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[SirHoneyBadger]

No, this isn't a mod that lets you experience an electronic world-hurricane of endless, tireless, brain-destroying orgiastic pleasure-vistas, tantric fugues that last longer than a single lifetime, or alien-god-erotica.

But that would be awesome.

This, in terms of pure ambition, is a big, big mod. I wonder how far I can get with it?


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Primary Goal *1*: To fill out the details of Dwarf Fortress to such a level that it makes every game played several degrees more random, and hopefully more deep, than it already is.

Required in order to achieve the Primary Goal:

Secondary Goal *1* = Forging Expansion:

New varieties of metal to mine, and new ways to smelt these metals, in order to possess a very rich, yet very balanced, list of options for equipping your dwarfs.
This goal will include:
1: A richer list of bronze grades, which will incorporate most, if not all, types of bronze in the game. Theory = "Higher grades of Bronze should be better than lower grades of Iron"

2: New varieties of steel. These should include more valuable types of steel (example: "mosaic damascus"). If possible, this will involve different colors of steel appearing graphically in the game, while remaining true to ASCII. Also, a greater variety of iron, and widely different qualities of steel should be possible. Theory = "Being able to produce steel should be the beginning of a host of options, not a dead-end technology that adamantium renders obsolete"

3: New varieties of metals: In a fantasy world highlighting dwarfs, it should be possible to find many unusual kinds of ores, and then transform those ores into a variety of interesting metals. It's not necessary that this be game-breaking, only that it expands our options. More options = better replayability.

Theory = "Dwarfs should be familiar with most of the elemental metals we're familiar with, in modern times, and should have the skills and talent to come up with interesting uses for them, and to discover fantastic ores we're not aware of."

To give a few examples, I'd like to see an expansion of 'weapons-grade' silver varieties/grades/alloys, into something atleast comparable to the expanded version of bronze, as well as titanium, tungsten, and nickel-steel.

4: Adamantium. Instead of being a metal unto itself, I'd like to see Adamantium as a precious component in a few very advanced alloys. The base metal could be extremely heavy, and unusable in weapons/armour, but would still find use in larger constructions aka thrones, gates, doors, what have you.

Theory = "Finding Adamantium should not be a game-ending Deux Ex Machina, but rather represent an interesting and valuable resource that can be harnessed, with requisite finesse".

If possible, pure adamantium artifact weapons/armour and other wearable items would still exist, but only be produceable via the artifact method (it's magic!). Contingent on this being possible, "purified" adamantium might have an even better modifier.

Secondary Goal *2* = New products:

This is a "catch-all" for an expansion on items dwarfs and others can make.

1. Examples: Weapons and armour made from glass, possibly ice. Ice sculptures, if not currently possible. Different products made from sand, and a much wider variety of possible foods, using rocksalt (different grades thereof), seasalt (I'm not sure how this might be implemented, if it's even possible, but if nothing else, then maybe it can be shoehorned in as a product of sand), spices, and other preservatives. Honey, if possible (maybe through adding a "honey tree" plant), will also become an item, and would allow the manufacture of mead.

Theory = "Even if an item has few or no mechanical usess in the game, making it can still be entertaining."

2: New grades of wooden weapons, to make elves more interesting, and new products that only elves can produce.

Theory = "Elves are natural plant husbanders/grafters, and ought to have atleast a basic understanding of genetic engineering, not to mention, complete knowledge of the natural world, far above any mortal race. This can be expanded on."

2.1 Kobolds can forge copper items. This can also be expanded on, along with kobold-specific items made from wood, bone, stone, what have you.

3: New types of weapons/armour in the game.
Under the current programming, I'm not sure how much can be done with this, but I imagine that there's atleast some wiggle room.

Theory = "The more limited the possibilities, the more thoroughly they should be explored and exploited. Variety is the spice."

If nothing else, I want dwarfs to be able to forge (perhaps not use) every weapon currently in the game. Also, I want to see items that are only useable by creatures other than Humans, Elves, Dwarfs, Kobolds.

4: More balanced systems of dealing with high value items.

Theory = "Gold and related items should be both precious and valuable, not just something you chuck at merchants."

I'm thinking that gold should mostly require processing, and be quite a bit more rare than silver, which should be quite a bit more rare than iron, which should be about as rare as copper.

Gems could require additional processes, and diamond and other high-end gems could be rarer. Different types of gems could exist, however.

