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[Erkki]

Incredible. This is my 12th-ish fort, and also first where I have limited the pop cap(now at 120). Its the first fort ever where I have got weapon artifacts other than bows or crossbows.

This now has a 3rd:



Could it be of any use, other than fitting in a weapon trap in the middle of the statue garden? And before you ask, it was a possession.

Looking at the raws, it seems it would have been my most awesome artifact ever had it been a warhammer or a mace.

[Hivemind]

Tatonshen Shedim Arek: Touchchants the Shadow of Churches; a horseleather turban. It is adorned with hanging rings of horseleather.


At least it was a legit mood.

[bobhayes]

Could it be of any use, other than fitting in a weapon trap in the middle of the statue garden? And before you ask, it was a possession.

Artifact weapons get huge bonuses, so it's a hell of a good spear. Give it to an unhappy speardwarf and make his day.

[Urist Imiknorris]

It will never be as good as a nice steel spear. Artifact bonuses are x3, while masterwork bonuses are x2, and I doubt billon is very good weapon material.

Doesn't change the fact that it's more than twice as valuale as a masterwork steel spear. I sense a noble removal lever.

[Spork The Slightly Insane]

This:


Don't know the value, still the first few months in the fort so the broker doesn't have any experience in appraisal.

[noob]

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and he was possessed too

[Serrational]

I doubt billon is very good weapon material.

Actually, billon being a silver-copper alloy means it should be reasonably effective. I'll have to check the raws.

[RenoFox]

Not the worst, but fitting to this thread. Due to the bug with bone artifacts missing decorations, my goblin bone floodgate got named "The Creation Of Failure".

[JimboOmega]

I once got an artifact short skirt.  That was pretty bad.  It was decorated with the sort of inane things you'd see at a fashion show.  Not exactly the ideal throne room decoration.  Can the military screen get someone to equip it?  I could have possibly stationed a female dwarf next to the throne if I hadn't let my fort get conquered.

Another one was an artifact steel right gauntlet.  I mean, that armorer was working away and I was thinking an artifact helm, breastplate, shield... it was going to be totally awesome.  But no, just the right gauntlet.  An interesting decoration, but... one of the worst in terms of hope crushing.

Can you restrain dwarfs for reasons other than law enforcement?  You could recreate a jabba's palace kind of thing.

[Keldane]

Behold the glory of Ilasodkish, "The Absolute Ferns"! It is a pair of turkey leather trousers, bearing an image of a wave in turkey leather, and an image dedicated to the wanderings of Eman Orbsfeast the Dusk of Abysses, the mate of the screaming woman.

[Poindexterity]

This:


Don't know the value, still the first few months in the fort so the broker doesn't have any experience in appraisal.

i think you win dude.


or lose, im not sure.

[Stone Wera]

Migrant wave, immediately a fell mood strikes a fish dissector. He grabs my baron and takes him to the leather work. A few minutes later, ta da! Dwarf leather thong. It menaces with spikes of dwarf bone. That fish dissector (now a miner) never goes anywhere without it.

[Musashi]

Migrant wave, immediately a fell mood strikes a fish dissector. He grabs my baron and takes him to the leather work. A few minutes later, ta da! Dwarf leather thong. It menaces with spikes of dwarf bone. That fish dissector (now a miner) never goes anywhere without it.

Whoa.
I'd call that "best artifact ever". Vaguely lovecraftian, too.
... whoa. 

[phoenixuk]

Zaludcustith ron Munest, "Futurepassage the Rage of Groves", a hematite toy hammer.
This is a hematite toy hammer. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality. This object menaces with spikes of hematite.

so, to recap.
a) it's a toy.
b) it's made of iron ore (AAAAGH)
c) it's covered in sharp spikes so kids will hurt themselves playing with it.
d) the spikes are made of MORE precious iron ore (fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu)
e) it's name predicts a war involving elves (ok not so bad)

[Stone Wera]

Migrant wave, immediately a fell mood strikes a fish dissector. He grabs my baron and takes him to the leather work. A few minutes later, ta da! Dwarf leather thong. It menaces with spikes of dwarf bone. That fish dissector (now a miner) never goes anywhere without it.

Whoa.
I'd call that "best artifact ever". Vaguely lovecraftian, too.
... whoa. 

It's just that the silver walls and throne room I gave the baron to keep him happy are pretty much for nothing now. That was silver that could've been used for maces. Also, he couldn't have made something that we could've used, like a statue or decoration? No, he just had to make a murder thong and keep it all to himself.