Let's Play Dwarf Fortress - Skeletal WHAT?! - Page 35

Melfice · 01-09-2010, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loyal

Recycling? What the bloody hell kinda pansy elf idea is that!?

Communiqu� between Captain Loyal and acting(?) Captain Melfice, date unknown

Recycling a wooden mug into a... doorhandle is a pansy elf idea. Recycling a table into a shield is a pansy elf idea.
Re-purposing the magma that fell on the earth from our "magma shower" so that we can use it for a death-pit (or something else involving magma, and the horrible death of whoever sieges us) is a brilliant idea from your resident strategist (ME).

Besides, I have no idea if we have smelter yet, but I can assure you that smelting looted armour is an excellent way of bolstering out metal supplies. Recycling, in other words.

It's all good to be a beer-swilling, homicidal, psychotic dwarf. I'm all for that; as a matter of fact, it's been long due we drank something together, Captain, but innovation is long due in our ways.

Hoping to have explained myself sufficiently,

Melfice.

PhoenixFlame · 01-09-2010, 06:17 PM

I advise you not to trifle with !!clowns!! for they are dangerous and the only thing capable of killing adamantine clad champions without even touching them.

Wigmund · 01-09-2010, 06:27 PM

How about we clear out the rest of the undead river, then take on the undead of the magma pipe, and finally the undead of the chasm before we take on the world-enders hiding in the clown car.

We have enough hostile creatures, not even counting the frequent goblin raids, to keep the fort busy for awhile. Besides, with trying to take on the chasm and magma pipe, we can lose soldiers to flames and falling. And then have dwarfs in the fort freak because we can't recover any remains to bury.

Loyal · 01-09-2010, 07:28 PM

Dear Melfice:

I fail to see why we should go through the trouble (and wasted space, and materials, see below) of siphoning used magma back into a resovoir, or the volcano, or wherever, for the purpose of using the magma in other pursuits, when one considers that we can simply draw off more of the fiery blood from the (inexhaustible) magma vent itself.

Furthermore, such an undertaking would involve significant taxation on our magma-proof resources, especially considering how little of it we have:

Bauxite is in extremely limited supply, and now that our Queen is here, we will no longer be able to request any more of it.

Iron does not exist in natural form in the area (barring rare veins of Hematite), and can only be harvested from captured and killed goblins. For my own part I'd rather use that iron for things like armor and steel production, maybe crafts or goblets in a pinch;

Nickel still has yet to be excavated, last I heard, and likely will remain that way for some time to come unless an exhaustive search is performed;

And Adamantine is in finite supply and far too valuable for such pursuits.

Geminex · 01-09-2010, 10:36 PM

Captain loyal! You seem... coherent?

Are you sober?

As for fun ideas, would it be possible to build a huge colliseum-like arena and pit various animals, prisoners and undead against each other?

Thadius · 01-10-2010, 02:13 PM

Wait a tic...

Military units...

Going without drink...

But we've plenty of booze...

WHO GAVE THEM WATERSKINS?! OWN UP!

Flarecobra · 01-10-2010, 02:24 PM

Booze refreshes. Water heals. Simple as that.

Loyal · 01-10-2010, 02:26 PM

I dunno about you but my military dwarves are always sober, even off-duty. Think it has to do with the waterskins they carry.

Wigmund · 01-10-2010, 08:21 PM

You fool, you've doomed us all! Everyone knows dwarfs have to constantly drink otherwise they become knurd!
Think of the ~~stunning realizations about the idiocy of dwarfkind~~ horrors your men will witness if that's allowed to happen.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 01-10-2010, 08:25 PM

Yeah I did notice whenever someone posted a pic of any Dwarfs thoughts that they all seemed to be sober. Kind've worrying really. Are we actually out of alchahol or what then?

01-09-2010, 06:17 PM	#342
PhoenixFlame ☢!CAUTION!☢ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beneath Gensokyo Posts: 3,668	I advise you not to trifle with !!clowns!! for they are dangerous and the only thing capable of killing adamantine clad champions without even touching them. __________________ "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." -from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan

01-09-2010, 06:27 PM	#343
Wigmund Lakitu Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 2,139	How about we clear out the rest of the undead river, then take on the undead of the magma pipe, and finally the undead of the chasm before we take on the world-enders hiding in the clown car. We have enough hostile creatures, not even counting the frequent goblin raids, to keep the fort busy for awhile. Besides, with trying to take on the chasm and magma pipe, we can lose soldiers to flames and falling. And then have dwarfs in the fort freak because we can't recover any remains to bury. __________________ Slightly off-kilter

01-10-2010, 02:13 PM	#346
Thadius BEARD IMPACT Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MANLY ANGER Posts: 1,977	*Gears start turning* Wait a tic... Military units... Going without drink... But we've plenty of booze... WHO GAVE THEM WATERSKINS?! OWN UP! __________________ ANGER HAS NEVER BEEN MORE MANLY THAN THIS.

01-10-2010, 02:24 PM	#347
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Booze refreshes. Water heals. Simple as that. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

01-10-2010, 08:21 PM	#349
Wigmund Lakitu Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 2,139	You fool, you've doomed us all! Everyone knows dwarfs have to constantly drink otherwise they become knurd! Think of the ~~stunning realizations about the idiocy of dwarfkind~~ horrors your men will witness if that's allowed to happen. __________________ Slightly off-kilter

01-09-2010, 10:36 PM	#345
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Captain loyal! You seem... coherent? Are you sober? As for fun ideas, would it be possible to build a huge colliseum-like arena and pit various animals, prisoners and undead against each other?