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[Djohaal]

I once had a legendary engraver engrave an engraving of himself engraving a masterpiece engraving.

Somebody was feeling pretty good about himself that day.

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I think you just won a cookie for that.

Make that two cookies

[docawesome]

I always liked it when a dwarf has to sleep in a room full of engravings of his family getting butchered by goblins.

[MacaqueAttack]

I hope at some point we get to dictate something specific to the engravers so we can do things like that on purpose.

Maybe we can get it in a sort of cross between stockpiles and designations? You get a menu of choices similar to the stockpile menu - history, dwarves, artifacts, animals, insects, shapes, etc - and then make the designation. Could probably also do with a "random" option (for when you don't care) and a "custom" option (for when you want something more specific than the broad categories, like a champion killing orcs to engrave his tomb).

Additionally, all levels of engravers can do any sort of image, but the quality of the image at low skill levels makes it hard to tell exactly what was engraved. For instance, at dabbling, an attempt at a historical engraving may result in "This appears to be an image of [stuff], but is little more than scratches. No details are evident." Conversely, a legendary engraver may result in "This is a complex mosaic of [stuff]. The details are minute and exquisite. [Description of details]."

Maybe experienced engravers can also start using any kind of stone you've mined out in their engravings. For instance, to use the above example, "This is a complex mosaic of [stuff], inset with microcline and realgar on a gabbro wall. [yadda]." They wouldn't actually consume any rock boulders in doing this, presumably the inserted stone is little more than small polished rocks, so it can be abstracted a little. Maybe once tools are in you can start polishing stone blanks to be used as insets, cut gems too, and experienced engravers will carry them around to spice up their engravings.

The way I see it, the Dwarf should be able to choose what he engraves because it's an expression of how he feels, kinda like artifacts.

[Moosey]

Speaking of engravings...  I've always wondered, but I never took it upon myself to try, what would happen if...

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..you were to find tentacle demon HFS, clear it out, seal up the glowing pits, furnish it and use it as the King's rooms?  Are the *detailed engravings* you find there worth a lot of room style points despite their content, or are they worth less because of it?  Would the King be immediately revolted or at least jaded over time from looking at them all day?  Or, if you had a king with the right personality traits, would he enjoy them?

[wagawaga]

Engravings are not an expression of how the dwarf feels, they are the first thought in the engraver's mind repeated over 200 times. You think 200 engravings of cheese is artistic?

[smjjames]

Engravings are not an expression of how the dwarf feels, they are the first thought in the engraver's mind repeated over 200 times. You think 200 engravings of cheese is artistic?

Maybe autistic.

Bad joke aside, I'm not really sure how the imagination and artistic (appreciates art and natural beauty for example) traits affect what things an engraver makes. Having actual events to engrave about does help, but even when I used an engraver who was 'bored with reality', I still got alot of engravings of the founding, various dwarves, and a bunch of engravings of himself engraving stuff.

[Naes Draw]

I had something more disturbing then ego-y.

I was working on a civ, and started playing. Turns out somehow they are rigged to have their meat and leather available.

The second time they come to trade, they have a thong made out of their own leather, with our first meeting embroidered on it...

Uh. We like you too?