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[WillNZ]

I was in adventure mode partaking in a nice conflict between elves and goblins, when I decided to go to a human town to buy a good bow with my loot. And then I see this:



Yep, humans were hauling food to the tavern and eating like dwarves would in dwarf mode! Wow! Is this HFS? Is this a bug? Has everyone noticed this except for me?

BTW, if this is a bug, I have a save file.

EDIT: Image removed to save space on my website.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Nope, I've seen it too.

Toady is slowly making a world in which NPCs fight, breed, die, and live while time marches on.

[cowofdoom78963]

I doubt it is a bug, but I wonder where the humans got that food.
Are you able to steal it while their eating?

[DwarfMan69]

I doubt it is a bug, but I wonder where the humans got that food.
Are you able to steal it while their eating?

No.

[WillNZ]

Aw dang. I thought I found something special.

[Neoskel]

I've known about this for awhile. And the slovenly humans leave all their fish bones laying around afterwards too. I wonder what happens if you stick around long enough or visit enough that they run out of food in their barrels...

[Dr. Melon]

If it was HFS you'd know about it from the screams of pain.

[Roundabout Lout]

Yea i remember this in 38c.
I would steal the food while they were hauling it for fun.

[thvaz]

This is in well before the Z-levels version.

They get their food from barrels at their houses. I think they generate food - as Toady was yet far away from caravan arc, he feared they would all die from hunger.

[Neoskel]

Oooh, barrels of plenty? Steal one of those and never go hungry again!

If only...

[Deon]

They are "built" (unmovable) .

[Neoskel]

They are "built" (unmovable) .

I remember picking them up in 38c. And throwing them at goblins to boot.

Course my memory may be faulty.

[Cavalcadeofcats]

Nah, I've done it too. They're around 200 weightunits, if I recall.

Doubt they refill once you move them, though. (I didn't test.)

[chaoticag]

Oooh, barrels of plenty? Steal one of those and never go hungry again!

If only...

This reminds me of a story (ancient Chinese if I am not mistaken) about a greedy noble that finds ou that a peasent's barrel is a source of salt. He ends up stealing it, goes to sea and says the words that make it produce salt. Being gready he forgets the words to make the salt stop and his rowboat sinks.

[Neoskel]

Oooh, barrels of plenty? Steal one of those and never go hungry again!

If only...

This reminds me of a story (ancient Chinese if I am not mistaken) about a greedy noble that finds ou that a peasent's barrel is a source of salt. He ends up stealing it, goes to sea and says the words that make it produce salt. Being gready he forgets the words to make the salt stop and his rowboat sinks.

Is that story supposed to explain why the sea is salty or something?