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Veloxyll posted:
Huzzah! I hope to create many perplexing works of art.
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Sep 30, 2014 17:12
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My dwarf seems like the perfect butcher. I hope we encounter a giant snail so she can chop it to pieces.
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Sep 30, 2014 17:21
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 I just noticed that I apparently have a taste for Giant Peregrine Falcon Tooth. ... Giant Peregrine Falcons have TEETH.
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Sep 30, 2014 17:31
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Spanish Matlock posted:
The hell are you talking about, of course they don't-  Huh. How does one develop a taste for that though?
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Sep 30, 2014 20:34
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ViggyNash posted:How does one develop a taste for that though? Painfully.
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Sep 30, 2014 21:20
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I've noticed that a lot of the babies want to create great works of art.
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Sep 30, 2014 22:30
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I pledge my axe to the Pig Throne of Fogwall!
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Oct 1, 2014 00:12
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Babies understand that their civilization won't last for much longer. They want to leave some kind of lasting testament that says they lived.
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Oct 1, 2014 00:16
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Tyty posted:I've noticed that a lot of the babies want to create great works of art. We should be grateful that Toady hasn't implemented dwarf poop. You just know it would have +quality+ stats
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Oct 1, 2014 00:17
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 Well, I'm just a walking contradiction. (I'm thin, but also short and sturdy with a broad head and broad ears) I'm pretty darn goony - I love leisure and leisure time, and find nature somewhat disturbing. I have poor focus, iffy sense for music, and meager creativity... yet I dream of crafting a masterwork?  I believe the last time I was dwarfed I literally took a nap in lava (which went about as well as you'd think) after a very special lever *somehow* got pulled... Teketeketeketeke fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Oct 1, 2014 03:30
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Aw, that s at the end of Neurosis Pinches couldn't fit. Now it isn't a perfect anagram of my username anymore. Anyway: very flimsy, quick to tire, poor analytical ability. I'm definite cannon fodder. It's not a question of if I'll die a gruesome death soon, but how and when I'll die a gruesome death soon.
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Oct 1, 2014 04:01
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Pittsburg Lambi had the same problem. cut off the C. when it does I even try re-entering them because my fingers have betrayed me before. All dwarves are fated to suffer gruesome death. Some of them will be at the hands of the enemies of the Fort. Others by the Incompetence of the Overseers!
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Oct 1, 2014 07:58
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 The Satiation of Nobles and the Challenges of Hunting. The Cold Months.  Digs were quickly assigned for the accommodation of mining. Darth Various et al quickly carved out space for us to house these  Meanwhile the new dining room, and works to hide the clay behind good dwarven stone continue well.  Any suggestion of Deathtrap workshops is a filthy elven lie, all workshops are accessible from multiple entrances.  The new nobles experiment with banning things.  As for myself, well. The fortress is well supplied with slain tree, so I take up the mining pick and now consider myself at least as good at parting the stone as murdering the vile tree.  Le_Squidie shows the new guys how it's done. Given that it is winter regardless, I am not concerned.  Potato, meanwhile, is very concerned when he runs out of bolts.  This leads to the Elk Birds invading the residential level. they do not seem particularly belligerent, thus I allow the militia to continue their training.  I also expand the bee industry.  Not that the rest of our industry is idle during the wintery months. A fortress always needs more goods.  With the new quarters stone smoothed, our engravers begin the more delicate task of etching imagery across the walls, so that the Nobles will not forget the stories of Fogwall.  The military, meanwhile, is given the month of Opal off. This has nothing to do with the Marksdwarves being competent hunters at all. Nor a third Elk Bird on the residential level.  Our Armour crafting bears fruit. While Bronze, Iron, or Steel would provide better protection, it is still reassuring to see our soldiers clad in proper armour.  Darth Various, Grey Hunter, Aerion, and necrotic complete the engraving in the first new room. It is now ready to be furnished. The Elk bird watches.  We also have a good stock of copper bars, and stone blocks. Potato claims they are comfortable to sleep on. I suspect he just doesn't want to face the Elk Birds he led into the fort.  The new rooms are furnished. Though we have exhausted the Fortress's supply of doors.  The engraving in the new dining room is also complete, so we can complete the walls.  As well, we are able to order some soap made, so we can get rid of some of the stains upon the fortress floors.  On the 19th of Opal, Boing gives birth to Duckaerobics.   Later that day sum gives birth to Chunkter.   Then Fat And Useless follows suit, bringing Hutter Huttersson to Fogwall.   THEN YEOL bears Impy, late that night/early the next morning.   Haha, you thought we were done. Elswyyr contradicts you. Say hallo to Saturnine.   Zarah joins the mother train. Hi Rulebook Heavily. Don't mind the pile of hastily carved birth tablets!  This is what giving people time off does to the place!  Illest Khan tires of waiting, and hauls her own Platinum statue to her room.  