Secondary Goal *3* = New Creatures/Creature Expansion:

I want to see a much wider variety of monsters, creatures, races, subraces, what have you, in the game. It's pretty straightforward to add them, and makes the game more exciting, when you might run into something you've never dealt with before.

Note: This should only include creatures that would fit well into the game, as it is. Nothing that makes wide alterations to the "game geography", and everything should be based off of mythology/real world animals/be interesting and creative enough to fill a gap in the game, especially well, without breaking anything. I want to avoid adding anything that comes from a copyrighted or media-related source. Tweaking things to fit is, ofcourse, fair play.

1. New "dominant" species. Currently, we've got Dwarfs, elves, goblins, and kobolds. We have no dominant species larger than a human, but plenty of large sentients. There could easily be a large dominant species, if only as a foil and challenge to the shorties. We also have no dominant ocean species. On Earth, we have dolphins, which are arguably a sentient species, and octopuses, which are also of high, possibly even human-relative intelligence (they just don't live long enough to form societies). So we have proof that high degrees intelligence *can* develope underwater. Mythology also backs this up, so not having a dominant amphibian/underwater species is a gap.

Theory = "Sentient species with civilization and a technology base are more fun to compete with than a bunch of primitives. The sooner that these additional dominant sentients are defined, the more time they'll have to become complex and interesting."

Subgoal = "Giants, atleast, could find a place next to Dwarfs, Humans, Elves, Kobolds" as a widely-accepted civilization-builder.

2. New races/subraces. How many different kinds of humans are there in the world? How many cultures, religions, languages, countries, shades of skin? Why should fantasy creatures be different? and why should every dwarf define his/herself from the same starting point? If they do, then isn't it more likely that they're an anomaly?

Theory = "Seeing a creature labeled 'Human', or 'Giant' or 'Dragon' shouldn't tell you everything about it."

2.1 New species/subtypes of animals. Example: The whale. I want to see whales expanded into sub-species, including one that drops Ambergris, if possible. Alternate example: Different breeds of domesticated animals (dogs/cats).

2.2. I'd also like to explore the possibility of Titans. Are they the Greek version? If so, that's various enough, but suppose that "Titan" actually means "Ancient God, that has few or no worshippers left." If that's the case, then the possibilities of the Titan become virtually unlimited.

Note: I really want to find a way to give these guys weapons and armour.

Theory = "Titans deserve to be more interesting. Otherwise, just call them giants."

3. Sentient species in the game can and should be fleshed out and differentiated, in cultural terms.
As it stands, no other species in the game is *nearly* as interesting as dwarfs, and even so, dwarf culture isn't nearly as defined as it could be.

Even sentient, civilization-building, dominant species are faceless. Other than size, and that they can't currently build fortresses under player control, what's the difference between a human and a dwarf? The answer is: "It's possible to care about the dwarf".

Theory = "The more we define the differences between species, and their respective cultures, the less the lack of graphics in the game will be noticed, our imaginations being free to take over from textual definition."

Example: Suppose we had a species, smaller than a dwarf, that didn't use metal, but that could forge gems/crystals into weapons, armour, and other items, and built their culture around gems, in the way elves build theirs around trees?

Suppose there were two subtypes of this species who were at war with each other, one out to preserve and protect the natural balance of the underground world, and the other out to destroy the surface world. Suppose we called them "gnomes"?

The gnome species might communicate exclusively through song. Mountain gnomes might hold ceremonial group-chants that lasted anywhere for days, to decades, using the natural sonic vibration of their massed voices to affect the growth of crystals. Dark gnomes might use this power to cause earthquakes, instead. The gnome race might also be natural prospectors, when this gets added to the game.

Making gnomes more interesting makes encountering them in the game a lot more interesting. This shouldn't just be something imagined, there should be mechanical consequences.

Primary goal *2* Achieving a balance, while maintaining the spirit of the game. It makes little sense to add something to the game that doesn't *add to the game*. This should be avoided, ideally without concern for ego or enthusiasm.

Making the game work more smoothly, in a desired way, is more important than adding cool things. Consideration should be given to every modification: "Does it improve the game in some fashion?" This is THE question that should always be asked, and reasonably answered.

Once I have enough material that any more will enforce the urge to procrastinate, I'll begin turning this into something playable.

