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I've recently read Cryptonomicon and just couldn't get THAT scene out of my head for a strange reason. I won't quote it here and spoil some people 900 or something pages of getting there, but I would like to start a thread to find the contender to the spot mentioned in the title.

Also, speaking of Cryptonomicon, there are many other hilarious sex-related themes in Cryptonomicon which are equally hilarious, but not as awkward as the cryptically aforementioned scene, which some people dislike because of their length and no apparent relation to the plot, but they, and other semi-plot related multiple page spanning bonuses, are what made the book for me.

Quote from: Cruxador on November 14, 2010, 02:43:54 pm

Quote from: Willfor on November 13, 2010, 09:36:34 pm

Man, I sure wish Toady put a bunch of people saying "don't travel alone at night or the bogeymen will get you" in the game. :x

Why would that be necessary? It should be common knowledge in-game. That would be like if you said "Don't jump out into the freeway" to random people that you met. It's good advice, but people should already know it. (The player may not, but that is rectified quickly!)

Actually several peasants HAVE told me not to travel at night, as bogeymen would come after me.

But the point is  they don't say *alone*.

Your mouse probably slipped when you pressed "modify" and you pressed "quote". Happens to the best of us.



Also, I would like to add this to the suggestion:

When you press 'Q'uests and then 's'ites in Adventure Mode, you get a list of all the sites you know about and can have their location and it gets really messy navigating through hundreds of known sites which aren't really sorted to find the capital Burnedcogs to ask
the law-giver there to give you a serious quest (just an example). It would be really nice to sort it by type of settlements/caves/shrines etc and also alphabetically.

Let them surround you, and even the most skilled fighter, singlehandedly slaying megabeasts on left and right will get overexerted, pass-out and be torn to shreds by these little guys.

Hydra? I had to chop all seven heads off to kill it, while it was distracted by my "companions" (read: goblin ambush fodder).

On that note, did you notice how weak and useless the soldiers became? Take 20 of them, go for a while, you get ambushed by 20-30 goblins and you're lucky if anyone of your's survives, let alone not horribly mutilated beyond repair and I'm not even speaking about still having his weapon...

.17 is fucking brutal (and I like it).

Oh boy. What fun it is.


Started as human peasant in a village. Talked to a fellow farmer, he mocked me, "An adventurer? YOU?!! Don't be silly, and where did you get that old sword, anyway? There is no way you could afford one with our meager pay!" , and I said to him "I'll show you what I can do! Give me something to do!". He looked at me mockingly and said "Well, remember that troublesome brigand that attacks our village all the time? It would be a lot easier, if someone could get rid of him. You know where he lives. If you want to prove your worth go kill him."
I set out of the village without thinking twice. Amazing! The day pasts so fast while you're traveling. I've been told horrible stories about a bogeyman traveling the wilds at night and killing every human he sees, so I decided to stop near a small village with a clear overpopulation problem and asked the Siege Engineer who strangely lived there to stay the night at his house (which he shared with 23 other villagers). He welcomed me with great pleasure and I think I got along with other residents. I slept till dawn and set off, as I didn't want to wake them up. About 8 hours into my travels, a goblin patrol ambushed me. It was an axeman and a crossbowman. I disabled the Axeman's Axe holding hand and stabbed him in the lower body several time and left him to drown in his blow while deflecting silver bolts from the troublesome goblin, quite a distance away. He managed to hit me in my left lower leg and I didn't hesitate, I pulled out the bolt and charged into the goblin before he got a chance to reload. I quickly severed both of his hands, before noticing the Axeman was dragging himself away. I started returning to the Axeman and the Crossbowman started running away. Barely caught him. The Axeman moved only by a little when I returned and I tried to chop his head off, but he died from blood loss far too soon.
I have a leg cut open and I'm nearly at my destination. I don't know if the wound will heal itself and what to expect in the end of my trek. Glory to Armok.

EDIT: Well. Losing is fun. 

Oh boy, can't wait!

Mass Decapitation of Elves!