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« on: March 31, 2012, 10:03:10 pm »
Started out a human spearman, with a shiny silver spear... sweet.
Ask around and the villagers want a local vampire killed, who can only be harmed by silver... sounds like a job for Kaslun Dulimunosh 'Rooterpumpkins'!
On the way across the empty forest I come across a rabbit. I'm initially confused by why it's marked as tame, but it's not named or anything so I stab it in the head and toss it in my pack, noting that the blood spatters freeze instantly in the bitter cold. (This will later turn out to have been a terrible idea.)
[Aside: Still trying to figure out how to butcher something. I know there's a trick to it, but I can't seem to figure it out.]
Head out to the WNW, find the vampire, who gives me the traditional "prepare to die!", and kill him with my trusty silver spear.
[Issue 1] On the way I pass an area where it is spring on the left and winter on the right, with a hard line down the middle. I presume this is a zone boundary. I dance across the seasons briefly.
Trudge back to the village to bask in my glory, I finally find the houses. Everyone in town pours out into the street... to attack me. [Issue 2: I'm guessing this is some retribution for the dead rabbit, but the response seems... excessive. It also might have been for the vampire, who appeared to be a naked villager.] The Bone Suturer bites me in the back teeth and they go flying off. [Issue 3: Wuh? How is that even possible?] I commence to stabbing these crazy townspeople because there is no option to get them to back off. The butcher somehow cleanly severs my left hand out from under my copper shield with his knife [Issue 4: Shouldn't be possible to sever a hand that's holding a shield without cutting through the shield.] I continue stabbing and eventually leave a pile of dead and vomiting villagers behind. Still can't figure out how to butcher this damn rabbit, and I need medical attention, but I just killed the local first aid crew, so that's not happening. [Issue 5: Should there be an option to perform first aid on yourself, even if it's clumsy untrained first aid?]
Anyway, hike to the next village... who all also all want to kill me. Obviously they heard about the bunny massacre. Fortunately I run into a pair of insanely violent shopkeepers before walking into the fortress.
[Issue 6: When viewing 'g' contents, it only shows me 5 things at a time, even though my window is large enough for 40. There's a similar issue in fortress mode with the 'u' screen.]
I put my things into my brown recluse spider silk (!?!) bag. I feel sorry for whomever had to collect that... [I was bitten by a brown recluse once. My elbow went necrotic and swelled up to the size of a softball. They eventually had to cut it open and clean it out.] My new goblin skin hood menaces with spikes of rock salt. I'll try to remember to keep it out of the rain.
Trying to escape this walled deathtrap, I am continuously set upon by unarmed merchants out to, I presume, avenge someone I killed on the way here. Why they don't run and call for the guards?
I perfect my one-handed merchant slaying technique: One stab to stun them, then smash their head in with the haft of my spear. Works great! And bonus! My stump has stopped bleeding! Maybe I accidentally cauterized it in that campfire I made in the shop I robbed (they DID try to kill me first...). This is not the legacy I was hoping to leave... how far will I have to go to find people who haven't heard of the bunny massacre? Also, I seem to be deep into this town, and the streets are full of elf tanners and human leather merchants. That seems... odd for elves. In any case I smash them in the head when they block my way and continue fleeing.
Somewhere during this whole horrible bunny-related misunderstanding I have been surnamed "Pesli Mel, The Distraction of Charms". Hilarious.
My exit is blocked by rivers, but fortunately I am an Adequate swimmer. After walking for two days I find another town... who also wants to kill me. Hooray. "The Engraver attacks You but You jump away!"
[Issue 7:] "You stab the engraver in the upper body with your silver spear, tearing the muscle and tearing the liver through the sheep wool cloak." Where does this man keep his liver? Also, [Issue 8:] why is he still fighting when I opened a major artery in his heart three turns ago? Eventually I kill the crazed Engraver and once again flee into the wilderness. The way things are going, the townsfolk will be sending adventurers after me...
No. A black bear gnaws my leg off and, finally, blissfully, I bleed to death. The bunny is avenged.
