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DF General Discussion / What would the dwarves call themselves in their own language?
« on: September 28, 2018, 06:30:31 am »
In terms of its sound and meaning, which Dwarven language compound word do you think best describes how toady's dwarves might refer to themselves?

I quite like Tholdurad, 'Deepbeards'. Although, Zirildurad is more apt for some of my recent volcano embarks...

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DF Modding / [RESOURCE] Modded Book Titles
« on: March 21, 2018, 01:59:22 pm »
One of the features that relatively few mods make use of is book titles. It's very easy to do and adds a lot of flavour to legends mode.

Over the years, I've collected a number of titles that I paste into every game. They're based on various titles of real works from around the right time in history. There are 300 possible knowledge topics and at least as many art topics as there are historical figures, sites, creatures, and other books. I've taken care to keep the names as generic as possible to avoid obvious recurring patterns or unnatural sounding word combinations.

I'm aiming for clarity, variety and consistency. For now, assume that books with odd titles are allegorical or poorly translated :P

Some of the combinations are still a bit iffy, especially the sagas. Feedback and contributions are welcome!

I made this list quite a while ago, so forgive me if I get these wrong, but I know of the following tags:
  • [ADJ] (Adjective. My favourite, probably overused.)
    e.g. Epic of the Musty Ones
  • [NAME] (place or person)
    e.g. Book of Adoreroard (A site)
  • [NOUN] (I haven't used this one much, but can't remember why not. Possibly, not related to the book topic.)
    e.g. Conquerors and the Blind Flight
  • [NO_ART_NAME] (Noun, refers to the topic of the book. My use of this is clumsy.)
    Chronicle of Tekkud Ardenttowns
  • [PHRASE] (I haven't used this one yet. Injects a seemingly random aphorism or quote.)
The raws below generate such gems as:
  • Principles of the Truth
  • Book of Animal Courtship
  • Canon of Animal Diets
  • A Study of the Mountain Halls
  • The Slim Discourses
  • The Insensitive Tract
  • On the Nature of the Elf
  • The Decent Book
  • The Modest Migration
  • The Whimsical Observation
  • Treatise on the Moon and Tides
  • Report on Animal Societies
  • Saga of Comedic Shames
raw\objects\text\book_instruction.txt
Code: [Select]
On the Nature of the [NO_ART_NAME]
The [ADJ] [NO_ART_NAME]
Book of [NAME]
Canon of [NAME]
The [ADJ] Book
Principles of [NAME]
Treatise on [NAME]
A Study of [NAME]
Report on [NAME]
The [ADJ] Discourses
The [ADJ] Tract

raw\objects\text\book_art.text
Code: [Select]
[NAME]'s Saga
Saga of [NAME]
Saga of [ADJ] [NO_ART_NAME]
Epic of [NAME]
Book of [NOUN]
[NAME] and the [ADJ] [NOUN]
Song of [NAME]
Epic of the [ADJ] Ones
Legend of [NAME]
[PHRASE], concerning [NAME]
The [NAME] Tales
Revelations of [ADJ] [NO_ART_NAME]
Canticles of [ADJ] [NO_ART_NAME]
Deeds of the [NO_ART_NAME]
Annals of [NAME]
Epistles on [NAME]
[ADJ] Anecdotes
Story of [NAME]
Romance of [NAME]
[ADJ] Comedy
Chronicle of [NO_ART_NAME]

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