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forgotten_idiot

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Gods forming false friendships?
« on: November 23, 2018, 03:15:41 am »

So I ordered a statue for my temple, and this happened:

"This is a superior quality marble statue of Snodub Basesthief.
The item is a superiorly designed image of Snodub Basesthief the goblin and Ottan, the deity of scholarship and writing, depicted as a female dwarf in marble. Snodub Basesthief is greeting Ottan.
The artwork relates to the false friendship of Ottan and the goblin Snodub Basesthief in Glimmeredglade in the early summer of 258."

Turns out goblin is an accomplished astronomer, and Ottan, the goddess of scholarship, formed a false relationship with him to extract knowledge!..what?..how?..what? Gods can do that now? Moreover, this goblin actually knows MORE about stars then the GODDESS OF GODDAMN KNOWLEDGE?! Also, I don't think the goblin ever worshipped Ottan.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2018, 03:45:57 am »

This is some sort of creature-ID bug, meaning that the game should be listing a different historical figure. For some reason, it mistakenly recorded the goddess as having done things that a mortal did. Suffice it to say that the gods are not this active (yet).
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« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2018, 05:27:41 am »

This is some sort of creature-ID bug, meaning that the game should be listing a different historical figure. For some reason, it mistakenly recorded the goddess as having done things that a mortal did. Suffice it to say that the gods are not this active (yet).

Oh. Oh well, back to the gay pile murdering elves, then.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2018, 08:34:36 am »

This is some sort of creature-ID bug, meaning that the game should be listing a different historical figure. For some reason, it mistakenly recorded the goddess as having done things that a mortal did. Suffice it to say that the gods are not this active (yet).
This is one of those bugs you can class as a feature, dwarven gods pulling the fake BFFs on goblins is hilarious

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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2018, 09:55:53 am »

(To Elves, wearing false moustache) "Yeah, like, you're totally my favoured people, I promise you that if you fight the Humans you'll, like, trounce them and take all those lands for you and your trees. But you can't stop until the last of them is dead, because you know how they are, right?"

(To Humans, wearing unconvincing wig) "My faithful worshippers! Victory will assuredly be yours if you strike at your Elven foes! Purge them and their wild ways, in the name of your Empire, show them all that death is inescapable, and leave none of them and their repugnant immortal lives to defile My world!"

(To priest) "Watch this!"

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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2018, 10:03:42 am »

This is some sort of creature-ID bug, meaning that the game should be listing a different historical figure. For some reason, it mistakenly recorded the goddess as having done things that a mortal did. Suffice it to say that the gods are not this active (yet).
This is one of those bugs you can class as a feature, dwarven gods pulling the fake BFFs on goblins is hilarious

Yeah, when I saw this I was like "you go, Ottan, girl!". In my mind it was like even gods are contributing to the war effort by stealing technology and shit.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2018, 11:25:48 am »

This is some sort of creature-ID bug, meaning that the game should be listing a different historical figure. For some reason, it mistakenly recorded the goddess as having done things that a mortal did. Suffice it to say that the gods are not this active (yet).
Ah, that explains why there's so many forgotten beasts posing as monster hunters in my world according to legends mode. I already thought it was odd how charismatic the forgotten beasts apparantly are.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2018, 11:33:44 am »

Well, certainly they'd be blessed of a certain kind of charisma. I mean, would YOU have the guts to refuse the requests of a building-sized venomous parrot to its face? :P
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« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2018, 09:19:49 pm »

So, like a reverse Prometheus?
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2018, 07:44:48 pm »

So...goblins canonically play baseball now.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2018, 09:00:41 pm »

They have been doing so for a long time, usually as the ball

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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2018, 10:14:57 pm »

Gods did this again, actually. Different god, different goblin, same world. If this is a bug, it's a consistent one.
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Re: Gods forming false friendships?
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2018, 10:02:44 pm »

Have you modded this world at all? Just wanted to rule out the possibility of raw duping.
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2018, 04:09:26 am »

Have you modded this world at all? Just wanted to rule out the possibility of raw duping.

I am using Meph's launcher, so there are some minor tweaks (like stronger armor and natural skills for goblins, slower learn rates for dwarves and such), but that's about it.
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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2018, 09:52:16 pm »

Gods did this again, actually. Different god, different goblin, same world. If this is a bug, it's a consistent one.
Gods are consistently among the earliest historical figures, along with forgotten beasts, which suggests that the proper HFID is somehow being overwritten with a value intended for some other purpose.
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