Try to sneak Darkerdaffodil's body down into the catacombs and appropriate a coffin to give him a proper burial. Maybe put a bag over his head on the way down, so that if there's anyone else alive in the catacombs (like, say, nuns delivering severed smith heads) they hopefully won't notice that it's an elf body. Elf or not, a friend deserves a better fate than the garbage pile.
It occurs to me that since the fortress is between overseers right now, there might not be an obvious person for people to complain to or check in with until the new one gets settled in. A hauler could probably get away with a *lot* right now, just by acting like they were supposed to be doing whatever it was that they were doing.
If, y'know, said hauler wasn't the absolute *worst* liar in the world, like certain cheesemakers that spring to mind.
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I just finished blitzing through the story. Ohohohohoho! You've got yourself another viewer. I need to come to this part of the forum more often.
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It's always great to see new escaped lunatics in the thread! And hearing that people enjoy the story...that really goes a long way to helping me put out a new update every week, guys. :)
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He's not an escaped lunatic, but hooray!
If misty gets a mood, it will only be for cheese. She will enter a trance in her darkest hour, and against all odds create the greatest cheese that has ever existed, in some way that either saves the day somehow, or as part of a last stand.
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He's not an escaped lunatic
Bard, the poster before him, is.
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Oh. Welcome to the forums, bard!
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Thanks :) I'm generally pretty content just to lurk quietly on a forum as anonymous, but TLCM won me over enough to register so that I could start throwing in my 2 cents. I love how the comic manages to be so endearing, even while staying true to its backdrop of the lowkey bat**** insanity that is the world of Dwarf Fortress.
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Thanks :) I'm generally pretty content just to lurk quietly on a forum as anonymous, but TLCM won me over enough to register so that I could start throwing in my 2 cents. I love how the comic manages to be so endearing, even while staying true to its backdrop of the lowkey bat**** insanity that is the world of Dwarf Fortress.
HUZZAHHHH! Feel free to immerse yourself in all aspects of the community.
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Adding an extra voice to those who enjoy this story immensely (actually registered a while ago to
blitz read it all without resorting to bookmarks)
I wonder... Misty needs to be alone? Perhaps... withdrawing from society?
+1
Claim Magma Forge, demand candy, goat bone, sapphires, and silk.
PRODUCE MAGNIFICENT BATTLE-AXE CHEESESLICER ARTIFACT!
Shogmuktarmid "Cheeseblade"
This is an adamantine cheese slicer. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality.
This object is adorned with hanging rings of adamantine and menaces with spikes of sapphires.
On the item is an image of Darkerdaffodil and trees in goat bone. Darkerdaffodil is hugging the trees.
On the item is an image of Mistêm Kolnåzom and cheese in Giant Cave Spider silk. Mistêm Kolnåzom is admiring the cheese.
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Haul darkerdaffodil's corpse to the trees. Let him here.
eat him
Also a Reg interlude would be nice... feeling that misty isn't THAT interesting right now.
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Also a Reg interlude would be nice... feeling that misty isn't THAT interesting right now.
Are you sure? :\
What about the rest of you? You guys want to go back and visit Reg for a while?
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Honestly, I'm just wondering where Misty is going to go from here. I would rather stick with her until she at least gets settled (relatively speaking) in the fortress. I feel like we've barely picked back up with her and it would be a shame to jump away from her so quickly. It's like when an author finally gets back to your favorite character only for the chapter to be a bare 3 to 4 pages before going back to other less interesting characters.
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Honestly, I'm good with whatever.
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As per usual, I'm amazed by the presentation here. Is that platform over the river for dropping garbage or drowning prisoners?
I'd say to stick with Misty. It's bad storytelling otherwise. With Reg and Holt's latest scene, we got plot and emotional advancement; with Misty's latest, we got emotions but nothing's happened (edit: to advance the plot).
She's starting in on chapter 4. Let's follow her awhile. Misty: run on until you find a nice comforting lever room.
--Rexfelum
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No! Bring on the Duke! or maybe goblin attacking the Duke.
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Also a Reg interlude would be nice... feeling that misty isn't THAT interesting right now.
Are you sure? :\
What about the rest of you? You guys want to go back and visit Reg for a while?
I feel like we need some kind of resolution or a bigger cliffhanger with Misty first.
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Yeah, I don't think we're ready to leave Misty just yet either.
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Yeah, I don't think we're ready to leave Misty just yet either.
+1
I think we need some kind of "resolution" from that scene - it doesn't have to be much, but at least have an inkling as to what is next for Misty. Our intrepid guard duo can wait - not forever, but it can wait :)
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
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I vote for sticking with Misty.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
It's our experience talking. The discarded corpse, a tower in the distance...
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Misty befriends GCS, Hydra or BC in holding pens down by arena.
Also, lovin it saint.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
I accept the terms of this compromise on the condition that the last update with Misty is dramatic as hell and leaves us all pissing our pants waiting for the next update. The only problem is, then you will have to either be really funny or super amazing with the Reg update to satisfy everyone. So far you haven't disappointed, and I have full confidence that you're not going to until finals week, which is months away. ( >_< I don't know about you, but I'm dreading it. I'm having difficulty just keeping up with my course work at this point. I managed to paint myself into the worst collegiate corner possible: 18 credit hours. And I'm just a mere freshman! It's been a trial-by-fire so far, and if I come through this unscathed and actually manage to pick up competency in my course material, then I don't think anything will faze me again until senior year. And I can't afford to drop classes at this point. :| If anyone's been wondering why I've been acting so strange and randomly disappearing, that's what's up. Sorry to turn your thread into my blog eS, but I thought you'd sympathize so I went ahead and did it anyway. )
How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
It's our experience talking. The discarded corpse, a tower in the distance...
I concur.
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Misty befriends GCS, Hydra or BC or dragon in holding pens down by arena.
Also, lovin it saint.
+1
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Also a Reg interlude would be nice... feeling that misty isn't THAT interesting right now.
Are you sure? :\
What about the rest of you? You guys want to go back and visit Reg for a while?
Yeah, I feel that here is a good way to let Misty and her sadness wait for a while.
By interlude I mean that a two-update interlude is fine with me. "Meanwhile, in the lair of the night troll...". Then we go back to misty.
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Also a Reg interlude would be nice... feeling that misty isn't THAT interesting right now.
Are you sure? :\
What about the rest of you? You guys want to go back and visit Reg for a while?
Personally, I think we have a good cliffhanger for Misty at the moment. I feel we can move onto a different character for the moment. A good "MEANWHILE" scene would be cool with me.
But whatever happens, I'm good with it. I'm just happy you're still doing this.
Yeah, I feel that here is a good way to let Misty and her sadness wait for a while.
By interlude I mean that a two-update interlude is fine with me. "Meanwhile, in the lair of the night troll...". Then we go back to misty.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
I really am not for the idea of a bad guy right now. Honestly, the direction the story is going is perfect.
When this series started, Misty was as innocent as a young dwarf could be. Then we begin to see her develop into maturity. She's facing the truths of the world she lives in and recognizing different cultures, religions, lifestyles, and had even become friends with an elf. But over the majority of the series, she's remained innocent.
Now she has just witnessed a slaughter. A group of innocent, sentient beings killed in cold blood because of their race and way of life. Her friend was killed in front of her. To add to all of this, she had to drag his corpse to a giant, ungraceful pile of refuse. Before, she had only faced the fact there were different people in the world. Now she sees the horrors of real life. Some people hate those who aren't the same as them, and will kill for that reason alone.
Watching her transformation so far has been interesting enough, and now we get to see her react to all of this even further. She'll have to choose a side, Hate those everyone hates, or be rebellious toward the ancient dwarven way.
This is perfect for now, as it is showing an incredibly deep story set within a game that, if it were to happen, you would ignore. Also, having the story take place inside of one fortress (For now.) is perfect, because we can see the intensity of the dilemmas that happen inside.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
I really am not for the idea of a bad guy right now. Honestly, the direction the story is going is perfect.
When this series started, Misty was as innocent as a young dwarf could be. Then we begin to see her develop into maturity. She's facing the truths of the world she lives in and recognizing different cultures, religions, lifestyles, and had even become friends with an elf. But over the majority of the series, she's remained innocent.
Now she has just witnessed a slaughter. A group of innocent, sentient beings killed in cold blood because of their race and way of life. Her friend was killed in front of her. To add to all of this, she had to drag his corpse to a giant, ungraceful pile of refuse. Before, she had only faced the fact there were different people in the world. Now she sees the horrors of real life. Some people hate those who aren't the same as them, and will kill for that reason alone.
Watching her transformation so far has been interesting enough, and now we get to see her react to all of this even further. She'll have to choose a side, Hate those everyone hates, or be rebellious toward the ancient dwarven way.
This is perfect for now, as it is showing an incredibly deep story set within a game that, if it were to happen, you would ignore. Also, having the story take place inside of one fortress (For now.) is perfect, because we can see the intensity of the dilemmas that happen inside.
That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
I really am not for the idea of a bad guy right now. Honestly, the direction the story is going is perfect.
When this series started, Misty was as innocent as a young dwarf could be. Then we begin to see her develop into maturity. She's facing the truths of the world she lives in and recognizing different cultures, religions, lifestyles, and had even become friends with an elf. But over the majority of the series, she's remained innocent.
Now she has just witnessed a slaughter. A group of innocent, sentient beings killed in cold blood because of their race and way of life. Her friend was killed in front of her. To add to all of this, she had to drag his corpse to a giant, ungraceful pile of refuse. Before, she had only faced the fact there were different people in the world. Now she sees the horrors of real life. Some people hate those who aren't the same as them, and will kill for that reason alone.
Watching her transformation so far has been interesting enough, and now we get to see her react to all of this even further. She'll have to choose a side, Hate those everyone hates, or be rebellious toward the ancient dwarven way.
This is perfect for now, as it is showing an incredibly deep story set within a game that, if it were to happen, you would ignore. Also, having the story take place inside of one fortress (For now.) is perfect, because we can see the intensity of the dilemmas that happen inside.
That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
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Right.
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How about a compromise? One more update with Misty, then we'll go check up on Reg.
It's an interactive story, guys. I want to make sure you have an appropriate amount of influence on how the story goes.
Ok, please make an interlude with the necromancer. Just one picture, ominous looking guy, you only see the back, he is rubbing his hands, saying "muhahah, and so it begins". :P
After all we need a bad guy, don't we? So far it's Misty being a normal migrant, nothing out of the ordinary. Dead elf merchants, hauling, people not caring about deaths...
I really am not for the idea of a bad guy right now. Honestly, the direction the story is going is perfect.
When this series started, Misty was as innocent as a young dwarf could be. Then we begin to see her develop into maturity. She's facing the truths of the world she lives in and recognizing different cultures, religions, lifestyles, and had even become friends with an elf. But over the majority of the series, she's remained innocent.
Now she has just witnessed a slaughter. A group of innocent, sentient beings killed in cold blood because of their race and way of life. Her friend was killed in front of her. To add to all of this, she had to drag his corpse to a giant, ungraceful pile of refuse. Before, she had only faced the fact there were different people in the world. Now she sees the horrors of real life. Some people hate those who aren't the same as them, and will kill for that reason alone.
Watching her transformation so far has been interesting enough, and now we get to see her react to all of this even further. She'll have to choose a side, Hate those everyone hates, or be rebellious toward the ancient dwarven way.
This is perfect for now, as it is showing an incredibly deep story set within a game that, if it were to happen, you would ignore. Also, having the story take place inside of one fortress (For now.) is perfect, because we can see the intensity of the dilemmas that happen inside.
That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
Well, in Misty's eyes, they were innocent, and she doesn't know the reason for the sudden attack. But I should have written the post a bit better.
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That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
Well, in Misty's eyes, they were innocent, and she doesn't know the reason for the sudden attack. But I should have written the post a bit better.
We should stop quoting so much: The Great Toady may be irritated at Pyramids.
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That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
Well, in Misty's eyes, they were innocent, and she doesn't know the reason for the sudden attack. But I should have written the post a bit better.
We should stop quoting so much: The Great Toady may be irritated at Pyramids.
But... Muh Illuminatus...
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That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
Well, in Misty's eyes, they were innocent, and she doesn't know the reason for the sudden attack. But I should have written the post a bit better.
We should stop quoting so much: The Great Toady may be irritated at Pyramids.
But... Muh Illuminatus...
TEH CUBE R MOAR SUPERIOR 2 TEH PYRAMID.
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That's certainly one interpretation of the current events. However to say that the motivation for killing the elves is hatred, I think, is a bit much. It's simply pragmatism. Once these trading elves got back to the treehomes, any mention of Shielddawn's treatment of trees would lead to a siege.
Which would, in turn, lead to the slaughter of hundreds more elves. Really, it's best for everyone this way...
Well, in Misty's eyes, they were innocent, and she doesn't know the reason for the sudden attack. But I should have written the post a bit better.
We should stop quoting so much: The Great Toady may be irritated at Pyramids.
But... Muh Illuminatus...
TEH CUBE R MOAR SUPERIOR 2 TEH PYRAMID.
For a moment I thought you said time cube, but I suppose that would be just as impossible to construct with forum quotes as a regular cube.
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I am old and grumpy and pyramids will not help Misty in any way.
Also 5 faced cubes ftw.
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Also 5 faced cubes ftw.
I believe that's called a box.
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~so much reply~
TEH CUBE R MOAR SUPERIOR 2 TEH PYRAMID.
For a moment I thought you said time cube, but I suppose that would be just as impossible to construct with forum quotes as a regular cube.
What if you make a long comment with a lot of depth and wide appeal?
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No! Bring on the Duke! or maybe goblin attacking the Duke.
you mean the antmen burrowing into his mountainhome?
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I guess it's about time I post this, seeing as I'm not making any more noticable progress on it.
No background because I suck at them and don't find them fun, but here's one scibbled out for reference anyway.
(http://s19.postimg.org/l88ifo5er/cheesemaker.png)
Back to the shadows I go!
/me recedes into the darkness
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That's some awesome fan art. I really like the all details you placed into the clothes and facial expression.
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socks and no shoes? Seems legit!
Well done :)
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I guess it's about time I post this, seeing as I'm not making any more noticable progress on it.
No background because I suck at them and don't find them fun, but here's one scibbled out for reference anyway.
(http://s19.postimg.org/l88ifo5er/cheesemaker.png)
Back to the shadows I go!
/me recedes into the darkness
A++
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I guess it's about time I post this, seeing as I'm not making any more noticable progress on it.
No background because I suck at them and don't find them fun, but here's one scibbled out for reference anyway.
(http://s19.postimg.org/l88ifo5er/cheesemaker.png)
Back to the shadows I go!
/me recedes into the darkness
A++
Grade: S
That is amazing, Apples ._.
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It's neat. It really captures the feel of youthful innocence.
I must say, however, that I still prefer ES's art. She looks cuter in it.
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I just read the whole story in a couple of hours.
This is really cool, evictedSaint, keep up the good work.
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Aw, cool! Another lunatic! Diggin' the name too. :)
And the next update is coming, guys. I just made the mistake of doing a few drawn-out panels to celebrate the start of chapter 4. It's taking forever.
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I dunno, it makes me too happy to check the description of a little dorf girl and see "her long sideburns are neatly combed, her very long moustache is double-braided, her very long beard is braided, her long hair is braided", so seeing applesauce's picture makes me sad because I'm nowhere near good enough to add a beard to it.
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little dorf girl
her very long moustache is double-braided
(http://www.reactionface.info/sites/default/files/images/1314029520391.jpg)
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seeing applesauce's picture makes me sad
(http://s19.postimg.org/5gi36d9pf/cheesemaker_beard2.png)
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seeing applesauce's picture makes me sad
(http://s19.postimg.org/5gi36d9pf/cheesemaker_beard2.png)
Now THAT'S a dwarf!
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[troll]Where do you think we are? Tolkien land?[/troll]
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seeing applesauce's picture makes me sad
(http://s19.postimg.org/5gi36d9pf/cheesemaker_beard2.png)
(http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/598px-Happy-face.png)
How do you make a great thing even greater?
Put a beard on it!
*walks off happily singing to the tune from single ladies* "if you like it then you better put a beard on it... oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh"
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Haa! That's funny! [ERROR: BEARD_JOKE_NOT_FOUND]
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Love the story so far, got all caught up this evening :)
A suggestion, could next/prev links be added to the top and/or bottom of each story post so it would be easy to follow along.
I feel like making a fort dedicated to cheese makers now :)
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A suggestion, could next/prev links be added to the top and/or bottom of each story post so it would be easy to follow along.
That...is actually a fantastic idea.
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Not the end of the archive! Nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
*twelve minutes later*
...oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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I'll still keep the archive, but there will also be easy-click links at the top and bottom of every update, so readers don't have to queue up a dozen or so pages from the archive and can just seamlessly navigate from one page to the next.
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I'll still keep the archive, but there will also be easy-click links at the top and bottom of every update, so readers don't have to queue up a dozen or so pages from the archive and can just seamlessly navigate from one page to the next.
Awesome!
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I'll still keep the archive, but there will also be easy-click links at the top and bottom of every update, so readers don't have to queue up a dozen or so pages from the archive and can just seamlessly navigate from one page to the next.
Thanks a bunch. It should really help. That said, sometimes it's fun to go and read what all these Bay Watchers and Escaped Lunatics have to say. :)
To the person who wanted to make a Fort Con Queso, do it!
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So do you think there will ever be a time skip, even a relatively small (weeks to months) one? So far not much more than a day has gone by since the start of the web comic.
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So far not much more than a day has gone by since the start of the web comic.
Wasn't there a timeskip involved with the migrant group while they traveled to Shieldawn?
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Wasn't there a timeskip involved with the migrant group while they traveled to Shieldawn?
Nope.
Edit: at least, not a major one. Any time the camera switches away, time is still progressing linearly. If we check up on Reg for three hours, then three hours passes for Misty And vice versa.
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A suggestion, could next/prev links be added to the top and/or bottom of each story post so it would be easy to follow along.
That...is actually a fantastic idea.
Yes, it is. Please do this.
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That link idea... it's going to be a medium sized chunk of work, but it's really going to enhance readability. Definitely would get me to re-read from the start :)
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Misty observes a forgotten beast attack, A vile force of Darkness arrives, or and the Dead Rise
I want to see such pedestrian, blassé, events become horrifying and seen through the eyes of a little girl... To rightly see just how much these things would actually effect the dwarves.
ftfy :P
It doesn't even have to be the eyes of a little girl, just to see the events happen in a more realistic portrayal than ascii tiles would probably be enough...
Perhaps it will even encourage us to stop sending cannon fodders at problem without caring about the dozen of drowning citizen left and the starving nobles right.
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Misty: Seek out Kulet Lokunnomel the Nun, decide you must make cheese. Right now, go find a farmer's workshop and make cheese. You need to make cheese to honor your god!
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Good work!
PTW
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Misty: Seek out Kulet Lokunnomel the Nun, decide you must make cheese. Right now, go find a farmer's workshop and make cheese. You need to make cheese to honor your god!
There definitely is going to be a lot of chaos - it will take some time for the new overseer to figure out how the fortress work. Plenty of time to sneakily make a few wheel of cheese...
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Have I already suggested this?
Misty: while scampering in the hopes of "being alone," run into Rovod (the small child). Attempt to bond. Discover he took the puzzlebox. Just make things worse.
There, managed to get that thing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5877703#msg5877703) back in somehow.
--Rexfelum
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After rereading the first two chapters, it occurs to me that the Necromancer might not really be all that evil after all? I mean... He was just using zombies as labor because zombies don't have feelings and what-not. Kind of like how we use robots. Granted, there's no telling exactly why he was building the road, but still...
EDIT: At some point, we should also have Reg actually encounter a kobold and take pity on it because of how gaunt and pathetic it is. Maybe even take it with her after slaughtering its entire family or something if it's very young.
+With kobolds' crazy fast life-cycle, it'll be an angsty teenager by the end of a year and a bitter conflicted adult with identity problems by the end of another.
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Just posting to say I really enjoy your efforts evictedSaint.
And that I would gladly wear my life blood in the style of Armok so you can go through life in comfort and that your every dream,wish and fantasy can come true...
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Just so I can have my selfish desire fulfilled...seeing more of your obviously inspired work.
;.;
Through these 'pages' You have shed something more precious than blood, the very tears of those who admire and adore your gifts. May they quench the fires of your burdens and Armok craft your life anew.
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Cheesy I know, but-
I...
I'll leave it at that. :)
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Don't worry, more is still coming. I had an unexpected hiatus this past month. A perfect storm of inconveniences aligned and I've been unable to make much progress on the start of chapter 4...which I had decided to make time-consumingly elaborate, since it seems underestimating how long things take is my defining character trait. But yes, the next update is taking much longer than anticipated, so please bear with me.
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It wasn't a criticism nor a complaint of your update speed, I read this all just yesterday and it left me with a profound appreciation of your art and storytelling.
I am sorry if that was not communicated very well. :-\
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Don't worry, more is still coming. I had an unexpected haitus this past month. A perfect storm of inconveniences aligned and I've been unable to make much progress on the start of chapter 4...which I had decided to make time-consumingly elaborate, since it seems underestimating how long things take are my defining character trait. But yes, the next update is taking much longer than anticipated, so please bear with me.
I'm alway excited to see what would happen next, and maybe one day we'll see gnomes and succubi too. :P
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Don't worry, more is still coming. I had an unexpected hiatus this past month. A perfect storm of inconveniences aligned and I've been unable to make much progress on the start of chapter 4...which I had decided to make time-consumingly elaborate, since it seems underestimating how long things take is my defining character trait. But yes, the next update is taking much longer than anticipated, so please bear with me.
Understood. I sympathize with that as a storm of inconvenience and some floundering in personal relationships have my comic on indefinite hiatus. I'd like to get around to it again before I die, but it won't be one of my life's great regrets if I don't, unlike some things more directly affected by the IRL issues. Besides that, as I understand it you are a sophomore in college, just speaking as a freshman I'm not surprised most of your time is gone. Don't worry, we all support you and will wait patiently (though not always without complaining ;p ) for your updates. Besides, it's a convenient way to build tension, even if you didn't mean it that way, which will only have us more floored when the next amazing installment comes in. ( At least, IMO. )
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Just blitzed through the 212 pages so far. Took like, 2 days but worth it. Fantastic comic fine sir!
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Hey evictedSaint! I was just re-reading the adventure so far, and telling my friend excitedly about how I had been 'dwarf-ized' as the Overseer Enir Twigappears ("An Earwig Appears", ho ho ho). I realized that the date that you uploaded Overseer Enir quitting her job (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5925181#msg5925181), I actually quit my soulless, horrible job in real life (January 3rd). Are you a goddamn wizard?
I drew fanart (does it count as a self portrait?) of Enir to... celebrate, the hilarious coincidence.
(http://i.imgur.com/oKNO2T8.png)
Can't wait for the next update, but please take your time! I love your tale thus far and wouldn't want it to be bogged down by stress.
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Are you a goddamn wizard?
(http://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc60fd_1ef8757cec9147f59e82a61c705afa98.png?dn=RUAWizzard.png)
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Sorcery is a legit explanation I think... cool fan art btw :)
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Wait, is Earwig a male or female, I tend to picture them as a large muscular naked man with flowing golden rockgod hair and strategically placed blood spatters... and was Enir Twigappears actually intended as an homage or just a happy coincidence?
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Enir was graciously put into the story by evictedSaint after I got voted for in the fanart entry! My post is here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763419#msg5763419)
I absolutely approve of everyone picturing me as Vanod at the keyboard.
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Might want to get a new chair.
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Ho
Le
Shiet
Awesomesauce.exe
That's all.
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Anyone remember if eS is still doing midterms or if he said he was back and working on the comic? ( I've been too busy to keep track. :( ) It's cool if he's still doing his college things, since I'm doing the same. I just kinda wanna get a feel for when we'll see more of Misty and co.
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Anyone remember if eS is still doing midterms or if he said he was back and working on the comic? ( I've been too busy to keep track. :( ) It's cool if he's still doing his college things, since I'm doing the same. I just kinda wanna get a feel for when we'll see more of Misty and co.
Don't worry, more is still coming. I had an unexpected hiatus this past month. A perfect storm of inconveniences aligned and I've been unable to make much progress on the start of chapter 4...which I had decided to make time-consumingly elaborate, since it seems underestimating how long things take is my defining character trait. But yes, the next update is taking much longer than anticipated, so please bear with me.
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Anyone remember if eS is still doing midterms or if he said he was back and working on the comic? ( I've been too busy to keep track. :( ) It's cool if he's still doing his college things, since I'm doing the same. I just kinda wanna get a feel for when we'll see more of Misty and co.
Don't worry, more is still coming. I had an unexpected hiatus this past month. A perfect storm of inconveniences aligned and I've been unable to make much progress on the start of chapter 4...which I had decided to make time-consumingly elaborate, since it seems underestimating how long things take is my defining character trait. But yes, the next update is taking much longer than anticipated, so please bear with me.
Thanks for the reminder. Now all that's left to do is wonder to myself how I forgot that when I actually responded to it. Ah well. See y'all in April!
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Hello forumites. EvictedSaint, this story has been fantastic thus far. I've been following since Thanksgiving of last year, so I figure it's only right that I make an account on these forums and thank you for your work.
There seem to be a lot of us lurkers floating around this thread, judging by the amount of new accounts posting here. Don't believe the reader count poll, your work has been a pleasure for many more of us than just those who stand up to be counted.
Honestly, I've probably spent more time reading this story than I have playing Dwarf Fortress. You've crafted a wonderful story out of the chaos and madness that is DF. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this!
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+1
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There seem to be a lot of us lurkers floating around this thread, judging by the amount of new accounts posting here. Don't believe the reader count poll, your work has been a pleasure for many more of us than just those who stand up to be counted.
Yeah. eS seems to be one of the leading causes of influx into this forum. I'm honoured to be his acquaintance in that regard. ( I was around at the beginning of LCM and have been following it since, we've shot the breeze about webcomic creation a few times since then. ) As an unofficial member of the unofficial welcome club I'd like to say: Welcome friend! :D I hope your time on the forums is awesome, and encourage you to fish around more than just this splendiforous thread for even more awesome adventures. I am glad to hear that you've already taken a shot at playing Dwarf Fortress - if you like it alright, I'd recommend finding and embedding yourself in a succession fort. If you don't have the time, try finding a community fort. ( If you're unfamiliar, think of it a suggestion based Fortress instead of a suggestion based comic. )
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So in order to tide me over till the start of chapter 4, I decided to re-read the comic from the beginning today. Two things:
First, now I have a wicked craving for some cheese. Fortunately, there's some brie in the fridge.
Second, I'd forgotten how priceless some of the comics from chapter 1 were.
On page 16, the introduction of Reg and her.. enthusiasm.. for her job as a guard cracked me up. :D
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Some amazing work you have here Saint.
PTW.
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So in order to tide me over till the start of chapter 4, I decided to re-read the comic from the beginning today. Two things:
First, now I have a wicked craving for some cheese. Fortunately, there's some brie in the fridge.
Second, I'd forgotten how priceless some of the comics from chapter 1 were.
On page 16, the introduction of Reg and her.. enthusiasm.. for her job as a guard cracked me up. :D
Speaking of page 16, I just want to remind people of this adorable image :P
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/232783c94ffbcb3878cedc4e31649e29/tumblr_n1zhjnkPjc1rs5f3po4_1280.gif) (https://31.media.tumblr.com/232783c94ffbcb3878cedc4e31649e29/tumblr_n1zhjnkPjc1rs5f3po4_1280.gif.html)
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Oh god, I had dramatic music on and that just killed me.
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Oh god, I had dramatic music on and that just killed me.
RIP Dwarf4Explosives, who went out like he lived: with a bang.
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So I was on soundcloud and come across this. (https://soundcloud.com/thedoursalmon/the-story-of-armok)
Just listen to it and most of you should know where its from. I just think it cool someone made it.
Ps: I don't know if the maker ever posted it here if so please tell meh.
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This is an amazing story.
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(http://i.imgur.com/oKNO2T8.png)
I like it. She has a certain "honey badger don't care, honey badger doesn't give a shit" expression.
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I dunno... her expression says:
"Hi and welcome to dwarf-burger, can I take your order?"
but with bored, horribly sarcastic overtones.
"So that's two armok specials with cheese, a magma shake, and a hot elven pie-- do you want fries with that?"
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I am gonna get this next update out this weekend if it fucking kills me, I s2g.
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No, please don't die :(
After all, if it kills you then the next update will be the last one.
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No, please don't die :(
After all, if it kills you then the next update will be the last one.
*Meph gestures.
*evictedSaint starts to move.
No its not. 8)
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I am gonna get this next update out this weekend if it fucking kills me, I s2g.
Don't forget to have fun with it!
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Quick, name for a butcher shop:
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Quick, name for a butcher shop:
(Butcher's name)'s (some kind of meat, like puppy or kitten) Chops
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Catten's Choice Cuts
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Gore the Glob Butcher's
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PTW
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One-Armed-Urist & Sons Meat Emporium.
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Urist's World of Assorted Organs
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Pet "Adoption" Agency
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The Dissection Company.
Established since 312.
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Fikod's Fine Flesh
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Pet "Adoption" Agency
+1
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Likot and sons Meat & Lard
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Tolthig's Tantrum Aftermath
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Tolthig's Tantrum Aftermath
Wouldn't that be cannibalism?
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Tolthig's Tantrum Aftermath
Wouldn't that be cannibalism?
Shhhh....
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Wow. I leave the forums for god knows ho long, I come back, and the next update is still in the works?
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Wow. I leave the forums for god knows ho long, I come back, and the next update is still in the works?
Not 100% certain Knit, but I think it's two different updates. Even so, yea. Schedule slip is a thing that happens, don't worry, eS isn't gone.
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At least we know that this next update will have 10 frames:)
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/me draws as fast as he possibly can
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/me draws as fast as he possibly can
You can do it!
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Wow. I leave the forums for god knows ho long, I come back, and the next update is still in the works?
ES has created a delightful story. He puts in a lot of work, all we have to do is chit-chat. He doesn't *owe* us anything. Be patient. It will be worth the wait.
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Catten's Choice Cuts
I like that because it's simple and natural. I'm sure some funny name would work as well.
--Rexfelum
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Ooooo 99%!! :D :D :D
Edit:
I like that because it's simple and natural. I'm sure some funny name would work as well.
--Rexfelum
Hold on a bit. How can the post before you have "70%" in the title while your post has "50%" in the title? Did you just take really really long to write the post or something? :P
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Catten's Choice Cuts
I like that because it's simple and natural. I'm sure some funny name would work as well.
--Rexfelum
I like it for the alliteration, the stealth cat pun, and the fact that it sounds like a real-world meatcutter's shop.
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
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I like Catten's Choice Cuts as well.
Edit:
I like that because it's simple and natural. I'm sure some funny name would work as well.
--Rexfelum
Hold on a bit. How can the post before you have "70%" in the title while your post has "50%" in the title? Did you just take really really long to write the post or something? :P
If you quote a post, it defaults to that post's subject, even if the thread title has subsequently changed.
That said, there's also simply changing the subject line on a lark, though. ^_^
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
Or just that each of the 10 frames has 10 layers.
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
(http://dirkkok.nl/nonsense/fuck_YEA.JPG)
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If you quote a post, it defaults to that post's subject, even if the thread title has subsequently changed.
That said, there's also simply changing the subject line on a lark, though. ^_^
Yeah, but it's kind of unusual to do that for that though.
Edit:
Re: The Littlest Cheesemaker-Updated 2/21-END OF CHAPTER 3 (next update compete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGTQu8DeTQ
I didn't see the troll until I started getting sceptical because of saint not uploading it, and looked at the OPs title. That said, well done.
Edit 2: And now I realize that the title in my post is not even because of saint changing it... even though you just mentioned it >.> Clusterfuck alert
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"Legendary Derp" indeed.
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
Or. It could mean all the art is done he just needs to touch it up to put it in a ready to post state.
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
Or. It could mean all the art is done he just needs to touch it up to put it in a ready to post state.
He knows that, it's a joke obviously.
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Wait!!! If it is 99% done, that means that there are 100 frames :o
Or that there's a grand total of 100 pixels involved.
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(http://i.imgur.com/MHMxrQj.png) (http://i.imgur.com/MHMxrQj.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/ReUjECr.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ReUjECr.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/jO5Va6C.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jO5Va6C.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/1Sa7jQr.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1Sa7jQr.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/KxRMF85.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/KxRMF85.gif)
You are the young girl hiding behind the animal pens.
You have recently snuck away from your Mountainhome to join the Glorious Dwarven Fortress of Shielddawn, and as it turns out that may have been a poor decision on your part.
So far you've witnessed six murders, the undead walking the earth, a garbage heap filled with bodies, and you've been relegated to hauling duties. It's all starting to take its toll on your fragile dwarven psyche. Yes, you came to Shielddawn to become the Greatest Cheesemaker in all of the Three Dwarven Kingdoms, but now it's starting to seem like maybe your dream was maybe just a tiny bit...foolish.
(http://i.imgur.com/h6DXedg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/h6DXedg.png)
This cow is also you; a dumb animal penned behind stone walls with no choice in their destiny, doomed to be slaughtered in some pointless and incredibly stupid fashion.
Your dad was right. Fortresses aren't anything like the Mountainhomes.
(http://i.imgur.com/gY4BG18.png) (http://i.imgur.com/gY4BG18.png)
"I don't know what I was thinking," you say to the cow. "This whole thing was dumb. No one here seems to care about...anything! Not cheese, not the elves, not...me. All they care about is...I don't know. Blood? That's what the nun made it sound like. Blood and murder and corpse piles and fighting and...blood."
(http://i.imgur.com/Y8YXWox.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Y8YXWox.png)
"Everyone always told me about how amazing the fortresses were - Shielddawn especially! - but it's like the fortress doesn't even care about the dwarves who built it! The Overseer lady didn't care that I want to be a cheesemaker, all she cared about was finishing her turn and retiring. And now I'm a hauler and the only job they're going to give me is hauling! Hauling and hauling and hauling and hauling some more and I'm never going to become a cheesemaker and dad was right and I hate everything about this place and I've been here for...what, less than a day?!" You slump forward.
(http://i.imgur.com/L4Srwis.png) (http://i.imgur.com/L4Srwis.png)
"Yeah, well, try sticking around for a year," the cow mutters back.
(http://i.imgur.com/lxH6dkE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lxH6dkE.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/DUxSpX1.png) (http://i.imgur.com/DUxSpX1.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/VglT5Ay.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VglT5Ay.png)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6190970#msg6190970)
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
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I knew from the point where it said "You said to the cow" the cow was going to reply... and he did. :D
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Great work as always!
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Wait. Maybe I'm looking too much into it, but think about it. Holy symbol in the air, talking cow, cows make milk, milk makes cheese, clearly Cowsea sent us a sign! Either that or it was just a gag.
Also:
Catten's Choice Cuts
Yay!
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
Is anyone else having this problem?
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
Is anyone else having this problem?
My school blocks the gifs, but the images are just fine. I'll be able to see the gifs when I get home.
Try refreshing and waiting.
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Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
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All images and gifs load and play without problems for me.
ALSO YES UPDATE AAAAAAAA.
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Offer to milk cow. Then hide the milk and try to make it into cheese in secret.
Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
^This works too
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Secretly train the cow into a war cow and discover your true talent is animal training.
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Oh wow, that's a nice feeling. I read this thing just today and I find out that it also Updated today.
The art reminds me very heavily of Prequel. (http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/) Very nice.
BTW several of your 'next' links are broken.
Do you still take dwarf names I'd like to import the one I had in Towersoared
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Oh wow, that's a nice feeling. I read this thing just today and I find out that it also Updated today.
The art reminds me very heavily of Prequel. (http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/) Very nice.
BTW several of your 'next' links are broken.
Do you still take dwarf names I'd like to import the one I had in Towersoared
Welcome! New readers are always cool!
Prequel gave me the motivation to do my own story. TLCM probably wouldn't exist if I hadn't realized that other people did this sort of stuff.
Which links are broken? I was rushed and slapped them down in ten minutes.
I'll have the opportunity to allow a few more dwarfed characters pretty soon. We'll probably do what we did last time and fanart-contest it.
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But... I can't draw?
Also Here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5183265#msg5183265) and Here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6013393#msg6013393)
My guy's runesmith skill sheet from Towersoared. (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/404/towersoaredderm1.jpg)
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But... I can't draw?
Pretty much anything counts. A poem, short story, sculpture, interpretive dance, etc.
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Hum. I'll have to think something up. Perhaps a story involving a rumor of his arrival to challenge the military of this place? Sounds decent. I'l be watching, for now. Keep up the good work!
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Looks like I'm going to have to break out the old pen
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Oh no, shielddawn doesn't have any grass in their cow pens! The cows will starve!
Learn the forgotten dwarven art of riding beasts, and stew in your misery while sitting on the back of your new cow friend.
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Yay, great update!!! :D :D :D
this is definitely a golden opportunity to make some cheese!
P.S. I don't think it would have worked, but anything with "dog lard" would have been hilarious. Go ahead and say it out loud, you'll see.
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Shielddawn can feed it's grazers indoors, with plants or hay, because that's what you can do in the mod. ;)
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
Is anyone else having this problem?
To clarify, only pic visible is the gif. Following links in your post simply gives me "Access Denied".
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
Is anyone else having this problem?
To clarify, only pic visible is the gif. Following links in your post simply gives me "Access Denied".
Are you using a computer that is not your own? I know that my school blocks most image-sharing websites, so that could be it.
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Haha! Very nice update.
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Misty: Get all excited because your prayers are being answered, and through this cow the gods surely will support you and your dreams.
Cow: Get slaughtered just like the last being to "believe in you." (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763441#msg5763441)
--Rexfelum
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Offer to milk cow. Then hide the milk and try to make it into cheese in secret.
Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
^This works too
I concur.
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That first picture is inspiring. A central stair like that is going to be the next architectural project I start
but never finish.
Clearly Cowsea has taken mortal form to judge dwarfdom, that she might punish the wicked and reward the virtuous! Clearly it's not going very well.
Okay, first we need to raise an army of dairy workers. We'll call them... milkads? We'll get the next overseer to persecute them. Then Cowsea will cloud his mind: He said he'd never take a MILK ANIMAL job? Delirious, he won't be able to resist. He'll follow them down to the farming levels to spy on their rituals, where his own mother (mistaking him for a Lion (-tame-)), will tear him apart with her bare hands in a butcher's workshop. Then Cowsea can give a little speech, banish some folks, and the rest of the dwarves can learn to ferment milk. It worked for Dionysus, it'll probably horribly backfire work for us.
Moo, I say!
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Shielddawn can feed it's grazers indoors, with plants or hay, because that's what you can do in the mod. ;)
Let's assume we're in 0.40 now because feeding has been improved (or just drop the rules completely). I mean I saw a baby taken care of by other succubi dwarves after being orphaned.
Offer to milk cow. Then hide the milk and try to make it into cheese in secret.
+1, make the first artifact cheese.
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I thought the first image was more of a representation of the world-gen fortress central ramp spirals, a very cool one at that, I might add.
Ask the cow if you can milk her, realize it was actually a dorf milker behind a different cow talking to you, try not to make it any more awkward than it already is at that point and probably fail horribly.
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Not to complain, but I see only one image.
Is anyone else having this problem?
To clarify, only pic visible is the gif. Following links in your post simply gives me "Access Denied".
Are you using a computer that is not your own? I know that my school blocks most image-sharing websites, so that could be it.
My very own PC I built with my very own hands. Interestingly enough all pictures are visible on my workplace computer.
Hmm. I have to check with different browsers and devices once this working day is over.
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That first image is a thing of beauty. Also, yay, avatar of a god in cow form. Although the first thing I thought upon reading that was "WEREBEAST!" before I remembered that werebeasts can't talk.
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Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
+1
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Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
+1
They could make such beautiful cheese together.
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
Ah, thank you.
Those of you who were having trouble viewing - I tweaked it. Does the problem still persist?
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Misty withdraws from society...
or alternatively...
Misty has been possessed!
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Misty withdraws from society...
or alternatively...
Misty has been possessed!
Looks more like Misty is stumbling around obliviously!
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
Ah, thank you.
Those of you who were having trouble viewing - I tweaked it. Does the problem still persist?
Yep, Firefox gets result 403 while trying to load png images. However IE shows all images just fine. Must be some odd browser thing going on.
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
Ah, thank you.
Those of you who were having trouble viewing - I tweaked it. Does the problem still persist?
Yep, Firefox gets result 403 while trying to load png images. However IE shows all images just fine. Must be some odd browser thing going on.
Chrome also loads it fine
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Btw Saint it looks like the cow has 2 mouths on the panel where it talks.
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Works fine on Firefox for me.
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Hmm, so is the first picture supposed to be an actual spiral staircase, or a representation of the standard lazy player fortress design where the fort is built around a column of up-down staircases?
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
Ah, thank you.
Those of you who were having trouble viewing - I tweaked it. Does the problem still persist?
Yep, Firefox gets result 403 while trying to load png images. However IE shows all images just fine. Must be some odd browser thing going on.
Hoooooooooooooooooooooold on a sec.
Firefox doesn't work, but IE does?
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I wonder if it's a problem with tumblr, since that's what I use to host my images.
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Btw Saint it looks like the cow has 2 mouths on the panel where it talks.
Agreed, nosetrils are a bit too, em, long. This makes the left one look like a slightly sad mouth, perfectly fitting the situation.
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... Why aren't you using Imgur?
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All the young kids are using tumblr these days.
*waves cane angrily*
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All the young kids are using tumblr these days.
*waves cane angrily*
Tumblr is also the one safe place on the internet where you can store your NSFW art without risking a ban or something. Yes, I took a good look at those pics :3
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The word "regulated" should be "relegated".
That stairway is epic. I love it.
Ah, thank you.
Those of you who were having trouble viewing - I tweaked it. Does the problem still persist?
Yep, Firefox gets result 403 while trying to load png images. However IE shows all images just fine. Must be some odd browser thing going on.
Hoooooooooooooooooooooold on a sec.
Firefox doesn't work, but IE does?
Yeah, I know! It's weird!
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Chapter 4 is labelled chapter 3 on the front page, otherwise amazing art!
Try to convince the butcher to let you milk all the female cows before he slaughters them.
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Aw yis chapter 4!
Continue conversation with cow, but start milking it. Create talking cheese.
OK that's not the most serious of suggestions, but cheese science!
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Try to adopt the cow as a pet.
+1
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It could be a noscript issue.
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It could be a noscript issue.
What is that and how do I fix it? I put a lot of effort into those panels for them to just not show up.
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It could be a noscript issue.
It works just fine for me in Firefox 36.0.4 last night & Firefox 37.0 today with NoScript with bay12forums.com allowed. NoScript doesn't see any Javascript on that page that isn't from bay12forums.com.
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Just to confirm, while I do have noscript and my greasemonkey "make everything grey backgrounds with white text" disabled on bay12 (largely due to the dorf sections being one of the few places on the net with a sane color scheme... though that means I hate even looking at the lower boards) after updating to firefox 37.0 (thanks for pointing out it was up!) everything works fine here.
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Just to confirm, while I do have noscript and my greasemonkey "make everything grey backgrounds with white text" disabled on bay12 (largely due to the dorf sections being one of the few places on the net with a sane color scheme... though that means I hate even looking at the lower boards) after updating to firefox 37.0 (thanks for pointing out it was up!) everything works fine here.
You know you can set Darkling to be the default theme for the entire forum right?
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how do you do that?
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Profile > Modify Profile > Look and Layout > Current Theme > (change) > Darkling
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Yeah, someone had that in their sig and that's how I switched to Darkling.
Say, that's a really good idea. Do I have space left in my sig?
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After some fiddling with Tinyurl, yes. Ahah, now I can bring the light of Darkling to the unenlightened!
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Continue conversation with cow, but start milking it. Create talking cheese.
+1
The cow has a fetish for getting milked.
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I really like the picture with the staircase. It looks so grand.
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Just to confirm, while I do have noscript and my greasemonkey "make everything grey backgrounds with white text" disabled on bay12 (largely due to the dorf sections being one of the few places on the net with a sane color scheme... though that means I hate even looking at the lower boards) after updating to firefox 37.0 (thanks for pointing out it was up!) everything works fine here.
You know you can set Darkling to be the default theme for the entire forum right?
Get strange mood, milk cow, create artifact cheese, name it Saltposition, after Nahere.
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It could be a noscript issue.
Seeing as you probably know more about Noscript than me do you know any good reason to get it? What it does to me is prevent all JS to be executed unless you explicitly allow it to, which if you don't do it takes away the functionality of 80% of sites on the web. :/ It says it's a security measure, but quite a drastic one. To my, that is, ungrounded views, which I am open to change right now.
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I never had any problems seeing the chapter 4 images in Firefox (31.2.0 ESR) on Linux. I also have NoScript installed, but it's not active on bay12forums.com.
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Noscript is good for preventing nosy scripts and trackers like Google analytics. It's easy to whitelist or temporarily whitelist sites. It's also effective for blocking the most annoying of ads.
I think it's a matter of whether tumblr is whitelisted or not.
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Noscript is good for preventing nosy scripts and trackers like Google analytics. It's easy to whitelist or temporarily whitelist sites. It's also effective for blocking the most annoying of ads.
I would argue that NoScript makes many sites usable. I see almost no ads, and it's amazing how much improved a page is when all you see is the content you want.
So you just allow the script for the basic page, leave the ad servers in their default disallowed state, and go.
--Rexfelum
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Noscript is good for preventing nosy scripts and trackers like Google analytics. It's easy to whitelist or temporarily whitelist sites. It's also effective for blocking the most annoying of ads.
I would argue that NoScript makes many sites usable. I see almost no ads, and it's amazing how much improved a page is when all you see is the content you want.
So you just allow the script for the basic page, leave the ad servers in their default disallowed state, and go.
--Rexfelum
AdBlock is better for blocking ads than noscript, as it also allows non-intrusive ads and thus still support the income of webmasters who actually care about intrusive ads.
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Noscript is good for preventing nosy scripts and trackers like Google analytics. It's easy to whitelist or temporarily whitelist sites. It's also effective for blocking the most annoying of ads.
I would argue that NoScript makes many sites usable. I see almost no ads, and it's amazing how much improved a page is when all you see is the content you want.
So you just allow the script for the basic page, leave the ad servers in their default disallowed state, and go.
--Rexfelum
AdBlock is better for blocking ads than noscript, as it also allows non-intrusive ads and thus still support the income of webmasters who actually care about intrusive ads.
The benefits of noscript to me are twofold:
1. Not all viruses are contained in ads. Malicious code comes in many forms, and the best way to avoid it is to preemptively block any code from running that you don't know what it is.
2. Some sites are just overloaded with Javascript that you just plain don't care about, so NoScript improves their performance.
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1. Not all viruses are contained in ads. Malicious code comes in many forms, and the best way to avoid it is to preemptively block any code from running that you don't know what it is.
For windows, this would indeed be true, although I have linux which pretty much simply blocks all attempts to install software unless an administrator gave it the password. But on windows many antivirus programs will prevent that from happening, and some modern browsers even have this kind of security built in their JS engine core. But that still doesn't mean noscript wouldn't be a useful extra measure, you're right.
2. Some sites are just overloaded with Javascript that you just plain don't care about, so NoScript improves their performance.
That's also pretty true. I use adblock for pretty much all sites unless I like their webmaster or the stuff they make (mostly games), know that they won't run malicious or intrusive ads, AND know that letting (at least some of) their ads run for me won't slow down the page. For newgrounds this is a problem as I would have disabled adblock for them but letting them all run would slow down the performance of the games I play there so much, although I would let a select few ads run. But I can't do that :/
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I think we can rule out NoScript as the cause of the problem because the images don't actually need Javascript to load. It's just a bunch of images included with <img>. There's no Javascript on the page except what's loaded from the forums.
(... resisting the urge to voice my Strong Opinions about the rest of the NoScript discussion)
A question: Are all the people having problems loading the images using Firefox? If so, what version & platform? I encountered severe problems with Firefox 37 on 32-bit Linux that seem to be caused by animated GIFs and that, once they start, fit what I've heard of everyone's problems except the person who saw 403 errors. These problems aren't happening with 36.0.4 or with 31.6.0esr. [edited to add: nor do they seem to happen on 64-bit, although I haven't spent as much time on my desktop or my work PC as I have on my nine-year-old 32-bit-only laptop]
If you can't see Misty and you're not on Firefox, what browser are you on and can you tell (with tcpdump, etc) what happens when your browser tries to load the pictures?
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I tried viewing the update on firefox 37, no problems at all. I am on 64-bit ubuntu 14.04 (LTS). And chrome doesn't have any other problems, although I do remember not seeing one picture that I do see now when the update was just posted. But I didn't really notice that the one picture was missing, though.
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On firefox 37 and Arch here, been having a bit of trouble with embedded videos using way too much cpu on a few sites of a nsfw variety... but besides that no problems with the updates here or bay12 even, I usually use it as a canary site when someone complains about the wifi here, if bay12 loads normally I know they need to reconnect or I may have to wake the router up.
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works great on chrome for me, looking forward to more :)
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I wounder if Shielddawn is going to fall to the elfs because the plump helmet man began their rebellion at the same time the elves attack. Bonus points if Misty also accidentally opens the door to the 3rd cavern layer letting a forgotten beast in. What a way for shielddawn to fall, forgotten beast, elves, and rebelling plump helmet men.
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I wounder if Shielddawn is going to fall to the elfs because the plump helmet man began their rebellion at the same time the elves attack. Bonus points if Misty also accidentally opens the door to the 3rd cavern layer letting a forgotten beast in. What a way for shielddawn to fall, forgotten beast, elves, and rebelling plump helmet men.
New ideas always welcome :D.
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Even if I don't directly acknowledge each idea, I incorporate a lot of them into the story in one way or another.
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It's really the sort of thing that always happens in forts: the perfect storm of various abominations occurs, the overseer is incompetent but stubborn enough to try and keep the dwarves alive, and the fort's death is delayed for a few more overseer turns.
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Well, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. We're still waiting for Catten the Butcher to introduce him/herself to Misty. And for Misty to lead one of the cows to the farmer's workshop and become a Dabbling Milker.
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Not sure why I haven't yet. PTW
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I was going through and repairing a few broken images (back when I started and didn't know how to securely link stuff and made a bunch of mistakes (why did no one tell me they were broken?!)) and I've gotta say...
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/5c146069d3af030caa81c87959f2e68c/tumblr_n1603u1Di61rs5f3po7_1280.png)
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/c99b628731a40bc0fc89245aa3ebb150/tumblr_nm1fdgb41G1rs5f3po4_1280.png)
...I sure have come a long way...
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All the young kids are using tumblr these days.
*waves cane angrily*
Tumblr is also the one safe place on the internet where you can store your NSFW art without risking a ban or something. Yes, I took a good look at those pics :3
You can totally upload nsfw images to imgur, you'll only catch a ban if you upload them to the gallery.
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Holy shat, I didn't notice the massive increase of quality at all! :O Good job!
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Holy shat, I didn't notice the massive increase of quality at all! :O Good job!
Indeed!
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Oh wow.
I guess practice does make perfect.
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I am tickled pink to see if it's a talking cow, or someone talking from behind a cow - either one has massive potential really.
... what if it's a kobold disguised as a dwarf? Left behind during a raid, disguised with a beard made from a mop, trying not to get too much attention while munching on stale plump-helmets and trying to understand the bewildering goings on of the fortress...
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See, now I'm picturing a kobold who got left behind by his thief buddies, he panics when he sees a dorf coming so he grabs a couple mops, makes a beard out of one, and stands there with the other one readied as a weapon... the dorf sighs, grabs it and shows him how to mop then gives it back and points at the hallway... the kobold shrugs and starts cleaning.
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So I discovered this wonderful adventure a while ago and while trying to read it, a lot of the image links are borked, especially early on. Is there a collected album or something where I can view all the images?
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The MSPFanventures mirror should have all the images, I think.
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I am tickled pink to see if it's a talking cow, or someone talking from behind a cow - either one has massive potential really.
... what if it's a kobold disguised as a dwarf? Left behind during a raid, disguised with a beard made from a mop, trying not to get too much attention while munching on stale plump-helmets and trying to understand the bewildering goings on of the fortress...
Well, it seems that the Divine Sing is visible not only to the reader, but to Misty too. So it's definitly a talking Holy Cow.
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I made an art while at work about one of my favorite characters! It is on a post-it note, nuthin' special.
Thought you guys might like.
Post-it art is best art.
(http://s8.postimg.org/o66yoets5/muchrooms.jpg)
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While the mouth on top of the cap looks weird, that's pretty damn great art.
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While the mouth on top of the cap looks weird, that's pretty damn great art.
You hush. >:[
It looks fantastic, Dunamisdeos!
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While the mouth on top of the cap looks weird, that's pretty damn great art.
You hush. >:[
It looks fantastic, Dunamisdeos!
Lol, glad you guys like it :]
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I didn't think that was a mouth, just the cap bent some to indicate the confident stance.
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I didn't think that was a mouth, just the cap bent some to indicate the confident stance.
I didn't want to say anything.... but that's exactly what it is supposed to be (lol) 8)
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The spirit you've managed to sqeeze on one post-it, that's mighty impressive
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See, now I'm picturing a kobold who got left behind by his thief buddies, he panics when he sees a dorf coming so he grabs a couple mops, makes a beard out of one, and stands there with the other one readied as a weapon... the dorf sighs, grabs it and shows him how to mop then gives it back and points at the hallway... the kobold shrugs and starts cleaning.
+1
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The MSPFanventures mirror should have all the images, I think.
Thank you!
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Bluh...I think I might be a little later than usual posting the next update. I'm migrating hosting for TLCM images, since tumblr keeps giving me problems. :\
I’ve been using tumblr to host the images for TLCM, but the links keep breaking. For some reason the image locations keep changing? For example,
36.media.tumblr.com/etc
will change to
41.media.tumblr.com/etc
Does anyone know a fix for this, or is tumblr just as useless as I’d always believed it was? Does anyone know any good sites that aren't prone to broken links? Turns out tumblr was a poor choice, and I know that imgur will drop images if they're not accessed frequently enough.
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Just use imgur. >.<
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postimg.org is my image host of choice.
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Just make an imgur account and use it.
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Been reading for a while and I sort of started drawing just a tiny bit.
Ms paint always comes out shakey.
(http://i.imgur.com/uAJfUNS.png)
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Just make an imgur account and use it.
Imgur tends to drop images if they aren't accessed frequently enough though, doesn't it? Or does that not happen with an account?
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As far as I know Imgur never deletes anything.
Also, this is a Forum Adventure. Shit gets accessed anytime someone loads up the page.
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I know I've never had Photobucket ever delete anything on me, or move it for that matter (although you will have to change the tags here if you put the image into a new folder over there), and I've been using it for a while now. Free too, assuming you can put up with some ads. Says it's only 99¢ to get rid of those though.
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oh pls no I see broken photo bucket links all over the place in old threads.
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oh pls no I see broken photo bucket links all over the place in old threads.
^This
It's too bad I can't host the images directly onto the forum.
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oh pls no I see broken photo bucket links all over the place in old threads.
^This
It's too bad I can't host the images directly onto the forum.
That's probably because they moved the pictures into a new folder while they were reorganizing and then forgot to redo the img tags on the fourms. In something like this thread, I don't think that would be a problem. The readers would certainly point it out if it did.
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I think I've got a reasonable solution worked out, but it's gonna take a while. I've gotta reupload all the images, and then go through and modify each page so that each image is linked correctly...which is a huge pain in the ass, since I've averaged an update every week for the past year, with about ~8 images per update. So...about 416 or so links I've got to fix? gdi.
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I think you can mass-upload images to postimage.org. That's what I use, and it does not delete things. I have pics from the beginning of my time at bay12 still up in their old threads.
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Just make an imgur account and use it.
Imgur tends to drop images if they aren't accessed frequently enough though, doesn't it? Or does that not happen with an account?
I think that went away when they dropped their pro account options:
http://imgur.com/blog/2015/02/09/imgur-pro-for-everyone/
Even when that didn't exist I think the bar was incredibly low. It was something like 2 views every month or something stupid like that.
That said you can't ever really be sure about changes in policies.
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I think (almost?) everything I've uploaded to imgur for my forum games is still up, and those images are 1) one to two years old, and 2) not exactly frequently viewed. It may well be safe, but then, I never uploaded as much as this story. (also, other image hosting sites aren't showing embedded images for me right now).
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I've started uploading things to imgur, which is awful because it means I have to look at all my old art.
Did you know I didn't make separate left-right images for Misty when I started? I just flipped the sprite. And half the time, she's not even wearing her backpack. I can only assume she takes it off and re-don's it repeatedly throughout the story. Plus all of chapter 1 and half of chapter 2 is just me trying to nail down an art style. It's so god damn awful.
But, it feels nice knowing I'm getting better at it. Once I finish repairing all of the older pages (a tedious task) I'll finish up the next update and post it. Sorry these past couple months have been so sparse, everyone.
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Did you know I didn't make separate left-right images for Misty when I started? I just flipped the sprite. And half the time, she's not even wearing her backpack. I can only assume she takes it off and re-don's it repeatedly throughout the story. Plus all of chapter 1 and half of chapter 2 is just me trying to nail down an art style. It's so god damn awful.
She's a backpack don doffer.
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And half the time, she's not even wearing her backpack. I can only assume she takes it off and re-don's it repeatedly throughout the story.
That sounds like standard dwarven behavior actually.
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And half the time, she's not even wearing her backpack. I can only assume she takes it off and re-don's it repeatedly throughout the story.
That sounds like standard dwarven behavior actually.
Plot twist: It was a different backpack every time, using quantum storage of a backpack in a backpack in a...
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Did you know I didn't make separate left-right images for Misty when I started? I just flipped the sprite.
Did you know that I take it for granted you'd "just flip the sprite"? A generation ago the idea began as a cheap way to reduce effort. Then it was a joke about cheap ways to reduce effort. Then it achieved that rare status of "joke that's repeated so much that people take it as normal."
If you're using different sprites now, is there an update where I can compare the two easily?
--Rexfelum
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You can see it with the little side-ponytail thingamabob she wears.
Oh god that reminds me I was fiddling around with some of the tweaks I had done to get bearded elves ([Oprah]You get a beard, you get a beard, everyone gets a beard![/Oprah]) and I didn't like the styles it gave me so I went in to tweak them with gm-editor trying to remove the neatly combed mustache/beard for double braids and somehow ended up with:
(http://i.imgur.com/wJAiizV.png)
...his very long moustache is tied in a pony tail? What? How the? Is it just sticking out from under his nose or is it pulled back around the sides of his head to the back? Maybe over the top? Why is that even an option?
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If you're using different sprites now, is there an update where I can compare the two easily?
--Rexfelum
(http://i.imgur.com/SJBvPLe.png)
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You can see it with the little side-ponytail thingamabob she wears.
*snip*
(http://i.imgur.com/wJAiizV.png)
...his very long moustache is tied in a pony tail? What? How the? Is it just sticking out from under his nose or is it pulled back around the sides of his head to the back? Maybe over the top? Why is that even an option?
I can see that at-work post it art is going to become a thing for me. In my defense, this was like 15m from conception to post-it.
(http://s1.postimg.org/ugnidyqov/elvish_dignity.jpg)
::EDIT:: Just realized where this was. It ain't on topic, so let me know if it needs to be removed. I won't mind ;)
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it's fine. i'm still fucking with the host migration, so off-topic stuff doesn't matter too much until the next update gets posted (some time this week?)
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You can see it with the little side-ponytail thingamabob she wears.
