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jdf318

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Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« on: August 08, 2010, 01:12:01 am »
Ok, starting a new fortress up, and as usual i go through all my dwarves to assign my roles...

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What are these "ashes", and how can i harvest them for their flying keys?  :P

Vanilla DF by the way, no mods
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2010, 02:32:06 am »
Hmmm, it might refer to ash trees? I think they have those little flying helicopter seed thingies. I could be wrong, though.
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2010, 02:32:13 am »
Maybe that indicates that she will go insane quite easily.

Edit: Nope, Nyxalinth is right. Ash seeds are also called keys as Wikipedia just taught me.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2010, 02:35:13 am by Moddan »
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2010, 02:36:41 am »
Ash trees.

Code: [Select]
$ grep -Hn "flying keys" $(ls)
plant_standard.txt:1174: [PREFSTRING:flying keys]
Some Wikipedia-fu reveals that Ash trees have "helicopter" seeds, those nifty seeds that twirl to the ground on one wing, which are also known as keys.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus
The seeds, popularly known as keys or helicopter seeds, are a type of fruit known as a samara.

From there it is easy to see this preference: This dwarf enjoys watching the flying seeds fall of Ash trees fly to the ground.

drat. ninja'd while looking this stuff up.
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2010, 02:41:17 am »
Someone needs to make a creature with no relation whatsoever to the tree, based entirely on the prefstring.
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2010, 02:48:05 am »
Quote from: Artanis00 on August 08, 2010, 02:36:41 am
Ash trees.

Code: [Select]
$ grep -Hn "flying keys" $(ls)
plant_standard.txt:1174: [PREFSTRING:flying keys]
Some Wikipedia-fu reveals that Ash trees have "helicopter" seeds, those nifty seeds that twirl to the ground on one wing, which are also known as keys.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus
The seeds, popularly known as keys or helicopter seeds, are a type of fruit known as a samara.

From there it is easy to see this preference: This dwarf enjoys watching the flying seeds fall of Ash trees fly to the ground.

drat. ninja'd while looking this stuff up.
So basically  I got an elfish dwarf!? oh well, shes already my main speardwarf. Ah well, thanks
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2010, 05:41:17 am »
What have you done? What abomination is this that I have created at your behest?
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2010, 07:22:51 am »
Yes.





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Quote from: 3 on August 08, 2010, 05:41:17 am
What have you done? What abomination is this that I have created at your behest?
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« Last Edit: August 08, 2010, 07:28:45 am by Evergod41 »
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2010, 01:24:11 am »
Quote from: jdf318 on August 08, 2010, 02:48:05 am
Quote from: Artanis00 on August 08, 2010, 02:36:41 am
Ash trees.

Code: [Select]
$ grep -Hn "flying keys" $(ls)
plant_standard.txt:1174: [PREFSTRING:flying keys]
Some Wikipedia-fu reveals that Ash trees have "helicopter" seeds, those nifty seeds that twirl to the ground on one wing, which are also known as keys.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus
The seeds, popularly known as keys or helicopter seeds, are a type of fruit known as a samara.

From there it is easy to see this preference: This dwarf enjoys watching the flying seeds fall of Ash trees fly to the ground.

drat. ninja'd while looking this stuff up.
So basically  I got an elfish dwarf!? oh well, shes already my main speardwarf. Ah well, thanks

Heh, she's a spear dwarf?

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The tree's common English name, Ash, goes back to the Old English ęsc, while the generic name originated in Latin. Both words also meant "spear" in their respective languages.
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2010, 01:41:27 am »
Quote from: 3 on August 08, 2010, 05:41:17 am
What have you done? What abomination is this that I have created at your behest?

Wait... Does this actually work? must test...
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2010, 09:07:50 pm »
it's even lower than the fluffy wambler, this has NO attacks, but then again, it can fly... and it drops keyes...
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2010, 09:27:49 pm »
Quote from: Evergod41 on August 09, 2010, 09:07:50 pm
it's even lower than the fluffy wambler,
then it should be the ultimate weapon against bronze collossi.
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Re: Likes ashes for their flying keys... wait, wut?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2010, 08:12:23 pm »
Quote from: nbonaparte on August 09, 2010, 09:27:49 pm
Quote from: Evergod41 on August 09, 2010, 09:07:50 pm
it's even lower than the fluffy wambler,
then it should be the ultimate weapon against bronze collossi.
... ima add that to the sig as well...
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