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abchiptop

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Dwarven engravings
« on: August 01, 2010, 06:44:58 pm »

do these dwarves ever get out and see anything in the outside world?
Engraved on the wall is a masterfully designed image of Besmar Roomslapped the dwarf by Besmar Logemtishak. Besmar Roomslapped is engraving. The artwork relates to the masterful engraving "The Heroic Pine" created by the dwarf Besmar Roomslapped for The Escorted Merchants at Slaughterstandard in the early winter of 12.

so he engraved a masterwork picture of another dwarf engraving a masterwork image? and the new engraving, was in fact, a masterpiece?

so my real question is: do i have to search manually over each engraved square in my fortress to find the masterful Heroic Pine? i'm just curious as to what it is now.
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martinuzz

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Re: Dwarven engravings
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2010, 07:36:04 pm »

He actually engraved a picture of himself, not of another dwarf. Logemishak is his dwarven name, meaning Roomslapped.

And yes, you will need to search manually.
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abchiptop

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Re: Dwarven engravings
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2010, 08:44:08 pm »

so he's just really damn vain? haha i love this game.
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Re: Dwarven engravings
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2010, 09:22:50 pm »

Can it get recursive? As in:
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The Heroic Pine

Engraved on the wall is a masterfully designed image of Besmar Roomslapped the dwarf by Besmar Logemtishak. Besmar Roomslapped is engraving. The artwork relates to the masterful engraving "The Heroic Pine" created by the dwarf Besmar Roomslapped for The Escorted Merchants at Slaughterstandard in the early winter of 12.

So you'd get a picture of a dwarf engraving a dwarf engraving a dwarf engraving a dwarf engraving ad infintium?
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Re: Dwarven engravings
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2010, 07:43:18 pm »

Not sure if this is a new thing, but I've been getting some pretty meta engravings recently too.
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Re: Dwarven engravings
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2010, 07:55:55 pm »

It's better than when they somehow know exactly what iguana monsters are, what they're capable of, and what they've done to their civilization.

I live now in perpetual fear that an iguana monster will show up and destroy me like depicted in my dining room.
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