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Author Topic: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)  (Read 44644 times)

Naryar

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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #165 on: April 24, 2012, 06:55:47 am »

Why is Giant Cave Spider not in here is beyond me.

feel free to write up a description

Fair enough.

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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #166 on: April 27, 2012, 12:34:38 pm »

Child:
1. The pre-adult form of a creature. 2. Noble 2.0
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #167 on: April 27, 2012, 06:48:20 pm »

meh, The GCS desription is a bit unsuitable to a dictionary

edit:

necromancer:
1: A sentient creature that through the study of secrets of the universe has attained mastery over death. They become immortal and can imbue corpses, or indeed pieces of corpses, with a mocking semblance of life that attempts to destroy all true life it sees. Raisable body parts when severed from a body include heads, hands, including the arms if they are still attached, the whole skin of a butchered animal, hair, mussel and turtle shells. When a necromancer does not have a large army yet they camp in the wilderness, but occasionally will attack nearby forts for fresh corpses. When a necromancer has 50 zombies, he will make them build a tower. Even then, they attack forts. This can be in several forms; ambush, stealth necromancer, siege with necromancer, siege without necromancer. They often write books about themself and are considered self-centered and narcisists.
2: A DF forumite who has a habit of finding very old threads and posting in them, bringing them back out of the catacombs of long forgotten threads and into the bright light of the other forumite attention again
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #168 on: July 15, 2012, 06:06:52 pm »

Where is Tholtig Cryptbrain the Waning Diamonds and her 2341 NAMED kills?

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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #169 on: September 23, 2012, 03:44:45 pm »

Blood: delicious magic liquid
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #170 on: September 23, 2012, 03:52:20 pm »

Where is Tholtig Cryptbrain the Waning Diamonds and her 2341 NAMED kills?
I had neglected updating the dictionary for a while now in favour of other things. I suppose it's never too late to resume.

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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #171 on: September 24, 2012, 08:47:22 am »

You guys, why is there only iron and copper here. No steel, even. Or gold. Gosh.

Spoiler: Aluminum (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Tin (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Bronze (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Zinc (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Steel (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Gold (click to show/hide)
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #172 on: September 24, 2012, 09:54:20 am »

Bronze:
1. An alloy made from see Copper and see Tin, marginally better than copper for making bladed weapons but still worse than iron. 2. In certain iron-poor environments, dwarves with bronze-enriched blood have been reported, but the veracity of these tales is unknown. 3. The only metal good enough to make gigantic angry statues out of.

The claim that bronze is worse than iron for bladed weapons is questionable. I can't say I have a full understanding of the mechanics involved, but bronze has a higher [SHEAR_YIELD] value than iron, which should imply that bronze is better at cutting than iron. Tests on the efficacy of ranged weapons [1] ascertained that bronze and iron are virtually identical in terms of performance, both when used for bolts and armor: iron/bronze bolts cannot penetrate iron/bronze armor, which converts all damage to BLUNT (Bruises). Steel bolts penetrate iron/bronze armor, causing EDGE damage (Tears). I do not know whether this is the same for for bladed melee weapons, but the ranged results themselves make a strong case for bronze.
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #173 on: October 15, 2012, 03:17:50 pm »

Bronze Colossus: An attempt at making a gigantic, controllable suit of armor out of metal and magic. They left out the "controllable" part.

(trying to describe a mecha in as medieval terminology as I can)
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #174 on: October 25, 2012, 04:27:13 pm »

i... LOVE THIS!


and, i sort of have one... for crossbow... sort of... and horseshoe crabs... shall i say it?
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Re: Dwarf Etymology - Æxeford Dorfish Dictionary (Revised)
« Reply #175 on: October 25, 2012, 05:15:19 pm »

We need a entry for only true immortal existence in dwarf fortress: the undead giant sponge. maybe that's what dwarven gods are.... undead giant sponges
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