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[Guy Montag]

I dunno, you'd have to be a pretty pathetic god to have to rely on some manic depressive alcoholic midgets to chisel your way to freedom.

Digging the god up and making trinkets out of it's bones would be the dwarfy thing to do.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Hey all Jesus had to begin with was 12 fishing buddies and his parents on his side, to begin with.

Zeus didn't even have that. All his siblings (he was the youngest) got eaten by his dad, who was out to kill him, too. His mom had to rescue him.

Buddha started out as a prince, but he turned his back on all that and ended up a crippled beggar before he became a god.

So I don't think it would be too bizarre for gods to have to be "rescued" in such a manner, and it certainly seems to me like it would fit quite a few different DF themes together.

[Neonivek]

Buldar needed every living being on earth to cry for him to come back to life.

Uhhh... lets just say things didn't work out for him.

[Guy Montag]

Man, you are noting some wacky, very undwarf-like gods.

What about gods like Krishna? The dude was a goddamn general of an army before he became a god.

Anyways, I think it would be pretty awesome to unlease a new god, malevolent or not in the progress of the game. Maybe unearth some immortal supernatural trapped in the rock as punishment. I don't think EVERY god should be "unlocked" as you dig up adamantine deposits on a single world gen.

It works like that somewhat, the

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

demon you release from pits can tip the world back into the age of myth, because they are nearly god-like in their powers and influence

except it could be a different sort of god. I'm thinking of this fluff from Diablo that involved a beautiful angel flayed and mutilated in a chamber of mirrors so he could be forced to look on his horrific disfigurement for enternity.

Would be a nice for some deity like that to have a drunken naked midget crash through the wall and 30 lye makers barging in to the loot the place of the valuables in that angel's imprisonment. Something like that could even anger the other gods. THEN YOU KILL THOSE GODS WITH ADAMANTINE BALLISTAS AND MAGMA.

A sorta neat idea, but I don't think it should be a very common thing, the point of the game isn't to free obscure gods or battle mayrid sorts of sphere-related deities, its about killing things and making money from their bones and digging up rock and building impressive structures for your dwarves' glory.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Well, Volund, the Norse god of metalsmithing (how's that for dwarfy?), was imprisoned and cripped by a king, so he killed the king's infant sons and made goblets from their skulls for the king and queen to drink from.

Eventually, he escaped and became a god.

[Strangething]

- Reek:  as a disgusting chemical soup, this stuff could 'evaporate' into clouds of miasma.  Tapping a large pool could theoretically fill your entire fortress with purple clouds of stench. 

It's the Bog of Eternal Stench! Smell baaaaaaaaaaad!

I approve of this idea.

[MrWiggles]

I really the idea of digging up fossils. Having an area set up as a Museum with a Curator Nobel. Set up the fossils for display with other relics from past triphums, like a Demon skull or Dragon some such.

[Guy Montag]

I really the idea of digging up fossils. Having an area set up as a Museum with a Curator Nobel. Set up the fossils for display with other relics from past triphums, like a Demon skull or Dragon some such.

Thats something that never occured to me. A Podium or Display Case (if made from glass) that is a peice of furniture that would take one item of any sort and create something that adds to a room's value. A Masterful dragon skull totem in a Crystal glass display would give greedgasms to any noble, I'd think.

It'd be a nice and realistic alternative to filling your noble's rooms with traps filled with random weapons to get its value up to their liking.

[MrWiggles]

I really the idea of digging up fossils. Having an area set up as a Museum with a Curator Nobel. Set up the fossils for display with other relics from past triphums, like a Demon skull or Dragon some such.

Thats something that never occured to me. A Podium or Display Case (if made from glass) that is a peice of furniture that would take one item of any sort and create something that adds to a room's value. A Masterful dragon skull totem in a Crystal glass display would give greedgasms to any noble, I'd think.

It'd be a nice and realistic alternative to filling your noble's rooms with traps filled with random weapons to get its value up to their liking.

Masterful Glass Display Case.

It would also give kobold thieves something to steal in more objective light. A Trophy room seems very to me Dwarfy. With the later hope of doing rescue mission for kidnap children, why not retrieval mission for stolen possessions.

Maybe marking something like an Icon of the Fortress, and it can give a good happiness thought bonus when seen, and when stolen, a noticeable unhappy thought when seen missing. Possibly even allowing for Capture the Flag Meta game of sorts? Capture a Town Icon/Relic to add for your collection and they come to take it back, and steal yours as well.