Perhaps the Elk Birds aren't ALL Potato's fault... I order the door locked and decide to leave it for the next Overseer. it is late in the winter now, and the beast is a long way south east of the only stair.   Gugo has other ideas, and ascends the stairwell. There is no option. I call the Militia to face the beast.  Neophyte is first on the scene, bringing Tyty to see the beast defeated. Quickly the militia assembles. But bravely, or foolishly, the civilian atomicthumbs, Loskel in arms, walks blithely towards the beast. The militia is ordered to charge, even though crossbow support has not arrived yet.  Meanwhile, Potato has finally found some bolts and is battling one of the Elk Birds. Perhaps for moral support?  The militia is able to easily land blows on the skinless horror-pig. And our investment in equipment helps the militia keep the upper hand.  And quickly surround the beast.  The battle does not all go our way though. In the melee, Mlle is bitten by the beast.  It inflicts a terrible wound.  Of course, Potato takes this moment to inform us he's out of ammunition, as a pair of crossbow dwarves join the fray.  The creature falls, inflicting no further wounds. Mlle doesn't even see the need to visit the doctors. Stotically going about her duties despite her injuries.  Zarah, meanwhile, cleans up Potato's leftovers in the residential area.  While Splode claims the killing blow on Gugo.  As Obsidian draws to a close, Gamer gives birth to a boy, Lawman0. Hopefully that bolt order will shoosh Potato, too. But I doubt it.   Our nobles are sated though, besides wishing for higher quality post-dwarfous accommodations. Finishing the smoothing in the Noble tombs will probably solve that though.  Potato continues to be the worst hunter. THREE MONTHS THOSE drat BIRDS RAN AROUND THE SLEEPING QUARTERS. The season turns, and I relinquish the title of Overseer.  Our hospital is now equipped with at least some of everything, though we could use more soap. And tables and a traction bench.  The dining room is basically ready to be engraved.  We have a good supply of livestock. Though we still need breeding pairs. We also have bees coming along, and stones ready to start work on fortification walls. As well as a number of tree corpses to feed the furnaces.  Ores and stone are in good supply. though our Cloth and Silk supplies are low, we still (probably) have a fair supply of yarn. And leather.  Our workshops are humming along nicely. I'd say there's 1-2 months tops of in progress work orders at them. Orewise we have Galena, Tetrahedite, Platinum, and Malachite. So copper equipment and Silver, Zinc, or Platinum arts.  Finally, we've got a few spare beds in the cemetery at the moment should dwarves meet unfortunate ends. Administration: OH GOD SO MANY BABIES. Duckaerobics. Chunkter. Hutter Huttersson Impy Saturnine Rulebook Heavily Lawman0 The next Male Adult is #98, Zarwell. And the next otherwise is #114 or so. Up to you if you want to heed their requests, or just throw names on anyone. Save is Here Please don't get us all killed. Veloxyll fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Oct 1, 2014 15:43
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Excellent work! You've go a tag error on the second line, /b] needs to be /s] Also, Dwarfme sees his tendency towards mercy as an impediment on the path to power.  I'll see about getting some diaries up when he's capable of standing.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:52
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Overseer Lottery is open! As before, you have 48 hours to declare your intent to run the fort. The winner will be selected by random draw.
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Oct 1, 2014 16:07
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 From the journal of symuun Cloisteredattic, Chief Mechanic Y'know me, right enough, an' I ain't the type to criticise them as rules us, nor the defences they puts in place. All I'm sayin' is there ain't no security leak can't be solved wi' the proper application o' levers an' mechanisms. 'S quite simple, really. All we needs to do is hollow out the entire space 'twixt first an' second cavern, then link up one o' them collapsin' stone pillars. I done some calculations on the back o' this spare bit o' cloth, an' I reckon one column's enough to suspend an entire cavern in mid-air indefinitely. I mean, when ye think about it, they're mostly air an' open space, so it makes sense how that'd work. Anyways, next time we gets another forgotten beastie in the first or second layer, all ye've got to do is drop the one cavern onto t'other. Bam, squish, one dead eldritch horror. No need t'thank me, just doin' me job. Right then, that's me latest contribution to Fogwall's security all sorted out. Time fer dinner, I thinks. I'm hearin' it's roast pork today. Hope there's plenty o' cracklin'! (Congratulations on a relatively casualty-free year, Veloxyll. Or should that be 'condolences'?)
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Oct 1, 2014 17:10
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Count me in Can't go wrong with a baby overseer.
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Oct 1, 2014 17:12
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Well drat, that was a surprisingly easily killed forgotten beast. Also this game is educational, I didn't even know what the hell a quern was before a noble banned it. Maybe we can rebrand Dwarf Fortress as edutainment.
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Oct 1, 2014 18:02
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As a small child, I am clearly the most qualified to run this fortress!
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Oct 1, 2014 18:11
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Administrator Baby bans the export of pacifiers! Administrator Baby mandates more chocolate! Administrator Baby demands a giant platinum teddy bear monument outside the fortress gates!
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Oct 1, 2014 18:22
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PurpleXVI posted:Also this game is educational, I didn't even know what the hell a quern was before a noble banned it. Maybe we can rebrand Dwarf Fortress as edutainment. I guess this is a relatively harmless ban, compared to socks and I don't think anyone planned to make Fogwall the mayor quern exporter. Also these synchronised births are creepy.
