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Author Topic: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [minor spoilers]  (Read 72056 times)

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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #45 on: April 03, 2010, 05:38:57 am »

I want to imagine Âsax McBadass, Cave Swallowman, as an utterly insane fighter, performing insane stunts against a barely-mobile enemy, like hopping over it while holding the spear in his feet-talon-thingies while it... makes squelchy noises at him.
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2010, 06:28:30 am »

In memory of Asax
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #47 on: April 03, 2010, 06:32:05 am »

Now I have to go into arena mode and make a swarm of Cave Swallowmen with wooden equipment versus a dragon.  Whoever survives moves on to the next round!  Maybe I should spawn them all in the sky.
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #48 on: April 03, 2010, 07:28:36 am »

This is by far one of the most entertaining DF tales I've read.
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #49 on: April 03, 2010, 07:48:10 am »

I went into arena mode and made a cave swallowman named Asax.  I made him a grandmaster spear usage and all the melee stuff.  Lastly, I gave him his fungi-wood spear and shield.  Then I threw every mega-beast I could think of at him.

The Hydra couldn't touch him and went down in under 15 seconds.

Both dragons (At the same time) took him about a minute, but they couldn't touch him either.

Cyclops/orges/troglodytes all feel before him in seconds

I tried a bronze colossus, but I had to encase him.  Wood weapons aren't good enough to hurt him and the bronze colossus was to slow to even touch Asax.  They stalemated for half an hour before I put an end to it.

I also had him kill 20 cats at the same time for the kicks and giggles.

Ironically, it was the group of 5 goblins I sent after him that managed to do any damage.  They knocked him down and then 5 way gang-raped him.  I had to encased them.  He might have won, but I still want to play around with him a bit more before I let him die.

Who should he fight next?
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #50 on: April 03, 2010, 07:55:28 am »

How do you name critters in arena mode?
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #51 on: April 03, 2010, 07:57:33 am »

You assume playing as them ( (k), cursor over, (a) ) and then (l)ook at it and then (y)
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #52 on: April 03, 2010, 07:58:14 am »

You mean ...Cave Swallowmen>Forgotten/megabeasts>Goblins>Cave Swallowmen...

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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #53 on: April 03, 2010, 07:59:44 am »

It's the circle of ownage?

EDIT: According to the ingame description Cave Swallowmen don't have arms.  So I guess they have hands attached to their wings or something.
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #54 on: April 03, 2010, 09:09:51 am »

Thanks to recently starting to familiarize myself with a new drawing program, I've been in an arty mood.

Âsax the Cave Swallowman, as drawn by someone who is not actually sure what a Cave Swallowman would look like:
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It was always my thought that they looked like a colorful version D&D kenku

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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #55 on: April 03, 2010, 09:12:54 am »

I went into arena mode and made a cave swallowman named Asax.  I made him a grandmaster spear usage and all the melee stuff.  Lastly, I gave him his fungi-wood spear and shield.  Then I threw every mega-beast I could think of at him.

The Hydra couldn't touch him and went down in under 15 seconds.

Both dragons (At the same time) took him about a minute, but they couldn't touch him either.

Cyclops/orges/troglodytes all feel before him in seconds

I tried a bronze colossus, but I had to encase him.  Wood weapons aren't good enough to hurt him and the bronze colossus was to slow to even touch Asax.  They stalemated for half an hour before I put an end to it.

I also had him kill 20 cats at the same time for the kicks and giggles.

Ironically, it was the group of 5 goblins I sent after him that managed to do any damage.  They knocked him down and then 5 way gang-raped him.  I had to encased them.  He might have won, but I still want to play around with him a bit more before I let him die.

Who should he fight next?

Cave swallowmen are the new carp?

... well, a less-violent carp.  On that note, are carp still carp?
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #56 on: April 03, 2010, 09:47:26 am »

Quote from: tombthedwarf link=topic=52295.msg1129582#msg1129582 date=1270303791
It was always my thought that they looked like a colorful version D&D kenku
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That looks about right. Thanks for giving me some kind of visualization.
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #57 on: April 03, 2010, 10:41:44 am »

I, for one, welcome our new smallow men overlords.

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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #58 on: April 03, 2010, 10:52:40 am »

Cave swallows: "An armless man with the wings of a bird.  It lives underground."  (I imagine there are primitive hands on the ends of the wings.)
Âsax: "He is gigantic with incredible muscles."  (All caveswallowmen are described as gigantic, as are most wolves, and several mountain goats.  I suspect they're actually about human sized.  The "incredible muscles" are unique to Âsax, though.)  Unfortunately, there is no further description; the game does not track the physical stats of the dead beyond their size and build.  However, an actual Giant Cave Swallow is described thusly:
Species description: "A gigantic blue and orange bird."
Individual description:  "His feathers are brown.  His skin is tan.  His eyes are black."
No, those descriptions don't agree; presumably that's a thing that needs to be fixed.  Google Images gave me:
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Re: The most awesome Cave Swallowman ever [spoileriffic]
« Reply #59 on: April 03, 2010, 01:20:52 pm »

Here, have a somewhat improved picture.  Took the colors from the cave swallow pic, so he does have some brown feathers, at least?

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