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Jordrake

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The X Gene
« on: October 27, 2012, 08:09:59 am »
I'm kind of surprised I've never seen this idea before (though granted I've been known to take lengthy absences from the board).

So, superpowered dwarves. I've done a pair of really simple types just by making attributes defined by caste and giving the bricks buffed strength and toughness and the speedsters buffed agility. I would have given them a better speed, but I'm not sure if I could just give them a stated SPEED token if the rest of the entry doesn't touch it without giving the other castes the standard SPEED, which I was unsure of.

Without further ado, here's what I've done.
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So yeah, if you spot a glaring flaw, let me know. I haven't tested these yet either, and should probably give them caste names, but this is more a proof of concept than anything. If you want to throw your hat into the ring with some other superpowered castes, I'd be pleased, because then I get credit for spawning a good idea without actually having to do as much hard work.
Oh, and do tell me if this has been done before.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2012, 09:12:28 am »
It works that way, though it can be done with a whole lot less tags. Just define the standart ones above the castes and just the ones that deviate inside the castes.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2012, 09:32:23 am »
Thanks. Wasn't sure if that would work, I haven't modded in a long-ass time.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2012, 06:02:34 am »
Who told you it hasn't been done? All old verions of genesis had different castes with different abilities, stats and names :).
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2012, 06:26:46 am »
My own flawed and limited experience and memory.
Although Genesis had a slightly different flavour, in that all dwarves had their own thing, while here it's rare.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2012, 07:24:19 am »
It started the same way :). Then I got carried away.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2012, 03:38:07 pm »
This is X-Men! It is different!

The goblin strikes the dwarf in the head with the iron mace, knocking off his mask!
The dwarf's eyebeams blast the goblin to pieces!

This needs to be a possibility.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2012, 05:12:55 pm »
If there is a way for clothing or armour to affect a dwarf's innate abilities, I'm not clever enough to do it. I will probably work on this some more, though, so look forward to that maybe if you want.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 12:19:30 am »
I suppose you could add a caste with the MATERIAL_EMISSION interaction for dragonfire if you felt like burning your entire fortress down after a week.
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Re: The X Gene
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2012, 12:01:12 pm »
Oh yeah, I had obsidian dwarves shooting firballs initially, and you may guess what made me to nerf that. Forest fires were killing FPS and everything on surface. Forest fires caused by a dwarf spotting a mouse.
« Last Edit: November 04, 2012, 12:03:11 pm by Deon »
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