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[Klitri]

Honestly, if anything, it should give an Intelligence penalty.
This is Dwarf Fortress we're talking about. There isn't a fortress that is not doomed in some way by dwarven stupidity.

Oh my goodness, so true, Everyone was estatic and they went into tantrums 3 seconds later. D: R.I.P Boltcradle.

[krenshala]

It seems torchlight references DF as well. One of the dungeon tiers is a 'Dwarven Fortress', with one of the quests being to obtain some 'adaman ember' that the dwarves forged.

Haven't played it, but if it was a quest to retrieve some socks, I'd be convinced.

[Vodrilus]

Gimli was horribly botched in the movies. He was a very deep character. And I don't know where people are getting a creepy vibe from with him and Legolas... It's like Sam and Frodo. You bond when you've been through horrible things with someone. You love them as a brother. Tolkien knew that quite well, having served in the trenches in WWI. People that haven't been in similar situations with extreme camaraderie tend too often to interpret it as homosexuality, or just plain creepiness.

Yeah, I've heard someone say:

The homosexuals have spoiled the love between men for the rest of us.

Take that as you wish. 

[Oliolli]

It seems torchlight references DF as well. One of the dungeon tiers is a 'Dwarven Fortress', with one of the quests being to obtain some 'adaman ember' that the dwarves forged.

Just because there are dwarves and something the name of which reminds one of "adamantine" doesn't make it a reference. If the dwarven fortress -tier and the prison-over-a-sea-of-magma -tier had been one, I would be much more convinced.

[Morpha]

I'm of two minds with the Torchlight one. Torchlight was silly enough that it could have been, but it may just have been a coincidence.

[WealthyRadish]

Well, after getting the 'adamant ember', the annoying wizard guy who assigns those repetitive quests says "it's surprisingly light, but I doubt anything could scratch it". Playing through the dungeon, I couldn't find any real references inside the level itself, so I think it was just that one. The fact that there's a magma sea as well, infested with goblins who seemed to be besieging the lost dwarven fortress, kind of seems a bit too coincidental.

[Sizik]

Am I the only one who actually likes the Hobbit cartoon (although my judgement may be clouded by nostalgia, since I had it on tape growing up)?

[Pyro627]

Actually, the roharim chick ended up married to Farimir. She did her bit, and then she went home and married like everyone else in the novel.
That's what happens when you read a novel written during WWII.

Tolkien has repeatedly stated that he did not intend the novels to be allegorical. In fact, he started writing them before WWII even broke out.

[DrPoo]

Holy shit people from Blizzard must be playing Dwarf Fortress!

[Scruffy]

Well, after getting the 'adamant ember', the annoying wizard guy who assigns those repetitive quests says "it's surprisingly light, but I doubt anything could scratch it". Playing through the dungeon, I couldn't find any real references inside the level itself, so I think it was just that one. The fact that there's a magma sea as well, infested with goblins who seemed to be besieging the lost dwarven fortress, kind of seems a bit too coincidental.

Well, adamant itself is an old name for diamond. (Though in many old texts it has also been associated as a word for very hard substances and later used in fantasy as adamantium/adamantine etc.)
Frankly, dwarves having a goblin infestation is a relatively old cliche, for example LotR.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Am I the only one who actually likes the Hobbit cartoon (although my judgement may be clouded by nostalgia, since I had it on tape growing up)?

I'm free of nostalgia. I dig it. Though I happen to enjoy Lynch's take on Dune as well so...

[Scoops Novel]

I hope they do the hobbit right. Please. Please. Please.

Does anyone know what happened to the last survivor of boatmurdered, the child Dodok Sabrefrenzies? I just finished Boatmurdered and after recovering from stitches I'd love to know what happened to her in legends.

[Pyro627]

I hope they do the hobbit right. Please. Please. Please.

Does anyone know what happened to the last survivor of boatmurdered, the child Dodok Sabrefrenzies? I just finished Boatmurdered and after recovering from stitches I'd love to know what happened to her in legends.

As I understand it, historical figures aren't simulated beyond generation, so I think that she would just move to a nearby town eventually.

[Nyxalinth]

Holy shit people from Blizzard must be playing Dwarf Fortress!

I think so, because in Alliance-controlled Menethil Harbor, there's two dwarves sitting outside a flooded in, discussing 'flooding the dining room' and 'finding carp behind the furniture for weeks!'

[WJLIII3]

His title is "Gimli, son of Gloin". Male.

But it would have made his questionable "chummyness" with legolas a bit less creepy. (The books are really suggestive.)

Holy crap you are super closeted, insanely homophobic, or in a public high school.