*snip*
(http://i.imgur.com/wJAiizV.png)
...his very long moustache is tied in a pony tail? What? How the? Is it just sticking out from under his nose or is it pulled back around the sides of his head to the back? Maybe over the top? Why is that even an option?
I can see that at-work post it art is going to become a thing for me. In my defense, this was like 15m from conception to post-it.
(http://s1.postimg.org/ugnidyqov/elvish_dignity.jpg)
::EDIT:: Just realized where this was. It ain't on topic, so let me know if it needs to be removed. I won't mind ;)
Oh god what is wrong with me that I can't stop laughing about this.
Also yeah, I figured since you're busy that a bit of humor wouldn't be unwelcome... man, it was bad enough when I was trying to read the description to the gf and couldn't make it through without laughing, gonna show her this version later, see if she gets dizzy laughing at it too.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight this weekend.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
Exquisite.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
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There seems to be an error with this update (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5053087#msg5053087). It's just missing [img] tags though, the link works.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
Dont let the Chinese know that. Imgur is blocked in China. :D
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
Dont let the Chinese know that. Imgur is blocked in China. :D
Eh? It doesn't seem to be. (http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=imgur.com)
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You can open imgur.com but all the pictures are not accessable. But that wasnt meant as actual feedback for evictedsaint, it was more meant as a joke... people that want to use the internet in China have a VPN anyway.
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You can open imgur.com but all the pictures are not accessable. But that wasnt meant as actual feedback for evictedsaint, it was more meant as a joke... people that want to use the internet in China have a VPN anyway.
I know that I have a few Russian fans, but I don't think anyone in China is particularly concerned about the exploits of the worlds greatest cheesemaker.
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Pretty sure Kamin's in China. But he obviously manages to use the forums and play community forts, so...
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Bay12's not blocked but many western services are, unless you have access to a VPN.
Honestly it's nearly impossible to not hit a blocked service. Tumblr may even be blocked there tomorrow out of random so if you really want to share it with everyone you can let a fan mirror it on Weibo.
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TLC should be considered a humanitarian service, right up there with food and non-radioactive water. We must bring it to the needy.
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Bay12's not blocked but many western services are, unless you have access to a VPN.
Honestly it's nearly impossible to not hit a blocked service. Tumblr may even be blocked there tomorrow out of random so if you really want to share it with everyone you can let a fan mirror it on Weibo.
Sure, sounds good. Anyone who wants to do that, knock yourself out. It'd certainly save me a lot of time. I'm still trying to wrap up my senior year. :(
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Bay12's not blocked but many western services are, unless you have access to a VPN.
Honestly it's nearly impossible to not hit a blocked service. Tumblr may even be blocked there tomorrow out of random so if you really want to share it with everyone you can let a fan mirror it on Weibo.
Sure, sounds good. Anyone who wants to do that, knock yourself out. It'd certainly save me a lot of time. I'm still trying to wrap up my senior year. :(
Argh, it was meant as a joke, a little jab at how much work you did... I didnt mean that you should change the host again ;)
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Ok posting to watch this, the whole reason I made an account
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Yay for imgur migration, now future generations will be able to enjoy TLCM without disappearing images.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
Dont let the Chinese know that. Imgur is blocked in China. :D
It is blocked but I can still see the pictures. Dang. I am in China for the next, what, two weeks?
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
Dont let the Chinese know that. Imgur is blocked in China. :D
It is blocked but I can still see the pictures. Dang. I am in China for the next, what, two weeks?
You, my friend, need a VPN.
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Alright, every single image is now securely hosted. That took forever. If anyone notices a mistake, let me know!
I'll see about updating tonight.
And now my browser displays the images. Good!
Actually, I rehosted every image to imgur. Turns out tumblr was a poor choice. Who knew!
Dont let the Chinese know that. Imgur is blocked in China. :D
It is blocked but I can still see the pictures. Dang. I am in China for the next, what, two weeks?
You, my friend, need a VPN.
Aye. Also thumbs up for migrating off of tumblr.
I am still willing to mirror it at my soonest capability. And entirely on my own efforts too.
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Ok posting to watch this, the whole reason I made an account
Welcome to the club of people who made an account because of TLCM!
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Ok posting to watch this, the whole reason I made an account
Welcome to the club of people who made an account because of TLCM!
Yay! Can I get a cookie?
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Yes.
Just make sure you don't get :)...... 8) A chip on your shoulder.
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Yes.
Just make sure you don't get :)...... 8) A chip on your shoulder.
Make sure you set your browser :)...... 8) to accept cookies.
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Yes.
Just make sure you don't get :)...... 8) A chip on your shoulder.
I prefer to :)........ 8) bet my chips
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You all suck at that joke.
(•_•) Guess you should have known that's just the way...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ the cookie crumbles.
(⌐■_■)
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You all suck at that joke.
(•_•) Guess you should have known that's just the way...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ the cookie crumbles.
(⌐■_■)
slow clap
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You all suck at that joke.
(•_•) Guess you should have known that's just the way...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ the cookie crumbles.
(⌐■_■)
slow clap
No no no, it's *golf clap*.
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(http://i.imgur.com/MFnCE6y.png) (http://i.imgur.com/MFnCE6y.png)
Meanwhile...
(http://i.imgur.com/E4cRnac.png) (http://i.imgur.com/E4cRnac.png)
"Hmph. Sun's going down."
Captain Holt eyes the waning shaft of sunlight cutting through the hole overhead.
You, meanwhile, eye your broken sheath. Looks like you'll have to shoulder your sword from now on.
Rats.
(http://i.imgur.com/yQGHwLo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yQGHwLo.png)
"We'll have to sleep here for the night. Keep that sword in hand, lass, we need to make sure that Night Troll didn't have any friends." Holt sets his hand on the pommel of his sword and starts limping further into the cave. "Need ta' make sure there aren't any other nasty critters crawlin' around down here. Don't worry, these holes don't usually go too deep. Those Troll bastards are too lazy to dig far."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6208182#msg6208182)
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DUN DUN DUN
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You appear to have made your picture a link to itself, and only itself.
If it was supposed to lead somewhere, you may want to edit it a little bit.
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They all link to themselves, and only themselves. They've always done that.
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Never noticed that. Carry on.
(Let me know when a good time to put in that fic is for a cameo. I have ideas. They are all terrible.)
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Never noticed that. Carry on.
(Let me know when a good time to put in that fic is for a cameo. I have ideas. They are all terrible.)
Sadly, it won't be for a while. Maybe ten pages from now...so about two(?) months, if fate is kind (AKA if I have time to draw, and don't end up occupied doing stupid shit like rehosting the entire comic). Don't worry, I'll let everyone know a week or two in advance before the appearance.
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I have to say the composition of that "meanwhile" image is very strong. Well done.
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Added a little bit to the last updated, for those of you who who have read it already.
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make a makeshift cover for the hole in the ceiling to make sure no goblins get the wrong idea.
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Added a little bit to the last updated, for those of you who who have read it already.
YAY
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Team Holt will discover a downward passage. And a deep tunnel leading to ShieldDawn.
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Hopefully, this won't turn into a night creature version of the 250 megabeasts crammed into one spot bug/unintentional feature.
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And now reg is going to hold her sword on her shoulder, like a badass. +1
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*facepalms* Reg is dangerous enough to herself and everyone around her when she has someplace to keep her sword OTHER than in her hand. If someone says 'kobold', there's that much less time now to get to minimum safe distance before the ensuing storm of random stabby flailing.
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*facepalms* Reg is dangerous enough to herself and everyone around her when she has someplace to keep her sword OTHER than in her hand. If someone says 'kobold', there's that much less time now to get to minimum safe distance before the ensuing storm of random stabby flailing.
Kobold!
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One ripped armor arm and sword on the shoulder, Reg is going to be a legendary badass by the end of the story.
Holt: Take advantage of the time off to construct a makeshift splint.
I like how the Reg arc looks like adv mode and Misty's look like fort mode.
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"Unless of course this is a natural cave"
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I hate to say it, but if the sun is setting, you'll not get perfectly straight-down sunlight like that. Top picture shows the sun at the horizon, the shadow should fall in a steep angle. Second picture shows Reg & Holt next to the hole, the sun shines through it in a 90° angle to the floor, so it's around noon.
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I hate to say it, but if the sun is setting, you'll not get perfectly straight-down sunlight like that. Top picture shows the sun at the horizon, the shadow should fall in a steep angle. Second picture shows Reg & Holt next to the hole, the sun shines through it in a 90° angle to the floor, so it's around noon.
Perhaps it's not sunlight, but just Inside Light Above Ground
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Cover hole with make shift hatch so the buggie men can't get 'cha
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Bend that sheath back into shape, it could be a useful blunt object
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Kobold: Suddenly appear
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*facepalms* Reg is dangerous enough to herself and everyone around her when she has someplace to keep her sword OTHER than in her hand. If someone says 'kobold', there's that much less time now to get to minimum safe distance before the ensuing storm of random stabby flailing.
I don't know... I think the fight with the night beast may have been transformative. Is she still going to flail around blindly? Not only can she see better now, but that kind of battle is how warriors are born.
excellent new post, I only had seen the first image. Definitely worth the wait :)
ooooh!
Kobold family shows up from a side tunnels, give the dwarves profuse thanks for freeing them from the terror of the horrific monster!
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Team Holt will discover a downward passage. And a deep tunnel leading to ShieldDawn.
+1 The third cavern layer on the ShieldDawn map is dangerous and unexplored. Somehow Misty winds up down there and meets with team Holt.
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Kobold: Suddenly appear
*facepalms* Reg is dangerous enough to herself and everyone around her when she has someplace to keep her sword OTHER than in her hand. If someone says 'kobold', there's that much less time now to get to minimum safe distance before the ensuing storm of random stabby flailing.
I don't know... I think the fight with the night beast may have been transformative. Is she still going to flail around blindly? Not only can she see better now, but that kind of battle is how warriors are born.
excellent new post, I only had seen the first image. Definitely worth the wait :)
ooooh!
Kobold family shows up from a side tunnels, give the dwarves profuse thanks for freeing them from the terror of the horrific monster!
After rereading the first two chapters, it occurs to me that the Necromancer might not really be all that evil after all? I mean... He was just using zombies as labor because zombies don't have feelings and what-not. Kind of like how we use robots. Granted, there's no telling exactly why he was building the road, but still...
EDIT: At some point, we should also have Reg actually encounter a kobold and take pity on it because of how gaunt and pathetic it is. Maybe even take it with her after slaughtering its entire family or something if it's very young.
+With kobolds' crazy fast life-cycle, it'll be an angsty teenager by the end of a year and a bitter conflicted adult with identity problems by the end of another.
<hipster>I had this idea before it was cool. </hipster>
That said, eS, this would be the perfect time for kobolds! :D
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After rereading the first two chapters, it occurs to me that the Necromancer might not really be all that evil after all? I mean... He was just using zombies as labor because zombies don't have feelings and what-not. Kind of like how we use robots. Granted, there's no telling exactly why he was building the road, but still...
EDIT: At some point, we should also have Reg actually encounter a kobold and take pity on it because of how gaunt and pathetic it is. Maybe even take it with her after slaughtering its entire family or something if it's very young.
+With kobolds' crazy fast life-cycle, it'll be an angsty teenager by the end of a year and a bitter conflicted adult with identity problems by the end of another.
I DM'ed a DnD game where that happened. They named him Derp and trained him to be a wizard. He was eventually frozen solid by a Cryohydra, and dubbed Derpsicle.
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After rereading the first two chapters, it occurs to me that the Necromancer might not really be all that evil after all? I mean... He was just using zombies as labor because zombies don't have feelings and what-not. Kind of like how we use robots. Granted, there's no telling exactly why he was building the road, but still...
EDIT: At some point, we should also have Reg actually encounter a kobold and take pity on it because of how gaunt and pathetic it is. Maybe even take it with her after slaughtering its entire family or something if it's very young.
+With kobolds' crazy fast life-cycle, it'll be an angsty teenager by the end of a year and a bitter conflicted adult with identity problems by the end of another.
I love it when dnd groups do thsi, like with the goblin turned party member name thineous who later had his heart eaten by my sisters char....fun times!
I DM'ed a DnD game where that happened. They named him Derp and trained him to be a wizard. He was eventually frozen solid by a Cryohydra, and dubbed Derpsicle.
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I hate to say it, but if the sun is setting, you'll not get perfectly straight-down sunlight like that. Top picture shows the sun at the horizon, the shadow should fall in a steep angle. Second picture shows Reg & Holt next to the hole, the sun shines through it in a 90° angle to the floor, so it's around noon.
(http://i.imgur.com/E4cRnac.png) (http://i.imgur.com/E4cRnac.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/yQGHwLo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yQGHwLo.png)
I have no idea what you're talking about, Meph. >.>
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Nevermind, my mistake.
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(•_•) I'm sure you're not the first person to be fooled...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ by a trick of the light.
(⌐■_■)
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(•_•) I'm sure you're not the first person to be fooled...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ by a trick of the light.
(⌐■_■)
...yyyeeeaaAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
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Nevermind, my mistake.
Don't worry, you're just being gassunlighted. :P
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(•_•) I'm sure you're not the first person to be fooled...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ by a trick of the light.
(⌐■_■)
Looks like someone...
Is in the spot light
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(•_•) I'm sure you're not the first person to be fooled...
( •_•)>⌐■-■ by a trick of the light.
(⌐■_■)
Looks like someone...
Is in the spot light
(•_•) I think that I have learned something from this because I feel...
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) Enlightened.
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Oh god I'm so sorry everyone.
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Oh god I'm so sorry everyone.
(•_•) Don't worry it's all just...
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) Some light-hearted humor.
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Hold up.
It took a MONTH for 2 or 3 images?
Just wondering why.
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Hold up.
It took a MONTH for 2 or 3 images?
Just wondering why.
Work? Life?
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Well it's currently taking me since *checks* February first to write slightly over a thousand words for a thing I'm doing so a month for a couple images doesn't seem that bad.
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Hold up.
It took a MONTH for 2 or 3 images?
Just wondering why.
Because many of the old image links had become broken and he had to freakin reload the lot of them?
ES doesn't *owe* us anything. I am very appreciative of his creativity, talent and hard work. Perhaps you should show some appreciation too.
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/me hugs evictedSaint.
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Hold up.
It took a MONTH for 2 or 3 images?
Just wondering why.
Because many of the old image links had become broken and he had to freakin reload the lot of them?
ES doesn't *owe* us anything. I am very appreciative of his creativity, talent and hard work. Perhaps you should show some appreciation too.
He's also going through college as well, along with college finals.
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...Gosh...I'm really sorry...I want to draw more often, but life gets in the way. I won't give excuses, because ultimately the lack of updates is simply my fault, but believe me when I say I hate going a month between updates just as much as you guys do. I've also decided to try doing shorter, more frequent updates rather than huge, non-sprite updates of a dozen images all at once. They end up burning me out, taking an inappropriate amount of time to draw, and honestly I'm not sure the pay-off is worth the extra wait. It's finals week next week, but if the next update is only a couple of sprite pages I'm sure I can squeeze a couple out each week.
Again, I'm really sorry you guys, I feel like I've really let you down these past couple months. :(
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I was all poised with a whip ready to crack it across your shoulders, but now I feel bad doing it.
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*WHACHAK!*
If it's any consolation, it's just because we love your work, so it's easy to get all crack-fiend-y.
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If it's any consolation, it's just because we love your work, so it's easy to get all crack-fiend-y.
That's one clown you really don't want to encounter.
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It's cool, man, much as we enjoy it we can't really expect you to put it above everything else in your life.
Well...we can't reasonably expect it, anyway. Unreasonable demands are always possible.
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...Gosh...I'm really sorry...I want to draw more often, but life gets in the way. I won't give excuses, because ultimately the lack of updates is simply my fault, but believe me when I say I hate going a month between updates just as much as you guys do. I've also decided to try doing shorter, more frequent updates rather than huge, non-sprite updates of a dozen images all at once. They end up burning me out, taking an inappropriate amount of time to draw, and honestly I'm not sure the pay-off is worth the extra wait. It's finals week next week, but if the next update is only a couple of sprite pages I'm sure I can squeeze a couple out each week.
Again, I'm really sorry you guys, I feel like I've really let you down these past couple months. :(
Just don't pull a Thunt and have a nervous breakdown over excessive empathy.
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...Gosh...I'm really sorry...I want to draw more often, but life gets in the way. I won't give excuses, because ultimately the lack of updates is simply my fault, but believe me when I say I hate going a month between updates just as much as you guys do. I've also decided to try doing shorter, more frequent updates rather than huge, non-sprite updates of a dozen images all at once. They end up burning me out, taking an inappropriate amount of time to draw, and honestly I'm not sure the pay-off is worth the extra wait. It's finals week next week, but if the next update is only a couple of sprite pages I'm sure I can squeeze a couple out each week.
Again, I'm really sorry you guys, I feel like I've really let you down these past couple months. :(
Just don't pull a Thunt and have a nervous breakdown over excessive empathy.
I am willing to wait as long as it takes for you to have time to continue.
Anyone who is not willing to wait is in fact wrong.
Keep up the good work, your work is one of my favorites.
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*speakens thuswise a babblegasher of making welcomesomeness at ES*
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*speakens thuswise a babblegasher of making welcomesomeness at ES*
This too.
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I like how the Reg arc looks like adv mode and Misty's look like fort mode.
Oh, yeah! I hadn't thought about that! Nice. Maybe we can match suggestions to the control scheme of each mode.
...Gosh...I'm really sorry...
Hey, what? Dude, this is backwards. If you've ever followed webcomics or other free art online, you've seen 1) delays, 2) creators who were better or worse at communicating about delays, and 3) the occasional false sense of entitlement. You communicated about your delay from start to end, which is the most that any fan could ask. And your fans were cheerful the whole time! You're fine.
--Rexfelum
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I'm tempted to make a spinoff fanfiction of this as a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff type thing. On a good day I have zero art skills so that'll just make it better. It could be entertaining in the mean time while evictedSaint is busy.
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(http://i.imgur.com/yPASgwy.png) (http://i.imgur.com/yPASgwy.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/epIFkrb.png) (http://i.imgur.com/epIFkrb.png)
"Alright lass, doesn't look like - "
(http://i.imgur.com/FT6KUpO.png) (http://i.imgur.com/FT6KUpO.png)
"COME ON!!!
I'VE GOT ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOU, YOU LOUSY, SNEAKING 'BOLDS, EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!!!
I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON, AND YOUR FILTHY NIGHT TROLL BUDDIES TOO!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/P2RSTeb.png) (http://i.imgur.com/P2RSTeb.png)
"I'VE GOT...
...I've got enough...
...enough for...
...for every..."
Treasure. It should be treasure.
(http://i.imgur.com/fNuHWH1.png) (http://i.imgur.com/fNuHWH1.png)
"...oh."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6304432#msg6304432)
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Cute little kobold child: look up in terror from further around the corner then Holt could see and cower in terror.
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kuddle and pet the kobold and raise him as a proper dwarf in proper dwarven day care
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Kobold army: draw weapons.
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^As in actual drawings of weapons?
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Kobold
Nuff said.
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I'm guessing it's "dead" in there. Yup. Real "dead."
--Rexfelum
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...I just realized that update is missing an image...
...which I can't seem to find, and I think I forgot to save in the first place? So...yeah. Try not to get too far ahead of ourselves here guys. :(
I'll see about appending that last image later tonight.
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Make your bets!
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Night troll wife?
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Baby dwarf?
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Gnome?
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Cute little kobold child: look up in terror from further around the corner then Holt could see and cower in terror.
+++++1
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Half transformed night troll wife?
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Artefact adamantine short sword sitting in a loot pile, waiting for somebody to come and take it?
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A pile of burritos?
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Graffiti saying the ruth is loose?
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Vivec Armok?
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Cute little kobold child: look up in terror from further around the corner then Holt could see and cower in terror.
+++++1
++++∞
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Treasure. It should be treasure.
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Update appended. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6208182#msg6208182)
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Go check the bag with the holy symbol on it.
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Take everything valuable and take ht e bag with the holy symbol
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Sift through the random junk night trolls tend to accumulate for the coins, a waterskin or backpack, and check out the holy symbol bag of course.
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Sift through the random jump night trolls tend to accumulate for the coins, a waterskin or backpack, and check out the holy symbol bag of course.
Good catch. +1 for holy symbol bag.
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Take everything valuable and take ht e bag with the holy symbol
Greentext, please! It makes it easier to pick out suggestions from the chatter.
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Take everything valuable and take ht e bag with the holy symbol
Greentext, please! It makes it easier to pick out suggestions from the chatter.
Sorry
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Start by looking for a helm to replace the one that got mangled.
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Only take armor, food and maybe weapons of choice. True dwarves are communists and don't actually need money. But of course check the Divine Mystery Bag.
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Money can be useful if you say, find a merchant on the way with some armor, also handy for getting the attention of distant enemies/distracting them/even killing them sometimes. Pew pew pew.
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Treasure. It should be treasure.
(•_•) Someone better pick up that phone....
( •_•)>⌐■-■ ...because I called it.
(⌐■_■)
OK, first things first. Check the weapons for artifacts or masterwork. Also, +1 to the suggestion that she get a new helmet. Then go for the bag.
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Treasure. It should be treasure.
(•_•) Someone better pick up that phone....
( •_•)>⌐■-■ ...because I called it.
(⌐■_■)
OK, first things first. Check the weapons for artifacts or masterwork. Also, +1 to the suggestion that she get a new helmet. Then go for the bag.
looks like
x marks the spot
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Again, I am so sorry everyone.
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Ahahahha
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Holt, take the hammer. Hammers are the true dwarven weapon. Reg, take the helmet, check the weapons for rust. If they are rusted, don't take them. If any are of superior quality (and equal or greater material) or superior material, take them with you. Also, open the divine mystery bag, but look out for traps/scorpions/snakes/other stuff that's dangerous if it jumps at your face. In fact, use the tip of one of the old swords or the hilt of the weird copper spear thingy to open it.
If there's nothing dangerous or fragile in the bag, we can put the coins in it.
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You're going to be spending the night here, so you might as well give the dead as dwarven a burial as you can manage in the absence of magma, then check the blue bag, take whatever weapons and armor will enhance your survival (more than they did for their original owners). If you can, check for marks & tokens might be useful for later identifying the night troll's victims and for mementos & keepsakes the heirs of the deceased might want, but don't load yourself down with stuff or compromise your primary mission.
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I gotta say, after a couple months of slogging through long, delayed, not-so-suggestion-friendly updates, it's great to see all that green text popping up! I definitely think shorter, less-intense updates are the way to go. "Hero Mode" looks cool, but it's exhausting.
I have finals next week, ending Thursday (wish me luck!), and then updates will enjoy a more regular schedule. Hopefully one of my job offers will come through and I will be a successfully employed engineer in a few weeks! So...fingers crossed, guys!!!
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Kobolds find and adopt Reg & Holt into their tribe. :)
Great to see that you have more time now... good luck with the finals.
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Kudos on engineering too, always did love engineers, they were so great at detecting bs and such during the physics discussions I used to partake in a lot.
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Best of luck with the job hunt! :)
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Good luck!
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delayed double post, ignore
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Good luck with getting employed!
Engineering is a great field choice, there's lots of jobs in that field. Are you doing a specific kind of engineering?
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Dwarven engineering obviously.
He's the one that makes the saw blade traps with 87 serrated discs jammed in there.
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Good luck with getting employed!
Engineering is a great field choice, there's lots of jobs in that field. Are you doing a specific kind of engineering?
Magma engineering ;)
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Good luck with getting employed!
Engineering is a great field choice, there's lots of jobs in that field. Are you doing a specific kind of engineering?
Magma engineering ;)
If you don't create a magma-propelled submarine within a year, you must turn in your toolbelt.
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
why not just create a transformer that runs on magma. Get all in one. It'll be a Victorianox of amok's vengeance
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
You do realize that ramjets can only be used in very, very fast aircraft, right?
They don't use mechanical components. Because at the speeds ramjets are well-suited for, mechanical components are another liability.
OK, done with the engineering complaint.
How do you make something that runs on MAGMA? Not in DF, of course. In DF, everything runs on either water power, magma power, or beard/alchohol power. The last two are pretty much the same thing.
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
You do realize that ramjets can only be used in very, very fast aircraft, right?
They don't use mechanical components. Because at the speeds ramjets are well-suited for, mechanical components are another liability.
OK, done with the engineering complaint.
How do you make something that runs on MAGMA? Not in DF, of course. In DF, everything runs on either water power, magma power, or beard/alchohol power. The last two are pretty much the same thing.
If ES turns out to be a geothermal engineer, I will be *delighted* :D
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
You do realize that ramjets can only be used in very, very fast aircraft, right?
They don't use mechanical components. Because at the speeds ramjets are well-suited for, mechanical components are another liability.
OK, done with the engineering complaint.
How do you make something that runs on MAGMA? Not in DF, of course. In DF, everything runs on either water power, magma power, or beard/alchohol power. The last two are pretty much the same thing.
Simple, you fill a tank with magma after coating the insides of the tank with thermoelectric materials.
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Also, Magma itself is an ionic fluid, meaning that you can get electrical charges moving through it from differences in ion concentrations. Its increased viscosity means you could have a pretty powerful ion exchange battery my having a tank with high temperature electrodes at the top and bottom of a vat of magma, that is basically basaltic (thick) magma on the bottom, and more sillicate bearing (thin) on the top.
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Magma is actually nothing. It is simply molten rock, and its properties are therefore dependent on its temperature and material content.
A magma battery would be hilarious, but once the magma cools and rock/crystals start to solidify on the inside of the container, it's all over.
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All I'm hearing is "magma fuel cell powered hybrid ferrari" for some reason.
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All I'm hearing is "magma fuel cell powered hybrid ferrari" for some reason.
Super hot, super cool its the new ferrari XL-1 hybrid. Fast, sleek, awesome design with new lava liquid energy, fast charging, fast speed, fast energy. warning do not mess with batter,y do not touch battery after extended use,, battery life can be short. if battery leaks do not touch molten rock or metal. Do not lick battery as burning and melting of tong can occur,
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*nods and folds his arms knowing there is nothing more he can do*
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*nods and folds his arms knowing there is nothing more he can do*
You could correct his spelling of 'tong' or criticise him for ending his sentence on a ','
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We could also correct his incorrect spelling of 'battery' as 'batter'.
Or we could mock him for proposing a magma-battery-driven car as a realistic idea.
Or we could ask Toady to add in magma-powered minecarts.
And then fill those minecarts with magma and make a shotgun. Of magma-powered magma-throwing minecarts. Possibly made out of hardened magma.
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We can already make magma-filled minecart cannons.
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Rumrusher and I already figured out how to throw ourselves or others around, after doing that it feels boring just chucking inanimate materials around, and yes I could correct the spelling but there are some non-native english speakers here and probably some mobile users as well.
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We could also correct his incorrect spelling of 'battery' as 'batter'.
Or we could mock him for proposing a magma-battery-driven car as a realistic idea.
Or we could ask Toady to add in magma-powered minecarts.
And then fill those minecarts with magma and make a shotgun. Of magma-powered magma-throwing minecarts. Possibly made out of hardened magma.
I think that the y key on my iPad keyboard is broken.
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Or a magma-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
Ok, so if we add an extra six months to the deadline, could you create an amphibious magma-propelled ATV? Preferably one with a ramjet attached.
You do realize that ramjets can only be used in very, very fast aircraft, right?
They don't use mechanical components. Because at the speeds ramjets are well-suited for, mechanical components are another liability.
OK, done with the engineering complaint.
How do you make something that runs on MAGMA? Not in DF, of course. In DF, everything runs on either water power, magma power, or beard/alchohol power. The last two are pretty much the same thing.
Simple, you fill a tank with magma after coating the insides of the tank with thermoelectric materials.
Use mechanisms. What kind of engineer are you. :-\
Also, It is quite preferable for the chassis of this artifact-quality feat of mechanical artisanship to be a Ferrari.
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Cute little kobold child: look up in terror from further around the corner then Holt could see and cower in terror.
Reg and Holt: Murder the cute kobold child.
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Cute little kobold child: look up in terror from further around the corner then Holt could see and cower in terror.
Reg and Holt: Murder the cute kobold child.
Make new helmet from Kobold Child. Parade about in the nearest kobold encampment.
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I pictured Reg strutting around with a kobold kid sitting on her head, still alive, while other kobolds stand there looking more confused than usual.
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I pictured Reg strutting around with a kobold kid sitting on her head, still alive, while other kobolds stand there looking more confused than usual.
Perhaps wrapped about her head like headband, looking confused?
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
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Congratulations evictedSaint!
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Happy birthday!
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Woohoo! Good job!
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Grats yo, not sure what the heck is wrong with your autocorrect that it turned "magma" into "electrical" but hey, and I was seeing the little kobold sitting indian style on Reg's head like a cute little hat.
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Congragulations! Well done :)
Oh, and I'm sure if you harness the power of lightning to power machines, it will be Dwarfy enough ;)
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Congrats! I'm thinking of studying electrical engineering next year, in fact.
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So, it consists of putting a few elves in water and then turning up the voltage ?
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Congrats! So what kind of job are you hoping for?
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Cheesemaker, obviously.
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Great job! Have fun reading overly complicated electrical diagrams. Which fail to distinguish parallel components vs. series components of the circuits in an adequate fashion.
No, I don't think I'm going to go into electrical engineering. :) I hate circuit diagrams.
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Congratulations!
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Good job on graduation!
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Congradz!
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Congratulation! You are winner!
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Trust the engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs
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Congrats folk :)
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Trust the engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs
HAHA
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Life update:
Landed a job in Texas! I move in a week. ^_^
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Awesome! Hope you enjoy the job.
We'll look forwards to updates on life and updates on TLC...after your move.
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Life update:
Landed a job in Texas! I move in a week. ^_^
Grats!!! Sounds well-deserved. 8)
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Life update:
Landed a job in Texas! I move in a week. ^_^
Well done! Best of luck and I hope it will work out - even if it doesn't quite, it's still life experience and a salary.
I'm looking forward to the next update, but we really, and I mean *really* understand that there will be delays :)
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If having "a job" and "a source of income" are things that bring you happiness in life, then I am glad you have found happiness.
And I don't know if my tone of voice came across anything like it was intended, but you can probably piece together that I'm congratulating you in a whimsical and irreverent manner. It's great when things just flow together.
--Rexfelum
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If having "a job" and "a source of income" are things that bring you happiness in life, then I am glad you have found happiness.
And I don't know if my tone of voice came across anything like it was intended, but you can probably piece together that I'm congratulating you in a whimsical and irreverent manner. It's great when things just flow together.
--Rexfelum
If being a "responsible" member of "society" is important to you then whatever. :P
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If having "a job" and "a source of income" are things that bring you happiness in life, then I am glad you have found happiness.
And I don't know if my tone of voice came across anything like it was intended, but you can probably piece together that I'm congratulating you in a whimsical and irreverent manner. It's great when things just flow together.
--Rexfelum
If being a "responsible" member of "society" is important to you then whatever. :P
These discussion are always fun for me to watch, because for once I'm not at the center of them.
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[SarcasticWalrus]Hay guiz, let's all focus on Meph now![/SarcasticWalrus]
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Ptw.
In the TRULY great dwarven fortresses, it only takes a little luck or *inspiration* for a dwarf to be set above the rest.
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PTW
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Congrats evictedSaint, on graduation and job!
Just finished my first year of uni. By the gods this is going to be...FUN. :P
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I just finished my first year of programming one I just know html and a little bit of java. I am going to learn java this summer and advanced parts of java next year and even some python! MAn I can't wait to create infinite loops for no reason.
aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnyyyy ways
I hope your new job is great
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
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Life update:
Landed a job in Texas! I move in a week. ^_^
Yay life update!
Grats for you and progress! :D
So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
:P
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
I finish moving in tomorrow afternoon, and then comics will resume. u_u
Sorry to keep you guys waiting; I promise this isn't one of those things where the artist draws less and less with more and more excuses before stopping altogether, but instead a necessary hiatus to get my irl in order.
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
I finish moving in tomorrow afternoon, and then comics will resume. u_u
Sorry to keep you guys waiting; I promise this isn't one of those things where the artist draws less and less with more and more excuses before stopping altogether, but instead a necessary hiatus to get my irl in order.
Hey, it's your life first, us second. Take as long as you want
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It's electrical engineering, and I graduated an hour ago! ^_^
Belated congratulations! In another four-ish years I shall join you! Electrical Engineers unite!
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
I finish moving in tomorrow afternoon, and then comics will resume. u_u
Sorry to keep you guys waiting; I promise this isn't one of those things where the artist draws less and less with more and more excuses before stopping altogether, but instead a necessary hiatus to get my irl in order.
Hey, it's your life first, us second. Take as long as you want
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Glory to Armok.
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
I finish moving in tomorrow afternoon, and then comics will resume. u_u
Sorry to keep you guys waiting; I promise this isn't one of those things where the artist draws less and less with more and more excuses before stopping altogether, but instead a necessary hiatus to get my irl in order.
Hey, it's your life first, us second. Take as long as you want
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Glory to Armok.
+1 for my insane dnd character. For instance he was told to bring red paint so he sliced his palm open and shoved into the man's face screaming "Here's you red paint, give me some money now!". He went insane after pouring his entire money into funding and supplying his guild , hiring people and such , only to be betrayed by his friend. He promptly butchered the betrayer, but not before he could lead to the deaths of everyone in the guild. I love dnd.
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...what...?
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+1 for my insane dnd character. For instance he was told to bring red paint so he sliced his palm open and shoved into the man's face screaming "Here's you red paint, give me some money now!". He went insane after pouring his entire money into funding and supplying his guild , hiring people and such , only to be betrayed by his friend. He promptly butchered the betrayer, but not before he could lead to the deaths of everyone in the guild. I love dnd.
Uh huh... Mmmh... Yes...
*sounds of scratching a pen on paper*
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...what...?
+1
Also, good luck at your new position. :D
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+1 for WTF.
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So... could you please quit your job to procude more comic strips?
???
I finish moving in tomorrow afternoon, and then comics will resume. u_u
Sorry to keep you guys waiting; I promise this isn't one of those things where the artist draws less and less with more and more excuses before stopping altogether, but instead a necessary hiatus to get my irl in order.
Hey, it's your life first, us second. Take as long as you want
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Glory to Armok.
+1 for my insane dnd character. For instance he was told to bring red paint so he sliced his palm open and shoved into the man's face screaming "Here's you red paint, give me some money now!". He went insane after pouring his entire money into funding and supplying his guild , hiring people and such , only to be betrayed by his friend. He promptly butchered the betrayer, but not before he could lead to the deaths of everyone in the guild. I love dnd.
As far as I can tell, he is agreeing with me disagreeing with someone who disagrees with him. And then something rather complex relating to DnD.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
+1
Also ES, may I ask what hardware you use to draw (such as drawing tablets/touchscreen styluses) and what software you use (Photoshop/paint tool SAI)?
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
They did do that a little bit... and that can get very silly very quickly...
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
+1
Also ES, may I ask what hardware you use to draw (such as drawing tablets/touchscreen styluses) and what software you use (Photoshop/paint tool SAI)?
I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet, and a version of Photoshop CS6
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
+1
Also ES, may I ask what hardware you use to draw (such as drawing tablets/touchscreen styluses) and what software you use (Photoshop/paint tool SAI)?
I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet, and a version of Photoshop CS6
Misty should secretly make a cheese and present it to someone important as proof of the worth of this noblest of professions.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
+1
Also ES, may I ask what hardware you use to draw (such as drawing tablets/touchscreen styluses) and what software you use (Photoshop/paint tool SAI)?
I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet, and a version of Photoshop CS6
I used to have That, but my Photoshop got corrupted.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
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This gets annoying very quickly.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
-1
This gets annoying very quickly.
I agree, and +1 the -1.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
They did do that a little bit... and that can get very silly very quickly...
Could you please give me an example of an episode in which they did that?
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IIRC, the stuff about Armok/religion might have been like that... the first room joke was good, but too much actual DF gameplay integration would get annoying, as would the whole "overseer" thing, with one dwarf theoretically representing the player.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
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This gets annoying very quickly.
I agree, and +1 the -1.
-1 to the fourth wall being broken. Do not want.
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
-1
This gets annoying very quickly.
I agree, and +1 the -1.
-1 to the fourth wall being broken. Do not want.
+1 to the third wall though.
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The one at the back, or the right or the left?
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Next comic breaks the fourth wall.
-1
This gets annoying very quickly.
I agree, and +1 the -1.
-1 to the fourth wall being broken. Do not want.
+1 to the third wall though.
FORSOOTH, IT IS THE AUDIENCE.
(http://s22.postimg.org/8ubd9cbsx/KOOL_AID_WALL.png)
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I will update in 24 hours even if it kills me
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*attaches collar to eS's neck, sets timer... realizes it was set to 00:24 by mistake*
Welp, you know what to do!
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Just a quick poll - was there anyone who DIDN'T automatically assume, knowing MaxTM, that there were explosives on the collar after reading the first sentence?
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>.>
<.<
I'll take that as a compliment.
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considering what this thread is about i found it appropriate to mention this.
I've been playing Witcher 3 and while in Novigrad i found a book with the title: Tyromancy, or the noble art of cheese divination.
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I will update in 24 hours even if it kills me
I got it mostly done, but I have work in the morning, so... :T
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(http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/b/bombs/graphics-bombs-516213.gif)
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Painfully waiting
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(http://i.imgur.com/WMx5PiN.gif)
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I will update in 24 hours even if it kills me
I got it mostly done, but I have work in the morning, so... :T
O_O hallelujah hallelujah HHAAAALLlllllLLLLLEEELUUUuuuuUUUUUJAAAAHHHHHH!
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I will update in 24 hours even if it kills me
I got it mostly done, but I have work in the morning, so... :T
But hey! That's still faster than I was expecting.
I hope work turns out enriching. We can wait on the cheese. I believe I have some in my fridge anyway.
--Rexfelum
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I think I will hyperventilate if this continues much longer
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Feel free to hyperventilate. From what I hear, hypocalcemic spasms are the rage at parties.
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Guys I'm starting to think blowing evictedSaint's head off with an explosive collar was a bad idea.
My bad.
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Guys I'm starting to think blowing evictedSaint's head off with an explosive collar was a bad idea.
My bad.
Now, hang on. Let's see where this takes us. I firmly believe in the explosive collar, and the places it can take us. I want to know how this pans out.
We could always try a second neck-mounted explosive device if the first doesn't get us what we want.
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Ah, blow the head back on, BRILLIANT!
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The solution to many (if not all) problems is to:
Use MORE collar. *Explosive Collar*
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Today. u_u
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Today. u_u
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Today. u_u
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Today. u_u
how much do you want to be paid sir? How much!
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Today. u_u
Oh good, sorry about the mess with your head kersploding and whatnot, oh that reminds me, next time I'm over your way I found another chunk of your skull behind the couch.
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Today. u_u
Oh good, sorry about the mess with your head kersploding and whatnot, oh that reminds me, next time I'm over your way I found another chunk of your skull behind the couch.
wot
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I accidentally attached an explosive collar to eS's neck and accidentally set it to 24 minutes and then accidentally set it off, we've been gathering brains and skullchunks to reassemble them all this time, what a mess.
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Today. u_u
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I am not ready to hype this hype.
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Today. u_u
I have more hype for this then the e3 announcement.
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(http://i.imgur.com/F7QAbEF.png) (http://i.imgur.com/F7QAbEF.png)
"Looks like the spoils of at least a dozen or so. Those blasted night trolls are nasty little murderers, but they sure know how to stockpile loot."
(http://i.imgur.com/uHs99AD.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/uHs99AD.gif)
"Worst of all, I'm seeing Dwarven markings on some of this junk. That monster must have been snacking on dwarves as well as any other poor souls who end up wandering through this neck of the woods. If'n it's dwarven, that means we'll have to take it all back to the Mountainhome along with whatever bones we can scrounge up. Put the poor bastards to rest with their last mortal remains, that's the right thing to do.
Granted, it's not exactly like we have the time to drag all this junk up the mountain. We'll have to leave this all here and have the fortress send a crew out to clean up. Until then, and until we figure out who owned what, we best not touch any of it."
(http://i.imgur.com/lhbbL6d.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lhbbL6d.png)
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/UX6KPOo.png) (http://i.imgur.com/UX6KPOo.png)
"No."
"Oh come on, what?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6326270#msg6326270)
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Awwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeer UPDATE!
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Just put it on, you cannot travel in this state (and he neither).
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Store it somewhere, somehow, but don't wear it
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Just put it on, you cannot travel in this state (and he neither).
Do this.
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Just put it on, you cannot travel in this state (and he neither).
Do this.
+1, looting dead Dwarves is tradition
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grab what looks to be a metal shield and a sword in the back ground. They look like they are better then what she currently has
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grab what looks to be a metal shield and a sword in the back ground. They look like they are better then what she currently has
I think that's a cap, judging by the feather.
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Just put it on, you cannot travel in this state (and he neither).
Strictly speaking, wearing it would also be the most efficient way to carry at least part of the stash to the mountainhome...
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grab what looks to be a metal shield and a sword in the back ground. They look like they are better then what she currently has
I think that's a cap, judging by the feather.
Sure looks like it to me as well.
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grab what looks to be a metal shield and a sword in the back ground. They look like they are better then what she currently has
I think that's a cap, judging by the feather.
Sure looks like it to me as well.
woops, my bad , I didn't see the feather. still take it. It's round shape could make a make shift shield
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Take the hammer, remove broken handle, replace with spear shaft; it's a much dwarfier weapon than a sword.
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Take the hammer; it's a much dwarfier weapon than a sword.
I think the reason he has a sword in the first place, is because that's his preferred weapon of choice.
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Randomly checked the thread and there's an update
(http://i.imgur.com/N2XezXn.gif)
>Promise to leave an IOU note for whoever it belongs to
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Take the hammer; it's a much dwarfier weapon than a sword.
I think the reason he has a sword in the first place, is because that's his preferred weapon of choice.
Indeed. The captain has either a short sword or a dagger (you could call it either one), and Reg has a long sword. I'm guessing they've got a lot more skill with sword than hammer. They should definitely stick with the weapons they're used to. It's too dangerous out here to be learning a new weapon skill from Dabbling.
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Update 5/5?
And there were 4 panels? Does this mean there'll be ~16 panels next update :o :o :o
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Take the hammer; it's a much dwarfier weapon than a sword.
I think the reason he has a sword in the first place, is because that's his preferred weapon of choice.
Indeed. The captain has either a short sword or a dagger (you could call it either one), and Reg has a long sword. I'm guessing they've got a lot more skill with sword than hammer. They should definitely stick with the weapons they're used to. It's too dangerous out here to be learning a new weapon skill from Dabbling.
Yah, let's compare the sword to the one Reg currently has and then take the helmet for just in case. Also search for things to chuck.
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Update 5/5?
And there were 4 panels? Does this mean there'll be ~16 panels next update :o :o :o
6/16 is the date, hon. 5/5 was the date of the last update.
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Ah. Thankyou.
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HOORJ
Console yourself with the thought that it clearly didn't do its original owner very much good.
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Listen to Holt. This doesn't seem much like armor anyway.
Also, it seems they're quite close to Shielddawn. Helmet and cape look like the ones their marksdwarves (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763442#msg5763442) wear.
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Listen to Holt. This doesn't seem much like armor anyway.
Also, it seems they're quite close to Shielddawn. Helmet and cape look like the ones their marksdwarves (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763442#msg5763442) wear.
perhaps it has killed some of their dwarves and a reward could be claimed.
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perhaps it has killed some of their dwarves and a reward could be claimed.
When they reach any settlement, they can sure Brag about their past violent acts. =D
Oh!
Grab the head (or whatever bodypart that wasn't turned into a lump of gore) of the night troll. There's never too much glory a dwarf can gain.
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perhaps it has killed some of their dwarves and a reward could be claimed.
When they reach any settlement, they can sure Brag about their past violent acts. =D
Oh!
Grab the head (or whatever bodypart that wasn't turned into a lump of gore) of the night troll. There's never too much glory a dwarf can gain.
I have killed two eagles while stalking Silverspoons!
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perhaps it has killed some of their dwarves and a reward could be claimed.
When they reach any settlement, they can sure Brag about their past violent acts. =D
Oh!
Grab the head (or whatever bodypart that wasn't turned into a lump of gore) of the night troll. There's never too much glory a dwarf can gain.
I have killed two eagles while stalking Silverspoons!
I killed two eagles with a silver spoon....beat that!
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Pout until Holt lets me wear my new shirt, use "but my helmettttttt" if needed.
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Pout until Holt lets me wear my new shirt, use "but my helmettttttt" if needed.
+1
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I killed two eagles with a silver spoon....beat that!
I killed two spoons with a silver eagle! Beat that.
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I killed two eagles with a silver spoon....beat that!
I killed two spoons with a silver eagle! Beat that.
Welp I am done. You win, congrats.
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Pout until Holt lets me wear my new shirt, use "but my helmettttttt" if needed.
Now +2
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Trying to get back into the swing of semi-weekly updates is hard =_=
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Take your time, but don't wait too long lest the peasants get restless and riot.
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Have Holt and Relg argue if they should return to the mountainhome or pursue the mission
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Have Holt and Relg argue if they should return to the mountainhome or pursue the mission
Start brainstorm of funny things to be mentioned in the argument.
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Pout until Holt lets me wear my new shirt, use "but my helmettttttt" if needed.
Now +2
+3!!!
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Pout until Holt lets me wear my new shirt, use "but my helmettttttt" if needed.
Now +2
+3!!!
I raise you!
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Grill that steak in the background after all you are hungry and exhausted from the fight. Wonder later what kind of meat it was.
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZFl0LGT.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZFl0LGT.png)
"But my helmettttttt! You saw it got smashed, and my tunic got ripped to shreds too!
It's not like whoever owned this is ever going to use it again."
"It ain't right. This goes to their next of kin, or buried with their bones. We ain't got any right to the stuff down here,
even if it's shinning silver...bright, shiny silver. Besides, that tunic didn't do its last owner any good,
and it ain't gonna stop a bolt or spear for you neither."
(http://i.imgur.com/IvdNx4h.png) (http://i.imgur.com/IvdNx4h.png)
"But this one actually fits! See?"
"Reg..."
"And if we don't take it, some dirty kobolds will nick the whole lot of it, I just know it! Can't we just...hold onto it?
At least until we get back to the mountainhome?"
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/chD0MJQ.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/chD0MJQ.gif)
"Fine, you can take it. But only until we get back to the mountainhome and return it.
I'm sure the ghosts won't mind if we use their junk, so long as we put their spirits to rest."
(http://i.imgur.com/GHnUaDs.png) (http://i.imgur.com/GHnUaDs.png)
"I mean, a ghost don't have no need for silver. What's a banshee need a fistful of coins for, anyhow?"
(http://i.imgur.com/7guWj6i.png) (http://i.imgur.com/7guWj6i.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/Z23Z75I.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Z23Z75I.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/ft9NGIc.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ft9NGIc.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/nOg6513.png) (http://i.imgur.com/nOg6513.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/NSsbJET.png) (http://i.imgur.com/NSsbJET.png)
==> Get changed.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6487395#msg6487395)
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((Yay update!))
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Yay, you went with "but my helmetttt"!
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Yay, you went with "but my helmetttt"!
It was inevitable.
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"What's a banshee need a fistful of coins for, anyhow?"
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"Ahem."
"Oh."
Best one I've seen in a while.
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Enthusiastic Reg is adorable. :)
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She is adorable no matter what she does.
Well, unless our storyteller decides to kill her now, but that's silly.
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There is a helmet in the background, her helmet was destroyed, take said helmet and put it on.
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kill her now
+1
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kill her now
+1
-1
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Gear up with what you can find, remember your mission here- SAVE MISTY!
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Take everything you can find that looks good for throwing, then leave before the night creature's friends come.
Wonder if "burying" a piece of clothing or personal possession will appease a ghost.
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Gear up with what you can find, remember your mission here- SAVE MISTY!
I forgot about that.
Get back on the road ASAP.
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She is adorable no matter what she does.
Well, unless our storyteller decides to kill her now, but that's silly.
She will be adorable in death.
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She is adorable no matter what she does.
Well, unless our storyteller decides to kill her now, but that's silly.
She will be adorable in death.
-1 to death!
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to death!
Well...I mean, if you guys are sure this is what you want...
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to death!
Well...I mean, if you guys are sure this is what you want...
NO!!!!!!!!!
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to death!
Well...I mean, if you guys are sure this is what you want...
if
(evictedSaint==troll) { KILL_CHAR(sammich)
,(cry); }
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Reg: Wear new tunic, replace damaged helmet.
Holt: if Reg gets a tunic and a helmet, then a couple pieces of silver won't hurt anyone.
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Reg: Wear new tunic, replace damaged helmet.
Holt: if Reg gets a tunic and a helmet, then a couple pieces of silver won't hurt anyone.
+1
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Quick! Make a spot check for unfortunate plot twists could be coming!
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Double check all items to be
looted acquired for anything interesting
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Double check all items to be looted acquired for anything interesting
+1
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kill her now
+1
+1 to death
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Loot everything!
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As my friend said to me recently,
There shall be no MURDER!
-1 Death
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+1 to casual murder.
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-1 to death
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kill her now
+1
Nice way to maliciously misquote a post.
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/858323bait.png)
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I oppose death except in the technical sense, such as what happens if she drinks vampire blood or reads certain tomes.
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I oppose death except in the technical sense, such as what happens if she drinks vampire blood or reads certain tomes.
Were-mouse Misty would be good.
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Were-mouse Misty would be good.
Weremousty?
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Reg: Wear new tunic, replace damaged helmet.
Holt: if Reg gets a tunic and a helmet, then a couple pieces of silver won't hurt anyone.
+2
Also, if Reg dies, i will probably break my computer screen.
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NO death, please.
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If they just leave the stuff there, other travelers and local villagers will find it. They won't have the moral scruples Reg and Holt do. Take whatever they can carry to bring back to the dwarven kingdoms. Alternately, bury that stuff so they can get it on the way back.
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Pfft, I wonder if the actual topic of "death" has gotten buried underneath all the death-voting. If SOMEbody dies, but not necessarily a main character, will the bloodlust be sated?
Actually, there's a question: how far ahead were the zombies? Reg and Holt fell somewhere in a forest, and we only started seeing trees (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5414852#msg5414852) shortly before the zombie encounter. And there're more explanations for zombies than just the necromancer, you know. Say, the evil road (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5553884#msg5553884), which clearly has necro-powers.
All severed body parts with a grasp or a mouth: animate.
--Rexfelum
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Looting canceled, attend ghost party
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Pfft, I wonder if the actual topic of "death" has gotten buried underneath all the death-voting. If SOMEbody dies, but not necessarily a main character, will the bloodlust be sated?
--Rexfelum
Armok's lust for virgin blood is insatiable.
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Armok's lust for virgin blood is insatiable.
Nobody say anything about misty or reg here. Or else.
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Armok's lust for virgin blood is insatiable.
Nobody say anything about misty or reg here. Or else.
I'm trying to find an irrelevant sentence which has both "misty" and "reg" in it. But I can't.
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Still hoping for kobold family to thank the dwarves for liberating them from their oppressor
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I'm trying to find an irrelevant sentence which has both "misty" and "reg" in it. But I can't.
misty
reg
The prophecy is fulfilled, it is time.
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I forgot how "FUN" Dwarf Fort players were.
-1 to death!!!
LOL, thanks for the awesome work BTW, its been a blast to read.
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to death!!!
Another word of approval.
I forgot to add this incredibly relevant quote from one of Scott Adam's many works.
You say: "Our company is skilled in many other things that are never reported by the biased media."
Media reports: "Our company _____ killed _____ m ________ other t _________________ er ____________ e _____ s ___________ a."
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to death!!!
Another word of approval.
why are you guys so cruel!!!
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Reminds me of this quote,
There ███ ██ is ███ no ████ ██ conspiracy █████ █ ███ Everything ██████ ██ is ███ fine ██████ ██ ███ trust ████ your ██████ ██ Government
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I would like to say that I too would dislike it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
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I would like to say that I too would dislike it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
It was all part of the plan. :-* :-*
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
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It'll be just like game of thrones! :P
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
Oh, nothing. Just shower thoughts.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
My first quote in my sig really reflects upon this.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
+1
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
It is?
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Are you idiots done ? You know how quote pyramid spam tends to attract the Mighty Toad's attention.
Anyways, no killing of main characters. Not at this point. It will not achieve anything storywise.
If you do have bloodlust, go kill elves/kobolds/goblins in DF. It works wonders, and it sates Armok's thirst far more than the death of a single dwarf girl.
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Are you idiots done ?
I love how you responed to that.
Anyway, he's right, enough with the quote pyramids.
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Are you idiots done ?
I love how you responed to that.
Anyway, he's right, enough with the quote pyramids.
yup. Oh wait we are starting it again....must stop building pyramids.
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Figured I'd go ahead and check out the pyramids from the side, it's not as impressive as you'd think.
(http://i.imgur.com/e1tSUqK.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/W6ubZbW.png)
Also, if Reg dies I'm mailing everyone who voted for it a box of snakes, poisonous ones most likely.
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What utility do you use to view posts like that? Also, why?
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Inspect element > 3d view, it's handy to identify which layer a problematic element is on.
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Venomous* snakes are far deadlier than non-venomous snakes.
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Venomous* snakes are far deadlier than non-venomous snakes.
How do you know I didn't mean keelback snakes?
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Venomous* snakes are far deadlier than non-venomous snakes.
How do you know I didn't mean keelback snakes?
Keelback snakes require vicious force-feeders to be of any use, though.
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Venomous* snakes are far deadlier than non-venomous snakes.
How do you know I didn't mean keelback snakes?
Keelback snakes require vicious force-feeders to be of any use, though.
Perhaps I intended to give the UPS delivery guy very specific instructions... certainly I didn't accidentally use poisonous for venomous, what an absurd idea. >.>
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Venomous* snakes are far deadlier than non-venomous snakes.
How do you know I didn't mean keelback snakes?
Keelback snakes require vicious force-feeders to be of any use, though.
Perhaps I intended to give the UPS delivery guy very specific instructions... certainly I didn't accidentally use poisonous for venomous, what an absurd idea. >.>
I honestly had my bets on paid forcefeeder hitman.
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Anyways, no killing of main characters. Not at this point. It will not achieve anything storywise.
+1
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Anyways, no killing of main characters. Not at this point. It will not achieve anything storywise.
+1
+1
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Anyways, no killing of main characters. Not at this point. It will not achieve anything storywise.
+1
+1
I'm pretty sure I've found a happy compromise on the "murder/don't murder" scale for the next update.
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OH NO! That doesn't sound good!
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I'm neither see any point in killing off main characters.
But we all have to pay respect to other people's wishes...
Nah, just kidding.
ES, please, keep the main characters alive.
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Oh no.....DF story, compromise between killing and not killing?
Alright, how many zombie-were-necromancer-vampires with missing limbs are we about to have?
Evicted, you're terrifying us. Or, at least, me. I may be slightly soft because of time away from DF...
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I'm neither see any point in killing off main characters.
But we all have to pay respect to other people's wishes...
Nah, just kidding.
ES, please, keep the main characters alive.
Kill holt or plump man.
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I'm neither see any point in killing off main characters.
But we all have to pay respect to other people's wishes...
Nah, just kidding.
ES, please, keep the main characters alive.
Kill holt or plump man.
-1 to both of these.
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Dont tuch Pulmpy! You have many of nameless PHM's. Kill them.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
+1
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
It is?
who cares? I say we should make the highest quote pyramid ever!!!! Even now, it doesnt fit onmy screen
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I'm guessing it's the many plump helmet men that are going to be doing the killing. Probably of a bunch of nameless dwarves.
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I'm neither see any point in killing off main characters.
But we all have to pay respect to other people's wishes...
Nah, just kidding.
ES, please, keep the main characters alive.
Kill holt or plump man.
Holt is too much of a relatable character. Keep him alive.
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+1 for killing plump helmets !
We want to see the blood delicious, delicious plump helmet juice flow !
Also... as the plump helmet juice is the equivalent of blood in PHM, but isn't blood at all physically... Does spilling it please Armok ?
I want to know because I want to know what creatures are suitable for sacrifice, is Armok in fact the God of Blood and Assorted Bloodlike Fluids or something similar ?
Naryar cancels Theology Research : Interrupted by lightning bolt.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
+1
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
It is?
who cares? I say we should make the highest quote pyramid ever!!!! Even now, it doesnt fit onmy screen
Here ya go, from the side:
(http://i.imgur.com/iaN5oTw.png)
Not bad.
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Let's stop with these pyramids before someone locks the thread.
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
+1
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
It is?
who cares? I say we should make the highest quote pyramid ever!!!! Even now, it doesnt fit onmy screen
Here ya go, from the side:
(http://i.imgur.com/iaN5oTw.png)
Not bad.
Looks like a double roofed.
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/me points to his previous post.
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Since we're misquoting people:
ill holt or plump man.
I can't decide if that means Plumpy should have a thermometer hanging out of his mouth or should be wearing gold chains & shades.
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Since we're misquoting people:
ill holt or plump man.
I can't decide if that means Plumpy should have a thermometer hanging out of his mouth or should be wearing gold chains & shades.
Why not both?
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I would like __ __ ____ _ ___ _____ _______ it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Please evictedSaint, notice me.
+1
Dang it, I set it specifically so it would be easy to misquote it, then you go and do it wrong. Here's how that should have been misquoted.
I would like to say that I too would like it if Reg died immediately in the next update.
Agreed
Wow, two more voices of approval for Reg's death! It's surprising how it seems everybody just wants Reg to die so much!
Aww, but Reg is my fav character... Why can't we kill off Misty?
You mean,
I really wouldn't like it if Reg has to die, but I don't think you should kill off Misty either.
Well yes, but there's nothing more Dwarven than the character you poured hours of time and focus into dying by some sudden and horrible catastrophe, leading to a player-driven tantrum spiral. We've all been there, it would surprise noone. Given that Misty is the title character, it'd be the most ballsy move, but at the same time... Let's push back the deaths a bit, yea? Or add in a character based off of Sean Bean... Either works. ( Snoromir, perhaps? )
Are we getting quote pyramids with two tops here?
What do you mean?
He means this.
Exactly.
AH. Well this is the great pyramid of cheezus!
It's a little uneven, to be honest.
It is?
who cares? I say we should make the highest quote pyramid ever!!!! Even now, it doesnt fit onmy screen
Here ya go, from the side:
(http://i.imgur.com/iaN5oTw.png)
Not bad.
Looks like a double roofed.
I'm making a separate post for this here :http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163)
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I'm making a separate post for this here :http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163)
...are you really advertising your own thread in someone else's completely unrelated thread? Knock off the quote pyramids, guys. I don't want to get tlcm locked or irritate toady with this.
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Still don't kill Reg!
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What the heck is even going in here?
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What the heck is even going in here?
Scrubs deluding themselves that quote pyramids actually are cool.
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What the heck is even going in here?
Scrubs deluding themselves that quote pyramids actually are cool.
Hey, they're replicating MAYAN ARCHITECTURE within these very forums we call our own.
In an attempt to rerail, could we discuss what Plumpy's plans may actually be?
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What the heck is even going in here?
Scrubs deluding themselves that quote pyramids actually are cool.
Hey, they're replicating MAYAN ARCHITECTURE within these very forums we call our own.
In an attempt to rerail, could we discuss what Plumpy's plans may actually be?
Kill all dwarves.
Now back to quote pyramids. Like this one!
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In an attempt to rerail, could we discuss what Plumpy's plans may actually be?