[Foa]

Hmm,  maybe you'd find some secrets, like why did the pantheon make the world?

Is it an eternal prison for the greatest demon of all, the only way to escape their hold, or something else dire, and noir.

Heh, Sentinels wielding Relic Axle Axes, Botars ( Really big broadsword ) , Blunderbusses!

[Akroma]

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I think it would be nice if each sphere had its own demon, and each pit had a god associated with it. When breached, it will release demons relating to the corresponding god's spheres. We already have three demons that can be correlated with fire, rivers, and depravity. Not all of the spheres need tp have demons, some can be based off generic models, and some of them can share.

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AGRICULTURE
ANIMALS
ART
BALANCE
BEAUTY
BIRTH
BLIGHT
BOUNDARIES
CAVERNS
CHAOS
CHARITY
CHILDREN
COASTS
CONSOLATION
COURAGE
CRAFTS
CREATION
DANCE
DARKNESS - Dark Shadow
DAWN
DAY
DEATH - Dark Reaper
DEFORMITY
DEPRAVITY - Tentacle Demon
DISCIPLINE
DISEASE - Plague Demon
DREAMS
DUSK
DUTY - Vanguard Soldier
EARTH - Spirit of Earth
FAMILY
FAME
FATE
FERTILITY
FESTIVALS
FIRE - Spirit of Fire
FISH - Blood Carp
FISHING
FOOD
FORGIVENESS
FORTRESSES
FREEDOM
GAMBLING
GAMES
GENEROSITY
HAPPINESS
HEALING
HOSPITALITY
HUNTING
INSPIRATION
JEALOUSY
JEWELS - Crystal Golem
JUSTICE - Justice Soldier
LABOR
LAKES
LAWS - Lawful Soldier
LIES
LIGHT
LIGHTNING - Spirit of lightning
LONGEVITY
LOVE
LOYALTY - Loyal Soldier
LUCK - Dark Leprechaun
LUST - Succubus
MARRIAGE
MERCY
METALS - Steel Golem
MINERALS - Rock Golem
MISERY
MIST
MOON
MOUNTAINS - Earth Golem
MUCK - Mud Golem
MURDER
MUSIC
NATURE
NIGHT
NIGHTMARES
OATHS
OCEANS
ORDER
PAINTING
PEACE
PERSUASION
PLANTS - Dark Dryad
POETRY
PREGNANCY
RAIN
RAINBOWS
REBIRTH
REVELRY
REVENGE - Vengeance Soldier
RIVERS - Frog Demon
RULERSHIP
RUMOR
SACRIFICE
SALT
SCHOLARSHIP
SEASONS
SILENCE
SKY
SONG
SPEECH
STARS
STORMS
STRENGTH
SUICIDE
SUN
THEFT
THRALLDOM
THUNDER
TORTURE
TRADE
TRAVELERS
TREACHERY
TREES - Dire Treant
TRICKERY
TRUTH
TWILIGHT
VALOR - Valiant Soldier
VICTORY
VOLCANOES - Magma Giant
WAR
WATER - Spirit of Water
WEALTH - Gold Golem
WEATHER - Storm Lord
WIND - Spirit of Air
WISDOM
WRITING
YOUTH

I think as far as demons are concerned, many spheres could be collapsed into over-spheres, so you might have frog-demons for every water related sphere, and SoF for every fire related sphere

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Hmm,  maybe you'd find some secrets, like why did the pantheon make the world?

Is it an eternal prison for the greatest demon of all, the only way to escape their hold, or something else dire, and noir.

Heh, Sentinels wielding Relic Axle Axes, Botars ( Really big broadsword ) , Blunderbusses!

Dwarf fortress Noir ?
Oh god, I just had an image of a dwarf in a trilby and trenchcoat in a dark office.

[Footkerchief]

I think as far as demons are concerned, many spheres could be collapsed into over-spheres, so you might have frog-demons for every water related sphere, and SoF for every fire related sphere

Spheres already have parent-child relationships so that would be straightforward.

[penguinofhonor]

Since we have caves now...

You know that one scene in Star Wars where they fly into a cave but it's not really a cave because it's a giant worm? We should have those.

[ThtblovesDF]

OR the worms from Dune? Especially in a Desert. They would produce special minerals, too. Maybe the crystal/stone/ore you can get from then does fire damage.