Any constructive ideas/criticisms are welcome, but keep in mind that I'm one of those needy, narcissistic people who thrives on encouragement, so if you want a nice mod to play with, without having to do it yourself, please consider my fragile emotional state

[Deon]

There's Mineral mod which adds A LOT of minerals and ores.
There's Martial Arts mod which adds a lot of items and flavour to races.

There will be... ahem... my mod which is partly done (check the FM thread) which centers on expanding existant races.

For example: kobolds. Well, they should use BUGS . I mean, if you have ever played Kobold Quest you know what I mean.
Also I have a lot of different weapon types for dwarves ready and I draw some new graphics sets for existant races to add to my mod.

So you can try to look at already made things to avoid repeating of something which is already done. Modbase is forgotten for some reasons but it lets you add modular mods which is a great thing so if you can make a few modules for ModBase it would be great.

An idea about various creatures with the same name (i.e. darkskinned/lightskinned people with different items/cultures but both called "humans") is cool. If you can center on it the idea may turn out really fun.

Just my 5 cents. Good luck with your mod, I hope you come up with really cool ideas.

[corvvs]

An idea about various creatures with the same name (i.e. darkskinned/lightskinned people with different items/cultures but both called "humans") is cool. If you can center on it the idea may turn out really fun.

Just my 5 cents. Good luck with your mod, I hope you come up with really cool ideas.

You can actually do this (well, not the skin color, but the two "races", same name) in the current version. I just made a race of "Unseleigh Sidhe" and one of "Seleigh Sidhe" (scottish mythology - evil elves and more-or-less neutral elves) that both show up in Legends as "sidhe." I'm working on making them more antagonistic toward each other - mostly the seleigh (at least I think it's them... possibly the unseleigh due to similar biomes) fight goblins and the unseleigh fight humans (that part probably shouldn't change too much).

Also I guess I need to make slavery less "good" for the unseleigh - they prefer taking prisoners to making totem poles of the bodies of their enemies.

[Deon]

You can't make them to live in a single entity in normal conditions, that's the problem.

[Plank of Wood]

Please, for the love of god, make it possible to smelt cinnabar into something useful? I wouldn't care if mercury walls made my dwarves crazy, because we're talking about the same race which goes crazy and kill everyone if their freind dies from stubbing his toe.

[woose1]

OK... wow.

Um.. alright let me list the things that arent possible.

1. Sea-salt, for all I know the entity sand (Insert subtype here) is also classified under another rock type. you can add it into the game but dont expect it to appear JUST near the oceans.

2. Titans with gunz, partly because you need to give them the intelligent tag, and give them their own little entity_standard place.
You would need to set maxpop to something like, 1, because Titans dont reproduce (Do they? O.o)

You could make them live in goblin towers.

3. Gem Gnomes;

In order to do this you would need a whole set of reaction_standard stuff for making the gems if you ever want to player them.
As far as I know, the only tag to make them do something like that is [Wood_Pref], and that only works for wood.

mi amigo, no es posible :/

[SirHoneyBadger]

Deon, I'd love to use other mods, and it looks like there are some good ones (thanks!), but-for the love of God!-they're hard to find! I guess there's some kind of stigma against Sticky threads? but one with a big list of all the working mods is desperately needed. It just isn't fair to the artists who make them, or the players who want to use them, to have to wade through the entire mod thread, in order to find what we want.

That's part of the reason I decided to make my own mod, it's inspiration to search through the whole mod thread, and mine out all the little nuggets of goodery.

OK... wow.

Um.. alright let me list the things that arent possible.

1. Sea-salt, for all I know the entity sand (Insert subtype here) is also classified under another rock type. you can add it into the game but dont expect it to appear JUST near the oceans.

2. Titans with gunz, partly because you need to give them the intelligent tag, and give them their own little entity_standard place.
You would need to set maxpop to something like, 1, because Titans dont reproduce (Do they? O.o)

You could make them live in goblin towers.

3. Gem Gnomes;

In order to do this you would need a whole set of reaction_standard stuff for making the gems if you ever want to player them.
As far as I know, the only tag to make them do something like that is [Wood_Pref], and that only works for wood.

mi amigo, no es posible :/

If that's all that isn't possible, I'll be a happy badger 

I'm not too hung up on sea salt (rock salt is, after all, more thematic), and getting it from sand (new material: "beach sand"? would be ok with me, although at some point in the game, I'll hope that sea water can be processed. This goes along with the gem gnomes: If a "Gem_Pref" tag is necessary for what I want, then I'll request one from the Devs at some point. Hopefully, they won't find it too unreasonable.

