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[Eiba]

The short story of my fortress in a single png:

"Deathweaver" was a randomly generated name... It was startlingly appropriate...

"A sandy forest overflowing with silk and dotted with magma lakes? It's like it's made of money! What could possibly go wrong?"

Werewolves.

[Torak]

So a racoon stole a masterwork cloth, got a guy pissed, he killed everyone, and went on to get killed by a werewolf?

Or did the werewolf kill everyone and then the tanruming guy kill the werewolf?

[Scotty]

i wouldn't be suprised if the dwarf continued his rampage and became the scourge of werewolves around the world

[Eiba]

Well, I suppose this warrants more detail: the werewolf appeared out of nowhere and chased everyone around, and while they were distracted a raccoon stole Mr. Netplayed's masterpiece. He then went berserk and took out a bridge, as all good crazy dwarves do, and fell into the shallow moat. However at least three other dwarves were trying to run over that bridge in an attempt to escape the werewolf... they all stopped, dumbfounded, and proceeded to be slaughtered. By this time the four remaining dwarves had decided to go to sleep and three of them were slaughtered.

When I posted this topic, I had assumed that Deathweaver would end with, well, the death of my weaver... as he was clearly about to die... However, unpausing the game (just to end it so I could start a new fortress, so I thought) Netplayed went absolutely mad breaking the spine of the werewolf with six names.

...

So yeah, the tantruming guy killed the werewolf:

I was not expecting that...

[RedWick]

Looks like somebody just got a hermit fort to play!  Assuming the weaver eventually stops tantruming and doesn't die from starvation or thirst.

[Eiba]

quote:Originally posted by Scotty:
<STRONG>i wouldn't be suprised if the dwarf continued his rampage and became the scourge of werewolves around the world</STRONG>

Why, funny you should mention!
   

Another werewolf popped up out of nowhere, so I drafted Limul and... ther werewolf ran away from him! I swear to god, he had to chase down the werewolf, break it's kneecaps knocked him unconscious and "wrestled" with the unconscious werewolf for at least two minutes (at ~60 FPS) before killing him...

 

quote:Originally posted by RedWick
<STRONG>Looks like somebody just got a hermit fort to play! Assuming the weaver eventually stops tantruming and doesn't die from starvation or thirst.</STRONG>

Limul has all the amenities he'd need for years... I just might have to write this up if he keeps being so god damn awesome.

[ December 08, 2007: Message edited by: Eiba ]

[Scotty]

you'd figure that killing a werewolf after it slaughtered your friends would be a happy thought, although i guess the realization you're the last dwarf alive will probably cancel that out

[Scotty]

hehe i return to my previous statement about being a scourge

[Eiba]

 

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So much for that...

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It's taking a while for him do actually die though...

Edit:

And so ends Deathweaver...

[ December 08, 2007: Message edited by: Eiba ]

[Kugu]

What an awesome tragic story... I bet the Raccoon was an agent of Armok sent to send your fortress into this series of events. Blood for the blood god!

[Tahin]

I love how a single raccoon can bring about the death of a whole fortress. This games is t3h 4w3s0m3.

[Helmaroc]

Question about werewolves - has the transformation been implemented yet? You know, the whole 'you get bitten then you turn into a werewolf also' thing?

[Thingy Master]

quote:Originally posted by Helmaroc:
<STRONG>Question about werewolves - has the transformation been implemented yet? You know, the whole 'you get bitten then you turn into a werewolf also' thing?</STRONG>

No, I dont think so, or we would be hearing epic tales of a fortress getting destroyed by random transformation.

Though lycanthropes would be all sorts of awesome.

[Red Jackard]

quote:Originally posted by Eiba:
<STRONG>And so ends Deathweaver...</STRONG>

...with the death of your weaver...

[Alfador]

quote:Originally posted by Thingy Master:
<STRONG>

No, I dont think so, or we would be hearing epic tales of a fortress getting destroyed by random transformation.

Though lycanthropes would be all sorts of awesome.</STRONG>

It'd be great if lycanthropy worked like tantruming: A dwarf who'd been bitten would periodically transform and start attacking other dwarves, destroying buildings, etc. Eventually there might be an option (perhaps with the Dungeon Master?) to preemptively chain up dwarves who transform like that, and hope the chains are good enough quality for them not to break free. They could get unhappy thoughts from "seeing the carnage they unwittingly caused" and happy thoughts from "being restrained from horrific transformation."

And then of course the Alchemist could create a potion that would allow them to keep their minds when they transform. If taken regularly, you occasionally have a dwarf with a lot more size, strength, toughness, etc. who is generally an all-around badass... but if you run out of potion, look out!

Also there could be more than just werewolves. Werelions, werefoxes, weredragons, wereswallows, werecarp! (Werecarp would need a pond to avoid drowning in the air.)