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Argonnek

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About Souls
« on: May 04, 2009, 10:29:56 am »
In the next update there might be souls in most if not all creatures, so I was wondering if anyone would have moral issues with wanton slaughter, since any DF player worth his rock salt has annihilated a fortress in a fit of boredom, taken joy in slaughter, or is unaffected by the suffering of others virtual dwarves
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2009, 10:37:09 am »
wait...


can we harvest souls?

Can we collect them from dying creatures and use them to MAKE stuff?

*dreams*
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Quote from: warlordzephyr on June 26, 2009, 12:19:06 pm
You see, booze is a parasite. It lives off dwarves and compels them to dig into the ground so as to create massive defences to protect it's self. It really shouldn't be called dwarf fortress, Booze fortress would make much more sense.

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Re: About Souls
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 10:38:42 am »
I expected an answer like that, yet I still asked... *sigh*... Keep 'em coming!
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 10:41:10 am »
I created those souls, I have no compunctions about using them to mortar my rock garden.
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2009, 10:46:12 am »
Quote from: Hagadorn on May 04, 2009, 10:37:09 am
wait...


can we harvest souls?

Can we collect them from dying creatures and use them to MAKE stuff?

*dreams*

That would be awesome!

This is a War Hammer made from the essence of a moaning horde of damned souls.  All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality.  It menaces with spikes of Microcline.
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2009, 10:50:00 am »
Also, in answer to the OP question

I would find it Morally REWARDING to harvest souls.

Damnit, Now i wanna make a whole fortress out of nothing but children and baby souls.

edit:

Wait... Why haven't i modded child and baby dwarves to be butcherable and drop skin?
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Quote from: warlordzephyr on June 26, 2009, 12:19:06 pm
You see, booze is a parasite. It lives off dwarves and compels them to dig into the ground so as to create massive defences to protect it's self. It really shouldn't be called dwarf fortress, Booze fortress would make much more sense.

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Re: About Souls
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 10:53:25 am »
Quote from: Hagadorn on May 04, 2009, 10:50:00 am
edit:

Wait... Why haven't i modded child and baby dwarves to be butcherable and drop skin?
You can't mod sentient creatures to be butcherable (yet), but you can use dwarf companion to set them to be butchered
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 10:54:36 am »
Quote from: Argonnek on May 04, 2009, 10:53:25 am
Quote from: Hagadorn on May 04, 2009, 10:50:00 am
edit:

Wait... Why haven't i modded child and baby dwarves to be butcherable and drop skin?
You can't mod sentient creatures to be butcherable (yet), but you can use dwarf companion to set them to be butchered

Teeeeeeeeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee!
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Quote from: warlordzephyr on June 26, 2009, 12:19:06 pm
You see, booze is a parasite. It lives off dwarves and compels them to dig into the ground so as to create massive defences to protect it's self. It really shouldn't be called dwarf fortress, Booze fortress would make much more sense.

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Re: About Souls
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 10:54:57 am »
I don't know, for some reason I was thinking about the original question as the Dwarves and such having souls, not just in the generated world.
Which might make shutting down Dwarf Fortress or deleting get you tried at the Hague.

I've yet to torture or kill my Dwarves, except by accident or incompetence, but I must admit a sinister urge to engineer a massive 200+ Dwarf tantrum spiral.
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2009, 11:13:01 am »
Quote from: Wild Goose on May 04, 2009, 10:54:57 am
I don't know, for some reason I was thinking about the original question as the Dwarves and such having souls, not just in the generated world.
Which might make shutting down Dwarf Fortress or deleting get you tried at the Hague.

I've yet to torture or kill my Dwarves, except by accident or incompetence, but I must admit a sinister urge to engineer a massive 200+ Dwarf tantrum spiral.
0_o Never slaughtered your dwarves? You've been missing out! It's so satisfying to see some completely useless peasants, soap makers, and cheese makers burn in the holy crucible! (The magma pipe)
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2009, 02:07:39 pm »
Wow! Toady found the perfect way to enhance his game with zero effort! Add souls!
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2009, 03:41:10 pm »
Quote from: Yanlin on May 04, 2009, 02:07:39 pm
Wow! Toady found the perfect way to enhance his game with zero effort! Add souls!
heh, and how do you expect him to "add souls" without applying effort ??? :-\ :-[ ;)

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Re: About Souls
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2009, 03:48:11 pm »
You cant really do anything to souls anytime soon.
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2009, 04:38:41 pm »
Quote from: Naxza on May 04, 2009, 03:48:34 pm
[HAS_SOUL] doesn't mean anything unless you make it mean something. And seeing how we drop kittens, elves, and dwarves alike down 57-or-so z-levels on a regular basis, I don't think it'll mean anything to most of us.

I'm more worried that elves will get souls. If souls prove to be useful in any way, shape or form, then hurray, more reasons to slaughter the elves. If the souls stick around and haunt your dwarves...

I don't want to have nightmares. X_X

Psssh. Elven ghosts. What are they going to do?

Plant trees in your living room?
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Re: About Souls
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2009, 04:40:41 pm »
If ghosts can affect the world around them, then they might pull your FTW lever... Is that a bad thing?
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