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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: sealclubber on May 05, 2013, 09:53:29 pm

Title: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 05, 2013, 09:53:29 pm
Let me start by saying that I have a habit of keeping track of one single dorf in my military for my fortresses. He's usually the first one conscripted and stays that way forever. I was browsing his stuff today and i noticed something sad.

I saw this...

(http://i44.tinypic.com/300qv4x.png)

Yea ok cool... Then i saw this...

(http://i39.tinypic.com/4rw5qp.png)

He doesn't have a spouse, a god, siblings.. anything

I am asking for a moment of silence for all those brave dwarves who defend your fortress while sacrificing everything they hold dear to them. We should be like them.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: ChuckWeiss on May 05, 2013, 11:02:08 pm
A moment of silence!?! HE'S A SODLIER DAMMIT!!! The best damned soldier you got; he kills, and dies, and no one cares! Put every unmarried, brotherless, childless, lonely bastard you've got in a squad with him; you'll never have a tantrum spiral because of him.

When he dies for the Mountain, the Mountain will weep not tears but Blood for the Blood God!
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: weenog on May 06, 2013, 01:03:15 am
What are you, a turtle tamer?  Friends and familiars are for wimps.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: MaximumZero on May 06, 2013, 01:05:27 am
...what the hell is a Smithsmith? Did he have a fell mood and grab a Blacksmith?
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: weenog on May 06, 2013, 01:09:00 am
...what the hell is a Smithsmith? Did he have a fell mood and grab a Blacksmith?

Nah, he's got all the whateversmith skills plus Legendary Teacher, and he's confused about how military training works.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Xantalos on May 06, 2013, 01:10:08 am
But still, it sounds like you've got DorfCop on your hands. No moments of silence for him! Only KILLING and ENFORCING THE LAW.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Nyan Thousand on May 06, 2013, 03:09:45 am
That guy will eventually have an apprentice. Everything the apprentice will know will be from him.

But one day, your hero will have to betray your fort. For the greater good. His final mission. He'll have to act turncoat to the goblins in order to find out their plans and steal their pig tail socks; that is, until something goes horribly wrong. Plans change. Now your fort's branding him as an actual turncoat instead of simply a spy, and he must be eliminated.

And who will step up to that task? His apprentice, of course. Faced to choose between his mentor and his fortress, what will he do? How can he choose? Can he even kill the man who taught him the basics of CQC?

Your dwarf, that dwarf... he's a true patriot.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 06, 2013, 01:55:46 pm
I was drunk when I posted this.

Whoops.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sjm9876 on May 06, 2013, 03:24:40 pm
true dwarvish style ;)
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Eotyrannus on May 06, 2013, 03:27:17 pm
What are you, a turtle tamer?  Friends and familiars are for wimps.

Turtles tamers are badass. As long as it's a gigantic tortoise.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: MonkeyHead on May 06, 2013, 03:30:16 pm
...what the hell is a Smithsmith? Did he have a fell mood and grab a Blacksmith?

OP, this demands an answer.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 06, 2013, 03:55:05 pm
...what the hell is a Smithsmith? Did he have a fell mood and grab a Blacksmith?

OP, this demands an answer.

I tag the suffix 'smith' at the end of each of my professions due to an old habit that I simply got used to. Some examples include a Mason being a Stonesmith, a hammer being called a Justicesmith, etc etc. My metalsmiths have all metalworking labors enabled, so it would be tedious to name them all weaponsmith, armorsmith and so on. I figured that they are all smiths to being with, and they all... smith... so... smithsmith.

Yeah.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: tolkafox on May 06, 2013, 05:36:27 pm
I was drunk when I posted this.

Whoops.Yay!

Fixed.

His wife isn't one of those 'notable kills', is she? Or would she fall under 'other'?
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Catsup on May 06, 2013, 05:37:12 pm
he is the ideal soldier, one that will follow his orders to the end and carry out your will letter by letter, be it the slaughtering of entire families and children in a tantrumming fortress, or a suicide attack against HFS.

Do not feel sad for him, he does not need our pity. This is his destiny and he fulfilled his given role right up to the end, unconditionally and died for you smiling. Having no one by his side was to make sure he was not distracted from his given role, but he was happy.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 06, 2013, 08:00:51 pm
I should really drink and post more.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Zanzetkuken The Great on May 06, 2013, 08:05:09 pm
I should really drink and post more.

Might want to keep it in this thread.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 06, 2013, 09:15:37 pm
I should really drink and post more.

Might want to keep it in this thread.

Don't worry about me
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Mr S on May 07, 2013, 08:44:55 am
I should really drink and post more.

Might want to keep it in this thread.

Don't worry about me, my freind.  I'll surely mind the rules of this forum, as well as decorum.  MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!!!1!

FTFY  :P
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Loud Whispers on May 07, 2013, 09:03:48 am
I tag the suffix 'smith' at the end of each of my professions due to an old habit that I simply got used to. Some examples include a Mason being a Stonesmith, a hammer being called a Justicesmith, etc etc. My metalsmiths have all metalworking labors enabled, so it would be tedious to name them all weaponsmith, armorsmith and so on. I figured that they are all smiths to being with, and they all... smith... so... smithsmith.