I figured it was something along the lines of "take the farming levels and grow an army of plump helmet men from the fertile earth" (can they do that? I assume since they're related to plump helmets they can just plant spawn and grow more of themselves)
Perhaps followed by "conquer the rest of the fortress, followed by the world"
Like this one!
No
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Perhaps followed by "conquer the rest of the fortress, followed by the world"
And then what? Live a life of administration over the whole world? Sounds like a big hassle to me.
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VIVA LA PLUMPY!
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VIVA LA PLUMPY!
Some one with photoshop skill insert a bunch of plump helmet man heads all over the faces of people from a les miserable scene
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VIVA LA PLUMPY!
Some one with photoshop skill insert a bunch of plump helmet man heads all over the faces of people from a les miserable scene
Thisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthis.
Also, if you cut a plump helmet man in half, do both halves grow to make a whole? Do they do mitosis? Can the divide indefinitely? I know little about mushrooms.
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Well, if you insist. It may be a poster for a play, but eh.
(http://img.ie/images/2015/07/07/81d759027a3f65413624522d16205411.md.png) (http://img.ie/image/gp1)
The dwarves look on in patronising amusement.
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Ignore remainder of loot. Be taken by a fey mood. Return to Night Troll carcass. Make clothes from its hide and jewelry from its teeth and bones.
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I'm making a separate post for this here :http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148777.msg6060163#msg6060163)
...are you really advertising your own thread in someone else's completely unrelated thread? Knock off the quote pyramids, guys. I don't want to get tlcm locked or irritate toady with this.
well, you didn't want it here, so i put it in one of my other threads, as i could find no offtopic section.
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VIVA LA PLUMPY!
Some one with photoshop skill insert a bunch of plump helmet man heads all over the faces of people from a les miserable scene
Thisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthis.
Also, if you cut a plump helmet man in half, do both halves grow to make a whole? Do they do mitosis? Can the divide indefinitely? I know little about mushrooms.
That's a good question. Fungi in general are known to reproduce through both mitosis and meiosis. Mushroom people probably have enough humanization (as discussed in this thread (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=151534.0)) that they probably can reproduce in a animal-like manner as well as shooting all their spores everywhere. Stay safe around mushroom people.
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Where? Ah, humanization. I suppose I would thankfully have to delve a little deeper into the murky recesses of the internet to stumble across a direct discussion of helmet man reproduction.
Which is not an excuse to have one here.
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Where? Ah, humanization. I suppose I would thankfully have to delve a little deeper into the murky recesses of the internet to stumble across a direct discussion of helmet man reproduction.
Which is not an excuse to have one here.
That can be arranged! This is what the next plump helmet man comic must be about.
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Where? Ah, humanization. I suppose I would thankfully have to delve a little deeper into the murky recesses of the internet to stumble across a direct discussion of helmet man reproduction.
Which is not an excuse to have one here.
If they were magically raised as ThreeToe said in Root, Ace posed a good point of how humanized the wizards could make their victims. Since there's no canonical evidence for reproduction in DF (thankfully), I'm siding with Ace in saying that the Helmet men are very much more human than mushroom.
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Where? Ah, humanization. I suppose I would thankfully have to delve a little deeper into the murky recesses of the internet to stumble across a direct discussion of helmet man reproduction.
Which is not an excuse to have one here.
If they were magically raised as ThreeToe said in Root, Ace posed a good point of how humanized the wizards could make their victims. Since there's no canonical evidence for reproduction in DF (thankfully), I'm siding with Ace in saying that the Helmet men are very much more human than mushroom.
maybe they are parasites infecting another humaniod species like the last of us, any speciews that plump helmet men attack on sight?
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The "philosophy" of spore reproduction of mushrooms may be instructive here.
First, mushrooms spray out a ridiculous amount of tiny spores. Only a minute faction manage to "take root" and succeed, but there are so many of them that this still work. It's the opposite of say, elephants who have few offsprings, but most survive to adulthood. (in biology we call this the r and the k strategies).
So if the plumpmen can infect humans, dwarves etc with their spores, or otherwise take over their community... it might explain their fatalism. Only a few need to succeed - if the majority die before that, it doesn't matter, as long as the community is overtaken in the end.
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The "philosophy" of spore reproduction of mushrooms may be instructive here.
First, mushrooms spray out a ridiculous amount of tiny spores. Only a minute faction manage to "take root" and succeed, but there are so many of them that this still work. It's the opposite of say, elephants who have few offsprings, but most survive to adulthood. (in biology we call this the r and the k strategies).
So if the plumpmen can infect humans, dwarves etc with their spores, or otherwise take over their community... it might explain their fatalism. Only a few need to succeed - if the majority die before that, it doesn't matter, as long as the community is overtaken in the end.
Can't wait for the next DF patch.
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I would expect that Plump Helmet Men reproduce via spores; after all don't dwarfs do the same?
Edit: Looked it up, apparently they changed that in the latest update.
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I would expect that Plump Helmet Men reproduce via spores; after all don't dwarfs do the same?
Not in the new version.
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I would expect that Plump Helmet Men reproduce via spores; after all don't dwarfs do the same?
Not in the new version.
Now they reproduce by being adjacent to each other, presumably by bumping fists as they walk by in the hallway.
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Plump Helmet Men reproduce in the same way as most creatures: from a male encountering a female. They typically have between 5 and 10 babies per litter.
And yes, the females are still called Plump Helmet Men. Nobody ever use the phrase 'Plump Helmet Woman'.
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Plump Helmet Men reproduce in the same way as most creatures: from a male encountering a female. They typically have between 5 and 10 babies per litter.
What? And I've been letting them be on chains together in the zoo? And soon I'll have to work out a lag-free way to dispose of up to 25 little tykes? Does stuff locked away deep underground in a forbidden area in a cage produce lag?
I'll have to get that drop machine finished.
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Some how knew when this gonna happen when you murder those Non playable civ characters in Masterwork elves. now everyone wants blood for armok and crave for murder.
like misty currently in a slaughterhouse, and the two guards from the old home to hunt for her are in a hole with no clue where she is.
Misty being here is illegal and chances are if rig and holt don't find her fast enough the DUKE gonna either assume she been kidnap by a night troll.
the next thing Rig and Holt should do is find a hamlet and rally up a search party for misty and get clues to where she might be then check out the orks.
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Sorry about the radio silence, folks.
I did that stupid thing where the update uses a lot of non-sprite images. Expect an update wednesday-ish?
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Sorry about the radio silence, folks.
I did that stupid thing where the update uses a lot of non-sprite images. Expect an update wednesday-ish?
So long as we know that we will get a comic eventually, I am happy.
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Sorry about the radio silence, folks.
I did that stupid thing where the update uses a lot of non-sprite images. Expect an update wednesday-ish?
Thanks for letting us know.
Please don't let Reg die...
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Now they reproduce by being adjacent to each other, presumably by bumping fists beards as they walk by in the hallway.
Fixed.
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Hmm...
Hmmmmm...
It's either me going insane or ES did some weird changes on previous pages while no one was looking.
For instance, the last pic here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5031395#msg5031395). I'm pretty sure there was Reg and Holt in the barracks, but now there're just two random militiamen.
Anyone can confirm that?
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Hmm...
Hmmmmm...
It's either me going insane or ES did some weird changes on previous pages while no one was looking.
For instance, the last pic here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5031395#msg5031395). I'm pretty sure there was Reg and Holt in the barracks, but now there're just two random militiamen.
Anyone can confirm that?
Perhaps from a while ago, the last edit on that post was from April.
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Well, yes, but still, I see no reason why he would do this.
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Well, yes, but still, I see no reason why he would do this.
If they were there (which I wouldn't recall), it doesn't make sense to change that single panel a year, at latest, after the characters were introduced.
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It was an error. I'd rehosted the entirity of the comic, so presumably any changes I'd made were reverted. Thank you for pointing that out, I need to fix it. Please let me know if you see anything else like that.
Update still in progress -_-
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And Sver, I thought you were just crazy.
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:-*
And Sver, I thought you were just crazy.
this is dwarffortress-who isn't?!
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It was an error. I'd rehosted the entirity of the comic, so presumably any changes I'd made were reverted. Thank you for pointing that out, I need to fix it. Please let me know if you see anything else like that.
Update still in progress -_-
Yay!
And Sver, I thought you were just crazy.
Welp, you weren't really far from truth anyway.
UPD:
Also, ES, look here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5105541#msg5105541) - one of the paragraphs lacks the "center" bbcode.
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I want you to understand that this thread will never be allowed to die until the story is complete. It has a life of its own.
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I want you to understand that this thread will never be allowed to die until the story is complete. It has a life of its own.
The thread has become self aware!
I feel like we need fanart of Misty reading a book version of Littlest Cheesemaker...
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I want you to understand that this thread will never be allowed to die until the story is complete. It has a life of its own.
The thread has become self aware!
I feel like we need fanart of Misty reading a book version of Littlest Cheesemaker...
Can you imagine if Skynet evolved from the Dwarf Fortress Forums? The Terminator would have been made of mermaid bones and be shaped like a carp.
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Can you imagine if Skynet evolved from the Dwarf Fortress Forums? The Terminator would have been made of mermaid bones and be shaped like a carp.
With trunk and tusks.
I'll exploit the moment to repeat my suggestions:
Misty: adopt the Holy Cow as pet.
Reg: stay til dawn in the lair, so you both could sleep, and the boogeymen couldn't get you.
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Can you imagine if Skynet evolved from the Dwarf Fortress Forums? The Terminator would have been made of mermaid bones and be shaped like a carp.
With trunk and tusks.
I'll exploit the moment to repeat my suggestions:
Misty: adopt the Holy Cow as pet.
Reg: stay til dawn in the lair, so you both could sleep, and the boogeymen couldn't get you.
+1
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I want you to understand that this thread will never be allowed to die until the story is complete. It has a life of its own.
The thread has become self aware!
I feel like we need fanart of Misty reading a book version of Littlest Cheesemaker...
Can you imagine if Skynet evolved from the Dwarf Fortress Forums? The Terminator would have been made of mermaid bones and be shaped like a carp.
That is the best reason I've ever seen to cut back on AI research. We should not be allowed to influence an AI god.
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I want to post the heavy breathing/waiting intensifies cat gif, but too lazy to search for it. So a simple reminder of it will have to do.
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I want to post the heavy breathing/waiting intensifies cat gif, but too lazy to search for it. So a simple reminder of it will have to do.
I just want to say that I'm still watching and that I believe I started that minor catsplosion however many pages back. I definitely contributed if I didn't start it.
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
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Good luck with that!
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Good luck!
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
Good luck from me too! You can use my cheering Pyong avatar as a... cheer :P
But will you promise, that you will start working on an update after that?
(http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/01/can-i-2.jpg)
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
Best of luck and courage! You can do it!
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
WOO! Do it man. :)
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
Hah. I'm actually a month and a half from taking my Computer technician A+ cert Exam.
Go man go!
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Good Luck evictedSaint.
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Good luck, I hoop you do well.
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Good luck, I hoop you do well.
I hoop so too.
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We all hoop so. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd-UkLHp68g)
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Realized I never explained why things were taking so long:
I'm studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, which I need to get my Professional Engineering Certification. So...wish me luck -_-
WOO! Do it man. :)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xvDf9Kyp_DI/VXq0pwy4O8I/AAAAAAAAL3M/YmPcc2wzgUo/s640/shia-labeouf-just-do-it-green-background.gif)
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We all hoop so. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd-UkLHp68g)
Three cheers for engineers! Hoop hoop hooray!
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May your engineering efforts be fruitful and full of fruit.
I don't know why I put it that way.
--Rexfelum
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May your engineering efforts be fruitful and full of fruit.
I don't know why I put it that way.
--Rexfelum
He must be building this:
(http://i.imgur.com/RxqI3rH.png)
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Good luck!
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
updates will resume shortly.
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
updates will resume shortly.
Congratz!!! :D
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
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CONGLATILATION YOU ARE GRATURATED!
Enjoy your future job opportunities.
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
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Congratulations!
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GREAT JOB! :D
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
updates will resume shortly.
Now I just gotta pass my Computer Repair A+ exam in september!
Gratz man. Hopefully we'll be sharing similar stories soon!
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GLORIOUS VICTORY! THE WORLD IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
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Congratulations! May your career be prosperous but also non-time-consuming!
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Wooooooooooooooooooo
Congrats ES!
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Oh good, now I won't have to use another explosive collar, congratulations... I'll just go find something else to do with this one.
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(http://i.imgur.com/WGLEskV.jpg)
WHOO OH YEAHHHH WHOO
...too much? I don't think so.
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
updates will resume shortly.
WOOOOOOOO!
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
Let the magma flow! :D
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
Let the magma flow! :D
Praise be Armok!
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*Celebratory Zoidberg-style whooping*
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(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t317/Culise/Macro/huzzah-small.jpg)
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Guess who jUST FUCKING PASSED HIS FE EXAM!!!!!! 8DDDD
updates will resume shortly.
Congrats, but small suggestion here, try to get some connections so you have some good job opportunities, they're sometimes more important than the actual degree.
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"Hey, you ever heard of The Littlest Cheesemaker?"
'Yeah, actually, why?'
"I happen to make it."
'Awesome, wanna design a bridge for me?'
"Shit yeah I do!"
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Congrats, but small suggestion here, try to get some connections so you have some good job opportunities, they're sometimes more important than the actual degree.
True in many fields, but if I'm buying a bridge, I'd rather the engineer be accredited than connected ;)
(also congrats eS!)
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Me: * sees title * * high-fives you! * Woo.
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/hNJSojak8flbAT6lQlT3UJ-zrjjMPwT6AexBaYEfWyx43KHyrUDlrMOJCcYVKznvrnrNpoRXAwNkXlL9EwOLaA7N740xp4SAwatQ-kGG=w213-h200-nc)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/hNJSojak8flbAT6lQlT3UJ-zrjjMPwT6AexBaYEfWyx43KHyrUDlrMOJCcYVKznvrnrNpoRXAwNkXlL9EwOLaA7N740xp4SAwatQ-kGG=w213-h200-nc)
Soon, I promise. :(
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Congratulations, evictedSaint !
Also, don't feel rushed to update.
We can wait for it.
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posting to watch.....hehehehe im eager to participate....what were we doing again?
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(http://i.imgur.com/WMx5PiN.gif)
I think I will hyperventilate if this continues much longer
I believe this has become relevant once again
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C'mon, guys, have patience.
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(http://i.imgur.com/WMx5PiN.gif)
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C'mon, guys, have patience.
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C'mon, guys, have patience.
we do, we just like the gif.
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C'mon, guys, have patience.
we do, we just like the gif.
^This.
Its oddly hypnotic SOOTHING watching the cat inflate and deflate.
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C'mon, guys, have patience.
we do, we just like the gif.
^This.
Its oddly hypnotic watching the cat inflate and deflate.
Did you say hypnotic?
(http://i.imgur.com/L9QPd0O.gif)
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Did you say hypnotic?
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I made it better bro
(http://i.imgur.com/aXvn6fD.gif)
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Did you say hypnotic?
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I made it better bro
(http://i.imgur.com/aXvn6fD.gif)
thats some pretty hardcore wandtooling bro ;D
Just kidding, I like it. Maybe fill in some of the pixels per frame.
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want me to try? not by filling in the pixels....but I can redo it, gimp has a tool that will be helpful (though I wish I had Photoshop, I don't do enough with images to warnt such an expensive program)
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Haven't checked this thread in a while or the forum really so let me offer my belated congratummolations! :D Soon you will earn enough to hire a team of Koreans in a tiger cage to animate your updates for you.
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Haven't checked this thread in a while or the forum really so let me offer my belated congratummolations! :D Soon you will earn enough to hire a team of Koreans in a tiger cage to animate your updates for you.
then he can publish these and make money from them!
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Haven't checked this thread in a while or the forum really so let me offer my belated congratummolations! :D Soon you will earn enough to hire a team of Koreans in a tiger cage to animate your updates for you.
then he can publish these and make money from them!
I have - briefly - considered the possibility of collaboration with others to produce some of the more complex pages, but I'm not confident in my ability to be the Project Manager for such things and coordinate to have things all produced in a timely fashion...nor am I confident that I could actually find someone willing to be part of it.
And thank you all very much for your patience. Update will be this weekend.
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Haven't checked this thread in a while or the forum really so let me offer my belated congratummolations! :D Soon you will earn enough to hire a team of Koreans in a tiger cage to animate your updates for you.
then he can publish these and make money from them!
Smiling intensifies!
I have - briefly - considered the possibility of collaboration with others to produce some of the more complex pages, but I'm not confident in my ability to be the Project Manager for such things and coordinate to have things all produced in a timely fashion...nor am I confident that I could actually find someone willing to be part of it.
And thank you all very much for your patience. Update will be this weekend.
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNONUN
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNONUN
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNONUN
Is it good enough to be added next to my name on the fan arts thing?
Also for tho's who are questioning the pixels and stuff. By the time I found a way to get everything to work I was kinda running out of will to work on it. I spent like an hour learning something I've never done before in Photoshop :P
So /me has gained a level in editing
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Next update 22% done.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/200_s.gif)
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Next update 22% done.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/200_s.gif)
:D
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Shielddawn (Including Misty).
(http://i.imgur.com/9xWAmxdh.png)
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Next update 44% done.
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/200_s.gif)
:D
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Shielddawn (Including Misty).
(http://i.imgur.com/9xWAmxdh.png)
dude, did you make an account *just* to show me this totally amazing piece of fanart?
Because, quite frankly, this is awesome. I need to go through the story and give it some TLC after this next update, so I'll put it up on the master post then. But in the meantime...god damn, dude, A+ 10/10 5 Stars 2 thumbs up
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PTW
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Shielddawn (Including Misty).
(http://i.imgur.com/9xWAmxdh.png)
dude, did you make an account *just* to show me this totally amazing piece of fanart?
Because, quite frankly, this is awesome. I need to go through the story and give it some TLC after this next update, so I'll put it up on the master post then. But in the meantime...god damn, dude, A+ 10/10 5 Stars 2 thumbs up
Thanks man :)
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Welcome to the club of people who made accounts just to post here.
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Welcome to the club of people who made accounts just to post here.
We should have a secret handshake or something.
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Welcome to the club of people who made accounts just to post here.
We should have a secret handshake or something.
yah, it should involve cheese
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A secret handshake. Involving cheese.
. . .
Go on. I want to see this.
--Rexfelum
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We should have a secret handshake or something.
(http://data.whicdn.com/images/41536415/original.gif)
Then we take a cheese shot or something.
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We should have a secret handshake or something.
(http://data.whicdn.com/images/41536415/original.gif)
Then we take a cheese shot or something.
yes!
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We should have a secret handshake or something.
(http://data.whicdn.com/images/41536415/original.gif)
Then we take a cheese shot or something.
yes!
perfect
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I don't know if all of us are capable of Asian level handshakes.
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I don't know if all of us are capable of Asian level handshakes.
I'm not even capable of Caucasian level handshakes. ._.
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I don't know if all of us are capable of Asian level handshakes.
I'm not even capable of Caucasian level handshakes. ._.
I suppose a cube of white substance would have trouble with it...
I can handshake but everyone starts crying if I hold on for more than a second...
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I'm not sure if my avatar even has hands. I certainly didn't draw them.
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Probably not a great idea to shake hands with an artifact gauntlet. Especially if the maker loved spikes.
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You might not want to shake my avatar around by the wrong end.
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Grab on to me, lads, I'll unite us all with my meaty dwarven hands.
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Grab on to me, lads, I'll unite us all with my meaty dwarven hands.
The words 'meat' and 'Dwarf' Should never be used together in a sentence.. Not since that incident..
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Grab on to me, lads, I'll unite us all with my meaty dwarven hands.
The words 'meat' and 'Dwarf' Should never be used together in a sentence.. Not since that incident..
errr what incident?
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We do not speak of that incident.
Edit: wait, that was an actual incident we don't speak of that you were referring to? Huh. I was just being mysterious when I said we don't speak of it.
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Ever.
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Might just google it...I mean I've eaten plenty of dwarves in adventure mode, but I have a feeling you aren't talking about that....meat.
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Shake hands? SURE! I'll shake, nobody ever wants to shake hands with someone so... reactive.
*CRUNCHING-RIPPING-TEARING-AND-MANGLING SOUNDS ARE HEARD*
(http://i.imgur.com/ki5AnmH.png)
Just... dang.
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Might just google it...I mean I've eaten plenty of dwarves in adventure mode, but I have a feeling you aren't talking about that....meat.
Elves sure love to try and beat dwarven meat.
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Might just google it...I mean I've eaten plenty of dwarves in adventure mode, but I have a feeling you aren't talking about that....meat.
It sure was something, but, uh, we don't really talk about it. The original might even be gone, which is really saying something considering how few things Toady removes from the forums.
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We don't talk about it but certain people just can't stop talking about the fact that we don't talk about it.
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Great, I just googled "meat dwarf".
Is it to do with elves? Is it to do with modding?
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Might just google it...I mean I've eaten plenty of dwarves in adventure mode, but I have a feeling you aren't talking about that....meat.
It sure was something, but, uh, we don't really talk about it. The original might even be gone, which is really saying something considering how few things Toady removes from the forums.
yah I'm just going to drop it then...that had to be something bad.
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yah I'm just going to drop it then...that had to be something bad.
It was advmode edgelord crap, the fact that it's called the accident is more entertaining than the issue itself.
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Modded anatomy can go horribly wrong. Adding modded interactions has the potential to make it horrifying beyond even 4chan levels. At least the mermaid farm business was simple greed.
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Stop talking about this.
I don't want Toady to purge this thread. If you really want to know talk about it through PM's, but keep it out of my thread, please.
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We can see the threat in their profile. Let's chalk this one up to Pathos.
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Modded anatomy can go horribly wrong. Adding modded interactions has the potential to make it horrifying beyond even 4chan levels. At least the mermaid farm business was simple greed.
But that's how I got into modding! Okay, first I froze in terror then I started modding.
But seriously, 'meat' is not a trigger word, so let's change the subject. How long it will take Reg and Holt to reach Shielddawn? Because it feels like they are a stone throw away.
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Sorry, should have read the entire thread, including EvictedSaints note.
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Great, I just googled "meat dwarf".
Is it to do with elves? Is it to do with modding?
To put it simply "All my nope."
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Hey Meph, how's it going? Have you been up to anything new with Masterwork?
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Yup. Sorry.
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Guys, somebody with notability here just told us to stop talking about that. Right?
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So saint'll kill off a character if he gets annoyed, or so he threatens? Is that how the elf and the metalcrafter died, or was that just the casual brutality of dwarven life?
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I'm still waiting for the part where she gets reassigned as a miner because the new place has too many cheesemakers, and stumbles upon a clown convention.
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So saint'll kill off a character if he gets annoyed, or so he threatens? Is that how the elf and the metalcrafter died, or was that just the casual brutality of dwarven life?
49/51 for brutality.
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Ah. What were the gods angry about?
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Ah. What were the gods angry about?
With the gods you mean saint right?
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Yes. I am apparently to lazy to read threads, so what was he annoyed about?
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Yes. I am apparently to lazy to read threads, so what was he annoyed about?
Uhm. I usually say stuff like these without actually meaning anything, I see now I'm going to want to un-get the habit to do that. I was going to say "he was expecting more art???" but then I saw the last picture before that update where the elf dies.
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How long it will take Reg and Holt to reach Shielddawn? Because it feels like they are a stone throw away.
Misty's journey from the capital to Shielddawn took less than a day. (I believe that was mentioned somewhere in the story after her arrival.) So Reg and Holt should be even closer.
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I exist solely to observe this thread.
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You're not the first :D
Where did you come across it?
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We're actually supposed to be mourning the loss of part of Plumpy's head.
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We're actually supposed to be mourning the loss of part of Plumpy's head.
but it's so tasty!
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You're not the first :D
Where did you come across it?
I think I found it in someone's sig
Could also have been through the wiki.
Also, Plumpy is [NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT], meaning you can chop his head off and he'll shuffle on.
Making an army composed of these all the more terrifying.
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Making an army composed of these all the more terrifying.
That would be hilarious.
FORWARD, COMRADES! TONIGHT WE WILL FEAST ON THOSE WHO ONCE FEASTED ON US!
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Hey Meph, how's it going? Have you been up to anything new with Masterwork?
Sorry, I only skimmed the thread, did not see EvictedSaints request. I removed my post.
I'm doing well, almost finished my tour. I did some modding, but only released a minor mod. Wait a month, and I'm back.
Hope the story here will continue too, it has been delayed almost as long as I have; although I don't have an engineering degree to show for it. :D
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I take my GRE this Friday. With any luck, I'll be getting into grad school.
Sorry about the unintended hiatus, everyone, the Adventures of the World's Greatest Cheesemaker™ will continue as soon as possible. I even put a loading bar in the title so you can see how close the next update is to being finished.
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Well, all the luck to you.
May Armok be ever in your favor.
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I take my GRE this Friday. With any luck, I'll be getting into grad school.
Sorry about the unintended hiatus, everyone, the Adventures of the World's Greatest Cheesemaker™ will continue as soon as possible. I even put a loading bar in the title so you can see how close the next update is to being finished.
Appreciate the loading bar, that's awesome. Best of luck on the GRE!
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I take my GRE this Friday. With any luck, I'll be getting into grad school.
Sorry about the unintended hiatus, everyone, the Adventures of the World's Greatest Cheesemaker™ will continue as soon as possible. I even put a loading bar in the title so you can see how close the next update is to being finished.
(http://www.quickmeme.com/img/ca/caeca14caf425c6de80bd94f29f63f0a1c5197fecabd50b1b1d916a79d9b8685.jpg)
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Good luck!
Or, as the germans say, break both arms, and your neck!
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Good luck!
Or, as the germans say, break both arms, and your neck!
We don't. We say Hals- und Beinbruch, which is Throat- and Leg-break. :P
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Wonderfully... concise langauge, German.
*Gulps*
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It's actually based on the yiddish "hatslokhe u brokhe".
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I was away for a bit. I return to see more professional success by ES and some fantastic fanart.
I am satisfied :)
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Seriously tempted to cos-play this.
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Seriously tempted to cos-play this.
...you have my interest.
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Wonderfully... concise langauge, German.
*Gulps*
Silly English-speaking people, force me to look up the source of that specific saying. Apparently it's reverse psychology to trick fate.
There is also „Holm- und Rippenbruch“ (Airforce, meaning parts of the airplane breaking), „Kopf- und Bauchschuss“ (Military, means Head- and Stomach-hit) and „Mast- und Schotbruch“ (Boating, meaning Mast- and hull break) Perfect.
Strange that I've been in the German military and have never heard anyone wishing anyone a head- and stomach hit. :/
So, enough of the German lesson, lets keep on pestering EvictedSaint to draw stuff so that we can gawk at art. ;)
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Probably just do plumpy... I don't think I could pull anyone else off.
Well Rimtar... but that'd be a little too early. Unfortunately I missed Geek.kon so it may be a while
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Probably just do plumpy... I don't think I could pull anyone else off.
Well Rimtar... but that'd be a little too early. Unfortunately I missed Geek.kon so it may be a while
Easy I meant easy not early. lol
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Probably just do plumpy... I don't think I could pull anyone else off.
Well Rimtar... but that'd be a little too early. Unfortunately I missed Geek.kon so it may be a while
Easy I meant easy not early. lol
If only there was a way to modify an earlier post you made
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:P
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Probably just do plumpy... I don't think I could pull anyone else off.
Well Rimtar... but that'd be a little too early. Unfortunately I missed Geek.kon so it may be a while
ES, please write from the perspective of platinum elf guy before his death.
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I just went through all 260 pages of this...
Misty should make the talking cow her pet because I think that's Urist CCCVI re-incarnate, a god pet, a source of milk for the holy cheese!
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I'm kinda hoping she has some sort of dream/nightmare/vision where a giant peace of holy cheese starts talking to her...
or maybe develops little shoulder angel/demon cheeses who start advising her.
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Isnt that a bit too, you know... cheesy?
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(http://i.imgur.com/LTwO9aY.png) (http://i.imgur.com/LTwO9aY.png)
"..."
"You know lass, that scuffle with the night troll got me thinkin'."
(http://i.imgur.com/kw37ndL.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/kw37ndL.gif)
"Oh? Thinkin' 'bout what?"
"I've been at this job for a hundred and twelve years now. Over a century.
When my ankle gave out, I thought we were done for. You're just a recruit, you shouldn't have been takin' that thing on all by yourself and you certainly shouldn't have won.
I? I'm the Captain of the Guard of the Northern Mountainhomes. I shouldn't be lyin' on the ground chuckin' swords at beasties."
(http://i.imgur.com/dyeJ3Dt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/dyeJ3Dt.png)
"When this is all over, when we've got the girl and we're back at the Mountainhome...
...I'm thinkin' I might be retirin'."
(http://i.imgur.com/XGdTKse.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XGdTKse.png)
"Pffffft. Yeah right, I've heard you say that before at least a hundred times."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6508679#msg6508679)
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Thanks for the update ES. Panels are good especially in regards to the facial expressions. Moody Holt is kinda silly too (at least in reference with Reg's rebuttal). Makes you wonder what other mishaps Holt's gotten himself into.
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Oh god, "one day from retirement" is he? Holt, you poor doomed bastard.
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Update woo!
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Update woo!
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Oh god, "one day from retirement" is he? Holt, you poor doomed bastard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ
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RETIREMENT!!! o_o
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Welp it was nice knowing him
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Ah, retirement in DF is always so fulfilling. They have the best spas.
Maybe he'll get the special "hot stone" treatment...
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Awesome work with this one, evictedSaint. Really added a nice touch of character to the situation.
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Holt, you know there's no retirement from the guard. You either die on the job or live to see the fortress fall under your watch, but you can't retire!
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Oh god, "one day from retirement" is he? Holt, you poor doomed bastard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ
:o
:(
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Update hype!
Spar with Holt to show him he's still got it.
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Spar with Holt in order to defeat him and take his title and power!
Me? A megalomaniac? You must be thinking of some other watcher...
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Update hype!
Spar with Holt to show him he's still got it.
For now, I'll vote for this.
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Irrelevant, but I can't stop listening to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4
Initiate plot armor: Have Holt subvert audience expectations and tropes and live a comfortable and happy 20 years in herblore or something like that.
Litter the story with close calls to keep us on our toes though!!!
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Dispense hug, then throw him to make him annoyed and start sparring, then let him win. Basically +1 to spar.
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Playfully shove him to initiate a sparring match and stare on in horror as he falls back and impales himself on one of the various sharp objects laying around.
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Good point, would sparring be better done outside?
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What do you mean, "good point"?
Did you think he was arguing against sparring?
Don't you want him to retire like a true dwarf?
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Holy carp, the face of recruit in the last pannel.
Did she just become a Main Character, or have the gods of drawing enlightened evictedSaint?
lurking this thread for quite a while now, I'm starting to become quite hooked. Keep up the good work sir.
I need more.
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Get out of hole
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Have Plumpy and his army rebel and kill everyone in the fortress including Misty.
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Get out of the hole first. With the stipulation that eventually they will spar. And it will be glorious.
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Realize their names are now both Edgar. Because Edgar is the one in the hole
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kill everyone
+1
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Get out of the hole first. With the stipulation that eventually they will spar. And it will be glorious.
+1
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kill everyone
+1
Well, if this is what you guys really want...
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Oh dear heavens no!
Don't kill everyone!
At least not yet. Wait till they have established character flaws and reasons for existing. Then murder them in the name of plot. Yes. Even Plumpy.
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Resist the urge to devour the corpses. You are not undead yet.
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I need three dwarven names, please. Feel free to self-insert, but I'm only taking one from each user and it's the first three I get.
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Ushat Kokebdurad
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Muthkat Bestershire
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One more. Update goes up as soon as I get another name.
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Sarvesh Zustashibruk.
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(http://i.imgur.com/AEN2tWM.png) (http://i.imgur.com/AEN2tWM.png)
"I know EXACTLY what's going to happen once we get back to the Mountainhome, Cap'n. We'll go to the barracks and have a sparring match. You'll knock me on my butt, like you always do, and then you'll realize you don't have to retire! You're only, what, a hundred thirty? Hundred forty?"
"I'm a hundred and sixty-five, lass! I don't have that many years left on me, and I'm gettin' slower with each one that passes!"
(http://i.imgur.com/hV8DZT8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hV8DZT8.png)
"I used to be a soldier, you know! I fought in the War next to Ushat Kokebdurad the Unmoving, and Muthkat Bestershire, the Marked! Even Sarvesh Zustashibruk of Silverwalls stood by my side! I was in the Great Dwarven Legion, standin' in the shield walls with my back straight and my head held high!"
(http://i.imgur.com/qZbCnLt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qZbCnLt.png)
"Now look at me.
All soft. And fat.
Sword rustin' to bits in the scabbard, can't even stand up on me own no more.
..."
(http://i.imgur.com/jwHyT66.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jwHyT66.png)
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/1MuSp9b.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1MuSp9b.png)
"Alright, that settles it. I'm retirin' the second we get back.
Might make myself into a fisherdwarf I think.
Spend the rest of me days fishin' and relaxin'."
(http://i.imgur.com/69oq7aH.png) (http://i.imgur.com/69oq7aH.png)
"Cap'n, this whole thing sounds ridiculous. Who would want to spend all their time scooping slimy fish out of the water when you could be doing something IMPORTANT, like defending the trade depo from kobolds, or invisible kobolds, or invisible were-kobolds, or...or any other kind of invisible-slash-were-kobold that could be lurking around???"
"For the love of - I said no, lass! I ain't gonna spend my twilight years pokin' shadows for kobolds!"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6524977#msg6524977)
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If Holt really is dead-set on retiring, he should become a cheesemaker :P
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If Holt really is dead-set on retiring, he should become a cheesemaker :P
This excellent suggestion has now proper suggestion color.
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It's for the best I didn't see this in time to suggest a name, I would have wanted to go with Reg Cogul (Glove Bootpants!) for some reason but we already have a Reg.
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Also, Reg's new outfit is awesome. Now she just needs a stylish hat.
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Don't forget your missions here- gear up and save Misty!
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Hmm. Three rings on her shirt? Isn't that significant?
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Hmm. Three rings on her shirt? Isn't that significant?
Civilisation symbol.
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Well whatever, we'll see what he decides to do AFTER we get to the moutainhome.
But first, we have a job to do. ADVANCE PLOT!
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If Holt really is dead-set on retiring, he should become a cheesemaker :P
+1
Also, Reg's new outfit is awesome. Now she just needs a stylish hat.
Also +1
Also, am I the only one to notice that she was vomiting on the last page after sniffing the contents of a waterskin, and only noticed it now because of the green stench hovering over the third pane in this update?
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Research immortality so Holt can continue beating things up forever.
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If you're gonna go fishing you'll need a hook, like that one on the wall over there
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If you're gonna go fishing you'll need a hook, like that one on the wall over there
I'm sure I can come up with a few plot hooks, too
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Also, am I the only one to notice that she was vomiting on the last page after sniffing the contents of a waterskin, and only noticed it now because of the green stench hovering over the third pane in this update?
She washed her hair with it, I think the green was a transition effect from the flashback.
Oh, oh, suggestion time!
[Mushroom Noises]
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Don't worry. I'm sure the Captain is just joking about retirement. Now get ready! You have the
princess cheesemaker to save!
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If Holt really is dead-set on retiring, he should become a cheesemaker :P
+1
Also, Reg's new outfit is awesome. Now she just needs a stylish hat.
Also +1
Also, am I the only one to notice that she was vomiting on the last page after sniffing the contents of a waterskin, and only noticed it now because of the green stench hovering over the third pane in this update?
+! +!
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Actually, I think fisherdwarf suits Holt better than a cheesemaker.
We already have one cheesemaker in this story, having two increases the likelyhood that one of them will suffer an untimely death.
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Awesome! The art is really incredible.
Also, Reg actually has legs! I had my doubts.
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Awesome! The art is really incredible.
Thanks! You guys have no idea how nice it is to hear that sort of stuff, it really helps keep me going.
Also! Small edit to the last image in the previous update
(http://i.imgur.com/69oq7aH.png)
who wants to play a game of "spot the difference?"
Sorry about that, it's easy to miss small details when I'm storyboarding. I was so excited about showing off Reg's new design I'd completely forgot about it.
Also, bonus for anyone who cares, I accidentally uploaded their template page so I guess I'll throw this up here.
just the url, b/c it's pretty big.
http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png (http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png)
Ah, dang, it's really good to be back and updating regularly -_-
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...It looks like there's something in Reg's left boot. Was that there before?
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Also, bonus for anyone who cares, I accidentally uploaded their template page so I guess I'll throw this up here.
just the url, b/c it's pretty big.
http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png (http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png)
Ah, dang, it's really good to be back and updating regularly -_-
Hmmmmmmmm.... That's suspiciously close to a sprite sheet... * evil plans start brewing in the minds of the recently unemployed CaptainMcClellan *
eS, be looking out for a PM asking for the rights to commence the project.
EDIT: For now, DOUGHNUTS! Also, I gotta clean the house. ._. I'll be glad when I start my new half-job. I'll be even more glad when I get back to school.
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Giant bloody knife? Seems Holt's retirement may be more exciting than he planned...
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Well, on the one hand, fishing is a traditional retirement activity, but on the other hand, we are talking about retiring to a life of carp-wrangling... ^_^
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...It looks like there's something in Reg's left boot. Was that there before?
That was my first question. What's she got in her boot? (I didn't see the original image, apparently, so I don't know if that was there "before".)
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Sorry about that, it's easy to miss small details when I'm storyboarding. I was so excited about showing off Reg's new design I'd completely forgot about it.
Know what isn't there?
MY INTELLIGENCE... I didn't notice you had edited the old one and it took me longer than I care to admit to notice the urls were the same when I flipped back and forth (opened both in new tabs) ...
Also yeah, the art has a neat pencil/paintbrush type grittiness to the backgrounds which leads to a really recognizable style that fits the setting well. It's interesting how you mix the more serious action/framing/setting panels in with the more lighthearted style you started with.
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I didn't notice you had edited the old one and it took me longer than I care to admit to notice the urls were the same when I flipped back and forth (opened both in new tabs) ...
Exactly the same...
Feeling like some kind of stump now. =(
By the way
Reg: check what's that thing in your boot.
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Hooray, lots of neat stuff! Also, hooray, personal career advancement of the creator!
Sorry about that, it's easy to miss small details when I'm storyboarding. I was so excited about showing off Reg's new design I'd completely forgot about it.
Also, bonus for anyone who cares, I accidentally uploaded their template page so I guess I'll throw this up here.
just the url, b/c it's pretty big.
http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png (http://i.imgur.com/C3eX7qe.png)
Yeah . . . wow, there's a clear difference in visual quality as you go to the newer sprite. You said you'd wanted to improve your art as you went; Reg's new design just looks cleaner. With that in mind, there's only one thing to do.
Holt: Find some way to accessorize and thus prompt a sprite update.
--Rexfelum
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Just out of interest, why do some people sign their posts?
And what's the point of a sig, in that case?
Is it a thing from other forums?
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Just out of interest, why do some people sign their posts?
And what's the point of a sig, in that case?
Is it a thing from other forums?
I assume the typing out a signature is a holdover from a different forum that doesn't stick your name onto the top of your posts, or just a mark of "professionalism" since professional emails are supposed to take a similar form to a letter written via computer. It usually just looks weird on these forums.
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Thanks. Messes with my head, like someone's written a letter.
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Oh cool, I just noticed TLCM is in the top five of the "most-viewed" and "most-replied" threads on the Communities tab. That's...really cool, actually! :D
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Thanks. Messes with my head, like someone's written a letter.
Thank you for noticing.
--Rexfelum
P.S.: Such a format gives me thematic justification to add whimsical postscripts.
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Oh cool, I just noticed TLCM is in the top five of the "most-viewed" and "most-replied" threads on the Communities tab. That's...really cool, actually! :D
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/51867771.jpg)
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That shieldwall art, that was quite something!
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PTW
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(http://i.imgur.com/65jSEOW.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/65jSEOW.gif)
"Okay, sure, MAYBE you're a bit old, but you're still a great captain, Captain! If you retired then who would be captain?
Nobody! That's who!
Next thing you know the trade depot is over run with 'bolds looking to pinch whatever they can get their grimy little hands on.
I, for one, don't want to live in a world where captains can just call it QUITS and let the kobolds win!"
"Oh...sweet merciful Sunshield, give me patience."
(http://i.imgur.com/KYmTjku.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/KYmTjku.gif)
"This is NOT up for discussion, lass. I am your captain -for the moment, at least -and I hereby ORDER you to drop it."
"Pffft...
...Fine."
(http://i.imgur.com/KVm9bbP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/KVm9bbP.png)
"Good. Now, clean the carp out of your boots and let's find a spot to settle in for the night."
(http://i.imgur.com/jr2En6w.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/jr2En6w.gif)
"We'll sleep in shifts, in case some other beasty tries crawlin' down here. Bah...we'll have to stack some of this junk up to climb out the hole tomorrow mornin'...and even then we'll still have to find our bearin's and get back on the road. Might be we'll have to scamper up a tree and take a look-see around, see if we can find a landmark...not relishin' that...if we could find the river then that'd be ideal, but I think we might have gone too far east for that...might be we could see the mountain range and just follow that north...? That still won't tell us where we are, though..."
(http://i.imgur.com/AgktRQ6.png) (http://i.imgur.com/AgktRQ6.png)
"Oh hey, a map."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6537919#msg6537919)
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Well then. Follow the map.
Map: Be wrong.
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Map: be treasure map made by kobolds (so to look like a child's drawing).
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Was that the sword she came in with or was it there already, I'm too tired to remember good, just played through a year of undead siege with 20 dorfs to scramble a military together out of. Eyes hurt.
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Loot everything of value. Rig a pulley system to get it out of the hole. Sleep in shifts.
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Reg: Examine map
Holt: Keep planning just in case
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Do a heroic leap to escape the hole. Discover that the map leads to the power of friendship.
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I still want Reg to encounter, pity, and adopt an orphaned kobold. Preferably if she orphaned it herself. Have the map have a kobold camp on it.
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Was that the sword she came in with or was it there already, I'm too tired to remember good, just played through a year of undead siege with 20 dorfs to scramble a military together out of. Eyes hurt.
(http://i.imgur.com/uHs99AD.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/uHs99AD.gif)
I like to call this latest update "Forgetting What a Pain In the Ass Anamation Is and Remembering Why I Only Animate Simple Actions."
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I like to call this latest update "Forgetting What a Pain In the Ass Anamation Is and Remembering Why I Only Animate Simple Actions."
It looks really good, though!
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she orphaned it herself. Have the map have a kobold camp on it.
+1
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she orphaned it herself. Have the map have a kobold camp on it.
+1
-1
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It was a kobold that snuck that map into her boot. It was just trying to help.
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KOBOLDS
dang 'em.
I guess Reg's kobold-mania is viral for the readers.
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I like to call this latest update "Forgetting What a Pain In the Ass Anamation Is and Remembering Why I Only Animate Simple Actions."
It looks really good, though!
yha, looks great in fact. what are you using to do it?
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Photoshop CS6. Everything is done in photoshop. I used to bounce between Sai and Photoshop, but after fiddling with the compatibility issues for a few weeks I got tired of it and stuck with good ol' photoshop. It has a timeline function that works well for short .gifs and the like.
KOBOLDS
dang 'em.
I guess Reg's kobold-mania is viral for the readers.
"The only good kobold is a dead kobold!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"I once killed twelve kobolds with a wooden mini-forge and a cheesegrater. Didn't even break a sweat!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"How many kobolds have I killed? Oh...I'd say about...a hundred.
A hundred THOUSAND!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
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Reg: find an adorable little baby critter that tries to hide and leaves her trying to calm it down.
Holt: walk in shortly afterwards and ask Reg why she's cuddling a baby kobold.
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This stuff is great, keep being Saint Awesome.
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Oh, so that's what was in her boot. I thought it was just a decoration or something on her leggings.
Well then. Follow the map.
Map: Be wrong.
+1
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Reg: find an adorable little baby critter that tries to hide and leaves her trying to calm it down.
Holt: walk in shortly afterwards and ask Reg why she's cuddling a baby kobold.
+1
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Reg: find an adorable little baby critter that tries to hide and leaves her trying to calm it down.
Holt: walk in shortly afterwards and ask Reg why she's cuddling a baby kobold.
+1
+1
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Reg: find an adorable little baby critter that tries to hide and leaves her trying to calm it down.
Holt: walk in shortly afterwards and ask Reg why she's cuddling a baby kobold.
+1
+1
-1
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Oh, so that's what was in her boot. I thought it was just a decoration or something on her leggings.
Well then. Follow the map.
Map: Be wrong.
+1
+1
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There''s a typo in the first paragraph. Depot is missing a t. Loved the sword animation. Checked Holt's beard right after to see if it was accidentally clipped(Didn't notice the flash behind Holt the first time the gif ran heh).
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"The only good kobold is a dead kobold!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"I once killed twelve kobolds with a wooden mini-forge and a cheesegrater. Didn't even break a sweat!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"How many kobolds have I killed? Oh...I'd say about...a hundred.
A hundred THOUSAND!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
*ahem* ...imaginary kobolds... *ahem*
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"The only good kobold is a dead kobold!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"I once killed twelve kobolds with a wooden mini-forge and a cheesegrater. Didn't even break a sweat!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
"How many kobolds have I killed? Oh...I'd say about...a hundred.
A hundred THOUSAND!"
-Reg Pashmad, Recruit.
*ahem* ...imaginary kobolds... *ahem*
Actually, they are of a special kobold tribe, spoken of in legend... the Schrödinger's kobolds - they both exist and not exist at the same time...
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They exist only until researched, at which point they disappear.
To return only when the person who first mentioned them has recovered from the shame of being mocked for her lies. And starts telling tales about Schrödinger's kobolds once more.
:) Gotta love the overly eager recruit.
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Actually, they are of a special kobold tribe, spoken of in legend... the Schrödinger's kobolds - they both exist and not exist at the same time...
They exist only until researched, at which point they disappear.
To return only when the person who first mentioned them has recovered from the shame of being mocked for her lies. And starts telling tales about Schrödinger's kobolds once more.
All of this is completely true.
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Especially the second one, which is applicable to many more things than just kobolds.
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Reg: find an adorable little baby critter that tries to hide and leaves her trying to calm it down.
Holt: walk in shortly afterwards and ask Reg why she's cuddling a baby kobold.
+1
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Why are there so many commands telling the author what to write instead of commands telling characters what to do?
Seems a bit reverse Railroady, if that term makes sense.
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It's all just
user reader input. It doesn't matter.
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"It only matters if I WANT IT TO!"
--evictedSaint
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"It only matters if I WANT IT TO!"
--evictedSaint
I do cherry-pick suggestions sometimes, but reader suggestions go a looong way in changing the story. I have some suggestions from three months ago I'm still working on putting in.
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(http://i.imgur.com/5LegR4h.png) (http://i.imgur.com/5LegR4h.png)
"What's that - a map?! Well hang on a second, let me take a look-see."
(http://i.imgur.com/O5pZEo3.png) (http://i.imgur.com/O5pZEo3.png)
"...a bit...blood-stained for my taste, but it's as good a map as any, lass. Well done! I'm guessin' the last owner of this scrap of paper wasn't as lucky as we were. By the looks of things, it seems like we got ourselves a bit south of the road here...well, this certainly makes things easier, I'll tell you that much. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we'll get ourselves back on the road and up north to Shielddawn.
I just hope wee lil' Misty won't be gettin' herself into any trouble before we can get there..."
(http://i.imgur.com/2YY5fI9.png) (http://i.imgur.com/2YY5fI9.png)
Meanwhile...
(http://i.imgur.com/ppsM9my.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ppsM9my.png)
"Holy cow."
"Correct."
(http://i.imgur.com/eNmuCBM.png) (http://i.imgur.com/eNmuCBM.png)
"You're a talking cow!!!"
"...also correct, unfortunately."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6563426#msg6563426)
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That is possibly the least amused look I've ever seen on a cow. :D
I like the adventurer-syle map.
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Misty: Get a bucket! Get some holy milk! For making holy cheese! This will be a kickstart for your career as a legendary Cheesemaker!
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misty: ask the cows name
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Misty: be disappointed no other cow puns are coming to mind.
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Misty: be disappointed no other cow puns are coming to mind.
*be aMoosed
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misty: ask the cows name
Then tell your own name.
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A (literally!) holy cow just has to be an avatar of Cowsea, the Cheese Goddess (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095)! Misty prayed to Cowsea (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5401402#msg5401402) on the way here. This must be the goddess's answer!
Thank Cowsea for her answer, and ask the cow whether she would like to be milked now.
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Holt: take treasure for 'traveling money'
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Be very polite to the holy cow.
Ask if the rest of the fort knows they're holy, or if everyone treats them like a normal cow.
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Free the cow from the pen, obviously.
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A (literally!) holy cow just has to be an avatar of Cowsea, the Cheese Goddess (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095)! Misty prayed to Cowsea (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5401402#msg5401402) on the way here. This must be the goddess's answer!
Thank Cowsea for her answer, and ask the cow whether she would like to be milked now.
+1
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Woohoo for semi-regular updates!
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Convert to Hinduism
Or more seriously: Offer the cow a sacrifice. Like, say, a plump helmet man.
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Butcher: Enter the room.
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I hope it isn't too cow-ardly. The steaks are too high.
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I hope it isn't too cow-ardly. The steaks are too high.
Ow.
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That map is the map of a fallen adventureure, it has bandit camp:dead, bigfoot:dead.
Pretty funny.
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Misty: milk one of the cows, make a cheese, and give it to HIC (Holy Indian Cow) as a gesture of friendship
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I hope it isn't too cow-ardly. The steaks are too high.
The context does kind of behoove us to milk the puns for all they're worth, since ES has changed the title and all. The constant pun wars are starting to get a bit cheesy though - unless I'm the only one with a beef with them.
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I imagine my last several adventurers all had similar maps on them...
Hail Cowsea, full of grace!
Free the cow from the pen, obviously.
Apply appropriate dfusion tweaks to make it your mount. Ride about the fortress.
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Hail Cowsea, full of grace grass!
Fixed.
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Misty: Get a bucket! Get some holy milk! For making holy cheese! This will be a kickstart for your career as a legendary Cheesemaker!
+1 blessed cheese maker.
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Misty: Get a bucket! Get some holy milk! For making holy cheese! This will be a kickstart for your career as a legendary Cheesemaker!
+1 blessed cheese maker.
+2 Cheese!!!
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Broadway reference: Moo, moo, moo. Moo with me. Come on [madam], moo with me. Moo, moo, moo, moo. Thank you.
There seems to be disagreement online on the exact phrasing, but I believe the sentiment comes across.
--Rexfelum
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+2 Cheese!!!
It needs to be masterwork before you can do that, but I trust that with Cowsea's help all things will be possible.
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On the udder hand, does the cow want to see a moovie?
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Ask it's name and if it needs any help
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Misty: Get a bucket! Get some holy milk! For making holy cheese! This will be a kickstart for your career as a legendary Cheesemaker!
+1 blessed cheese maker.
+2 Cheese!!!
Abso-moo-tly.
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These puns are a hoot and a calf.
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It was a mis-steak to en-cow-rage these puns. They're too cheesey.
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These puns are bad for my moo-d.
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Why does the dwarven Cheesemaker leave milk outdoors?
She's trying to pasture-ize it.
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When will the truth about the cow be re-veal-ed?
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What did we do to deserve this pun-ishment?
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What did we do to deserve this pun-ishment?
Obviously, we need to be more curdious in the whey we give suggestions.
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If more cow-puns are desired:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI
... the cow and plump helmet men should ally!
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If more cow-puns are desired:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI
... the cow and plump helmet men should ally!
Delicious allies for the cow god
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It was just brought to my attention...
That the Duke has an upside down troll doll for a head.
Are we the only people that see that?
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It was just brought to my attention...
That the Duke has an upside down troll doll for a head.
Are we the only people that see that?
You have to look closely, but yes, there's indeed an upside down troll doll in his head. :o
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It was just brought to my attention...
That the Duke has an upside down troll doll for a head.
Are we the only people that see that?
You have to look closely, but yes, there's indeed an upside down troll doll in his head. :o
I actually see a guy with big eyebrows and a pompadour... Not quite wild enough to be a troll doll :P
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(http://i.imgur.com/3BZbzU1.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/3BZbzU1.gif)
"Wait a minute, cow's can't talk! Unless..."
"Oh here we go, the think-cart is leaving the trade depot."
(http://i.imgur.com/oHx3MUP.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/oHx3MUP.gif)
"You must have been sent here to answer my prayers!!!
I prayed and prayed and prayed to the Gods for help, and here you are! I can't believe it, Cowsea actually answered my prayers!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/pOnlHdY.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pOnlHdY.png)
"Woah woah woah, hold your horses, alright? Sorry to burst your bubble...uh..."
"Misty."
"Sorry to burst your bubble, Misty, but I'm not actually here for you. Besides, Gods only answer the prayers of their worshippers, so you've actually gotta be a worshipper if you want to have your prayers heard."
(http://i.imgur.com/bGXha8k.png) (http://i.imgur.com/bGXha8k.png)
"But...I am a worshipper of Cowsea."
"...What, really?"
(http://i.imgur.com/uFpOADY.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/uFpOADY.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/QlnWxm2.png) (http://i.imgur.com/QlnWxm2.png)
"Huh. I guess you are. Kinda feel like I should have noticed that sooner."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6579729#msg6579729)
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Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
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Misty: Ask her who...
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
Boltgun canceled Write post, oblivious.
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Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
This.
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Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
This.
Indeed.
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"Oh sorry, I munster apologize for the smell, I camembert to this rock fort because I was trying to invent some sort of cheese that properly captures the aura of a rotting miasma pit. I'm torn between calling it "limburger", "epoisses", and "new jersey"... what do you think I should go with?"
Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
Heh, someone asked to be cheered up once, requesting cheesy jokes.
'It'll brie ok.'
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Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
This.
+1 holly cheese
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Let the cow out of the pen. He will be our second non-dwarf friend that will almost certainly get slaughtered.
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Let the cow out of the pen. He will be our second non-dwarf friend that will almost certainly get slaughtered.
"he"? But... udders..
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Let the cow out of the pen. He will be our second non-dwarf friend that will almost certainly get slaughtered.
"he"? But... udders..
Shhh, don't think about it.
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I just remembered that demons will occasionally pose as gods and enter a civilization. Apparently they can arrive as a diplomat at your fortress. Per the story above,
I'm not actually here for you.
so this cow may very well have a cover story to maintain. And if you were expecting this cow to
be our second non-dwarf friend that will almost certainly get slaughtered.
well, I'm thinking that the "betray and traumatize Misty" train is ready to go a second time, but it's got a whole different payload.
Plot: Have that happen.
--Rexfelum
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Plot: Have that happen.
--Rexfelum
ok
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Plot: Have that happen.
--Rexfelum
ok
I suppose you're not serious... 'cause having DWARVES who pray demons would be really weird.
Also, unique demons, such as diplomats, take the humanoid form. So this cow is definetly not a demon.
Not if I'm against dramatic plot twists though...
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Misty: Ask the cow what you can to help her with her current task.
Just remember; if you can brie useful to Cowsea, then Cowsea might be gouda you.
This.
+1
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Plot: Have that happen.
ok
I suppose you're not serious... 'cause having DWARVES who pray demons would be really weird.
Also, unique demons, such as diplomats, take the humanoid form. So this cow is definetly not a demon.
Not if I'm against dramatic plot twists though...
By the power of selective quoting, I believe evictedSaint has circumvented all controversial material and has agreed that "plot," indeed, "will happen." I am glad to have made a material contribution to advancing the story.
--Rexfelum
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I suppose you're not serious... 'cause having DWARVES who pray demons would be really weird.
Of all the things that dwarves do... even in this story... you think this one crosses the threshold of weirdness?
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Misty, learn to kill zombies with a quarter-staff, because all life is precious.
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I suppose you're not serious... 'cause having DWARVES who pray demons would be really weird.
Of all the things that dwarves do... even in this story... you think this one crosses the threshold of weirdness?
Yes.
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Ask the cow to teach you how to pray for Elf souls. Then you'll be ready to argue theology with the nun!
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Never argue theology with the nun. Especially when she's covered in blood.
Ask the cow why she's here.
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ant-men, suddenly and unexpectedly burrow into the plump helmet chamber and give them the contraband they need to begin the assault
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Never argue theology with the nun. Especially when she's covered in blood.
Ask the cow why she's here.
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We need more data!
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Never argue theology with the nun. Especially when she's covered in blood.
Ask the cow why she's here.
+1
We need more data!
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Never argue theology with the nun. Especially when she's covered in blood.
Ask the cow why she's here.
+1
We need more data!
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update later tonight
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update later tonight
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update later tonight
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breathing intensifies
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F5 spamming intensifies
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F5 spamming intensifies
I broke my F5 a long time ago....
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"What is that, eight hours of worship? Ten? Not much, but at least you're not worshiping that dung-heap Stonetusk. Everyone else in this miserable little hole is worshiping him. Coming here was a mistake."
(http://i.imgur.com/aUOWFA0.png) (http://i.imgur.com/aUOWFA0.png)
"Well, why DID you come here, then?"
"Glad you asked! Nothing I like more than explaining my motivations to a mortal. I love having to dumb everything down! It's totally not a waste of time! Try to keep up, alright? But if you don't, that's fine too! I love repeating myself!"
(http://i.imgur.com/GqvlEYp.png) (http://i.imgur.com/GqvlEYp.png)
"I stepped down from a higher, holy plane of existence. From my majestic, ethereal, formless being I coalesced into what you see before you; a glorious, perfect cow. It was my Avatar, the binding of my Will to the mortal plane. It was to shock and awe all who gazed upon it with its powerful horns, glossy coat, bountiful udders, and haunting moo's.
No perfect thing exists in the mortal plane, but truly my body was as close as you could get. Nothing was more pure, more perfect, or more beautiful than the cow."
(http://i.imgur.com/GqPQYUh.png) (http://i.imgur.com/GqPQYUh.png)
"To Shielddawn I pranced on precise, dexterous hooves. My goal was simple; to sway the inhabitants of this bloody little stain from the violence and depravity of Stonetusk, but instead to the peaceful tranquility of farm work. Also, a half-dozen other reasons that a mortal like yourself shouldn't concern itself with, but the main goal was to get these dwarves to stop with the murdering and remove them from their worship of Stonetusk."
(http://i.imgur.com/0ZsZLbq.png) (http://i.imgur.com/0ZsZLbq.png)
"That did not work out."
(http://i.imgur.com/za9rxHH.png) (http://i.imgur.com/za9rxHH.png)
"So yeah, these bloody, bearded idiots ignored what I had to say, caged me, and dumped me in this pen with the rest of the cows. That was a year ago, and I've been spending my time thinking about what I'll curse that moronic butcher Catten with once he finally slaughters my Avatar and releases my essence back into the heavens.
I'm leaning towards were-cow."
(http://i.imgur.com/sqThv5W.png) (http://i.imgur.com/sqThv5W.png)
"Wait, so Cowsea sent you to Shielddawn to try and get everyone to stop worshiping Stonetusk?"
"Huh? Oh, no - I am Cowsea."
"What?"
"Cowsea. That's me. I am a God."
(http://i.imgur.com/s9ymyz5.png) (http://i.imgur.com/s9ymyz5.png)
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/h1FkNOe.png) (http://i.imgur.com/h1FkNOe.png)
"..."
"...what."
(http://i.imgur.com/nU2igvW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/nU2igvW.png)
"Are you...sure you're a god?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6601204#msg6601204)
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Attend confession.
