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[martinuzz]

Meet Spawn 23. Spawn 23 is the 23d dwarf born in my fortress, and he is modest. Look for yourself.

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Really, really modest

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[Kolnukbyne]

By creating a war hammer from adamantine he is showing his modesty. He could be king of the battlefield with an axe or sword, but he's being modest and making something completely useless so he doesn't show up his chummies on the battlefield.

[AutomataKittay]

He's so modest that he refuse to make the best of the best with bluemetal, instead choosing to make something that makes everyone rage

[katana]

Are we all ignoring the fact that he named it after himself?

[AutomataKittay]

Are we all ignoring the fact that he named it after himself?

Seems self-reinforcing to me, make the one thing that half of overseers seems to rage at, and put his name on it to remind them who made it, instead of a fancy title that embellishes it's shininess

I want to see the description of the artifact!

[Squeejee]

Are we all ignoring the fact that he named it after himself?

That's an accident.  He wrote his name on it so no-one would accidentally try using it, and they all thought he named it after himself.

"No guys, it's called 'The Pleading Undying Certificate,' really!"

"Whatever, Mr. Modesty."

[Drazinononda]

In general: if a dwarf begins collecting materials for an artifact, brings back the first (base) material, and while going for other materials the first is forbidden to force a different material, the dwarf will name the artifact after him/herself.

In my experience.

[misko27]

In general: if a dwarf begins collecting materials for an artifact, brings back the first (base) material, and while going for other materials the first is forbidden to force a different material, the dwarf will name the artifact after him/herself.

In my experience.

Why does you experiance involve such things?

[AutomataKittay]

In general: if a dwarf begins collecting materials for an artifact, brings back the first (base) material, and while going for other materials the first is forbidden to force a different material, the dwarf will name the artifact after him/herself.

In my experience.

I thought artifact name was pretty much pre-set once mood hits. And that forbidding the base material results in artifacts made of iron.

Hmm, I wonder if someone's checked that part in disassemblier.

[martinuzz]

I did not forbid anything. The dwarf took the candy himeself, out of free choice

[monjoe]

The hammer is a metaphor of himself. Though he is brethren with excellent killers he lacks the same lethality. Dwarves are deep.

[katana]

The hammer is a metaphor of himself. Though he is brethren with excellent killers he lacks the same lethality. Dwarves are deep.

Or, he intends to use this to drag out any fights he has and torture the enemies, slowly smashing their extremities off until they bleed out.

[Drazinononda]

The hammer is a metaphor of himself. Though he is brethren with excellent killers he lacks the same lethality. Dwarves are deep.

Or, he intends to use this to drag out derail any fights he has and torture win over the enemies, slowly smashing massaging their extremities off until they bleed out until they figure it out and shank him.

FTFY

[Man In Zero G]

Maybe he just really, really wants to be the Hammerer, so he made a perfect, non-lethal, Implement for the office - then put his name on it, as an application for the job.