The gnomes, by the way, were inspired by Eric Flint's novella "Diamonds are Forever". Free to read online, if anyone's interested.

Titans, if they specifically can't reproduce, then I'll just mod that part. Going with the "dying Gods" theme, I might make them into a bunch of little tiny civilizations, with like "Max Pop = 5" or something. That way, they can have pantheons.

Cinnabar would make an interesting option for something that alloys with adamantium. I'll have to keep it in mind.

And I like the idea of the Seelie/Unseelie Courts. If and when it becomes possible, they might make good candidates for civilizations made up of many different races, since you could do Daonie Sidhe, Leprechauns, Clurichans, brownies, grigs, sprites, what have you.

[Deon]

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=28829.0

Look under the "ModBase" link. It has... a lot.

[Dude_Jebawe]

Sounds meaty.

I'm sorry I couldn't resist.

[Thuellai]

One of these races could use Glass Fort, as well!

Mmm, shameless plug.

I had a similar aim in creating grades of metals, though in that case it's mostly dependent on the glass used.

[SirHoneyBadger]

First of all, here's the basic list of forging changes/additions I hope to mod in, explaining the respective weapon/armour grades for various metals. I'll be expanding on this list, and using it as a reference.

20 = Gold, Rose Gold, Bismuth, Platinum: Note: there's no reason dwarfs shouldn't be able to make weapons or armor from other precious metals, the functionality could be assumed to be more or less the same (very poor), and the possibility of forging weapons/armor made from precious metals would
have it's own coolness factor.

20 = Arsenic (new bar, found in arsenide ore)
20 = Calmia (new bar found in calmian ore, about as rare as silver)
20 = Uranium (new bar, smelted from Uranium ore, which is found in lead. Uranium is about as rare as platinum.)
20 = Rhodium (rarer and more valuable than platinum, found in platinum),
20 = Palladium (found in nickel, worth about as much as gold)
20 = Osmium (found in nickel, worth about as much as gold)
20 = Rhenium (found in rheniite, also found in molybdenum, rarer and more valuable than platinum)
20 = Beryllium (very rare, found in red and golden beryl)

33 = lead, electrum, aluminum, black bronze, corinthian bronze (more valuable than black bronze, formula = 1 copper bar + 2 silver bars + 1 gold bar), silver, the various forms of pewter. 

40 = glass, flint/stone, chrome (new bar, 'Chromium' is the ore, about as rare as silver).

50 = Hard wood (maple, oak, walnut, etc.), Shell, Rock Crystal, Molybdenum (Molybdenum is found in molybdenite ore. It is about as rare as platinum).

60 = cobalt (new bar, derived from Cobaltite ore, about as rare as silver), azurite (new bar, derived from Chessylite ore).

66 = Copper, nickel silver, billon, brass, zinc, tin, bone.

70 = Auricupridite (pink, new bar, found in Auric ore, about as rare as platinum)

70 = Black Brass (black, 1 bar of copper, 1 bar of tin, 1 bar of zinc, 1 bar of lead)
 
75 = Cold Iron (basic iron bar), some extremely hard exotic woods (ebony, lignum vitae, teak, zebrawood, purpleheart, iron wood, hickory, etc.)

80 = Bronze (1 bar of copper, 1 bar of tin), Elven heartwood (specially grown wood), vanadium (new bar, found in Vanadinite ore, which is about as rare as silver, but more valuable).

90 = Pig Iron (1 bar of iron, 1 unit of flux), Titanium (new bar, found in Ilmenite ore).

90 = Red Brass (3 bars of copper, 1 bar of tin, 1 bar of zinc)

90 = Bismuth Bronze

95 = White Bronze (1 bar of copper, 1 bar of tin, 1 unit of ortho)

100 = Nickel (green)

100 = Beryl Copper (red, 1 bar of beryllium, 1 bar of copper)

100 = Wootz Iron (requires 1 bar of iron, 1 bar of pig iron, 1 unit of green glass)

110 = Cast Iron (requires 2 bars of iron, 1 unit of flux)

115 = Auricipride (crimson, requires 2 bars of copper, 1 bar of gold, 1 bar of auricipridite)

120 = Nickel Iron (requires 2 bars of iron, 1 bar of nickel). May occasionally be found in nugget form, about as rare as gold.

