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Author Topic: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community) - 0.31.25  (Read 295565 times)

Urist Imiknorris

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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #855 on: April 13, 2011, 04:13:32 pm »

Spoiler: Absolutely certain (click to show/hide)

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« Reply #856 on: April 13, 2011, 05:19:03 pm »

So.. in theory you could cut off another four squares.
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« Reply #857 on: April 13, 2011, 06:50:53 pm »

Oh?

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 Any potential hollow portion of the vein must overlap with one or more of them

The red tiles aren't the "tube is here" tiles. They're the "Tube must have one of these to connect with the level below" tiles. There's a big difference.
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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #858 on: April 13, 2011, 07:03:42 pm »

Unfortunately having the Baron talk to other dwarfs wouldn't have the desired results. The desire is to not just make him angry, but to put him in his place. Think about it from a bar with an obnoxious drunk bothering you. Sure you could punch him in the face, and that would make him angry, but then he's just likely to punch back and being that he's drunk he might hit the wrong person. On the other hand if you outsmart a drunk you can make them feel foolish and angry but not know what to do with their anger. The best part in this case is it isn't that hard to outsmart a drunk and make them look foolish for you. They've done half the work for you already.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Baron is going to make mandates no matter what, just with more mandates the more annoyed and stressed out he is. Or does it have to do with if all his "needs" are meant on if he is happy or not. It would be interesting to design a room that technically meets all his requirements, but actually just increases his stress levels as long as he is in it. For instance, he might want x, y, and z while making sure his room is at least super quality... so I suggest giving him a room that has x, y, and z at the lowest quality we can manage (might be hard with all the master craftsmen, but that can be fixed by having a non craftsman make the stuff. Then bump up the quality the rest of the way with caged rats. Sadly I don't know how hard it would be to cage rats, or how many rats you would need to make the room good enough.

Of course there are Dwarf laws that suggest that the dwarf that is appointed as Baron is an elected position, with the historical understanding that once a dwarf has been assigned such position that they maintain such position for the remainder of their life. In the past it has always been customary for the population of a fortress to arrange for the death of a pesky noble and replace them at their leisure, however that is by no means required for replacing nobles. One could say for instance simply fire the baron and appoint a new one. Nobles back in the Mountain Homes would not be able to argue with this as it is perfectly aloud by dwarf law. The logical person one might appoint would be Cog, but there is of course the added out of character annoyance with that, that anytime a stupid edict was made it would be Cog making it, and it becomes hard to explain why you are doing something stupid.

So anyways take some of this as random musings that Syntic might make to Cog, and anything that's ooc as just said in some way that makes IC sense.
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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #859 on: April 13, 2011, 07:10:37 pm »

Make a bunch of animal traps and have your trappers "capture a small animal" until you have a crapload of rats.
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« Reply #860 on: April 13, 2011, 08:33:12 pm »

If the hollow tube does not extend to the lower pair, then you could manage to acquire another four squares of candy. However, the only way to know is to Reveal or save scum.

Or just have Derm standing by.
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« Reply #861 on: April 13, 2011, 08:40:01 pm »

Or accidentally mine them out and get lucky (like Battlecat did).

I believe the phrase "dodged that bullet" comes to mind.
It's more "dodged the anti-tank rocket."
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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #862 on: April 13, 2011, 08:45:03 pm »

Meh, I coulda taken them.
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« Reply #863 on: April 14, 2011, 12:22:57 am »

I'm actually fairly sure that if we open up a doorway to "fun" that Derm would go through the door, and explain politely to the things on the other side that this was just a slight misunderstanding. His diplomatic powers neutralize all hostilities that might be prone to happen because of cultural differences.
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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #864 on: April 14, 2011, 12:32:30 am »

I'm actually fairly sure that if we open up a doorway to "fun" that Derm would go through the door, and explain politely to the things on the other side that this was just a slight misunderstanding. His diplomatic powers neutralize all hostilities that might be prone to happen because of cultural differences.
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« Reply #865 on: April 14, 2011, 05:36:10 am »

Derm: Shovin' me ax' wher' the sun dinna shine!
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« Reply #866 on: April 14, 2011, 11:38:11 am »

Cog’s Journal, 10th of Slate 318

Dobar the hauler completed his project today.  He looked quite confused when it was all over, but proud none the less.  He created an impressive floodgate.  Of particular interest was his choice to show the promotion most celebrated general in the history of our civilization.  Well at least the most celebrated before Derm showed up. 

