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[Fen]

So, my weaponsmith went moody, cue tons of happiness. He grabs some silver and I hope to schist he makes a warhammer for my favorite hammerdwarf.

well, no. He makes a Battle Axe instead.
So my question is thus; should I use this thing? I know artifacts make good weapons and armor, but silver is also piss for anything that is supposed to cut. I have a hammerdwarf who could use it if it's worthwhile, but I don't know how it weighs out really.

[Tiruin]

Battle axe = Axedwarves. Use it, silver, even if worse than copper as an EDGE weapon, is now in artifact form.

Use it. Or convert it into a weapon trap and place it in a noble room to make then ultra-happy. Or your communal dining hall to make everyone happy.

[Couchmonster]

The sheer weight will rack some damage.

[Mitchewawa]

I guess if your dwarfs pommel them with it...

[gunnarig]

Actualy with my luck with metals i tend to never find anything but silver or copper in the ocations i found ongly galena wich is lead and 50%chance on silver i made alot of silver battleaxes and they murder goblins and giants and such. i do trade for other metals but i would use that thing. also i find silver bolts are great. but of course i trade for better metals whenever i can but im telling you silver battleaxes work

[schismatise]

Weight is factored into hacking weapons (battleaxes) as well as piercing weapons (bolts), possibly a little more than it should be. So yes, it will work, even if it's not ideal.

Furthmore, as far as i'm aware, artifact weapons advantage over regular weapons is an increased chance to hit. This may seem vaguely useless, but i think it also translates into an increased chance to hit critical body parts, which is certainly not useless - a well trained speardwarf armed with nothing but a wooden training spear can still kill a troll in a single hit to the heart.

[Fen]

These are some really good points getting brought up, and in my fort's early stages, increased accuracy of even one of my soldiers would be extremely useful in chasing down snatchers/thieves/ambushers. Sometimes, my dwarfs can actually catch up to a gobbo or kobold, but can't immobilize it before it runs offscreen.

I'll give it a go then and hand it off to my most experienced soldier, aka The Guy Who Once Chopped Off A Goblin's Arm. Maybe he'll actually get to kill something next time a snatcher or thief shows up.

[hjd_uk]

On a tangent, i wish you could build any object as a 'statue' i.e it would be placed on a Plinth and be considered a statue for the purporses of gameplay.

[Muttonhawk]

No doubt there's probably a mod around with display cases or the like for something similar.

[Tiruin]

The Original thread on display cases.

The code, now using any type of glass and not just clear glass!

Code: [Select]

[BUILDING_WORKSHOP:DISPLAY_CASE]
   [NAME:Display Case]
   [NAME_COLOR:7:0:1]
   [DIM:1:1]
   [WORK_LOCATION:1:1]
   [BUILD_LABOR:MASON]
   [BLOCK:1:0]
   [TILE:0:1:'#']
   [COLOR:0:1:MAT]
   [TILE:1:1:'#']
   [COLOR:1:1:MAT]
   [TILE:2:1:'#']
   [COLOR:2:1:MAT]
   [TILE:3:1:147]
   [COLOR:3:1:MAT]
   [BUILD_ITEM:1:BLOCKS:NONE:NONE:NONE][CAN_USE_ARTIFACT]
   [BUILD_ITEM:1:BOX:NONE:NONE:NONE][GLASS_MATERIAL][CAN_USE_ARTIFACT]
   [BUILD_ITEM:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE][CAN_USE_ARTIFACT]
Though, I'm not sure if this works in the new version as I'm toying around with mortality and not bothered enough to use these cases. 

[Urist McGyver]

It should be a hilarious scene when the Axedwarf notices he can deal more damage slapping people with the side of the axe than trying to dice them.

[acetech09]

Artifact silver sword - best used as a cricket bat.

Artifact silver warhammer - dwarven spank paddle.

[dwarfhoplite]

I have platinum sword and silver high boot. Yes boot. They don't make pairs during moods...

[khearn]

Artifact edged weapons made from inferior materials are kind of a mixed blessing. Against unarmored opponents, they are great. Silver, or even bone, works fine for severing unarmored limbs. The trouble is when you need to get a quick kill on one goblin so you can move on to the three who are ganging up on another dwarf. Even a copper helmet can hold up against a silver axe, so your axedwarf will chop off limbs, the goblin will pass out from pain, and your axedwarf will sit there hacking at the head and failing to penetrate the copper helmet again and again and again and again. Meanwhile, the other dwarf is getting triple-teamed and gets killed because that damned artifact couldn't finish what it started so well. BTDT

So I guess they're better than nothing, but once you can make some replacements with better metals, I'd put it in a trap in the entrance to my dining hall to give everybody good thoughts.

[Flying Dice]

Just toss it in a trap in your dining hall; it will prevent far more damage to your fortress that way.