120 = Tantalum (blue grey, new bar, found in tantalite, which is found in tin)

125 = Arsenical Bronze (green, requires 3 bars of copper, 1 bar of tin, 1 bar of arsenic.)

130 = Bronzium (bright yellow, requires 2 bars of copper, 1 bar of zinc, 1 bar of tin, 1 bar of calmia).

130 = Tungsten (grey, Tungsten is found in wolframite ore, and is about as rare as platinum)

133 = Steel (1 bar of iron, 1 bar of pig iron, 2 bars of flux)

135 = Red Steel (2 bars of iron, 2 bars of flux, 1 bar of cinnabar)

135 = Blue Steel (2 bars of iron, 2 bars of flux, 1 bar of cobalt)

135 = Auric Bronze (3 bars of copper, 1 bar of tin, 1 bar of calmia, 1 bar of auricipridite)

140 = Black Steel (black, aka high carbon steel, requires 2 bars of iron, 3 bars of flux.)

140 = Patterned Steel (light blue, more valuable form of steel, would require 1 bar of steel, 1 bar of wootz iron)

140 = Mosaic Steel (a more valuable form of Patterned Steel, would require 1 bar of steel, 1 bar of wootz iron, and either 1 bar of cobalt (Blue Mosaic Steel), cinnabar (Red Mosaic Steel), nickel (Green Mosaic Steel), chrome (White Mosaic Steel), or 1 bar of cast iron (Black Mosaic Steel).

140 = Iridium (blue, Iridium is found in iridiosmium, which is found in iron, and is rarer than platinum)

145 = Crucible Steel  (dark blue, requires forging and combining 3 bars of Pig Iron)

145 = Immaculate Steel (aka "Stainless Steel", white, requires 1 bar of pig iron, 1 bar of nickel iron, 1 bar of chrome).

150 = Meteor Steel (sky blue, would require 1 bar of nickel, smelted with 1 bar of Crucible Steel, can be found in extremely rare cases, in nugget form, about as rare as platinum or aluminum.

150 = Osmiridium (dark blue, requires 1 bar of osmium and and 1 bar of iridium)

150 = Stellite (silver, would require 1 bar of cobalt, 1 bar of chrome, and 1 bar of tungsten)

160 = Titanite (white, would require 1 bar of titanium smelted with 1 bar of meteor steel)

160 = Talonite (silver, would requre 2 bars of cobalt, 2 bars of chrome, and 1 bar of tungsten)

166 = Beryl Bronze (dark brown, would require 1 bar of beryllium, 2 bars of copper, 1 bar of zinc, and 1 bar of tin)

170 = Julian Steel (would require 1 bar of nickel, 1 bar of cobalt, and 1 bar of tungsten, smelted with 1 bar of Crucible Steel)

Jovian Steel (if possible, Jovian Steel will be the absolute best metal smeltable by humans, except for Orichalcum)

175 = Jovian Steel (would require 1 bar of titanium, smelted with 2 bars of meteor steel)

Deep Steel and Still Steel (the best non-legendary metals in the game)

185 = Deep Steel (dark grey, would require 1 bar of titanium, 1 bar of iridium, and 1 bar of molybdenum, smelted with 2 bars of meteor steel).

185 = Still Steel (silver, would require 1 bar of cobalt, 1 bar of tungsten, and 1 bar of palladium, smelted with 2 bars of meteor steel)

Anything at 200+ will be considered will be considered a "legendary" metal type, meaning it'll be a candidate for special abilities, in combination with other items.

Orichalcum (A metal especially beloved by humans.)

200 = Orichalcum (reddish orange, would require 3 bars of copper, 3 bars of calmia, 1 bar of gold)

Ithildium (as close to Mithril as I'm willing to get, a light, silvery metal that glows in the dark, invented by elves, who are very fond of it)

200 = Ithildium (Silver, requires 3 bars of silver, 1 bar of aluminum, 1 bar of titanium, 1 bar of vanadium, 1 bar of chrome, 1 bar of iridium)

200 = Drak (dark brown, requires 1 bar of rhenium, 1 bar of molybdenum, and 2 bars of nickel)

Starmetal (basically a fantasy version of Mosaic Damascus, on steroids, comes in various colors)

225 = Green Starmetal (would require a bar of titanium, a bar of nickel, a bar of cobalt, a bar of tungsten, a bar of iridium, and a bar of vanadium)

