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AW

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Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« on: August 26, 2008, 11:43:46 pm »
I've had this happen occasionally:  I tried to trade a +obsidian short sword+ for some sun berry[5] and Nemo says:  Once a beautiful tree, and now?  It is a rude bauble fit only for your kind.

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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 11:53:20 pm »
Obsidian swords are a bunch of pointy rocks jammed into a stick, like one of those macahuitl majiggers..  Sorry, but the elves got ya there.
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 11:53:20 pm »
swords use wood for thier handle so it violates thier ethics.
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 04:09:58 am »
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2008, 04:35:37 am »
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2008, 07:11:41 am »
Ahh, I thought they were carved wholly from stone.  So I should just read the raws to find this stuff out (I never looked at them yet.)

Thanks!
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2008, 08:32:21 am »
Quote from: AW on August 27, 2008, 07:11:41 am
Ahh, I thought they were carved wholly from stone.  So I should just read the raws to find this stuff out (I never looked at them yet.)

Thanks!

Well, Obsidian short swords are hard coded and not in the raws.. so you wouldn't of know unless you have read the wiki.
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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2008, 12:37:43 pm »
http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Obsidian

indeed.

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Re: Rude bauble (40c): elves think my obsidian swords are trees
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2008, 09:07:40 pm »
Quote from: Lazureus on August 27, 2008, 08:32:21 am
so you wouldn't of know unless you have read the wiki.

Or had watched a dwarf make one and seen him run for the wood (that confused me the first time I saw it way back in the 2D version).
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