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Holy cow: ruminate that!
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Holy cow: ruminate that!
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for a cow she sure didn't SEE her capture coming.
that said good thing no one told her she could alter the race of her avatar to be a cow-woman or a Cow-Were-cow... what do you call an animal person getting infected with a Were curse of the same animal type?
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"Am.....am I in a strange mood?" (probably not so early in the game, but hey, it doesn't hurt to ask)"Can I please milk you and make cheese from your milk? It would be the greatest honor I will ever have." Actually, now that I think about it, wouldn't milking cows until we became Adequate Milkers get us out of hauling duty?
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On the udder hand, at least she gets free meals.
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Misty would need a bucket in order to milk any cows.
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Clearly we must obtain
5 40 buckets and start milking. That's enough to get us to Adequate Milker plus a little to spare; once our profession title changes, we will probably be freed from hauling duty and have unlimited farmer's workshop access, leaving us free to make as much cheese as we please so much as no one pays too much attention to us. To maintain our profession title (and with it, the ruse), we can only make one cheese wheel for every time we've milked something, at least until we're in too deep for them to reassign us to hauling. We'll need to stop milking before we become legendary milkers (wouldn't want to be stuck with that for our profession, would we?), but in the meantime at least we'll be training 4/6 of the attributes we need for cheesemaking. Spinning and threshing also train 4/6 of the attributes we need, so if there's nothing else to milk but we don't have a good chance to secretly make cheese at the moment we should try our hand at those skills too. Training in those skills (and maybe shearing too if we get really desperate) will deepen our cover, give us more workshop access and make us harder to reassign to hauling when we reveal our true intent.
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Before we stumble over ourself, do something stupid, and cut the scene short,* gotta get this in:
Misty: Ride holy cow like a mechanical bull.
--Rexfelum
* Not to say MY suggestion would achieve different ends.
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Two things, 1 Ask if it will bw able to help you once it gets out of its avatar form (you know, revive the elf, help make cheese) and 2, ask if you can milk it and make cheese out of god milk
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Offer to kill Cowsea's avatar if it would help.
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Before we stumble over ourself, do something stupid, and cut the scene short,* gotta get this in:
Misty: Ride holy cow like a mechanical bull.
--Rexfelum
* Not to say MY suggestion would achieve different ends.
Offer to kill Cowsea's avatar if it would help.
Well, if killing the avatar helps, then anything we do to make her look like a crazed animal that needs to be put down would help, though we should aim for the most humane death possible.
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Wise Bookfire, the Goddess of Knowledge and Rage, who has bestowed insight and madness upon those who draw her eye or ire,
Enchanting Cakewine, the Goddess of Deception and Drink, who delights in leading wandering adventurers astray,
Stoic Sunshield, the God of Children and Protection, who blesses the children of his followers and shields those who bear his sigil,
Bloody Stonetusk, the God of Fortresses and Conquest, the bloodiest of the seven and patron of Shielddawn itself,
Glittering Golddug, the Goddess of Wealth and Gems, who guides the hand of miners in the dark tunnels and brings them to the riches below,
Inconstant Urist CCCVI, God of Suicide and Reincarnation, who takes his own life at the end of each year only to be born anew the next,
And Humble Cowsea, Goddess of Cheese and Cattle, who keeps milk from spoil and the beast of the field docile.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png) (https://24.media.tumblr.com/31a88111e3fad1802562d3b4fd3061fa/tumblr_n5ujhyobm61rs5f3po5_1280.png.html)
Stonetusk is clearly an evil elephant. Misty only needs to have Cheesemaker skill as highest moodable skill, and gets possessed by Cowsea to become Legendary Cheesemaker.
After that goal, Misty needs to just increase social skills and become Mayor of Shielddawn and mandate the prohibition of cheese exports, as well as creation of more cheese.
After Mayor, baroness or dutchess may be within easy grasp for Misty.
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Stonetusk is clearly an evil elephant. Misty only needs to have Cheesemaker skill as highest moodable skill, and gets possessed by Cowsea to become Legendary Cheesemaker.
But possession is the one strange mood that doesn't provide experience.
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
If Cowsea doesn't simply trample Misty for her blasphemy, ask Cowsea how Misty can help.
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Stonetusk is clearly an evil elephant. Misty only needs to have Cheesemaker skill as highest moodable skill, and gets possessed by Cowsea to become Legendary Cheesemaker.
But possession is the one strange mood that doesn't provide experience.
So maybe a Fey mood instead of Possession for Armorsmithing then like her Dad, but she uses Cheese as the main item, so she will create the first Cheese Helm.
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Stonetusk is clearly an evil elephant. Misty only needs to have Cheesemaker skill as highest moodable skill, and gets possessed by Cowsea to become Legendary Cheesemaker.
But possession is the one strange mood that doesn't provide experience.
So maybe a Fey mood instead of Possession for Armorsmithing then like her Dad, but she uses Cheese as the main item, so she will create the first Cheese Helm.
No, no, no. A dwarf can only have 1 strange mood in their lifetime; we can't afford the one strange mood in our life producing anything other than an artifact cheese wheel. If it were a choice between being possessed and never ever having a strange mood, then being possessed would be the better option, but as it stand we're better off holding out for a non-possession strange mood that will provide us experience. That said, in the distant but foreseeable future we might need to take action to make sure that we get a strange mood (making sure the maximum number of artifacts is not reached/increased beyond the current number of artifacts, making sure there is always 20 moodable dwarfs around)
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That said, in the distant but foreseeable future we might need to take action to make sure that we get a strange mood (making sure the maximum number of artifacts is not reached/increased beyond the current number of artifacts, making sure there is always 20 moodable dwarfs around)
The only way Misty can ensure a minimum of 20 moodable dwarfs would be to get married and start poppin' babies. I think that's getting rather ahead of ourselves.
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That said, in the distant but foreseeable future we might need to take action to make sure that we get a strange mood (making sure the maximum number of artifacts is not reached/increased beyond the current number of artifacts, making sure there is always 20 moodable dwarfs around)
The only way Misty can ensure a minimum of 20 moodable dwarfs would be to get married and start poppin' babies. I think that's getting rather ahead of ourselves.
Well, we ARE and adult now. Even if gaining political power and assigning dwarfs to moodable tasks to ensure a constant moodable population is something we can't do, getting married and popping babies is something we can work at. And besides, every dwarf not with a non-military profession is eligible, so all we need to do is make sure there are always 20 civilians (including ourselves) who haven't been in a strange mood yet. And we've got 138-158 years to wait for a strange mood.
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
Just because your suggestion doesn't come up immediately in the next update doesn't mean they're not considered! I use most of suggestions within two or three updates - sometimes they even span chapters. Cowsea, for example, was from a suggestion in chapter 1 to "get a cow". Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
Just because your suggestion doesn't come up immediately in the next update doesn't mean they're not considered! I use most of suggestions within two or three updates - sometimes they even span chapters. Cowsea, for example, was from a suggestion in chapter 1 to "get a cow". Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
Truly, it is a pity that there is no milkable creature that provides an inherent value modifier, or we could have tried to obtain one and use it for cheese milk.
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
Just because your suggestion doesn't come up immediately in the next update doesn't mean they're not considered! I use most of suggestions within two or three updates - sometimes they even span chapters. Cowsea, for example, was from a suggestion in chapter 1 to "get a cow". Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
Truly, it is a pity that there is no milkable creature that provides an inherent value modifier, or we could have tried to obtain one and use it for cheese milk.
Purring maggots.
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
Just because your suggestion doesn't come up immediately in the next update doesn't mean they're not considered! I use most of suggestions within two or three updates - sometimes they even span chapters. Cowsea, for example, was from a suggestion in chapter 1 to "get a cow". Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
Truly, it is a pity that there is no milkable creature that provides an inherent value modifier, or we could have tried to obtain one and use it for cheese milk.
Purring maggots.
Absolutely disgusting.
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I was thinking those bug things in cages a few updates back (the ones that had a note on them stating that they needed to be recaged after being milked) or elephants (surely they'll have a few of those around if Stonetusk is their patron god, right?), but then I remembered that this is Masterwork so there's no such thing as value modifiers from animals. Plus, elephants aren't milkable anyways, so it would be doubly impossible for us to use elephant milk to produce our artifact cheese someday with a 5x value modifier.....or is it?
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It's a bit awkward to make suggestions, since the last scene ended with Misty questioning the godhood of Cowsea's physical form. The ball is in Cowsea's court, as it were.
If Cowsea doesn't simply trample Misty for her blasphemy, ask Cowsea how Misty can help.
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Forget cheese, Misty's a teenager; she needs to find Rock & Roll !!!!!!!! It was allright... One fine morning she hears that New York Station ... Started dancing to that fine fine music, her life was saved by Rock & And Roll !!!
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUsUI-txQbM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUsUI-txQbM)
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edit: nevermind.
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Cowsea: *glare* You did just hear me mention the possibility of cursing someone to become a werecow, right?
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Misty's challenge to Cowsea's godhood... if she challenged almost any other god/goddess, I would expect the deity to respond with a display of power.
But in Cowsea's case, I actually expect her to snort, roll her eyes, and make a snarky comment. Much like the one Max™ suggested.
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Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
Butcher: Suddenly appear and your job on Cowsea.
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ShieldDawn: Slightly louder, muffled mushroom noises
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Cowsea: *glare* You did just hear me mention the possibility of cursing someone to become a werecow, right?
You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
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Don't let silly things like "plot" or "common sense" stop you from making a suggestion, guys.
Butcher: Suddenly appear and your job on Cowsea.
Do you mean to imply that the avatar's butchering was not, in fact, inevitable?
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ShieldDawn: Slightly louder, muffled mushroom noises
+1 Muffling intensifies
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ShieldDawn: Slightly louder, muffled mushroom noises
+1 Muffling intensifies
+1 intensing mufflifies
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ShieldDawn: Slightly louder, muffled mushroom noises
+1 Muffling intensifies
+1 intensing mufflifies
+muffle intensing 1ifies
I'm so sorry
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Create a plan to break the avatar out, and spread the word of Cowsea. Pickpocket a miner's pickaxe to dig a way out of the pasture.
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Posting to get notifications on updates, carry on
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+muffle intensing 1ifies
I'm so sorry
??? :-\
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Misty: Realize that this is why your prayers have been ineffective and nonresponsive this whole time
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Misty: Realize that this is why your prayers have been ineffective and nonresponsive this whole time
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Misty: Realize that this is why your prayers have been ineffective and nonresponsive this whole time
+1
+2, on condition that she realizes that this only explains her prayers to Cowsea. Urist McGodofsuicideandreincarnation has his own reasons for not responding.
Have a conversation about how likely a god is going to respond to any given prayer.
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If a god is too unpopular they might not have the strength to respond. If a god is too popular, they get too many prayers to respond to. Rationally one should pick a medium popularity god if possible.
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Misty's faith isn't based on rational analysis. It's based on cheese! And whatever this forum's reason was for picking the god of suicide, which I don't remember.
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Misty, remember that she is in line to be overseer, so plot with Cowsea to eliminate all those above here in the order so she can turn the fortress in to a Cowsea-worshiping farming/milking/cheese making paradise.
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Misty's faith isn't based on rational analysis. It's based on cheese! And whatever this forum's reason was for picking the god of suicide, which I don't remember.
I think it was because he is also associated with reincarnation, and Misty was making a new beginning (which is basically the same thing) at ShieldDawn.
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Actually if everyone followed rational god selection then each god would already have about a medium number of followers until they start to all have too many, at which point maybe a new god would pop up. I think it would work surprisingly well.
Misty, remember that she is in line to be overseer, so plot with Cowsea to eliminate all those above here in the order so she can turn the fortress in to a Cowsea-worshiping farming/milking/cheese making paradise.
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If a god is too unpopular they might not have the strength to respond. If a god is too popular, they get too many prayers to respond to. Rationally one should pick a medium popularity god if possible.
Actually if everyone followed rational god selection then each god would already have about a medium number of followers until they start to all have too many, at which point maybe a new god would pop up. I think it would work surprisingly well.
But if they get more powerful, then they would likely be able to handle their followers, presumably a "medium" number of followers would depend on the god, a powerful god gaining more followers while a lesser god had to work with fewer until they gained more power.
Sort of a chicken-and-egg scenario, do they gain power because they are popular or do they gain popularity because they have power?
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Indeed. It would be interesting. I am assuming that it's not just that gods get more powerful the more followers they get, otherwise you'd expect one to eventually win out over all the others and that's uninteresting.
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This reminds me of the book "small gods" be Terry Pratchet
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This reminds me of the book "small gods" be Terry Pratchet
That book should be required reading in school.
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This reminds me of the book "small gods" be Terry Pratchet
That book should be required reading in school.
I disagree. Requiring someone to read something they should be required to read only causes them to despise it and shun everything related to it, even when perfectly applicable to the situation and even when they've been bettered as a result. Instead, just insure it's on every shelf and let those that willst gravitate to what they ought.
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This reminds me of the book "small gods" be Terry Pratchet
That book should be required reading in school.
I disagree. Requiring someone to read something they should be required to read only causes them to despise it and shun everything related to it, even when perfectly applicable to the situation and even when they've been bettered as a result. Instead, just insure it's on every shelf and let those that willst gravitate to what they ought.
I agree. Great book, but required reading makes people resent it.
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(http://i.imgur.com/pmSGmtK.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pmSGmtK.png)
"What."
"Nothing! It's just...
(http://i.imgur.com/a3EXww6.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/a3EXww6.gif)
"Gods are supposed to be really big and powerful, you know? They can fly, I think, and they smite stuff and answer prayers and...
...you know..."
(http://i.imgur.com/9KxdIoe.png) (http://i.imgur.com/9KxdIoe.png)
"...not get trapped in pens."
"I'm not trapped! I'm just temporarily stuck in cow-form, and while in cow-form I can't do all the sorts of stuff I can normally do in Goddess-form! As soon as Urist Three-Hundred-and-Six realizes that his stupid reincarnation thing didn't work he'll just zap me back! Or that idiot Catten butchers me and my inner Goddess gets released, and I get to curse his stoney dwarf butt to the pits of hell and back!"
"Yeah, but - "
(http://i.imgur.com/3Qx41L5.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3Qx41L5.png)
"DO NOT DOUBT ME, TINY MORTAL! I AM A GODDESS TO THE VERY CORE! WEAVER OF REALITY! BREAKER OF MINDS! AN IMMORTAL WHO ANSWERS PRAYERS WITH ONE HOOF AND SMITES BLASPHEMERS WITH THE OTHER, AND ALSO TWO OTHER ADDITIONAL THINGS WITH THE REMAINING HOOVES! MY POWER MAY BE LIMITED WHILST IN MY MORTAL FORM, BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY MY IMMORTAL FORM WOULD ROCK YOUR ALPACA WOOL SOCKS, FEEBLE MORTAL GIRL!!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/WFwmQgR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/WFwmQgR.png)
"...O...Oh, okay. Just..."
(http://i.imgur.com/XlWXGO4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XlWXGO4.png)
"Just what."
(http://i.imgur.com/lTGyH3Z.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/lTGyH3Z.gif)
"...are you super sure you're a God? Like, really?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6622991#msg6622991)
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Apologize, it's because of all the things that recently happened that you doubt things.
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Welp, it's semi-regular, at least. Super hard to churn out regular updates when I've got KSP updating to 1.0.4, Fallout 4 coming out, and a project at work I'm desperately trying to get finished. Still, I'll try to keep it updating every ~7 or so.
In other news, my birthday is the 11th! I'll see if I can't do something special, maybe. Maybe an extra update? Text story about some aspect of the world you guys wanna know more about? Story boards for TLCM? IDK, what would you guys want?
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For you to have a happy birthday ES.
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Oh, are you celebrating your birthday like a hobbit and giving presents to other people? I find family trees interesting. What's Misty's like?
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I find family trees interesting. What's Misty's like?
Misty is an orphan. Her adoptive father is the Duke and legendary armorsmith, Mosus Bothonnazom.
For you to have a happy birthday ES.
Daw, you :3
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EvictedSaint: Have a very merry birthday!
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In honour of your birthday and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the states, could we do a very merry kobold Thanksgiving? Something about a bunch of half-starved kobold managing to steal an entire sheep and being thankful for the bounty of food and wool it provides. If those kobolds survive until Christmas, can we also have them steal all the left socks from a ShieldDawn stockpile for use in Kobold Christmas? I know that's a long and complicated request, but...
Also Can we have s'more backstory on ShieldDawn please? :) I don't care if it's a textdump.
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For you to have a happy birthday ES.
+1
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For you to have a happy birthday ES.
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Misty: "Surely, there must be something you can do even in your mortal form that a normal cow could not....other than talking of course."
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Misty: Just milk your goddess already.
Wait, that sounded cleaner in my mind.
Also, happy birthday! Do not stress yourself to make an update for this day, it's a day you should receive gifts instead.
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I hope you have a happy birthday.
Isn't it neat that your birthday is the same day as the Armistice?
(No, I don't blame you for not knowing and/or not caring. It's a history nerd thing.)
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"Um, do you need help with anything? Like getting out of that pen?" I bet there's a farmer's workshop very near the cows. Is there a bucket handy?
What's the material value multiplier for Cow God Cheese? Could be a serious economy item.
Talk a cook into grabbing some 3xCow God cheese, 1xFlour, and crafting a cheese roast, and you've invented nachos!
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I hope you have a happy birthday.
Isn't it neat that your birthday is the same day as the Armistice?
(No, I don't blame you for not knowing and/or not caring. It's a history nerd thing.)
Indeed and it's a public holiday over here.
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Excellent birthday to you, good sir, and if you're in the habit of handing out gifts to all that ask, could you tell us if a certain fort or DF experience gave birth or affected TLCM in any major way?
Questions in red, so as not to get mixed up with suggestions?
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Excellent birthday to you, good sir, and if you're in the habit of handing out gifts to all that ask, could you tell us if a certain fort or DF experience gave birth or affected TLCM in any major way?
It's based strongly off a fort I had once, and influenced by about a dozen other forts I had in both Vanilla and MW (for example, sewers flooding and blocking off all the lower levels, trade depot fiasco's, HERT squads, fortress design, some stuff we haven't reached in the story yet, etc). I might do a one-page quick and dirty little strip about BannerBuckets, one of my first forts and a failed Fortress in-universe. It'd be a fun way to show the dangers of overly ambitious fort design and have a little bit of world-building in the process.
I hope you have a happy birthday.
Isn't it neat that your birthday is the same day as the Armistice?
(No, I don't blame you for not knowing and/or not caring. It's a history nerd thing.)
Literally everyone in America knows about Veterans Day, friend. :P
Yes, 11/11 is a neat day to have as a birthday for a multitude of reasons! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes, both you and everyone else! ^_^
I'm feeling generous, so if there's any details about the story you want to know, I'll answer them (provided they don't spoil the story).
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EvictedSaint, let Armok's hammer forge you a year of good fortune.
Also, I would like to inform you that this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker) exists.
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Super hard to churn out regular updates when I've got KSP updating to 1.0.4, Fallout 4 coming out, and a project at work I'm desperately trying to get finished.
I like the order you listed your priorities.
But yeah, don't take time away from your birthday unless you were already planning to do so. Of course, if you DID want to pass the day chatting about videogame dwarves and deity cheeses on the internet, who would I be to judge?
Misty: "Surely, there must be something you can do even in your mortal form that a normal cow could not....other than talking of course."
Go for it. Or some variant like "So . . . got any cool powers?"
--Rexfelum
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Beats having your birthday on 9/11 >.>, but yeah... what age is the world in?
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Step 1: Commence Ocean's Number heist to extract cow.
Step 2: Shenanigans
Step 3: ?
Step 4: Profit!
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Excellent birthday to you, good sir, and if you're in the habit of handing out gifts to all that ask, could you tell us if a certain fort or DF experience gave birth or affected TLCM in any major way?
Questions in red, so as not to get mixed up with suggestions?
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EvictedSaint, let Armok's hammer forge you a year of good fortune.
Also, I would like to inform you that this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebComic/TheLittlestCheesemaker) exists.
Thank you! And I know, I have a link to it in my Master Post. Sadly, it hasn't been updated since June, I think.
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Great update and happy birthday!
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No bonus update or text dump tonight, since I'm exhausted. I'll whip something up this weekend.
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happy belated birthday, and thanks for the new update! I liked the cow shaking.
Ask the cow if it needs help, or if it needs milking.
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Cowsea is clearly not amoooooooosed.
Don't worry folks, I'll be here all night.
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Cowsea is clearly not amoooooooosed.
Don't worry folks, I'll be here all night.
Horning in on the action, eh?
Misty: make accidental cow puns uncontrollably.
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Cowsea is clearly not amoooooooosed.
Don't worry folks, I'll be here all night.
Horning in on the action, eh?
Misty: make accidental cow puns uncontrollably.
If we keep enough, maybe Cowsea will vibrate enough for milkshakes.
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Cowsea is clearly not amoooooooosed.
Don't worry folks, I'll be here all night.
Horning in on the action, eh?
Misty: make accidental cow puns uncontrollably.
If we keep enough, maybe Cowsea will vibrate enough for milkshakes.
Have a bucket ready and work on comedian skills, maybe Cowsea will laugh so hard, milk comes out of her nose.
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Cowsea: Tantrum time!
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Cowsea is clearly not amoooooooosed.
Don't worry folks, I'll be here all night.
Don't disable your profession labors.
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Update later tonight, as well as a short side-comic about the Tragedy of Bannerbuckets, one of the many, many Fortresses that fell during the Great War between the Elves and Dwarves.
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Update later tonight, as well as a short side-comic about the Tragedy of Bannerbuckets, one of the many, many Fortresses that fell during the Great War between the Elves and Dwarves.
Looking forward to it! Yay back story!
What time zone are you in?
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Update later tonight, as well as a short side-comic about the Tragedy of Bannerbuckets, one of the many, many Fortresses that fell during the Great War between the Elves and Dwarves.
Looking forward to it! Yay back story!
What time zone are you in?
Central time, US.
And I'm gonna hold off on posting the next update just yet - I want to post the next two or three pages all at once. Sorry guys.
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Update later tonight, as well as a short side-comic about the Tragedy of Bannerbuckets, one of the many, many Fortresses that fell during the Great War between the Elves and Dwarves.
Looking forward to it! Yay back story!
What time zone are you in?
Central time, US.
And I'm gonna hold off on posting the next update just yet - I want to post the next two or three pages all at once. Sorry guys.
That's fine. (http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/)
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looking forward to it! :)
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(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z9_qGiwMO-g/hqdefault.jpg)
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(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z9_qGiwMO-g/hqdefault.jpg)
(http://catsonfilm.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/go04_31.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/oQ1keYc.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/oQ1keYc.gif)
"Fine!
You want proof? I'll give you proof! Behold, mortal, and take care that your feeble mind does not crumble before the sheer godly might you are about to witness! My miracles have been know to cave in consciousnesses like week-old cottage cheese! Their power is on par with the might of Armok himself! Though I may be limited in this state, do not think my powers cannot rend your mind in twain as it struggles to comprehend the distortion of the very fabric of reality itself!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/jLEYu1U.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/jLEYu1U.gif)
"Hear me, O beasts of the field! Your Goddess, Cowsea, Lord of all the humble works related to farms, commands you! Lend me your strength, your power, your might, your very souls as I weave my holy light upon this place! Let no ounce of will go untapped as I bend reality to fit my fancy, and rejoice in knowing that your Goddess calls upon you! Rejoice, and submit to my holy will!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/UFayrWY.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/UFayrWY.gif)
BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(http://i.imgur.com/3rTFPQW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3rTFPQW.png)
"Behold! Marvel upon the miracle I have wrought before your very eyes! Marvel upon it, and prostrate yourself before your Goddess, for your doubt has forced my hand to bend reality as such! Know that I could easily bend it in a manner much less befitting the continuation of your pitiful, mortal life!!!"
(http://i.imgur.com/ZqCRuYP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ZqCRuYP.png)
"Huh. I guess you really are a god."
"THANK YOU."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6653743#msg6653743)
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Well that was a lot shorter and more poorly done than I thought it'd be. I'll just have to make up for it with volume, I guess. :(
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Silverybearded cancels coherent thinking: Too unreasonably amused.
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Misty: Wonder how it is possible for a creature to be in the middle of two tiles. Since the cow seems to be in the middle of two other cows while it is standing on them.
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Misty: Wonder how it is possible for a creature to be in the middle of two tiles. Since the cow seems to be in the middle of two other cows while it is standing on them.
Did you not listen? Cowsea has bent the very fabric of space itself! This IS the mind-shattering miracle she has wrought!
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Wonder out loud why she doesn't just fly over the fence, and if she hears mushroom noises.
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Wonder out loud why she doesn't just fly over the fence, and if she hears mushroom noises.
The same reason she did not burst from her cage when first captured: her mortal form is bound to the rules of fortress membership.
Misty: Offer to resolve your goddess's predicament like Conan resolved Yag-Kosha's predicament in The Tower of the Elephant.
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Wonder out loud why she doesn't just fly over the fence
Obviously She can get out any time She wishes. She is in the pen because it currently suits Her plans. Whatever they are.
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Learn Cowsea-ken and Spirits Bomb from Cowsea
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We should probably stop focusing so much about nonsense conversations with Cowsea.
Get the plot going already!
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We should probably stop focusing so much about nonsense conversations with Cowsea.
Get the plot going already!
Submit to your new mushroom overlords then?
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We should probably stop focusing so much about nonsense conversations with Cowsea.
Get the plot going already!
+1! Just offer to help the reality-warping cow!
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Cowsea: close your quote so that the remainder of the story is not something you're saying.
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Cowsea: close your quote so that the remainder of the story is not something you're saying.
+1
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We are all grass in the mouth of Cowsea.
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In the words of the good book:
"All flesh is grass."
I've been waiting to do that for a while now.
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ShieldDawn: Slightly louder, muffled mushroom noises
+1 Muffling intensifies
+1 intensing mufflifies
+muffle intensing 1ifies
I'm so sorry
Wonder out loud why she doesn't just fly over the fence, and if she hears mushroom noises.
+1 flying away & mushroom noises
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Misty: Wonder how it is possible for a creature to be in the middle of two tiles. Since the cow seems to be in the middle of two other cows while it is standing on them.
Did you not listen? Cowsea has bent the very fabric of space itself! This IS the mind-shattering miracle she has wrought!
That's some high powered stuff right there!
Have Misty ask Mighty Cowsea how she can serve
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PTW.
Also, let's hope Cowsea doesn't get butchered.
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Let's hope she does!
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Belated happy birthday, ES.
Have Misty ask Mighty Cowsea how she can serve
+1
Also, tactfully inquire as to how her obvious divine might affects her current physical form. Would her milk be any more holy and delicious than truly mortal cow milk, for instance? Would an artifact crafted with her bones glow with the radiance of her true nature? Would any offspring she bears inherit any of her divine will or delectable flavor?
PTW.
Also, let's hope Cowsea doesn't get butchered.
But then she'll be stuck here!
Let's hope she does!
But then we can't grind personal quests for rep!
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Misty: Wonder how it is possible for a creature to be in the middle of two tiles. Since the cow seems to be in the middle of two other cows while it is standing on them.
Did you not listen? Cowsea has bent the very fabric of space itself! This IS the mind-shattering miracle she has wrought!
That's some high powered stuff right there!
Have Misty ask Mighty Cowsea how she can serve
+1 "I live to serve you, my liege."
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Misty: Wonder how it is possible for a creature to be in the middle of two tiles. Since the cow seems to be in the middle of two other cows while it is standing on them.
Did you not listen? Cowsea has bent the very fabric of space itself! This IS the mind-shattering miracle she has wrought!
That's some high powered stuff right there!
Have Misty ask Mighty Cowsea how she can serve
+1 "I live to serve you, my liege."
Wrong title, but +1
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm thankful for all the wonderful fans who encourage me to continue with the Littlest Cheesemaker! You guys rock!
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So, now that we have this much (http://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/20151202120000am/w5260a/1/Time_until_Dwarf_Fortress_update) time remaining until the next DF update, do you think this will affect your post frequency?
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You ask that everywhere. Something makes me think you just want to spread the good news.
I approve. ;D
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You ask that everywhere. Something makes me think you just want to spread the good news.
I approve. ;D
It's my way of coping with the hype.
Also, I don't wanna be the only one to stare at these numbers ticking down.
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Ah...I'll try to keep it ~once per week or so.
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Just don't overdo it to the point where it becomes work and you hate doing it.
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Sorry about the slow-down, guys. The end of the year always gets very busy for me. Update
later tomorrow tonight (partially finished, but i need sleep x_x).
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Sorry about the slow-down, guys. Th e end of the year always gets very busy for me. Update later tonight.
No worries, everyone's busy with the new release!
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Sorry about the slow-down, guys. The end of the year always gets very busy for me. Update later tomorrow tonight (partially finished, but i need sleep x_x).
Please, get your sleep before doing anything else. It's really important!
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Sorry about the slow-down, guys. The end of the year always gets very busy for me. Update later tomorrow tonight (partially finished, but i need sleep x_x).
Please, get your sleep before doing anything else. It's really important!
+1 ;)
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(http://i.imgur.com/oSaleNV.png) (http://i.imgur.com/oSaleNV.png)
"Wow...I've never met a talking cow before, much less a God."
"Yeah, I hear the novelty wears off pretty quick."
(http://i.imgur.com/VRlQvRp.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VRlQvRp.png)
"Well, what happens now? Do I have to...say a prayer...? Or do you just hand out holy quests? Should I help you...escape...? I'm sorry, I'm kind of new to the 'talking to a God' thing."
"Oh, sure, let me pull out my Holy Handbook and give you Beginners Quest Number One. You can go on a fetch quest to get my Holy Backscratcher, then I'll have you kill a bunch of rats in the dungeon. I'm a cow, you wretched little ball of dirt. I can't exactly do much, and that whole 'escape plan' ain't gonna fly. We're about forty stories beneath the surface and cows can't walk up stairs."
(http://i.imgur.com/6TU0tkc.png) (http://i.imgur.com/6TU0tkc.png)
"What -really??? I thought cows could walk up stairs, but they just couldn't walk down them."
"That's actually a common myth. We can't walk up or down."
"What? That's ridiculous! How did you and all the other cows get down here then?"
"I was in a cage the whole time, they just rolled me down the stairs. Granted, I was livid at the time, but in hindsight it was actually a pretty efficient way to - "
(http://i.imgur.com/ivZkxzR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ivZkxzR.png)
"Huh? Oh. Uh, yeah, sure, that's fine."
(http://i.imgur.com/O8Z4w5W.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/O8Z4w5W.gif)
"Take five, guys, you did great. Go on, get out of here. No, no, the show was great, you did fine, just go. Shoo. Shoo."
(http://i.imgur.com/m2nwPEY.png) (http://i.imgur.com/m2nwPEY.png)
"It's always 'Did we do okay, Cowsea? Did we do it right? Do you need anything else?' Ugh, these guys...and as for YOU, Mickey or Mimsey or whatever the hell your name was - I'm getting pretty tired of talking to you. You mortals never understand ANYTHING. You're just like cows, you always have to explain things to them, and then they ask for clarification, and then it's just like...ugh. If I give you your...your quest or whatever, will you leave me alone?"
"I...sure, I guess? What kind of quest?"
"Always with the questions! Always questions questions questions - here's an idea, how about you finish my quest, huh? A holy quest to get everyone in this hell hole to worship me instead of my stupid brother, how's that sound?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6733556#msg6733556)
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(http://static.tumblr.com/5242f29d08231ab8a6bf1326c6b5dfe0/7gvjpzc/g4Qn671jr/tumblr_static_e3d0kqjc84gg044cow8k0sgsk.gif)
Keep up the good work
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Say that it would probably take time and a lot of effort, but you could at least try your best.
Start this holy quest by discretely but actively searching for someone who's also a Cowsea worshiper.
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I'm a cow, you wretched little ball of dirt. I can't exactly do much, and that whole 'escape plan' ain't gonna fly. We're about forty stories beneath the surface and cows can't walk up stairs."
Check the map for elevators and ramps, as well as Cowsea's temple.
Say that it would probably take time and a lot of effort, but you could at least try your best.
Start this holy quest by discretely but actively searching for someone who's also a Cowsea worshiper.
Misty: "So, does anyone else here worship you, or does your brother get ALL the attention around here?" Also, it might be a good idea to consult the nun on this.
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Also, it might be a good idea to consult the nun on this.
I'm not sure if it is wise to consult her at all, she seem to be a bit.. zealous..
But if it works, who am I to argue?
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Misty: "So, does anyone else here worship you, or does your brother get ALL the attention around here?" Also, it might be a good idea to consult the nun on this.
-1 on asking Cowsea more questions (though I suspect Misty won't be able to resist).
+1 on asking the Nun, and the other dwarves. Find the nearest temple. Start some conversations. Find out who worships whom.
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Talk to the local mayor about organizing a party at +Birch Wood Gate+ in honor of Cowsea.
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Make the Best Cheese Ever!! (yeah, I know cheese doesn't have a quality modifier, but pretend it does) and share it with everyone, while spreading the love for Cowsea, in whose honor this cheese was made.
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Change all the altars in the fortress to Cowsea so all their offerings will go to Cowsea.
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Now, we already know this story is playing in Masterwork, but will elements from 0.42 be present as well?
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I believe the universe's rules will bend in whatever direction needed to accomodate the story.
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I really hope there are Taverns. Sweet glorious Taverns.
Anywho. Let's seek out the nun of exposition.
She's my favorite character in all of this anyways and is also conveniently the best person to talk to on religious matters.
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Ask if there is any sort of holy milking bucket +5 of slaying or should she worry about that later?
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Make the Best Cheese Ever!! (yeah, I know cheese doesn't have a quality modifier, but pretend it does) and share it with everyone, while spreading the love for Cowsea, in whose honor this cheese was made.
This is a surprisingly relevant suggestion. How dare you be relevant in a suggestion game?
But yeah, though it may anger the God to keep talking, ask for help in making awesome cheese so as to impress converts. If Cowsea won't even help herself out here . . .
--Rexfelum
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I really hope there are Taverns. Sweet glorious Taverns.
Anywho. Let's seek out the nun of exposition.
She's my favorite character in all of this anyways and is also conveniently the best person to talk to on religious matters.
+1.
Bring back Kulet!
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Look for a cage to carry Cowsea up the stairs
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Look for a cage to carry Cowsea up the stairs
Start performing tasks which train Strength. A metal cage with a cow in it is not a light load!
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Look for a cage to carry Cowsea up the stairs
Start performing tasks which train Strength. A metal cage with a cow in it is not a light load!
-1. You're a hauler, you can use a wheelbarrow.
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Look for a cage to carry Cowsea up the stairs
Start performing tasks which train Strength. A metal cage with a cow in it is not a light load!
-1. You're a hauler, you can use a wheelbarrow.
Only to take her to a stockpile. Then again, we really need to check the map, because if there's a stockpile in the right spot we can get away with wheelbarrows.
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Cowsea, morph all the cows into humanoids, then use your new army to make people worship you by force.
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Look for a cage to carry Cowsea up the stairs
Start performing tasks which train Strength. A metal cage with a cow in it is not a light load!
-1. You're a hauler, you can use a wheelbarrow.
Only to take her to a stockpile. Then again, we really need to check the map, because if there's a stockpile in the right spot we can get away with wheelbarrows.
Guys guys, one step at a time - find a cage first!
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Okay, everybody, this is Misty. She's not one for Practical Decision-Making. First, she needs an unrealistic dream to pursue. How about:
1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
2. Find a chef in the process of preparing a lavish meal.
3. Insert All The Cheese into their cooking process.
4. Notify the overseer of the immense trade value of the newly created Planepacked food.
5. ShieldDawn moves to an economy supported by God Na'Cho's!
6. Build a Milking Temple to Cowsea
Then, I dunno, douse it all in magma or something. This is a player fort after all. God cheese nachos probably weren't meant for mortals anyway.
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Reevaluate life choices
ALTERNATIVELY:
Decide you could really do with some steaks right about now.
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
2. Find a chef in the process of preparing a lavish meal.
3. Insert All The Cheese into their cooking process.
...
6. Build a Milking Temple to Cowsea
+1 to those. Not sure Misty should go to the overseer. I still think talking to ordinary dwarves (and bringing them Divine Nachos) is the way to go. Grassroots campaign. (Cavemoss campaign? Whatever dwarves call it.)
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)[/color]
+ All the ones
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Im a long time (since 2011) lurker. For years I watched the stark raving madness that rampages about these forums, but never felt the need to join in. Stumbled across this thread a couple of days ago and it was so awesome I had to create an account.
So I guess you could say this thread is better than dwarven child torture training pits, mermaid farming, pedophile goblins, blooddrenched homicidal elephants and reports of cats puking their guts out and dying from dwarves sloshing booze everywhere. Thats pretty good, right?
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
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This is not a suggestion, but there's one sure way to make all dwellers of given place to worship a single god: kill all the non-believers, mis-believers and pagans. Actually, this may even work in DF games, but I've never tried. It may be easier to implement than other ways of conversion. Probably gods of blood and carnage are more likely to appreciate it than a god of ungulates, but if all else fails...
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Wait, we don't necessarily need to make people unworship other gods, because Misty actually worships two gods, maybe we just need to get people to worship Cowsea too, if Cowsea is able to perform some kind of miracle that would probably help.
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
+ 1, this could be the miracle we need.
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Okay, everybody, this is Misty. She's not one for Practical Decision-Making. First, she needs an unrealistic dream to pursue. How about:
1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
2. Find a chef in the process of preparing a lavish meal.
3. Insert All The Cheese into their cooking process.
+1
Also maybe since its magic goddess cheese, if the other dwarves eat it they'll all start worshiping Cowsea and take up farming instead of acting like typical players homicidal maniacs. And cheesemakers will finally get the respect they deserve!
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Hey, do you guys like amazing fanart? I sure do!
(http://i.imgur.com/aJqfbMB.png?1)
Done by a very dear friend of mine who has an amazing knack for art.
You can find more of her stuff here! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/320234-ACrow-s-Sketchbook)
p.s. update sometime in the next 24 hours
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Hey, do you guys like amazing fanart? I sure do!
(http://i.imgur.com/aJqfbMB.png?1)
Done by a very dear friend of mine who has an amazing knack for art.
You can find more of her stuff here! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/320234-ACrow-s-Sketchbook)
p.s. update sometime in the next 24 hours
Hot damn. No formal training?? I know people who spent 5 years and thousands of dollars in art school who cant even come within a mile of that! Absolutely beautiful. Does she do portrait commissions?
(so glad I found this thread.... think Im the 14th long time lurker to bite the giant olm leather and sign up because of it)
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Wow, that looks great!
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Hey, do you guys like amazing fanart? I sure do!
(http://i.imgur.com/aJqfbMB.png?1)
Done by a very dear friend of mine who has an amazing knack for art.
You can find more of her stuff here! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/320234-ACrow-s-Sketchbook)
p.s. update sometime in the next 24 hours
No offense to ya Saint, but me thinks her fan art is better than your regular art. :D
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*excellent* piece of art... although she looks a bit humanish there ;)
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She does look a bit humanish, but that's okay! Great stuff!
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Update delayed for a few days because of some really exciting news! Sorry to keep you guys hanging, but I'll let you in on the loop as soon as I can. Just wanted to let you know there's a reason for the delay :D
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Hey, it's holiday season... be well, be merry, and may the cheese be with you.
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Suggestion: Since we're dealing with Dwarf Fortress religion, it would be neat if we ran into some megabeast cultists.
Also ooooh excitement?
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
+ 1, this could be the miracle we need.
lol God cheese, this must happen.
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
+ 1, this could be the miracle we need.
lol God cheese, this must happen.
Agreed, all glory to the god cheese.
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
+ 1, this could be the miracle we need.
lol God cheese, this must happen.
Agreed, all glory to the god cheese.
I, too, vote for the god-cheese.
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1. Go get a bucket make some freakin' god-milk cheese already. (What player would pass up that for a fortress)
+ All the ones
+ another
+ 1, this could be the miracle we need.
lol God cheese, this must happen.
Agreed, all glory to the god cheese.
I, too, vote for the god-cheese.
+1, this is a must. :D
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(so glad I found this thread.... think Im the 14th long time lurker to bite the giant olm leather and sign up because of it)
Welcome to the club. Yes this thread is reasonable for many sign ups.
Also Merry X-mas everyone!
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(so glad I found this thread.... think Im the 14th long time lurker to bite the giant olm leather and sign up because of it)
Welcome to the club. Yes this thread is reasonable for many sign ups.
Also Merry X-mas everyone!
and a happy new yearr
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(so glad I found this thread.... think Im the 14th long time lurker to bite the giant olm leather and sign up because of it)
Welcome to the club. Yes this thread is reasonable for many sign ups.
Also Merry X-mas everyone!
and a happy new yearr
+1
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Has no one posted since Xmas?
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Has no one posted since Xmas?
You did.
We are all waiting... with anticipation.
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[MOOING INTENSIFIES]
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Has no one posted since Xmas?
You did.
We are all waiting... with anticipation.
[MOOING INTENSIFIES]
Just throwing this out there: The readers are all plump helmet men. Silently watching from the shadows, occasionally making plump helmet men noises among ourselves. Eagerly awaiting the doom of the fortress the ascension of the great cheesemaker.
[!!PLUMP HELMET MAN NOISES INTENSIFY!!]
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[!!PLUMP HELMET MAN NOISES INTENSIFY!!]
[MUSHROOM NOISES INTENSIFY]
Fixed that for you. :P
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Who are Maynard and Iron Owl? Did I miss something?
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I think Maynard is the mule eating Plumpy (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5763441#msg5763441) and Iron Owl is Datan Ritas (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5877703#msg5877703), the person who killed Darkerdaffodil.
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[MOOING INTENSIFIES]
(https://i.imgur.com/ppIFttf.png)
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It's... It's ☼beautiful☼.
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That does remind me of The Music of Eric Zann (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mez.aspx) a lot.
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>update incoming
Buckle up fellas
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That haunting moo piece of fan art with haunt my dreams!
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(https://media.giphy.com/media/wTMoIwbESKJri/giphy.gif)
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Sorry about the unexpected hiatus, everyone! The holidays were very busy for me this year, and I ended up taking a bit of an unexpected break from TLCM.
But! The exciting news I'd hinted at before!
Some very dear friends had chipped in and raised the cash to get a print of TLCM on lulu.com!!! It was a very sweet and very unexpected Christmas present, and I'm lucky to have such amazing friends. They compiled a pdf of the story so far (the first three chapters!) and have it set up to be printed. The great thing about this is that once it's published, additional prints can be done cheaply by anyone who would want one. So, if you had fifteen bucks burning a hole in your pocket, you could theoretically purchase the book once I've paid the initial fee to have it published! (And yes, I have cleared this with Toady). I've decided to wait until the end of this chapter (which is rapidly approaching) before I publish it. Even if no one buys it, then at least I can say I've published a book. u_u
And lastly, if there's not an update later tonight, please call the police because something terrible must have happened to me.
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That is extremely cool, even though it means the animations will be lost in the printed version.
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That is extremely cool, even though it means the animations will be lost in the printed version.
You can always substitute by text! :D
Like...onomatopoeias! Or...*moving sounds*
That said, hooray to you eS! And also to your ossum friends who are ossum. [And Toady for making all this, that's implied] :D
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"How the heck am I supposed to do that?! You're a God, and even YOU couldn't do it!"
"Well that's not really my problem, now is it? It's your 'quest' now, figure it out!"
"Yeah, well maybe I don't want to get shoved into a cage and rolled down a flight of stairs, okay? I fell down a mountain earlier today and I still have the bruises to prove it. If I tell everyone that they need to start worshiping the talking cow in the animal pens, they're going to...I dunno! Probably do something involving blood. That's all they seem to care about down here, anyways!"
(http://i.imgur.com/Lpknd1n.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Lpknd1n.png)
"Well try something else! This is your quest now, not mine. Maybe...I don't know, do something that plays to your strengths?"
(http://i.imgur.com/PmRIOxp.png) (http://i.imgur.com/PmRIOxp.png)
"What, like cheese making?"
"Yeah, sure, cheese making could oh sweet merciful Armok I can't believe how little I suddenly care about this whole thing now that it's someone else's problem - "
(http://i.imgur.com/V6fA4z0.png) (http://i.imgur.com/V6fA4z0.png)
"What if I made some holy cow cheese - "
"I think that's called swiss."
" - then when people ask how I made such magnificent cheese, I could tell them that it was made from the milk of Cowsea herself!"
(http://i.imgur.com/qjMfggf.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qjMfggf.png)
"Yeah. Sure. That would totally work."
"And then, and then they'll see that cheese is way better than blood stuff! And they'll see how great my cheese is!"
"Uh-huh."
(http://i.imgur.com/gceTooW.png) (http://i.imgur.com/gceTooW.png)
"And then I'll get to meet the queen!"
"Wait, what?"
"And she'll be so impressed she'll make me a member of the Royal Cheesemaker Corps!"
"What?"
"And I'll get my own Royal Cheesemaker Corps backpack, and my own Royal Bedrooms, and I'll have a job making cheese for the queen every day!"
"Okay, slow down - "
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6835466#msg6835466)
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"What if I made some holy cow cheese - "
"I think that's called swiss."
I laughed way too much at this...
Also, huzzah! It was only 13 minutes away from not being "later tonight"! Was all ready to call the cops and everything :P
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No slowing down! Milking! Time to start working on your dream!
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Poor Cowsea, playing second fiddle to some stupid mortal queen for Misty's devotion.
Good to see Misty moving forward, though.
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I feel like you all are missing the real point of this story.
JOIN THE RESISTANCE
(http://i.imgur.com/IOKH8mr.jpg)
PLUMPY WILL RISE
I was going to add gradients of shade, but my pen started leaking.
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"And I'll get my own Royal Cheesemaker Corps backpack"
This is sublime :D :D :D
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I feel like you all are missing the real point of this story.
JOIN THE RESISTANCE
(http://i.imgur.com/IOKH8mr.jpg)
PLUMPY WILL RISE
I was going to add gradients of shade, but my pen started leaking.
This is amazing, oh my god.
Don't worry, Plumpy and the Mushroom Uprising Arc will return next chapter, guys.
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If you think it looks appropriately-awesome on paper, then congratulations will be in order for becoming a "published author." I didn't realize there was enough art to fill out enough total pages. But, you know, the art has been really lovely, and your friends did a chunk of the work for you. So revel in the opportunity!
--Rexfelum
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Technically if you're the only living member of the fortress, then the entire fortress will be worshippers of Cowsea... So you've just gotta get the entire population killed somehow...
Release all the animals and prisoners, then lock yourself in a room until everything resolves itself
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"What if I made some holy cow cheese - "
"I think that's called swiss."
I laughed way too much at this...
Also, huzzah! It was only 13 minutes away from not being "later tonight"! Was all ready to call the cops and everything :P
I'm a dumb and it took me a minute to get that.
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Get a bucket. Milk Cowsea. Enter a strange mood! Make an Artifact Cheese that can be cooked into meals forever, without being consumed.
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Get a bucket. Milk Cowsea. Enter a strange mood! Make an Artifact Cheese that can be cooked into meals forever, without being consumed.
That would be more useful than 95% of artifacts produced. The eternal unsolvable cheese of enduring flavor...
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She isn't a milker, guys. Just a cheesemaker. Completely different. That's like asking a mason to mine his own stone, or a clothesmaker to shear a sheep.
ETHICS: UNTHINKABLE.
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She isn't a milker, guys. Just a cheesemaker. Completely different. That's like asking a mason to mine his own stone, or a clothesmaker to shear a sheep.
ETHICS: UNTHINKABLE.
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"... I just heard "farmdwarf"..."
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Find the new overseer. Lie about current skills. Ask for a change of labors.
Alternatively, there might be a priest(ess) of Cowsea in the church area who could help with the Quest...
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Honestly with how long Cowsea's been around, she should have been milked by now. Go look for the milking & cheesemaking station(s), see if you can find some preexisting Cowsea milk or cheese.
If you can't tell which milk or cheese is Cowsea's, hang around the trade depot and hope that trading is set to "Anyone can trade." Just stepping in while the human caravan is present should give you enough Appraisal skill to let you identify rough dorfbuck values.
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She isn't a milker, guys. Just a cheesemaker. Completely different. That's like asking a mason to mine his own stone, or a clothesmaker to shear a sheep.
ETHICS: UNTHINKABLE.
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"... I just heard "farmdwarf"..."
Amen to that, we'll be crosstraining her cheesemaking stats anyways.
Technically if you're the only living member of the fortress, then the entire fortress will be worshippers of Cowsea... So you've just gotta get the entire population killed somehow...
Release all the animals and prisoners, then lock yourself in a room until everything resolves itself
Negatory, too likely to result in self-termination.
Talk to the nun, then head to the library and start reading books on theology and logic. We're going to convince everyone to follow Cowsea with the power of rhetoric!
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Honestly with how long Cowsea's been around, she should have been milked by now. Go look for the milking & cheesemaking station(s), see if you can find some preexisting Cowsea milk or cheese.
If you can't tell which milk or cheese is Cowsea's, hang around the trade depot and hope that trading is set to "Anyone can trade." Just stepping in while the human caravan is present should give you enough Appraisal skill to let you identify rough dorfbuck values.
+10
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Honestly with how long Cowsea's been around, she should have been milked by now. Go look for the milking & cheesemaking station(s), see if you can find some preexisting Cowsea milk or cheese.
If you can't tell which milk or cheese is Cowsea's, hang around the trade depot and hope that trading is set to "Anyone can trade." Just stepping in while the human caravan is present should give you enough Appraisal skill to let you identify rough dorfbuck values.
Color modified to emphasize an imminently practical idea. Appraisal is helpful in Dwarf Fortress but even moreso in an RPG context.
I'm not opposed to the farmer's workshop idea, but seriously, this kid's stats are low.
--Rexfelum
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MAKE SOME CHEESE AND FEED IT TO EVERYONE. LONG LIVE THE CHEESEMAKERS!!!!!,?,!,!,!,!,!!,!,!!!
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I wonder if eating a godly steak makes a dwarf immortal. That would be a fourth way to immortality, and much more pleasant than the other three.
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I wonder if eating a godly steak makes a dwarf immortal. That would be a fourth way to immortality, and much more pleasant than the other three.
Other three?
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I wonder if eating a godly steak makes a dwarf immortal. That would be a fourth way to immortality, and much more pleasant than the other three.
Other three?
Probably vampirism, necromancy, werebeasty.
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I wonder if eating a godly steak makes a dwarf immortal. That would be a fourth way to immortality, and much more pleasant than the other three.
Other three?
Probably vampirism, necromancy, werebeasty.
Yes, I don't count thralls/zombies, because they are not sociable in fortress mode, as far as I know. Well, they are not really sociable in adventurer, too.
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Werebeasts can heal from any wound they can survive for a month but they still age. Don't necromancers age too? I forget.
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No, necromancer a don't age. I have a fort going and the civ has had the same necromancer queen since year 20.
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Necromancers are immortal.......especially if they get a line-of-sight on a battlefield that has yet to be processed for loot. Then they're just a plain nightmare...resurrected goblins with armor. And steel-clad dwarves...
Wow, now I've gotten myself thinking about two things:
What if necromancers could show up on a recent battlefield, all the corpses on the field and fully armed and armored, and start getting corpses?
And:
If we euphemize soldiers to "units" or "forces" or "lines" in war, do dwarves euphemize their soldiers to "beards", or "alcoholics", or something else?
Yeah----this isn't off topic. Speaking of which, when's the next update? Do we know yet?
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I wonder if eating a godly steak makes a dwarf immortal. That would be a fourth way to immortality, and much more pleasant than the other three.
Other three?
Probably vampirism, necromancy, werebeasty.
Well, if you ate a god's physical form, you would probably find yourself cursed with one of those anyway...
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What if necromancers could show up on a recent battlefield, all the corpses on the field and fully armed and armored, and start getting corpses?
That happens in worldgen.
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Oh crap, that's a scary thought.
One of these days, I'll find myself an appropriately terrifying world to start a circus fortress on and maybe experience some necromancer antics.
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I once went under siege by a necromancer who had most of his undead kitted out in steel. Even the elves. I purged that world due to such heresy. Also rage quit because there were so many I got like 3 fps.
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Honestly with how long Cowsea's been around, she should have been milked by now. Go look for the milking & cheesemaking station(s), see if you can find some preexisting Cowsea milk or cheese.
Not that Cowsea's 'regular' milk isn't probably the best milk ever, but you probably need to prey to her first, maybe sacrifice some purring maggots or something before milking for maximum effect.
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Fffffff update tonight i really need to
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Yay!
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Take your time ES, you've got real work to do now :)
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We can wait for the blood, cows, dwarves, questionable religious devotion, and hypothetical kobolds. It's okay.
--Rexfelum
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We can wait for the blood, cows, dwarves, questionable religious devotion, and hypothetical kobolds. It's okay.
--Rexfelum
Don't forget for possible les miserable references! But yah we can wait.
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huzza! But priorities first :)
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Why do you always say "Update tonight", and then you fall silent for days?
I mean, hey, I understand if RealLife wants you to be "responsible" and an "adult", whatever that means, but still.
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Why do you always say "Update tonight", and then you fall silent for days?
I mean, hey, I understand if RealLife wants you to be "responsible" and an "adult", whatever that means, but still.
If it's anything like me, it's because wishful thinking doesn't mesh with irl duties.
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Why do you always say "Update tonight", and then you fall silent for days?
I mean, hey, I understand if RealLife wants you to be "responsible" and an "adult", whatever that means, but still.
It's easy to be staring at six hundred lines of code at work and think, "I'll hammer out the next update as soon as I get home" but once I crawl back home around midnight it's a bit tougher.
That being said, I'm working on the last panel of the next update as we speak.
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Great! So that actually means we ARE getting an update tonight.
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Why do you always say "Update tonight", and then you fall silent for days?
I mean, hey, I understand if RealLife wants you to be "responsible" and an "adult", whatever that means, but still.
It's easy to be staring at six hundred lines of code at work and think, "I'll hammer out the next update as soon as I get home" but once I crawl back home around midnight it's a bit tougher.
That being said, I'm working on the last panel of the next update as we speak.
I understand that feeling. It doesn't seem like it's so much work when you're doing it, but boy does coding leave you exhausted after. Well we're all happy to get an update at all, no matter when it gets here. Thanks so much for this, we appreciate you.
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it's way too late and i'm way too tired to finish this tonight. believe me, i tried.
(http://i.imgur.com/HhhSNGr.gif)
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it's way too late and i'm way too tired to finish this tonight. believe me, i tried.
(http://i.imgur.com/HhhSNGr.gif)
It's OK honey. Focus on the things that are important. You don't owe us anything. :)
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that is one sweet spoiler! Alchemy lab? Master Brewer? Either way it's going to be good :D
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It looked like a Still to me. But I suppose it could be any sort of chemistry/alchemy setup....
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I'm pretty sure it's a kitchen.
- You wouldn't need pans when chemistering. Even dwarves are smart enough to use flasks.
- You wouldn't need a cooking range when distilling.
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Well that definitely looks like a retort on the range, so something is being distilled, but not on an industrial scale. Process plants (vial) perhaps? It would be the right sort of task for the kind of workshop a cheesemaker would be interested in.
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Pretty certain it's a farmer's workshop. All the materials that one would presumably use for the farmer's workshop reactions are there.
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a farmer's workshop.
. . . A place of craft. A place of worship. A place of beauty.
A place to call home.
(Or at least burrow. Be sure to include well-stocked food and booze stockpiles.)
--Rexfelum
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Are we going to have Fermented Cow Milk Cheese!
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*crickets*
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*crickets*
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fuck me for all this god damn detail. Rest of the story is going to take place in a blank white room, s2g
Unless something comes up later tonight, I think I have everything ready for this update and an update this weekend.
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[hyping internally]
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Alright. It kinda looks like a kitchen now with all the chef knives. I'm still holding out for it being a sanctified farmers workshop.
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I'm also still holding out for farmer's workshop. There's the small retort on the range which could be used to produce golden salve (and I can't think of any kitchen task that might use a still or retort). That looks like a milking stool and pail by the shelves. The knives could be for cutting leaves off quarry bushes and those could be bags next to the knives ready to store the leaves in. The pans on the bottom shelf could be for coagulating milk to make curds & whey and the rollers on the left of the range could be for crushing sweet pods. Still missing shears, spindles and a cheese press, of course (unless those are spindles sticking out of the pot at the back of the top shelf), but there are boxes and cupboards there that we can't see into.
Could be building castles in the air of course, but we'll find out soon (unless ES is still living on plutonian time:) ).
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Good point SEM. Its gotta be a farmers workshop.
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"Give me a minute, I gotta find the farmers workshop real quick! I'll be right back!"
"Mickey - er, Mimsy? Misty! Misty, hold on just a second - "
(http://i.imgur.com/KD9lFrt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/KD9lFrt.png)
You eagerly hop the fence out of the cow pens. Your heart, once weighed down by the skulduggery nature of ShieldDawn, is now brimming with excitement. It seems like you can make a difference after all, and realize your dream of becoming a Legendary Cheesemaker to boot!
(http://i.imgur.com/km6oCQv.png) (http://i.imgur.com/km6oCQv.png)
Ah, the farmers workshop, located conveniently next door to the butchers workshop!
Inside stands everything a burgeoning young farmer needs to sharpen his skills and improve his or her workmanship. You can barely wait to be behind its gleaming countertops. You can already imagine the fine cheese you'll be crafting within this meager space; after all, you'll be working with the tools of the Gods themselves!!! How many cheesemakers can claim they've hewn their wheels of cheese from divine milk? You could be the first one in history to do so!
(http://i.imgur.com/qVCKvDQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qVCKvDQ.png)
The interior looks even more resplendent than you'd even dared to imagine. Tools of every farm-related trade conceivable line the shelves, and even more are hidden away in the cupboards and boxes around you.
Barrels, boxes, bags and bowls, jackpots of jugs and jars, vials of vinegar and veterinarian vaccines - everything you could ever want could be found on these shelves.
Your task is practically completed already! You'll be cranking out cheese wheels like nobody's business in no time!
(http://i.imgur.com/xMFTc2T.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xMFTc2T.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/iRLAEnz.png) (http://i.imgur.com/iRLAEnz.png)
You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg6873473#msg6873473)
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Aside from naming the layer containing the caged dewbeetles "Gay Beetle Jail" and laughing silently to myself for four hours, this was not a fun update to draw.
At least it's done. Sorry about the wait.
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Perhaps you shouldn't be too hasty with divine materials yet. If you don't actually know how to make cheese, it would be safer to practice with less precious raw materials. Wasting holy milk would be a disgrace of century.
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
Stop acting like that's been a hindrance to any dwarf in the history of ever.
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Remember: You need to MILK a cow before you can make cheese. Fetch a bucket and run back to the herd.
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
But... Misty told the Overseer that she was a Novice Cheesemaker, which means she had at least 500 exp in Cheesemaking. Unless she lied?
You shouldn't need to make your own cheese anyway. There's a good chance Cowsea has already been milked and had her milk made into cheese, she's been here long enough. Go ask her about it.
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There's a good chance Cowsea has already been milked and had her milk made into cheese, she's been here long enough. Go ask her about it.
Actually, feels pretty unlikely there is made cheese of Cowsea's Milk - Every single Cheese Maker probably gets drafted into the Haulers, so nobody has the Cheese-Making job. At least officially...mhhh...
You might want to speak to other Haulers - You saw how Cheesemakers are considered simple Haulers, but there might be some kind of underground Cheese Making Circle! you just have to find it!
