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[TheFlame52]

Anyway, will we eventually see in-game effects of pulping besides just the flavor text? By that I mean, if a blunt attack causes a creatures head to "explode into gore", will we see an explosion of eyes, teeth and skull fragments, similarly to what happens when teeth are punched out?

I asked that one already and I think the answer was "maybe". But go ahead, it might be a different answer now.

[ZM5]

If one of a god's spheres is Chaos, any other combination of spheres is justified, because chaos.

Alright, replace "chaos" with "suicide" then.

[cochramd]

I definitely look forward to seeing what the game's logic is for giving me a god of poetry, writing, and death.

Odin.

[Neonivek]

If one of a god's spheres is Chaos, any other combination of spheres is justified, because chaos.

Chaos doesn't mean "Randomness". Think of classical chaos as upheaval, banditry, and riot.

[Egan_BW]

A god aligned with chaos and decay might switch up it's other spheres occasionally, or pick their spheres at random or specifically choose the ones not covered by other gods.
Besides that, the meaning of "chaos" is not clearly defined in-game, so it could reflect that interpretation or possibly a mad or trickster god. Toady could go either way in the future.

[Mr S]

Anyway, will we eventually see in-game effects of pulping besides just the flavor text? By that I mean, if a blunt attack causes a creatures head to "explode into gore", will we see an explosion of eyes, teeth and skull fragments, similarly to what happens when teeth are punched out?

Also, do note that "explodes in gore" != "the severed part(s) flies(y) off in an arc".  To say that a wet mess is cast off at high velocity does not necessarily imply that anything in that slippery mess is intact or, even, identifiable. Teeth, horns, nails, etc. make sense since they are very hard and dense, and tend to break off. Eyes, brains and other soft tissues tend to not do so well when rapidly expelled from their usual and customary placement.

Part of this mess is covered by the puddles of blood left after combat. Ichor as well. However, since we have ground coverings like leaf litter now, maybe a tile covered in elm leaves and eleven grey matter wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

[Random_Dragon]

Anyway, will we eventually see in-game effects of pulping besides just the flavor text? By that I mean, if a blunt attack causes a creatures head to "explode into gore", will we see an explosion of eyes, teeth and skull fragments, similarly to what happens when teeth are punched out?

While the post above gives a good answer, this inspires another question from me.

Will there ever be lasting effects from mangled body parts in adventure mode? As ith every injury, travelling or resting seems to heal up any tissue capable of healing, meaning that a mangled body part is utterly shrugged off unless nerve damage occurred.

[Neonivek]

A god aligned with chaos and decay might switch up it's other spheres occasionally, or pick their spheres at random or specifically choose the ones not covered by other gods.
Besides that, the meaning of "chaos" is not clearly defined in-game, so it could reflect that interpretation or possibly a mad or trickster god. Toady could go either way in the future.

It is the opposite of Order. So it isn't the randomness Chaos.

[Egan_BW]

The opposite of randomness is predictability. Predictability is aligned with order.

[cochramd]

How high/low on your to-do list is the implementation of draft animals and the support necessary for them (feed bags, feeding troughs, etc)? I've recently had a wonderful vision of having a massive pumpstack being powered by war animals. We've all seen what prolonged periods of pump operating can do for a dwarf's stats, now just imagine what it can do for a giant war elephant.....

[Neonivek]

The opposite of randomness is predictability. Predictability is aligned with order.

Yes but that is like saying that Apples are the opposite of Oranges.

Apples are Red... Thus Red must be the opposite or Oranges.

I know that the idea of "Order vs. Chaos" is lost on modern times due to order being a given nowadays and has been repurposed to mean unpredictability vs. Predictability. Yet that isn't what I infer Dwarf Fortress is going for.

I still think it is going for the Classical Order as in Lawfulness, Peace, and civilization and Chaos as in Upheaval, unlawfulness, and war.

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Or rather in modern times... Order and Chaos are Complimentary Opposites: Yin and Yan
In Classical thinking... Order and Chaos are contradictory opposites: Good and Evil.

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MIND YOU... This did lead to the whole "People who aren't civilized are deficient or in need" mentality.

But when was moral ambiguity in dwarf fortress a bad thing?

[Untrustedlife]

Toady do you plan to improve NPC dwarven fortress generation, right now they are very random, and hard to navigate do you plan to make them more navigable in the future?

I am aware that you can use travel mode and < and > to go back up to the surface, but it is very hard to get out of forts if you don't do this.

[Dirst]

Toady do you plan to improve NPC dwarven fortress generation, right now they are very random, and hard to navigate do you plan to make them more navigable in the future?

I am aware that you can use travel mode and < and > to go back up to the surface, but it is very hard to get out of forts if you don't do this.

You were expecting a trap-filled corridor followed by a magma chamber?  I think it would be hard to make those forts navigable without making them all seem cut from the same pattern.

I should talk... all of my forts follow the same basic pattern.

[Random_Dragon]

Personally I would expect a less chaotic layout, where you can reasonably find a main stairway. :V

[Trainzack]

You were expecting a trap-filled corridor followed by a magma chamber?  I think it would be hard to make those forts navigable without making them all seem cut from the same pattern.

Personally I would expect a less chaotic layout, where you can reasonably find a main stairway. :V

It's kinda funny how this conversation is on a completely different topic, and yet is still about randomness vs. predictability.