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Brotato

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« on: February 27, 2011, 05:38:03 pm »
What determines whether or not someone will join me as a companion and how can I change their opinion?
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OK, I have to reload the save.
There was a bit of a problem regarding flashfreezing, a ballistae, and a barrel of dwarven ale. Gonna fix it up.

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Re: companions
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 06:59:53 pm »
Number of completed quests and enemy/hero status with a civ will tell you whether or not you can recruit someone. That's why you can recruit bandits on occasion.
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Re: companions
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2011, 07:26:33 pm »
ok, that's good to know :)
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Quote from: Lordraymond on December 10, 2011, 03:28:59 pm
Dwarf Fortress: The only game where people will hold a logical discussion about why dwarves are putting on clothes.
Quote from: Mrhappyface on February 21, 2012, 10:00:25 pm
OK, I have to reload the save.
There was a bit of a problem regarding flashfreezing, a ballistae, and a barrel of dwarven ale. Gonna fix it up.

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Re: companions
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 05:53:07 am »
It also depends on your social skills (social awareness and empathy I think) and their personality (the "excitement seeking" trait) to an extent.
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Re: companions
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 02:07:57 pm »
Is there a max number of companions I can have?
Do companions have any other uses then to help in a fight and keeping bogeymen away?
Is there ever a reason why I should get peasants instead of warriors?
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Quote from: Lordraymond on December 10, 2011, 03:28:59 pm
Dwarf Fortress: The only game where people will hold a logical discussion about why dwarves are putting on clothes.
Quote from: Mrhappyface on February 21, 2012, 10:00:25 pm
OK, I have to reload the save.
There was a bit of a problem regarding flashfreezing, a ballistae, and a barrel of dwarven ale. Gonna fix it up.

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Re: companions
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 03:56:24 pm »
The limit is 19 companions.
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Re: companions
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 11:56:32 pm »
Anyone know if there is a way to disband your companions - other than the long list of fairly obvious and gory ones, that is...  ???
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Re: companions
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2011, 12:03:38 am »
I got 2 ways : A dragon (wich may be killed)
Run away from them , like a mountain
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2011, 03:03:03 pm »
Quote from: Vastin on March 01, 2011, 11:56:32 pm
Anyone know if there is a way to disband your companions - other than the long list of fairly obvious and gory ones, that is...  ???

Burn them.
Slaughter them all.

Or, you could sleep, then immediately sleep again.  If your companions are still asleep, they'll be gone when you wake up the second time.
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 05:45:30 pm »
Ah, that second trick, that's the hookup. I don't like slaughtering my poor companions, and I'd like to be able to peaceably retire them once they start hobbling around without certain appendages.
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2011, 03:20:15 pm »
But if you come to the same place where you left them, they will follow you again like nothing happened. At least this happened to me when I came into the town where I left my companions.
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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2011, 04:41:21 pm »
Quote from: martys1103 on March 05, 2011, 03:20:15 pm
But if you come to the same place where you left them, they will follow you again like nothing happened. At least this happened to me when I came into the town where I left my companions.

That's why you abandon them in the wilderness.
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