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Title: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Shadowgandor on December 24, 2008, 05:51:41 pm
First of all, sorry if there already was a topic like this, I did a quick search and got no results :)
Anyway, what was the most embarrassing way you died in Adventure Mode?

For me, it probabally was when I had created a new dwarf adventurer, all points in axe. I decided to go to the nearest human settlement to wreck some havoc. Having killed a few guards, the citizens were now open for attacks. I charged at a fisherman, first slash, wham, cut his hand off. He started wrestling me, I dodged him and gave him another slash, right in the face. Cut an eye out, damaged his ear and his face didn't look to well either. Suddenly, I couldn't do anything anymore, it seems he was choking me and after my fights with the guards, it seemed like I was getting tired so I...passed out. I got a huge log, ending with me dying.
So let me sum this up, I slaughtered guards but a one eyed one handed fisherman strangles me to death? Whoops  :-[
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: cowofdoom78963 on December 24, 2008, 05:54:26 pm
First of all, sorry if there already was a topic like this, I did a quick search and got no results :)
Anyway, what was the most embarrassing way you died in Adventure Mode?

For me, it probabally was when I had created a new dwarf adventurer, all points in axe. I decided to go to the nearest human settlement to wreck some havoc. Having killed a few guards, the citizens were now open for attacks. I charged at a fisherman, first slash, wham, cut his hand off. He started wrestling me, I dodged him and gave him another slash, right in the face. Cut an eye out, damaged his ear and his face didn't look to well either. Suddenly, I couldn't do anything anymore, it seems he was choking me and after my fights with the guards, it seemed like I was getting tired so I...passed out. I got a huge log, ending with me dying.
So let me sum this up, I slaughtered guards but a one eyed one handed fisherman strangles me to death? Whoops  :-[
Thats one bad ass fisherman.

Mine was when a cyclops beat me to death with my own sock, its not very unique but I dident really think things like that acctualy happened...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: CobaltKobold on December 24, 2008, 06:15:43 pm
You have lost possession of the pig tail trousers.
The frog demon bashes you in the lower body with the pig tail trousers.
It collapses into a lump of gore!
You have been struck down.

Or about like that. After my first adventurer on the HFS site had strangled one with basically no trouble at all...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: cowofdoom78963 on December 24, 2008, 06:31:58 pm
You have lost possession of the pig tail trousers.
The frog demon bashes you in the lower body with the pig tail trousers.
It collapses into a lump of gore!
You have been struck down.

Or about like that. After my first adventurer on the HFS site had strangled one with basically no trouble at all...
That sounds like it would be incredibly nasty to see in real life, good thing my imagination isent that good.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Majorlag on December 24, 2008, 06:34:33 pm
Its not all that embarrassing, but a recent adventurer snuffed it like so:

I was a bowman, sneaking around a cave in the age of myth looking for giant. I found a giant, but it wasn't the right one, so I turned around and started searching other areas in the cave. Eventually I get into a fight with a surprisingly agile large rat and kill it. I begin sneaking into a long narrow passageway when I notice the giant from before is following me, presumably trying to find whoever killed his pet rat. Not a problem, I think, I'm still sneaking and can make it to those stairs before he gets me. I get to the stairs and

You've been spotted!

Yep, I bumped into another giant (still not the right one), on the stair, so now I'm pinned between 2 giants. It doesn't end well.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: E-mouse on December 24, 2008, 06:39:55 pm
After experimenting a tiny bit with setting fires and not seeing immediate consequences from hanging out in them for a little while, I decided to light the surroundings aflame before grinding Throwing with my first adventurer.

Somewhere amid the t-t-enter spam I burned to death.

This has got to be up there.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Skid on December 24, 2008, 10:38:51 pm
Jumping into a 3x4 stagnant pool to escape wolves only to realize that I hadn't trained up swimming yet.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: arkenphant on December 25, 2008, 12:17:39 am
An off-screen goblin shot me to death... :P Not that embarrassing...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Aqizzar on December 25, 2008, 12:47:32 am
I was exploring some mountains and came across an exposed Bottomless Pit.  I'd never seen one in adventure mode before, and thought it'd be fun to jump in and find out what happens.  So I save scummed (it was part of a forum challenge run) and dove off the ledge.

