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numerobis

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Wimps of the mountains
« on: March 22, 2008, 08:00:00 pm »
A child wandering the hills in the county bumped into a kobold, and both started running towards the loggers (it's not clear who was more afraid).  No problem, I figured -- just draft one of those loggers.

First off, the logger dropped his axe.  Why?  I guess he wanted a challenge.

It took a while for the logger to catch up, but he did.  Then he lost.  To the kobold.

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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2008, 08:07:00 pm »
Thats a pretty epic death. You should give him a platinum coffin. That, or let him rot in the rubbish heap. I'm not sure which is more fitting.
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2008, 08:29:00 pm »
He dropped the axe because he was set to fight unarmed ("v"->"p"->"s" or something like that).

Death at the hands of a kobold is truly the mark of a great dwarf. I say you should place his body in a small chamber at the bottom of the mountain and use a support to drop the entire column of rock above him onto his corpse.

True dwarven burial. =)

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numerobis

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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2008, 09:34:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by grelphy:
<STRONG>He dropped the axe because he was set to fight unarmed ("v"->"p"->"s" or something like that).</STRONG>

Right; he wasn't a woodcutter from birth, so he dropped it when he got drafted, unlike woodcutters-from-birth, who fight with the axe (which I guess needs to be reported).

As with the rest of you, I wasn't sure of proper burial for this event.  I ended up just giving him a slate coffin.

[ March 22, 2008: Message edited by: benoit.hudson ]

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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2008, 09:40:00 pm »
set his corpse to be dumped inside a little glass chamber near you meeting hall so all dwarfs can see his rotting body.
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numerobis

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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2008, 09:50:00 pm »
Apparently the rest of my fort is hard-core.  16 axegoblins and a speargoblin leader vs. my rag-tag army of wrestlers with a few training weapons, mostly in leather armor, and a trio of novice marksdwarves with bone bolts?  Three of the enemy went home, one of my dwarves got a light-grey spine wound (I needed more marksdwarves anyway).

Perhaps I should note that I lost 7 guard raccoons, though.  That makes me sad.

[ March 22, 2008: Message edited by: benoit.hudson ]

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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2008, 12:07:00 am »
I had a proficient woodcutter go down after having her throat ripped out by a zombie raccoon.  I put a serious undead clensing project into action after that.  My other woodcutter on the other hand wandered near to the cave lake and was attacked by a crocodile and got both of his legs broken, He brained the crocodile, so far 1-0, a dwarf comes to save him and is decked by a pair of snakemen.  drawing upon all of his Military prowess my crippled woodcutter crawls over to them and takes heads, literally, score 2-1, 3 more dwarves come to get the free gear the first good soul left, 2 olmen, 2 lizardmen and a snake man, 2 dwarves go down for good after severe maulings and the other bolts after his hand gets broken.  1 Lizardman goes down in the confusion.
 Finding yet another burst of strength the woodcutter crawls up and proceeds to headbutt ass in a big way, limbs and lower bodys fly all over the place.
 End result dwarf losses 3, cave critters 8 all done by a woodcutter who now has a platinum walled tomb and the best damn bedroom Ive ever built.
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Re: Wimps of the mountains
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2008, 01:50:00 am »
I just remember when I had a farmer KILLED IN HIS SLEEP by a normal RACCOON!  They're not only thieves, they're assassins...
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2008, 01:57:00 am »
I didn't choose to have guard raccoons just because they're cute and furry.

[ March 23, 2008: Message edited by: benoit.hudson ]

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Re: Wimps of the mountains
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2008, 10:38:00 am »
Amazing how much difference a single letter can make...
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numerobis

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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2008, 12:46:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>Amazing how much difference a single letter can make...</STRONG>

They were cute and furry at first.  Then the goblins came, and they became cut and furry.

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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2008, 12:56:00 pm »
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2008, 11:21:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by benoit.hudson:
<STRONG>They were cute and furry at first.  Then the goblins came, and they became cut and furry.</STRONG>
You mean cut and fury?
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