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I wandered around the map, killed undeads, greenskins, wilds and everything else that attacked me. Now I can't find any suitable enemies, so I'm still only a troll slayer. I want to become a demon slayer, so where can I find dragons, demons and other "real" enemies?

Heh, my Slayer lost enough blood to fill whole rooms. I don't care about bleeding - dwarves are far too tough to be stopped by something like that  :cool:

Is there any advantage (or even difference) if I fight with two weapons instead of weapon+shield or a 2h-weapon? Of course I'll have a better chance to block with a shield, but I mean concerning damage output.

What is sneaking good for? I play a dwarven slayer. Did you ever see a slayer sneak? Or throw rocks?

I fought instead of crouching, and I bet I had alot more fun than you. Sure, a pierced lung, damaged kidney, arrows in leg and hand, cut ear,  and a scar over the eye aren't easy to handle, but hey, i play a slayer after all! I'll fight even if I have to crouch, and if one axe got lost, I'll use the other one, or the hands if neccessary. Death is the only option - the enemies one or mine is the question.

(Note for those who don't know: slayers are dwarves who lost their honor for some reason. They leave their people, wandering around, seeking death to regain honor, and therefor fighting any enemy they see, even if that means fighting a dragon. Thats the reason why slayers are usually feared enemies. Only the best of them survive (they can't die willingly, since that's not honourable), so the one you're approaching would be a tough one. Slayers don't use any armor, but axes in any variation and are completely fearless (since they seek death)

   

Watch this little video if you want to get an impression of what I'm talking about: WAR
Sorry for the huge picture, don't know how to set the shown size).

[ April 23, 2007: Message edited by: Master BOB ]

I already took two steel axes to become a true demonslayer   . Unfortunately there's no difference between this and the use of weapon+shield (yet, I hope that will be implemented so that I have even more speed). But the good speed (no armor at all) and the fact that I always have a ready second weapon if the first one gets stuck/lost isn't bad. Great work for a 0.23 alpha version!
Any suggestions how I can become faster? I slayed some gremlins at my fortress and became "extremely strong" (well, these bastards were/are really strong opponents, I must admit - no chance that I can ever pass my entrance hall). Now I'd like to train some speed. Not that 1000 from the beginning is bad, but I'm pretty sure it can be trained somehow.
And is there any system in how the races are spread on the map? You know, not that I walk west all the time just to find out that there are only kobold archers there   . Sooner or later I'd like to sell/buy something.

Their position seems to vary, but maybe only at sunrise/sunset. But no matter how long I search, there is definitely not such a room (at least inside the 4 cities I was searching - including the dwarven capital). Everything looks more or less like on the first picture.

I play verion 0.23.130.23a (if that matters).
And don't wonder about the looking of my char, it's a Warhammer-like slayer and wears no armor except trousers.

[ April 20, 2007: Message edited by: Master BOB ]

[ April 20, 2007: Message edited by: Master BOB ]

Since I can't find any room with stuff on the earth, I really don't know whether they are in their shop or not. I'm happy if I find them at all. I searched three cities for about 3-4 hours and was only able to meet two merchants, but no "romm with stuff on earth".

Heh, that could be fun. But my masons (including my smutje, who became a legendary mason for some reason) are still busy with making coffers and cabinets for my 150 Dwarves. And since my fortress is in an "untamed wilds" area, I don't really want them to make the woods a fine marketplace or something (could be funny if I could see the elven faces, though). These damn wolves always kill my poor novice hunter-peasants by attacking one with 3-5 of them   .