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[Kitsune]

I made this to talk about what peoples favorite PowerGoal is, then again you can also put in your favorite Core, Req and Bloat. One thing though please put in what the PowerGoal says (and not just the number) because no one want's to look up the PowerGoal.

My favorite is: PowerGoal60, HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF, (Future): You put on a talisman, turn into a werewolf, and your buddy screams, "take it off!", but you can't understand him with your beast mind and soon fill with rage and kill him.

PowerGoals, Arcs, Reqs, Bloats, est.

[vjmdhzgr]

Definitely this one
PowerGoal2, DWARVEN ARMIES, (Future): Organize dwarven armies and use them to attack villages and caves on the overland map.

[Glacies]

Probably 140.

[Lyeos]

Number 45, gotta love the prosthetics.

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PowerGoal45, MEET THE CYBERFIST, (Future): You use your iron geared prosthetic hand to crush a piece of stone in front of the cowering goblin, and it passes out.

[Bearskie]

Lawdy some of these are quite hilarious.  Damnit, we've gotta get Toady to comment on this thread!

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PowerGoal165, "IT WAS A DESPERATE BATTLE...", (Future): You are cursed with the ability to regenerate your limbs overnight. The King of Yondor has set on a bounty on the bandits and will give three gold pieces for every arm that is brought in with the bandits' characteristic tattoos. After adding the necessary marks yourself, you repeatedly cut off your own arm to give to the king, waiting each time for the body part to rot somewhat so as to avoid suspicion.

[Button]

Power Goal 70: Mudslide.

You summon the tribal elders to the top of the slope. An army has gathered and is chanting prior to their charge up against your position. The elders perform a dance, it rains heavily, and the resulting mudslide buries the enemy soldiers alive. They all slowly die.

Less interested in the weather magic, more interested in hell yeah mudslides and avalanches!

[Ganb]

PowerGoal91

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STREET ALTERCATION, (Future): He says "give me your money!". You say "no!". He says "give me your money or you're going to die" and pulls a dagger. You pull a dagger. After a moment you throw a gold coin on the ground and run away. He is distracted and you escape.

PowerGoal102

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 SAVE MY DOG, (Future): A sniveling wretch left you for dead, but you weren't dead and after many hardships you return to his town a mighty and imposing warrior. He recognizes you immediately and rather than facing agonizing drawn-out justice at your hand, he ingests a poison, calling out "who will look after my dog?" before he dies. You look after it.

And Animal Trainer skills in adventurer mode. Req302?

[Kamsko]

PowerGoal13, ARTIFACT QUEST, (Future): You pledge to the human king that you will recover a lost artifact that is in the willful possession of a monster.

Ultimately I want to be an adventurer that travels the world learning mystic powers and collecting artifacts to piece together history. Or recover my own long lost items as an immortal wizard who was once very powerful but now weak with out my artifacts.

[Kitsune]

And Animal Trainer skills in adventurer mode. Req302?

Yeah being able to use the work skills in general will be fun, I think working at a tavern would be fun, I exploded out a lot of ideas talked about this on a different thread

Ultimately I want to be an adventurer that travels the world learning mystic powers and collecting artifacts to piece together history. Or recover my own long lost items as an immortal wizard who was once very powerful but now weak with out my artifacts.

Yeah there is a lot of !!Fun!! things that magical artifacts could do.

[Kamsko]

Yeah being able to use the work skills in general will be fun, I think working at a tavern would be fun, I exploded out a lot of ideas talked about this on a different thread

Read that post.

Soon after read "Core85, CHOP, DIG, BUILD!, (Future): As an adventurer, chop down trees, dig channels, mine into a cliff face, build whatever structure you have the patience for. Your efforts should be saved as a proper site or at least some similar notion (whatever inns and so on along roads end up using), and the contents should remain relatively undisturbed with proper precautions."

Who's going to be the first to build the worlds premier goblin night club suspended above the bottom of a volcano?

[Kogan Loloklam]

I just want to see all of  world gen to happen during play, and then I want to charm my way into the royal line and build a dynasty that lasts for 10,000 years.
You know, nothing too fancy

So I'm really anticipating Core 59, 60, 63, 77, and a bunch of other stuff, some that isn't even on the list.

[Zarathustra30]

PowerGoal146, WALKING INTO THE WRONG BAR, (Future): Wearing a pendant of Imi the Owl of Hell, you enter a mead hall frequented by worshippers of Vutu the Playful Ooze of Midnight. They tie you to a post and break your fingers one by one.

I like this one because it is bound to lead to some unique situations. In any other game, this would be a one-time cutscene with quicktime events. In Dwarf Fortress, the game must understand the entire thought process of the worshippers of Vutu.

They must recognize the pendant as an object of Imi. They must realize that therefore you worship Imi. They must understand that if they don't like Imi, they don't like you.

Then the group has to coordinate the best course of action (pretty much the only part that might be fudged). In order to do this, they have to weigh all of their options with the associated risks and benefits. They must understand that causing pain to people they don't like is a good thing and is better than outright killing you.

At this point in time, the group could probably run through a generic incapacitate routine, followed by a generic torture routine.  Many games could have something like these routines, but without the intense wound-tracking, it would all be window dressing.

PowerGoal146 takes something as generic as a bar fight started for petty reasons a brings it in a novel direction, due to the environment of Dwarf Fortress. That is my favorite power goal.

[Loud Whispers]

PowerGoal72, YEAH!, (Future): The explorers make their way down the cave river, past dangerous stalagmites in the rapids, turn to face each other and do a high-five.

JOLLY COOPERATION NOW

[Urist Arrhenius]

PowerGoal 6

Being a part of an army would be great!

[Dwarf4Explosives]

Powergoal 90 (BY THE POWER OF MOTHRA: You say a prayer to Mothra in the face of your enemies and are filled with great strength. You rip the heart from the chest of your adversary and eat it in front of his quailing comrades.) has always been one of my favorites, none the least because of the implication that the dwarven god of protection is a: 50 meters long, b: a moth and c: bloodthirsty.