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[Archereon]

Just curious, and would rather not have to restart because my adventurer is listed as fat. I know that being fat in dwarf fortress is, at the very most, a very minor disadvantage due to slightly lower speed which is more than compensated for increased toughness, but it's an issue of pride. While playing as some fat bastard once or twice is hilarious, doing it every time is just meh.

[ikachan]

Well if you're careful then you can it is possible to burn the fat of.

[skyte100]

Literal burning or...?

[weenog]

Literal burning or...?

Literal burning.  I hear that if you take it to an extreme, you can make an essentially heatproof dwarf.  The "bleeding" when burning to death is from fat melting away.  If you manage to melt every last bit of it off, and survive, it doesn't matter anymore.

[Matoro]

Find a shrub. Stand on it. Press g. Select "ignite whatever (here)". Skip time. You'll start to bleed. Be very careful. You have to leave before you set to fire (I don't know if jumping into murky pool could save you).

[Xantalos]

Literal burning or...?

Literal burning.  I hear that if you take it to an extreme, you can make an essentially heatproof dwarf.  The "bleeding" when burning to death is from fat melting away.  If you manage to melt every last bit of it off, and survive, it doesn't matter anymore.

I've done this. I eventually had a human adventurer who laughed in a dragon's face while dragonfire did nothing to affect him.

[Repseki]

Literal burning or...?

Literal burning.  I hear that if you take it to an extreme, you can make an essentially heatproof dwarf.  The "bleeding" when burning to death is from fat melting away.  If you manage to melt every last bit of it off, and survive, it doesn't matter anymore.

I've done this. I eventually had a human adventurer who laughed in a dragon's face while dragonfire did nothing to affect him.

So you found a buckler and worked on your blocking skill? I thought this was about burning fat off?

[Xantalos]

Literal burning or...?

Literal burning.  I hear that if you take it to an extreme, you can make an essentially heatproof dwarf.  The "bleeding" when burning to death is from fat melting away.  If you manage to melt every last bit of it off, and survive, it doesn't matter anymore.

I've done this. I eventually had a human adventurer who laughed in a dragon's face while dragonfire did nothing to affect him.

So you found a buckler and worked on your blocking skill? I thought this was about burning fat off?

No, I literally walked naked in front of a dragon, wielding nothing, and dragonfire harmed me not.
Then I got clawed to death by the dragon and savescummed, but still.

[Repseki]

Interesting, I knew normal fire was all about burning fat, but with Dragonfire being so much stronger I never thought it would be defeated in the same way.

[Xantalos]

I was playing 31.25 Genesis mod and stood up to a balor too, so it should work? I dunno.

[Archereon]

Wow, this actually works, though it still says I'm fat in the description, despite said description also saying there is no fat on my body. Time to become a necro/vampire and be a dark undead lord, then see if I get quests to kill this guy on future adventurers.