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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Funny but sad/disturbing moments in Dwarf fortress
« on: September 08, 2011, 03:12:40 pm »
a single tooth maybe?

perhaps inciting sober brawls would work.

Or Dwarven Ice Hockey.

...

Which sounds AWESOME.

Toady: plz implement dwarven sports.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Funny but sad/disturbing moments in Dwarf fortress
« on: September 08, 2011, 01:35:22 pm »
Quote from: Twitch on August 04, 2011, 11:33:52 pm
I lost a mason from my first migrant waves to Badger Boars. Without a free hand to build a coffin, I let him rot on the surface.
Shortly after he began to haunt my fort, I opened up a coffin for his skeleton. My dwarves proceeded to bury his severed left foot and put him to rest, satisfied with his burial, as the rest of his body continued to decay by the brook.

TL;DR: A Dwarf's soul is contained in his left foot.

Science! question... can you prevent ghosts by severing a body part from each dwarf, and pre-burying it? (or kept in a refuse stockpile until he dies, then burying it?)

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Howto: Artifact Non-Metal Anvil?
« on: September 02, 2011, 12:57:47 pm »
Quote from: Number4 on September 01, 2011, 04:27:58 pm
The problem is: An anvil can only be made out of metal, yet no metalworking can be done without an anvil. However we all have anvils and metalworking and somehow this process had to be started by a first, nonmetal anvil. Therefore the only way that Dwarfdom got its first anvil before the existence of anvils was by a moody Dwarf who liked anvils. This means that producing anvils from strange moods is possible.

Q.E.D.

Sadly, the first one also liked Slade.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Your best militia name.
« on: August 25, 2011, 10:56:51 pm »
From my current fort:

The Free Tours
The Courageous Tombs
The Gravel of Delights
The Tongs of Blueness
The Rough Release

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: August 25, 2011, 10:49:10 pm »
Problem: I have an uncontrolled magma flow, I may have used non-magmasafe mechanisms along with the bauxite floodgates, as they held when closed, but once the magma was released, they don't appear to be able to close.

Solution: channeled over the magma channel, and put a clear glass hatch over it, then built a wall around it, and am linking a lever to the hatch; the area over the hatch will be designated a Pond, and when sufficently full, the level will be pulled, hopefully creating an obsidian plug.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: So I have a forgotten beast walled up under my fort...
« on: August 25, 2011, 08:58:56 pm »
I got 16 FB's wandering around my caverns... I've basically written them off, what with a half dozen extracts sprayed around...

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Dwarven baby ghosts and their parents
« on: August 23, 2011, 07:25:42 pm »
The baby may be the perfect shield, attackers might attack the invulnerable baby instead of the mother.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Interaction framework being used in unique syndromes and attacks.
« on: August 07, 2011, 12:04:37 am »
How much does what you are taking cost per hit?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: August 06, 2011, 06:58:15 pm »
What visualizer is that?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: I gotz a Breeding Pair o' Badgers. Now what? >:)
« on: August 01, 2011, 01:32:40 am »
Quote from: Crustypeanut on August 01, 2011, 01:08:58 am
THATS what fortress defense needs! A racoonman civilization! I'm already gonna get visited by the badgermen.. eventually..

Sounds like they would just be a copy-paste-rename from Kobolds, but possibly even cuter.

Wamblermen?

[CREATURE:WAMBLER_FLUFFY][PRONE_TO_RAGE:1]

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Dorflympics. Post your ideas.
« on: August 01, 2011, 01:27:48 am »
Caber toss, Dump a large number of logs on a raising bridge, then activate it.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Dwarven Trap Optimization
« on: July 30, 2011, 01:17:46 am »
Quote from: Nil Eyeglazed on July 30, 2011, 12:54:36 am
Quote from: zilpin on July 29, 2011, 04:04:28 pm
They can, but with a spike pit 3 z-levels deep (or more), destroying the hatch they are standing on only results in their death.

Except they don't wait to stand on the hatch to destroy it.  They destroy it from two tiles away, ruining all your hard work, and locking them out and you in.

Which brings me to perhaps the simplest trap enhancement of all time: the artifact decoy!

1) Wait until a dwarf builds an artifact piece of furniture, like a bed, door, weapon rack, throne, whatever.  Don't worry, it'll happen eventually.

2) Build it a few tiles from the front entrance of your fort.  Doesn't really matter where, just so long as it'll be the closest destroyable building from every surface map edge.

3) Next siege, watch trolls fall away from the goblin pack and huddle uselessly around the artifact, trying to destroy it!  You may now hatchdrop goblins at your leisure.

4) Think about what you want to do with the next big pack of tightly clumped trolls.  Marksdwarf practice?  Catapult practice?  Drowning trap?  I would avoid cave-in traps.

I'm currently surrounding an artifact bauxite throne with 2 rows of steel and spoiler upright spears, hooked to a lever, which will be set on repeat when appropriate.

I have a pesky Rutile (i.e. Titanium) FB with a cave-in dust attack, hasn't killed any dwarves yet (the cage full of assorted monkeys/apes I unleashed into the caverns to delay such attacks shall not be forgotten... or missed, the war grizzlys hopefully will repopulate over time.)) I plan to lure him into the spear field, and see how that goes.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: July 26, 2011, 10:24:29 pm »
Mogshumdastot Amemdodok, "Elbowsword the Curled Clasp", a obsidian mechanisms

This is an Obsidian Mechanism. All Craftdwarf... blah blah blah

Encrusted with raw spoiler, pet. wood, obsidian.

Encircled with bands of raw spoiler, pet. wood, FB leather.

Adorned with hanging rings of obs. raw sp. p.wood.

Menaces with spikes of  raw sp. obs. p.wood, faint yellow diamond,pig tial fiver and forgotten beast leather.

lots of images of Boslon Cleantrammled the Hag Bridegroom of evil, Nekol Enterchannels the harmonious plains the troll, and the foundation of Bentrampart in 256.

images of itself and the many other artifacts, as well as deities, and a cow (he likes Cows for their haunting moos.)

On the item is an Image of Kodor the Spring of Blossoming, the diety of Creation, depicted as a male dwarf and dwarves in forgotten beast leather. Kodor the Spring of Blossoming is contemplating. Kodor the Spring of Blossoming is surrounded by the dwarves. (who are probably about to kick his ass for being elfy)

On the item is an image of Id, the deity of minerals, depicted as a male dwarf in raw spoiler. Id is striking a triumpant pose. (that's more like it!)


Weight: 53 Basic Value: 18,774,000

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: July 26, 2011, 09:35:19 pm »
that is a lot of potential weapons, I may rollback after he's done, but I guess I need to see what he's making.

edit: now he grabbed 2 sets of diamonds, 2 forgotten beast leathers, and is going for something else still...


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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Familiar Anyone?
« on: July 26, 2011, 08:08:20 pm »
Recently been playing Tropico 3, very much reminded me of DF, what with the designating structures, and waiting for little guys with individual names/personalities, etc. to build them.

Plus, being able to order the execution of citizens.

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