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BodyGripper

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Authors in Sieges
« on: June 17, 2016, 08:20:23 pm »
Last night, my fortress was under siege by an overwhelming army of goblins and elves (in the goblin civilization).  At some point I noticed in the combat reports that an elf was using a book as a weapon.  At first I thought she had just picked up one that belonged to my fortress, but upon closer inspection I saw that she was carrying two books, both authored by herself.

The elf, Utes Poisonbrain
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The books
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Legends mode didn't show much of interest - just that she had written several more books.
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Has anyone else seen anything like this?  It would be nice if sieges could be a regular source of books.  Unfortunately, our strength was broken before we could collect these two.
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2016, 10:16:11 pm »
I had a goblin author arrive in a siege as well. Unfortunately she was torn in half. Fortunately, her book survived. It described some certain Goblin pits. I think it was called Trenches.

My scribes copied it, so her work shall live on! :D
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2016, 02:22:37 am »
Yes, I've seen invaders carrying, and even wielding, books. Not exactly my choice of weapon, not even if you consider the pen to be mightier than the sword...
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2016, 02:24:58 am »
People. People. You are missing something.

She killed a Rhino. With a book.
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2016, 02:44:47 am »
Half the books in my library are about the stars, phases of the moon and the wind. Which i got from destroying 2 elf attacks.
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2016, 03:17:00 am »
In bloodyhells, there's like five zombies armed with books.
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BodyGripper

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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2016, 08:42:12 am »
Quote from: MonkeyHead on June 18, 2016, 02:24:58 am
People. People. You are missing something.

She killed a Rhino. With a book.

To be fair, I think it was a baby rhino.
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Re: Authors in Sieges
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2016, 10:57:19 am »
Quote from: MonkeyHead on June 18, 2016, 02:24:58 am
People. People. You are missing something.

She killed a Rhino. With a book.

She threw that thing! Oh goodness.
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On the Fifth Day of Axemas, my love saved the fort from...
Five sieging Werebeasts, four Giant Dingoes, three sneaky Thieves, two drunken Black bears, and a Titan killing spree!