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[samanato]

Apparently it doesn't work atm. That's what one person said, anyway.

I want to know if this means there are other valid reasons to seek out Secrets than immortality.

There are at least more goals than immortality it seems.  They're drawn from the same yellow text in dwarf mode, that tells a dwarf's lifelong aspirations.

[XXSockXX]

From the very first world I genned in the new version:

Giltaqua was a legendary zinc slab.

In a time before time, Giltaqua was created by the bull monster Vama Borespasm the Nettles of Fear.

In a time before time, The Golden-Keeper of Blockading aided the bull monster Vama Borespasm the Nettles of Fear in becoming a permanent part of the living world that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege. The ritual took place in Goldcradle using Giltaqua.

In a time before time, Giltaqua was stored in Goldcradle by the bull monster Vama Borespasm the Nettles of Fear.

So I figure this has replaced the part where demons used to "escape from the underworld."
The demon made a slab and used this to create a connection to the surface ("Goldcradle", located under the Dark Fortress of the goblin civ the demon is the master of).
"The Golden-Keeper of Blockading" is a dwarven goddess that for some reason helped the demon apparently.

[Redzephyr01]

Maybe you can use the slab to summon a demon?

[XXSockXX]

Maybe you can use the slab to summon a demon?

No, I think the demon had a goal of "becoming part of the living world" and used the slab in a ritual to do so.

Actually he made the connection to the surface first, became the master of the goblin civ and then created the slab and performed the ritual:

In a time before time, Vama thrust a spire of slade up from the underworld, naming it The Ruined Fortress, and established a gateway between worlds in Pathmenace.
In a time before time, Vama became the master of The Poisons of Squeezing.
In a time before time, Vama settled in Pathmenace.
In a time before time, Vama ruled from The Ruined Fortress of The Poisons of Squeezing in Pathmenace.
In a time before time, Vama created Goldcradle.
In a time before time, Giltaqua was created by Vama.
In a time before time, The Golden-Keeper of Blockading aided Vama in becoming a permanent part of the living world that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege. The ritual took place in Goldcradle using Giltaqua.
In a time before time, Giltaqua was stored in Goldcradle by Vama.

[Solon64]

It would seem the slabs are sort of like the new "Secret Fun Weapons" in curious underground structures.  Legends mode seems to indicate that they are the means by which demons escape from the HFS and become permanent parts of the living world.

Usually seems they need the help of a deity to do this, actually.

One slab in my world was created "after pondering the ineffable subtleties of darkness." Perhaps these are just the ostensible use of the slabs, to give the demons physical form in the world?  Wonder what would happen if a dwarf used the slab, hmm?


Side note: kobolds are BADASS in my world.  A demon raised a dark fortress by thrusting a spire of slade from the underworld, naming it The Fortress of Tunnels.  And then a kobold civ snuck in several times and stole cave swallow bone rings, limonite scepters, etc.  Right from under the nose of a DEMON.

And we wonder why kobold civs keep dying out.  It ain't bonecarn, folks, they're just messing with powers they can't possibly comprehend.

[guitarxe]

Maybe it'll try to teach your monkeys dwarves how to use bone tools? 

[XXSockXX]

Wonder what would happen if a dwarf used the slab, hmm?

Yeah, obviously I haven't managed yet to take an adventurer to the slab so far..

[Noobazzah]

I think the wording 'permanent part of the living world that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege' means that the slab somehow activates the Circus or maybe an external siege of some description.

Basically it's for when you feel like "man, I'd really like my ass handed to me right now", I suppose.

I'm going to try and find a Clown site in Adventure more, seems unlikely but I can't really seem play Fortress mode without Phoebus (which I believe hasn't been updated yet). I'll probably die horribly in the deep dark.

[XXSockXX]

I think the wording 'permanent part of the living world that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege' means that the slab somehow activates the Circus or maybe an external siege of some description.

I rather guess it refers to Dark Fortresses being built.

If you're looking for a Vault, they seem to be located under the capital Dark Fortress.

[dennislp3]

Slabs show up in legends viewer as artifacts. they appear to be created by demons.

[RealFear]

Slabs show up in legends viewer as artifacts. they appear to be created by demons.

Created by demons, used by gods, and stored in vaults.
Without fail.

[Cobbler89]

(A)ctivate it to turn on 3d render first person shooter mode.

Or this:

Spoiler: added because tall image (click to show/hide)

I don't know where you got that, but you need to post it next time somebody complains about the 2d graphics. More to see what their reaction is than anything else, of course.

Side note: kobolds are BADASS in my world.  A demon raised a dark fortress by thrusting a spire of slade from the underworld, naming it The Fortress of Tunnels.  And then a kobold civ snuck in several times and stole cave swallow bone rings, limonite scepters, etc.  Right from under the nose of a DEMON.

And we wonder why kobold civs keep dying out.  It ain't bonecarn, folks, they're just messing with powers they can't possibly comprehend.

Mind if I try to draw this? I was going to start drawing my adventures, but they keep being erased from history by crash bugs... and none of them seemed this badass so far anyway.

[Nyxalinth]

Maybe you can use the slab to summon a demon?

Speaking of crappy fanfiction...

"No, Urist, you are the demons."

And then Urist was a demon.

[Dyret]

Crappy? Repercussions of Evil is deep!

[CaptainArchmage]

Badly written fanfiction.

I just hope it's not one of mine. Geesh, that was some crappy writing I did.

Worse: Bad Twilight fanfiction of *that kind*. Reading this causes the dwarf’s brain to collapse into a reality-destroying rift, which then expands and consumes the rest of the world while sparkling.

I do hope the swords still show up. I know there were bugs were you could not get dwarves to equip the particular sword (before the release, I’d considered a few ways around it), but I’d really like to have that feature retained. I’ll see whether I can make a new fortress and dig down that deep really quickly.......