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[Wimopy]

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Well, they ARE called to be gateways to the underworld in the legends. And the demon masters do make trips down and back rather frequently.
From my experience, they are generally near where the Dark fortress icon points to in adventure mode. And they are impressively tall.

But here's the real question:
If adamantine is keeping the demons in hell and they cannot pierce it, how do they thrust spires up? Or perhaps that's an earlier form of a spire... hmm...

[Jarod]

My current theory is god intervention.

Here's some images of the prison layer and the platform sorta things I was talking about. Game crashed so I'm gonna have to go again. http://imgur.com/6Ou0VWz,wYl48ZO#0

[Broken]

Awesomeness

Props to you for the discovery (And props to Toady, too).

This is seriously awesome.

[Jarod]

Got really deep down to this weird little maze thing that had a couple of working class goblins in it (herbalist, surgeon and I wanna say bowyer?) It was tough finding my way around and then I crashed. A few more pics of the cool goat paths, a goblin I killed, my previous adventurers body and the entrance of the mazy thing (they're in no particular order): http://imgur.com/a/0ykBR
 
Game keeps crashing, I'm going to bed, I'll come back to it in the morning

[Zale]

I'm personally making worlds simply to see the various reasons behind making the slabs.

The main themes I'm seeing are "..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of <sphere>" and that either demons have linked spheres (Usually when the deity's sphere was negative) or unrelated spheres. Can't confirm an overwhelming bias towards certain spheres (Other than perhaps Fortresses, but that might just be because that's a common sphere.)

So far out of twenty tries I've had..

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of youth." (From a goddess of youth, children, dance and festivals - the demon was associated with youths and suicides.) (Once.)

"..to provide opportunities for bravery to rise." (From a goddess of courage - the demon, curiously, was only associated with theft and food.) (Twice.)

"..to provide opportunities for acts of valor to be performed." (War, Valor, Fortresses - Disease) (Twice.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of jealousy." (Jealousy - Jealousy) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of treachery." (Treachery, Trickery - Treachery, Lies) (Once.)

"..that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege." (Jewels, Fortresses, War - Death, Disease, Deformity, Blight) (Seven times.)

"..that it might bathe in misery forever." (Torture, Misery - Misery, Luck, Gambling) (Once.)

"..that more might die." (Victory, War, Death - Suicide, Gambling, Luck, Death) (Once.)

"..in order that acts of torture be perpetrated." (Torture, Misery - Order, Blight) (Once.)

"..pondering the ineffable subtleties of war." (Victory, War, Fortresses - War, Trickery, Lies, Fortresses, Chaos) (Once.)

"..because it was destined." (Fate - Disease) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of blight." (Thunder, Blight - Murder, Death, Blight) (Once.)

[PersonGuy]

I'm personally making worlds simply to see the various reasons behind making the slabs.

The main themes I'm seeing are "..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of <sphere>" and that either demons have linked spheres (Usually when the deity's sphere was negative) or unrelated spheres. Can't confirm an overwhelming bias towards certain spheres (Other than perhaps Fortresses, but that might just be because that's a common sphere.)

So far out of twenty tries I've had..

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of youth." (From a goddess of youth, children, dance and festivals - the demon was associated with youths and suicides.) (Once.)

"..to provide opportunities for bravery to rise." (From a goddess of courage - the demon, curiously, was only associated with theft and food.) (Twice.)

"..to provide opportunities for acts of valor to be performed." (War, Valor, Fortresses - Disease) (Twice.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of jealousy." (Jealousy - Jealousy) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of treachery." (Treachery, Trickery - Treachery, Lies) (Once.)

"..that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege." (Jewels, Fortresses, War - Death, Disease, Deformity, Blight) (Seven times.)

"..that it might bathe in misery forever." (Torture, Misery - Misery, Luck, Gambling) (Once.)

"..that more might die." (Victory, War, Death - Suicide, Gambling, Luck, Death) (Once.)

"..in order that acts of torture be perpetrated." (Torture, Misery - Order, Blight) (Once.)

"..pondering the ineffable subtleties of war." (Victory, War, Fortresses - War, Trickery, Lies, Fortresses, Chaos) (Once.)

