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Babylon

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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2011, 07:08:49 am »
Quote from: zwei on December 25, 2011, 09:50:25 am
Uncut gems are one of few exhaustible resources in game. This would fix it.

Glass is unlimited.
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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2011, 03:57:34 pm »
Quote from: Babylon on December 26, 2011, 07:08:49 am
Quote from: zwei on December 25, 2011, 09:50:25 am
Uncut gems are one of few exhaustible resources in game. This would fix it.

Glass is unlimited.
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Quote from: jaxler on February 15, 2012, 10:26:25 pm
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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2011, 10:26:02 pm »
Quote from: Babylon on December 26, 2011, 07:08:49 am
Quote from: zwei on December 25, 2011, 09:50:25 am
Uncut gems are one of few exhaustible resources in game. This would fix it.

Glass is unlimited.
did you even read the posts only a few above yours?
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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2011, 12:24:23 am »
yes I did read the post above me. I read all the posts. I posted this thread.
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Quote from: jaxler on February 15, 2012, 10:26:25 pm
I've decided to say "fuck it" and will just implode my fort.

“Ok, Neo ChosenUrist, before you is two levers. Pull the Kimberlite lever -- you wakeup in a random bed and have whatever thoughts you want to think. You pull the Bauxite lever -- you stay in the caverns and I show you how deep the adamantine hole goes.” - psalms

knutor

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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2011, 10:01:30 am »
Quote from: jaxler on December 27, 2011, 12:24:23 am
yes I did read the post above me. I read all the posts. I posted this thread.

I think Cool is refering to Baby's post, in regards to mine, Jax.  Mine was long winded, he didn't read it, most likely.  Or he wouldn't have posted the same conclusion. 

Glass is unlimited. 

Yup.  I just wish obsidian were, a by product of high temperature and rain, like it could be, in a polluted atmosphere.  Wouldn't it be interesting to have rocks and boulders fall from the sky.  The craters would be beautiful.  Topside living would be near impossible.  It sure would be fun to see the goblins mingling outside my water cooler, err gates, in a region with falling obsidian.  *splat*  ew!

Toady could put in some rare space rocks, to do this..  I'd play a few games in that biome, to see what it was like, that is for sure.

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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2011, 10:38:38 am »
I'd like to see obsidian be used for spears and arrows/bolts, myself - and flint too! (Why is there no flint?) Obsidian swords have always seemed a bit of a stretch for me, but spear and arrowheads, and perhaps large daggers, make sense to be made of sharp stone. Maybe giant axe blades...
I think elves would be more Fun if they at least had access to stone-age technology, for one. This is kinda drifting off-topic though.
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Re: obsidian should be used for gem cutting.
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2011, 11:55:22 am »
Quote from: C27 on December 30, 2011, 10:38:38 am
I'd like to see obsidian be used for spears and arrows/bolts, myself - and flint too! (Why is there no flint?) Obsidian swords have always seemed a bit of a stretch for me, but spear and arrowheads, and perhaps large daggers, make sense to be made of sharp stone. Maybe giant axe blades...
I think elves would be more Fun if they at least had access to stone-age technology, for one. This is kinda drifting off-topic though.

You seen the wiki for obsidian short swords? They have a good rendition of what they hopefully look like :P
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