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Oct 1, 2014 18:59
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Air is lava! posted:I don't think anyone planned to make Fogwall the mayor quern exporter.  Back to the drawing board. 
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Oct 1, 2014 19:12
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PurpleXVI posted:Well drat, that was a surprisingly easily killed forgotten beast. Forgotten beasts are highly variable in difficulty. Sometimes you get large skinless animals like Gugo that are relatively harmless. Other times, you get something made of solid steel that spits Ebola, and makes anything it touches catch fire.
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Oct 1, 2014 19:44
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Journal, Fogwall is not ready for my "big picture" style of hunting, it seems. While I was busy corralling the elkies that I completely intentionally led inside, the able-bodied of the fortress were off chasing imaginary monsters. Teamwork may not be their strongest trait. Mlle snubbed me when I waved to her in the halls. Hmph, rude. Potato
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Oct 1, 2014 19:49
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Are silver and platinum weapons still pretty good for bludgeoning?
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Oct 1, 2014 20:08
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Yeah, density still rules the day with hammers.
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Oct 1, 2014 20:20
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Alright! Third time's the charm... I'm in!Potato Jones posted:
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Oct 1, 2014 21:45
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Lottery me.
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Oct 1, 2014 21:59
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Good job on getting the fort back on its feet in a pretty dire situation, Veloxyll! Here's hoping the next overseer manages to poo poo all over your work again. Maybe they can let an elk bird kick some of those babies to death leading to a mass tantrum or something.
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Oct 1, 2014 22:01
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Good work, Veloxyll!
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Oct 1, 2014 22:21
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PurpleXVI posted:Well drat, that was a surprisingly easily killed forgotten beast. The fortress even HAS a Quern! and a Screw Press. No dwarves even DIED making it. Sometimes it's nice to have a relatively quiet year. I was tempted to just put the birth chain down and just say: "This happened." Instead I went with my actual reaction at the time. So of COURSE the militia would have to face a Forgotten Beast while half the melee dwarves had babies on them.
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Oct 1, 2014 22:49
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Do overseers get a dwarf for themselves even if they aren't on the dwarfing list? I want to order alcoholics around but it would be awkward to write updates without a viewpoint character. Either way include me in the lottery.
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Oct 1, 2014 23:41
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scamtank posted:Yeah, density still rules the day with hammers. Is there a difference in what materials make good smashing weapons, and what materials make good cutting/stabbing weapons? Or are some materials just +weapon goodness in general?
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Oct 1, 2014 23:43
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The DF wiki weapons page does a good job of explaining everything, but basically heavier is better for blunt attacks, and lighter + harder is better for cutting/piercing attacks. The wiki has a table explaining what weapons use what kinds of attacks, but it's generally fairly obvious. Overall For Blunt: Platinum > Silver > Iron = Bronze > Steel > Copper > Adman For Cutting: Adman > Steel > Iron > Bronze > Copper > Silver > Paltinum
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Oct 2, 2014 00:11
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PurpleXVI posted:Is there a difference in what materials make good smashing weapons, and what materials make good cutting/stabbing weapons? Or are some materials just +weapon goodness in general? There is - heavier / denser metals make good bashing weapons (hammers / maces). This means that for normal weapon crafting metals, silver is your go to for blunt weapons. However, silver on the other hand is the worst metal for edged / pointed weapons. Even copper makes better swords or axes than silver. On the other end, Adamantium makes by far the best cutting weapons followed by steel, then iron/bronze and then copper, and last place is silver. Adamantium though being very very light makes terrible blunt weapons. If you are lucky enough to get a moody dwarf to make a platinum bashing weapon, you're all set as it's really really heavy and dense. e:fb e2: vvvvv I don't believe that elk birds start with the [TRAINABLE] tag in the raws (although you can manually add it) so I don't think so. They can be tamed as they have the [PET_EXOTIC] tag, but I believe only Giant Bats and Giant Swallows can be trained, and in their case, only has hunting animals. PotatoManJack fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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Oct 2, 2014 00:15
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Can Elk Birds be tamed and trained into War Elk Birds?
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Oct 2, 2014 00:36
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Eh, guess I should've made Platinum maces and hammers. Ah well. we have good supplies of ore for the next Overseer anyhow. Shame Lead and Zinc can't be used for smooshing weapons.
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Oct 2, 2014 03:03
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Veloxyll posted:Shame Lead and Zinc can't be used for smooshing weapons.
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Oct 2, 2014 03:20
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symuun posted:Right then, that's me latest contribution to Fogwall's security all sorted out. Time fer dinner, I thinks. I'm hearin' it's roast pork today. Hope there's plenty o' cracklin'! Symuun cancels eat: no cracklin'.  I have to say, giant skinless pig meat delivery service is a pretty efficient way to feed a fortress. Did we get an accounting of how many meats that walking pork roast got turned in to?
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Veloxyll posted:Eh, guess I should've made Platinum maces and hammers. Ah well. we have good supplies of ore for the next Overseer anyhow. When it happens though, its nice.
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