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[SebasMarolo]

So, I recently reclaimed a world generated fort. Mostly because the dwarves building those have a knack for completly bypassing the caverns (well, they dont, they build walls around the breaches, but the caverns are not revealed, so it saves on FPS), and because I just wanted easy access to candy to make items for an adventurer.

On that regard, I succeded.

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I plan on having a dwarf aventurer double wield that with a masterwork candy shortsword. You'll be hearing his or her story pretty soon.

But things don't end there (do they ever whenever dwarves are involved?). For you see, other artifacts were made.

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Of which this one deserves special mention:

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At the time it was made, I was busy mining candy, so I didn't pay it much attention, but... as you can see from the list, it was made before the pick, and yet it has an image of said pick. I know bones were used to tell the future in fortune telling, but this is freaking me out.

edit: also, sorry about the images being so frigin' big.

[Baffler]

Someone once told me that the artifact's art images are generated after you look at the artifact, rather than when the artifact is made. That does explain weird stuff like this, but it seems kinda backwards from a technical standpoint.

[GhostDwemer]

Someone once told me that the artifact's art images are generated after you look at the artifact, rather than when the artifact is made. That does explain weird stuff like this, but it seems kinda backwards from a technical standpoint.

Yup. This is how it works. The actual specifics of any artifact aren't generated until you look at it. Saves on memory, I guess? This also means you can get self-recursive artifacts with pictures of themselves on them. I always look at the descriptions of artifacts as soon as they are made to avoid such weirdness.

[Lordhermitcrab]

How'd you manage to embark on a world-gen fort?

[steel jackal]

How'd you manage to embark on a world-gen fort?

reclaim site

[ReynTheLord]

It's strange moods, insanity and divine intervention/posession. Things being made in an impossible order isn't possible, because any order is possible with insanity , divine intervention or ghosts!

[steel jackal]

It's strange moods, insanity and divine intervention/posession. Things being made in an impossible order isn't possible, because any order is possible with insanity , divine intervention or ghosts!

or time lords, time lords is always a valid explanation for basically anything

[ReynTheLord]

It's strange moods, insanity and divine intervention/posession. Things being made in an impossible order isn't possible, because any order is possible with insanity , divine intervention or ghosts!

or time lords, time lords is always a valid explanation for basically anything

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WOOO WEE WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Goatmaan]

Anvillocked's in it's 42nd year, it's got ALOT of artifacts, and I've looked at "maybe" 5 !!
Could be interesting.

  Goatmaan

[azrael4h]

I have about 20, and I've only looked at the artifact bone warhammer. I should get to cracking. I need screenshots anyway.