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Dadamh

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Bragging Dogs
« on: June 11, 2008, 08:19:00 am »
So I had a big dwarf fort die in a tantrum spiral.  I abandoned with a number of dwarves left.

Ok, forward to next spring or however much time passes when you abandon and then start an adventurer.  I go back, poke some corpses, look at engravings, etc.  At one point I find a living dwarf and kill him.

So on my way out I pass the chained dog at the entrance.

I get a screen where the monster usually talks to you.

Urist McDog, War Dog: ...
Urist McDog, War Dog: ... [Killed Urist McDwarf]
Urist McDog, War Dog: ... [Killed Ukirk McGoblin]
Urist McDog, War Dog: ... [Killed Urist McOtherDwarf]

Press Enter to continue.

This dog was somehow conveying his history to my Human Play Now peasant aventurer!  Then he ate me.

Anyway, do other people have dogs talk to them?

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Torak

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 08:43:00 am »
Should've named him Bruno.
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Vugor

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 11:08:00 am »
he learned to speak in his boredom over the time from abandonment???
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Helmaroc

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 12:41:00 pm »
I think named beasts automatically get that, even if they cannot speak. Should be a bug, maybe?
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Cthulhu

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 12:51:00 pm »
I think it's just to show who killed them.

I've seen Giant Cave Spiders do it with former adventurers.

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Hellzon

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2008, 02:03:00 pm »
I suck so bad at DF i get that from giant rats and bats. Telepathy, suppressed knowledge from your own character, instant forensics. You decide.
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Kagus

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2008, 02:24:00 pm »
Giant bats are nothing to be ashamed of being killed by.  If you were somehow killed by the smaller vermin-type bat on the other hand, then the DF community will bow down to you.

I was killed by a giant cave swallow once...  The other "GCS".

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Dadamh

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2008, 02:26:00 pm »
I usually end up getting killed by that ubiquitous monster "Slamming into Obstacle".
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Cthulhu

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Re: Bragging Dogs
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2008, 02:27:00 pm »
Giant Bats are like size 8 and have a nasty bite, I've seen them kill two or three guys in one go.  Thankfully, they're skittish.
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