Yeah.
This is genius
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: WaffleEggnog on May 09, 2013, 04:25:07 pm
I tag the suffix 'smith' at the end of each of my professions due to an old habit that I simply got used to. Some examples include a Mason being a Stonesmith, a hammer being called a Justicesmith, etc etc. My metalsmiths have all metalworking labors enabled, so it would be tedious to name them all weaponsmith, armorsmith and so on. I figured that they are all smiths to being with, and they all... smith... so... smithsmith.

Yeah.
This is genius
How did I not think of this!? It makes complete sense!
If a guy has the profession "Weaponsmith", it would be hard to tell what he did, but "Smithsmith"? What else could he be!
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: sealclubber on May 10, 2013, 01:17:37 pm
I tag the suffix 'smith' at the end of each of my professions due to an old habit that I simply got used to. Some examples include a Mason being a Stonesmith, a hammer being called a Justicesmith, etc etc. My metalsmiths have all metalworking labors enabled, so it would be tedious to name them all weaponsmith, armorsmith and so on. I figured that they are all smiths to being with, and they all... smith... so... smithsmith.

Yeah.
This is genius
How did I not think of this!? It makes complete sense!
If a guy has the profession "Weaponsmith", it would be hard to tell what he did, but "Smithsmith"? What else could he be!

Did you even read what I wrote brah? All my smiths have all smithing labors enabled.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: slothen on May 10, 2013, 03:20:58 pm
Its a pretty common thing people do.  The earliest that I recall would have been syrupleaf, where Holistic Detective was the Deathsmith, there was also a jailsmith, a boozesmith, a foodsmith, and some others.  Sometimes I do this for fun, but I reserve the "smith" suffix for dwarves that were highly skilled or well suited to their professions.

Did you even read what I wrote brah? All my smiths have all smithing labors enabled.
well that's just downright inefficient.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Loud Whispers on May 10, 2013, 03:59:57 pm
Did you even read what I wrote brah? All my smiths have all smithing labors enabled.
well that's just downright inefficient.
On the contrary it's quite reliablesmith.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: mastahcheese on May 11, 2013, 09:38:29 pm
well that's just downright inefficient.
On the contrary it's quite reliablesmith.
^
This is totally sig worthy material

I should really drink and post more.
+1, also sig worthy material.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: weenog on May 12, 2013, 01:07:05 am
Well now I feel somewhat less weird about thinking of myself as the Crustsmith at work, after mastering (and turning out to be the only one that can correctly do) a tricky kind of pizza crust.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Aquathug on May 13, 2013, 01:53:58 pm
(http://i41.tinypic.com/mk7nt3.jpg)
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: MaximumZero on May 13, 2013, 02:20:51 pm
Well now I feel somewhat less weird about thinking of myself as the Crustsmith at work, after mastering (and turning out to be the only one that can correctly do) a tricky kind of pizza crust.
Hmm..I don't actually make anything at work (except money for my employers.) As a salesman, do I get to be a wordsmith, or am I a salesmith?
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: mastahcheese on May 13, 2013, 02:27:10 pm
Well now I feel somewhat less weird about thinking of myself as the Crustsmith at work, after mastering (and turning out to be the only one that can correctly do) a tricky kind of pizza crust.
Hmm..I don't actually make anything at work (except money for my employers.) As a salesman, do I get to be a wordsmith, or am I a salesmith?
A salesman is basically a diplomat, so you would be a wordsmith... I think.
I don't know, I'm just a foodsmith.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Mr S on May 13, 2013, 03:07:09 pm
Dont forget the 'wrights.  Cartwrights, plowrights, millwrights, etc.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: weenog on May 13, 2013, 03:31:33 pm
Well now I feel somewhat less weird about thinking of myself as the Crustsmith at work, after mastering (and turning out to be the only one that can correctly do) a tricky kind of pizza crust.
Hmm..I don't actually make anything at work (except money for my employers.) As a salesman, do I get to be a wordsmith, or am I a salesmith?

You're the broker.  Are you usually On Break when customers arrive?
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Zanzetkuken The Great on May 13, 2013, 03:49:59 pm
Well now I feel somewhat less weird about thinking of myself as the Crustsmith at work, after mastering (and turning out to be the only one that can correctly do) a tricky kind of pizza crust.
Hmm..I don't actually make anything at work (except money for my employers.) As a salesman, do I get to be a wordsmith, or am I a salesmith?

You're the broker.  Are you usually On Break when customers arrive?

So the broker is a breaksmith?
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: Loud Whispers on May 14, 2013, 07:40:18 am
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
You win. It's a Smithsmithsmith.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: hops on May 16, 2013, 04:35:37 am
Technically, using his job-naming scheme, any married female dwarf can be a Smithsmithsmith.
Unless she's in the military, then she's a Shieldsmith.
Title: Re: A moment of silence...
Post by: mastahcheese on May 16, 2013, 11:43:18 am
Technically, using his job-naming scheme, any married female dwarf can be a Smithsmithsmith.
Unless she's in the military, then she's a Shieldsmith.
technically, a kevlarsmith.