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[ASCIt]

K, so College officially started today, which means I finally have the time for DF again! (Ironic, isn't it?)

That means that I really will be here again, which also means that I need to know if there's been any progress in the slade testing field. I've actually been quite interested, but I've never been able to check...

[Loud Whispers]

For some obvious reasons, I'm not sure if anyone else picked up the slade research

[ASCIt]

YAY! I'm still working with that, btw, in case it wasn't immediately evident.

[They Got Leader]

For some obvious reasons, I'm not sure if anyone else picked up the slade research

Har har. 

This ought to be interesting. Welcome back to DF, my friend.

[ASCIt]

Tank you muchly, good sir.

[They Got Leader]

Good luck to your fortress. May it's walls fall well, may the magma be every burning, and may your beard grow long.

[thiosk]

I have never heard of it.  Is this the stuff you are supposed to spoiler tag?  If so, please do.

[Sutremaine]

Slade? Nah. It has some interesting properties, but in general there's not much you can do with it so it just gets ignored.

[Kofthefens]

I have never heard of it.  Is this the stuff you are supposed to spoiler tag?  If so, please do.

It isn't exactly a spoiler in and of itself, but it's found in a spoiler. I don't think the topic needs a spoiler tag though, unless where it comes from is discussed a lot. See http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Slade

[Loud Whispers]

Slade? Nah. It has some interesting properties, but in general there's not much you can do with it so it just gets ignored.

Now that gravity has a more influential effect on Dwarf Fortress, the uses grow ever so more

[AutomataKittay]

Are there even anything interesting about that rock, other than it's the heaviest known thing, outside recursive minecarts?

[Sus]

Are there even anything interesting about that rock, other than it's the heaviest known thing, outside recursive minecarts?

Isn't that reason enough for ‼SCIENCE‼?

[LumberingOaf]

Are there even anything interesting about that rock, other than it's the heaviest known thing, outside recursive minecarts?

Well you can't dig it without some rather convoluted strategies and it is of course found in some...aha....unusual places. It's pretty boring even if you somehow manage to acquire some too, since the game rather assumes you can't do that and won't let you do anything with it. It's known for being popular with nobles.

[i2amroy]

Though slade is found in the HFS, because of it's (supposed to be) undiggable properties, it tends to get placed in the same sort of category as Semi-Molten Rock, where it is completely ignored except for when it gets in your road.

[ASCIt]

Well, I don't know how many of the people I discussed this with are still around, but I did manage to find a relatively consistent method of harvesting slade from the special "quarries". I also discovered that it could, in fact, be used in crafting (unless this was patched) so that I could make slade furniture. Slade doors are pretty fun, and you wouldn't believe how useful a slade bin can be.