I hit ground 3 z-levels down and broke some bones.  I crawled to the edge and dove off again and died another 4 levels down.  I reloaded and tried again in a different spot.  Splattered on solid ground 12 z-levels down.  I reloaded again, tried one more spot, and finally made it into the chasm to see the neat animation.

So to point out the embarrassment, I tried to jump into a bottomless pit and missed three times.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Patarak on December 25, 2008, 12:55:23 am
I got pushed into the water like a zillion times. I couldn't swim.

What is the chasm animation, incidently?
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: mythmonster2 on December 25, 2008, 12:58:12 am
I think it's just you have fallen into a bottomless chasm. I learned that the hard way...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Aqizzar on December 25, 2008, 01:01:45 am
You see your character land on the chasm tile, then it cycles through some tile graphics to look like an object falling into the distance.  That Toady put it in was cool of him.

Actually, the whole event was a forum challenge to see if we could reach the named summit of a mountain now that cliffs are smoothed.  Not only did we make it, but we found out the summits are so flat, you have to check the map to see if you're on it.  Toady apparently took notice, and in the next update, added a notification and legends entry when you reached the named tile.  Great guy that he is.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Dakk on December 25, 2008, 01:03:48 am
Well, uh, i was playing a axedwarf at the time, and wanted to try my wrestling aswell, so i went of to wander in a evil area and hope i'd get attacked by zombies...

I got attacked by bunch of foul blendecs, and they seemed quite nasty at first, but after a little while i hacked them to bits, and this went on for about 20 minutes.
I was getting bored of killing blendecs, i didn't even get to figh tas ingle zombie! So i was about to leave and yet another group of blendecs gangs me up.
I thought bah, to hell with them, i had enough of their shit, so i went on and hacked one in the chest, thing is, instead of killing him, the axe got stuck on his chest. Since there was 3 other blendecs pounding on me, i had to take that axe off him, so i tried walking away and...

Yea, i lost the axe, but what happened next left me speechless: The blendec pulled the axe off his chest, and beheaded me with it.
What the hell just happened?

By the way, merry christmas, party's over, i'm going to bed  :D
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: cowofdoom78963 on December 25, 2008, 02:05:47 am
Oh wait, I just now remember a even more embarasing death then my last. I made on of my characters a swimmer, and this being my first time to have one, went to practice the skill in a lake. Now at the time I dident know how to make my characters swim(I still cant :-\) well anyway I just walked around the bottom of the lake for a while trying to get out the way I got in, but my charater eventualy just drowned.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: NikkTheTrick on December 25, 2008, 03:22:40 am
You have lost possession of the pig tail trousers.
The frog demon bashes you in the lower body with the pig tail trousers.
It collapses into a lump of gore!
You have been struck down.
I think we have a case of a reeeeeaaaalllyyyy good wedgie here  ;D
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Mulch Diggums on December 25, 2008, 04:00:37 am
Hmm,...My most embarrassing death eh? Would probly be my super awesome adventurer, He was in a fight with a bear and dodged an attack...But he laned in a pool of water. I swam around trying to get out but couldnt, and I was drowning. So I did the only thing I could and threw my skimitar at the bear. Its head flew off and I died happy.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Maggarg - Eater of chicke on December 25, 2008, 05:35:12 am
I fell into a dry pond and died of thirst after living off my vomit and blood coverings waiting for rain.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Cheshire Cat on December 25, 2008, 08:46:54 am
I fell into a dry pond and died of thirst after living off my vomit and blood coverings waiting for rain.

yeah this sort of thing has happened to me twice. once in a dry pond and once in a random channel in a fort i was exploring. such an annoying way for a high end adventurer to die.

oh, i also went on a mad wolf slaughtering spree with a pig tail shoe as a weapon when i was trying to find a decent town to buy weapons and armor in, and after depopulating the world of 30 or so wolves i met a cougar and it completely served me.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: mattyb3 on December 25, 2008, 03:45:19 pm
my most embarrassing death was.. really embarrassing  :P oh and hilarious.

