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[ToonyMan]

I searched for this, but couldn't find it anywhere.  When my King came to my fortress I found out he walked around with a steel crossbow and was skilled with it!  I thought that was pretty cool and I actually saw him use it to on one of my dwarfs that went crazy and started attacking people.

My question is:  Are Kings suppose to come skilled with crossbows?  

I'll post a picture if you want me to. Never mind I'll do it right now.

[ June 11, 2008: Message edited by: ToonyMan ]

[ June 11, 2008: Message edited by: ToonyMan ]

[Onlyhestands]

Well, I do know that a traditional pastime for noblemen and royalty in the past was hunting, so it would be very possible the King liked to go hunting and got skilled with his bow.

[Joseph Miles]

I've never got a king, so I wouldn't know as far as DF is concerned. Though I would like to say, that is bad ass.

[ToonyMan]

I always thought of Kings as fat men with turkey legs and ham legs in thier hands, ofcource those are humans.  Dwarf kings must be tough to be leaders!!  

Actually I was thinking of sending my King out to help fight the Hydra!  :roll:

[Ancient Whale]

My King arrived as a Competent Speardwarf, wielding a Steel Spear. I guess the royalty prefers to have some ability to defend themselves.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

The fact that your king is just a dabbling socializer, yet has a crossbow and skill with it, is strange. Almost as if the game just pulled the first dwarf on the list from the mountainhome and brought him to your fort as the king.

[BurnedToast]

quote:Originally posted by LeoLeonardoIII:
<STRONG>The fact that your king is just a dabbling socializer, yet has a crossbow and skill with it, is strange. Almost as if the game just pulled the first dwarf on the list from the mountainhome and brought him to your fort as the king.</STRONG>

"You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." --  Al Capone

[ShadowDragon8685]

That is awesome. I suspect you found Adamantine?

What you got was the "Adamantine King", where he normally shows up dressed as a peasent - that's because Adamantine Kings are bugged, they just grab the very next Dwarf due to show up at your fortress, and call him the King. In this case, I suspect it was either a caravan guard, or one of those rare military dwarves who arrives - I got an Axedwarf recently, so I know it's not impossible.

That said, that is awesome. I woulden't hate the Nobility half as much if they came with weapons and were leaders in battle, inspiring dwarves (especially @^*)@^in' Siege engineers) to stay their ground and fight on!

Human kings used to do this in the dark ages all the time - having the King on the field is a huge morale-booster.

[ToonyMan]

That's the thing, this is a normal King you get from doing those wealth requirments.  When he first came he was competent marksdwarf, just like Ancient Whale's King.  I never saw him train either.....   :eek:

What I mean is that he came with the advisor and the gaurds and everybody and was clearly called a King.

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[ShadowDragon8685]

Well then, you just have a bad-ass Mountain Markslord, then. Build his room with fortifications overlooking the killing fields and let him train up the hard way.

Even if you have to build a tower to do it.  

[Joseph Miles]

quote:Originally posted by Ancient Whale:
<STRONG>My King arrived as a Competent Speardwarf, wielding a Steel Spear. I guess the royalty prefers to have some ability to defend themselves.</STRONG>

That won't help them when they mandate the construction of an adamantine statue encrusted with black diamond and demand that you don't sell your biggest export. Or if you just get bored I guess...

[ShadowDragon8685]

The royalty oughta seriously consider investing in Legendary swimming/lockpicking skills. Course, that woulden't help them when you seal them in with floodgates and bars.  

[WingDing]

quote:Originally posted by ToonyMan:
<STRONG>I always thought of Kings as fat men with turkey legs and ham legs in thier hands, ofcource those are humans.  Dwarf kings must be tough to be leaders!!  
</STRONG>

Actually, in DF human kings are usually badass weaponmasters, while dwarven kings are far less skilled.

Also, holy shit you got an actual king! And not just some random peasant pretending to be king!

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You know, putting fortifications in noble dwellings kind of makes sense. You can let the archer goblins kill them all off, get fancy names, and then get chewed up by your traps full of ≡Dwarven Bone Serrated Discs≡.

[ToonyMan]

Yeah WingDing I got my King about 2 years ago, I would of got him sooner, but I had to build platnuim and gold roads, which are expensive and time consuming!  :mad:

I don't think I have adamantine, I do have a cave river though...