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[NightK]

That was some time ago, I don't remember.

Sadly, those artifacts were never used. That fort either got abandoned by me, out of boredom, or was destroyed after I breached the HFS, by accident.

[LMeire]

I stopped lurking and made an account specifically for this thread.



And it's just thrones all the way down...

[Larix]

A bituminous coal bed. For reference, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_%28geology%29 .

[Callista]

my best artifact was an orthoclase lever.

Levers are buildings, not items. How is that possible?

Build a mechanism and it becomes a lever. Artifact mechanisms make especially shiny levers that make your dwarves very happy when they are placed in the dining room.

[pabrams]

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And it's just thrones all the way down...

It has a picture of itself?  That's awesome.

[Sound]

While not the best artifact from a practical point of view, a hammer made a few forts back was very fun and undeniably dwarfy. You see, Masterwork DF introduced slag as a byproduct of smelting stuff. Slag is VERY heavy. So my weaponsmith deceded to make a slag meteor hammer, which is masterwork for huge frickin two-handed hammer of death. Wanting to see it in action, i equipped my commander with it, and sendt him and his squad to kill some random undead. Thing is, that hammer weighed over 300 urists, compared to a silver warhammers somewhere around 10, so he was so slowed down he didn't reach the fighting, and he died of dehydration on the way back. In hindsight, i shoulda put that sucker in a weapon trap, and watched the carnage.

[flabort]

That. Sounds. So. Dwarvenly. AWESOME.
He died of DEHYDRATION walking to and from battle?
I'd call that epic. I'm willing to put a whole toonie ($2 coin) into the "epic jar" for that one.

[Iceblaster]

Spoiler: My best artifact (click to show/hide)

I absolutely made fun of this in the update of my long dead Community Fort and I don't regret a thing about making fun of it.

What did I do with this holy bucket? Made it my Overmare's/Head of Security/Executioner's personal well. I feel like it got put to well use

[PDF urist master]

larimyam, neoyawned the candy shield. worth around 1400000 DB. it had a picture of a cloud made of candy on it.

two candy wafers for a shield is a solid deal considering most candy shield cost 4 wafers.

i believe it will have a poor shield charge attack, but great defensive capabilities due to candy being the strongest material in the game.

[kilakan]

larimyam, neoyawned the candy shield. worth around 1400000 DB. it had a picture of a cloud made of candy on it.

two candy wafers for a shield is a solid deal considering most candy shield cost 4 wafers.

i believe it will have a poor shield charge attack, but great defensive capabilities due to candy being the strongest material in the game.

Sorry to pop your bubble but all shields have exactly the same defensive ability, even wooden ones compared to candy.

[TheDarkStar]

larimyam, neoyawned the candy shield. worth around 1400000 DB. it had a picture of a cloud made of candy on it.

two candy wafers for a shield is a solid deal considering most candy shield cost 4 wafers.

i believe it will have a poor shield charge attack, but great defensive capabilities due to candy being the strongest material in the game.

An artifact steel (or other heavy material) shield is better, since all artifact shields block 3x more than a normal shield, but you can't really bash things with candy shields. Also, all shields are indestructible and can block anything.

[Edmus]

larimyam, neoyawned the candy shield. worth around 1400000 DB. it had a picture of a cloud made of candy on it.

two candy wafers for a shield is a solid deal considering most candy shield cost 4 wafers.

i believe it will have a poor shield charge attack, but great defensive capabilities due to candy being the strongest material in the game.

An artifact steel (or other heavy material) shield is better, since all artifact shields block 3x more than a normal shield, but you can't really bash things with candy shields. Also, all shields are indestructible and can block anything.

I disagree.
Light shields slow down your dwarves far less. You need a balance between offensive and light.

[Thormgrim]

I had a fort a while ago where every single artifact was an undergarment... either a loincloth or a thong.  Like 5 of them.  My wife kept asking me "how are your perverted Dorfs doing?" until I abandoned them in distaste.

[Bludulukus]

Delethgelut-Polishedthreats the llama bone toy boat!

[itg]

Nethlogem Bonunumoz, "Balancepaints the Sooty Rampage," a goblin bone mask

This is a goblin bone mask. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is decorated with pigtail fiber and encircled with bands of goblin bone. This object menaces with spikes of green glass.
On the item is an image of The Diversion of Zeal the adamantine battle axe in native platinum.
On the item is an image of a quarry bush in rope reed fiber.
On the item is an image or Or Sculptcut the human and Bagsnub Saffronjudge the Will of Perfection the ettin in alpaca wool. Bagsnub Saffronjudge the Will of Perfection is striking down Or
Sculptcut. The artwork relates to the killing of the human Or Sculptcut by the ettin Bagsnub Saffronjudge the Will of Perfection in the Forest of Shearing in 724.
On the item is an image of briolette cut gems in claro opal. On the item is an image of smooth pebbles in forgotten beast silk.