"..because it was destined." (Fate - Disease) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of blight." (Thunder, Blight - Murder, Death, Blight) (Once.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

There is a noticeable trend that the reasons the god decides to raise the demon from the underworld is to in someway provide a challenge(so acts of valor may be performed, bravery to rise, and raised so that the forces of the world can test the fortress's strength) or to make the world a worse place(In order for torture to be done, that more may die, that it may bathe in misery forever,  and after pondering the subtleties of treachery/jealousy) Or for a reason that makes sense given there sphere(because it was destined, did after pondering war) So it seems the primary reason gods raise demon forts is to test the world with the second most common purpose is to perform evil or because their sphere demands it.

[TheFlame52]

PTW

[Wimopy]

Awesomeness

Props to you for the discovery (And props to Toady, too).

This is seriously awesome.

Props go to MagmaMcfry too. I wouldn't know about vaults without him and he also mentioned using the xml which helped A LOT.
My main achievement/idea was taking the slab to its respective demon.
I was lucky to have some free time.

[Sergarr]

I'm personally making worlds simply to see the various reasons behind making the slabs.

The main themes I'm seeing are "..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of <sphere>" and that either demons have linked spheres (Usually when the deity's sphere was negative) or unrelated spheres. Can't confirm an overwhelming bias towards certain spheres (Other than perhaps Fortresses, but that might just be because that's a common sphere.)

So far out of twenty tries I've had..

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of youth." (From a goddess of youth, children, dance and festivals - the demon was associated with youths and suicides.) (Once.)

"..to provide opportunities for bravery to rise." (From a goddess of courage - the demon, curiously, was only associated with theft and food.) (Twice.)

"..to provide opportunities for acts of valor to be performed." (War, Valor, Fortresses - Disease) (Twice.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of jealousy." (Jealousy - Jealousy) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of treachery." (Treachery, Trickery - Treachery, Lies) (Once.)

"..that great fortresses might be raised and tested in siege." (Jewels, Fortresses, War - Death, Disease, Deformity, Blight) (Seven times.)

"..that it might bathe in misery forever." (Torture, Misery - Misery, Luck, Gambling) (Once.)

"..that more might die." (Victory, War, Death - Suicide, Gambling, Luck, Death) (Once.)

"..in order that acts of torture be perpetrated." (Torture, Misery - Order, Blight) (Once.)

"..pondering the ineffable subtleties of war." (Victory, War, Fortresses - War, Trickery, Lies, Fortresses, Chaos) (Once.)

"..because it was destined." (Fate - Disease) (Once.)

"..after pondering the ineffable subtleties of blight." (Thunder, Blight - Murder, Death, Blight) (Once.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

There is a noticeable trend that the reasons the god decides to raise the demon from the underworld is to in someway provide a challenge(so acts of valor may be performed, bravery to rise, and raised so that the forces of the world can test the fortress's strength) or to make the world a worse place(In order for torture to be done, that more may die, that it may bathe in misery forever,  and after pondering the subtleties of treachery/jealousy) Or for a reason that makes sense given there sphere(because it was destined, did after pondering war) So it seems the primary reason gods raise demon forts is to test the world with the second most common purpose is to perform evil or because their sphere demands it.

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I wonder what if the god's main sphere is pregnancy... what would it say then?

[Vanzetti]

I find it strange that no god did it because "it was inevitable".

[USEC_OFFICER]

Unfortunately Toady One cannot predict forum memes ahead of time, before he released DF2014. So its exclusion is not an oversight. _{It'll be in the next version, don't worry.}

[ArmokGoB]

Unfortunately Toady One cannot predict forum memes ahead of time, before he released DF2014. So its exclusion is not an oversight. _{It'll be in the next version, don't worry.}

It was inevitable.

[Vanzetti]

Unfortunately Toady One cannot predict forum memes ahead of time, before he released DF2014. So its exclusion is not an oversight. _{It'll be in the next version, don't worry.}

It was inevitable.

It will be inevitable.

[palu]

It is for the best.

[Wimopy]

There's a thread for the meme, guys, don't flood all the others.

Btw, the most common reason for slabs I've seen is "that war might rage". Likely war sphere. I'll have more info later, if ya need.