Bay 12 Games Forum

Is there any reaction tag I can use to make a reaction require a bladed weapon or object with a forced edge (e.g. a knapped rock)? I'm thinking of a reaction to sharpen a stick or something. If not, I guess it's a fair bet that most adventurers would get their hands on one for butchering...

I know, I know, some people find bogeymen really easy to beat and/or a neat addition to the game. Me, however?


Now, I understand that some people like bogeymen for one reason or another, and that others can beat them with ease. I respect that. That's why an init option would be ideal. People who like/don't mind bogeymen could leave them in, people like me who find that bogeymen ruin adventure mode can turn it off. Just like invaders--why should Fortress Mode get to "turn off" its biggest threats, but Adventure Mode is forced to keep the worst unavoidable foes?

Heh.

I made a kobold adventurer, who died when his attempts at stealth were penetrated by kobold bandits. Then I started a minotaur axe...minotaur, who has killed two pairs of ogres. They had to be finished off with skull-blows using his shield. My Ambusher skill is up to the point where I can attack a weasel with a giant axe, and it doesn't notice before bleeding to death--DESPITE being flung by my blow.

I'll start a narrative.

-----

My name is Imici Loraafuni. I was an executioner and hunter, until my family was disgraced by alleged associations with the foul ogre race. I've killed four so far. I took one's axe hand as a trophy.
I've got my old, trusty iron axe; my ogre-slaying bronze shield; some cave fish; a waterskin full of ice; and the aforementioned trophy. Also a weasel corpse, in case I need a snack.
I'm sneaking around, punting little woodland critters to relieve my tension. So far, I've killed a weasel and three rabbits. I've also got a bunch of snowballs and large roaches, for when sneaking up next to then and hacking them to death isn't an option.

My first night in the widerness, I was visited by some spirits.

I had an idea. What if, for people whose adventurers are dying to bogeymen and such in their attempts to get the Secrets of Life and Death, or ones who can't find a vampire/werecreature, we simply made an instaboiling stone or something that would transmit one of these interactions to them?

How would we do something like that?

What causes zombie megabeasts to appear?

Question: How do adventurers interact with minecarts? Can they push them? Can they ride, or at least climb on top of, them? Do minecarts provide cover? Etc?

For the ogres in my Savages' Stronghold mod, I want to fiddle with their personality some. Ideally:

What personality traits would I have to modify to get any of the above to happen? Are there any other modifiers you'd suggest adding?

Kids grow up fast in DF. You would, too, if you were the oldest person in your household at age 6.