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New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« on: November 30, 2013, 02:05:42 am »

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Oh. A candy hammer. How droll. Still, nothing to write home about--

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Sorry, what was that?

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You. Complete. BASTARD.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2013, 02:09:48 am »

Not only is it a glorified wiffle-bat, but it has an image of itself made of a material far better for a hammer?

That goes beyond worst artifact ever, that's outright mockery. The name even confirms it. False Savage.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2013, 02:23:43 am »

Not only is it a glorified wiffle-bat, but it has an image of itself made of a material far better for a hammer?

That goes beyond worst artifact ever, that's outright mockery. The name even confirms it. False Savage.
Now, of course, a smith will make an artifact sword out of gold.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2013, 02:36:15 am »

Not only is it a glorified wiffle-bat, but it has an image of itself made of a material far better for a hammer?

That goes beyond worst artifact ever, that's outright mockery. The name even confirms it. False Savage.
Now, of course, a smith will make an artifact sword out of gold.

Well, actually....

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...how about a battle axe?
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2013, 02:37:32 am »

At least you have lots of decent artifact iron gear.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2013, 02:40:46 am »

At least you have lots of decent artifact iron gear.
Nah, the green stuff is just named, not artifact. Those two iron war hammers are both forbidden, but their owners won't drop them to pick up the masterwork silver hammers I have waiting for them.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2013, 02:48:24 am »

At least you have lots of decent artifact iron gear.
Nah, the green stuff is just named, not artifact. Those two iron war hammers are both forbidden, but their owners won't drop them to pick up the masterwork silver hammers I have waiting for them.

That sucks. I think the game hates you.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2013, 02:59:02 am »

And i thought my artifact hair rings were crap.

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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2013, 11:01:54 am »

What have you got the uniforms set to? If it's 'war hammers' and not 'silver war hammers', well they're already carrying one of those, and it fits so well in their hand...

If, after the dwarf has started construction, you forbid the base material for an artifact (or base materials, if the dwarf has more than one log, bar, stone, etc. of the first item on the mood list), the game spits out an artifact of the first material it can find. In an unmodded game, this is iron, because iron is the first material in the first inorganic file.

Don't forid all the materials, or the mood will time out and fail.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2013, 12:30:52 pm »

If you have a Captain of the Guard, give it to him/her, and don't have jails.  Beating related injuries and deaths will be a thing of the past! 

I have magma and candy, which dfHack shows to be a minimum of 100 z-levels down before I even get close to hitting it.  Enjoy the candy for me :D
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2013, 01:02:27 pm »

Beatings are handed out with fists, not weapons.

Would be good for a hammerer, though.
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I am trying to make chickens lay bees as eggs. So far it only produces a single "Tame Small Creature" when a hen lays bees.
Honestly at the time, I didn't see what could go wrong with crowding 80 military Dwarves into a small room with a necromancer for the purpose of making bacon.

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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2013, 01:46:59 pm »

What have you got the uniforms set to? If it's 'war hammers' and not 'silver war hammers', well they're already carrying one of those, and it fits so well in their hand...
Uniforms are set to silver hammers, exact matches.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2013, 03:04:45 pm »

Adamantine war hammers are at least useful for the Hammerer, and have high value.

The worst artifacts are usually along the lines of Larch Puzzle Box with no decorations.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2013, 03:20:01 pm »

I will gladly trade that for my artifact cedar ring, encircled with bands of cedar.
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Re: New record for Worst Artifact Ever?
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2013, 03:42:39 pm »

I will gladly trade that for my artifact cedar ring, encircled with bands of cedar.
At least yours only wasted cedar instead of adamantine.

I got a bone sword from a mood once. I don't think I ever ended up using it.
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