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I'm just here to see what the whole deal is about

Ahh, the good old times

[apiks]

replace everything in entity_lolmod.txt with this: http://pastebin.com/X2ExYYna

I had to pastebin it - I exceeded the max character count while trying to post it here.

Also, in creature_lolmod.txt, I noticed haxxors have [CAN_SPEAK] without also having [CAN_LEARN]. That'll basically make them dumb animals. Was this intentional?

I do think it was intentional since in Necrothreat II, barely just in the second year, I had to come in and salvage the situation because a haxxor had managed to infiltrate the fortress and murder... pretty much everyone except a few I saved. The reason they can't learn is so they don't become necrothreaders themselves, as we'd be doomed if that happened. I think Highmax28 was quite thorough on that point, and I say, I agree with him.

[Talvieno]

Heh heh heh. XD Mr Frog's little ninja interaction works wonders. Even regular humans with that ability are terrifying.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It's the second year of your fort. Everything's going smoothly - you've managed to build a new hospital, and it's not like Spearbreakers'. You've got a drawbridge and a huge moat filled with water from a nearby river. You've got a long path leading to the fortress filled with pointy spikes and cave traps, and you're finally getting the semblance of a working military.
Suddenly, something goes wrong. The game pauses and the screen moves to the dining room, deep within the fortress. "An ambush! Curse them!" It's a band of seqivet - seven of them, to be exact. They kill a dwarf or two before you can even do anything about it.
You send in a single squad - fortunately the barracks is right next door. When the squad arrives, the seqivet disappear. You fear they haven't actually been vaporized, as you don't have a Colonel Fischer, and your mind is on high alert, so you have your squad search the dining room from corner to corner. Moments later... "An ambush! Curse them!" The screen has moved to the opposite side of the fortress, at the statue garden - it's the same band of seqivet.
Now you're actually scared. You wish you hadn't left the drawbridge down, and that you'd remembered to build an F.R.O.G... And possibly that you hadn't made the hallways quite so wide. You rush your soldiers - all of them - to the statue garden. One of your civilians has gotten off a lucky hit - one of the seqivet are wounded and trailing pink blood, in contrast to Scythod Green or Troll Blue. But as soon as the soldiers arrive, the seqivet disappear again. You try to lock both doors to the garden to trap them, but they've already claimed the far door. Not knowing what else to do, you move your entire military to the center of the fortress, hoping you'll be able to reach wherever they pop up next in time.
But they never show up again. Have they left? Are they lurking somewhere in the fortress? Are they waiting for you to let your guard down? Should you raise the drawbridge lest more come, or keep it down in case they decide to leave? You don't know, but you're biting your nails in terrified, paranoid anticipation of your next encounter.

[TD1]

Haha, very appropriate.

Now add "reappearing in the Fort's body dump and refuse pile. And then raising them all before disappearing again"



Really, if Haxxor had brains they'd be dangerous

[apiks]

They're dangerous enough even without necromantic powers.

[Icefire2314]

Will there be a new thread for the new version?

[TD1]

Yep.

Or, an old thread turned to our use more to the point.

Edit: On that note, should BFEL be PM'd soon?

I'll do it if no one else wants to.

[apiks]

Will there be a new thread for the new version?

For the new Necrothreat, yes. For the new mod version, I will just update the previous one once we've finished adding any additions.

I think it would be more prudent to wait a bit more before we start Necrothreat 3. Make sure that this one's finally finished (PDF almost done!). Stay tuned for it'll happen soon!

[NAV]

Necrothreat III is starting soon *Excitement*

[TD1]

*Bump*

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Drum. A-drum. A-drum. Drums in the deep
Where waters run and flying leap.
Rat-ta-ta-ta-tat they go,
First quick and fast, then rolling slow.

We come. We come. The sons of Necrothreat-
No call can hold on to our heels,
We come hither ere the sun has set,
Can you not hear our joyous reels?

Awake the fire that slumbering lay,
Get on your horse, put wagon on the way!
We come. We come unto our hall-
What we shall raise will never fall!

Get out your pick, O Apiks, Lord,
Get ready steel and bare your sword-
For we have come from yonder waste,
And none shall slow us in our haste.

Drum. A-drum. Get out your flute,
That from old Necrothreat was salvaged loot,
Play us a tune that cannot die,
Let loose your voice into the sky.

Remember, O ye lost with no memory,
The fire was on the hills and towers,
We fell afoul of foulest sorcery-
We fell before that threat of ours.

Recall, also, ye brave that ne’er forgot-
‘Twas Sprin who did the deed
And if for vengeance we have sought….
Well, see him yonder on his steed?!?

A-drum. A-thrum. Our hearts take up the call,
But is it anger, hope, or hurt?
Should we have joy, or mourn our fall?
A-drum. A-thrum. A thrumming drum.

Take up the call of hearth and home,
Take up the banner of our land!
We come afore the setting sun,
Our time to rise is now at hand!

When's the Third Chapter coming out, in other words?

[Pencil_Art]

*Bump*

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Drum. A-drum. A-drum. Drums in the deep
Where waters run and flying leap.
Rat-ta-ta-ta-tat they go,
First quick and fast, then rolling slow.

We come. We come. The sons of Necrothreat-
No call can hold on to our heels,
We come hither ere the sun has set,
Can you not hear our joyous reels?

Awake the fire that slumbering lay,
Get on your horse, put wagon on the way!
We come. We come unto our hall-
What we shall raise will never fall!

Get out your pick, O Apiks, Lord,
Get ready steel and bare your sword-
For we have come from yonder waste,
And none shall slow us in our haste.

Drum. A-drum. Get out your flute,
That from old Necrothreat was salvaged loot,
Play us a tune that cannot die,
Let loose your voice into the sky.

Remember, O ye lost with no memory,
The fire was on the hills and towers,
We fell afoul of foulest sorcery-
We fell before that threat of ours.

Recall, also, ye brave that ne’er forgot-
‘Twas Sprin who did the deed
And if for vengeance we have sought….
Well, see him yonder on his steed?!?

A-drum. A-thrum. Our hearts take up the call,
But is it anger, hope, or hurt?
Should we have joy, or mourn our fall?
A-drum. A-thrum. A thrumming drum.

Take up the call of hearth and home,
Take up the banner of our land!
We come afore the setting sun,
Our time to rise is now at hand!

When's the Third Chapter coming out, in other words?

When I first skimmed that over, I thought it was something to do with the Mines of Moria.

[apiks]

Haha, well this is kind of embarrassing. Necrothreat III was put on hold for a few months due to a key figure missing for said months. I thought it was appropriate considering that the new Necrothreat normally starts around New Year's (let's keep another tradition going!). Since it took a few weeks to get that fact sorted, I thought I had posted notifying everybody but apparently I have not.

TL;DR It's happening soon.

[IronTomato]

* IronTomato walks into the room, leaving the door open

* IronTomato pounds on the table once, NAV's mug bounces into the air

GET ON WITH IT

[TD1]

* IronTomato walks into the room, leaving the door open

* IronTomato pounds on the table once, NAV's mug bounces into the air

GET ON WITH IT

To my sigtext!

And yes, I agree with the sentiment!

GET ON WITH IT

[NAV]

* NAV awakes from his slumber, takes a long drink from his mug, and shouts "GET ON WITH IT!"

We must use this thread.

[TD1]

That thread may be difficult...Beenoc hasn't been on since May, getting the title updated may be hard.