225 = White Starmetal (would require a bar of titanium, a bar of nickel, a bar of cobalt, a bar of tungsten, a bar of iridium, and a bar of chrome)

225 = Red Starmetal (would require a bar of titanium, a bar of nickel, a bar of cobalt, a bar of tungsten, a bar of iridium, and a bar of cinnabar)

225 = Blue Starmetal (would require a bar of nickel, a bar of titanium, a bar of cobalt, a bar of tungsten, a bar of iridium, and a bar of azurite)

225 = Black Starmetal (would require a bar of nickel, a bar of titanium, a bar of cobalt, a bar of tungsten, a bar of iridium, and a bar of uranium)

225 = Gold Starmetal (would require 1 bar of nickel, 1 bar of titanium, 1 bar of cobalt, 1 bar of tungsten, 1 bar of iridium, and 1 bar of gold)

250 = Stygium (deep blue, would require 3 bars of uranium, 3 bars of aluminum, 1 bar of cinnabar, 1 bar of tungsten)

250 = Zeon (golden, improbably rare metal, found in diamond)

275 = Beryllide (crimson, 1 bar of beryllium, 1 bar of titanium, 1 bar of nickel, 1 bar of cobalt, 1 bar of tantalum, 1 unit of red zircon, 1 unit of black zircon)

300 = Auram (bright yellow, would require 3 bars of gold, 1 bar of iridium, 1 bar of auricipridite, 1 bar of copper, and 2 bars of chrome)

300 = Lunite (silver, requires 3 bars of iridium, 1 bar of tungsten, 1 bar of silver, 1 bar of chrome, 1 bar of platinum, 1 bar of lead)

300 = Witch Iron (Most basic alloy of Adamantite, requires 1 bar of adamantite, 1 bar of cold iron, 1 bar of gold.)

325 = Octirion (bright orange, requires 1 bar of copper, 1 bar of gold, 1 bar of bismuth, 1 bar of cinnabar, 1 bar of cobalt, 1 bar of nickel, 1 bar of vanadium, 1 bar of chrome). Discworld inspired.

Merid (simply the best non-adamantium metal available, extremely difficult to make. Was invented by elves and dwarfs working together. Both vehemently deny the other species had anything to do with it, and generally blame it on the humans.)

333 = Merid (white, requires 1 bar of Rhodium, 1 bar of Ithildium, 1 bar of Orichalcum)

350 = Adamantium (same color as adamantite, Alloy of Adamantite, requires 3 bars of bronze, 1 bar of adamantite, 3 bars of cast iron, 1 bar of gold)

400 = Infernium (deep blue, alloy of Adamantite, requires 1 bar of cinnabar, 1 bar of adamantite, 3 bars of cast iron, 1 bar of red steel, 1 bar of blue steel, 1 bar of gold, 1 bar of arsenic)

450 Demondyne (dark purple, alloy of Adamantite, requires 1 bar of cinnabar, 3 bars of lead, 1 bar of adamantite, 3 bars of black bronze, 1 bar of arsenic)

500 = Hell Metal (crimson, alloy of Adamantite, requires 1 bar of cinnabar, 1 bar of uranium, 1 bar of adamantite, 1 bar of auricipridite, 1 bar of bismuth, 1 bar of tungsten, 3 bars of deep steel)

666 = Mountainheart (rose, alloy of Adamantite, requires 3 bars of adamantite, 3 bars of rose gold, 2 bars of deep steel, 1 bar of zeon.)

1000 = Deep Adamant (black, requires 1 bar of adamantite, only available for use in artifacts.)

The formulas for the various metals may have to be refined a bit, for balancing reasons, and so that they make some kind of sense, but this is generally what I have in mind.

[socially_inept_butterfly]

Radium and Unununium should be added.
Seriously.

[SirHoneyBadger]

I actually considered adding radium and plutonium both but I don't think the horrifying radiation death can be modded in, and without that, it's just not the same 

[Deon]

Damascus Steel

It's quite lore-breaking... There's no Damascus in DF world. You could call it Wootz steel as well.
The best choice was done by Sean Mirrsen: he called it "Patterned steel" in his Mineral mod++, and it's correct.

[G-Flex]

I'm trying to think of how beings like dwarves would even smelt stuff like Uranium in the first place. Then again, I actually know something about what smelting is, which is a boat some modders seem to have missed.