After playing a few games in adventure mode, i learned  that committing crimes at night stops the guards from mobbing you, so i sneaked into a village at night, to murder people in their sleep.

I came upon a house with a sleeping child (sharing the same bed with a crossbow and and a engineer, er.) I proceeded to wrestle the child trying to strangle it.

However, the child woke up, fought back, and began strangling me. as i reached for my axe, i somehow BLED to death, despite not being wounded at all.  :-\

So essentially, a child strangled me so hard, i somehow bled to death. Those kids are hardcore.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Saber on December 25, 2008, 07:30:24 pm
I went into an settlement and decided to fight a bunch of people. I started attacking a master crossbowman, and after I had defeated him, I spent some time looking around for more victims. I wandered into a building and found a bunch of children and a shopkeeper. I decided to kill them, which was easy because they took me on 1 on 1. Once I had tried to walk out. three kids ambushed me, and I barely made it out alive. I hadn't know elven children were so strong. I walk out of the building, thinking myself to be safe, but then a shopkeeper and a child attack me. I fight back, but then the worst happens, and my lower spine gets bruised. Yeah. So then another kid comes, my spear somehow ends up inside me, and I lie dead in the middle of a bunch of elven blood.

So, yeah. Elves are deadly.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: socially_inept_butterfly on December 25, 2008, 09:06:45 pm
I had just finished wiping out a human town. There were no survivors, of this I was certain.
So I'm Traveling to a dwarf mountainhome to do the same when I'm ambushed by...1 wolf.

Well, this one wolf quickly loses it's nose, two paws, and an eye. It then charges me and I dodge into a river. The end.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Peewee on December 25, 2008, 09:34:02 pm
I ALWAYS set my dodge preference to stand ground because of that.

most embarrassing... I expected cyclops' to be easier the first time I fought one, so I got my spear stuck in it, and I couldn't land any wrestling moves.
The cyclops hit me weakly about five times before it landed a hit on my head.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Danaru on December 26, 2008, 12:00:15 am
I was walking around, taking money from empty stores (it was night time) and just generally stealing. I got ready to leave the town when BOOM SPEAR TO THE HEAD

TWIST
TWIST
TWIST
TWIST
TWIST
TWIST
You have been struck down

it all happened so fast I almost started crying
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Roundabout Lout on December 26, 2008, 12:06:17 am
Shiny Reinbows the Legendary Vestibule of Slaughter
Full Adamantine equipment
full list of notable kills:
35 Goblins
70 Elves
Killed by a wooden arrow to the heart, straight through the adamantine.
By next release, that wound would have only been a bruise.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Jebraltix on December 28, 2008, 01:38:27 am
I was out with my party going to a quest sight and i bumped into a few wolves... So I go to attack one and it leaps at me, I jumped back... into a lake and DROWNED

EDIT:Ahh, didn't see this post

Hmm,...My most embarrassing death eh? Would probly be my super awesome adventurer, He was in a fight with a bear and dodged an attack...But he laned in a pool of water. I swam around trying to get out but couldnt, and I was drowning. So I did the only thing I could and threw my skimitar at the bear. Its head flew off and I died happy.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Gauphastus on December 28, 2008, 06:00:15 am
I've done the very same thing. Out on the map, wandering around. Encounter with wolves.
Dodged into pool of water. Drowned.

Happens fairly often.  :-\


Most embarassing death though? Not that.
Once, I found a chasm.
I went up to the edge and made my guy walk off.

What?
I wanted to see what was down there...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Deon on December 28, 2008, 04:56:41 pm
The most unique death for me was... by a cave in.

yeah, a few versions back, when occasional caveins were quite often. I encounter some creatures (hadn't a chance to see them) and "part of the cavern has collapsed".... I think what the hell... WHAT? Oh my...
Now I fear for the re-introduction of actual caveins and falling stones.


The wolves are epic by the way. It was a few times when I had my both eyes torn by a single wolf with one bite...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Deon on December 28, 2008, 05:20:31 pm
Lol, I've beaten myself. I've started as a modded "lizardman", lizardmen are cold-blooded.

My message screen from the start:
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2mhg461.jpg)

Just...

