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flieroflight

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a discussion on elfiness.
« on: August 13, 2011, 10:41:24 am »
so, ive been wondering on just what would be elfiness in its purest form?
my vest guess is a forest titan made of wood that enemates an aura of loving and kindness.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 10:42:51 am »
An abomination of wood and bone that devours everything in its path and comes in endless swarms.

Oh, you meant non-DF elfiness. Yeah, you're probably right on that count.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 10:43:43 am »
No chopping trees challenges.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 10:44:51 am »
Only using things that trees gave you of their own free will.

Also eating your foes.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2011, 10:48:04 am »
Quote from: Japa on August 13, 2011, 10:44:51 am
Also eating your foes.
Well, it IS pretty elfy. One goblin siege, you've got an entire 8x8 stockpile of goblin roasts.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2011, 10:49:43 am »
Quote from: flieroflight on August 13, 2011, 10:41:24 am
so, ive been wondering on just what would be elfiness in its purest form?

2 trees.  Doing it.  or An elf and a tree.  Doing it.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2011, 11:12:00 am »
I like to think of elves as more than hippies. Savage, yet elfishly elegant and graceful, druid/warriors.
Can you imagine surviving in DF without Steel, Funobtainum, or burrying yourself underground?
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2011, 12:31:29 pm »
once i found a titan on a temple on her side,a dead elf, that was an iguana she was named blabalba peaceful plains,and she had an peaceful appearence,guess what she did?
bite my head off.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2011, 12:45:37 pm »
also...

<-- pretty damn elfish.
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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2011, 01:00:59 pm »
well I think it will be pretty challenging running a elf hamlet.

You cannot dig underground (well maybe for stones you can), you build most of the thind from trees (you will have a special designation order that can harvest trees without cutting them) and you just use weapons and armor of wood.
No magma, no power generators, no cunning traps (meh maybe only upright spikes, but without mechanism it;s pretty lame).

On the balancing side you can breed giant egles and other wild animals to help you in defending the hamlet.

And of course you can butcher and eat sentient creatures.
Even your own citizens.

This make migration and migrants most welcome events. Especially when the food stock is running low.

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Re: a discussion on elfiness.
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2011, 01:14:38 pm »
Quote from: Hungry Elephant on August 13, 2011, 01:00:59 pm
well I think it will be pretty challenging running a elf hamlet.

You cannot dig underground (well maybe for stones you can), you build most of the thind from trees (you will have a special designation order that can harvest trees without cutting them) and you just use weapons and armor of wood.
No magma, no power generators, no cunning traps (meh maybe only upright spikes, but without mechanism it;s pretty lame).

On the balancing side you can breed giant egles and other wild animals to help you in defending the hamlet.

And of course you can butcher and eat sentient creatures.
Even your own citizens.

This make migration and migrants most welcome events. Especially when the food stock is running low.

This is a challenge some dorfs here would likely do.
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