On that note: Hello to our first meeting of the anonymous Cheese-Makers. Keep your hoods and masks on, and lets craft the finest cheese this damn mountain home has ever seen!
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
Stop acting like that's been a hindrance to any dwarf in the history of ever.
+1
You are a dwarf. The knowledge of cheesemaking lies slumbering in your racial memory, but can be awakened if you only get started. Grab a bucket, milk one of the ordinary cows, and then let your craftdwarfship flow.
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Step 1. Milk Cowsea
Step 1. Wash and Warm hands
Step 2. Milk Cowsea
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Step 52. Cheese!
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I am so glad that I found this. Going to binge read the whole thing when I get off my mobile.
PTW
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If I've learned anything from playing Dwarf Fortress, Misty is just going to guess how to make cheese and somehow succeed at some point.
But not without wasting ¤Holy cow milk¤
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I am so glad that I found this. Going to binge read the whole thing when I get off my mobile.
PTW
Hey! Always great to have another reader!
Please be gentle, the early art is very bad. I don't think I had a mirrored sprite at the start and just flipped her for like, the first half of chapter 1.
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Inside stands everything a burgeoning young farmer needs to sharpen his skills and improve his or her workmanship.
What are we? Humans? We do workdwarfship around here!
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
Stop acting like that's been a hindrance to any dwarf in the history of ever.
+1
You are a dwarf. The knowledge of cheesemaking lies slumbering in your racial memory, but can be awakened if you only get started. Grab a bucket, milk one of the ordinary cows, and then let your craftdwarfship flow.
+1. You can just sit in the farmers workshop with the milk till something happens. Dwarven perfectionism will get you cheese of the highest possible standard. Somehow.
Addendum: as our cheese will be of the maximum possible quality, we must find the world's greatest chef to cook it into masterwork divine cheese roast.
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
Stop acting like that's been a hindrance to any dwarf in the history of ever.
+1
You are a dwarf. The knowledge of cheesemaking lies slumbering in your racial memory, but can be awakened if you only get started. Grab a bucket, milk one of the ordinary cows, and then let your craftdwarfship flow.
+1. You can just sit in the farmers workshop with the milk till something happens. Dwarven perfectionism will get you cheese of the highest possible standard. Somehow.
+1 something something cheese related strange mood.
Addendum: as our cheese will be of the maximum possible quality, we must find the world's greatest chef to cook it into masterwork divine cheese roast.
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Just going to point out that Cowsea is
probably most likely a demon in disguise.
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Just going to point out that Cowsea is probably most likely a demon in disguise.
Aren't there demons with the form of deities in DF? Usually as Ambassadors or so I believe ;) You might be right, mhhh....
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Laugh quietly at the gay beetle jail for some reason.
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Misty may be a cheesemaker, but is she a milker?
Turn on milking labors and grab a bucket.
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Consult Cowsea on how to make cheese.
(Bonus option below)
Continue to question Cowea's divinity.
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Mistakenly free the beetles because of thinking they have something to do with making cheese. Leading the beetles to over-populate and infest the fortress.
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I love thread so much, it's orgasmic. PTW
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Just going to point out that Cowsea is probably most likely a demon in disguise.
Aren't there demons with the form of deities in DF? Usually as Ambassadors or so I believe ;) You might be right, mhhh....
DF lore sure change around, like now even thinking Cowsea is a demon would cause Misty to be Cursed into a wereCow, or turn into a vampire.
also those demons back then Didn't Hide their appearance of being a horrible animal shaped into form of a man they just said yo I'm a god(dess) and a bunch of folks believe it and some times imprisoned them.
that said DF is all about Bounding and befriending with Demons so that doesn't change our view with Cowsea. also we might be a kobold so Best not be revealing folks secrets.
so better grab a bucket and milk a goddess I mean atleast the talkative one would lead to a better learning experience than the others would would cave misty's head in.
Chances are if we don't make masterpiece milk/cheese we be sent to the mines or the arena pit that I'm sure all player forts would have.
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
But... Misty told the Overseer that she was a Novice Cheesemaker, which means she had at least 500 exp in Cheesemaking. Unless she lied?
Probably just has all those labors turned off. The last Overseer likely did it when assigning Misty to hauling duty. So:
[V]iew, [p]references, [l]abor, Farming/Related, enable Cheese Making and Milking.
[Q]uery the Farmer's Workshop, [a]dd new task, [m]ilk animal, [r]epeat.
Wait for a notice about canceling Milk Animal: No creature, then go for the make [c]heese task on [r]epeat.
It's a start. And Cowsea doesn't look to be the closest cow, so Misty will get above zero-experience Dabbling in Milking before imposing on the deity.
--Rexfelum
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
But... Misty told the Overseer that she was a Novice Cheesemaker, which means she had at least 500 exp in Cheesemaking. Unless she lied?
Probably just has all those labors turned off. The last Overseer likely did it when assigning Misty to hauling duty. So:
[V]iew, [p]references, [l]abor, Farming/Related, enable Cheese Making and Milking.
[Q]uery the Farmer's Workshop, [a]dd new task, [m]ilk animal, [r]epeat.
Wait for a notice about canceling Milk Animal: No creature, then go for the make [c]heese task on [r]epeat.
It's a start. And Cowsea doesn't look to be the closest cow, so Misty will get above zero-experience Dabbling in Milking before imposing on the deity.
--Rexfelum
better just skip the middle man and make Misty the new Overseer.
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Aside from naming the layer containing the caged dewbeetles "Gay Beetle Jail" and laughing silently to myself for four hours, this was not a fun update to draw.
At least it's done. Sorry about the wait.
It's a very complex background, but it's glorious. Great work.
Realize that Cowsea told her to wait, go see what Cowsea wanted.
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Ooh, almost missed my opportunity.
(http://i.imgur.com/JWPZaSg.png)
fuck me for all this god damn detail. Rest of the story is going to take place in a blank white room, s2g
evictedSaint, dude, don't go the "blank white room" route. Now that you've got this background, milk it for all it's worth.
--Rexfelum
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Realize that Cowsea told her to wait, go see what Cowsea wanted.
Misty's not really big on listening to authority figures, or thinking before acting. If she actually did lie about being a Novice Cheesemaker, I would expect her to run around looking for a dwarven mentor, get distracted by something, run across the overseer, get assigned a bunch of hauling... all before returning to Cowsea.
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Misty's not really big on listening to authority figures, or thinking before acting. If she actually did lie about being a Novice Cheesemaker, I would expect her to run around looking for a dwarven mentor, get distracted by something, run across the overseer, get assigned a bunch of hauling... all before returning to Cowsea.
yep.
evictedSaint, dude, don't go the "blank white room" route. Now that you've got this background, milk it for all it's worth.
--Rexfelum
Haaaaaaaaaa
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We need the help of a veteran cheesemaker, and if there are any in the fortress they'll no doubt be on hauling duty. Resume hauling duties and covertly seek out the Yoda to your Luke Skywalker.
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Mistakenly free the beetles because of thinking they have something to do with making cheese. Leading the beetles to over-populate and infest the fortress.
Nah eS said they're gay
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We need the help of a veteran cheesemaker, and if there are any in the fortress they'll no doubt be on hauling duty. Resume hauling duties and covertly seek out the Yoda to your Luke Skywalker.
But Luke had to get directions to Yoda, didn't he? Through Force-powered telepathy. Sorry, but Mistem Cheeseobsessed is not a very Jedi-ish person. Also, Luke had to be taught about the Force by Obi-Wan first. And he ran into Obi-Wan by getting into serious, potentially-life-ending trouble.
Oh wait, this is DF. Nevermind. If we're truly going the "Star Wars" route, Misty ought to find some mortal danger a mentor very soon. Just like Star Wars, right?
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We need the help of a veteran cheesemaker, and if there are any in the fortress they'll no doubt be on hauling duty. Resume hauling duties and covertly seek out the Yoda to your Luke Skywalker.
But Luke had to get directions to Yoda, didn't he? Through Force-powered telepathy. Sorry, but Mistem Cheeseobsessed is not a very Jedi-ish person. Also, Luke had to be taught about the Force by Obi-Wan first. And he ran into Obi-Wan by getting into serious, potentially-life-ending trouble.
Oh wait, this is DF. Nevermind. If we're truly going the "Star Wars" route, Misty ought to find some mortal danger a mentor very soon. Just like Star Wars, right?
We need to head to the great desert sand collection area in pursuit of some shiny metal object and get in a fight with the surprisingly hostile bantha giant muskoxen keepers.
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Mistakenly free the beetles because of thinking they have something to do with making cheese. Leading the beetles to over-populate and infest the fortress.
Nah eS said they're gay
Accidentally free the beatles any ways.
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Use the !power of 42.XX!. Go to the library of Shielddawn and find the book about making cheese.
Well, strange mood also will do. You should ask Cowsea, she possibly can make you posessed by her Holy Cow Force.
Anyway, you still need to milk her. Luckily, the milker skill doesn't affect the milk quality.
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Oh wait, this is DF. Nevermind. If we're truly going the "Star Wars" route, Misty ought to find some mortal danger a mentor very soon. Just like Star Wars, right?
Darkerdaffodil already told her the ways of The Force and then died.
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if misty jump from her version of Dwarf fortress which I think was 31.xx or something way back, to 42.xx we be in a whole new ballgame.
mostly we have all the masterwork races intermingled in one fort just from that tavern.
misty would have to deal with drunk orks, non-sober gnomes, hangovered sorcerers. maybe a demonlady or two depending on how crazy we going to add those masterwork civs.
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You are suddenly aware that you don't actually know how to make cheese.
But... Misty told the Overseer that she was a Novice Cheesemaker, which means she had at least 500 exp in Cheesemaking. Unless she lied?
Probably just has all those labors turned off. The last Overseer likely did it when assigning Misty to hauling duty. So:
[V]iew, [p]references, [l]abor, Farming/Related, enable Cheese Making and Milking.
[Q]uery the Farmer's Workshop, [a]dd new task, [m]ilk animal, [r]epeat.
Wait for a notice about canceling Milk Animal: No creature, then go for the make [c]heese task on [r]epeat.
It's a start. And Cowsea doesn't look to be the closest cow, so Misty will get above zero-experience Dabbling in Milking before imposing on the deity.
You probably need Cowsea to enable the labors.
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If I understand the general quasi-consensus, Misty should go milk Cowsea, right? I'm gonna try to update tonight so I wanna be sure.
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If I understand the general quasi-consensus, Misty should go milk Cowsea, right? I'm gonna try to update tonight so I wanna be sure.
There's at least 10 people directly for it, including me, and another few dozen who'd find it funny.
Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
A giant cheese wheel, after all, she's Mistem Wheeldream. Besides, that way she has mobility by rolling around the fort! She can kill people by rolling over them like that one movie about the possessed tire.
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I feel like I should ask about the possessed tire but this is neither the time nor the place.
While milky Cowsea, chuckle to yourself about the gay beetle jail, apologize when Cowsea gets offended about you laughing at her udders.
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This belongs here: http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Horace_the_Cheese
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This belongs here: http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Horace_the_Cheese
Awesome.
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
A giant cheese wheel, after all, she's Mistem Wheeldream. Besides, that way she has mobility by rolling around the fort! She can kill people by rolling over them like that one movie about the possessed tire.
The movie is Rubber, and no, the tire killed them with his mind.
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
A giant cheese wheel, after all, she's Mistem Wheeldream. Besides, that way she has mobility by rolling around the fort! She can kill people by rolling over them like that one movie about the possessed tire.
The movie is Rubber, and no, the tire killed them with his mind.
Oh. That makes it a lot weirder and slightly more interesting. Thanks for correcting me.
Also give Misty mind powers.
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
A giant cheese wheel, after all, she's Mistem Wheeldream. Besides, that way she has mobility by rolling around the fort! She can kill people by rolling over them like that one movie about the possessed tire.
The movie is Rubber, and no, the tire killed them with his mind.
Oh. That makes it a lot weirder and slightly more interesting. Thanks for correcting me.
Also give Misty mind powers.
And/Or the power of Necromancy. She can resurrect her lovely little elf-toy then.
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I thought we all agreed on tyromancy or cheesebending.
Although, the dictionary definition of "tyromancy" appears to be "divination with the aid of cheese". Which is also fine. You already knew that.
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Cowsea: At first be flattered, but then get indignant when you realize you're being milked like some common bovine. Maybe curse Misty with the "odor of cheese".
No, no, Curse her to be a Were-cheese! She turns into a giant, sentient cheese once a month. Delicious.
A giant cheese wheel, after all, she's Mistem Wheeldream. Besides, that way she has mobility by rolling around the fort! She can kill people by rolling over them like that one movie about the possessed tire.
Do you mean Rubber? Cuz I'm pretty sure in that one the tire blows people's heads up with telekinesis.
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(http://i.imgur.com/hlYYjrv.png) (http://i.imgur.com/hlYYjrv.png)
Well, everyone has to start somewhere, right? You're pretty sure that the first step to cheese making involves milk. Luckily for you, it seems like one thing this workshop has plenty of is buckets! Here, this one will do just nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/Xioe9eT.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/Xioe9eT.gif)
Just gotta shake out some of the dust, aaaand...
(http://i.imgur.com/DDhZMoe.png) (http://i.imgur.com/DDhZMoe.png)
There we go! One bucket and one stool, two of the three things you need to get milk! The only thing that's missing is the cow.
(http://i.imgur.com/zP1IcSI.png) (http://i.imgur.com/zP1IcSI.png)
"Alright, good, you came back. Now, Mittens - "
"Misty."
"Right, Kristy - I know you want to see the Queen and become a Royal Cheesetaster or whatever, and normally I wouldn't give a flying imp about what some mortal wants to do with their short, miserable life, but seeing as how you're one of my worshipers - one of the ONLY worshipers I have in this place, anyways - I feel some iota of responsibility for your welfare.
"Oh...um, thanks! You just keep talking, I'm gonna get some milk real quick."
(http://i.imgur.com/3EHNi7Z.png) (http://i.imgur.com/3EHNi7Z.png)
"Right. Well, I know that it might SEEM like you want to go meet the Queen, and do all that boring stuff you were talking about earlier, but I'm ninety percent certain that won't actually advance my goal of displacing my brother as the God of Worship in this place. As a matter of fact, the Queen is like, the LAST person you want to go see for that, since she - "
(http://i.imgur.com/SDKatqQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/SDKatqQ.png)
"Oh!"
(http://i.imgur.com/Ck0oKXT.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Ck0oKXT.png)
"Oh yeah that feels good."
(http://i.imgur.com/jFb6lRm.png) (http://i.imgur.com/jFb6lRm.png)
"Alright, well...I got the milk, but you kinda...trailed of there. Are you feeling alright, Miss Cowsea?"
(http://i.imgur.com/xc2Hs6C.png) (http://i.imgur.com/xc2Hs6C.png)
"...hm? Oh, yeah, great."
(http://i.imgur.com/zfuo2mD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/zfuo2mD.png)
"..."
(http://i.imgur.com/qtt95JP.png) (http://i.imgur.com/qtt95JP.png)
"...well, alright then! Let me know if you remember what it was you wanted to say."
"Mmmmhm. Sure thing, Shifty."
(http://i.imgur.com/1TyEFZe.png) (http://i.imgur.com/1TyEFZe.png)
Alright well...that was a little odd. But at least you've got your Holy Milk! Look at you, just blowing through this whole cheese making thing! You're gonna have that wheel cranked out in no time flat. What's next?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7177741#msg7177741)
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A friend of mine (who wishes to stay anonymous) recently gifted me with this wonderful little gem.
(http://i.imgur.com/YxWj5jb.png)
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I thought there were only six panels.
It's too wide, yo.
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A friend of mine (who wishes to stay anonymous) recently gifted me with this wonderful little gem.
(http://i.imgur.com/YxWj5jb.png)
snnnrrrk
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A friend of mine (who wishes to stay anonymous) recently gifted me with this wonderful little gem.
(http://i.imgur.com/YxWj5jb.png)
pfffffft
Anyhoo, Misty: Unlock your dwarven potential and get that cheese made! You're not a human, you don't need some stinkin recipe book or whatever.
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Boil the milk, stirring it to keep it from burning. Anything solid-looking... uhh... put it in a pot I think?
I think that's how you make cheese?
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Now you add the culture. By which means the bacterial infested curds carried over from the previous cheese batch. In other words, utilize your dwarven heritage and such.
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Take a small cup or so and fill it with milk. Give said cup to the mouse/rat, tame the animal with the cup of milk! It will be your new pet.
After that, make Cheese the dwarven way (probably: Throw stuff in until it looks like cheese) and give your new pet some of your cheese!
Byyy the way! Cows are grazers. The floor doesn't look like grass/moss, it doesn't even really look like soil! Those dwarves are cheaters, they changed the raws! XD
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Byyy the way! Cows are grazers. The floor doesn't look like grass/moss, it doesn't even really look like soil! Those dwarves are cheaters, they changed the raws! XD
There's no moss because the cows ate it all, duh.
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Byyy the way! Cows are grazers. The floor doesn't look like grass/moss, it doesn't even really look like soil! Those dwarves are cheaters, they changed the raws! XD
There's no moss because the cows ate it all, duh.
Well, that's bad. Misty: After you do all that other stuff, expand the pasture area so the cows don't die so soon.
By the way, I think the rat is adorable. Given that vermin spontaneously appear and disappear, I'd love to see it teleporting all over the place in subsequent scenes. Rat: Appear on top of Misty's hat for no reason.
--Rexfelum
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I thought this took place in a version of DF before grazing, but I could be remembering wrong.
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Rat: Appear on top of Misty's hat for no reason.
--Rexfelum
+1
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Now you add the culture. By which means the bacterial infested curds carried over from the previous cheese batch. In other words, utilize your dwarven heritage and such.
It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
For those interested, this also explains why the dwarven community feels compelled to make such exhaustive and heroic efforts to protect and preserve the latter two.
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Now you add the culture. By which means the bacterial infested curds carried over from the previous cheese batch. In other words, utilize your dwarven heritage and such.
It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
For those interested, this also explains why the dwarven community feels compelled to make such exhaustive and heroic efforts to protect and preserve the latter two.
Misty: pull some cheese from your beard and--oh wait--welp, that's that I guess.
*Credits roll*
Exalted Saint: lots of laughter and drawing stuff.
Forumites: annoying ES.
Fan-artists: uh, fan-art, duh?
Toady: inspiration and such.
Only three cows were harmed in the making of this comic.
The End.
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I thought this took place in a version of DF before grazing, but I could be remembering wrong.
The story began when the current Masterwork Mod was the one based on DF 0.34. There are pastures and grazing.
But don't be overly strict in trying to stick to the rules of Dwarf Fortress (or Masterwork). EvictedSaint has already said that he'll bend the rules if needed to suit the story.
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those are lemons on the shelves, aren't they? Throw them in there with the milk!!
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If you can't figure out how to make cheese, have Cowsea possess you to make some. You can reverse engineer it when you're done. If that fails, go !!BERSERK!!
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While on the topic of Berserk, i wonder what her thoughts are right now? I'd assume something like this:
Talked with a deity lately.
Made a friend recently.
Was upset that a criminal could not be properly punished. [The guy who killed daffodil.]
Has witnessed death recently.
Lost a friend/love interest to tragedy recently.
Forced to endure the decay of a friend/love interest.
All in all, her mood should be pretty, pretty low. The attack/death of Daffodil alone would probably give her a -70 to -100, which is huge. We can assume that her mood is somewhere around 30 me thinks, which would be "unhappy", and very close to "very unhappy"
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Higher a bit, since she did just successfully speak with her deity.
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Misty enters a fell mood, butchers the guy who killed daffodil, makes a cloak from his skin covered in images of cheese, then goes back to cheesemaking, now that her mind is more clear. Also wearing an awesome new cloak.
Probably not sane or probable, but would be... fair play?
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Higher a bit, since she did just successfully speak with her deity.
She also did some work (milked). It's even work that she wanted to do. How rare is that....
Was upset that a criminal could not be properly punished. [The guy who killed daffodil.]
The axedwarf who killed Daffodil was (a) female, and (b) just doing her job. It wasn't a murder, by dwarven law and custom. The elves may consider it an act of war, but that's an elven judgment, and Misty hasn't associated with elves long enough to start picking up their values.
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Was upset that a criminal could not be properly punished. [The guy who killed daffodil.]
The axedwarf who killed Daffodil was (a) female, and (b) just doing her job. It wasn't a murder, by dwarven law and custom. The elves may consider it an act of war, but that's an elven judgment, and Misty hasn't associated with elves long enough to start picking up their values.
I don't think the gender is all that important. It was a Guard-Dwarf clad in tons of armor, no more infos needed, they'll die next siege anyways :P Oh, wait, we're not in a succession fort, she might actaully survive a long time...
And to (b): It's not a crime by dwarven law, true. BUT it still wasn't necessary, and Misty has most likely ill feelings for that particular dwarf and would love to see her being punished.
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Was upset that a criminal could not be properly punished. [The guy who killed daffodil.]
The axedwarf who killed Daffodil was (a) female, and (b) just doing her job. It wasn't a murder, by dwarven law and custom. The elves may consider it an act of war, but that's an elven judgment, and Misty hasn't associated with elves long enough to start picking up their values.
I don't think the gender is all that important. It was a Guard-Dwarf clad in tons of armor, no more infos needed, they'll die next siege anyways :P Oh, wait, we're not in a succession fort, she might actaully survive a long time...
And to (b): It's not a crime by dwarven law, true. BUT it still wasn't necessary, and Misty has most likely ill feelings for that particular dwarf and would love to see her being punished.
In Misty's conversation with Datan (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5887018#msg5887018), it doesn't seem like Misty feels vengeful. I suppose she might change her mind later, but so far I'm not seeing it.
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The criminal is the overseer: selfish, bureaucratic and a bit genocidal.
The bourgeoisie are the real enemy in this comic! Socialist plump helmet revolution now!
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It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
I bet it's somewhere in the farmer's workshop. Look for cheese cultures in the farmer's workshop.
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It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
I bet it's somewhere in the farmer's workshop. Look for cheese cultures in the farmer's workshop.
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However you make the cheese, make sure it's made with love.
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Accidently make butter instead of cheese
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I do not want to suggest anything, but if I were a god, then some divine wrath would be in order...
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This page (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5105541#msg5105541) says Misty is a dabbling Cheesemaker. So, she lied to the Overseer of Shielddawn, just a bit. No surprise... but if she's dabbling rather than totally unskilled, then she has either done it, or read about it in a book. DF 0.42 for the books -- wouldn't have been a possibility when the story began. So, she must have made cheese at least once. She should know the steps.
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It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
I bet it's somewhere in the farmer's workshop. Look for cheese cultures in the farmer's workshop.
Put the milk into the bucket, take the bucket to the station, utilize the attached cheese tool that other dwarves use to make cheese in a day. Maybe be meticulous and try to get a high quality cheese.
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great update and great fanart too :D
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Rat: be Catten (lol), the owner of the butchery.
(new versions ftw)
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Just letting you know that I'm still coming by to read this. :)
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put off reading this for forever, PTW
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put off reading this for forever, PTW
Well it's about dang time, then :P
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read this initially way back before Misty left the Mountainhomes... came back recently to find that Reg is actually my favorite character...
And also:
Misty: Double check to see if Cowsea remembers what the conversation was about, in case Cowsea actually does remember.
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Misty: Double check to see if Cowsea remembers what the conversation was about, in case Cowsea actually does remember.
I'm pretty sure neither Cowsea nor Misty is going to remember to pursue this bit of ominous foreshadowing concerning the queen until the day Misty returns to the mountainhome to meet with the queen, who will turn out to be a vampire demon necromancer night creature or something. Then she'll be all "Oh, this is what Cowsea was trying to warn me about!"
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Spoiler alert. Cowsea was trying to warn her that the queen is made of cheese and presenting her a wheel of freshly made cheese is the same as presenting an elf a carved wooden figurine of a tree being chopped down.
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Reminds me of a Forgotten Beast composed of salt, who was unfortunately eaten bite by bite by kobolds.
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Spoiler alert. Cowsea was trying to warn her that the queen is made of cheese and presenting her a wheel of freshly made cheese is the same as presenting an elf a carved wooden figurine of a tree being chopped down.
That's a joke right? Because if not... Well, I'll probably laugh my ass off either way.
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$50 dorfbucks says the Queen is actually a kobold with great bluff, persuasion, comedy, and mime skills who got caught trying on the crown and other accoutrements of office but was able to play it off through dumb luck and has remained in power, skulking around the throne room wondering what the hell is going on for years now.
Everybody agrees that her lack of crazy demands, thoughtful nature, and willingness to defer to the wisdom of her court made her the best monarch in recent memory.
All hail Queen Jribulis!
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$50 dorfbucks says the Queen is actually a kobold with great bluff, persuasion, comedy, and mime skills who got caught trying on the crown and other accoutrements of office but was able to play it off through dumb luck and has remained in power, skulking around the throne room wondering what the hell is going on for years now.
Everybody agrees that her lack of crazy demands, thoughtful nature, and willingness to defer to the wisdom of her court made her the best monarch in recent memory.
All hail Queen Jribulis!
I love it. It's a well known fact that if your bluff skill is high enough, you don't need any other skill
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You should...
You have found an eerie cavern.
... Find another farmer's workshop.
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$50 dorfbucks says the Queen is actually a kobold with great bluff, persuasion, comedy, and mime skills who got caught trying on the crown and other accoutrements of office but was able to play it off through dumb luck and has remained in power, skulking around the throne room wondering what the hell is going on for years now.
Everybody agrees that her lack of crazy demands, thoughtful nature, and willingness to defer to the wisdom of her court made her the best monarch in recent memory.
All hail Queen Jribulis!
There's a line between what's funny and what's stupid. That went over the line in the general direction of stupidity, and kept on going so far that it looped back around to being in the funny zone again, possibly taking a detour through "has to be true" territory. Unfortunately, it kept on going and went back into stupid territory where Ravenousambush The Deadly Majesty, a Jungle Titan that takes the form of a colossal fire breathing leopard with 8 legs and 6 eyes, swatted it down.
Clearly, the queen is just an ardent worshipper of Bloody Stonetusk who cannot tolerate differences in culture, lifestyle or appearance, is completely closed-minded and never changes her mind after forming an initial idea, disdains even the best advice of associates and family, relying strictly on her own counsel and tends to be a little tight with resources when working on projects. A long time ago, she realized that turning milk into cheese was an inefficient way of increasing the average value of the food supply so she decreed that it would simply never be done in Shielddawn again. Cowsea is warning us that the queen won't be very receptive to our gift which we made ourselves in her fort. In fact she might be offended....
But enough of that. Misty, go milk 4 more cows so that you can make a stack of 5 cheese in one job.
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Hey now, I started with stupid and embedded it square in the heart of funny!
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But enough of that. Misty, go milk 4 more cows so that you can make a stack of 5 cheese in one job.
Will ordinary cow milk stack with Cowsea's milk? I wouldn't care to try it.
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But enough of that. Misty, go milk 4 more cows so that you can make a stack of 5 cheese in one job.
Will ordinary cow milk stack with Cowsea's milk? I wouldn't care to try it.
Fine, go milk 4 cows and check if they stack. If they don't, milk another one.
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This is great. Thank you, eS.
It is a little-known fact that dwarven cheese cultures are stored in the beards, socks and mittens of dwarves.
I bet it's somewhere in the farmer's workshop. Look for cheese cultures in the farmer's workshop.
Put the milk into the bucket, take the bucket to the station, utilize the attached cheese tool that other dwarves use to make cheese in a day. Maybe be meticulous and try to get a high quality cheese.
Also, this. The fewer reactants+products the faster the reaction, I think.
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$50 dorfbucks says the Queen is actually a kobold with great bluff, persuasion, comedy, and mime skills who got caught trying on the crown and other accoutrements of office but was able to play it off through dumb luck and has remained in power, skulking around the throne room wondering what the hell is going on for years now.
Everybody agrees that her lack of crazy demands, thoughtful nature, and willingness to defer to the wisdom of her court made her the best monarch in recent memory.
All hail Queen Jribulis!
I love it. It's a well known fact that if your bluff skill is high enough, you don't need any other skill
Even the ability to talk (unless the masterwork kobolds can talk, then that high bluff wouldn't be very impressive).
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They can talk. ;)
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Right. Well, I know that it might SEEM like you want to go meet the Queen, and do all that boring stuff you were talking about earlier, but I'm ninety percent certain that won't actually advance my goal of displacing my brother as the God of Worship in this place. As a matter of fact, the Queen is like, the LAST person you want to go see for that, since she -
- is lactose intolerant.
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Right. Well, I know that it might SEEM like you want to go meet the Queen, and do all that boring stuff you were talking about earlier, but I'm ninety percent certain that won't actually advance my goal of displacing my brother as the God of Worship in this place. As a matter of fact, the Queen is like, the LAST person you want to go see for that, since she -
- is lactose intolerant.
aaah - but properly aged cheese has next to no lactose :)
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Right. Well, I know that it might SEEM like you want to go meet the Queen, and do all that boring stuff you were talking about earlier, but I'm ninety percent certain that won't actually advance my goal of displacing my brother as the God of Worship in this place. As a matter of fact, the Queen is like, the LAST person you want to go see for that, since she -
- is lactose intolerant.
aaah - but properly aged cheese has next to no lactose :)
Didn't know that.
I never thought I would learn cheese facts from a forum about Dwarf Fortress.
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I aced a geology test thanks to dwarf fort.
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Wow, I don't even remember the last time I was here (in the DF forums), it feels like it must have been upwards of a year, and this story is still going. Yeeh!
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Right. Well, I know that it might SEEM like you want to go meet the Queen, and do all that boring stuff you were talking about earlier, but I'm ninety percent certain that won't actually advance my goal of displacing my brother as the God of Worship in this place. As a matter of fact, the Queen is like, the LAST person you want to go see for that, since she -
- is lactose intolerant.
aaah - but properly aged cheese has next to no lactose :)
Didn't know that.
I never thought I would learn cheese facts from a forum about Dwarf Fortress.
This just made my day :D
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Ask Cowsea what she thinks of the queen, and inquire as to why she thinks talking to her isn't likely to work out. Also ask Cowsea if there is anything you can do to repay her for the divine milk.
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Just popping in to say I'm not dead. Working on the next update.
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Woo!
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Yay
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Good, good.
You see, if you had been so rude as to die without giving us another update (Or 100) we'd have to come hunt you down and kill you.
Again.
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Good, good.
You see, if you had been so rude as to die without giving us another update (Or 100) we'd have to come hunt you down and kill you.
Again.
Why not just clone him a bunch of times, enslave half the clones and push them in the dark pit bay 12 sends worthless leaches and tree humperschildren and elves into to work on updates till they die and feed them with the other half.
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Just popping in to say I'm not dead. Working on the next update.
I approve of you being not dead and hope that you continue to do so.
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Just popping in to say I'm not dead. Working on the next update.
I approve of you being not dead and hope that you continue to do so.
Seconded :)
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Hooray for the littlest cheesemaker! Can't wait for the next update!
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Hoping the not dead status continues...
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It's the middle of testing season. Give him a break.
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Still it would be nice to hear about him. Automating your fort is only fun for so long. And I can't be the only one who enjoys hearing stories of DF more than playing it.
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Hopefully EvictedSaint passed all of his cheese-making courses.
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Hopefully EvictedSaint passed all of his cheese-making courses.
Yeeep
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Let the foul necromancy begin!
Update please, ES.
Information?
Are you alive?
If not, can we get some confirmation of death?
If so, then get an update out here, or else.
Or else we break out the torches, pitchforks, and hunting dogs.....and come find you.
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If we're going to hunt him I call the ribs. Mmm Babby back ribs.
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Finally got around to reading this,
PTW
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So, his profile says he logged in yesterday, but he hasn't made a post of any kind since April.
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So, his profile says he logged in yesterday, but he hasn't made a post of any kind since April.
Life will find a way.
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I hope he's ok...
ES if you read this, thank you so much for your great story so far :)
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Yup, love the story. No need for pitchforks; we'll just see what he has to say when he gets a chance. Life may have brought changes.
--Rexfelum
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Begin the month-old-thread-necromancy!
ES? Anything?
Anyone? Anything?
Such a good story, it needs to continue.
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Don't pester him. Either he'll get to it or he won't.
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Welp, returned after a prolonged absence, found someone else on hiatus. Here's also hoping he's okay, but life does have a way of keeping people from the web for a while. Let's just be here to welcome him back when the time comes.
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Yer I guess so.
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Just another excuse to reread the first 4 chapters.
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Still the best story on the forums.
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It's okay. I will wait. (https://youtu.be/W6GDil0rGls?t=9s)
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It's okay. I will wait. (https://youtu.be/W6GDil0rGls?t=9s)
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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It's okay. I will wait. (https://youtu.be/W6GDil0rGls?t=9s)
Whyyyyy
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yah honestly just why
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Oh, you think that's bad? (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D)
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This looks like some people are getting Goatse'd, or whatever the equivalent is for you kids these days.
I pass.
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Oh no, don't worry. It wasn't anything disgusting.
It was merely soul-crushing.
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gva78eneSbQ/Ub9ex44bL6I/AAAAAAAAMZs/FXqwtY3kc-c/s1600/dont-believe-you.gif)
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If it were gotse or something like that, don't you think it would have been reported and removed?
It's not bad. Just sad.
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Ok fine I looked. You were right, but I still don't trust the internet.
I counter with this less depressing animal.
http://bit.ly/1dUdlVo (http://bit.ly/1dUdlVo)
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oh gawd this is just too grand
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How will I get out of this...
EvictedSaint, come and save me!
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Sorry guys, I died there for a bit...but I'm better now.
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Our lord and savior has returned, may the cheese flow.
and glad you are better
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Congrats on dying and then getting better. Most folks just do the first half.
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Glad you're feeling better!
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We were all worried about you back there. Glad to see you're better again.
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He hath returned just as the scrolls prophesied!
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You guys commenting in this thread just bring my hopes u... OH WAIT HE IS BACK
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Tonight, we're having beef steak with sauteed plump helmets, and shredded holy cow cheese.
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HUZZAH :D
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After our long time wondering in the dark we have found the light HUZZAH.
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Just as my milk was beginning to curdle, EvictedSaint appears! Praise the cheesemakers!
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Holy cow ! :o
Back He is ! He must have returned from a journey to the far lands of the world, in which he milked the most exotic animals that exist.
Henceforth, from now, the ☼cheese☼ shall flow !
To all the noses out there, I say "things will be smelly !"
To the stomachs, I say "be prepared !"
To the tongues, I say "enjoy the taste !"
And to the guts... you don't want to know...
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You thought TLC gone, forever.
...WE ARE UNBROKEN.
(https://s17.postimg.org/h45jjcjmn/mushroom_propaganda3_1.jpg)
THE FIGHT GOES ON.
Just without shading or scenery because I have no time anymore for these, also I mucked up his stupid arm bandage so sue me.
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Update tomorrow, I think. That way it will have been exactly half a year since the last one. :-\
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Update tomorrow, I think. That way it will have been exactly half a year since the last one. :-\
:-\ indeed.
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Update tomorrow, I think. That way it will have been exactly half a year since the last one. :D
:D indeed.
Turn those frowns upside down! Updates are good things! ^-^
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Welp, I can't finish it today. As much as I hate to do it, I'm gonna have to push it until tomorrow. :(
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it's fine dude.
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Take yer time. Let the cheese be tasty...
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Properly aged!
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(http://imgur.com/Knj9wtS.png) (http://imgur.com/Knj9wtS.png)
Right, you'll need a pot! Probably for boiling the cheese. That's a thing, right? Luckily the workshop seems to come equipped with an assortment of tools and other stuff you'll need for all your cheese-making shenanigans.
(http://imgur.com/A8Q8Rk1.png) (http://imgur.com/A8Q8Rk1.png)
You grab the biggest one just in case. You don't know how much cheese a bucket of milk will make, but you're prepared for however much you might churn out.
(http://imgur.com/eteZl62.png) (http://imgur.com/eteZl62.png)
You plop the pot down on the stove and turn back to the shelves. You'll probably need some lemons too - you recall hearing that somewhere before. Besides, they're yellow! Cheese is yellow too, so that must mean you're on the right track, right?
(http://imgur.com/FL8Bo5s.png) (http://imgur.com/FL8Bo5s.png)
You go ahead and drop one in the pot. One should be more than enough for a bucket of milk, right? You don't want to make your cheese too sour, since that would undoubtably be a novice mistake.
The lemon hits the bottom of the pot with a satisfying thud.
Alright! What else should you toss in before you pour in the milk?
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7377371#msg7377371)
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Hey guys.
I would like to apologize for disappearing so suddenly and without warning. Over the past few months I've found myself having trouble enjoying things that I've normally enjoyed or finding the motivation to do anything, and that included TLCM. Every time I sat down to finish the update I found myself dreading drawing it, and the whole...process, really. It seemed like a chore rather than a hobby. A week-long break became a month, and after a month it just...stretched on, and I've drawn pretty much nothing since the last update - TLCM related or not. During the past few weeks I've slowly started picking up my pen again, and I gotta say it feels...better. I don't know if I can keep to a weekly/semi-weekly schedule, but I think I could do shorter, sporadic updates.
Again, I'm really sorry for dropping out like that. I do plan to finish this Act of the story, which includes this chapter and three more. I think I'll take another break then, and see if the story warrants continuing. Until then, I'll make sure Misty's adventure continues to the end of her arc.
Viva Plumpy.
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WOW! Welcome back :)
I've just been gone for a month too, I know how it can be... no worries. ;)
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Haha looks like staying up past midnight payed off eheh.
Welcome back :)
No need to apologize Saint if you stop enjoy making TLCM. Just do what you said and take a break. But its good to hear your feeling up to it again. ah ya.
I need to go to sleep >_>
Misty add beer dwarfs love beer.
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Throw whatever is in that jar on the shelf into the boiling milk. It wouldnt be in the kitchen by the cows if it wasnt for cheese, right?
It's always good to take a break if you needed it. No worries.
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I'll echo the no worries sentiment. Creative stuff is hard, and sometimes you just need a break.
In any case, glad to have you back!
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Throw what is in that jar with the yellow label, yellow means cheese
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Hey guys.
I would like to apologize for disappearing so suddenly and without warning. Over the past few months I've found myself having trouble enjoying things that I've normally enjoyed or finding the motivation to do anything, and that included TLCM. Every time I sat down to finish the update I found myself dreading drawing it, and the whole...process, really. It seemed like a chore rather than a hobby. A week-long break became a month, and after a month it just...stretched on, and I've drawn pretty much nothing since the last update - TLCM related or not. During the past few weeks I've slowly started picking up my pen again, and I gotta say it feels...better. I don't know if I can keep to a weekly/semi-weekly schedule, but I think I could do shorter, sporadic updates.
Again, I'm really sorry for dropping out like that. I do plan to finish this Act of the story, which includes this chapter and three more. I think I'll take another break then, and see if the story warrants continuing. Until then, I'll make sure Misty's adventure continues to the end of her arc.
Viva Plumpy.
No worries. It's a feeling many of us know all too well. We're all just glad to have you around, and I hope you continue the story at the pace that makes you most comfortable.
Haha looks like staying up past midnight payed off eheh.
Welcome back :)
No need to apologize Saint if you stop enjoy making TLCM. Just do what you said and take a break. But its good to hear your feeling up to it again. ah ya.
I need to go to sleep >_>
Misty add beer dwarfs love beer.
+1
Definitely beer, not wine. Maybe even get some incomplete beer to put in! The brewer will understand, right? Didn't you hear somewhere that the stuff that turns food into beer is the same stuff that turns milk into cheese?
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Haha looks like staying up past midnight payed off eheh.
Welcome back :)
No need to apologize Saint if you stop enjoy making TLCM. Just do what you said and take a break. But its good to hear your feeling up to it again. ah ya.
I need to go to sleep >_>
Misty add beer dwarfs love beer.
+1
Definitely beer, not wine. Maybe even get some incomplete beer to put in! The brewer will understand, right? Didn't you hear somewhere that the stuff that turns food into beer is the same stuff that turns milk into cheese?
+1 to adding alcohol to the cheese. I recommend the most expensive and highest-proof liquor available.
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Still happy to see this active again
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Find a way to use the gay beetle jail layer again.
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Pull that Rat out of the milk- that can't be good for the taste.
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+1 to using beer in the cheese.
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+1 Also to removing rat from milk.
I also say that it should be fed a piece of our first batch of cheese, and also name him Deedee after the fallen elf friend.
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+1
Definitely beer, not wine. Maybe even get some incomplete beer to put in! The brewer will understand, right? Didn't you hear somewhere that the stuff that turns food into beer is the same stuff that turns milk into cheese?
+1 to adding alcohol to the cheese. I recommend the most expensive and highest-proof liquor available.
No no, see, that would be adulterating our masterpiece with someone else's completed work. Clearly we need to get some unfinished beer from inside a still, so there's still time to put our genius into it!
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Relax, Misty, making cheese is your calling. Your purpose in life.
Feel the cheese. Be the cheese.
You are the cheese. You feel what the cheese feels.
You feel a large lump near your bottom. In your butt.
That lump in your butt is the lemon, at the bottom of the pot.
You know when you feel a large lump in your butt, you need to squeeze. SQUEEEZE tight and get that lump out.
You are the cheese.
Fish the lemon out of the milk and squeeze it. Get that lemon juice all out of the lemon, get it soft.
Squeeze, Misty.
Squeeze.
That feels good, doesn't it? Maybe squeeze one more lemon in there. You always feel better when it's more than one little lump.
You are a dwarf, Misty. Making cheese is in your soul.
Also add a little salt, because yum, salt.
Drink the beer, for Cowsea's sake. You're a dwarf. Beer is for drinking.
Maybe she'll get a rat first, but that just adds some protein, or maybe we get rat squeezings. Either way, it'll be cheese.
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Misty is now a dabbling plant gatherer after obtaining one lemon from a bunch.
Misty should gain observer and memory skills for recalling lemons and cheese and associating with yellow.
Misty should gain movement speed after drinking beer.
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+1 Also to removing rat from milk.
I also say that it should be fed a piece of our first batch of cheese, and also name him Deedee after the fallen elf friend.
Again, +1. The rat has fulfilled its purpose, having provided the bacteria for the celestial cheese culture. He should be honoured as no other of ratkind.
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Glad to see another comic!
And evictedSaint, be sure to take care of yourself too!
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Again, +1. The rat has fulfilled its purpose, having provided the bacteria for the celestial cheese culture.
Not yet. We should take the rat out of the bucket and sueeze it into the pot. That's just RATional, right?
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I tought the rat drank all the milk
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I tought the rat drank all the milk
Ooh holy milk rat!
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EvictedSaint, you are awesome, do what you want/need to do. This experience has been kinda like a webcomic, and I think you said you wanted to develop your art, so do you feel you have learned what you needed from webcomickry?
I tought the rat drank all the milk
Oog, vermin! Do vermin destroy things in buckets? If so, that's bad, 'cause it would get lost as a whole unit at once.
If not . . .
Remove solid lemon from pot, squeeze juice into pot, add salt.
Remove adorable rat from bucket, pat on head, shoo away.
--Rexfelum
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Rat has defiled the holy milk bucket of Cowsea!
Cowsea has cursed Rat to take on the form of a cow every full moon.
Now you will know why you fear the night!
Seriously, I don't have any good suggestions this time around. Welcome back EvictedSaint!!
Since this is a player fort, there's a 50/50 chance that there isn't any functioning alcohol production anyway. Most players are more willing to spend time trying to turn the entire fort into WereCow Necromancers.
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Thanks! It's good to be back.
And shoot, just noticed I forgot a background on one of those pabels. I should fix that.
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This thread is glorious!
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Where is the cheese ?? :-[
We are sooo close now !! :P
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Rat has defiled the holy milk bucket of Cowsea!
Cowsea has cursed Rat to take on the form of a cow every full moon.
Now you will know why you fear the night!
Seriously, I don't have any good suggestions this time around. Welcome back EvictedSaint!!
Since this is a player fort, there's a 50/50 chance that there isn't any functioning alcohol production anyway. Most players are more willing to spend time trying to turn the entire fort into WereCow Necromancers.
This is actually a good suggestion. You see, to make cow's milk cheese we need the stomach of a cow, so we can get the cow rennet from it. The best kinds of cheese are made with rennet from the kind of animal that made the milk, because its stomach has the best enzymes to digest that kind of milk. I'm positive a rat-were-cow would have the right kind of enzymes, while being smaller than a cow and easier for a twelve year old dwarf to kill and butcher...
Barring that, Misty could use fig extract, dried caper leaf, nettle, thistle, mallow, or creeping charlie tea. Some kinds of fungus also have rennet but they tend to make more bitter tasting cheese. I've personally noticed lots of caper leaf for sale from traders in DF, as well as figs in some biomes. I'd be willing to guess there is some caper leaf here somewhere.
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDdd5KKhts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDdd5KKhts)
Cheesy comestibles are nearly upon us!
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Pulling out only the most critical information:
[cheesy facts] .... best kinds of cheese are made with rennet .... [more cheesy facts] .... Some kinds of fungus also have rennet...
Waitwaitwait! Are you saying we need Plumpy the Plump Helmet man as the way to make the best cheese!?!?! You are! You are!
Misty needs Plumpy to help make cheese!!!!
Because @GhostDwemer said so.
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Pulling out only the most critical information:
[cheesy facts] .... best kinds of cheese are made with rennet .... [more cheesy facts] .... Some kinds of fungus also have rennet...
Waitwaitwait! Are you saying we need Plumpy the Plump Helmet man as the way to make the best cheese!?!?! You are! You are!
Misty needs Plumpy to help make cheese!!!!
Because @GhostDwemer said so.
As I wrote it, somehow I knew it would come to that. Plump helmet rennet probably makes excellent cheese. Do plump helmet men barf? Because Plumpy could barf in the milk and that would probably work.
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Is this world based on an actual game world? If so, is there a map or save file of this world available?
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Is this world based on an actual game world? If so, is there a map or save file of this world available?
No, it isn't. This was asked before.
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Thanks. I had searched for "map" and "save" but couldn't find any mention.
Here's what we've seen of the world so far:
(http://i.imgur.com/ZkZLFiQ.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/O5pZEo3.png)
It looks like Reg and Holt went South instead of North at the junction.
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Very nice!
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Great job, but might count as a spoiler?
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Great job, but might count as a spoiler?
True.. But if you have reached this far into the thread, chances are that you have seen/read that bit already.
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FANART FOR THE FANART THRONE!
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Hey guys.
I would like to apologize for disappearing so suddenly and without warning. Over the past few months I've found myself having trouble enjoying things that I've normally enjoyed or finding the motivation to do anything, and that included TLCM. Every time I sat down to finish the update I found myself dreading drawing it, and the whole...process, really. It seemed like a chore rather than a hobby. A week-long break became a month, and after a month it just...stretched on, and I've drawn pretty much nothing since the last update - TLCM related or not. During the past few weeks I've slowly started picking up my pen again, and I gotta say it feels...better. I don't know if I can keep to a weekly/semi-weekly schedule, but I think I could do shorter, sporadic updates.
Again, I'm really sorry for dropping out like that. I do plan to finish this Act of the story, which includes this chapter and three more. I think I'll take another break then, and see if the story warrants continuing. Until then, I'll make sure Misty's adventure continues to the end of her arc.
Viva Plumpy.
It sounds like you might be suffering from depression. I can't say for sure, only you and a doctor or counselor can really figure that out. I just want you to know you're not alone, losing interest and or pleasure from things you've enjoyed in the past happens. I am glad you've picked TLCM back up again. I hope it's something you keep getting enjoyment out of. Please, if you feel alone, apathetic or like most things you love just aren't worth doing anymore, talk to a person you trust and who cares about you.
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Sounds like a bit of anxiety too given the mention of dread and the like--not necessarily even connected to the act but something 'associated with it' :<
Cheers to you eS; we understand here--it'll help if you got people over there to go to, a counselor, therapist, or other professional can really help you there.
But you've got friends here (and there) to talk to too, and this thread will be ok if or when you get back at it--extra thanks for the update, and wishing you well :)
Quickedit: Oh goodness that was a month ago! Oops ._. I didn't read up...
@Nopal: That is one beautiful fanart ;~; Really gives the tone of the feeling of when that had happened.
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My fanart is based on this cover
(http://i.imgur.com/nhtgCiU.jpg)
Nice job!
It also bears a passing resemblance to
(https://familyguytips.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wpid-index6.jpeg?w=474)
... which may or may not have been based on a comic superhero.
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Why is her bed made out of stone?
>Examine bed
>Wonder how beds can be made out of rock
(http://i.imgur.com/BRDAreG.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BRDAreG.png)
You put the figurine in your backpack and spend several minutes contemplating your bed. Like most beds made for the common masses, it's made out of stone block. It is incredibly uncomfortable.
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Jecowa, she lives in Masterwork DF, which has stone beds.
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PTW :) Just found out about this yesterday.
I just counted. I have 7 cheesemakers in my fortress... all of them... um dabbling. You only get a cheese making job every month, so I think I need to appoint a head cheesemaker if I want one of them to become legendary. I will see who has the passion for it :-)
I have really enjoyed the comic so far. I stayed up until midnight reading it. ES, don't stress too much about it. Long term projects like this have their ups and downs. You can get burned out from time to time, or you can find other things that strike your interest -- leaving you with too little time for your original project. In my experience, it's best to do as you have done and take a holiday -- for as long as you want/need.
I agree that Misty needs help from Plumpy. Lemon juice will produce a cheese with very small curds and it will be unsatisfactory. What she needs is renin. As it turns out, some *fungus* has been genetically engineered to produce renin... I'm just saying... After that, you need to slowly heat the milk. As the renin heats up, it breaks down, releasing acid. This slow, steady, even release of acid is what allows the milk to curdle with large curds.
Edit: I just realised that my information is redundant and was already discussed. That's what I get for reading at midnight :-P
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We don't know how evicted Saint chooses which suggestions to incorporate into the story, but it's quite possible that repeated suggestions carry more weight. So redundancy is not necessarily useless.
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PTW because this is awesome.
Seriously, everything about this is awesome.
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We don't know how evicted Saint chooses which suggestions to incorporate into the story, but it's quite possible that repeated suggestions carry more weight. So redundancy is not necessarily useless.
From memory, there's a similarity of characteristics in the suggestions that get in :O Though in my opinion from that, it's usually 'the theme from DF that's generally agreeable (as DF makes for good storytelling with details)', ' a reasonable plot point that is within reason for the characters to do', and 'the general consensus of the people as long as it's not off character and very unreasonable'. (Like that one blacksmith who got his head lopped off >_< It was within reason but... :-[)
Though direct hammyness won't be that much incorporated...at the present time, usually. :P Seems like ES is a narrator that saves these things in his plans too. But that's just me and my thoughts. I've been loving all this thus far.
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Based on what Tiruin has said, I'm hoping that "having Plumpy help make the cheese" meets the criteria.
Wait a minute. Did you guys know that Masterwork DF has "cheese men." Yup, just looked it up in the raws, definitely cheese men in the game.
Plumpy appears when the cheese making fails. He adds plump helmet juice to the bucket, and with the blessings of Cowsea, the two of them create a heroic Cheese Man, Avatar of Cowsea!
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I do believe Plumpy is too busy revolting.
Besides, we know that a cheesemaking job will always produce cheese, regardless of the maker's skill.
Therefore, even if Misty, oh I dunno... did a cute rain dance or something, we would still be successful.
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Um excuse me but Plumpy is too busy plotting the rise of the plump helmet people to make cheese. He is not a tool for dwarven-kind, but a revolutionary of historical proportions.
Ya'll gonna fear the mushroom. Ya'll gonna fear.
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But the Cheese Man would be on Plumpy's side! Plumpy gets Cowsea on his side, they make a Cheese Man super hero with mega cheese powers and they all take over the fortress, ushering in a new golden age where elves aren't shot on site, plump helmets and dwarves live in peaceful harmony, and nobody eats anybody because there is fresh tasty cheese for all who believe in the power of the cow.
Actually, I just want to see a cheese man spraying boiling hot nacho sauce all over a bunch of screaming dwarves, so you know, however we can make that happen is okay by me.
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wow, myst make cheese, cowsea puts life on then, plump command then over to take command of the fort, united in the blessings of the cowsea. It doesnt even need to be planned
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update later today
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Aww yiss :D
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My gawd! He lives!
As for what to put in the pot...
Remove lemon. (and mouse) While lemonjuice WILL cause clabbering, it is not what you want here (neither is mouse.). What you want is to scald the milk to kill bacteria/fungi, then add rennet.
There are many kinds of rennet, depending on where you sit on the dwarf/elf spectrum of squeemish. The traditional is made from an extractive of calf stomach. Very dwarven. For the elven inclined, there are a variety of vegetable rennets that can be used such as russian musk thistle juice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet
Per wikipedia, this should be a nasty powdered extractive somewhere in the cabinet.
After coagulating the milk, filter and squeeze in cheese cloth, then quickly work in copious amounts of salt, and pack into the pressing form. Press the young cheese in the pressing form overnight.
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What's awesome about all this real-life cheesemaking discussion is that my real-life household has been trying to make cheese, so I'm comparing Misty's bizarre circumstances to my own. I mean, there's vegetable rennet in the fridge right now.
Granted, it's in a liquid, not a powder. And it requires refrigeration. Something tells me there's enough variability that our littlest cheesemaker is in for a disappointing first run unless we get divine intervention/inspiration to make up for total lack of skill.
(Yeah, if the update is later today (yay!) it's too late for me to affect anything.)
--Rexfelum
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update later today
Hurray! :D
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PTW, caught up today, been rationing myself through a week after finding out about this. And an update later? Cowsea be praised!
ps: Misty is ADORABLE <3 Misty crying after hauling Darkerdaffodil to the refuse pile tugged at my heartstrings. For such a simple style, you convey an amazing amount of soul in your characters. Thank you for all you've posted so far, ES. :)
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Update today?
Praise the cheese gods for this blessing upon which we shall feast!
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update later today
I mean I'm fine with waiting, but I just want to point out how much that didn't happen. 8)
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Patience ! You must learn patience !
Cheesemakers' days last a long time.
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I would go by 39 fortress years = 1 irl week, and we're talking about godly aged cheese here.
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I would go by 39 fortress years = 1 irl week, and we're talking about godly aged cheese here.
Would that even be any cheese left?
Wouldn't it just be liquid by then?
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I would go by 39 fortress years = 1 irl week, and we're talking about godly aged cheese here.
Would that even be any cheese left?
Wouldn't it just be liquid by then?
Can you brew cheese into alcohol?
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I would go by 39 fortress years = 1 irl week, and we're talking about godly aged cheese here.
Would that even be any cheese left?
Wouldn't it just be liquid by then?
Can you brew cheese into alcohol?
Milk can be brewed. (Not sure if it can in vanilla DF, but I think there is/was a mod where it was possible.)
So I guess?
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I would go by 39 fortress years = 1 irl week, and we're talking about godly aged cheese here.
Would that even be any cheese left?
Wouldn't it just be liquid by then?
Can you brew cheese into alcohol?
Milk can be brewed. (Not sure if it can in vanilla DF, but I think there is/was a mod where it was possible.)
So I guess?
HE GOT THE 39 YEARS THING FROM THE SUCCESSION WORLD!
Also, to make cheese you need rennet, which is a fluid from the inside of a calf's stomach. It has to be a calf that has drunk nothing but milk. I... Um... Maybe you will need the godess - cow's calf's rennet to make the godly cheese... Is that how it works?
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Milk can be brewed. (Not sure if it can in vanilla DF, but I think there is/was a mod where it was possible.)
So I guess?
Milk fermentation is really complicated and requires multiple symbiotic organisms to break down the sugars into something that the yeast will ferment. In a practical sense, it is not possible to ferment cheese into alcohol because those complex organism do not live on cheese (making cheese has historically been a way of preserving milk, and it is quite robust against infection unless you cut it).
BTW, I'm also hoping to do some cheese making IRL this year. I've done it before and it was quite fun.
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Use the lactaid (or generic) milk.
It has refined lactase added, which breaks down the lactose into more simple sugars. Enough that it tastes noticeably sweet. If you add vegetable rennet to cause curd formation, you could probably ferment the resulting whey pretty easily.
I bet it would taste horrible though.
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Milk can be brewed. (Not sure if it can in vanilla DF, but I think there is/was a mod where it was possible.)
So I guess?
Milk fermentation is really complicated and requires multiple symbiotic organisms to break down the sugars into something that the yeast will ferment. In a practical sense, it is not possible to ferment cheese into alcohol because those complex organism do not live on cheese (making cheese has historically been a way of preserving milk, and it is quite robust against infection unless you cut it).
Well when you think about it. Dwarves can milk maggots and make minced fly brains. So it wouldn't surprise me if they could brew alcohol from cheese.
And remember old Norse/Scandinavian myth? Dwarves were master craftsmen who could make anything out of anything (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naglfar).
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hi all,
new reader, got through this storyduring my spare time the last 3 days, wonderfull, please continue
posting to mark Cowsea reaction when milked. When you correlate with her story, you will see that she has never been since incarnation!
IRL, a non-milked cow is quite noisy, and will die after a week (I think?) of such dire treatment.
no wonder she was pissed when first talked to, that much pain ought to be unlawfull.
Misty> go ask Cowsea's blessing before working on her Holy Milk
pray Whatshisname306 to be gotten the Power to transform said Milk into Holy Cheese (He is *Death and Reincarnation", so transformation is his too)
Mark the corral+workshop as temple for Cowsea ("i" zone, "m" meeting hall, "l" assign location", "a" add location, select location, "t" temple, choose deity "Cowsea"
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I just caught up too. Not only is evictedSaint a fantastic artist for starting this comic, everyone's replies have been hilarious.
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>Ask Cowsea for his blessing and stuff.
>MAGIC!
>Misty Kolnazom is taken by a fey mood!
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Post to be disappointed by lack of updates.
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>Remember that all dwarves including women and children have beards.
>Be confused by the fact that you don't have a beard.
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Loved what there's been so far. Hoping for more in the future.
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update later today
Don't know about all of you but I'm still living in 2016 waiting for this.
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update later today
Don't know about all of you but I'm still living in 2016 waiting for this.
Lol, we waited this long :P
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As today, December the 63rd, 2016, the crowd wait patiently for the quest for The Holy Cheese!
(and by the way, my name is gounour and myfavorite color is blue; no wait red, aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!!)
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EvictedSaint's last post was on November 29th.
I think the same thing happened to him as to one of my dwarves: The way to the fortress his computer is behind a ledge he can't path over. We need to dig him out and still his hunger with... a single strawberry seed? Alright then!
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Not to worry, I saw him online yesterday.
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I are good artist.
The goodest.
(http://i.imgur.com/H5allTl.png)
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I are good artist.
The goodest.
(http://i.imgur.com/H5allTl.png)
You'z beast artist
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Dat last one was from many moons ago.
Dis one is betterest.
(http://i.imgur.com/27f4Nr0.png)
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Eet is bitter!
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On this day, December 78, 2016, we still await the promised post
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I am making an art.
It is not post-it art.
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I are good artist.
The goodest.
Would you say you are the.. Littlest artist?
edit: Hmm.. Makes me wonder.. Think you are up to the task of making an ISG about a Dwarven Engraver?
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Hey guys.
If you could think of one tagline for chapter one through two, what would it be?
Let's say 12 words, give or take.
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I are good artist.
The goodest.
Would you say you are the.. Littlest artist?
edit: Hmm.. Makes me wonder.. Think you are up to the task of making an ISG about a Dwarven Engraver?