P.S. YOU KNOW WHAT! SEAN MIRRSEN!!!!!
It's his mod. It's his frost-steel alloy... The shield from this alloy killed me...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: filiusenox on December 28, 2008, 05:43:03 pm
Heres my most embarassing death:
I had a full suit of steel plate, a masterpiece iron sword and you know what happened to me? I got shot by a blind marksman! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Funk on December 28, 2008, 05:53:23 pm
pushed by a priest in to a pool of water,
killed by wolfs in one trun,
children punching you to death,
but the time i fell down a 10 deep death pit i had made is the top one for me
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Plank of Wood on December 28, 2008, 06:38:17 pm
Apon entering an old, zombie infested fortress, I pulled a few levers for some pumps to pump out the deeper chambers of the fortress, that way I could obtain the various goodies I've stored deep in the fortress. Unfortunatly, the water flooded the housing chambers, wiping out several zombies. To get away, I fled up to the top of the high tower. Since it was unfinished, I could escape via the scaffolding. Unforunatly, there was a skeletal giant eagle nearby. I attacked me, however I cut off it's left wing. I attacked me one final time, I dodged and fell off the battlements.

Into the garbage pit.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Astus Ater on December 28, 2008, 08:52:49 pm
Attacking a major, then dodging off the second floor to the first. While I'm stunned, I find out that, yes, you can wrestle opponents a z-level below you, as my leg was crippled.

Then the town people came.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: CobaltKobold on December 28, 2008, 10:47:54 pm
Heres my most embarassing death:
I had a full suit of steel plate, a masterpiece iron sword and you know what happened to me? I got shot by a blind marksman! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? >:( >:( >:(
Zen archery.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Vincent on December 28, 2008, 10:55:44 pm
Taking an Orc adventurer and Attacking a human town.

I was slaughtering everyone since the archers hadn't come.

However, I happened upon a merchant baron. He knocked me out with a single hit, and pummeled me to death.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Untelligent on December 30, 2008, 06:51:19 pm
I started as an axedwarf and began in a dwarven fortress with a chasm running through it. I spawned next to a dozen troglodytes, who almost instantly ripped me to shreds.

Then I looked at my adventurer in Legends. Apparently, to be killed by a troglodyte is so shameful to dwarves that they immediately impaled my corpse on a pole.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Dwarfaholic on December 31, 2008, 09:05:42 am
I had a legendary axeman, slayer of a thousand nightmares, who for the lulz assaulted a town at night.

The first shopkeeper I attacked parried in his sleep and disabled my legs. Then the children woke up. Oh gods...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Vincent on December 31, 2008, 12:56:43 pm
I started as an axedwarf and began in a dwarven fortress with a chasm running through it. I spawned next to a dozen troglodytes, who almost instantly ripped me to shreds.

Then I looked at my adventurer in Legends. Apparently, to be killed by a troglodyte is so shameful to dwarves that they immediately impaled my corpse on a pole.

Adding injury to injury.

EDIT: Rare fortress mode example: I just started my fort and I designate 2 dorfs to channel out the area above the entrace. This causes a collapse. My dorfs coume out unscathed, however. Then they cause another collapse, causing one to have a broken leg. The other gets back up-and causes ANOTHER collapse, this time crushing and killing the poor dorf before he can be toted off to bed. My other dorf is wounded and unable to work, and bleeds to death before I can do anything about it.

I abandoned that fort promptly.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Zollarr on December 31, 2008, 07:58:05 pm
while training one of my adventurers wrestling by pinching a groundhog, a child walked by and i accidently grabbed him.i decided just to punch him in the face and run, only to find his 7 other friends surround and gang rape me.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Duke 2.0 on December 31, 2008, 08:00:40 pm

 I jumped into a magma pipe.

 ...

 Yeah.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Calvin on December 31, 2008, 08:54:53 pm
I found this fluffy wambler out of nowhere.


I decided to wrestle it.


I've gouged it's eyes out, and broke it's hands.

Guess what, it bites me in the neck. I get winded, I start running away, it decides that it's not done.


It bites me in the arm and hand.


I bleed to death.




