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Author Topic: Friendly necromancers!  (Read 7008 times)

Mrhappyface

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Friendly necromancers!
« on: February 16, 2012, 05:23:56 pm »

Necromancers are my bros:
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What do? There's a bunch of humie,dorf, and gobbo corpses and some humie and dorf necros. Turns out their friendly, and they also have part-time jobs. The secrets of "Life and Death" is there too.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012, 05:24:50 pm »

I believe that is a particular slab that gives adventurers necromancy magic.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 05:27:19 pm »

I believe that is a particular slab that gives adventurers necromancy magic.
ABANDON THE FORT IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE THAT SLAB!

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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2012, 05:29:17 pm »

How the deuce did you get that on the embark.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 05:31:53 pm »

How the deuce did you get that on the embark.

Luck, probably. Same as getting a dragon in a cave on embark, I'd assume - but with necromancers.

Anyway, good. They'll be your defense partners.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2012, 05:32:44 pm »

Can I have a copy of the world :P I want to play around with dead things, and poking with a stick isn't good enough.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2012, 05:34:21 pm »

Also world please here thanks. :P

Next up, see if you can get one of your dorfs to read the slab and become a necromancer.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 05:34:25 pm »

How the deuce did you get that on the embark.

Luck, probably. Same as getting a dragon in a cave on embark, I'd assume - but with necromancers.

Anyway, good. They'll be your defense partners.
You have to use Just Embark.  :) Also, remember that you're also the Door God, so remember to close the doors to the tower so you don't get raped by the undead.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2012, 05:38:22 pm by Mrhappyface »
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2012, 05:41:12 pm »

Defend the slab, the necromancers and frequently drop animals, goblins and whatever you can find into the tower to bolster its undead army before Urist McAdventurer kills everyone :P

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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2012, 05:50:03 pm »

Lucky... Now I want a necromancer tower. >.>
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2012, 06:00:32 pm »

I embarked on one, fed it 7-8 embarks worth of dorfs, 4 of those were warriors. I was well and truly trounced again and again. The necromancer was titled "Bass Necromancer". Now whether he was in a metal band or had a perchance for fish i don't know...
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 06:04:42 pm »

I embarked on one, fed it 7-8 embarks worth of dorfs, 4 of those were warriors. I was well and truly trounced again and again. The necromancer was titled "Bass Necromancer". Now whether he was in a metal band or had a perchance for fish i don't know...
From what I know, it appears only the best necromancers can perform necromancy as a full time job. His apprentices have to do side-jobs to make money. I guess that would make working at McDonalds a bit awkward.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 06:09:26 pm »

I embarked on one, fed it 7-8 embarks worth of dorfs, 4 of those were warriors. I was well and truly trounced again and again. The necromancer was titled "Bass Necromancer". Now whether he was in a metal band or had a perchance for fish i don't know...
From what I know, it appears only the best necromancers can perform necromancy as a full time job. His apprentices have to do side-jobs to make money. I guess that would make working at McDonalds a bit awkward.

But when some fat american gobshite goes off his nut at you because you ran out of McNuggets you can murder them with a rabble of necro-burgers.
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 06:12:27 pm »

I embarked on one, fed it 7-8 embarks worth of dorfs, 4 of those were warriors. I was well and truly trounced again and again. The necromancer was titled "Bass Necromancer". Now whether he was in a metal band or had a perchance for fish i don't know...
From what I know, it appears only the best necromancers can perform necromancy as a full time job. His apprentices have to do side-jobs to make money. I guess that would make working at McDonalds a bit awkward.

Now that explains the food that wont rot...
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Re: Friendly necromancers!
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2012, 06:40:15 pm »

Next order of business. Get a dwarf adventurer to take that book and learn necromancy, than have him retire, and see if he'll immigrate to your fortress.
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