Call me a "little" special, but what am ISG?
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I are good artist.
The goodest.
Would you say you are the.. Littlest artist?
edit: Hmm.. Makes me wonder.. Think you are up to the task of making an ISG about a Dwarven Engraver?
Call me a "little" special, but what am ISG?
Illustrated Suggestion Game
What this one is.
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If this picture could talk, it would say "I am a dwarven engraver, the best."
(http://i.imgur.com/X9EEXJO.png)
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I am making an art.
It is not post-it art.
I HAVE COMPLETED MY ART.
(https://i.postimg.cc/C15BXWs3/CHEESEMAKER-WARS-COMPLETED-2-BLACK-BORDER.png)
Created with nothing but the pencil/eyedropper/fill tools in MS Paint (except for the text). It is modeled after the original STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE poster, in case you didn't notice.
I say "except for the text" but there is no option to outline text in MS Paint, nor is there a kerning feature for small text. That was done by hand.
My hope is that it will summon Evictedsaint back from the abyss that clearly holds him captive somewhere against his will.
It's only flaw IMHO is the lack of visual Plumpy.
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I am making an art.
It is not post-it art.
I HAVE COMPLETED MY ART.
(https://s18.postimg.org/nhf1zb689/CHEESEMAKER_WARS_COMPLETED_2_BLACK_BORDER.png)
Created with nothing but the pencil/eyedropper/fill tools in MS Paint (except for the text). It is modeled after the original STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE poster, in case you didn't notice.
I say "except for the text" but there is no option to outline text in MS Paint, nor is there a kerning feature for small text. That was done by hand.
My hope is that it will summon Evictedsaint back from the abyss that clearly holds him captive somewhere against his will.
It's only flaw IMHO is the lack of visual Plumpy.
theimmortalryukan bows his head to such great art
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I love the fan art this thread gets!
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Sadly this went the way of the dodo.
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Sadly this went the way of the dodo.
Due to snakes and European adventurers?
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Sadly this went the way of the dodo.
No! do not lose hope!
If we wait, the story may turn out to be a coelacanth rather than a dodo.
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I have faith, that's why I made more art.
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I do have faith, jsut hope he is okay tbh.
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Some fanart I did in 30 minutes
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/275015295364628480/286061324046172160/1IdWyvt.png)
Sorry for the massive size.
http://imgur.com/a/118he
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The image doesn't show up.
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It worked when I logged off, but I will post the imgur link.
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(http://i.imgur.com/YWszPGg.png) (http://i.imgur.com/YWszPGg.png)
You scan the shelves for other things that might be cheese-related. That pot looks promising!
(http://i.imgur.com/Z8xfTId.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Z8xfTId.png)
'Rennet'?
You're not sure what that is, but surely it wouldn't be in the farmers workshop if it didn't have something to do with cheese, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/qQ5Tvdh.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/qQ5Tvdh.gif)
You dump in the whole pot just to be safe.
(http://i.imgur.com/6bKfA7x.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/6bKfA7x.gif)
Alright! This is going great! What else can you dump in?
(http://i.imgur.com/23uKRe5.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/23uKRe5.gif)
Oooh, mystery vial! It smells a bit funky, but that's probably alright. Cheese smells funky too, so it's probably some kind of secret ingredient. Maybe even one kept hidden by generations of Professional Cheesemakers to produce only the highest-quality cheeses known to dwarfkind!
Man, for someone with absolutely no training you're doing pretty good! You just sleuthed out a secret ingredient to cheese, one so secret that not even you knew about it until a few seconds ago.
That's not to say you sleuthed out what's in the vial, but that's just part of the mystery!
Mystery Vial!
(http://i.imgur.com/NRD3FA4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/NRD3FA4.png)
You empty the mystery vial into the cheese pot.
(http://i.imgur.com/fYXlVoS.png) (http://i.imgur.com/fYXlVoS.png)
Alright! You've gone through most of the things on the shelf, it's probably time to actually put in the ☼Holy Divine God Milk☼ and get this show on the road.
(http://i.imgur.com/rY2xBRE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/rY2xBRE.png)
...
(http://i.imgur.com/kTnpWpG.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/kTnpWpG.gif)
That's probably fine.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7388924#msg7388924)
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First of all, I'm sorry about the false alarm (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7278911#msg7278911). I had honestly intended to finish up and post it that night, but life has a nasty habit of getting in the way. And on the subject of life getting in the way, mine has been rather interesting over the past few months. Got diagnosed with "moderate depression", put on some SSRI's, broke up with my girlfriend, got a job offer in another state, moved, had my wisdom teeth pulled...things are going a lot better for me, all things considered.
Second of all, thank you guys so much for your support. You're literally the best fans I could have ever asked for - I never thought Misty's adventures would become more than a few pages of crappy doodles in mspaint that came to a slow stop before she ever left the room, like so many other stories of this type. Yet here we are, with Misty actually completing her goal! She's actually making cheese. I am honestly shocked it got this far. What's more is that there's still adventure ahead (at least three chapters worth) so her story doesn't end here. And then there's Reg and Holt's story lines to consider and the plumphelmet man uprising that I can't leave unfinished...there's still story left to be told.
I guess the point here is that I'm eternally grateful to have you guys. Misty's story would not exist if no one was interested in hearing it - every person who's watched her journey so far has contributed to this tale just as much as I have. I'm sorry for leaving things hanging like that, but I promise you I'll do everything I can to keep it from happening again. still updates more often than prequel
iViva la Revolution!
iViva la Undergrowth!
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OH SHIT YOU'RE BACK
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Wow, this is amazing.
Stir it all together and make some masterwork cheese.
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! :D :D
Stir it all together and make some masterwork cheese.
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HOLY ALFRID, BATMAM'S BALLS! YOU'RE ALIVE!
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Wow, this is amazing.
Stir it all together and make some masterwork cheese.
This beginnings of cheese is currently liquid. Cheese is solid. Stir and shake.
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Ah well. At least it comes out more then half life 3.
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Adopt and name the mouse/rat/rodent something.
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I had nearly given up hope. Good to see you're back!
Well, between the divine milk and the mystery ingredient, Misty has at least a 25% chance of accidentally creating a cheese man familiar.
(Worth noting: the reason why tyromancy exists in current Masterwork is as a homage to this comic.)
Rat: Approach the delicious-smelling pot, then accidentally fall in and become the soul of the Cheese Man.
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This is wonderful!
Misty, Embrace the rat as a sign of good cheese making ability
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Of course the one Day I'm not on my computer or phone 24/7 is the day you decide to return
Welcome Back!!!
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!!☼Jubilation☼!!
This is wonderful!
Misty, Embrace the rat as a sign of good cheese making ability
+1
This is one of the most endearing, iconic and funny DF stories. Glad you're back, ES!
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Adopt and name the mouse/rat/rodent something.
+1
Great to see this back! And glad to hear things are going better for you.
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IT WORKED. MY SUMMONING ART WORKED!!!
Be sure to say a prayer and clap your hands over the cheese pot.
+1 to naming the rat/mouse.
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Per thread tradition:
(https://i.imgur.com/KWl6pqT.jpg)
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Per thread tradition:
(http://i.imgur.com/oQ2yUwA.gif)
Not animated.
Fixed.
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.....Wow. I have to PTW this.
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And there was much rejoicing!
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Guys please stop posting here, you're just getting my hopes upohmyfugginarmokthesaintisbackandpostingitsanupdate!!!
Stir it all together and make some masterwork cheese.
Adopt and name the mouse/rat/rodent something.
+1 to both of these.
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Guys please stop posting here, you're just getting my hopes upohmyfugginarmokthesaintisbackandpostingitsanupdate!!!Stir it all together and make some masterwork cheese.
Adopt and name the mouse/rat/rodent something.
+1 to both of these.
+1 to all of dis
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Keep up the great work, OP.
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I just wanna check; how's the quality of the pictures in the last update? I think they look a bit fuzzy, but I can't figure out if it's my monitor or not.
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I just wanna check; how's the quality of the pictures in the last update? I think they look a bit fuzzy, but I can't figure out if it's my monitor or not.
Looks fine to me.
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Looks fine
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I just wanna check; how's the quality of the pictures in the last update? I think they look a bit fuzzy, but I can't figure out if it's my monitor or not.
Side-by-side comparison with previous update looks 100% identical.
(https://s11.postimg.org/s21lmon0j/sidebyside.png)
::EDIT::
Looks fine. 8)
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I thought they looked even better than the last panels you made back in December. Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
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Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
I dont know, been looking for it myself
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Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
In the bucket, then her hand, then on her head
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Having once tried to draw right after having my wisdom teeth pulled, you were better for waiting.
While the results may be mistaken for art, I have no clue what I was trying to create.
You need to name the rat
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Having once tried to draw right after having my wisdom teeth pulled, you were better for waiting.
While the results may be mistaken for art, I have no clue what I was trying to create.
You need to name the rat
Name him after Darkerdaffodil in some way. Never forget!
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Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
In the bucket, then her hand, then on her hand
Well I hope the poor thing didn't get made into the cheese. Also I have a major hunch the Queen is a vampire.
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Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
In the bucket, then her hand, then on her head
Well I hope the poor thing didn't get made into the cheese. Also I have a major hunch the Queen is a vampire.
Don't worry, you can see it on her head in the last frame there.
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Also where is this rat thing I keep hearing about.
In the bucket, then her hand, then on her head
Well I hope the poor thing didn't get made into the cheese. Also I have a major hunch the Queen is a vampire.
Don't worry, you can see it on her head in the last frame there.
I am the most obivious fan ever. Not even noticing anything.
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You need to name the rat
Name him after Darkerdaffodil in some way. Never forget!
+1
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Welcome back!
You need to name the rat
Name him after Darkerdaffodil in some way. Never forget!
+1
Name him Smallerdaffodil.
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Yay Misty!
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You need to name the rat
Name him Smallerdaffodil.
Perfect.
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I've noticed a pattern. Every time I decide it's probably not worth clicking the link in the email every time someone posts here so that I will get an email for the next post, Saint posts an update.
Perhaps I should just unsubscribe and manually check every few days :P
Also, the animation on the second fifth panel was really good.
Edit: memory error
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Or you should click the link less to make Evicted update more.
EDIT: Typos
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Also, the animation on the second fifth panel was really good.
Aw, thanks man, that means a lot :)
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Yay, an update! I know first hand how much depression can be a sucking drain on, well, everything, so I'm glad you're getting help.
The animations were cool. The mystery vial is obviously golden salve since that's the only vial-based product at a farmer's workshop :P So Misty is making holy cheese that probably has magical healing powers! Maybe she could feed some to her Elf friend...
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Yay your back!
Quick its still not to late to. . .
Misty add beer dwarfs love beer.
Second of all, thank you guys so much for your support. You're literally the best fans I could have ever asked for.
Awww Thanks :)
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The mystery vial is obviously golden salve since that's the only vial-based product at a farmer's workshop :P So Misty is making holy cheese that probably has magical healing powers! Maybe she could feed some to her Elf friend...
Uh, with the rat infestation it could very well be posion. This holly cheese may have the contrary effects of what you expect.
The queen shall recive at least a piece
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The mystery vial is obviously golden salve since that's the only vial-based product at a farmer's workshop :P So Misty is making holy cheese that probably has magical healing powers! Maybe she could feed some to her Elf friend...
Uh, with the rat infestation it could very well be posion. This holly cheese may have the contrary effects of what you expect.
The queen shall recive at least a piece
It could, but with the Holy Milk it will likely overpower if not neutralize the toxic effects.
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The mystery vial is obviously golden salve since that's the only vial-based product at a farmer's workshop :P So Misty is making holy cheese that probably has magical healing powers! Maybe she could feed some to her Elf friend...
Uh, with the rat infestation it could very well be posion. This holly cheese may have the contrary effects of what you expect.
The queen shall recive at least a piece
It could, but with the Holy Milk it will likely overpower if not neutralize the toxic effects.
Unless of course Misty makes cheese that is of standard quality, and attributes it to her inexperience and the holy milk evening out to make cheese that is of exceptional quality for a novice.
Thus she takes the cheese as a sign that she is a natural cheese maker and can make the finest Gouda that shall be used as a distraction for the goblins due to their well known love of it served to her majesty is the finest roasts consisting of nothing but holy cheese and masterfully minced cranberry seeds
But I don't know all that much.
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OOOOOOH MY GAAAAAAAAAWD, OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAWD, HE'S BACK! I read this recently, and am happy that it's continuing!
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I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of cheese fans cried out, and then posted a bunch of green text?
Smallerdaffodil is great, but I feel the urge to check up on our bumbling guardsfolk!
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I love the fan art this thread gets!
I'm late to the party but THIS. (Also wow, you can do that with MS Paint?!)
Didn't notice awesome stuff happened on March 1 too!
You need to name the rat
Name him Smallerdaffodil.
Perfect.
This is homage to our elven buddy, but also homage to the rat being nice? :D
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Ask Cowsea to grant you a strange mood, so you can make legendairy (sorry) quality cheese and be left a legendary cheese maker
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Ask Cowsea to grant you a strange mood, so you can make legendairy (sorry) quality cheese and be left a legendary cheese maker
The Lupanian: Sit in a corner and think about what you've done.
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Ask Cowsea to grant you a strange mood, so you can make legendairy (sorry) quality cheese and be left a legendary cheese maker
The Lupanian: Sit in a corner and think about what you've done.
+1
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Ask Cowsea to grant you a strange mood, so you can make legendairy (sorry) quality cheese and be left a legendary cheese maker
The Lupanian: Sit in a corner and think about what you've done.
+1
Hey now, none of that Lupanian. That's a cheesy pun. I would be mootified to make such a pun.
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While I appreciate the legendairy pun... stuff Lupanian in the gay beetle jail.
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Okay stop with that, get back on topic instead of going out of your whey to make puns. If you do make them, they should at yeast be cheddar puns than that.
The GBJ is a ruff place, guys can't even walk out because of the mutilation. They freaking lactose!
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(http://i.imgur.com/whQNCo7.png) (http://i.imgur.com/whQNCo7.png)
Alright, just need to stir it all up and...cut the curds? You think that's something cheesemakers do.
You're not sure when you're supposed to do it, but better too early than too late, right?
(http://i.imgur.com/iafB7a4.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/iafB7a4.gif)
Ah, here we go! This should do nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/ymWLx2X.png) (http://i.imgur.com/ymWLx2X.png)
Stir stir stir stir, chop chop chop chop, aaaaand...
(http://i.imgur.com/OvyVCBc.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/OvyVCBc.gif)
Done!
(http://i.imgur.com/jMPzzF7.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/jMPzzF7.gif)
Alright, just...just gotta wait for it to cook.
(http://i.imgur.com/5a39Qas.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/5a39Qas.gif)
...
(http://i.imgur.com/T16o7MC.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/T16o7MC.gif)
You don't know how long to cook cheese.
(http://i.imgur.com/2hikTDd.png) (http://i.imgur.com/2hikTDd.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/lOP8s2o.png) (http://i.imgur.com/lOP8s2o.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/EfKcZK8.png) (http://i.imgur.com/EfKcZK8.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/kUgJ4QD.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kUgJ4QD.png)
Gods.
You.
Are.
So bored.
How long has it been? Ten? Fifteen minutes? By Cowseas merciful teats, it has to be done by now, right???
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7430884#msg7430884)
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Stare intensely at the cheese while it cooks. The mental energy exerted will either make the cheese cook more quickly or warp the passing of time.
Also thanks for the update!
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Dont be impatient, wait longer. All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
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All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
ehehe...yeah, sorry about that :S
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Poke it with a spoon to see how solid it has gotten.
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Dont be impatient, wait longer. All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
+1
Also, officially name SmallerDaffodil and share your dreams with it. The time will pass quickly!
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By Cowseas merciful teats!
This is my new battle cry.
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Dont be impatient, wait longer. All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
+1
Also, officially name SmallerDaffodil and share your dreams with it. The time will pass quickly!
+1
Also, if cheese proves to be unsatisfactory, throw it in with Plumpy the Plump helmet man.
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(http://imgur.com/08CPk1m.gif)
I. . . I don't know what I'm doing. TLCM3 CONFIRMED!
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Dont be impatient, wait longer. All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
+1
Also, officially name SmallerDaffodil and share your dreams with it. The time will pass quickly!
+1
Also, if cheese proves to be unsatisfactory, throw it in with Plumpy the Plump helmet man.
+1 to all of this.
Also, it is HOLY CHEESE given to Misty by COWSEA. Misty has not prayed over the cheese and clapped three times. She should request perfect cheese and faster completion of said cheese.
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(http://i.imgur.com/MWxW1tH.png)
So friggin bored
Aaaaaah this is gorgeous!!!! I'm gonna put it up on the front page when I get home :)
(http://imgur.com/08CPk1m.gif)
I. . . I don't know what I'm doing. TLCM3 CONFIRMED!
Eheheh... I was wondering when you were going to comment on the lemons
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I must say, I do enjoy that you are putting so much work into this mr. Cheese saint. Really trying to find some way to offer a complement with out seeming like a brown noser.
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Eheheh... I was wondering when you were going to comment on the lemons
Eheh. But I must say your attention to detail is just amazing. And you animating has also made leaps and bounds form when you first started . . . (ReChecks when this started) . . . "Oh shit 2014 man no wonder yer better :P"
I must say, I do enjoy that you are putting so much work into this mr. Cheese saint. Really trying to find some way to offer a complement with out seeming like a brown noser.
Just do it Saint knows we mean well.
Time for some Misty logic.
We are cooking the cheese?
Yes.
How do you cook things?
Fire?
Yes.
What to we need more of?
FIRE!
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Time for some Misty logic.
We are cooking the cheese?
Yes.
How do you cook things?
Fire?
Yes.
What to we need more of?
FIRE!
+1
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YEAH LEMONS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8Bb2U4jKE)
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YAY! This new update makes me so happy, thank you! I hope things are going well evictedSaint. I really love this story, and your artwork always makes me smile.
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This was-- and is-- so good. Thank you.
Dont be impatient, wait longer. All the ghosts in your head waited months for you to start making this cheese you can wait for a bit longer to cook it
+1
Also, officially name SmallerDaffodil and share your dreams with it. The time will pass quickly!
+1
Also, if cheese proves to be unsatisfactory, throw it in with Plumpy the Plump helmet man.
+1
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Hey, I had to register to the forum to just say how much I love this story. :O The art is amazing and the writing is just the right amount of serious and funny and dwarffortressy for me.
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Hey, I had to register to the forum to just say how much I love this story. :O The art is amazing and the writing is just the right amount of serious and funny and dwarffortressy for me.
Welcome to the ranks of people who made Accounts because of this story.
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Yes yes yes! Update! I found and binged this recently, not really expecting it to continue and being very sad about it... but here it is!! Huzzah! I gotta say I love everything about it! The art, the story, the characters, the animations, the way you incorporate suggestions while staying true to your vision -- and your vision itself. This may be an unpopular opinion but personally, I find the sadistic glee of a certain subsection of the DF player community somewhat disturbing. You know, those Elf Slaughter Simulator guys. The Efficiency Above All dudes. The All Threshers Must Be Tried By Magma kind of folks. So I'm happy to see that subject tackled in your fiction.
Hope to see more of your stuff! I know depression is a doozy, so make sure to work at your own pace, though.
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Here's my smol fanart of Misty. Yay mitten arms!
(http://i.imgur.com/0szQCrc.png) (http://imgur.com/0szQCrc)
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What's that? Boredom? Time to practice knife throwing at that barrel!
Heh. I created an account to post on these forums.
I'm so happy that this is back to life!
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Smallerdaffodil: Contract a syndrome from the divine milk, turn into a tiny werebeast, and go on an adorable little rampage of minor property damage.
Misty: Get blamed for "toppling" the workshop and thrown in dungeon.
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All cheese needs to be stamped with the mark of its maker right? Maybe you can pass the time by engraving your own cheesestamp! All you'd need is some wood and something sharp.
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All cheese needs to be stamped with the mark of its maker right? Maybe you can pass the time by engraving your own cheesestamp! All you'd need is some wood and something sharp.
+100
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All cheese needs to be stamped with the mark of its maker right? Maybe you can pass the time by engraving your own cheesestamp! All you'd need is some wood and something sharp.
+1
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All cheese needs to be stamped with the mark of its maker right? Maybe you can pass the time by engraving your own cheesestamp! All you'd need is some wood and something sharp.
+1
+1
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All cheese needs to be stamped with the mark of its maker right? Maybe you can pass the time by engraving your own cheesestamp! All you'd need is some wood and something sharp.
+1
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PTW.
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Here's my smol fanart of Misty. Yay mitten arms!
(http://i.imgur.com/0szQCrc.png) (http://imgur.com/0szQCrc)
Noooo1!!!!! He has a wife!
wait, she's MISS Pacman.....
He has a.....mistress? Girlfriend?
And they have lots of babies together!
you get them like every two levels in Ms. Pacman
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Play the "Human Castle" game, made by Harbor21 Games, to pass the time.
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Play the "Human Castle" game, made by Harbor21 Games, to pass the time.
It took me longer than I'm willing to admit to get this one.
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P.T.W.
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I like how Misty is bored senseless, but 95% of the readership here would be happy with comic after comic about the minutia of cheese making in Dwarf Fortress and adventures in making different types of cheese.
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By Cowseas merciful teats!
Omg, I've been away for a while, and I come back to TWO updates! Cowseas teats indeed are merciful! *clap, clap* Welcome back, ES! I'm glad you're doing ok!
+1 to naming Smallerdaffodil, and praying (with claps of course) over the cheese.
edit: Actually, wait to name Smallerdaffodil until AFTER the cheese is made. Perhaps offer the rat some of the cheese to test its quality (maybe it looks and smells too hideous too eat, but turns out to be delicious), and THEN bestow a name as a reward for its help.
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I like how Misty is bored senseless, but 95% of the readership here would be happy with comic after comic about the minutia of cheese making in Dwarf Fortress and adventures in making different types of cheese.
+1
I don't know about the rest of you but I've started making cheese in my forts. I'm not ashamed.
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I like how Misty is bored senseless, but 95% of the readership here would be happy with comic after comic about the minutia of cheese making in Dwarf Fortress and adventures in making different types of cheese.
+1
I don't know about the rest of you but I've started making cheese in my forts. I'm not ashamed.
I usually buy cheese/sugar/other secondary food stuff from the caravan. Not particularly easier than producing my own, but it pushes their profits up a bit so they'll keep bringing potentionally useful stuff.
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I like how Misty is bored senseless, but 95% of the readership here would be happy with comic after comic about the minutia of cheese making in Dwarf Fortress and adventures in making different types of cheese.
+1
I don't know about the rest of you but I've started making cheese in my forts. I'm not ashamed.
I usually buy cheese/sugar/other secondary food stuff from the caravan. Not particularly easier than producing my own, but it pushes their profits up a bit so they'll keep bringing potentionally useful stuff.
We should all assist with this as a matter of principle.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=163644.msg7415118#msg7415118 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=163644.msg7415118#msg7415118)
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Accidental hiatus from forums (forgot they existed in and amongst other computer stuff)
Return, see several months' more TLC.
Time well spent, I guess.
Now then, about that cheesestamp...
MAKE IT!
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Awesome (and unexpected number of) animations in those last updates. Dang. And welcome back: anything that implies your stress is managed (or, at least, manageable) is a good thing. Thank you for making this thread!
So . . .
Are we trying to help Misty succeed or fail hilariously? Because it's obvious that, without divine intervention, she's only going to succeed in making a fresh cheese at best, not an aged one such as is typically formed into a wheel. (And one could argue that the intervention of holy milk will, at best, save her only from lack-of-skill. It might not be enough to warp time.)
Yes, pray and clap hands. Also, since she's right there, go and ask Cowsea for help.
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Awesome (and unexpected number of) animations in those last updates. Dang. And welcome back: anything that implies your stress is managed (or, at least, manageable) is a good thing. Thank you for making this thread!
So . . .
Are we trying to help Misty succeed or fail hilariously? Because it's obvious that, without divine intervention, she's only going to succeed in making a fresh cheese at best, not an aged one such as is typically formed into a wheel. (And one could argue that the intervention of holy milk will, at best, save her only from lack-of-skill. It might not be enough to warp time.)
Yes, pray and clap hands. Also, since she's right there, go and ask Cowsea for help.
it's the most important thing.
Also, I think that since in regular dwarf fortress cheese pops out fully made and ready to go, this should be the case here too.
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>look for book/engraved slab on cheesemaking
>afterward, pray and clap hands
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>look for book/engraved slab on cheesemaking
. . . Despite all the necromancy/cheese magic discussion, I hadn't considered the possibility that the secrets of life and cheese (cheese and death?) would be engraved on a slab.
Slab of the Secrets of Cheese: Exist.
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>look for book/engraved slab on cheesemaking
. . . Despite all the necromancy/cheese magic discussion, I hadn't considered the possibility that the secrets of life and cheese (cheese and death?) would be engraved on a slab.
Slab of the Secrets of Cheese: Exist.
+1
That would be a magnificent quest, and would sync up perfectly with the upcoming "leave the fort on quests" update. THE QUEST.... FOR THE ANCIENT SLAB OF ULTIMATE CHEESEMAKING LORE.
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>look for book/engraved slab on cheesemaking
. . . Despite all the necromancy/cheese magic discussion, I hadn't considered the possibility that the secrets of life and cheese (cheese and death?) would be engraved on a slab.
Slab of the Secrets of Cheese: Exist.
Yeah, a necromancer that used to be a cheesemaker writing a book on the secrets of life and death that accidentally included some recipes in his book/slab (only stuff to write on nearby, so they use it to take notes) and now everyone thinks that you need to make cheese to understand the secrets of life and death.
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>look for book/engraved slab on cheesemaking
. . . Despite all the necromancy/cheese magic discussion, I hadn't considered the possibility that the secrets of life and cheese (cheese and death?) would be engraved on a slab.
Slab of the Secrets of Cheese: Exist.
Yeah, a necromancer that used to be a cheesemaker writing a book on the secrets of life and death that accidentally included some recipes in his book/slab (only stuff to write on nearby, so they use it to take notes) and now everyone thinks that you need to make cheese to understand the secrets of life and death.
But we don't want her to be a necromancer because then everyone would hate her.
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Find tablet on the Secrets of Life, Death, and Cheesemaking. Get bored reading the whole Life & Death part, skip to Cheesemaking, then toss the tablet.
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But we don't want her to be a necromancer because then everyone would hate her.
On the other hand, she could bring DarkerDaffodil back to life.... that's the only intriguing part about it for me though.
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Kitten: Smell boiling cream.
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Kitten: Smell boiling cream.
The cheese menaces with spikes of kitten bone.
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The cheese menaces with spikes of kitten bone.
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All I wanted to do was to give the kitten a dairy specialist to adopt and now I'm chuckling at cat murder.
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Misty's favorite food is Cat Biscuits, fyi
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Misty's favorite food is Cat Biscuits, fyi
That's some interesting inf------------
(https://s10.postimg.org/bddurr7ll/saint_ohno.png)
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Misty's favorite food is Cat Biscuits, fyi
That's some interesting inf------------
(https://s10.postimg.org/bddurr7ll/saint_ohno.png)
You are fake old news.
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Misty's favorite food is Cat Biscuits, fyi
That's some interesting inf------------
(https://s10.postimg.org/bddurr7ll/saint_ohno.png)
You are fake old news.
I just noticed leave me alone :-[
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Yer its old but I still find it funny. Me and some other members ended up refining that bit of code form what ES had originally to what it is now. Every time I see it I still smile at the conversation we all had over it. Good times.
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(http://i.imgur.com/im2v2g4.png) (http://i.imgur.com/im2v2g4.png)
I mean...you've been sitting here a while, right? It's gotta be done by now.
Maybe you could just...check on it? See if it's ready?
If it's not you'll put it right back, of course. You just wanna make sure everything is okay.
(http://i.imgur.com/pV7Y16n.png) (http://i.imgur.com/pV7Y16n.png)
Just gotta...pry this out.
Ooh, nice and firm. That's a good sign. Good smell. Nice color.
Now just to get it out and get a good look at it.
(http://i.imgur.com/4UHArzt.png) (http://i.imgur.com/4UHArzt.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/kcgWH0t.png) (http://i.imgur.com/kcgWH0t.png)
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It's beautiful.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7598776#msg7598776)
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Well guys, we finally did it.
Misty made cheese.
Never thought it'd actually happen. Honestly, I never thought she'd make it out of her room, yet here I am still drawing this thing years later. Thanks to everyone who's ever viewed this comic; you're all the ones who keep me going.
Now to kill off Misty.
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Misty: present your cheese to Cowsea for inspection.
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Ooh, nice and firm. That's a good sign. Good smell. Nice color.
It's...not poisonous right? :P
Celebrate! Do a simple cheer that you can be personally proud of.
Now to kill off Misty.
D: ?!!?
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over 3 years and two months. This is just amazing.
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It is done! The Littlest Cheese maker has done it! I cry tear of joy at this occaision!
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If you want to kill off Misty, just have her eat some of the cheese. :P
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(http://i.imgur.com/K78u2C2.png)
This is gorgeous, man. You do fast work :)
Now to kill off Misty.
Motherfucker.
I figure if I warn you guys now, you can't get mad at me later.
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:o
Did someone annoy you?
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Celebrate your first cheese of many later, go to Cowsea and present your cheese for judgement.
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ES has updated. Praise the lord.
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THE CHEESE HAS BEEN MADE!!
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So what no-
Now to kill off Misty.
I:<
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Misty: feed a bit of cheese to SmallerDaffodil. Just to be sure.
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Misty: If evictedSaint kills you, come back as a ghost and throw parties in his living room while he's trying to sleep
Also, have SmallerDaffodil test some of the cheese before you show it to anyone.
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Misty: If evictedSaint kills you, come back as a ghost and throw parties in his living room while he's trying to sleep
Also, have SmallerDaffodil test some of the cheese before you show it to anyone.
+1 to both
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Misty: If evictedSaint kills you, come back as a ghost and throw parties in his living room while he's trying to sleep
Also, have SmallerDaffodil test some of the cheese before you show it to anyone.
Since there was +1 above, +2 to both.
Oh, and
Consider how to impress the local nobility with your fantastic cheesemaking abilities, right after you present it to the cow.
Because MORE FUN, right?
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Remember to stamp your cheese so no one else takes credit!
Also, MOUSE!!!
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+1 To stamping the cheese, and make that a +3 to the haunting and testing.
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It's beautiful.
Other observations:
Terrifying.
Inexplicable.
Miraculous.
Blue-tinted?
Adequate for striking a mugger over the head? Seriously, how did it get so dry so quickly? Is "dwarf cheese" like "dwarf bread" in that it can be used as a weapon?
WHERE DID THE INTACT LEMON GO?
Inspect for irregularities, aberrations, inclusions, and divine intervention. Also ask your god about that.
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I have no words other then "It's beautiful"
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I would make a crack about crying over spilt milk, but I just can't...
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Now to kill off Misty.
Smallerdaffodil cracks Misty over the head, and takes credit for the cheese. The REAL littlest cheesemaker is revealed at last in a demented plot twist.
Heh.
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Misty: If evictedSaint kills you, come back as a ghost and throw parties in his living room while he's trying to sleep
Also, have SmallerDaffodil test some of the cheese before you show it to anyone.
+1 to both
+1
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> Stamp the cheese, and present it to Cowsea for inspection and approval
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Did anyone else notice that Misty is now armed with some kind of kitchen knife in her vest?
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Did anyone else notice that Misty is now armed with some kind of kitchen knife in her vest?
I did, and I didn't understand why she did that at all so I just did the "Don't ask, just accept" thing. I guess it's one of those bugs where dwarves claim random items and never touch them (particularly food).
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Misty got lucky.
Milk, lemon, and about 20-30 minutes of boiling are actually all the basic ingredients for several fresh cheeses, such as Paneer:
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-paneer-cheese-in-30-minutes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-57008
The lemon is normally peeled and squeezed with only the juice being added, though. Rennet would not do any harm and would lead to a different, firmer kind of cheese.
In short, would doing what Misty did yield Cheese? Yes, absolutely (the massive excess of Rennet would RAPIDLY solidify the cheese, no draining of Whey necessary).
But would it be even remotely palatable, or so disgusting as to be inedible (mainly due to adding WAY too much Rennet)- of that I'm not sure...
Regards,
Northstar
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Cut up the cheese and have a taste.
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Cut up the cheese and have a taste.
NO OH PLEASE FOR THE LOVE HATE GLORY SOMETHING OF ARMOK DON'T TASTE YOUR OWN FIRST ATTEMPT AT MAKING FOOD!
Feed it to the Smallerdaffodil first.
(Fine, this is just a repeat of the previous suggestion I +1'd (Technically +2'd, I guess), but it's still better than "taste it yourself, Mistem McDabblingCheesemakerofDestiny")
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Cut up the cheese and have a taste.
NO OH PLEASE FOR THE LOVE HATE GLORY SOMETHING OF ARMOK DON'T TASTE YOUR OWN FIRST ATTEMPT AT MAKING FOOD!
Feed it to the Smallerdaffodil first.
(Fine, this is just a repeat of the previous suggestion I +1'd (Technically +2'd, I guess), but it's still better than "taste it yourself, Mistem McDabblingCheesemakerofDestiny")
Sounds like a good idea!
Smallerdaffodil: Perch yourself somewhere on Misty to see the cheese.
Do a cheer because you smell the cheese.
Be hidden on Misty (like her hat or something) while she goes everywhere.
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(the massive excess of Rennet would RAPIDLY solidify the cheese, no draining of Whey necessary).
Well, it's refreshing to know there is a real-world reason behind current events.
Using Dwarf Fortress reason, it might even be edible, in the same way that well-minced gutter cruor is edible.
Which I'm not putting in suggestion colors for good reason.
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I don't mean to be a heretic, but is it possible that Smallerdaffodil doesn't care for cheese? And/or is an incarnation of Bob seeking to use the cheese to steal Cowsea's power?
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I don't mean to be a heretic, but is it possible that Smallerdaffodil doesn't care for cheese? And/or is an incarnation of Bob seeking to use the cheese to steal Cowsea's power?
*GASP*
Misty, you must inspect this rat immediately for signs of suicidal thoughts, behaviors, actions, and/or a pulse.
Oh, and once you're done with that....
Feed the rat cheese anyway. We don't have time for weak-stomached vermin in this fort! We have to KEEL MOAR ELVESES. And if it turns out that this cheese is dangerous........................................................
Awwww crap this dwarf liked an elf. And elf with DAFFODIL in his name, no less! Guess we'll just feed the rat and deal with the liking of elves later.
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(http://i.imgur.com/v5QSDaQ.jpg)
Hey guys, I signed up for Patreon and they sent me a crayon Misty!
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(http://i.imgur.com/v5QSDaQ.jpg)
Hey guys, I signed up for Patreon and they sent me a crayon Misty!
Ooooh my god, this is so absolutely perfect, jfc.
Do I credit it to Zack for drawing it? Or to you for commissioning it?
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(http://i.imgur.com/v5QSDaQ.jpg)
Hey guys, I signed up for Patreon and they sent me a crayon Misty!
Oh bless Toady and Zach, their community involvement is astounding
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(http://i.imgur.com/v5QSDaQ.jpg)
Hey guys, I signed up for Patreon and they sent me a crayon Misty!
Jesus, it's insanely big. It's well over 4k!
Edit: By which I mean that this thing is 16.1 megapixels big, and a 4k screen (3840x2160) is 8.3 megapixels.
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It's official: The Littlest Cheesemaker is part of DF canon!
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YES!
Congratulations, eS, you've accomplished greatnessishness. Next goal?
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"slow clap"
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(http://i.imgur.com/v5QSDaQ.jpg)
Hey guys, I signed up for Patreon and they sent me a crayon Misty!
Uh, wow, yeah, their involvement is definitely awesome. There are all these game companies and shit that don't really get involved with their fans, and there are some that actually make a bit of an effort to do so... but this? Recursive fan art of a df story written by a df fan from the Adams brothers?
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It was likely requested, but yes that is what it is.
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Feed the rat some cheese. Watch to see if he/she likes it.
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> Stamp the cheese, and present it to Cowsea for inspection and approval
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> Stamp the cheese, and present it to Cowsea for inspection and approval
While I am concerned that this will be met with dream-crushing apathy...
+1
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Good News Everyone!
I have received permission from evictedSaint (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=88992) to release the very first volume of 'The Littlest Cheesemaker'! So without further ado (except for a bit of self promotion (http://groinkdesign.dunked.com/)) I present:
The Littlest Cheesemaker: Volume 01 (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=12899)
(http://i.imgur.com/0PwDe53.png)
I am also taking submissions for an official cover for Volume 1 (to replace the one I appropriated from DarkerDark).
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yay!
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How to submit a cover? I want to submit an art.
Also this is great, time to send it to all my friends who wouldn't read this because they had to make an account or whyever.
::EDIT::
I never saw Reg and Holt in Vol1 Pg10
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How to submit a cover? I want to submit an art.
Also this is great, time to send it to all my friends who wouldn't read this because they had to make an account or whyever.
::EDIT::
I never saw Reg and Holt in Vol1 Pg10
Feel free to upload a reply to the thread. I think everyone would like to help pick the best cover! I will pull them all together after the next update (in two weeks or so) in one big post.
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Well, I made a fan art movie poster art back when that could serve.
it's made using MSpaint and a mouse and nothing else, so it's extra super duper relevant.
(https://s18.postimg.org/nhf1zb689/CHEESEMAKER_WARS_COMPLETED_2_BLACK_BORDER.png)
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Thats some nice craftdwarfsship you did there.
Also I got to say DarkerDark's does make a kickass looking cover.
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Thats some nice craftdwarfsship you did there.
I know right? It even has a barcode. (that I can't scan because of color interpolation, but it's just a logic sequence anyway.)
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Well, I made a fan art movie poster art back when that could serve.
it's made using MSpaint and a mouse and nothing else, so it's extra super duper relevant.
(https://s18.postimg.org/nhf1zb689/CHEESEMAKER_WARS_COMPLETED_2_BLACK_BORDER.png)
I'm not a great artist but it's worth a shot.
(http://i.imgur.com/UOZyGJw.png)
*HD Version* (http://imgur.com/a/5fBgY)
Wonderful! I will post all submissions on, say, June 01? That should give people the time they need.
Thats some nice craftdwarfsship you did there.
Also I got to say DarkerDark's does make a kickass looking cover.
I completely agree. But .. I think I have to disqualify it because it is not an upright rectangle (thus the big blank space). Now, if he wants to submit the same cover but with a different shape I think we would have a serious contender.
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Nopal yours is super adorable and I like it.
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I like Nopal's as well : )
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Thats some nice craftdwarfsship you did there.
I know right? It even has a barcode. (that I can't scan because of color interpolation, but it's just a logic sequence anyway.)
The barcode actually has the correct check digit for the code listed, which is impressive. Although, it does need to be one digit longer, and start with 978 rather than 987 to be a valid modern scannable ISBN barcode. Oh gods, work is bleeding over into my DF forum experience now.... T_T
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So if Cowsea has horns he is male right? So that means that Misty didn't milk Cowsea she...
Anyways, I love how far this comic has come! It inspired me to make an interactive comic of my own! http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164165.0 Man, it takes so long to draw even the simplest of updates. Now I appreciate this even more!
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So if Cowsea has horns he is male right? So that means that Misty didn't milk Cowsea she...
Eww, why.
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Depends on the cattle breed. Many cows have horns in breeds of cattle that retained their horns, and by the same token, for those breeds of cattle that are hornless, it seems to be typically true for both genders. They may also be removed surgically as young calves before they grow out, even in breeds of horned cattle, though this isn't reflected in DF or (to my knowledge) Masterwork. Horns in cattle are not actually gender-specific to my knowledge, though their size and growth rates are.
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So if Cowsea has horns he is male right? So that means that Misty didn't milk Cowsea she...
Eww, why.
Certainly explains the odd look on Cowsea's face when Misty is milking them.
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Female cattle can have horns.
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And milking would be an interesting experience regardless of gender.
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So if Cowsea has horns he is male right? So that means that Misty didn't milk Cowsea she...
Eww, why.
+1 to eww why
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This may well just be the weirdest derailment of a thread I've ever seen.
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da fuq just happened
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PTW!
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Cmon more people gotta submit things. It's a big deal!
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Only a week and a half left for people to submit their entries for an official cover! We have two so far...
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Cmon so much great artists around here we need some more submissions!
Bump!!!
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I should be able to put out an update this memorial day weekend
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It's entire possible that the memorial day weekend is the weekend AFTER memorial day, rather than the two days before memorial day. (At least for those not in america.)
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Well, it is, at least for those for whom the week starts on Monday. That or eS is just sidetracked again.
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Sorry about that - I made some progress on it but fell asleep.
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'evictedSaint' cancels Fey Mood: Interrupted by Sleep
Seriously though, great stuff :) Can't wait for future updates.
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Always worth the wait.
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Sorry about that - I made some progress on it but fell asleep.
Sounds like you're a hard working. That's a good attribute, but try to get more sleep.
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I heard update, updoots? Updoots? Anyways take your time saint o' cheese. We all know the best cheeses are aged.
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I can't wait to read the next update!
Also, seeing as its the first, I should probably call for votes on the story cover. But. .. how about we wait until the next update? New update means new people, and maybe a few more submissions. We have two, but I have a feeling there will be more than two issues. We need all the support we can get! I fully plan on using the covers we have for the next few issues.
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The stuff of legend, PTW
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I can't wait to read the next update!
Also, seeing as its the first, I should probably call for votes on the story cover. But. .. how about we wait until the next update? New update means new people, and maybe a few more submissions. We have two, but I have a feeling there will be more than two issues. We need all the support we can get! I fully plan on using the covers we have for the next few issues.
That sounds like a good idea! Also it would be super cool to feature different fan art on different issues.
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PTW
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Posting to let OP know that the MSPFA website is back up and running....it's been this way for quite some time.
http://http://mspfanventures.com/
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How is this going anyway?
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Get off my lawn, post-it note art.
(https://s1.postimg.org/9rwkm37q4f/70_years_TLC.jpg)
We will never lose hope.
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eS recently finished his run as the GM of Wands Race, and Moskurg has finally proven its superiority over Arstotzka.
And he said he's been working on a TLCM update.
Glory to Moskurg.
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As E.S. has recently been freed from other activities(which will not be discussed so as to avoid off-topic debates), there is renewed hope for updates. However, hope alone need not be our limit! Let us bring forth the sacrificial offerings!
Hrmmm, I considered an ascii-art altar for making sacrifices on, but my ascii-art is bad. Ummm...
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Meh, It'll do as an emergency but I hope someone can make a better one. Now for the sacrifices. Ehh, my fanart would be sad. I am not one for prose...
There once was a dwarf named Pashmad.
To be a guard made her glad.
A kobold she sought
to a cave that was fraught
and amidst much gore she was sad.
Ugh, a limerick, the cheapest of all art. May the camels of a thousand armpits infest my fleece only occasionally for this unworthy offering.
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Here, have some Cheese for the cheese shrine.
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Mixing random stuff with divine milk, there's no way that cheese isn't cursed D:
- feed cowsea some cheese
- watch as cowsea gets afflicted with her own curse and turns into a werecow...
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Here, have some Cheese for the cheese shrine.
That's some +Cheese+.
- feed cowsea some cheese
- watch as cowsea gets afflicted with her own curse and turns into a werecow...
I am surprised by how much I support this motion.
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Here, have some Cheese for the cheese shrine.
That's some +Cheese+.
- feed cowsea some cheese
- watch as cowsea gets afflicted with her own curse and turns into a werecow...
I am cudprised by low mooch I cattlort this mootion.
I agree with this.
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Get killed off, as per the end of last update. Done in by, I dunno, some random kobold or something.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN SEASON.
I made a fan art. It was even more fun to make than I'd hoped it would be. Gonna go ahead and add to it over time from now til' Halloween :)
(https://s1.postimg.org/55aw7sfwvz/1.1_COMPLETE_CHZMAKER_HALLOWEEN.gif)
(https://s1.postimg.org/55aw7sfwvz/1.1_COMPLETE_CHZMAKER_HALLOWEEN.gif)
Edit: stealth update
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GENIUS!
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Well done!
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Marvalloose!
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*sniffs*
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*coughs blantly*
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So...
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Are there gonna be more comics?
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Now now, no need to antagonise. The updates will surely come in due time, and if they don't? Well, we have been blessed with the story so far, and should be satisfied with being gifted with so much more than we would otherwise have. So let us just be patient and optimistic!
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eS did claim that he was working on an update some time ago.
I can poke him on Discord, mercilessly, if necessary.
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Finally read through what has been posted of this. It brought some colour and life to otherwise bleak days. Thank you, evictedSaint, you are a true master.
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I can poke him on Discord, mercilessly, if necessary.
Mercilessly...
*winces*
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Six months on the dot, TLCM will resume updates.
I took an unexpected hiatus, got lost in the Forum Games and Roleplaying section of bay12, ran an Arms Race game, and took a small break from anything that requires periodic updates, and then buckled down to finish up the next update.
Update in a couple hours. Thanks everyone for being patient, the fanart is truly amazing and I'm looking forward to adding it all to the OP :)
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Update in a couple hours.
You know, now would be a perfect time to disappear for a few years. ;p
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Nice avatar!
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(https://i.imgur.com/5BEzqth.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/5BEzqth.gif)
Okay.
Okay, enough of the water works.
Yes, you've made your first-ever cheese, and yes it is perfect in literally every way ever.
But you can't be a professional cheesemaker and a member of the Royal Cheesemakers if you get teary-eyed every time you cook up a cheesewheel.
Reign it back a bit, girl.
You got this.
(https://i.imgur.com/pwQnpDr.png) (https://i.imgur.com/pwQnpDr.png)
And of course no cheesewheel is complete without the cheesemakers mark!
You need to imprint your symbol onto this cheese and proudly claim it as one of yours, so all who see your ☼Masterwork Cheese☼ will know just whose hand crafted it!
This cheese is made with Holy Milk, and you put so much time and effort into it!
Go on, mark it as your own!
(https://i.imgur.com/cXoux1z.png) (https://i.imgur.com/cXoux1z.png)
Okay, we don't have any tools to stamp it - you'll need to make a cheese stamp with your logo (which you'll also need to make) to make this easier in the future.
Luckily, the cheese is a lovely soft and goopy texture, so you can make do with your finger. Just gotta...put your name in here...
(https://i.imgur.com/HXDjEng.png) (https://i.imgur.com/HXDjEng.png)
Aaaaaand there! "Misty" should do.
You kind of ran out of space near the "y" so you couldn't put in your last name too, but obviously anyone who sees it will know you're the maker.
(https://i.imgur.com/8wBEnP5.png) (https://i.imgur.com/8wBEnP5.png)
Is this not the most delicious cheesewheel you've ever seen?
So perfectly yellowed, with a nice perimeter of...blue stuff. It looks great!
Part of you wants to cut out a nice thick wedge and try it out, but it's a poor cheesemaker who eats up all her work.
This cheese is fit only for the Queen, or a God.
(https://i.imgur.com/g2jqlT2.png) (https://i.imgur.com/g2jqlT2.png)
*Gasp!*
(https://i.imgur.com/XBS1GRD.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/XBS1GRD.gif)
You should show Cowsea!!!
She's going to be so proud!!!
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7640889#msg7640889)
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Get the cheese to Cowsea!
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Get the cheese to Cowsea!
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Get the cheese to Cowsea!
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But Cowsea is not impressed.
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But Cowsea is not impressed.
But of course she would be impressed. She must just "love..." that enthusiasm. And all that innocent optimism will be just "wonderful..." on her quest to, umm, get more cheesemakers around here? No doubt when they see this divine cheese the cooks will praise it and treat it with all the delicacy and respect that it deserves...
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Blue stuff
How did she mature the cheese in thirty minutes?
+1 million for updates generally btw.
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Get the cheese to Cowsea!
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Evictedsaint is using my Halloween gif avatar. This is quite pleasing to me.
(https://s1.postimg.org/1qk55axswf/carltongif.gif)
Also: Go and receive the undoubtedly snarky blessing of Cowsea immediately!
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But we really must be presentable. Perhaps we could pick up some of those just freshly made while we were cheesing cow-leather shoes...
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I still suspect divine intervention. (Though the rennet explanation (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7432658#msg7432658) has impressed itself upon me.)
So, with that in mind, do the one thing that seems to be missing: Pray to your god. Offer thanks. Also offer thanks directly to your god, who happens to be right over there.
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Feed the plump helmet men cheese to help them take over the fort.
Cheese is definitely a performance-enhancing-drug.
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Regardless of what Misty does: over time, several players have abandoned their turn on this fortress unfinished, and every single part of the fort has been ordered to be torn down and rebuilt by the current overseer, who hates every decision made for the fort up to this point.
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Awwww yesssss its back.
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How did I miss this?!
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Ive got the next couple updates thumbnailed. The chapter should end in two more updates, both of which are going to be relatively longer.
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Ive got the next couple updates thumbnailed. The chapter should end in two more updates, both of which are going to be relatively longer.
(https://i.imgur.com/LG1DkBp.gif)
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The chapter should end
Panic intensifies!
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The chapter should end
Panic intensifies!
Somebody is totes gonna die.
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Everybody is totes gonna die.
FIFY
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Misty's favorite food is Cat Biscuits, fyi
When I read this...
Shiny_andKittens has become enraged!
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Someone doesn't have to die at the end! Noone is going to die at the end! What if someone dies at the end!?
I am at the edge of my seat for the CHAPTER FINALE of TLC.
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This story is about "the littlest cheesemaker".
Smallerdaffodil has now made cheese, albeit as part of a collaborative effort.
Query: Survival rate of redundant characters?
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>Go
poison impress Cowsea!
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What the heck happened to the lemon, anyway?
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There was too much pressure, thus it was squeezed out.
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Obviously it is now cheese. Anything that goes into the pot becomes cheese. This is the true blessing of COWSEA.
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Dwarf Fortress webcomics (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Dwarf_Fortress_webcomics)
Wow guys. The Little Cheesemaker stands as the last of the greats. All the others in here are long dead. Like wow, it's amazing at how small and stagnant our community has become compared to back then...
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Eeeey, I'm at the top of the list!! That's so cool! I didn't know that page even existed!
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I found it from that list! That was a good day!
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That's a killer list - kudos to whoever made it! AskAmxu is awesome btw, you should check it out.
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That's a killer list - kudos to whoever made it! AskAmxu is awesome btw, you should check it out.
Wow, just read it all, and wow... I have a new favorite Goblin
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(https://i.imgur.com/jFucvlh.png) (https://i.imgur.com/jFucvlh.png)
"Okay, look - if I use my Divine Power for little stuff like un-stacking cows, you guys are going to want me to use it for every little thing!"
(https://i.imgur.com/RqPl9Ku.png) (https://i.imgur.com/RqPl9Ku.png)
"Oh, for the love of me, come on! Really, Bessy? Really? We're doing this again? What did I tell you last time, Bessy? 'If you get stuck again, I'm not going to help you get that bucket off'. I said it, and I know you heard me."
(https://i.imgur.com/wpQjuKL.png) (https://i.imgur.com/wpQjuKL.png)
"I did say that, right? You were there, Marigold, I know you heard me say it. What are you guys going to do once I'm gone, huh? Spend the rest of your lives stacked in a pyramid with buckets on your noses???"
(https://i.imgur.com/LQ9ihGI.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/LQ9ihGI.gif)
"Hi Cowsea!"
"Oh, hey Mifty."
"Misty."
"Whatever."
(https://i.imgur.com/RIUWD1h.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/RIUWD1h.gif)
"Now, I'm serious Bessy. This is the last time I'm gonna help you out of a bucket. You got that, alright?"
(https://i.imgur.com/1JjAmuK.png) (https://i.imgur.com/1JjAmuK.png)
"Cowsea, look! I used your milk, and I did it! I made cheese! I'm a real cheesemaker!!!"
(https://i.imgur.com/eg61ju2.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/eg61ju2.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/fvs8cXn.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/fvs8cXn.gif)
"Well...I guess that is technically cheese. Good work...um. Mmmmm...Misty?"
"Yup!"
"Right. Well, good job Misty. You've started down the glorious path to cheese-making. May your skills grow and multiply, and may you find fortune in all things farming."
(https://i.imgur.com/zNzqcgd.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/zNzqcgd.gif)
"To this end, I, Cowsea, Goddess of Cheese and Farming, grant you - my one and only follower in this hellhole - my blessing."
(https://i.imgur.com/0mZyR6V.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/0mZyR6V.gif)
"Now, if I remember right, you were going to use that cheese to somehow make everyone here worship me. Not sure how or if you can pull that off, but good luck. Let me know how that goes, I'm a bit busy at the moment."
(https://i.imgur.com/HOyVE6G.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/HOyVE6G.gif)
"Well...if the queen knows how good my cheese is, she'll switch to worshipping you, right?"
"Uh-huh. Sure, let's go with that."
(https://i.imgur.com/1hYhbiZ.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/1hYhbiZ.gif)
"Right! And if she worships you, everyone else will, too...right?"
"Mmhm."
(https://i.imgur.com/8wn9K0Z.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/8wn9K0Z.gif)
"But to show her my cheese, I'd have to first show the manager, so he'll introduce me to the queen. So I guess I'll go show the manager my cheese, and he'll introduce me to her...?"
"That's entirely possible."
(https://i.imgur.com/DAjHKU2.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/DAjHKU2.gif)
"So that's what I'll do, then! The next time you see me, every dwarf in Shielddawn will be a follower of Cowsea!"
"Uh-huh. Good luck with that."
(https://i.imgur.com/yRUBDmv.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/yRUBDmv.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/DFa8E95.png) (https://i.imgur.com/DFa8E95.png)
"Moo...?"
"Hm?"
(https://i.imgur.com/JdBRXU1.png) (https://i.imgur.com/JdBRXU1.png)
"Oh, come on. She won't ACTUALLY meet the queen. She's like, twelve. What sort of twisted sociopath would send a twelve-year-old girl to meet the Queen of Shielddawn?"
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7837381#msg7837381)
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The next page will feature a new dwarf. Please feel free to post a self-insert or fan character along with their name and a brief description, and it might get picked!
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A new update! Praise eS!
I got no ideas tho.
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I... I have this strange feeling that we have one last chance to
tell ask Cowsea to do something. Or the cows maybe? But, uhm... do we have any idea what Cowsea's blessing might do? Misty should test that a little maybe? Like, iunno, try to sense cheese or something? Intuitively know where the nearest farming task is- oh, nevermind... Perhaps trying to find out something about the manager before meeting them? Maybe they have a thing for microcline that she can exploit?
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Stoling Othbenotam
A small chubby cheeked woman. Even though she is obviously pretty old, she almost reminds one of a child.
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Erigine Rogmuk!
Former captain of the guard and axelord. She's been reassigned as farming manager because nobody wanted the job and she drew the short straw. This annoys her.
She is dutyful and enjoys fighting, but never really understood the whole irrational elf hate thing. She is very aggressive in conversation but really just wants everyone to do their best and be their best selves!
Not a twisted sociopath.
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I'd love to contribute, but I lack the confidence in my shameless self-insert.
A thought:
Queen's totally a vampire, werebeast, or other monstrosity locked in a chamber full of emergency noble-execution traps.
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Mr. Beard is my wife's dwarf of choice. In every fort I play, she makes sure there is always a Mr. Beard to protect the other dwarves, even though she always names 3-4 new dwarves per fort. When we dated, she would always ask before we ordered food or started a movie what Mr. Beard did today.
He was always a legendary-skilled Captain of the Guard with a lot of teaching skill to train other hopeful soldier dwarves, but when he eventually got too old or had a nerve injury or my wife decided it was time for him to settle down and have "little beards" he would be relegated to something prominent, like manager, broker, or (in one case) baron. My wife always thought of him as the nicest dwarf because he just wanted to keep all the other dwarves safe from mean goblins and the like and would save them no matter what.
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PTW
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The next page will feature a new dwarf. Please feel free to post a self-insert or fan character along with their name and a brief description, and it might get picked!
Sanctume Spiritstone is my first dwarf character back in circa 1999 from playing A Dwarf Cleric of Brell (a deity) in Sony's EverQuest.
He has green eyes, and yellow hair. At the end of his 6 years+ raiding career, he accumulated all sets of armors, and epic cleric quest weapon.
So normally he wielded a mace and plate armor set; and in the end the plate armor was colored purple for the clerics. And the epic cleric quest was a flail.
Sanctume played as one the main cleric in the guild, Knights of Eternal Good (KEG).
Sanctume role plays as a Dwarf "pimp" (or playdorf) of Riverdale, a halfling village in another continent. He always greets "Hello m'lady" to any h-babe (halfling babe, of halfling woman player). He also pursued all crafting skills, and maxed leveled blacksmith first.
Near the end of his career, Sanctume convinced two h-babes to marry him in the same ceremony in the only PvP arena zone of the server; and server GM announced the ceremony, making it a server-wide event.
His two wives are the head of their own guild; and the wedding reception concluded with them slaying Sanctume in the PvP arena. Fortunately for Sanctume, his cleric friends are guests to resurrect him.
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Rokur the Bum
A dwarf Hobo who lives on the streets.... er, tunnels, of the fortress. He also has been looking for a certain pet rat that disappeared
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Itdun Ngalákbelal, The Curious Triangle. A famous spear dwarf with peach skin and braided auburn hair who has slain a lot of things in her life, including a hydra, three Roc's, three Titans, a bronze colossus and two dragons. along with about four Giants, ten Minotaur's, three Ettins, and three Cyclops and a lot and I mean a lot of bandits. Currently, she is a outpost liaison, mostly because she wanted to do something else as murdering giant monsters got to easy for her apparently....
And yes, this is based off a adventurer I had in dwarf fortress, probably my best run of one too. I decided to retire them, partially because I wanted them to come move into my fortress, but instead they decided to become a liaison while I founded the fortress...
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Bessy after getting a beard stuck to her face.
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Bessy after getting a beard stuck to her face.
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Bessy after getting a beard stuck to her face.
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A blessing from Cowsea? What could it be?
Misty becomes a tyromancer
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Urst McTotallyADwarf: A kobold sneak who got lost in the labyrinthine fortress years ago and has disguised itself as a dwarf to survive (there's probably a pathing error joke in there somewhere)
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Whichever prior suggestion was most suitable, except with the name changed to the best of all names: Reg Cogul.
Because... come on, 'Hello, I am Glove Bootpants' is fantastic.
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Bomrek Helmclever
Short, long beard, big horned helmet. Fortress Bookkeeper.
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We need some characters from some of the "if bay12 were a mountain home" RPs.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Uben Stakudstukon (Soapy Machinesquashed, "Ben" for short?)
Adequate Pump Operator, Dabbling Mechanic: Ben has spent his short time at ShieldDawn assigned to repeatedly operate one of the pumps that may be critical to keeping the entire fortress from flooding, or might be left around as an oversight by a prior overseer and nobody has noticed it yet. He dreams of setting up gears and machines and minecarts for every part of the fortress, from farming to forging to defense.
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"The next time you see me, every dwarf in Shielddawn will be a follower of Cowsea!"
Did anyone else notice that this will technically become true if Misty is the last survivor in Shielddawn? You know, Dwarf Fortress and all...
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It doesn't say "every living dwarf" so it would come down to precise definitions. I mean, if it came down to every item with "dwarf" as an adjective, then that is a lot of chunks to clean up... but reasonably only worship-capable entities count, so you should be good on that count. There are still some issues of definition though. I mean, it is possible she is already the only dwarf there, assuming that vampires don't count...