THATS ONE FUCKING GODDAMN HARDCORE FLUFFY WAMBLER >:O
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: (name here) on December 31, 2008, 09:22:51 pm
Playing in the legendary lands mod as a chaos lord and totally trashing a goblin fortress. run into a legendary dwarf armed with a backpack and start slashing at him with my magic axe. he strikes semi-effectively back, then swings one more time and i collaspe into a lump of gore.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Sareth on January 01, 2009, 01:32:43 am
I found this fluffy wambler out of nowhere.


I decided to wrestle it.


I've gouged it's eyes out, and broke it's hands.

Guess what, it bites me in the neck. I get winded, I start running away, it decides that it's not done.


It bites me in the arm and hand.


I bleed to death.




THATS ONE FUCKING GODDAMN HARDCORE FLUFFY WAMBLER >:O

Wait, I thought fluffy wamblers were vermin!
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Vlynndar on January 01, 2009, 07:35:49 am
That fluffy wambler must have been a distant cousin of the killer rabbit. You should have brought a holy handgrenade.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Shadowgandor on January 01, 2009, 10:23:04 am
I swear, it might sound a bit brave but it must've looked very embarrasing irl:

I was strolling through the forests with my new adventurer when all of the sudden, 5 wolves ambushed me. No problem, I thought, I quickly dispatched 2 wolves, when suddenly, one wolf grabs my left arm and another one grabs my other arm...I tried to bite the wolves to death...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: GenericOverusedName on January 01, 2009, 10:45:16 am
I swear, it might sound a bit brave but it must've looked very embarrasing irl:

I was strolling through the forests with my new adventurer when all of the sudden, 5 wolves ambushed me. No problem, I thought, I quickly dispatched 2 wolves, when suddenly, one wolf grabs my left arm and another one grabs my other arm...I tried to bite the wolves to death...


Gods, I hate the wolves. My usual tactic is to jump into the nearest body of water, swim to the other side, leave the water, and throw garbage at them. Repeat ad nauseam until they are all dead or close to it.

Unfortunately, one time I forgot to make sure the water wasn't infested with lampreys before diving in....
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Vlynndar on January 01, 2009, 11:13:29 am
I'm surprised that nobody has said "You've been encased in a block of ice" yet.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Eldin on January 01, 2009, 04:50:14 pm
Once, I made a death-trap in Fortress mode, basic flooding trap using the river. I also built an escape route.

When I visited in adventurer, I wasn't aware that water could push you around. Like, say, past the escape route and into a room. With one entrance. And the room rapidly filling with water.

At least I know that flood traps work.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: jarathor on January 01, 2009, 05:10:20 pm
In one map I made, half of the towns were ruins because of all the wars, and somehow everybody decided to move back in to their towns - except for some reason, none of them went to the towns they actually came from. Every single person was a peasant, a consequence in living in a ruin, I guess.
Anyway, since everybody was a different civ member, You could attack little groups of them and nobody would care. Lots of fun.
Until of course, I get dogpiled by ~30 people, including children, and they broke all of my bones (and organs) one by one. Then they stole all my clothes.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: StrikeTheSand on January 01, 2009, 06:43:07 pm
In one map I made, half of the towns were ruins because of all the wars, and somehow everybody decided to move back in to their towns - except for some reason, none of them went to the towns they actually came from. Every single person was a peasant, a consequence in living in a ruin, I guess.
Anyway, since everybody was a different civ member, You could attack little groups of them and nobody would care. Lots of fun.
Until of course, I get dogpiled by ~30 people, including children, and they broke all of my bones (and organs) one by one. Then they stole all my clothes.


Damn, could you give me the World Gen specs please? Sounds like a fun world. :D
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: CJ1145 on January 01, 2009, 08:13:52 pm
In one map I made, half of the towns were ruins because of all the wars, and somehow everybody decided to move back in to their towns - except for some reason, none of them went to the towns they actually came from. Every single person was a peasant, a consequence in living in a ruin, I guess.
Anyway, since everybody was a different civ member, You could attack little groups of them and nobody would care. Lots of fun.
Until of course, I get dogpiled by ~30 people, including children, and they broke all of my bones (and organs) one by one. Then they stole all my clothes.


