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1. Emergency food supply; 2. Harbringer of the catsplosion see catsplosion
1. A small, squat humanoid with large pointy ears and yellow glowing eyes. 2. A cute, innocent race of sentients. Their neverending curiousity leads them to wondrous adventures to find XXTroll Leather ThongsXX fantastic treasure, inside a minatour's labyrinth; 3. Kobold has begun to be associated with stupidity in dwarfdom, and this, coupled with the highest cause for kobold extinction being forgetting how to eat, Kobold protection has become a highly challenged sport, with olympic Kobold savers flocking to one banner in the name of Armok... And Kobolds; 4. Kobold, Roughly translated too; Stupid Do Do
1. Large, (normally) metal disc, with toothed edges placed at regular intervals along the perimeter of the disc, commonly found in carpenter's work shops of mainly humans and dwarves. it is a useful tool in shaping and cutting logs with efficiency and ease; 2. Evolved cousin to the now extinct species of small serrated disc; 3. see surgical tools; 4. One of the favoured trap fun components used in Dorf "dancing" machines, the Large Serrated disc has been proven to make Elves, Goblins and all manners of wildlife dance with BOOGY FEVER!!!!
[Followed closely by chronic mutilation and blood loss. Blood loss may be a desired side effect... Most of the time]
1. Molten rock, found above ground; 2. Magma, above ground;
3. LAVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
1. Loyalty cascade - When one entity kills another of the same civilization, becoming an enemy of said civilization (yet remaining a citizen) so that other citizens feel it is their duty to slay the traitor, thus becoming archnemy-citizens themselves until only one entity of his own new blood-forged faction rises from the dust. It is believed that the resonant cascade in half life, was in fact caused by a Loyalty Cascade amongst the humans.
1. Name given to the profession of one who manufactures lye; 2. In several mountain halls, various nobles mandated the construction of glorious castles made exclusively from soap. Naturally this reckless endeavour required a multitude of workers in sweat soap shop asheries constantly making lye for their dwarven overlords. Some dwarves spend their entire lives making lye, doing no other work, becoming renown legendary lye makers, sometimes even warping reality to make artefact lye, adorned with Lovecraftian soap. Some earn their freedom and migrate to other fortresses, others against their own will, with no other useful skills. Some are destined to become mighty warriors (or meat shields), or simply die in a forgotten corner making plump helmet biscuits.
1. Molten rock found underground; 2. Dwarf solution to many problems; 3. Go crazy
1. A dwarf with a penchant for using crossbows too unleash a hell storm of bolts in everything that moves, except when you order them too.
1. The act of mercy performed most commonly by Humans and Dwarves to save trees from the infernal fate that lies in being turned into a forest retreat by elves - They simply detest the elves warping their branches into tools and clothes to the point where the tree would choose death and petrification over Elfdom.
1. Collective name given to all the branches of a Dwarfdom's armed forces or indeed, any dwarf or dwarf institution specialising in killing, maiming, capturing and !!SCIENCE!!, ranging from siege engineers to conscripts and un-killable berserker's, the military can be a well oiled machine covered in spikes, mechanisms and flying blades to a horrific amalgam of useless souls and sods; 2. A joke; 3. Definitely not a joke.
1. Reference to any machine of another civilisation, i.e. a human mechanism to strip mine coal; 2. Among dwarves, mechanism are the fourth most valuable construction material, after wood, stone and metals. Dwarf Mechanism's do not obey the laws of physics, but instead seem to obey only the laws of !!PHYSICS!!, capable of connecting dwarf contraptions with other dimensions, timelines and parts of the universe. Speculation that dwarf beards can inscribe data onto mechanism's to the point where mechanisms develop a low sense of sentience, able to distinguish from target and dwarf are quite surprisingly justified claims. Extremely versatile, mechanism's can be used for everything a dwarf needs, from repeater ballistae to automatic sliding doors.
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1. The Grandmother of boxes of !!FUN!!, nature is more than happy to inflict damage and destruction amongst the foolish and the stalwart, and at the same time can bestow great gifts of kindness amongst her subjects; 2. The default position all living organisms and even the land stand at;
The default position of rabbits:
Eat, breed, burrow.
The default position of badgers:
Eat, stalk, attack!
The default position of dwarves:
Eat, drink, kill, build, dig, burrow, !!SCIENCE!!.....
1. A problem solving method that involves molten rock, whether the problem be social, political, ethical, medical, paradoxical, chronological, physical, metaphysical, parasitical, zoological, geological, geothermal (sort of redundant huh?) meteorological, mathematical, philosophical, nautical, typical, pharmaceutical,theatrical, ultramicroscopical, mechanochemical, megalomaniacal, practical, foolish, systematic, not really a problem, metallurgical, and neurobiological.
2. Find a place of relatively high height in comparison to the surrounding area, roll up your sleeves, bring your hands to your mouth and shout the magic word until your blood boils, your eyes pop out, and your lungs blacken, until the next mad dwarf hears the call to rock and joins the unholy chorus:
MAGMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(Not to be confused with mamgaaaaa)
1. A dwarf in a position of power that sometimes makes impossible demands and mandates. When this happens, usually a Dwarf God schedules an (see) unfortunate accident.
1. Variation of no. It cannot be said without meaning, cannot be unseen and cannot be denied.
Are you still sane?
Nope.
Are you going to survive past the week?
Nope.
Is that a cat not morphing into a badger?
Nope.
Nope?
Nope.
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