Also, as fond as I am for the concept of Bessy getting a beard stuck to her face, evictedSaint asked for a dwarf, and now I am reconsidering, and thinking that maybe evictedSaint's avatar-text is more concerning than weird's... not that I can complain with the soul-crushing void of my own avatar-space.
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Its strange that THIS thread is silent for two months. Well, while it is, i have a suggestion for the Queen herself! I'm sorry if any grammar mistakes, I'm not a native speaker.
Once a Queen came to my fortress. Usually a monarch from a Mountainhome comes with a numerous retinue, that one was alone. Sodel Zaludalath Enas Titthal (Sodel Futurebolt The Doctrine of Playing), the Vampire Queen. More then 470 years old, more then a thousand kills. I really wonder what was her path to the crown.
I have neither saves nor screenshots left from that game, only one picture from Therapist. (Therapist shows her as a mayor but that's because she became a mayor too.)
(http://linkme.ufanet.ru/images/d87f37db88459d0d9a91621027455f67.png)
A Queen is a Queen. She got her royal chambers and a tomb, of course (not that she really needed any, but prestige and traditions are everything for dwarf, even for a vampire dwarf). I gave her a crossbow and five hunting dogs, she loved to hunt different local creatures. Oh, and dwarfs too sometimes. A Queen's bounty, as I called it. She wasn't the lazy one (like my duchess for example) and even designed my buildings (I considered an architect job appropriate for the Queen). It lasted for four or five years.
I decided to get rid of forgotten beasts in sealed caverns (about 15 of them with different risk levels). I was quite a noob back then and decided to use good old doortrap with upright spears. It was almost a success. I killed almost all of them, but then...
I dig the tunnel to one of remaining beasts at the bottom of third cavern, the harrier made of flames. There was nothing to do in caverns for common haulers, i forbade all refuse or spiderweb gathering for the time. But what i didn't forseen that the Queen on the surface was bored from hunting usual boars and badgers, she was searching for challenge and she found it. At the bottom of third caverns level she smelled (well, sensed wit her vampire superpowers) a jabberer. Oh yes, that was a decent prey. She decended there before i could lock that damn door.
Just imagine a picture. A third cavern layer, carbonized bloodthornes everywhere, a thick layer of smoking ashes on the floor (beast caused constant fires in there), and from a manhole in the wall appears a legendary Vampire Queen - pale skin, sharp teeth, vampire appearance, artifact adamantine crown (i had a couple in a fortress, so she really could wear them). Masterpiece steel crossbow on her shoulder, steel bolts in the quiver. It is not impenetrable darkness in the cavern - pale gleams of fire dancing on the walls. She raises her head and sees a giant fire bird seven levels above.
One! A steel bolt rips off a bird's leg!
Two! A harrier screams in pain and falls down!
Three! While falling the beast spits a fireball which strikes just in the place where the Vampiress is standing!
Four! The Queen shoots another bolt that hits falling bird in the chest and the harrier explodes into pieces!
Five! Fire splatter flies asunder over walls and terraces of the cavern!
Six! Smoke clouds the whole scene.
Then smoke clears away a bit, the Queen turned into the living (undead?) torch comes out the fire, ascends the cavern ramp towards the forgotten beast's remains, says something with a scary grin and... falls down scattered in ashes.
Really, not even a corpse remained on the ground. I drowned her five dogs and buried them in her tomb, near her empty artifact coffin and a masterpiece memorial slab with her last words. "It is good hunting."
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Bessy after getting a beard stuck to her face.
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How's progress going on this?
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I've been distracted down in the lower forums -_-
TLCM isn't dead, just sleeping, I promise.
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I've been distracted down in the lower forums -_-
Yer I basically only ever really post down there eheh.
All good. Hope you doing well btw.
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The cheese will simply age in the meantime, improving its quality.
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mmm aged gouda
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But it must be aged in a healthy environment. If just left to rot in a pit it shall grow gnarled and foul. Unfortunately I don't have any fanart to feed it.
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There is still so much that can happen to our dear Misty from here, Gobbo siege, HFS, FB, endless possibilities. Hell, taverns have been added since this started, she could marvel at the new invention of taverns, libraries, or even temples
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Thought I'd post this here as a thank you for the series so far. I've invented/discovered a way to make a cheese without rennet (or really any other obscure equipment, ingredients). It's meant to be a natural rind cheese and I've been aging it for almost 2 weeks now in my fridge. Yes, just like the series, I haven't tasted it yet, so it might be awful. But I'm hoping it's not. I call it Mistem cheese :-)
Recipe is in the spoiler:
Equipment:
- Pot big enough to hold the milk
- Kitchen strainer
- Thermometer
- 2 Bamboo sushi mats
- Whisk
- Various Spoons, etc
- Kithchen scale is helpful[/i]
- Plasic box
- 500 ml pet bottle with straight sides
Ingredients (for 75 grams of cheese -- multiply to scale up):
- 500 ml *pasturised* milk (UHT is NO GOOD).
- Spoonful (about 30g) Yogurt (with a live culture)
- 2 g of citric acid powder OR a few table spoons of white vinegar
- Considerable amount of sea/kosher/non-iodised salt (see below)
A quick note about the ingredients: The milk must not have gotten above above about 75 degrees C. Ultra high temperature (UHT) milk has been taken up to 125-135 C for a few seconds and it denatures the protein. Try to find something that has been pasturised at a low temperature (I use milk that was heated to 63 degrees C for 30 minutes). If you don't know, you can try to make the cheese, but the curds won't clump together. It will make a nice ricotta style cheese, though, so it's not a waste. Of course, ideally you should use raw milk from Cowsea herself. If you can't use it immediately, you should refrigerate it to below 4 degrees within 2 hours.
The yogurt must also be from a live culture. If you've made it yourself, it will be fine. Or you can buy yogurt with live cultures. So called "probiotic" yogurt will work, but basically look on the label. One small caveat is that you can't use Caspian style yogurt or anything made with a "mesophilic" (low temperature) culture. Look for yogurt that is firm in texture, not one that is runny and slimy. If you don't know if the yogurt will work, heat 500 ml of milk to 42 degrees C. Add a spoon full of yogurt. Hold the temperature for 8 hours. If it makes yogurt, then you are good to go :-) (easiest way to hold the temperature is just to put it in a thermos -- lots of other ways... you can get creative).
Description
Step 1: Making a mould
Get a 500 ml pet bottle (this will be good for a cheese up to 1 liter (150 grams)). Cut the top and bottom off with a knife. Poke lots of holes in the side with an awl/screw/nail/whatever (a thimble is useful if you use a nail). You should end up with a cylinder with the top and bottom open. Try your best to keep the top and bottom flat, but don't sweat about it too much. Put lots of holes in the sides. It's a PITA, but do your best. Make the holes form the inside out so that that the jagged bits are on the outside. The holes are important, but don't fret about how many or how big. It's just important that they are there.
Step 2: Sanitation
Get a big pot. Put everything in it that won't melt/break. Add some water. Put on the lid. Boil the water and then let it cool down. For anything else, rub it down with some white vinegar. Also rub down the surface you will be working on with white vinegar (I use a cutting board, which I recommend because it's useful later).
Any time you are about to work with your cheese, wash your hands first. Air dry your hands and/or rub them with white vinegar.
Step 3: Ripening the milk
Put the milk in a pot (500 ml weighs 512 grams if you want to measure by weight). Add a spoonful of yogurt (about 30 grams). If you are making more cheese than 500 ml, there is no need to scale the yogurt. You just need enough culture to get things started. On the lowest setting you have for your stove, heat the milk, stirring constantly and measuring the temperature. Heat the milk/yogurt mixture to 42 degrees C. You will probably have to turn off the heat about 0.5-1.0 degrees before you get to 42. If you are using electric heat, or if the temperature keeps climbing after you turn off the heat, take the pot off the burner. Put the lid on the pot and wait.
You want to wait 40-50 minutes. Check it the temperature every 10-15 minutes and heat it over the lowest possible heat until it is back up to 42 degrees. Note: temperature for this cheese is not crucial. Anything under 48 and over 35 will be OK, but 42 should be your goal.
Step 4: Setting the Curd
While the milk is ripening, either get out your bottle of white vinegar, or prepare your citric acid solution. I prefer citric acid because it is super cheap (you can usually find the powder in the cake making section of the grocery store -- it is used for icing, I believe), it stores forever (it's a powder), and it's convenient. It's also very neutral in flavour. White (distilled) vinegar is good too, but it has a bit of a flavour. In a pinch you can do as Misty did and use lemon juice, but it imparts a very strong flavour and I don't recommend it for this cheese (hey, she wasn't even Novice level yet!). Other kinds of vinegar may not work reliably because they don't have a strong enough acid. To prepare a citric acid solution, put 50 ml of water (it weighs 50 grams) into a cup and add about 2 grams of citric acid powder (umm.. about 1/4 of a teaspoon I guess). Mix it until dissolved.
After the milk is ripened (you have waited 40-50 minutes), make sure the milk is 42 degrees again. It's important here that the temperature is relatively high (over 40), but it must *never* get above 50 degrees. Again aim for 42. Once you have the temperature, put the thermometer away -- you don't need it any more.
Get your whisk and *slowly* stir the milk. At the same time, very, very, very slowly add the acid mixture. You want to add about 5 ml at a time, stir for about 10 seconds, add more acid, etc, etc. Eventually you will notice curds forming on your whisk. Then the milk will seem to get thicker (stir slowly!) and finally chunks will start to form. Stir these chunks with your whisk -- but gently and slowly. At some point the milk will clear and turn yellow fairly quickly. Stop adding acid now! It's OK if the milk (now called whey) doesn't clear completely -- we don't want to over acidify the curds.
It's at this point that you will notice the difference between homogenised and unhomogenised milk. With homogenised milk, you will need more acid and the whey will suddenly get very clear. The curds will melt together a little bit, but will probably float around in separate chunks. With unhomogenised milk, the whey will stay a little cloudy and some of the cream will stay in the whey. The curds will melt together a lot better and form a nice big mass easily. With unhomogenised milk, you will probably use just over half of the acid you need for homogenised milk. The curds will not be acidic and they will be very creamy. With homogenised milk, the curds will be tart and a bit grainy. It basically makes a different cheese, but I've tried making both and both work out (I think!)
Step 5. Forming the Cheese
Put the kitchen strainer over another pot. Gently pour the curds (lumpy stuff) and whey (clear, yellow liquid) into the strainer. Working quickly (we don't want the curds to cool off very much!), put a bamboo mat on the cutting board and the mould that you made on the bamboo mat. The bamboo should run the length of the board (i.e. in the direction that you will want the way to drain out). Then spoon the curds into the mould, trying to pack it in as best as you can. Homogenised milk curd is much tougher than unhomogenised milk curd, so you can squish it pretty hard. With unhomogenised milk, be careful because it will loose a lot of cream if you press too much/too hard.
Put one end of the cutting board over the sink and put a spoon under the board on the other end (so that it's kind of tilted towards the sink). It's not totally necessary, but it will help it drain better.
Wait one hour (don't be tempted to go faster -- you need to let the cheese form a skin on the bottom, otherwise it will break). Next take your other bamboo mat and put it on top of the mould. Deftly put your hand *under* the bottom mat and the other hand *on top* of the top mat. Press together so that the whole thing forms a sandwich and turn it all upside down. Gently place it back on the board. You will be scared of dropping everything on the ground. Have courage. You will succeed!
The top mat will probably be stuck to the cheese. Very gently start curling the mat to unstick it from the cheese. Eventually the cheese should fall to the bottom of the mould. Some cheese *might* stick to the mat. Eat it :-)
Wait another hour and turn it again. It almost certainly won't stick to the mat this time. Wait another hour and turn it again. This time, when you are done, take the mould off of the cheese. It's strong enough to hold it's shape now. Wait another hour like that (4 hours total).
Step 6. Brining the Cheese
While we are forming the cheese, we need to make a brine. You should make the brine when you first put the cheese in the mould because the brine should be cold when you use it. Warning: you need a lot of salt to make the brine. You can use this brine indefinitely, so get a 500 ml pet bottle to and keep it in the back of your fridge until you make cheese again (you can't make a masterwork cheese your first time!!! you must practice!!!).
Measure out 480 ml of water in a measuring cup. Add 20 ml of whey that you collected from the cheese. Add about 2 grams of citric acid or a couple of teaspoons of vinegar. Finally add 150 grams of sea salt. Yes, it's a staggering amount. Yes, it will all dissolve. You can actually dissolve 180 grams of salt in there. Feel free to add more if you want :-). Put the result in the pet bottle and put it in the fridge to cool down.
When the cheese has finished forming, pour the brine in a suitable container. I use a 500 ml measuring cup. It's the perfect shape. You needs something that will allow you to submerge the entire cheese in the liquid. Very gently put the cheese in the brine. Note: This is an *unpressed* cheese. Also it's made *without rennet*. And the curds are *not cooked*. The cheese if very delicate. As much as possible, handle it from the top and the bottom, where the skin has formed.
The cheese should float in the brine. The top will poke out of the brine. Sprinkle some salt on it -- enough so that you can see a little bit of salt on the top of the cheese (i.e. it doesn't all dissolve).
The brining time depends on the size and shape of the cheese. Brine for 30 minutes for a 500 ml cheese and 1 hour for a 1 litre cheese with the mould I described. If you want to make a bigger cheese, then consult other resources for brining times. Brine the cheese at room temperature (but with the cold brine).
Step 7. Drying the Cheese
After the cheese is brined, flip it over in the brine (the salt that was on top will go back into the brine to help restore the salt that was removed) and then gently remove it from the brine. You will probably have to hold it from the sides to get it out. The brined cheese is *much* stronger than the unbrined cheese, but it is still delicate right now. Hold it as close to the bottom as possible so that it doesn't pull apart form gravity as you remove it from the brine. Again, as much as possible handle it by holding the top and bottom where the skin is the strongest.
Put the cheese back on the bamboo mat and let it dry. You should turn it over every few hours so that the moisture in the cheese is evenly distributed and so that no bulges form. Don't worry about it too much, though. This is a very dense cheese (even though the curd is delicate), so it's hard to get it wrong.
You should let the cheese dry at room temperature for 2-5 days, depending on temperature and humidity. The cheese should start out being shiny and wet and later it will have a kind of matt finish and hopefully be dry(ish) to the touch. The cheese also starts out being completely white and over time it will start to yellow.
A couple of notes about drying (and I'm very much a novice, so your experience may differ). Unhomogenised milk cheese will set a better curd and will form a nice skin, by and large. It's nothing like the skin on a rennet formed cheese, but it's better than the skin for homogenised milk. Also, because this is an unpressed cheese and the curds are kind of problematic, there will probably be cracks and holes, etc. Don't worry about it. It will be fine. This is not a rennet formed cheese and you can't expect it to be exactly like that.
Furthermore, especially the homogenised milk cheese may start to crumble a bit around the edges. Don't worry about it. Over time, the curd on the outside will break down and it will get kind of "paste" like. If you rub it, it will smear. The cheese might also get a bit tacky. This has a lot to do with temperature and humidity, so really just keep your eye on it. If it starts to get really tacky, or smell really cheesy, it's time to put it in the fridge. Otherwise we want to get it touch dry.
The other thing that might happen is that it can get mold on it. At the drying stage you really don't want mold on it. If you notice mold, get a lint free cloth, dip it in the brine solution and wipe off the mold. You need to keep your eyes open and check the cheese regularly at this stage so that mold doesn't get a foothold. I've apparently got some brevibacterium linens in my apartment and a couple of my test cheese started to get a pink smear on the outside. I panicked a bit, and ate the cheese fresh. The cheese was fine. In fact the mold infected parts had the best flavour. Mold is not really something to fear. Just wipe it off.
Step 8. Maturing the Cheese
After the cheese has dried, you can pop it into the fridge and eat it at any time. I've eaten a few of the cheese, early and they are really delicious. The paste is very chalky, crumbly and white. The flavour is fairly sharp with a nice lactic acid tang to it. It tastes *very* much like a Caerphilly or Wendsleydale (of Wallace and Grommit fame) cheese. If you want to eat it young, I still recommend waiting a week as the flavour improves dramatically over that time.
However, I imagine this cheese to be a "natural rind" cheese. That means that we age it and *slowly* dry out the outside of the cheese to form a crust -- or "rind". Usually this rind gets mold growing on it, but since the rind is hard, it protects the cheese and the cheese just gets a cook funky colour on the outside (just like Misty's cheese!)
Normally you should age your cheese in a cheese cave at 13 degrees C and 80% humidity. I don't have a cheese cave. I just have my normal refrigerator in my house. So *this* cheese will be refrigerator aged (Hey, I'm inventing the cheese. I get to make the rules). To do this, you need a "maturation box".
A maturation box is just a plastic box with a lid. You also need a mat inside the box. I actually found a box at my local 100 yen store (dollar store in other currencies) which has a draining box on the inside, so I use that. It's actually the right size for 2 1 litre cheeses. However, you can just cut a bamboo mat to fit your plastic box. Or you can get creative.
Once the cheese has dried to the touch -- or at least is no longer shiny and maybe has a slightly tacky feel -- put it in the box. At first close the lid and put it in the warmest place you can find in your fridge (use your thermometer to find it). Every day, take the cheese out and inspect it. It will get a lot harder once it is cold and it should no longer be tacky. If it's wet, then the box is too humid. Take off the top and lay it crosswise across the box for a while. Or crack open the side of the lid. Essentially adjust it so that it is humid in the box, but that there is no standing liquid and the cheese is not wet.
Every second day, take a teaspoon of your brine solution and dilute it with 3 teaspoons of water and a half a teaspoon of vinegar. Use a lint free cloth to wipe the cheese with the solution. If there is any mold, wipe it off. Make sure to wipe thoroughly in all the
cracks and holes in the cheese. When the cheese is young, you will probably find that a paste develops when you do this. That's just due to the way the curd was formed. The paste will fill in the holes and cracks in the cheese, though, and it will look smoother
over time. As the rind forms, that paste won't develop any more and you will just be basically cleaning the cheese (which is what would have been the case with a rennet formed cheese in the first place, I think).
After around 2 weeks the rind should form. My cheeses are just forming a rind now, so I can't tell you much more than that. I'm going to eat one after 3 weeks and hopefully it will be delicious.
Step 9. (Optional) Get Cowsea to bless your cheese
Self explanatory really
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for you killing your self or getting sick making this cheese. I think it's perfectly safe, but then I've been making fermented stuff for almost my whole life and I'm pretty casual about these things. When in doubt, consult the royal cheese makers.
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We need some characters from some of the "if bay12 were a mountain home" RPs.
I vote either yours or Corai's
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Unfortunately I don't have any fanart to feed it.
Recipe is in the spoiler
That... is perfect.
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TLC has now inspired an actual cheese. I feel like you might be good at this, ES.
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I mean....i guess I could try to update this weekend...
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That would be great! :D
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I thought I found this after it had been cast aside to the eternal aging rack, glad to hear that there might be more updates in the foreseeable future.
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I mean....i guess I could try to update this weekend...
You can do it!
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Thought I'd post this here as a thank you for the series so far. I've invented/discovered a way to make a cheese without rennet (or really any other obscure equipment, ingredients). It's meant to be a natural rind cheese and I've been aging it for almost 2 weeks now in my fridge. Yes, just like the series, I haven't tasted it yet, so it might be awful. But I'm hoping it's not. I call it Mistem cheese :-)
Recipe is in the spoiler:
Equipment:
- Pot big enough to hold the milk
- Kitchen strainer
- Thermometer
- 2 Bamboo sushi mats
- Whisk
- Various Spoons, etc
- Kithchen scale is helpful[/i]
- Plasic box
- 500 ml pet bottle with straight sides
Ingredients (for 75 grams of cheese -- multiply to scale up):
- 500 ml *pasturised* milk (UHT is NO GOOD).
- Spoonful (about 30g) Yogurt (with a live culture)
- 2 g of citric acid powder OR a few table spoons of white vinegar
- Considerable amount of sea/kosher/non-iodised salt (see below)
A quick note about the ingredients: The milk must not have gotten above above about 75 degrees C. Ultra high temperature (UHT) milk has been taken up to 125-135 C for a few seconds and it denatures the protein. Try to find something that has been pasturised at a low temperature (I use milk that was heated to 63 degrees C for 30 minutes). If you don't know, you can try to make the cheese, but the curds won't clump together. It will make a nice ricotta style cheese, though, so it's not a waste. Of course, ideally you should use raw milk from Cowsea herself. If you can't use it immediately, you should refrigerate it to below 4 degrees within 2 hours.
The yogurt must also be from a live culture. If you've made it yourself, it will be fine. Or you can buy yogurt with live cultures. So called "probiotic" yogurt will work, but basically look on the label. One small caveat is that you can't use Caspian style yogurt or anything made with a "mesophilic" (low temperature) culture. Look for yogurt that is firm in texture, not one that is runny and slimy. If you don't know if the yogurt will work, heat 500 ml of milk to 42 degrees C. Add a spoon full of yogurt. Hold the temperature for 8 hours. If it makes yogurt, then you are good to go :-) (easiest way to hold the temperature is just to put it in a thermos -- lots of other ways... you can get creative).
Description
Step 1: Making a mould
Get a 500 ml pet bottle (this will be good for a cheese up to 1 liter (150 grams)). Cut the top and bottom off with a knife. Poke lots of holes in the side with an awl/screw/nail/whatever (a thimble is useful if you use a nail). You should end up with a cylinder with the top and bottom open. Try your best to keep the top and bottom flat, but don't sweat about it too much. Put lots of holes in the sides. It's a PITA, but do your best. Make the holes form the inside out so that that the jagged bits are on the outside. The holes are important, but don't fret about how many or how big. It's just important that they are there.
Step 2: Sanitation
Get a big pot. Put everything in it that won't melt/break. Add some water. Put on the lid. Boil the water and then let it cool down. For anything else, rub it down with some white vinegar. Also rub down the surface you will be working on with white vinegar (I use a cutting board, which I recommend because it's useful later).
Any time you are about to work with your cheese, wash your hands first. Air dry your hands and/or rub them with white vinegar.
Step 3: Ripening the milk
Put the milk in a pot (500 ml weighs 512 grams if you want to measure by weight). Add a spoonful of yogurt (about 30 grams). If you are making more cheese than 500 ml, there is no need to scale the yogurt. You just need enough culture to get things started. On the lowest setting you have for your stove, heat the milk, stirring constantly and measuring the temperature. Heat the milk/yogurt mixture to 42 degrees C. You will probably have to turn off the heat about 0.5-1.0 degrees before you get to 42. If you are using electric heat, or if the temperature keeps climbing after you turn off the heat, take the pot off the burner. Put the lid on the pot and wait.
You want to wait 40-50 minutes. Check it the temperature every 10-15 minutes and heat it over the lowest possible heat until it is back up to 42 degrees. Note: temperature for this cheese is not crucial. Anything under 48 and over 35 will be OK, but 42 should be your goal.
Step 4: Setting the Curd
While the milk is ripening, either get out your bottle of white vinegar, or prepare your citric acid solution. I prefer citric acid because it is super cheap (you can usually find the powder in the cake making section of the grocery store -- it is used for icing, I believe), it stores forever (it's a powder), and it's convenient. It's also very neutral in flavour. White (distilled) vinegar is good too, but it has a bit of a flavour. In a pinch you can do as Misty did and use lemon juice, but it imparts a very strong flavour and I don't recommend it for this cheese (hey, she wasn't even Novice level yet!). Other kinds of vinegar may not work reliably because they don't have a strong enough acid. To prepare a citric acid solution, put 50 ml of water (it weighs 50 grams) into a cup and add about 2 grams of citric acid powder (umm.. about 1/4 of a teaspoon I guess). Mix it until dissolved.
After the milk is ripened (you have waited 40-50 minutes), make sure the milk is 42 degrees again. It's important here that the temperature is relatively high (over 40), but it must *never* get above 50 degrees. Again aim for 42. Once you have the temperature, put the thermometer away -- you don't need it any more.
Get your whisk and *slowly* stir the milk. At the same time, very, very, very slowly add the acid mixture. You want to add about 5 ml at a time, stir for about 10 seconds, add more acid, etc, etc. Eventually you will notice curds forming on your whisk. Then the milk will seem to get thicker (stir slowly!) and finally chunks will start to form. Stir these chunks with your whisk -- but gently and slowly. At some point the milk will clear and turn yellow fairly quickly. Stop adding acid now! It's OK if the milk (now called whey) doesn't clear completely -- we don't want to over acidify the curds.
It's at this point that you will notice the difference between homogenised and unhomogenised milk. With homogenised milk, you will need more acid and the whey will suddenly get very clear. The curds will melt together a little bit, but will probably float around in separate chunks. With unhomogenised milk, the whey will stay a little cloudy and some of the cream will stay in the whey. The curds will melt together a lot better and form a nice big mass easily. With unhomogenised milk, you will probably use just over half of the acid you need for homogenised milk. The curds will not be acidic and they will be very creamy. With homogenised milk, the curds will be tart and a bit grainy. It basically makes a different cheese, but I've tried making both and both work out (I think!)
Step 5. Forming the Cheese
Put the kitchen strainer over another pot. Gently pour the curds (lumpy stuff) and whey (clear, yellow liquid) into the strainer. Working quickly (we don't want the curds to cool off very much!), put a bamboo mat on the cutting board and the mould that you made on the bamboo mat. The bamboo should run the length of the board (i.e. in the direction that you will want the way to drain out). Then spoon the curds into the mould, trying to pack it in as best as you can. Homogenised milk curd is much tougher than unhomogenised milk curd, so you can squish it pretty hard. With unhomogenised milk, be careful because it will loose a lot of cream if you press too much/too hard.
Put one end of the cutting board over the sink and put a spoon under the board on the other end (so that it's kind of tilted towards the sink). It's not totally necessary, but it will help it drain better.
Wait one hour (don't be tempted to go faster -- you need to let the cheese form a skin on the bottom, otherwise it will break). Next take your other bamboo mat and put it on top of the mould. Deftly put your hand *under* the bottom mat and the other hand *on top* of the top mat. Press together so that the whole thing forms a sandwich and turn it all upside down. Gently place it back on the board. You will be scared of dropping everything on the ground. Have courage. You will succeed!
The top mat will probably be stuck to the cheese. Very gently start curling the mat to unstick it from the cheese. Eventually the cheese should fall to the bottom of the mould. Some cheese *might* stick to the mat. Eat it :-)
Wait another hour and turn it again. It almost certainly won't stick to the mat this time. Wait another hour and turn it again. This time, when you are done, take the mould off of the cheese. It's strong enough to hold it's shape now. Wait another hour like that (4 hours total).
Step 6. Brining the Cheese
While we are forming the cheese, we need to make a brine. You should make the brine when you first put the cheese in the mould because the brine should be cold when you use it. Warning: you need a lot of salt to make the brine. You can use this brine indefinitely, so get a 500 ml pet bottle to and keep it in the back of your fridge until you make cheese again (you can't make a masterwork cheese your first time!!! you must practice!!!).
Measure out 480 ml of water in a measuring cup. Add 20 ml of whey that you collected from the cheese. Add about 2 grams of citric acid or a couple of teaspoons of vinegar. Finally add 150 grams of sea salt. Yes, it's a staggering amount. Yes, it will all dissolve. You can actually dissolve 180 grams of salt in there. Feel free to add more if you want :-). Put the result in the pet bottle and put it in the fridge to cool down.
When the cheese has finished forming, pour the brine in a suitable container. I use a 500 ml measuring cup. It's the perfect shape. You needs something that will allow you to submerge the entire cheese in the liquid. Very gently put the cheese in the brine. Note: This is an *unpressed* cheese. Also it's made *without rennet*. And the curds are *not cooked*. The cheese if very delicate. As much as possible, handle it from the top and the bottom, where the skin has formed.
The cheese should float in the brine. The top will poke out of the brine. Sprinkle some salt on it -- enough so that you can see a little bit of salt on the top of the cheese (i.e. it doesn't all dissolve).
The brining time depends on the size and shape of the cheese. Brine for 30 minutes for a 500 ml cheese and 1 hour for a 1 litre cheese with the mould I described. If you want to make a bigger cheese, then consult other resources for brining times. Brine the cheese at room temperature (but with the cold brine).
Step 7. Drying the Cheese
After the cheese is brined, flip it over in the brine (the salt that was on top will go back into the brine to help restore the salt that was removed) and then gently remove it from the brine. You will probably have to hold it from the sides to get it out. The brined cheese is *much* stronger than the unbrined cheese, but it is still delicate right now. Hold it as close to the bottom as possible so that it doesn't pull apart form gravity as you remove it from the brine. Again, as much as possible handle it by holding the top and bottom where the skin is the strongest.
Put the cheese back on the bamboo mat and let it dry. You should turn it over every few hours so that the moisture in the cheese is evenly distributed and so that no bulges form. Don't worry about it too much, though. This is a very dense cheese (even though the curd is delicate), so it's hard to get it wrong.
You should let the cheese dry at room temperature for 2-5 days, depending on temperature and humidity. The cheese should start out being shiny and wet and later it will have a kind of matt finish and hopefully be dry(ish) to the touch. The cheese also starts out being completely white and over time it will start to yellow.
A couple of notes about drying (and I'm very much a novice, so your experience may differ). Unhomogenised milk cheese will set a better curd and will form a nice skin, by and large. It's nothing like the skin on a rennet formed cheese, but it's better than the skin for homogenised milk. Also, because this is an unpressed cheese and the curds are kind of problematic, there will probably be cracks and holes, etc. Don't worry about it. It will be fine. This is not a rennet formed cheese and you can't expect it to be exactly like that.
Furthermore, especially the homogenised milk cheese may start to crumble a bit around the edges. Don't worry about it. Over time, the curd on the outside will break down and it will get kind of "paste" like. If you rub it, it will smear. The cheese might also get a bit tacky. This has a lot to do with temperature and humidity, so really just keep your eye on it. If it starts to get really tacky, or smell really cheesy, it's time to put it in the fridge. Otherwise we want to get it touch dry.
The other thing that might happen is that it can get mold on it. At the drying stage you really don't want mold on it. If you notice mold, get a lint free cloth, dip it in the brine solution and wipe off the mold. You need to keep your eyes open and check the cheese regularly at this stage so that mold doesn't get a foothold. I've apparently got some brevibacterium linens in my apartment and a couple of my test cheese started to get a pink smear on the outside. I panicked a bit, and ate the cheese fresh. The cheese was fine. In fact the mold infected parts had the best flavour. Mold is not really something to fear. Just wipe it off.
Step 8. Maturing the Cheese
After the cheese has dried, you can pop it into the fridge and eat it at any time. I've eaten a few of the cheese, early and they are really delicious. The paste is very chalky, crumbly and white. The flavour is fairly sharp with a nice lactic acid tang to it. It tastes *very* much like a Caerphilly or Wendsleydale (of Wallace and Grommit fame) cheese. If you want to eat it young, I still recommend waiting a week as the flavour improves dramatically over that time.
However, I imagine this cheese to be a "natural rind" cheese. That means that we age it and *slowly* dry out the outside of the cheese to form a crust -- or "rind". Usually this rind gets mold growing on it, but since the rind is hard, it protects the cheese and the cheese just gets a cook funky colour on the outside (just like Misty's cheese!)
Normally you should age your cheese in a cheese cave at 13 degrees C and 80% humidity. I don't have a cheese cave. I just have my normal refrigerator in my house. So *this* cheese will be refrigerator aged (Hey, I'm inventing the cheese. I get to make the rules). To do this, you need a "maturation box".
A maturation box is just a plastic box with a lid. You also need a mat inside the box. I actually found a box at my local 100 yen store (dollar store in other currencies) which has a draining box on the inside, so I use that. It's actually the right size for 2 1 litre cheeses. However, you can just cut a bamboo mat to fit your plastic box. Or you can get creative.
Once the cheese has dried to the touch -- or at least is no longer shiny and maybe has a slightly tacky feel -- put it in the box. At first close the lid and put it in the warmest place you can find in your fridge (use your thermometer to find it). Every day, take the cheese out and inspect it. It will get a lot harder once it is cold and it should no longer be tacky. If it's wet, then the box is too humid. Take off the top and lay it crosswise across the box for a while. Or crack open the side of the lid. Essentially adjust it so that it is humid in the box, but that there is no standing liquid and the cheese is not wet.
Every second day, take a teaspoon of your brine solution and dilute it with 3 teaspoons of water and a half a teaspoon of vinegar. Use a lint free cloth to wipe the cheese with the solution. If there is any mold, wipe it off. Make sure to wipe thoroughly in all the
cracks and holes in the cheese. When the cheese is young, you will probably find that a paste develops when you do this. That's just due to the way the curd was formed. The paste will fill in the holes and cracks in the cheese, though, and it will look smoother
over time. As the rind forms, that paste won't develop any more and you will just be basically cleaning the cheese (which is what would have been the case with a rennet formed cheese in the first place, I think).
After around 2 weeks the rind should form. My cheeses are just forming a rind now, so I can't tell you much more than that. I'm going to eat one after 3 weeks and hopefully it will be delicious.
Step 9. (Optional) Get Cowsea to bless your cheese
Self explanatory really
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for you killing your self or getting sick making this cheese. I think it's perfectly safe, but then I've been making fermented stuff for almost my whole life and I'm pretty casual about these things. When in doubt, consult the royal cheese makers.
I demand an update once it has been tasted.[/list]
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perhaps we could have a picture of this beautiful cheese
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Pic in spoiler. Just as I'm posting this, an earthquake hit (small one). Must be an omen.
(https://i.imgur.com/IyeUcsh.jpg)
Sorry for the image quality (I'm not a good photographer!). You can see I'm eating the one on the left. It has a slightly different recipe (I cheddared the curds first -- I decided it's not a good idea because it loses a lot of fat. You can see how much smaller it is than the rest). It is ridiculously good, though. Quite tart. A bit crumbly, but it has softened compared to the other ones I've eaten (again both with the cheddared technique). The *true* mistem cheese has yet to be tasted (the ones to the right). The large one on the right is made with 1 litre of homogenised milk. The others are made with 500 ml of non-homogenised milk. The skinny one on the left was made before I figured out how to make the mould (I used an Aeropress :-). I don't recommend it!) I forgot to mention that an advantage of the homogenised milk is that you get better yield -- about 170-180 grams per litre vs 140-150 grams per litre.
In the cheeses on the right, you may be able to see traces of red/pink/orange. This is brevibacterium linens mold. It rained for about 6 days straight when I made those cheeses and they never dried out before I put them in the fridge. As I said earlier, I'm not at all worried about it. I had thought that the rind was developing, but actually, eating the oldest one, I think it still might be a while yet. I might have to let these go a bit longer than 3 weeks (the 3 weeks was based on the youngest age that you might eat a Caerphilly, but that's not matured in the fridge, so accepted wisdom says that it may take twice as long -- we'll see).
If anybody would like to make this cheese and would like advice, etc feel free to ping me at my userid on gmail. When I finally open the *true* mistem cheese, I'll post another pic.
Again, thank you so much Evicted Saint for TLC. I often think about it even when it is in hibernation. It has made the world a better place!
Edit: Getting my lefts and rights mixed up... Sigh...
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.... do you take orders?
< is too lazy to do it at home
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oh boi time for the dairy bad cheese puns
(i have no soul)
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Pic in spoiler. Just as I'm posting this, an earthquake hit (small one). Must be an omen.
(https://i.imgur.com/IyeUcsh.jpg)
It certainly looks delicious!
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well, maybe not this weekend, but I'm almost done. So, soon.
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Pic in spoiler. Just as I'm posting this, an earthquake hit (small one). Must be an omen.
(https://i.imgur.com/IyeUcsh.jpg)
It certainly looks delicious!
COWSEA IS PLEASED AND/OR DISPLEASED.
MAKE MORE CHEZ
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Yay! I'm looking forward to more mitteny goodness!
Dunamisdeos: Don't worry, I spent some more time "Pondering Cheese!" and now I'm researching a new non-rennet cheese (which will probably be called St. Evictus if it turns out OK... Not sure about my latin though... :-P)
And I'm sorry TheImmortalRyukan, for some reason production has not exceeded consumption in my fortress, so it never seems to make its way to the trade depot.
Details:
I discovered that I can culture buttermilk cultures from cultured butter (say that 10x fast!). I also verified that I can get a decent curd formation at lower temps, so I experimented with making a washed curd cheese (add the culture at 33C, form the curds, remove half of the whey and replace with hotter water). This should increase the pH of the curds. The idea is to make something similar to St. Paulin. But in my experiment I figured out that I definitely needed a press... which I still haven't figured out how to make. Yes, I live DF in real life... Anyway, my first attempt will be eaten as a fresh cheese tomorrow :-)
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While Mistem is the littlest Cheesmaker, and Mikekchar is the biggest Cheesemaker, Evicted saint is the first and greatest of all Cheesmakers.
Bravo to all.
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this is the first story that ever made cheese
congrats :)
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Mistem Cheese update: Sorry, don't have time to post a picture (in the middle of GDPR hell... we need to go live in about 8 hours and I'm not exaggerating about "in the middle" LOL). Anyway, I opened one of the cheeses on Tuesday (in the previous picture it is the one on the far left that wasn't already cut). Now, you'll remember that my previous cheese (which I had cheddared) was tart and tasted very much like a Caerphilly. Mistem is *not* tart (so the cheddaring *does* make a big difference). It was starting to get some blue/black mould on the outside (small spots), but when I cut it I noticed that it still did not have a proper rind. It is possible that it will never develop such a rind -- in which case I should probably wax it. However, I'm thinking that my main problem is finding the appropriate humidity to age. The paste in the centre of the cheese is not crumbly. It's quite creamy, but still hard. I suppose imagine an aged cheddar crossed with a cream cheese??? The paste is cream coloured. As for flavour... Hmmm... At first I was kind of disappointed. My immediate reaction was -- Velveeta :-). Certainly not as good as the cheddared version (and I'm contemplating making a cheddared version again this weekend). However, as I was having trouble pinpointing the flavour, I delayed posting and I've had a couple more chances to taste it. Yesterday I took a slice and melted it. It melts fine! (Which is, in itself, a miracle -- praise be unto Cowsea). Not only that, but the flavour and texture is AMAZING. I think the closest thing I could think of is a Raclette. So with that flavour in mind, I tasted it again a couple of times and it is quite pleasant -- I think that the first time I tasted it, I was just surprised at how different it was than what I was expecting. I just had a piece today and I think the main thing is that it still needs quite a bit more time in the cheese cave. I'll probably open another one in a week or so and see what it's like. I took a picture when I opened the last piece, so I'll post it when I get a chance. They didn't change that much TBH -- just a couple of spots of mould, which you can't really see in the picture anyway.
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I'm super pumped for your cheese! Do you have pictures you can share?
In other news, getting back into the swing of drawing is rough. This next update rounds out the chapter and features a new scene, so it's a bit longer and more detailed. But it's almost done (https://i.imgur.com/4k2zJBc.gif)...
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Huzzah!
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:) some one needs to edit the wiki page now
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Will post pics as soon as I get a chance. Love the teaser!!!
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Mistem cheese porn in spoiler:
Here is a pic of the cheeses when I open up the *true* Mistem cheese (which was on Tuesday):
(https://i.imgur.com/mmwhFtd.jpg)
Because they are a bit hard too see, I made some closeups today. Here is the piece that is currently remaining of the left hand cheese:
(https://i.imgur.com/7poiWrW.jpg)
That gives you a pretty good idea of the texture of the cheese. I had another taste today and it's actually improving rapidly. It's getting sharper. Still not like a Caerphilly... It's hard to describe. Some Parmesian notes are coming out. It's actually very nice at the moment. Of course, once you cut the cheese, the development is completely different, so I have no idea what the other cheeses will do while they are still closed. But at least it provides some verification that the cheese needs age. I'm a bit worried that the salt level will be a bit too high on the next cheeses (as I brined them a little bit differently than the oldest one) -- so if you are doing this, I might cut back the brining time to 20 minutes for 500 ml and 45 for 1 litre. More info next week when I open the next cheese.
This is a close up of the next cheese I will eat. You can see that it's a bit pink in one of the holes on the side. Also it's pinkish in the grooves on top. That's mould called brevibacterium linens. It's a mould that makes cheese very stinky, but also very delicious. It's intentional on washed rind cheeses like meunster, epoisse, teleggio, etc. It's not what I'm going for here, but it's not necessarily bad (and I've kept it under control with brine washes). I'm pretty sure the mould got introduced by a cheese mat that I didn't sanitise properly. I've since fixed that and I don't seem to be getting the mould on my new cheeses.
(https://i.imgur.com/0ylnnYl.jpg)
Here's the next one after that (which I will probably eat when it is 5-6 weeks old. You'll notice this one is formed a little nicer than the previous one. I made some changes to my mould (the form) which helped (slightly bigger holes on the side). Also you can see that the top is flat (the bottom is still grooved from the bamboo cheese mat that I used when forming the cheese).
(https://i.imgur.com/oOuKCD6.jpg)
And finally here is the youngest and tallest one:
(https://i.imgur.com/zd1IYRr.jpg)
This one was made with 1 litre of homogenised milk, so it is taller. It's having a real problem drying out, though... It's been over 2 weeks and it *still* hasn't dried out. I'm not entirely sure why. But the result has been that it's picked up some more mould. I washed it today and took off a bit of blue mould (which I didn't take a picture of -- I probably should have). The mould comes off super easily, so it's not a problem at all.
Anyway, that's all for now. I'll post more pics and info if people are interested in the next few weeks. BTW, I tried making a "washed curd" cheese with mesophilllic bateria which I was going to call "St. Evictus". I ate it young (after about 5 days). It was quite delicious, but not at all what I was going for, so I don't think it deserves the name. I'll have to experiment some more. I'm happy that I can make a mesophillic cheese with this technique (essentially adding buttermilk instead of yogurt and keeping the temp below 38C), but I have to experiment to find the best way of handling it. Today I'm making a mistem like cheese, but with cheddaring. Should be fun.
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Mistem cheese porn in spoiler:
Here is a pic of the cheeses when I open up the *true* Mistem cheese (which was on Tuesday):
(https://i.imgur.com/mmwhFtd.jpg)
Because they are a bit hard too see, I made some closeups today. Here is the piece that is currently remaining of the left hand cheese:
(https://i.imgur.com/7poiWrW.jpg)
That gives you a pretty good idea of the texture of the cheese. I had another taste today and it's actually improving rapidly. It's getting sharper. Still not like a Caerphilly... It's hard to describe. Some Parmesian notes are coming out. It's actually very nice at the moment. Of course, once you cut the cheese, the development is completely different, so I have no idea what the other cheeses will do while they are still closed. But at least it provides some verification that the cheese needs age. I'm a bit worried that the salt level will be a bit too high on the next cheeses (as I brined them a little bit differently than the oldest one) -- so if you are doing this, I might cut back the brining time to 20 minutes for 500 ml and 45 for 1 litre. More info next week when I open the next cheese.
This is a close up of the next cheese I will eat. You can see that it's a bit pink in one of the holes on the side. Also it's pinkish in the grooves on top. That's mould called brevibacterium linens. It's a mould that makes cheese very stinky, but also very delicious. It's intentional on washed rind cheeses like meunster, epoisse, teleggio, etc. It's not what I'm going for here, but it's not necessarily bad (and I've kept it under control with brine washes). I'm pretty sure the mould got introduced by a cheese mat that I didn't sanitise properly. I've since fixed that and I don't seem to be getting the mould on my new cheeses.
(https://i.imgur.com/0ylnnYl.jpg)
Here's the next one after that (which I will probably eat when it is 5-6 weeks old. You'll notice this one is formed a little nicer than the previous one. I made some changes to my mould (the form) which helped (slightly bigger holes on the side). Also you can see that the top is flat (the bottom is still grooved from the bamboo cheese mat that I used when forming the cheese).
(https://i.imgur.com/oOuKCD6.jpg)
And finally here is the youngest and tallest one:
(https://i.imgur.com/zd1IYRr.jpg)
This one was made with 1 litre of homogenised milk, so it is taller. It's having a real problem drying out, though... It's been over 2 weeks and it *still* hasn't dried out. I'm not entirely sure why. But the result has been that it's picked up some more mould. I washed it today and took off a bit of blue mould (which I didn't take a picture of -- I probably should have). The mould comes off super easily, so it's not a problem at all.
Anyway, that's all for now. I'll post more pics and info if people are interested in the next few weeks. BTW, I tried making a "washed curd" cheese with mesophilllic bateria which I was going to call "St. Evictus". I ate it young (after about 5 days). It was quite delicious, but not at all what I was going for, so I don't think it deserves the name. I'll have to experiment some more. I'm happy that I can make a mesophillic cheese with this technique (essentially adding buttermilk instead of yogurt and keeping the temp below 38C), but I have to experiment to find the best way of handling it. Today I'm making a mistem like cheese, but with cheddaring. Should be fun.
Do you have a cheese-making tutorial? You should make a cheese-making tutorial.
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I posted the Mistem recipe higher up in the thread, but I'll make a better tutorial another time and post it on my web page. I'll put a link when I've done that. It will probably take me some time (a few weeks). I'll try to take some pictures of today's experiment which I'll put in the tutorial. If you would like to try making cheese like this, email me at my user name at gmail and I'll try to give you some hints.
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Mistem Cheese update:
So . . . much . . . cheesiness!
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no thats my puns
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Sir Knight was just trying to be a fun guy, and the delivery was goudanough for bree entertainment. Besides, there is plenty of chances for pun to be had, there's no need to brine about it if you sometimes mistem...
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just trying to be a fun guy
Brevibacterium linens. Mold, not fungi.
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just trying to be a fun guy
Brevibacterium linens. Mold, not fungi.
I said that, but I was wrong. It's actually a bacteria (as the name implies :-) ). In fact, it turns out that the role it plays in cheese making is to inhibit mold growth. Which may be important.... because I've come to the conclusion that Mistem cheese is not going to make a hard rind. The curds are not strong enough (and I probably should have realised that they wouldn't be). So possibly purposely attracting b. linens is the right thing to do... I don't have a massive problem with mold anyway, so at the moment it's moot, but it's kind of disappointing that I won't be able to make a nice multi-coloured crunchy rind (probably)...
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just trying to be a fun guy
Brevibacterium linens. Mold, not fungi.
I said that, but I was wrong. It's actually a bacteria
All the better. Since "mold" is "fungus" anyway, weakening the banter.
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fun guy ... gouda ... bree ... pun ... brine ... mistem
Brevibacterium linens. Mold, not fungi.
That is... interesting? But I never mentioned fungi... but to get back t' areas of dwarves and cheese. What happened to the corpses from the elven trade caravan? Would anything of them still be recognisable in a modern fortress?
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fun guy
Brevibacterium linens. Mold, not fungi.
That is... interesting? But I never mentioned fungi...
Explaining a joke is never funny.
But it wasn't funny anyway, as the "fun guy = fungi" pun is older than either of us.
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The fungi left the party feeling dejected. There just wasn't mush room there.
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I seem to remember that the fun guy is starting a revolution... I really need to back and re-read from the start.
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PTW
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Explaining a joke is never funny.
My line featured numerous instances of wordplay which involved replacing one word or phrase with another that had different meaning but similar appearance. If "fun guy" was consistent with every other instance of replacement, then it would have been written as "fungi". Given that it is inconsistent with every other instance of attempts at humour in the statement, it can be assumed that it was not an attempt at humour, in which case citing it as failed humour would be inappropriate. if the "exact phrasing" bit gets a laugh, would that be "canned laughter"?.
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ok when is this going to be updated?
cause We can make bad cheese pun all we want but the actual story is cheddar
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ok when is this going to be updated?
cause We can make bad cheese pun all we want but the actual story is cheddar
I don't like the idea of making bad cheese puns until the update, but I guess we'll have to abrie to dissabrie.
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ok when is this going to be updated?
cause We can make bad cheese pun all we want but the actual story is cheddar
I don't like the idea of making bad cheese puns until the update, but I guess we'll have to abrie to dissabrie.
That sounds gouda to me.
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ok when is this going to be updated?
cause We can make bad cheese pun all we want but the actual story is cheddar
I don't like the idea of making bad cheese puns until the update, but I guess we'll have to abrie to dissabrie.
That sounds gouda to me.
Puns always get me in a bad moo-d.
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These puns just aren't up to par(mesan). I'm about to throw a major feta.
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THESE PUNS
ARE CHEESY
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/K9xXlcMA6aw3S/giphy.gif)
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THESE PUNS
ARE CHEESY
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/K9xXlcMA6aw3S/giphy.gif)
Oh dairy.
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Oh dairy.
We're Stilton puns? We might Brie milking this whey too much...
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TLS is nacho gouda old thread; it ages well.
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Some of these are good. I'll have to use them to rind out my collection.
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Just to terminate the puns, I have opened the last of the original *true* Mistem cheeses this week. I think it's 9 weeks old if I remember correctly. It's *awesome*. It's gotten quite hard -- almost like parmesan, but not quite. It's very salty (I have been cutting back on the salt in subsequent versions). I can't really describe the taste in terms of anything I've every had before... probably closest to something like an aged sheep's cheese. It's got a sharp flavour, but is quite pleasant. The non-homogenised version that I made is still around, but it's become a blue cheese :-) I struggled against if for a while, but gave up eventually. I tasted a bit and it also tastes really amazing (even if by accident). I've changed the recipe quite a bit as I've learned new things, and am still planning to make a website, but haven't done it yet.
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The Literalest Cheesemaker
*obligatory worship*
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Why do you hate the puns, mike. Don't be .................................. Salty.
Also that sounds awesome. Let us know when you make a website.
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Just to terminate the puns, I have opened the last of the original *true* Mistem cheeses this week. I think it's 9 weeks old if I remember correctly. It's *awesome*. It's gotten quite hard -- almost like parmesan, but not quite. It's very salty (I have been cutting back on the salt in subsequent versions). I can't really describe the taste in terms of anything I've every had before... probably closest to something like an aged sheep's cheese. It's got a sharp flavour, but is quite pleasant. The non-homogenised version that I made is still around, but it's become a blue cheese :-) I struggled against if for a while, but gave up eventually. I tasted a bit and it also tastes really amazing (even if by accident). I've changed the recipe quite a bit as I've learned new things, and am still planning to make a website, but haven't done it yet.
I'll have to try it sometime.
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Puns are the adamantine of my soul. I have to dig them out sparingly for fear that I will unleash the clown. I am currently working on the Mistem Cheese website: https://mikekchar.gitlab.io/mistem-cheese (https://mikekchar.gitlab.io/mistem-cheese). That won't work yet, but hopefully I'll have something up there by the end of the day.
EvictedSaint, how much cheese would it cost to allow me to take some pics from the web comic to adorn the site? Or... Maybe I should wait until you can have a look to see if it is Misty worthy... All of my info/pics will be licensed under Creative Commons 0 -- essentially public domain, if it matters... Also, it's kind of embarrassing to ask because you might not like the idea and feel bad in saying "No". If that's the case, feel free to accidentally miss reading this post and I won't ask again :-)
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Are you asking to host the comic on the site? Like a mirror?
If that's the case, go ahead, knock yourself out! So long as it's under Creative Commons, it's fine.
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No. I just want to take pictures from the comic for to use as interesting pictures for the website (so I picture of Misty, a picture of Cowsea when I talk about milk, etc). I'll finish the design and then I'll be able to explain it better.
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Still kicking! Woo
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(https://i.imgur.com/XBrXKTv.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/XBrXKTv.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/aj48t9R.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/aj48t9R.gif)
"Okay, just - just say that again, once more?"
(https://i.imgur.com/QSlqVGU.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/QSlqVGU.gif)
"Cheese! Holy Cow Cheese, ☼Masterfully Prepared☼ from the Divine Milk of Cowsea herself!"
"Uh...huh. Right. And you made that because..."
(https://i.imgur.com/PVmVqiw.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/PVmVqiw.gif)
"So I can show the Queen, and she'll see how great Cowsea is, and she'll be so thrilled she'll make me a member of the Royal Cheesemakers Guild."
(https://i.imgur.com/Qyua7NG.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/Qyua7NG.gif)
"Royal what now?
"Royal Cheesemakers Guild! The most elite cheesemakers, who cater directly to the Queen herself! The best cheesemakers in the kingdom, producers of the finest cheese, made from the finest milk!"
(https://i.imgur.com/c8tGOs7.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/c8tGOs7.gif)
"Uh...huh. Hm."
"Is...is something wrong, Mr. Overseer-slash-Manager sir?"
"What? Oh - no, everything is fine. I'm just looking through these old orders and I...who tasked you with this?"
"Cowsea!"
"No, no I got that part, with the magical cow who's a God and whatever. Who in charge told you to make cheese? Was it the last Overseer?"
"Well...no one, I guess."
"No one?"
"No one. I just...kind of...did it on my own, I guess.
"On your own?"
"On my own."
"Oh."
(https://i.imgur.com/pDofaqV.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/pDofaqV.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/fgZJbuA.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/fgZJbuA.gif)
"...Well then. It's your lucky day, ah..."
"Misty."
"Misty! Right, Misty...M - i - s - t - y. It's your lucky day! You get to meet the Queen!"
(https://i.imgur.com/ufgkYij.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/ufgkYij.gif)
"Really?!"
"Yes, really! It's a very special honor, meeting the Queen."
"Oh gosh, wow, this - this is really happening? I'm already so nervous, do I need to get dressed up? Do I need to practice bowing?"
"Oh, no, no you're fine just the way you are. I'm sure the Queen will be overjoyed to have a new...visitor."
(https://i.imgur.com/ovJiFsH.png) (https://i.imgur.com/ovJiFsH.png)
End of Chapter Four.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg7921334#msg7921334)
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Remember when my backgrounds used (http://i.imgur.com/4iSFSI3.png) to (http://i.imgur.com/FRuOD1P.png) look (http://i.imgur.com/RzTF65Y.png) like (http://i.imgur.com/Vwuhn6J.png) this (http://i.imgur.com/VOgzQYC.png)?
Back when this (http://i.imgur.com/A6LR4K8.png) was (http://i.imgur.com/8GQ1YvT.gif) like (http://i.imgur.com/TogCedd.png) once (http://i.imgur.com/1flzbFp.png) per (http://i.imgur.com/MHMxrQj.png) chapter (http://i.imgur.com/RZyzDqd.png)?
Maybe the next few updates will take place in blank, empty rooms. With static, non-moving backgrounds. That would be nice.
Anyways, sorry about the delay. This update was one of the toughest to get out - I ended up redoing the entire thing three or four times, and I had to keep going back to fix the earlier panels. I'll try to get the next one done within eight months this time.
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Always good to see a work of classic art get updated. Looking forward to the next bit!
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Impressive work, sir!
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And guess what? The queen is a made of levers!
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Fantastic! Glad Misty is still struggling on.
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So... Any theories as to the nature of the Queen?
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So... Any theories as to the nature of the Queen?
Night creature.
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So... Any theories as to the nature of the Queen?
Night creature.
If she's kept down there, far away from everyone else, she might be a werewolf to stop spreading thr curse, but she could be a vampire and is being kept to protect the fortress, but the average player of dwarf fortress would take a subtle glee from unleashing a blood hungry noble to roam the tunnels and feed off the useless cheesemakers and diplomats that keep on showing up. It's more likely to be a vampire, but then Misty's death might not be assured, since the vampire would probably leave it for a while before murdering Misty and blaming it on the nearest cow, but as I said, the average player would just let the queen loose, albeit with a few door ps jept locked to prevent important people from being murdered, and then spin tales to the forums about how they didn't mean to do it, and that they hate the vampire for killing their best swordsman, but secretly... Laughing with phsychotic ecstacy, as they lead a 12 year old cheesmqker to their doom.
Sorry, I think I went a bit off track. Smoked cheese, anyone?
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I personally think that if the overseer/manager is going out of his way to personally walk Misty all the way to the queen, he's probably going to be the one to kill her. If the queen was going to turn into a were-cow and eat her the overseer/manager probably would have just gotten someone else to do it. Speaking of which, we probably should have just said that the cheese was a private noble mandate or something, most forts don't tolerate dwarves who do other than what they're told.
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yeahp. And after misty have some fun the story continues with the main theme being the pulmp helmet main insurrection
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Theory: The queen is a plump helmet woman.
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Quick! What's the strange mood for divine inspiration?
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That would actually be a pretty convenient excuse for making holy cheese without being asked to...
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That would actually be a pretty convenient excuse for making holy cheese without being asked to...
+1 for it was just a mood I swear
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+1 for it was just a mood I swear
+2.
Also nice, it's back!
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+1 for it was just a mood I swear
+2.
Also nice, it's back!
+3
Yay
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+1 for it was just a mood I swear
+2.
Also nice, it's back!
+3
Yay
+4
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But of course, it was one of those moods where we didn't actually gain any cheesemaking skills, in case we're expected to actually hold our own as a cheesemaker now.
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Maybe the next few updates will take place in blank, empty rooms. With static, non-moving backgrounds. That would be nice.
Well, prisons built for monsters of nightmare don't need decoration, do they? It's not like players fill those pits with engravings or such.
So glad to see another update! And I can understand there must have been a struggle behind that art, wow. This has been delightful from the beginning, and your shortlist of the highest-detail panels is a convenient reminder of how amazing your images can get.
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Well, that got dark.
Misty needs something to distract the overseer's attention! Perhaps a plump helmet man uprising?
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Die horribly.
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How is it that the haunted ink has better penmanship than the manager?
P.S. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Did anyone feel the thread update to 44.X? I bet it updated when you weren't looking. I wonder if the psychology update happened? If it did then, this could be a very interesting scene!
Overseer/manager Uben(heee, a contributor is me!) looks he's been annoyed plenty of times recently, like choking on smoke, irritated by sleeping uneasily due to noise, and dejected at generally being unable to take it easy. Really, there's probably a dozen more things like that coming to the manager's attention all the time.
Oh well, then that's not too bad, but look at the blood and vomit everywhere! The poor guy might also be disgusted at smelling miasma.
Still not too bad, right? But to me, poor Uben looks like he might be the sort of dwarf who doesn't handle stress well. Maybe he even cracks easily under pressure. I bet there's a decent chance he is always tense and jittery.
A fortress can be a hard place for a dwarf like that. A very hard place indeed.
And, oh no! Uben was just in a strange and confusing argument with Misty! I'm sure he dislikes talking to somebody annoying. And she said she did something without orders, so now he's angry at being in an argument!
Soooo, what to do, what to do?
Maybe Misty should wander excitedly and aimlessly a little bit, just enough to peek behind doors or look around corners.
Those side halls are probably littered with bits and pieces of corpses of sapient creatures, and poor, stress-prone Uben might just end up being horrified! (x34*)
Misty would just be following orders. After all, she WAS tasked to corpse hauling, right?
*Depending on the point release. Supposedly that's fixed. I haven't checked.
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He felt Hopeless after Dwelling Upon signing up to be overseer.
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We are probably lucky that she was assigned with corpse-hauling before seeing corpses permanently traumatized dwarves.
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We are probably lucky that she was assigned with corpse-hauling before seeing corpses permanently traumatized dwarves.
hm. (https://i.imgur.com/EUqNxIp.gif)
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I'm saying it would be worse. ;)
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We are probably lucky that she was assigned with corpse-hauling before seeing corpses permanently traumatized dwarves.
hm. (https://i.imgur.com/EUqNxIp.gif)
Never forget!
Also I could not be more excited at the prospect of further TLC updates.
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Also I could not be more excited at the prospect of further TLC updates.
I can verify. Here is a picture of Dunamisdeos when noticing the update:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/2tNxRz3PhVK5lBccbe/source.gif)
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Also I could not be more excited at the prospect of further TLC updates.
