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[Naturegirl1999]

My first and current fort is called Practicebanners. I find it interesting because this fort is how I'm learning/practicing the game. Apparently if the lliason stays for many years, you can retire, play a few adventures, then unretire, and your fort will still be inhabited and the lliason will leave and come back normally.

[《monty》]

Ghosts retain certain physical traits.

[Dunamisdeos]

Oh my.

[Superdorf]

All male ghosts are like that. Strictly speaking they don't have any body parts, so they don't have that body part either. DF logic.

[Magistrum]

We seem to forget the most important lesson again and again.

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[Pvt. Pirate]

We seem to forget the most important lesson again and again.

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

and it keeps them from making children - for the sake of sanity.

[Libash_Thunderhead]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dwarves split food before they eat.
This is what happens when a bunch of hungery dwarves raid a kitchen.

[pamelrabo]

I ordered a marble statue for a fallen warrior, looking for him as historical fig. The statue was named after another person, and I was puzzled for a while, until I read the description. Turns out it was about the wife of the warrior AND the warrior, embracing, relating to their marriage day. So touching.


So, sculptors sometimes use the historical figs as secondary characters for their works, ¡keep an eye on that!

[Shonai_Dweller]

I ordered a marble statue for a fallen warrior, looking for him as historical fig. The statue was named after another person, and I was puzzled for a while, until I read the description. Turns out it was about the wife of the warrior AND the warrior, embracing, relating to their marriage day. So touching.


So, sculptors sometimes use the historical figs as secondary characters for their works, ¡keep an eye on that!

Yes, it gets very confusing when you're trying to make a statue of a god and all you end up with is statues of dwarves writing rude poems (in order to worship said god).

[pamelrabo]

Yes, it gets very confusing when you're trying to make a statue of a god and all you end up with is statues of dwarves writing rude poems (in order to worship said god).

That said, it makes sense, historical and religious art makes that a lot (saints visiting another people, or receiving divine presences, or nobles paying homage to a liege...). But the name changing of the statue makes it confusing.

Also, I recommend making a statue of every weremonster you slain, sometimes you learn really interesting stories about them because for some reason your sculptor knows everything about that entity.

[《monty》]

All male ghosts are like that. Strictly speaking they don't have any body parts, so they don't have that body part either. DF logic.

That explains it! I couldn't find the gelding strike on him in the combat logs.

and it keeps them from making children - for the sake of sanity.

*cursor drifts toward raws*

[Pvt. Pirate]

All male ghosts are like that. Strictly speaking they don't have any body parts, so they don't have that body part either. DF logic.

That explains it! I couldn't find the gelding strike on him in the combat logs.

and it keeps them from making children - for the sake of sanity.

*cursor drifts toward raws*

"for the sake of sanity"
the dwarves sanity and maybe even more important your very own.
if you're making deals with the devil, you don't change the devil - the devil changes you.

[Schmaven]

The first fractal creation I've seen from a dwarf so far:

Shukarthun, "The Tall Dominion", a silver war hammer.
This is a silver war hammer.  All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.  It is decorated with pig tail and encircled with bands of almond wood.  This object menaces with spikes of chalk.  On the item is an image of The Tall Dominion, the silver war hammer in silver.

Surprisingly practical as well! 

[Pvt. Pirate]

The first fractal creation I've seen from a dwarf so far:

Shukarthun, "The Tall Dominion", a silver war hammer.
This is a silver war hammer.  All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.  It is decorated with pig tail and encircled with bands of almond wood.  This object menaces with spikes of chalk.  On the item is an image of The Tall Dominion, the silver war hammer in silver.

Surprisingly practical as well!

the exact description of an item such as this is created the very moment it is first looked at in detail. This means the pool of images etc. now includes the item or can even include events that happened after its creation, making it look like the creator had some creepy insight.

[Dunamisdeos]

The first fractal creation I've seen from a dwarf so far:

Shukarthun, "The Tall Dominion", a silver war hammer.
This is a silver war hammer.  All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.  It is decorated with pig tail and encircled with bands of almond wood.  This object menaces with spikes of chalk.  On the item is an image of The Tall Dominion, the silver war hammer in silver.

Surprisingly practical as well!

the exact description of an item such as this is created the very moment it is first looked at in detail. This means the pool of images etc. now includes the item or can even include events that happened after its creation, making it look like the creator had some creepy insight.

Obviously this means it is of infinite weight. Go Shao Kahn on some poor gobbo.