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[wierd]

Uh....why? It's just a sword dude, and the animalpeople zombies aren't that strong.

SURELY the mysterious glowing forcefield over the descending stairwell carved out of undestructible rock is a major clue about the nature of the curiously placed instrument... and if that wasn't enough, perhaps the interesting description pages you make mention of might give further insight into the nature of said implement, and why it was so curiously installed in such a curious underground structure to begin with, no?

It seems kinda prudent to make a substitute for said forcefield, if by some cosmic joke, the removal of said artifact would in some fashion break said seal, and release some ancient and unspeakable horror, don't you think?

Setting up a means to descend that stair at your leisure, after careful preparation, seems much more reasonable than just grabbing shiny things willy nilly, or rushing in where angels fear to tread, does it not?

Which is more amusing?  Dunderheadedly throwing the self destruct lever trying to open the drawbridge, or noting that your predecessor had installed such a feature, and clandestinely sabotaging his wicked scheme, causing it to backfire for him when he tries to pull it himself?

Personally, I prefer to roll with the latter, if only to see Mr Big and Scary get egg on his face before he feeds me to his pet eldritch horror.

Who knows! My attemps at sabotage might result in epic unfortunate consequences! Hilarity could ensue!  Why deny yourself the experience?

[Maw]

SURELY the mysterious glowing forcefield over the descending stairwell carved out of undestructible rock is a major clue about the nature of the curiously placed instrument...

Personally, "Dig Here!" would have been easier to type...

[Valikdu]

Do (not) press the big, glowing red button that says "DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON".

[Deepblade]

What happens to you come to the thing in adventure mode? can you retrieve your ticket?

[nanomage]

What happens to you come to the thing in adventure mode? can you retrieve your ticket?

Yes we can.

[Sutremaine]

that sword does need to be grabbed it's a once in several hundred forts opportunity

Maybe if you play small sites and don't care about finding one. But they are pretty easy to find if you ease your other requirements -- pick a square, make 8x8 sites until you narrow down the location of the structure, and then decide whether the rest of the map makes it worth embarking over.

Now, a site with a cave, a structure, and two underground passages... that's unusual. I stumbled on one once, but it would have required an 8x8 site for my dwarves to walk straight from the wagon to the sword.

[Orange Wizard]

I resent that. I am not skeevy. I am malevolent.

Regardless of how you'd describe yourself Slime that sword does need to be grabbed it's a once in several hundred forts opportunity don't waste it DarkStar.

And don't the circus ticket swords give superpowers to the dwarf that retrieves them?

[Sutremaine]

No.

[Spy227X]

The sword is your ticket to HFS Inc., where all the Fun is made.

[Orange Wizard]

No.

I mean, death-related superpowers.

[Ringsea]

^ Only if you mean the superpower of death, as in the ability to die in a super way. If so, yes, and what a glorious power it is indeed.
((IE. You'll see why people are scared of clowns))

[TheDarkStar]

^ Only if you mean the superpower of death, as in the ability to die in a super way. If so, yes, and what a glorious power it is indeed.
((IE. You'll see why people are scared of clowns))

I've actually seen why people dislike clowns a lot, and they are why migrants from former fortresses have horrible physical and mental scars.

[Sutremaine]

No.

I mean, death-related superpowers.

No. >:|

[Orange Wizard]

No.

I mean, death-related superpowers.

No. >:|

^ Only if you mean the superpower of death, as in the ability to die in a super way. If so, yes, and what a glorious power it is indeed.
((IE. You'll see why people are scared of clowns))

[flabort]

I'm... not sure how that reply was meant.
However, as I gather it, whether YOU gain a super slicing dicing machine that could be considered a super power, or get sliced in a super powered way, all depends on whether you have trained the right skills when you claim your ticket.