I can verify. Here is a picture of Dunamisdeos when noticing the update:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/2tNxRz3PhVK5lBccbe/source.gif)
Are you spying on me and my llama brethren yeah no that's basically it tho
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I gotta say I love everything on the august update, Os'man's hats, the huge stacks of paper, his awful office, it's all very ≡exceptional≡. Noice work.
Shame the falling candle didn't light his papers though.
Sorry for bump I guess, not that old at least.
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Queen is a vampire.
Vants to have Misty for dinner
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Is there a pressing reason to make a slab if one possesses a corpse?
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Depending on the cause of death it might be prudent to leave the corpse where it is.
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Atom smasher.
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Enjoying the cheesemakers story :)
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Depending on the cause of death it might be prudent to leave the corpse where it is.
+1
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Guess what? Im not dead yet eheh. Anyway I`ve been watch that anime Goblin slayer. You know the one? Yer well anyway this poped into my head a day or so ago. Reg Pashmad the Recruit is now kobold slayer in my mind now eheh
(https://i.imgur.com/ME4J1FXl.png)
Welp hope you all like it. I might make more. I don`t know.
As always I hope to see more TLCM stuff ^_^
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Very nice bit of pixel art!
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Very nice!!!
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Thanks BadLemons, very cool!
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ah shit, fanart. My one weakness.
Guess I'll have to update this weekend :\
Badlemons, that is
beautiful! I love it - especially the flame coming out of her eyes!!!
It looks like you're suffering from a bit of compression, though. I see it's a png, but did you perhaps save it initially as a jpg? You can better preserve quality by saving it directly as a png rather than converting it afterwards.
I'm a big fan of the custom font and how you made her look so dynamic - it's a very Reg pose! Great job, man
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ah shit, fanart. My one weakness.
Guess I'll have to update this weekend :\
Now we know your weakness.
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(https://i.imgur.com/brRopmE.png) (https://i.imgur.com/brRopmE.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/addNP5O.png) (https://i.imgur.com/addNP5O.png)
"Right! I'm sure the royal Cheesemakers Guild has their own special backpacks. You just talk to the queen about that and she'll get it all straightened out."
"Okay! And you're sure I don't need to bow or anything?"
"Oh no, you'll be fine. Just introduce yourself and I'm sure the two of you will get along perfectly."
(https://i.imgur.com/xq0tAeP.png) (https://i.imgur.com/xq0tAeP.png)
"Well, here we are! I'll hit the switch and you just step on through the airlock. Now, which lever is it? I always forget...oh, the left one, of course. We really should mark these things."
(https://i.imgur.com/CnDPdRk.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/CnDPdRk.gif)
KER-CHUNK
(https://i.imgur.com/eoJ122b.png) (https://i.imgur.com/eoJ122b.png)
"...why do I have to go through an airlock to meet the queen?"
"Because security. Now get in."
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg8016024#msg8016024)
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I wonder how this will play out.
Unrelated, how good is Misty's swimming skill? The first (and only time) I ever tried guiding one of my own dwarves through something like this, it turned out he was a competent swimmer.
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Hmm, the figures in the engravings have the same triple-halo of divinity as Cowsea. I'm not sure exactly what's happening, though.
Surely this is an encouraging sign of the Queen's religious predilection. Proceed with cheerful confidence to bring her the Word (and Cheese!) of Cowsea!
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The engraving behind Misty seems to relate to the fatal fall of X in season Y of year Z. I could be wrong. The depicted person could instead be reacting to the engraving behind the overseer/manager. However, I'm having a hard time discerning the parts in that image in order to say.
(And the triple-halo is shown on all deities (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095;topicseen#msg5294095).)
But I'm thrilled to see an update! And it's even on-topic! Like, you had something to say about the story! If you think you can continue to tell us this delightful cheese-riddled tale, evictedSaint, then I will gladly keep reading it.
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
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The engraving behind Misty seems to relate to the fatal fall of X in season Y of year Z. I could be wrong. The depicted person could instead be reacting to the engraving behind the overseer/manager. However, I'm having a hard time discerning the parts in that image in order to say.
And here I was, thinking no one paid any attention to the engravings.
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Yes I did it! its alive! Guess I'll have to make more fan ary huh?
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
Not for no reason.
Hold it in front for it will be the first thing the queen see's. This cheese in all its glory! and we just know that in that moment she will know this is meant to be!
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Yes I did it! its alive! Guess I'll have to make more fan ary huh?
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
Not for no reason.
Hold it in front for it will be the first thing the queen see's. This cheese in all its glory! and we just know that in that moment she will know this is meant to be!
+1!
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This is extremely non-suspicious and we should not suspect anything suspicious.
Should we wish not to enter the airlock, we should initiate an activity that takes automatic precedence under universal dwarven law. Like having a drink, or starting a party.
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
Otherwise, +1 to this.
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So happy to see a new update! :D
@Dunamisdeos: As for starting a party, that depends on which version of the game this comic is taking place in. Is Misty's world a pre-.40s game?
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We could always just fall asleep on the spot. We have options here :3
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Sure, why not? +1
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This is extremely non-suspicious and we should not suspect anything suspicious.
Should we wish not to enter the airlock, we should initiate an activity that takes automatic precedence under universal dwarven law. Like having a drink, or starting a party.
If this is the wrong version for parties, call it a prayer break instead!
Invite everybody, including the Queen, to your party. Serve Holy Cheese.
Actually, many of the dwarves here seem a bit on the downtrodden side. This is a great way to (re-)introduce Cowsea, who I'm sure is a more easygoing goddess and will not at all terrorize her worshippers into relentless labor if she gets into power.
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This is extremely non-suspicious and we should not suspect anything suspicious.
Should we wish not to enter the airlock, we should initiate an activity that takes automatic precedence under universal dwarven law. Like having a drink, or starting a party.
If this is the wrong version for parties, call it a prayer break instead!
Invite everybody, including the Queen, to your party. Serve Holy Cheese.
Actually, many of the dwarves here seem a bit on the downtrodden side. This is a great way to (re-)introduce Cowsea, who I'm sure is a more easygoing goddess and will not at all terrorize her worshippers into relentless labor if she gets into power.
Ermagersh guys it was just an offhand thing but now I really want to plan the Cowsea Renaissance Celebration or something. It can be Nautical-themed. Under the Cowsea. Finely-crafted cheese snacks. Cheese puns. Cheese puns everywhere.
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Ermagersh guys it was just an offhand thing but now I really want to plan the Cowsea Renaissance Celebration or something. It can be Nautical-themed. Under the Cowsea. Finely-crafted cheese snacks. Cheese puns. Cheese puns everywhere.
Twenty thousand milktanks under the Cowsea?
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This is extremely non-suspicious and we should not suspect anything suspicious.
Should we wish not to enter the airlock, we should initiate an activity that takes automatic precedence under universal dwarven law. Like having a drink, or starting a party.
If this is the wrong version for parties, call it a prayer break instead!
Invite everybody, including the Queen, to your party. Serve Holy Cheese.
Actually, many of the dwarves here seem a bit on the downtrodden side. This is a great way to (re-)introduce Cowsea, who I'm sure is a more easygoing goddess and will not at all terrorize her worshippers into relentless labor if she gets into power.
Ermagersh guys it was just an offhand thing but now I really want to plan the Cowsea Renaissance Celebration or something. It can be Nautical-themed. Under the Cowsea. Finely-crafted cheese snacks. Cheese puns. Cheese puns everywhere.
udderly amazing idea.
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What is the engraving over the OS/MAN's head in the second panel?
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On a separate note, I suddenly have a strong scientific curiosity as to what the other lever does.
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On a separate note, I suddenly have a strong scientific curiosity as to what the other lever does.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/14rfBl2RMAHtCM/giphy.gif)
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Began hoping someone would make that reference shortly after posting. :P
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Ok, so the queen is a cheese-loving undead goblin demon lawmaker. Got it.
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Probably some werebeast in there too. Just an educated guess.
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Nah, she's just a perfectly normal Elf with a blood-coated platinum warhammer.
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Ok, so the queen is a cheese-loving undead goblin demon lawmaker. Got it.
(https://i.gifer.com/XwrY.gif)
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Posting to watch, read through this when lurking and I'm so glad to see it updated again. :D
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
And a +1 to this.
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What if the queens just been lock in there by the dwarfs. Its probably going to be something so not crazy we are going to be sitting here going. . ."ahhh what?"
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What if the queens just been lock in there by the dwarfs. Its probably going to be something so not crazy we are going to be sitting here going. . ."ahhh what?"
That would certainly blow my mind.
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I just discovered this and binged it over the last three hours and it's been quite the roller coaster! Misty is ridiculously adorable and just so amazing. This is one of my favorite DF stories by far and thank you so much for making it!
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I wonder how many people have made accounts on here because of this.
I know I'm one of them.
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A lot of people at this point. Not sure how many stayed around tho.
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I'm not really a fan of the 'popular' aspect of stories like this; as a writer, editors only, please! Heh.
But, though I just started, this story is adorable. I hope it doesn't get stupidly dark for the sake of it; there are plenty of stories like that, right now, and a relatively peaceful, cosy story about the greatest cheesemaker to ever live is about what I need in my life, right now.
(also, great avatar, evictedSaint!)
I won't comment much, since I'm still catching up (juuust finished chapter one), but even though I'm not really a fan of democracy-in-story-telling, you all do as you do. And of course, evictedSaint, please keep at it! I'll be rooting for lil' Wheeldream!
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First of all, this is DF, and it will descend into the darkest depths of horror. That's what it does. It's like the return of Cthulu, you can only stave it off, never fully prevent or destroy it.
Second, it is super adorable. That never changes :3
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I hope it doesn't get stupidly dark for the sake of it
:S
Maybe best to leave off after chapter 1.
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It's adorably dark. ;D
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First of all, this is DF, and it will descend into the darkest depths of horror. That's what it does. It's like the return of Cthulu, you can only stave it off, never fully prevent or destroy it.
With all due respect, fellow goat-appreciator, I must dissent. For example, when Cthulhu arrives, all you have to do to survive is embrace the greasy tendrils of his batrachian countenance. Though I personally prefer the black goat with - wait, wait, we can discuss theology some other time! (Perhaps at the ruinous bas reliefs past the basalt pillars?) I mean to say that my forts are all peaceful places. I've come to accept I simply play DF in a very different way than most people. Perhaps I'm just a fan of the boring and predictable -
Second, it is super adorable. That never changes :3
Then all is well. :) I just want somebody's life not to suck, even if it's only a fictional character, ahaha... hah...
:S
Maybe best to leave off after chapter 1.
Truly, the kindness of the righteous, caring for your audience like this! Don't worry, though. I had a suspicion... I'll either power through with the force of increasingly unwieldy optimism, or go silent - but keep rooting for Misty. (Silently.) After all, like Dunamisdeos said, I'm the odd one, here; what I'm looking for probably doesn't exist.
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Most of my forts end up with me trying to build complex gothic architecture or Constantinople expy
Orrrrrr
They turn into overly complicated mechanical death traps that end up just being a really simple calculator.
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I always try to protect my dwarves. My wife forms emotional attachments to her favorite dwarves. I would be killed instantly if anything bad happened to them that i could prevent.
This does not stop alligators from darting out of the lake to kill the one dwarf that every other dwarf is deep friends with, causing a tantrum spiral into violent anarchy that would make the city of Rapture slowly back away. It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. (https://i.gifer.com/Q7vk.gif)
Anyway TLC is the best webcomic on the internet, change my mind.
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Gothic Constantinople sounds pretty amazing, spazyak. Don't sell yourself short!
And, Dunamisdeos... I would never try to change your mind, even as I scream 'NooOoooo, that's not true! That's impossible! NoOOOOOo!' and lose my hand to a rampaging burrowing annelid man. For one, I'm enjoying it a lot, for another, to each their own; even if, ahaha, well... So it goes. And, of course, I can't protect everything, or everyone. But it's nice to pretend, ahaha!..
Back to TLC, though, it's the only one I've actually bookmarked to read to completion in years, just saying!
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Plump helmet men: Notice statue of a forbidden god in corner, hidden here to not attract attention. Wonder how they did not notice this before. Knock statue down. Become weresomething. Rebuild statue. Repeat for every fun guy. Bust down side doors. Escape!
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Run... Run away as fast as you can.
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So, what happened? evicted saint hasn't uploaded anything for about four months. Plus, Easter break is coming up, so it's probably a good time to work on the next panel if you haven't already.
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It's truly strange... Especially the fact he's online... How suspicious... What are we going to do without The Littlest Cheesemaker? Wouldn't that be a hole in our puny lives?
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So, what happened? evicted saint hasn't uploaded anything for about four months. Plus, Easter break is coming up, so it's probably a good time to work on the next panel if you haven't already.
Updating comics takes a lot of effort. Other projects and responsibilities can really slow progress down to a stand still. I'm confident that evictedSaint will update when it's the right time for him.
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Silly fellow fans, don't you know? Our dutiful author has gone back to where he always goes in between updates.
fan art
(https://i.postimg.cc/VkL0Rz9f/evictedsaint.png)
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So this means I make more fan art right?
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So this means I make more fan art right?
Yes, yes it does.
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Always more fan art and cheese being made.
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Celebrating 200 pages of cheese
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Yes I did it! its alive! Guess I'll have to make more fan ary huh?
Fortify yourself with a sniff of your miracle cheese, holding it shield-like slightly in front of you for no particular reason, and step through.
Not for no reason.
Hold it in front for it will be the first thing the queen see's. This cheese in all its glory! and we just know that in that moment she will know this is meant to be!
+1!
+1 to this as well!
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Who actually made fanart?
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Who actually made fanart?
Check page 1.
Many of us did. Though much of it has expired on it's host site XD. Also that's not a complete list, from what I can tell.
We require even more.
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evictedsaint is not updating this comic because he is involved in at-least a dozen forum games (and perhaps discord(s))
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evictedSaint I SUMMON THE!
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/adc1332f-3d25-49be-ba4e-7c033b27ca82/dd6psdb-80e9a6ff-3b54-4d7b-ab4f-e17ad92a80ce.png/v1/fill/w_764,h_1045,strp/reg_and_holt__the_littlest_cheesemaker_fanart_by_badlemonsxi_dd6psdb-pre.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTE4OCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2FkYzEzMzJmLTNkMjUtNDliZS1iYTRlLTdjMDMzYjI3Y2E4MlwvZGQ2cHNkYi04MGU5YTZmZi0zYjU0LTRkN2ItYWI0Zi1lMTdhZDkyYTgwY2UucG5nIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTg2OSJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.vb9TUb68gQ_k0-_P3D4byCpdXLlfQpwdpOHji_WpBlg)
Also you should add this and the last one to the FanArt list >_>
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*Looks at BadLemon Fanart above*
...Reg has long legs...
Course she is a cute dwarf!
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She a human and also yesssssssss great art! This is sure to work. After all we have a complex series of superstitious beliefs surrounding this forum-based webcomic. That's how it works.
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And now I'm wondering wondering if there is a "mancy" related to fanart...
I know you guys had fun with pages of cheese related magic naming!
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Frankly even if our spell fails i'm still coming back periodically to make fan art. Misty is life.
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I had a cheesemaker who who looks like Misty in my comic Losing Is Fun (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164165.0).
(https://i.imgur.com/YBiDWr2.gif)
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We all cheered, for sure. :D
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We all cheered, for sure. :D
+1!
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[poke poke]
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D'awww, and here I was all excited thinking there had been an actual update. :(
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Same.
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hm, well, I guess I could work on this over the weekend.
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hm, well, I guess I could work on this over the weekend.
(https://i.imgur.com/LG1DkBp.gif)
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hm, well, I guess I could work on this over the weekend.
All aboard the HYPE train!
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hm, well, I guess I could work on this over the weekend.
All aboard the HYPE train!
I back this. The Littlest Cheesemaker shall live again!
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HYPE HYPE HYPE!
This is the best illustrated comic since the Elven Caravan <3
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(https://i.imgur.com/hTxgLmu.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/hTxgLmu.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/CdzCwFn.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/CdzCwFn.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/XdoBvNI.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/XdoBvNI.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/QfqTo0p.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/QfqTo0p.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ey7crgc.gif) (https://i.imgur.com/Ey7crgc.gif)
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg8086382#msg8086382)
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Praise the lord! An update!
Use the cheese to convince the Thing that you are chosen by Cowsea, that will surely work.
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Holy shit‼️ Throw your cheese at that
thing vampire! We made it from the milk of a god so its of high quality. It should have good damage modifiers!
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I have also updated the Fanart list - sorry it took so long, friends. The Master Post is starting to get pretty long...kinda wish I'd reserved post#2, but I didn't realize how long this would end up running 5 years ago.
If I missed any fanart, please let me know!!!! It gives me lifeblood =_=
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time to ponder if this game's Masterwork's Vampires work differently than vanilla. if the queen is a vampire then misty... is fine she just needs to avoid uhh falling asleep.
that said this could be a different masterwork transformed creature type that might spell doom for misty, but that one mystery, like this other mystery a big one during the first chapter about 5 years ago.
Ponder if The Duke Lied about your mother's fate and why he didn't want you to visit this fort to deal with the horrifying truth.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/rumrusher/folder7/5-year-resolution-on-the-mom-sub-plot.png)
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Praise the lord! An update!
Use the cheese to convince the Thing that you are chosen by Cowsea, that will surely work.
+1
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I really don't think this is a vampire situation. The triple rings are a dead giveaway that she is . . .
I don't know.
I checked the past issues of this comic and the Queen doesn't look much like anything from our home pantheon.
She does have an uncanny resemblance to some of the not wholly identified beings near the bottom of the chart in this post. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5270486#msg5270486)
But Misty shouldn't recognize that in character, she should just courageously and politely offer the Queen some cheese. Let's keep its sacredness on the down low, let the divine flavor speak for itself. That's a pun – see, fun times ahead. Big laughs. Ha. Ha.
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She could be a demon posing as a deity.
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A vampire posing as a queen posing as a deity!
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I for one, would NOT want Misty to be corrupted by dark forces.
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there still that 'missing mom' stuff from 5 years ago. who to say she didn't just got a second chance at life due to the powers of modded 2014 related resurrection and became a Glazier queen of a different fort?
also given misty is sealed in here is probably protecting her from the rebel plumphelmetfolk uprising that going on in the fort.
looking forward to 'Momster hugs from my monster mom'
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Clearly our queen is some kind of creature with extremely fluffy and voluminous black fur, which we can clearly see creeping under the door as it opens.
Misty, you know what you must do. Give her a hug.
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Silly fellow fans, don't you know? Our dutiful author has gone back to where he always goes in between updates.
fan art
(https://i.postimg.cc/VkL0Rz9f/evictedsaint.png)
Ah yes, Misty resting in Artist Valhalla with the rest of the great DF webseries. I'm especially a fan of DarkerDark's Elven Caravan series :)
evictedSaint I SUMMON THE!
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/adc1332f-3d25-49be-ba4e-7c033b27ca82/dd6psdb-80e9a6ff-3b54-4d7b-ab4f-e17ad92a80ce.png/v1/fill/w_764,h_1045,strp/reg_and_holt__the_littlest_cheesemaker_fanart_by_badlemonsxi_dd6psdb-pre.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTE4OCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2FkYzEzMzJmLTNkMjUtNDliZS1iYTRlLTdjMDMzYjI3Y2E4MlwvZGQ2cHNkYi04MGU5YTZmZi0zYjU0LTRkN2ItYWI0Zi1lMTdhZDkyYTgwY2UucG5nIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTg2OSJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.vb9TUb68gQ_k0-_P3D4byCpdXLlfQpwdpOHji_WpBlg)
Also you should add this and the last one to the FanArt list >_>
Sorry I missed this earlier, BadLemon! It's Masterfully done - spindly dwarves, and Reg has that pear-shape going on. Will Holt and Reg ever return to the story? This tastefully bordered artpiece certainly makes it more likely! RIP poor helmet, Reg misses you terribly.
Also- what is up with that url, dude? damn.
I had a cheesemaker who who looks like Misty in my comic Losing Is Fun (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164165.0).
(https://i.imgur.com/YBiDWr2.gif)
Oh wow, this is beautiful, MadMonkey! I've been reading your story and I gotta say, you're giving me a run for my money. I really like your art style. It seems so...so clean somehow. Thank you for the cameo - I see Misty pops up more than once. :)
time to ponder if this game's Masterwork's Vampires work differently than vanilla. if the queen is a vampire then misty... is fine she just needs to avoid uhh falling asleep.
that said this could be a different masterwork transformed creature type that might spell doom for misty, but that one mystery, like this other mystery a big one during the first chapter about 5 years ago.
Ponder if The Duke Lied about your mother's fate and why he didn't want you to visit this fort to deal with the horrifying truth.
(http://www.truimagz.com/host/rumrusher/folder7/5-year-resolution-on-the-mom-sub-plot.png)
Oh Rumrusher, I've missed these little doodles. They're always so damn charming. Momplot 2019.
In other news, the Queen doesn't actually have a name yet. I am taking suggestions, if anyone has a name befitting the Queen of the Dwarves.
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I'm fond of "Libash" as a queen-name-- it means "axe" in Dwarfish, and was used to great effect in Archcrystal!
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Yay, an update! Praise Cowsea!! :D
Also, I at least interpreted the triple rings as just being a crown. Still going with the vampire theory.
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It's a vampire!
Don't go to sleep!
Also, just pointing this out, immortality would give Misty plenty of time to create the cheese of all cheeses.
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Guys guys calm down its not a Vampire... Its an angel.
Guarding a slade slab.
Which is ten ties worse.
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EDIT Double post sorry
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that would be the case if it wasn't uhh this story made in 2014 masterworks where vaults didn't really show up.
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Also what exactly is the purpose of quoting your own post seven minutes after making it (Bloodraven, not you Rumrusher)?
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queeen politely and present your cheese l like you came here for.
+1.
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queeen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Also yay an update! :D
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queeen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Also yay an update! :D
+1 Oh yes. Very yes. Vampires are people that like to drink the blood of other, sleeping people. Present the cheese. Also don't dwarves have darkvision, or something? Isn't that part of cave adaption? We should be able to see her shortly.
Just before I hit post though: WAIT A DAMN SECOND. Are these Vampires repelled by holy symbols and objects? Because we are holding an object made of the literal matter of a Goddess. If that bloodsucker makes a rush at us hold that hallowed rind in front and shout THE POWER OF COWSEA COMPELS YOU.
But only if she turns out to be the immediately-murderous type.
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queeen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Also yay an update! :D
+1 Oh yes. Very yes. Vampires are people that like to drink the blood of other, sleeping people. Present the cheese. Also don't dwarves have darkvision, or something? Isn't that part of cave adaption? We should be able to see her shortly.
Just before I hit post though: WAIT A DAMN SECOND. Are these Vampires repelled by holy symbols and objects? Because we are holding an object made of the literal matter of a Goddess. If that bloodsucker makes a rush at us hold that hallowed rind in front and shout THE POWER OF COWSEA COMPELS YOU.
But only if she turns out to be the immediately-murderous type.
yus
+1
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hm, well, I guess I could work on this over the weekend.
[Actually updates]
I had no idea I would see these words co-occur again.
Yaaay! Also, wow, that's some animation. Serious quality on the final panel, even if you call it just "work over the weekend." Are you leveling-up on your own time or something?
And I, too, propose that whatever you do, keep the cheese in front of you. Either a defense as recently stated or a proper offering or whatever. The cheese is the key. THE CHEESE IS THE KEY.
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It was an ambitious update which I'd started and stopped several times. I just finally knuckled down and got it out.
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That last update was awesome, keep it up!
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Also what exactly is the purpose of quoting your own post seven minutes after making it (Bloodraven, not you Rumrusher)?
I have no idea how I ended up quoting and the posting my own post. This has been rectified as far as I think i can.
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Isn't that obviously a divine from the pantheon? The God of death or something?
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If it is, it is likely a demon or other some such masquerading as one.
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Well, here's the update with the gods (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095), but they're symbol-y and do not contain obvious facial features. I'm going to guess that the triple circles are actually on a crown (gold decoration), and we'll just have to see how bad things get from there . . .
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Holy milk works kinda like holy water, right? So Holy Cheese should be similar, so it may help warding the vampire/demon off?
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Holy milk works kinda like holy water, right? So Holy Cheese should be similar, so it may help warding the vampire/demon off?
+1
This is the best way to start, for sure.
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
+1
Holy milk works kinda like holy water, right? So Holy Cheese should be similar, so it may help warding the vampire/demon off?
+1
This is the best way to start, for sure.
+1
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YES YES YES YES YES
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YES YES YES YES YES
Yes yes
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YES YES YES YES YES
Yes yes
Yes?
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YES YES YES YES YES
Yes yes
Yes?
Yes.
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YES YES YES YES YES
Yes yes
Yes?
Yes.
... Maybe.
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Can we get a gif of Misty doing the "yes yes yes yes yes!" scene from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
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Those 3 golden rings, I've seen before.
(http://i.imgur.com/VglT5Ay.png) (http://i.imgur.com/VglT5Ay.png)
Misty takes stock of the situation first because this can be udderly problematic!
The golden rings grazes towards a common field to Cowsea.
There is no beef between them yet, and this creature surely can smell bull.
Misty will not want to steer this wrong, and must milk it for all it’s worth.
A cow-culated line will be moo-sic to its ears...
"Greetings! May the milk of Cowsea bless this meeting, would you like a taste of the holy cheese?"
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"Greetings! May the milk of Cowsea bless this meeting, would you like a taste of the holy cheese?"
+1
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"Greetings! May the milk of Cowsea bless this meeting, would you like a taste of the holy cheese?"
+1
This is a good opener. +1
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ptw
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We need fanart... But I can't draw.
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Ya know, I might as well share this tale.
These words have been in the first post for awhile:
Blessed are the Cheesemakers,
for they need it the most
A few years ago, I lived near some sort of Biblical bookstore in the middle of a bunch of other stores. One day, somebody in the store decided to be quirky. This unknown individual wrote a multiple choice quiz on the front glass with "Blessed are the ______ " followed by options a, b, c, and d. The false options were all silly. One of them was "cheesemakers."
I never did catch anybody to ask about it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA)
Life of Brian is not nearly as good as TLC, but still.
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'S okay, it is commonly allowed that this world is big enough for more than one type of nerd.
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We need fanart... But I can't draw.
My time has come.
(https://i.imgur.com/Fz2uzqT.png)
Daaaaaw!
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Very nice, Opuntia!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA)
Life of Brian is not nearly as good as TLC, but still.
It's not a contest. They're both awesome. :P
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We need fanart... But I can't draw.
My time has come.
(https://i.imgur.com/Fz2uzqT.png)
This is quite possibly the cutest, most adorable Misty I've ever seen. It's absolutely splendid, Opuntia u_u
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh evictedSaint Bay12 wgah'nagl fhtagn!!! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu)
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Excited for the next update!
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PTW, Long time lurker, finally got around to making an account.
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I'd like to posit that TLC has been responsible for as many new dorfs as Boatmurdered at this point.
Welcome, new friend.
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Sorry I missed this earlier, BadLemon! It's Masterfully done - spindly dwarves, and Reg has that pear-shape going on. Will Holt and Reg ever return to the story? This tastefully bordered artpiece certainly makes it more likely! RIP poor helmet, Reg misses you terribly.
Also- what is up with that url, dude? damn.
All good glad you liked it! Yea I'm hosting my images on my DA account and that is where I get the url from not to sure why it is so big. :-\
We need fanart... But I can't draw.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :P
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heyhey first post of the year!
also just read all of this today.
it is perfectly fine to be shy around nobility however if you know what a vampire is i recommend climbing up the wall so she cant reach you until the airlock opens again
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Thread could use a little necromancy.
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Thread could use a little evictedSaint, more like :P
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Whelp, poor Misty.
Here is hoping that a "cheese" made out of a whole pot of Rennet (pesticide?), mystery vial juice and divine milk is a poison, both irresistable and lethal for the queen.
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Whelp, poor Misty.
Here is hoping that a "cheese" made out of a whole pot of Rennet (pesticide?), mystery vial juice and divine milk is a poison, both irresistable and lethal for the queen.
Oh! It IS holy, isn't it?
Maybe it's not a bad vampire. Maybe we should like, not kill her immediately.
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I thought about it a bit and maybe being adversarial isn't the best idea. What ever creature she is, she's a queen so there must be diplomatic options available to us. Greet your queen politely and present your cheese like you came here for.
(https://i.imgur.com/6QrsPZu.gif)
It's best to be polite. She's the Queen, after all. You'll just greet her, present your cheese, and the rest will follow naturally...right?
"H-Hello! I...um. Hello, my Q-Queen! I'm here...I'm here to give...um. I have...my cheese. Hello. I'd like to...um...I..."
To be fair, the only other noble you've ever really met was your Dad. He could be scary sometimes, but never...never like this.
(https://i.imgur.com/KZB67HY.gif)
The Queen tilts her head for a moment.
"I beg your pardon? Oh, right. One moment, please - "
(https://i.imgur.com/hp3XTh5.png)
"There we go! Sorry, I forget sometimes others need light. Now, hello there, little girl. What's your name?"
"M...Misty, my Queen."
"Misty! What a pretty name! It's a bit like my name, isn't it? And please, call me 'Momuz'. 'Queen' is so stuffy, isn't it?"
"I...I guess so."
"Now, Misty, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"
And I, too, propose that whatever you do, keep the cheese in front of you. Either a defense as recently stated or a proper offering or whatever. The cheese is the key. THE CHEESE IS THE KEY.
(https://i.imgur.com/EaTl2nf.png)
"Well, I made some...cheese. My first ever cheese! And I made it with Cowsea's Holy Cow Milk. So...it's probably really good. And I thought you might like to try some?"
"Oh my! That's so very special, Misty! I'd love to have some. This is your very first cheese? So that makes you a novice cheesemaker, then? I'm impressed!"
"Thank you, Quee...Momuz. I worked reallyreallyreally hard on it, and it took a reallyreallyreally long time..."
"Oh, I'm sure you did! It's not easy making cheese."
"I know! It's really tough!"
"That's right, and you did a
very good job, Misty."
(https://i.imgur.com/L7rPacC.png)
"Let me go light some more candles and fetch another chair, then we can sit down and try some of your special cheese. You said you made it with Cowsea's milk?"
"Yes Ma'am."
"Then I'm sure it's a Masterpiece!"
You...aren't sure what you were afraid of. The Queen - Momuz - is really, really nice! She's kind of like...a sweet grandmother.
You feel a little silly for being so nervous. This is going to turn out great.
next (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg8432559#msg8432559)
Thanks to the herculean efforts of MadMonkey (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164165.0), The Littlest Cheesemaker now has an external mirror! The site makes it much easier to read the story without combing through the forum thread, and I'm quite pleased with how it looks. If you want to re-read the story (or just see what the fuss is about!) you can visit the site here at http://thelittlestcheesemaker.com/ (http://thelittlestcheesemaker.com/)!
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Guess we're just primed to find royalty terrifying in illustrated adventures.
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Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
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Well, in our current version DF light sources don't exist and aren't needed. That apparently isn't the world that Misty lives in, because she couldn't see.
Also the queen said "I forget sometimes that others need light", which is a statement that she doesn't. I think if we ask about it, she'll just tell us.
And it will be because she's a vampire. She's a vampire.
Still, a friendly one. Vamps are people too, just people who enjoy drinking others' blood.
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THE LITTLEST CHEESEMAKER UPDATED!!!!
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/48df9a50dfcfce7405b8d2291186af36/tumblr_ms5ulq0dPO1qek690o1_500.gif)
Anyway though, vampires in DF are not inherently evil. Some of them rule pleasantly for centuries.
Let's trust, but verify.
"Then I'm sure it's a Masterpiece!"
Did... we create an artifact cheese? Is this how that works? Make sure we keep the cheese with us, regardless. Slice off some cheese, eat some cheese with Queen, and tell her all about how we came here to raise cheesemaking to his finest heights!
Keep the remaining cheese between us and Queen Chompers at all times, though.
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Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
+1 Very much so, it's probably the most interesting thing about her, other than that odd grin she has when the lights aren't on.
Gotta say, when I saw "Updated 2/05" it was one of the happiest moments of my day.
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[Yaaaaay sound effects]!
(Those are the sounds of many "yay"s. I seem to recall a sound file like that on mid-classic Mac computers.)
Too tired to say much more right now, but I'm delighted to see an update. Also, yeah, cheese. And vampires. And plot.
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Guess we're just primed to find royalty terrifying in illustrated adventures.
And very susceptible to alcoholic beverages.
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Guess we're just primed to find royalty terrifying in illustrated adventures.
And very susceptible to alcoholic beverages.
...Only now do I understand what you people are referencing.
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Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
"It is a crown. It is made of gold. On it there's image of three circles made of gold."
:P
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Guess we're just primed to find royalty terrifying in illustrated adventures.
And very susceptible to alcoholic beverages.
...Only now do I understand what you people are referencing.
Name one - ONE - similar MSPA-inspired webcomic which features terrifying royalty. TLCM is a totally unique webcomic that bears no similarities to any other.
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Guess we're just primed to find royalty terrifying in illustrated adventures.
And very susceptible to alcoholic beverages.
...Only now do I understand what you people are referencing.
Name one - ONE - similar MSPA-inspired webcomic which features terrifying royalty. TLCM is a totally unique webcomic that bears no similarities to any other.
MSPA, as a sort of inspirational ouroboros, has at least four cases of terrifying royalty itself.
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Her name literally translates as "crypt".
Might as well be wearing a "I'm a vampire" sign.
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Her name literally translates as "crypt".
Might as well be wearing a "I'm a vampire" sign.
This is marvelous, I love it, and I wonder why I haven't used that on purpose in my games.
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After the queen has tried the cheese, tell her how the elves rescued you and were shot. Ask her why we can't all live in peace. Cry about Darkerdaffodil, but deny that you liked him.
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Her name literally translates as "crypt".
Might as well be wearing a "I'm a vampire" sign.
Hm. Wonder if there's anything else the name "Momuz" suggests.
Misty's family were killed in the war... weren't they?
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Don't sleep!
Just read the comic all the way through due to the new site. Looks great!
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Woo, an update!
Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
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Woo, an update!Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
+1 more to this.
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
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Woo, an update!Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
+1 more to this.
+1
After the queen has tried the cheese, tell her how the elves rescued you and were shot. Ask her why we can't all live in peace. Cry about Darkerdaffodil, but deny that you liked him.
-1 until we know how she feels about elves and life in general.
Maybe we shouldn’t look too concerned for Elven lives in front of a Dwarf queen. She may be a vampire but she probably hates elves as much as a live dwarf.
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Woo, an update!Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
+1 more to this.
+1
+1
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Woo, an update!Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
+1 more to this.
+1
+1
+1, gotta catch up on reading this
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Woo, an update!Nope, I don't buy it. This Momuz lady forgets light is a thing? Very dwarfy and all, but y'all saw those fangs...
Be friendly. Be respectful. Be wary.
Also, ask queen Momuz about her crown. It's got a most interesting shape.
(also, update! happy!)
Also, +1 to this please.
+1 more to this.
+1
+1
+1, gotta catch up on reading this
+1
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
+1
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I'm going to laugh when a single bite of holy cheese has the power to cure vampirism, make you 10 years younger, and pay off your credit card debt. Then the entire Fortress will be all about the Cowsea.
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Now I want an infomercial that's like "Are YOU a middle-aged vampire with too much credit card debt" (cut to a pale dude in a coffin flooded in bills)
You need to BOW to COWSEA and her HOLY CHEESE or be destroyed in all-consuming milkfire! Maybe! We don't know! Call today!
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I'm going to laugh when a single bite of holy cheese has the power to cure vampirism, make you 10 years younger, and pay off your credit card debt. Then the entire Fortress will be all about the Cowsea.
I suspect that any actual holy power would obliterate the vampire more than cure, though that could depends on however the randomized magic/myth stuff works when it finally gets into the game.
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Vamps in DF only drain sleeping victims, and do not always kill, so we should be okay.
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
+1
+1
I'm going to laugh when a single bite of holy cheese has the power to cure vampirism, make you 10 years younger, and pay off your credit card debt. Then the entire Fortress will be all about the Cowsea.
I suspect that any actual holy power would obliterate the vampire more than cure, though that could depends on however the randomized magic/myth stuff works when it finally gets into the game.
DF vampires don't have any issue with the sun so they're not the our standard pop-culture vampires.
Vampires and werecritters are created by a god cursing someone and I see no reason to think a god couldn't hypothetically remove the curse if they were so inclined, honestly seem like one of the best way to do curse cures and Toady didn't rule it out when I asked about werecritters, just said "not yet".
Can characters that got cursed by being bitten by a werecritter be cured by praying to a/the (right) god?
No syndrome cures of any kind so far, sadly.
Okay, didn't say "not yet" but did say "sadly" so its a maybe one day kind of thing, we will have to wait until myth and magic for a definitive answer but I see no reason it can't work right now in a DF inspired comic.
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
+1
+1
ooh yes vampire Misty
+1
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
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-1 from me as well.
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-1 from me as well
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-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
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*counts votes* So maybe I'm not a minority? Cool.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
Exactly. It isn't earned yet. Misty doesn't want to be a vampire, nobody is tricking her into being one (so far).
Even if she would be the cutest, most naïve vampire ever, this is the wrong moment.
How about that party idea we had a while back? All the dwarves would come and listen to how great Cowsea is if the Queen threw a party, right?
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eeeeeeeeeeeee
Just found this again after far too long. I had forgotten how overt the plumphelmetman rebellion is becoming. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5945512#msg5945512)
After the queen has tried the cheese, tell her how the elves rescued you and were shot. Ask her why we can't all live in peace. Cry about Darkerdaffodil, but deny that you liked him.
Futile +1
I'm going to laugh when a single bite of holy cheese has the power to cure vampirism, make you 10 years younger, and pay off your credit card debt. Then the entire Fortress will be all about the Cowsea.
I suspect that any actual holy power would obliterate the vampire more than cure, though that could depends on however the randomized magic/myth stuff works when it finally gets into the game.
DF vampires don't have any issue with the sun so they're not the our standard pop-culture vampires.
Vampires and werecritters are created by a god cursing someone and I see no reason to think a god couldn't hypothetically remove the curse if they were so inclined, honestly seem like one of the best way to do curse cures and Toady didn't rule it out when I asked about werecritters, just said "not yet".
I could see it going either way. Vampires are (originally) created by divine curse, so they have an obvious connection to divinity- and thus, in theory, divine products. We don't actually know anything more than that, though. Even the idea that the cheese is in fact holy and laden with divine energy is a guess.
There's also the question of what the queen knows/believes. Despite being a fanged horror of the night, she seems friendly and lucid, and if she's really an ancient blasphemer likely knows a thing or two about the divine. If she's willing to eat the cheese, that would seem to imply that either it's not harmful or she doesn't believe a word of our rambling story. This then opens questions about what qualifies as harmful (ie whether she wants to be cured and/or released from this unholy nightmare) and the fine nuances of the aforementioned assumptions about how much the queen knows. Maybe she's an airhead who knows nothing about the divine and so pissed one off, maybe she was turned and so doesn't even believe in gods, maybe she conducted extensive research before intentionally offended something to gain immortality and power, etc.
In short, I think we're gonna have to feed her the cheese to have any idea what it does or doesn't do.
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I'll just pitch in my two cents... unconventionally. How about checking out the armor suit and ask her who made it? Maybe she's chatty and will tell us how things are going, and maybe even bring up the possibility of our (your? IDK) being appointed to that royal guild of cheesemakers.
Then again, maybe she's of dubious repute. I wouldn't know.
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What if cowsea cursed the queen gaaaasssp
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I've noticed the art style has grown excellent and well made! Kudos for such vast improvements! I hope we have many more panels before us. Can't wait to see more of Reg and Gruzzlus.
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its very obvious that threetoe needs to add his own personal fanart to this
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My personal theory is that the Queen is locked up here not because of vampirism, but simply because that's one of the "creative solutions" that overseers implement for "useless" dwarves, like nobility. Misty's been thrown in here because the current OS thinks she's a troublemaker, and Momuz recognizes that.
With that in mind,
After the queen has tried the cheese, tell her how the elves rescued you and were shot. Ask her why we can't all live in peace. Cry about Darkerdaffodil, but deny that you liked him.
+1
The coming of Misty will be like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche in the mountains.
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PTW
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Mmm...I really need to update this again.
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Social media "LIKE," "JOY," "OTHER EMOTE RESPONSE."
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/run happyjoy.bat
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enough about the show, tell us about how the man is doing
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Mmm...I really need to update this again.
Yay! More updates!
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I need some cheese yo, any recommendations?
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PTW.
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Mmm...I really need to update this again.
This man is gonna update this comic in 2077 at this rate
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Well there's good news and bad news.
The good is that this comic was wildly successful and has 200 pages of content, including a wide swath of fan material.
The bad is that everything has to end eventually.
But, would anyone care to draw Misty 2077 for us? *waggle*
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Well there's good news and bad news.
The good is that this comic was wildly successful and has 200 pages of content, including a wide swath of fan material.
The bad is that everything has to end eventually.
But, would anyone care to draw Misty 2077 for us? *waggle*
Oh, don’t be so cynical! Our Saint shall one day return. You just have to have faith, brother!
HE shall return, and then there will be CHEESE!,!,!,!,!,,,,,,,,,,!!,’!,!!,!!,!
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Well there's good news and bad news.
The good is that this comic was wildly successful and has 200 pages of content, including a wide swath of fan material.
The bad is that everything has to end eventually.
But, would anyone care to draw Misty 2077 for us? *waggle*
Oh, don’t be so cynical! Our Saint shall one day return. You just have to have faith, brother!
HE shall return, and then there will be CHEESE!,!,!,!,!,,,,,,,,,,!!,’!,!!,!!,!
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If the dude just came back every six months or a year and posted an update I would still be here...
e: I say this since it seems to kindof be the case
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Armok, I can't wait for an update. But I'm really hoping we will see plumpy the plump helmet man once again.
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
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+1 to vampirization now that it has been brought to my attention
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We need a poll.
Everyone gets one vote.
Except me.
I get 10 trillion.
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Bold of you to assume this will ever update again.
(note this is not my real opinion this post just exists to get evicted to update out of spite)
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really spite updates are the best kind, as we all know
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
- (N+1) where N= the previous vote. MISTY IS A WHOLESOME TREASURE AND SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY AN UNENDING THIRST FOR INNOCENT BLOOD, OR WORSE, BEING A DF OVERSEER.
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Imagine becoming a legendary cheesemaker only to die at like 200 like some kind of chump
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I hope this get updated so bad! I really want to see a plump helmet revolt so badly! This is such a good ISG! Misty is basically the disney princess of Dwarf Fortress. :D
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
- (N+1) where N= the previous vote. MISTY IS A WHOLESOME TREASURE AND SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY AN UNENDING THIRST FOR INNOCENT BLOOD, OR WORSE, BEING A DF OVERSEER.
+(v+1) where v is the number that the previous post subtracted
Her becoming a vampire will allow for cheese making practice, also she can subsist on the blood of the animals she milks for the cheese
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
- (N+1) where N= the previous vote. MISTY IS A WHOLESOME TREASURE AND SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY AN UNENDING THIRST FOR INNOCENT BLOOD, OR WORSE, BEING A DF OVERSEER.
+(v+1) where v is the number that the previous post subtracted
Her becoming a vampire will allow for cheese making practice, also she can subsist on the blood of the animals she milks for the cheese
while (Misty !== Vampire) {
// disallow vampire
}
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
- (N+1) where N= the previous vote. MISTY IS A WHOLESOME TREASURE AND SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY AN UNENDING THIRST FOR INNOCENT BLOOD, OR WORSE, BEING A DF OVERSEER.
+(v+1) where v is the number that the previous post subtracted
Her becoming a vampire will allow for cheese making practice, also she can subsist on the blood of the animals she milks for the cheese
while (Misty !== Vampire) {
// disallow vampire
}
I think you’ve got a syntax error there. There’s an extra ‘=‘ sign in your inequality. Also, the body of the loop just contains a comment, so it doesn’t really do anything.
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Its symbolic of the fact that he will fail to prevent the vampirization because he didn't bother to implement the code before it was needed.
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I think you’ve got a syntax error there. There’s an extra ‘=‘ sign in your inequality. Also, the body of the loop just contains a comment, so it doesn’t really do anything.
No syntax error. It's in a language that uses weak typing and has a distinct 'equality' (==) operator and 'identity' operator (===).
console.write('1' == 1); // true
console.write('1' === 1); // false
As for logic errors, there are plenty. It doesn't make sense to say `Misty === vampire` in any language I'm aware of. Unless there's a single vampire and the `vampire` symbol refers to the creature who is currently "the vampire", which I doubt, though I guess in some language the === operator could double as a polymorphic operator, in which we ask if Misty implements the `vampire` interface. In this context, this is more useful if the language has a highly dynamic typing system in which an existing object can change which interfaces it implements at any time. (So we could make Misty a vampire by adding the right interface.) I'm not aware of such a language, but it sounds interesting (and also something I'd hope to never have to use).
As for the while loop, assuming this is a single-threaded model, it effectively hangs execution using an indefinite busy-wait and makes sure nobody ever gets to change Misty's status. This doesn't work if the code is reached when Misty is already a vampire. Perhaps they intended to hang the execution if Misty ever becomes a vampire, like a nuclear punishment to whoever made her a vampire.
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So look, was the thing I pasted from the internet after 5 minutes of googling right or not?
#hashtagfakecode
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Oh snap it its a while loop good point, it will just grind the entire universe to a screeching halt
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If the queen happens to cut herself on some cutlery or something accidentally and is bleeding, be sure to kiss the wound to make it all better.
-1 from me. I may be in the minority, but I'd rather not have vampire Misty.
-1 from me as well.
-1 from me as well
-1 from me as well.
This ISG is called The Littlest Cheesemaker, not The Littlest Vampire Cheesemaker.
Jokes aside, I feel that her becoming a vampire just wouldn't feel right storywise. It would be jumping the shark at this point.
+5 from me, she will have a lot of time for training her cheesemaker skill as vampire, also she will become Overseer
-6. We don’t want her stuck in a room full of levers for all eternity.
+7, she can break doors in tantrum or just go out when will be her turn for become Overseer.
- (N+1) where N= the previous vote. MISTY IS A WHOLESOME TREASURE AND SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY AN UNENDING THIRST FOR INNOCENT BLOOD, OR WORSE, BEING A DF OVERSEER.
+(v+1) where v is the number that the previous post subtracted
Her becoming a vampire will allow for cheese making practice, also she can subsist on the blood of the animals she milks for the cheese
while (Misty !== Vampire) {
// disallow vampire
}
In the midwinter of 2021, Iä! RIAKTOR! changed Misty from a dwarf into a dwarf vampire.
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Just made a bay12 account to say that this story is a lot of fun.
It's also interesting seeing how the art improves over the course of it, both in ambition of what you depict and quality.
Favorite visuals so far:
- the giant dwarf statues that form the arches at the gates to Shielddawn
- the emotional scene with Misty disposing of her friends corpse
- The up angle of the staircase down into the depths of the fort at the start of chapter 4.
I wanna do some fanart for this later when I get the chance.
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The != operator stands for "not true" in boolean.
"the sky" != "green"
== stands for "true".
"the sky" == "blue"
2+4 == 6 (true)
2+3 == 6 (false)
Assuming that the following line precedes both examples:
var Misty = dwarf
"Misty" === dwarf
would output a result of false. It would also throw up an error since it does not know which variable to reference since it was given a string as the first input.
Misty === dwarf
would output a result of true.
=== equals "equal to and same type."
Type is string or variable/integer.
No need to thank me.
var Misty = dwarf
if (Misty == dwarf) text "Misty is not a Vampire"
if (Misty == vampire) text "Misty is a Vampire"
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I lack the knowledge and skills to counteract your impressive code thing whatevermabob.
(https://memestatic.fjcdn.com/gifs/Computer+smash+gif+from+the+movie+social+network_c58b10_6385072.gif)
Your move.
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May I inform you that I am eleven?
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May I inform you that I am eleven?
When I was 11, we played Q basic and stickball.
Your technology frightens me in my dotage, away with you! (https://media.tenor.com/images/e8026e0092fbf6a4abf1b696dd5adf72/tenor.gif)
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When I was 11, I was playing Pokemon trading cards and tamagotchi.
holy carp. tamagotchi! Has anyone ever seen such amazing technology since?
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I have an IQ of over 200. This has a good side and a bad side.
The good side: I can add 5672 + 2346 in my head (it's 8038 by the way), tell you the definition of chronic(recurring over a extended period of time) and calculate someone's birth year from their age in seconds.
The bad side: A laundry list of diagnoses, including but not limited to: Severe schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, manic syndrome, ADHD, social anxiety and a inability to weigh right and wrong outside of pure benefit to myself.
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If you want my advice, you should try to rein in that social anxiety. Do yourself a huge favor and at least feel comfortable talking to new people and strangers. Telling you from experience is all. You have to be able and willing to trust people to truly have a happy life.
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I have an IQ of over 200. This has a good side and a bad side.
The good side: I can add 5672 + 2346 in my head (it's 8038 by the way), tell you the definition of chronic(recurring over a extended period of time) and calculate someone's birth year from their age in seconds.
The bad side: A laundry list of diagnoses, including but not limited to: Severe schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, manic syndrome, ADHD, social anxiety and a inability to weigh right and wrong outside of pure benefit to myself.
Wait. Doesn't IQ only go up to 190?
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Depends on if you are using the Binet or Wechsler. In Wechsler I'm classed as "profoundly gifted", which translates into 235 IQ. Binet has me at 154.
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I have an IQ of over 200. This has a good side and a bad side.
The good side: I can add 5672 + 2346 in my head (it's 8038 by the way), tell you the definition of chronic(recurring over a extended period of time) and calculate someone's birth year from their age in seconds.
The bad side: A laundry list of diagnoses, including but not limited to: Severe schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, manic syndrome, ADHD, social anxiety and a inability to weigh right and wrong outside of pure benefit to myself.
Is this guy trolling? It's 8018... by the way.
Also schizophrenia is exceptionally rare in people under 15.
Additionally, if you want to help with that social anxiety if you didn't brag as much as it could come off as arrogant. This is not a judgment but an observation. I get it, I used to be somewhat like that when I was younger but it'd do you good to be humble (without minimizing yourself).
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Schizophrenia is not something you troll about. It is a serious mental problem that can ruin lives. It is not a joke. I've gone through periods where I thought my stuffed animals were talking to me and broken my teacher's nose in a fit of paranoia. My parents are suffering. I've gone through five schools and countless teachers. I've ended up in a school for kids that just don't fit in.
Also, please note that all mental calculations are subject to error and you should always cross check your answers. Still, three figures is very good for a kid my age. My classmate is 12 and he spent several minutes coming up with two figures.
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Depends on if you are using the Binet or Wechsler. In Wechsler I'm classed as "profoundly gifted", which translates into 235 IQ. Binet has me at 154.
Uh, the Wechsler tops out at 160. There's a third-party "extended norms" that tops out at 210, but it's basically a giant asspull.
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Well the book I read is wrong. I forgot to fact-check my book, and research reveals that it is politically motivated. The test I used was labeled as the Wechsler. It was probably some mish-mash of things. Thank you for educating me.
After all, no human being can know every fact with absolute certainty.
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Schizophrenia is not something you troll about. It is a serious mental problem that can ruin lives. It is not a joke. I've gone through periods where I thought my stuffed animals were talking to me and broken my teacher's nose in a fit of paranoia. My parents are suffering. I've gone through five schools and countless teachers. I've ended up in a school for kids that just don't fit in.
Also, please note that all mental calculations are subject to error and you should always cross check your answers. Still, three figures is very good for a kid my age. My classmate is 12 and he spent several minutes coming up with two figures.
I found something saying that onset before 13 has specifically a 1 in 40000 prevalence, which is 0.0025%, and as you're an internet anon I still hesitate to believe you. However, if you truly have schizophrenia, I'm sorry and I wish you all the best.
I forgot to mention the original reason I came here, which is that I was surprised that this was still going!
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Also schizophrenia is exceptionally rare in people under 15.
I can confirm that psychosis in very high IQ children is real, though. It's not technically schizophrenia, because schizophrenia has a precise definition, but I wouldn't be remotely surprised if a psychologist described it that way out of laziness or an attempt to simplify. In fact, the least believable item in that list is the autism spectrum disorder, but it's popular these days to assume any smart kid is autistic because people, including trained professionals who should know better, no longer have any clue what autism is.
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I have a diagnosis of autism. I have read a book on it, and I show numerous signs of Asperger's syndrome, which has been incorporated into the spectrum.
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Y'all have gotten way off topic. Take it somewhere else.
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Okay. Back on topic.
Should we keep talking to the very obviously a vampire queen?
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Okay. Back on topic.
Should we keep talking to the very obviously a vampire queen?
Indeed.
Yes I feel talking is all we can do. Try to keep her happy.
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Vampires wont attack you unless youre sleeping or knocked out.
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Is it possible that Misty actually produced a masterful cheese on her first attempt?
On Page 22 of Chapter 4 Misty calls it a ☼Masterwork Cheese☼, but I don't trust her to be objective in her review of her own cheese.
On the latest Page 3 of Chapter 5, Momuz the Vampire Queen says she's "sure it's a Masterpiece!", but she's probably just being polite.
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Sorry guys, I found the answer.
(https://i.imgur.com/pgeg2Nv.png)
I am so disappointed.
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That is a concerning (if well edited) discovery.
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I mean...
It's cheese of the same level of quality as as master would produce. Right?
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I mean...
It's cheese of the same level of quality as as master would produce. Right?
Indisputable
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At this point lads I’m convinced the QM died to COVID. He hasn’t even replied in a since July uuuuggggghhh.
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the QM died
The Qamik Maker?
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the QM died
The Qamik Maker?
Nah, his profile says he was just active yesterday.
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Most people get pinged if you email them, but I'm sure he has transitioned into a new life phase. It sounded like he was in/finishing grad school at the time this was in production.
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A vampire posing as a queen posing as a deity!
Maybe she stole the crown from Cowsea? Or maybe she's Enchanting Cakewine– "the Goddess of Deception and Drink, who delights in leading wandering adventurers astray". (Full list of deities on Chapter 2, Page 7 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=136384.msg5294095#msg5294095).) Her crown isn't as magical as Cowsea's, though, so maybe she's pretending.
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Most people get pinged if you email them, but I'm sure he has transitioned into a new life phase. It sounded like he was in/finishing grad school at the time this was in production.
Indeed as sad as it is people just drift away from forums and such (Myself included. I rarely drop in these days.) Tho I do hold out for hopefully a official closing or just ES dropping in and letting us know its over and we can all leave some nice parting words or some such. This thread and comic hold a special place to me. Its why I join B12 Forums and that lead to the Forums becoming a important part of my life for the next few years after joining... I'll shut up now I'm rambling haha.
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The littlest cheese maker mirror does not appear to be working.
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That's basically a travesty. I'm sure somebody has a working copy of it somewhere
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The mirror has not worked for some time but I do hope to get it working again soon!
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The mirror has not worked for some time but I do hope to get it working again soon!
tell you what, if someone gets the mirror working, I'll finish out this chapter.
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MadMonkey, is the problem to do with hosting? If you have the html files and content as they were, then I will host them.
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So, wait... We might get an update? :o
*anticipation intensifies*
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MadMonkey, is the problem to do with hosting? If you have the html files and content as they were, then I will host them.
The site was not static. It was written in php so that eS could add and edit pages. It took me a month to program and I lost it last year when my server went down. Somehow I didn't have any backups.
After I get off work I'm going to come up with a plan to get the site back up.
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I just realized that my the littlest cheesemaker folder was not missing like my Losing is Fun one was. I don't know how long it will take me to get this up and running but this is very promising.
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(https://i.imgur.com/iVT5dcd.gif)
"Why don't we have a seat and try some of this cheese. You said it's your first-ever cheese wheel?"
"Yeah! I made it all by myself. I'm kind of a natural at it, not to brag or anything."
"I must say I'm quite impressed! Let's give it a try."
(https://i.imgur.com/IloRdaM.gif)
"...I...think I might have messed up somewhere? It doesn't taste right."
"Oh dear, did you follow the recipe correctly? I've heard cheesemaking is quite hard, and the littlest things make a big difference."
"...recipe...?"
(https://i.imgur.com/zvjXxyu.gif)
"...and then you add the rennet."
"Oh! Mmhm, yeah, that must've been where I messed up!"
"Well, that, and you threw an entire lemon in."
"Mmmhm, yeah, this cheese has way fewer lemon rinds in it. Mh! Can I try on your crown?"
(https://i.imgur.com/gkdVz3l.gif)
"Oh wow! I'm wearing the queen's crown!"
"It looks quite smashing on you, Misty."
"You think so?? It's heavier than I thought it would be - do you have a mirror?"
"Hm, sorry, don't have one, I'm afraid."
(https://i.imgur.com/GqyvolR.gif)
"...and then he said I had to stay in my room, because he's fat and old and bald and a jerk! I'm twelve years old, I can make my own decisions! And then I snuck out, and then..."
(https://i.imgur.com/7Bz8Mfa.gif)
"...yawn..."
"Oh, Misty, dear, are you tired already?"
"Mhm...I'm not usually up this late..."
"I see! Why don't you lay down for a bit? It sounds like you've had a busy day."
"Mmm...that sounds nice..."
(https://i.imgur.com/64W9LzU.png)
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Hah, this is cute and I like how it matches the game mechanics. Of course a cloistered "secret" vampire monarch would happily converse with whoever gets airlocked in, and would only kill when that person goes to sleep.
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Hmm... mysterious lever right by the bed next to the gorgously engraved floor... tempting. So tempting!
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Sure. If you're a gremlin. ;p
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We went from milking a goddess to being drained by a queen in the same day. Quite the adventure!
Though it's worth noting that a vampire wouldn't have any use for food or drink in her room. It's possible she's a werebeast or elf-lover instead.
Sure. If you're a gremlin. ;p
We are small, mischievous, and get places we don't belong...
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The Littlest Cheesemaker had an update!?!?! This is the best day ever.
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Amazing! An update!
I hope Misty’s plot armor is thick enough to resist vampire bites…
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Awesome work as always eS, I can't wait to find out where this goes next!
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Hey, an update!
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I see your game plan. Draw in the newbies for the steam release, aim for a netflix premier
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I see your game plan. Draw in the newbies for the steam release, aim for a netflix premier
Plot solved! Great work everyone!
Let's go home now :P
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This is a most excellent surprise upon a check of the forum. The Queen has a lovely attitude, is only quietly terrifying, and Misty gained cheesemaking skill?? Thank you, O creator, for this update!
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LCM: Where every update is a surprise necro.
In order words: woo, update!
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How did I miss this? This is a Christmas miracle. We are blessed.
Also, oh no she's going to get misty to sleep. Oh no.
Are we still doing action suggestions? Start pulling the lever as much as possible, it's probably connected to the front gate or trash compactor or something and it'll annoy someone enough to let us out.
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Obviously we should ask her to show us to a spare bed in the dorm
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Wanna read TLCM but don't wanna fuss with Bay12's forum navigation?
Take a look at the mirror! (https://tlcm.pro/)
Special thanks to MadMonkey and latoas1290/Foxite for fixing the mirror and getting that set up, https://tlcm.pro/ wouldn't exist without them!
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:D
(((just FYI, the "mirror" text currently points to the old/hijacked domain - tlcm.pro is the current/correct domain)))
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(Whoops)
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Reg: >Immediately check the entrance for Kobolds