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Heh, man, bugs these days aren't worth mentioning.
Back in the old days, you'd get one unhappy dwarf, and he'd hit another dwarf, and then suddenly it was every dwarf for himself, with dwarves killing each other left and right, and the sherriff wading through them, severing their limbs.

You'd end up with one dwarf left, if you were lucky, and everything would be great... until the immigrants came and it all started again!

My favourite story is from way back.
It was adventure mode, and me and my band of meatshields had been tasked with defeating a giant. Given we'd been fighting all sorts of monsters, I foolishly felt no fear!

As we explored the lair, I was the first to come across him.
At that stage I still did not appreciate the danger, because I attacked him.
At first, it appeared to be an even match. I wasn't really doing any damage, but he wasn't hitting me, and I was dodging about.

Then the inevitable happened, he hit me, hard, flinging me across the room, breaking my arm, I dropped my weapon where I had previously stood.
Standing up again, I attempted to get my weapon, while my companions slowly worked their way towards me.

I utterly failed to retrieve that weapon, as the giant then smashed me in the face, knocking me unconscious.

I woke up shortly later to find several of my companions dead and the last ones being dealt with a few tiles away. The giant, on the other hand, was barely injured.

I found my own legs had been broken, and I obviously could not move to retrieve my own weapon. I started moving away, hoping to escape, despite my injuries, knowing in my heart I would be unable to save my comrades.

Unfortunately, my attempt to escape was cut short by the giant's efficiency, as he pounded the last of my allies into oblivion, he then turned back to me, obviously surprised I was still alive.

He marched towards me, and I searched my belongings and found, to my glee, an exceptional scimitar.

I knew that I would be unable to fight him, I had only the sword, and not even my shield remained at hand, as it appeared that arm was thoroughly broken.

As he loomed over me, I threw that scimitar with what was left of my might. It whirled towards him and... sliced off an entire arm!

He instantly blacked out from pain, and I pulled myself over to him, gouging his eyes, and strangling him until he died.

Grabbing my belongings and escaping that dark lair, my deed done, I saved the grief for my comrades for safer locales.

This adventurer turned into one serious hardcase. I think he later killed a dragon in a single spear throw.

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Originally posted by Bien:
<STRONG>But is it 3D? So my friend will stop whining about it being "squiggly lines"</STRONG>

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LOL. Oh man... just... man. Sooo funny.

I can see how one can make the jump from the introduction of a z axis to the assumption that it will be full 3d, but man, you have to ignore everything else you know to do so.

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Originally posted by JoRo:
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Further adventures of elves!  Scenario kinda-sorta stolen from Nist Akath, with the tree cutting agreements in the barren tundra.</STRONG>

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I love it.

All good to know. Also, no, I don't think steam has any meaningful impact on fire.

I'd just like to point out a few possible issues before they possibly get overlooked.

On particularly cold maps, is it possible for the slow moving human caravans to freeze to death on their way to or from the fortress?

Do seiges freeze to death too quickly?

Does steam, which apparently does fire damage, set things on fire?

Why not looked for a named creature?