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[LordSlowpoke]

it's nowhere as bad as it was a couple years ago

[miauw62]

Yeah, that's true.

[Putnam]

Reading the old unupdated DF dev page's power goals to see how many are possible now. It's frigging uplifting.

PowerGoal1, MIGHTY ARMIES, (Future): Mighty one-square armies burning villages or reeducating people to their entity.
PowerGoal7, THE ONE LEFT BEHIND, (Future): You have a conversation with somebody whose parent died in a war.
PowerGoal22, MIDNIGHT SAPPER, (Future): In the dead of night, you swim across the moat, scale a wall dressed in black, wait for the guard to pass by, hit him across the head with a sap, and leave. //if saps are modded in
PowerGoal27, HUNT THE CYCLOPS, (Future): The cyclops breaks into a barn and steals a sheep. The farmer draws a map for you to show where the cyclops's cave is. //somewhat abstract, but yes
PowerGoal36, NOT WELCOME HERE, (Future): You - "How do I find the capital?" Peasant - *spits on the ground* //friggin verbatim
PowerGoal48, ROAD HOUSE, (Future): Onlookers led by you stop a fight, and somebody demands to see the manager. The manager appoints you official bar bouncer. //okay this one isn't in but perhaps soon
PowerGoal85, RETIRE AS A PEASANT, (Future): You start out shoveling the stables and continuing passing the days by rapidly until you become old, ignoring changes in leadership and the passing of friends, only leaving the job when you are no longer able to perform it. //something like it
PowerGoal90, BY THE POWER OF MOTHRA, (Future): You say a prayer to Mothra in the face of your enemies and are filled with great strength. You rip the heart from the chest of your adversary and eat it in front of his quailing comrades. //okay some modding involved and a very liberal interpretation of "rip the heart from the chest of your adversary"
PowerGoal132, EVERYTHING IN ITS PROPER PLACE, (Future): You sheathe your sword in the scabbard that hangs from your belt.
PowerGoal167, THE EVIL SWAMP, (Future): Unable to deal with the cold damp weather of the evil swamp, you, after first suffering from skin rashes and a wracking cough from wading through the filth, eventually contract the Blue Death, a wasting disease of a mysterious nature. When it runs its course, you are transformed into a salamander. //requires some modding, but it's totally possible
PowerGoal170, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT TOO OFTEN, (Future): With a foot atop the slain alligator, the barbarian warrior cries "I name you Dragon Sword!" at his raised blade. //do they do it too often? Hmm.

it's nowhere as bad as it was a couple years ago

Yeah, I just went through a bit of an archive trawl which was made up entirely of FOTF replies, suggestion topics, bugfixes and the occasional moment where Toady had to intervene in lower boards affairs and yee-ikes.

EDIT: I FOUND THE GUITAR MUSIC FROM ACE COMBAT 04

Session is a spin on Una Limosnita Por El Amor De Dios (which also appears in one of the cutscenes) and Prelude is La Catedral, Movement 1.

EDIT 2: Also I'd recommend that game's story to anyone. It's simple as hell, but so very good.

[TD1]

Well I meant people being asshats as in, harassing and saying horrible things to each other. I know that you might do it on here too, but you do it with... Comradery?

T-t-t-tiruin stabs me. 

[Arx]

Well I meant people being asshats as in, harassing and saying horrible things to each other. I know that you might do it on here too, but you do it with... Comradery?

T-t-t-tiruin stabs me. 

Aww, poor Dwarfy. I can't think of anything appropriately condescending to say here, sorry.

I just spent about an hour sculpting a bust. It looks pretty good!

[TD1]

Haha, don't worry, you were more than condescending enough

Out of curiosity, what's the bust of? And pictures would answer that question fairly quickly, heh.

[Arx]

Yay, sufficient condescension!

It's a bust of some random elf, I guess. Possibly goblin, in a certain light. I spent eight hours in a queue with the Silmarillion yesterday, so I have LotR on the brain. I will post pics in the appropriate thread when it's painted and sealed.

[TD1]

I always have LoTR on the brain.

Why did you queue with the book, though? I bought it myself a day or so ago. No more library reading of Silmarillion for me

Edit:

I hope you're happy. Talk of LoTR made me start rewatching the Hobbit, which in turn sparked this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes, random, but meh.

The Dwarves came unto Erebor,
The gates were shut fast tight.
The Dwarves came unto Erebor,
They came as those prepared to fight.

Fire was on the walls and floors,
The Redstone pillars gleamed with hate.
No foe had claimed a thing of Erebor’s
Until it met with Wingèd fate.

The doors were made of Spell wrought gold
That held a silver clasp.
The doors stood open to the cold
Where stood the Kingly Dwarves.

One stood with starry crown about his head,
And had a gleaming sword-
Named Orcrist, or so ‘twas said,
Though even Goblins feared that word.

They came to take back their home
But found the land aflame.
They looked about their town
And saw it brought to shame.

An anger kindled in each one
To rival even Dragon-Flame.
Forsaking now the shadow,
They left their darkened hame.

“To arms!” boomed out the voice of yore;
And he should know, he was a prince
And saw great Weapon Store,
The likes of which we’ve not seen since.

They raised the blades they had,
The Lake-land iron glowed
For it remembered ancient times
When men upon that river rowed.

The river hissed with steam,
Begemmed a snout appeared,
And oh the flame, and oh the ire,
And oh the heat that seared!

Smaug had appeared.

With yells they dashed into the mist
And quenched their burning clothes,
With rage they went about their work
Until the Dragon was in throes.

Such twisting and such biting,
The Dragon reared its head.
There were too many of the Dwarves,
And none of them yet dead.

Next came the shoulders and the wings,
Black as the midnight land,
Out came the gleaming claws;
The Dwarves, they made their stand.

And yet we hear the ancient sound
Of iron hitting scale;
No more the Dragon’s roam this earth,
Yet then they were quite real.

The Dwarves came unto Erebor,
The gates were moon-shine white.
The Dwarves came unto Erebor,
And with the Wurm did fight.

[Descan]

Well I meant people being asshats as in, harassing and saying horrible things to each other. I know that you might do it on here too, but you do it with... Comradery?

T-t-t-tiruin stabs me. 

You were probably asking for it. Were you wearing frumpy clothes a kevlar vest? If you were wearing skimpy clothes no protection, what did you expect?

[miauw62]

https://soundcloud.com/biggiantcircles/big-giant-circles-pax-plague-vocal-fun
pffft

[flabort]

https://soundcloud.com/biggiantcircles/big-giant-circles-pax-plague-vocal-fun
pffft

heheheh
I don't really know who that is, but that's actually pretty funny.

[Worldmaster27]

I am now the proud owner of The Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers!

If only because I couldn't find the next WoT book, but hey, LotR.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Aah. I had a lovely sleep. Now, to continue living.

[TD1]

I am now the proud owner of The Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers!

If only because I couldn't find the next WoT book, but hey, LotR.

Oh, where are you in WoT?

And Blasphemy! You haven't read LoTR yet? Or seen it, though that's slightly less blasphemous.

[Arx]

Hey, he could have read them from a library, or borrowed them from a friend. I only got the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales a few months ago, but I'd read them long before that.

If he made it all the way to fifteen without reading them at all, though...

* Arx cracks knuckles.