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Lightfoot

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Zombies at the zoo
« on: February 29, 2016, 01:23:10 pm »
I've been taking a great interest in ensuring that my dwarfs enjoy the magnificent spectacle of a wide range of creatures in my zoo in lovely masterwork steel cages. I like to get as many different creatures as possible. But there's always the problem of lifespan. The issue became especially salient when I captured a giant beetle. Given their short lifespans of one year, there seemed like little point in keeping one in the zoo only for it to die in no time. Also, I can't put grazing animals in zoo cages on account of them starving to death.

That got me thinking about the undead. Does anybody know if dwarfs appreciate undead zoo exhibits as they appreciate live ones? Let's say I imprison a necromancer and use them to revive dead creatures. Or if I embark on an evil area and chain up a creature outside so it turns into a thrall or husk. If it works it could be a great way of ensuring that my zoo exhibits are preserved for posterity, albeit in shambling, undead form.
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Sanctume

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Re: Zombies at the zoo
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2016, 01:26:50 pm »
There is a a story when a dwarf girl lost her arm.  The arm was re-animated and captured in a cage.  The cage was placed handsomely in the girl's bedroom and gave her happy thoughts.  The end.
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Re: Zombies at the zoo
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2016, 01:47:51 pm »
Quote from: Sanctume on February 29, 2016, 01:26:50 pm
There is a a story when a dwarf girl lost her arm.  The arm was re-animated and captured in a cage.  The cage was placed handsomely in the girl's bedroom and gave her happy thoughts.  The end.
I remember that one!
It was terrifying
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Lightfoot

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Re: Zombies at the zoo
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2016, 01:53:10 pm »
Quote from: Sanctume on February 29, 2016, 01:26:50 pm
There is a a story when a dwarf girl lost her arm.  The arm was re-animated and captured in a cage.  The cage was placed handsomely in the girl's bedroom and gave her happy thoughts.  The end.
10/10. Truly heartwarming.
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khearn

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Re: Zombies at the zoo
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2016, 07:58:01 pm »
If I recall correctly, she got killed before the arm was raised and installed. A tragedy, really.
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Re: Zombies at the zoo
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2016, 10:29:11 am »
Quote from: Sanctume on February 29, 2016, 01:26:50 pm
There is a a story when a dwarf girl lost her arm.  The arm was re-animated and captured in a cage.  The cage was placed handsomely in the girl's bedroom and gave her happy thoughts.  The end.

M. Night Shyamalan needs to get on that. Or Tim Burton.
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