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MaxVance

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The worst artifact ever
« on: April 04, 2008, 08:10:00 pm »


It's only worth 4800 and I got it out of a possession. Even worse, I can't make any ammo.

Does anyone have an artifact worse than this?

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2008, 08:23:00 pm »

What the hell is a "Feather tree" and how did he attach it to a blowgun?

Yeah, I had an Alder blowgun that was about the same...  The Systemic Conjuring...  too bad it couldn't systemically conjure up some ammo for me to use!
...Note to self: Make a race that can make blowgun ammo, make a fort with them, make a ton of darts...  abandon, visit in adventure mode, get ammo... ???... Profit.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2008, 08:35:00 pm »

I had a granite-encrusted granite scepter once. Not even any images. I knew something was wrong when the dwarf in question started his work the instant he claimed the workshop (the granite having been left from the dwarf who had been making stonecrafts before he arrived).

At least I got a third legendary stonecrafter out of it. And drafted him.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2008, 09:03:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by jaybud4:
<STRONG>What the hell is a "Feather tree" and how did he attach it to a blowgun?
</STRONG>

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's a kind of tree, probably fictional, and he decorated the blowgun with wood from one.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2008, 09:40:00 pm »

hmmm, 4800 seems to be the lower bound on artifacts.  I have three that are worth that much and none that are less (out of 20).
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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2008, 10:13:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's a kind of tree, probably fictional, and he decorated the blowgun with wood from one.</STRONG>


But all it says on that screen is Decorated with feather tree..  He decorated it with the tree itself, not the wood...  He attached a tree to the blowgun?  No wonder they can't use it!
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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2008, 10:31:00 pm »

I'm pretty sure that the lowest value artifact is 2400.

Also, a feather tree is just a normal tree, but its wood is very light.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2008, 10:36:00 pm »

Lowest artifacts go down to 100 Dwarfbucks. I had in one Fort 2 Dwarfskulltotems with 142 und 120 D-Bucks.
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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2008, 10:45:00 pm »

Heph: language?

jaybud4: "decorated with feather tree", like "decorated with larch" or "decorated with pine". The problem here being that the adjective includes "tree", which looks strange.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2008, 11:09:00 pm »

Feather trees are the 'good' aligned tree, they only grow in good areas. Glumprong are the 'evil' trees.

AFAIK they were both created by Toady.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2008, 12:07:00 am »

Booya, 3600.


Well, this next one is technically worth more, but as far as odd artifacts go...

A horse leather flute which appears ripe, apparently. Go ahead, wrap your lips around it and give it a toot! Careful of the spikes though.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2008, 01:51:00 am »

I had a ruby bucket encrusted with rubies with an image in rubies on it.  196,000.
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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2008, 01:52:00 am »

Feather trees are so named because they've got the lightest wood in the game.  Ah, nothin' like having a wooden bin that weighs three weight units...  They make for good shields, too.

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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2008, 02:53:00 am »

Does encrusted/circles/spikes make the item heavier?
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Re: The worst artifact ever
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2008, 02:02:00 pm »

I had a Rhyolite bed that was worth 480.

Of course, it's a stone frikkin' bed, so maybe that means it's far more useful.

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