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Events of the 14th of Slate 318

Comp was relaxing near his home on the first cave level.  He would get back to work soon, but for now relaxation was on his mind.  As he took in the quiet of the caves, he heard a buzzing noise.  He stepped out and looked.  Coming over the lake, with fire puffing out of its mouth was a beast he easily recognized from stories. 

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He gathered himself up and headed upstairs to notify the dwarves in charge.  They would want to know asap.  So much for quiet rest.

Events of the 17th of Slate 318

Derm waited patiently near the farms in the first cave level for the beast to arrive.  It could fly, so he wasn't at all surprised when it came hovering across the lake.  He heard a splash and for a moment he was afraid it was going to crash up into the starting point of the water pump system.  But then it hovered up into view.  Just in time for Geshud, the legendary gem setter to pop out of Comp's home tunnel and scream in terror. 

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Amsir the beast immediately unleashed a burst of fire at the unlucky gem setter.  But Geshud was far too fast and dodged quickly out of the way and ran towards the fortress.  Derm took this opportunity to charge, tearing into the beast's wing with Akmeshitat.  Then his standard battle plan came into effect.  He dodged and weaved, keeping the beast from hurting him.  It was fortunate the beast seemed disinclined to use its fire breath at short range.

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This one seemed slower than usual.  He quickly got in several hits on the feet and abdomen although some shots glanced off the thick chitin.  Then the beast missed him and he took a solid punch right to the beast’s foot.  It fell down, writhing in pain.  It unleashed a burst of fire but the fire completely missed Derm.  Derm unleashed hell on the beast at that point, punching, kicking and hacking at the beast. 

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The beast seemed to have given up.  Other than a couple bursts of fire that Derm easily dodged, it just took the hits one after another.  Eventually it died, chalking up a 9th forgotten beast for Derm's personal tally.

OOC: More fun with forgotten beasts! 

@Urist Imiknorris: Yeah, that was a close one.  Of course, I eventually want to take on the fun, but not by accident! 

@Syntic: The Count was ecstatic when he made the recent fatal mandates.  He very cheerfully signed the death warrants.  I think the idea of caged rats is a good one.  I’ll have to get a vermin trapper on the job.  Fortunately we have a very talented one with rusty skills.  If I put the vermin in high quality cages of materials he likes it would put the value up high, but make him unhappy simultaneously.  I like it!  And with so few cats we tend to have lots of vermin around.

I don’t even really have to worry about the item values, he’s so demanding I had to engrave the entire floor and add two statues to make him satisfied.  Plus of course I had the issue of him being pissed about the quality of other rooms.  I might let him out to socialize on occasion just for fun. 

Also, your choice of words for how Derm will handle the fun is so fantastic I don’t even know where to start!

@dermonster:  Hard to say if you would survive, but it would be an epic way to die.  I certainly intend to make it as survivable as possible.  After all, demons can be quite nasty.  There are things that can be done.  Including adamantium equipment and flow controls to temper the numbers of demons that escape at a given time.  I’m not crafting anything out of adamantium until I have the primary armorsmith and weaponsmith up to legendary though.  If we’re going to craft epic weapons and armor, it might as well be full on epic. 

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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #867 on: April 14, 2011, 12:39:34 pm »

journal:
another beast,how the hell have they survive for all this time when they get killed in droves?
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« Reply #868 on: April 14, 2011, 12:49:17 pm »

Because Derm is the reaper.
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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #869 on: April 14, 2011, 02:17:44 pm »

*Ego swells*
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"Dammit Derm!" - You, if I'm doing it right.
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