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Lord Dullard

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An image.
« on: December 17, 2009, 12:17:39 am »


I got a possession and this is what came out. I've seen plenty of images on artifacts (and I've seen quite a lot of those), but never just 'an image'. Is this a bug, or just something I've never seen before?

Furthermore, what the hell is it an image of? Is it just such a shitty picture that it can't be described? Or is it an image of some horrible Lovecraftian monstrosity that cannot be described in words of less than ten syllables apiece?
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Re: An image.
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 12:41:07 am »
Hm.

Do you have your history turned off?

Also, I think the dwarf who was possessed wanted to make a whole lot of things, but just made "an image" to express all of them at once.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 12:47:17 am »
It's an image of andesite IN andesite.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2009, 12:48:00 am »
Quote from: Fist_Of_Armok on December 17, 2009, 12:41:07 am
Do you have your history turned off?

Ah, yup. This was it. I just recently put a fresh install of DF in, and I'd forgotten to change some of my init preferences back to normal. *Facepalm*.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2009, 12:50:57 am »
Huh. This is... odd. Here's the 'revealed' version of the artifact:



The Hazy Palisade is my civ - now I'm just wondering what sort of 'unknown creature' we appointed to be our diplomat. In Year 1 after the creation event, no less.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2009, 01:01:27 am »
Odd. Usually "an unknown creature" is genned by "cull unimportant figures," but a diplomat is pretty damn important.

Odd, indeed.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2009, 01:17:52 am »
If we told you, we'd have to kill you.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2009, 02:04:04 am »
How does one represent an unknown creature?...

A giant question mark, perhaps?

I suppose the fact that it's unknown is why it's an "   image   ".
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Re: An image.
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 03:26:32 am »
Probably they appointed some wind as a diplomant.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2009, 08:51:02 am »
Get a noble as soon as possible and find out, please.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2009, 09:12:46 am »
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How does one represent an unknown creature?...
Just be careful not to draw its face. And don't leave the job to the Danes.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2009, 09:17:54 am »
Usually when there is no description on an image, its because there ain't a raw-entry for it, if I am not wrong.

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Just be careful not to draw its face. And don't leave the job to the Danes.
I don't understand why not to let the Danes do it..
I'm a Dane myself..
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Re: An image.
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2009, 03:54:22 pm »
Ah, he's making a joke about the prohibition of depictions of Muhammad (or just his face, in some cases) in Islam and the whole "Danish-cartoon" fiasco.

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Re: An image.
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2009, 04:42:40 pm »
I do remember empty creature descriptions for wagons - but even in DF, I fail to see how a wagon can become a diplomat.
Even though its answers might be the most intelligent of all.
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Re: An image.
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2009, 06:04:37 pm »
Worst. artifact. ever.
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