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[Corai]

The enemy has arrived and are attacking!

The elves are bringing the full force of there land against you!

The dead walk, hide while you can!

A vile force of darkness has arrived!

The kobolds have arrived in force!



And they all come to say one thing, HAPPY 50TH PAGE, THE TWELTH BAY! ENJOY OUR !!FUN!! PRESENTS!

[Loud Whispers]

50? Just 15 for me

[Eric Blank]

modding the forum settings doesn't count

[Reudh]

Aye, I'm on default settings (except I have the Darkling theme). 50 pages here.


And it'd be interesting to see our forts written up in a weird metastory thing. I would love to write a story of my forts. Creaturebolt, Boldropes I and II, Zalisiden, Limulunnos and now finally Sabreheals.

[wierd]

Fabric dye, for the most part, makes terrible ink.  It is invariably combined with a mineral salt "mordant" to help it bind to the fiber of the fabric, which is deleterious to metal pen tips, and to paper/parchment.

In additon to that, it flows poorly, goes down waaaaaaay too wet, and runs out on the dip pen too quickly, in addition to running and bleeding on the paper or parchment.

Terrible.

Better is genuine india ink, made from a light vegetable oil, alcohol, lamp black, and cedar rosin.

A passable cheap knockoff can be made with milk whey and lamp black as well, gently boiled down to thicken.

Genuine irongall black is made from fermented oak galls and iron chloride, kept in sealed bottles. This is also deleterious to paper and metal pen tips, but does not bleed as badly, and is completely indellable.

Indigo ink, made from white ammonia with indigotin dissolved in it, also works fairly well, and is one of the few exceptions to plant dye based inks. (Indigo complex is insoluble in water, but reduces in contact with alkaline solvents, forming "indigo white", which is water soluble. This is how indigo is applied as a dyestuff.  The blue color comes from oxidative reaction with the atmosphere, and evaporation of the ammonia in the dyebath. It slowly turns from colorless to deep blue as it develops.)

Red inks were either made from (inferior) madder, or (superior) dragon's blood accacia sap.

[MetalHead]

Name your poison

Strychnine?

Shaken, stirred, or in your spouse's dinner?

[wierd]

Personally, I prefer hydrocyanic acid, lovingly added to almond marsipan, drizzled with honey and toffee bits.

It works wonders on children.

[Corai]

DONT DERAIL THIS THREAD!

[MetalHead]

Personally, I prefer hydrocyanic acid, lovingly added to almond marsipan, drizzled with honey and toffee bits.

It works wonders on children.

We should sell that to Kodkod for her fortresses. Her undying 'love' for dwarven children is at the very least masterwork.

[Splint]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The solution is simple: Make a quill, use dye for ink, and write our own tales. The Tales of the Twelfth Bay. Written not by a single author, but by those who had the mis/fortune of living there, passing the book between themselves as they came up with  a good story or give thier take on a particularlly jarring event and what led up to it.

It is a massive tome bound in giant kea leather. It menaces with spikes of dog bone and a nondescript grey stone. It is encrusted with various gemcuts. It bears it's words with paper made from quarry bush leaf fibers and a combination of redroot and dimple dye. On the back is an image of a dwarf and picks in in giant kea bone.  the dwarf is surrounded by the picks. On the front is an image of a mountain, a great '12' and humans in yak leather. The humans are surrounding the mountain and both are below the 12. The art relates to the foundation of The Twelfth bay by an unknown group of humans at an unknown time.

Did we just invent religion?

Ah, that would have to be a great tome to Armok, whom the dwarves think is nonexistant.

This is the Great Tome of Armok. It is bound in the finest cat leather, encircled and studded with steel, encrusted with the finest cuts of onyx and obsidian and a great volcano is present upon the front cover above a great 12 in elf bone, with masterfully laid ruby for lava/magma. Upon the back is an image of a strange mechanical device and a human. The human is being sucked into the device. The image is in goblin bone and relates to the will of Armok being carried out. It's words are largely of magma, !!SCIENCE!! and !!FUN!! in the parlence of those who wrote it. it's words are bourne upondog-based parchment of masterful quality. In place of any ink is blood of unknown orgin, theorized to be that of any number of animals, races, or even Armok himself. Upon the inside front cover is an image of a burning dwarf and volcanos in obsidian. The dwarf is surrounded by the volcanos. The dwarf is forcing the volcanos to erupt. The image is theorized to relate to the forging of worlds by Armok, commonly represented as a male dwarf. Upon the inside back cover is one of the Spawn of Holistic in elephant ivory. The Spawn is striking a menacing pose.

