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Helmaroc

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Gods
« on: March 15, 2008, 08:46:00 am »

When you meet a god in-game, is it in the form of it's favored creature? You know, in dwarf mode it says 'so and so the god of whatever often takes the form of a frogman' or something like that.
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Nite/m4re

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Re: Gods
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2008, 10:07:00 am »

Huh? You can't meet gods. Except for the goblins demon ruler.
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Kagus

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Re: Gods
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2008, 11:13:00 am »

It's either a demon, or it doesn't actually exist.  If you join a non-demon cult, you can "talk" to your divine entity by talking with the air around you,  but they never say or do anything.   No avatars, no manifestations.


Except for the demons, of course.

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Re: Gods
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2008, 12:13:00 pm »

this would make awesome HIDDEN_FUNSTUFF

not just HIDDEN but SUPER_HIDDEN_FUNSTUFF

at a very very restricted number of maps there could be some sort of normal demonpits, except it's a underground temple, filled with stuff according to what the god represents, and some sort of avatar, that could be either hostile or friendly

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Find comfort in that most people of intelligence jeer at the inmost mysteries, if superior minds were ever placed in fullest contact with the secrets preserved by
 ancient and lowly cults, the resultant abnormalities would soon not only wreck the world, but threathen the very ingerity of the cosmos

Kagus

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Re: Gods
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2008, 12:50:00 pm »

The avatar stands before you:
"I am Cloud Passwindy the Sky of Feathers..."
"I am impressed by the effort of your dwarves, and shall reward you..."
"Prepare to fly!"


*Urist Tekkudurdim, Peasant cancels store item: Dangerous Terrain
*Bomrek Agakzirith, Peasant cancels store item: Dangerous Terrain
*Ushrir Thalalmosdin, Peasant cancels store item: Dangerous Terrain


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Sure, why not?

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Re: Gods
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2008, 01:09:00 pm »

It's only temporary though, and the next spam is dwarves blowing apart.
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Re: Gods
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2008, 03:29:00 am »

Wait, I've met a human deity in a pub once.  It was 38a and I was using a modded  race, but that shouldn't matter much since I was in a human town.  I tried talk with it but it wouldn't say anything... I can't remember but I think it took me into the conversation window and it just had "..." as his response to anything I asked.  I was hoping for an EPIC quest or something... but I wasn't a part of his/her cult so that may have been it.  The unit was white and I can't remember whether or not it flashed...
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Kagus

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Re: Gods
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2008, 04:27:00 am »

No, you just had too much ale.

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Re: Gods
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2008, 12:20:00 pm »

Are you sure that it wasn't just a merchant or priest who wondered in...? (Considering that what you described is what its always like when you talk at your god)
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Re: Gods
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2008, 12:44:00 pm »

Anyone ever played morrowind? (TES 3..)
You can meet a few gods in that game, and even kill some of them. Would be a cool profession for an adventurer in DF: "God Hunter" ^^
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Re: Gods
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2008, 06:14:00 pm »

You hack at Ber, Deity in the upper body with your Iron long sword!
The shot glances away.
Ber grabs You by the right hand with his left hand!
Ber pinches Your third finger, right hand with His left hand!
You have been struck down.
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Helmaroc

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Re: Gods
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2008, 06:47:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>You hack at Ber, Deity in the upper body with your Iron long sword!
The shot glances away.
Ber grabs Your nose with his left hand!
Ber pinches Your nose, with his left hand!
You have been struck down.</STRONG>
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Re: Gods
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2008, 03:35:00 pm »

It would be cooler if a God could entirely Unmake you... not only would you just cease to be, but any engravings, coins, etc... of you get either wiped clean, or get changed to "unrecognizable dwarf/elf/human", and nobody even remembers you.
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Re: Gods
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2008, 04:58:00 pm »

Oh, that would be awesome. Maybe even wipe you off of the Legends screen.
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