Damn, could you give me the World Gen specs please? Sounds like a fun world. :D

You enjoy being gang-raped in a deserted, ruined building by children? What part of that is fun, you sick bastard?
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: StrikeTheSand on January 01, 2009, 09:18:23 pm
In one map I made, half of the towns were ruins because of all the wars, and somehow everybody decided to move back in to their towns - except for some reason, none of them went to the towns they actually came from. Every single person was a peasant, a consequence in living in a ruin, I guess.
Anyway, since everybody was a different civ member, You could attack little groups of them and nobody would care. Lots of fun.
Until of course, I get dogpiled by ~30 people, including children, and they broke all of my bones (and organs) one by one. Then they stole all my clothes.


Damn, could you give me the World Gen specs please? Sounds like a fun world. :D

You enjoy being gang-raped in a deserted, ruined building by children? What part of that is fun, you sick bastard?

Yeah, sure, why not? If it's good enough for Michael Jackson... /sarcasm

No, I was seriously talking about the repopulated ruins where no group cares if you attack another... I'm not that sick, damn. Nah, the worst I'd do would kill the children and arrange their dead bodies in a pentagram... Even if that's been done before... I think...
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Jay on January 01, 2009, 09:59:46 pm
I set fire to an elven retreat.
I sleep about 5 tiles away, safe in the knowledge that Adventure Mode fire doesn't spread.
I wake up, on fire, wearing all kinds of !!leather!!
Wtf.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: JoshuaFH on January 01, 2009, 10:07:24 pm
well, considering that time moves MUCH faster in fortress mode, the fire probably is spreading, but at a much slower rate because decreased speed of time.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Jay on January 01, 2009, 10:46:51 pm
well, considering that time moves MUCH faster in fortress mode, the fire probably is spreading, but at a much slower rate because decreased speed of time.
No, I figured it out.
With [SEVERONBREAKS] and about fifty bajillion body parts, my elves/humanoids EXPLODE VIOLENTLY when they burn to death.
The flying body parts are subsequently on fire and burn everything in their path.
Myself included.
EDIT:This is the best example of the situation I could find.
Obviously, smoke is where child was.
Red/yellow (firey) 2s are his body parts.
The white one is a bone, previously some part of an elf.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: StrikeTheSand on January 02, 2009, 12:49:53 am
Likely a combination of both... I've made a similiar mistake. Involving fire. And Elves. Very, very pissed Elves.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: Huey on January 02, 2009, 01:18:17 am
:great shame:  I actually HAVE been encased in a block of ice, but only once. It figures that the river I was trying to cross would freeze solid while I was in the damn thing! I'm reasonably certain that the season changed while I was swimming, so now I try not adventure in the fall, on the off-chance that I will forget, and pull the same stunt.

Also, wolves in packs are very nasty.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: CobaltKobold on January 02, 2009, 02:09:52 am
I ha'en't yet been killed by wolves. They go down to a good axing/what ha'e you and I'm always alone.

I haven't played as Ad'enturer that much though.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: CyberCube on January 02, 2009, 04:54:54 am
This was an earlier version, so the megabeasts didn't have the 200 years of training that they do now, but anyway, I decided to put most of my starting points into shield and armor skill. After slaying tons of megabeasts and even removing a demon from a goblin fortress before it could move, right after killing their elite bowmen, I finally decided to pursue a quest one of the mayors had given me shortly after I began my adventure. The target? A bronze colossus.

I found it wandering around next to some hills, far in the eastern part of the world. I knew I was at a disadvantage, as my spear wouldn't be able to cause it pain. Regardless, the fight went on for at least fifty turns, with the colossus taking moderate injuries and me not taking any damage at all, but getting tired once in a while. Then I got the bright idea that standing on the hill would give me a height advantage. And, of course, I forgot to change my combat preferences to Stand Ground.

No, let me rephrase that. I thought about it, but then I decided not to for who knows what reason. As a result, I fell one z-level, got stunned, and got my head smashed.
Title: Re: What was the most embarrassing way you died?
Post by: regerstreen on January 02, 2009, 11:53:23 pm
The first time I played, I jumped into water, drowned.

The second time I played, I started out with some swimming skills. So I proudly jumped into water, right into two aligators. Last thing I read was that one of the aligators spitted out my head  :(