Couldn't resist. Also, the dye was just what came to mind first when I thought of what dwarves used to write.

[wierd]

Killer confectionary is one of my specialties.

Ricin red bean mochi is another fine choice, but most western children are put off by the bland rice dough, and unique texture of the red bean jam.

[Corai]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The solution is simple: Make a quill, use dye for ink, and write our own tales. The Tales of the Twelfth Bay. Written not by a single author, but by those who had the mis/fortune of living there, passing the book between themselves as they came up with  a good story or give thier take on a particularlly jarring event and what led up to it.

It is a massive tome bound in giant kea leather. It menaces with spikes of dog bone and a nondescript grey stone. It is encrusted with various gemcuts. It bears it's words with paper made from quarry bush leaf fibers and a combination of redroot and dimple dye. On the back is an image of a dwarf and picks in in giant kea bone.  the dwarf is surrounded by the picks. On the front is an image of a mountain, a great '12' and humans in yak leather. The humans are surrounding the mountain and both are below the 12. The art relates to the foundation of The Twelfth bay by an unknown group of humans at an unknown time.

Did we just invent religion?

Ah, that would have to be a great tome to Armok, whom the dwarves think is nonexistant.

This is the Great Tome of Armok. It is bound in the finest cat leather, encircled and studded with steel, encrusted with the finest cuts of onyx and obsidian and a great volcano is present upon the front cover above a great 12 in elf bone, with masterfully laid ruby for lava/magma. Upon the back is an image of a strange mechanical device and a human. The human is being sucked into the device. The image is in goblin bone and relates to the will of Armok being carried out. It's words are largely of magma, !!SCIENCE!! and !!FUN!! in the parlence of those who wrote it. it's words are bourne upondog-based parchment of masterful quality. In place of any ink is blood of unknown orgin, theorized to be that of any number of animals, races, or even Armok himself. Upon the inside front cover is an image of a burning dwarf and volcanos in obsidian. The dwarf is surrounded by the volcanos. The dwarf is forcing the volcanos to erupt. The image is theorized to relate to the forging of worlds by Armok, commonly represented as a male dwarf. Upon the inside back cover is one of the Spawn of Holistic in elephant ivory. The Spawn is striking a menacing pose.

Couldn't resist. Also, the dye was just what came to mind first when I thought of what dwarves used to write.

I've gotten to the winter of Zapp Dwarf, I love the irony in adamanite.


"NO MORE"

"YOU GET TO HANDLE IT SINCE YOU WANT TO! "

[RAKninja]

why am i a cop if i am a soldier?  granted the difference between the two is blurred these days, but i have next to no skills in detention.  all i know how to do is fight and kill.

i should be a bit more specific, i guess.  i was a cavalry scout.  i am at the very least "skilled" in observation and ambushing.  i am at least a competent spearman.  actually, perhaps competent in all the basic combat skills (armor, dodging, fighting, wrestling, striking, kicking...  not so much the biting *his front upper tooth is missing!*)

ive worked administratively, so i have some skill in organizer.  i'm at least novice mason (dad owned a bricklaying company), dabbling carpenter.  survival training has gained me skill in trapping and herbalism.  oh, i suppose i'm adequate miner as well.  give me a month and an e-tool and i will dig you out a comfortable place to live.

i suppose my skill at rifle marksmanship would somehow be translated to croassbowmanship.  not sure what my computer repair, large diesel engine maintenance, and armorer/gunsmithing skills would translate out to.

[Splint]

Engineering and weapon/armorsmithing of course.

[MetalHead]

Killer confectionary is one of my specialties.

Ricin red bean mochi is another fine choice, but most western children are put off by the bland rice dough, and unique texture of the red bean jam.

My years in various hives of scum and villainy on the 'Tubes must have really messed up my instinctive horror response as while I still fear to ask how you know so much on this particular subject the fact that you do isn't particularly disturbing beyond that.  Almost makes me worry.

/Back to the Topic!

RAKninja: If I get you a good crossbow you wanna ride one of my elephants? If you prefer a recon role I could try and 'persuade' the next batch of elves to donate a Giant Cheetah/Jaguar for your use instead.