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[LAAT501legion]

Make Ireheart an adviser, he isn't useless, he has military experience

[breadbocks]

Make him captain of the guard. I think he's the one who gives beatings, so dwarfs will be happy about justice being served, while everyone is safe.

[Imp]

How would an Evil Overlord handle this?

What would the head minion, one day (perhaps soon, how can he tell?) directly answerable to the Evil Overlord, do about such a situation?

If the Overlord wants someone beaten, he doesn't want the job not done, barely done, or even half done - a hammering sounds quite Evil Overlord to me.

23 - I will keep a special cache of low-tech weapons and train my troops in their use. That way -- even if the heroes manage to neutralize my power generator and/or render the standard-issue energy weapons useless -- my troops will not be overrun by a handful of savages armed with spears and rocks.

30 - All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.

56 - My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.

I see only one rule that suggests that Ireheart does in truth have a place in the Legion still -

55 - The deformed mutants and odd-ball psychotics will have their place in my Legions of Terror. However before I send them out on important covert missions that require tact and subtlety, I will first see if there is anyone else equally qualified who would attract less attention.


I think the term 'hero' of the Legion is a misnomer - Heros belong to the other side anyway.  The squad was overrun by a savage not even armed with rocks or a spear - and Ireheart led the squad against it with nothing more than their bare hands.  Is this Ireheart's fault?  Well, maybe he'd better be made an example of before someone realizes that it might be Rimtarazin's responsibility to ensure that the troops have access to equipment.  Kill him fast, Voice of the Overlord!

[dwarfguy2]

so, is guy's plan being put in motion?

[Gutanoth]

uum yeah sorry about talking so long to reply.  Would it be possible to find a a soldier dwarf who loves animals, but hates other dwarves?  I want him to be the odd-ball psychotic, so should any goblins come a-combatting and drop a mask and scourge, that he be equipped with them?

in other topics, are we going to follow in boatmurdered tracks, and have an unstoppable superweapon? to be used as early and as often as enemies allow (see rule 40)


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[Geb]

Laboratory Records of Zaerosz Caughtdiamond
Patient Treatment Records of the Month of Moonstone

Captain Ghaz Ireheart

Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! Do they not know how the natural philosophies proceed? One man alone must learn before he reveals his work others. None of the great men of history shared their glory! And yet... the activities of the fortress have provided five subjects on which to make my studies... I shall keep these records as they demand, but none shall see them. My work is my own.

Initial examination of the first subject reveals only a flesh wound grazing bone. The captain may yet be of some value as leader of the dungeon bodyguard, even if I must first find some way to make those damn masons build my prison.

Second examination and procedure: The patient reports feeling no pain during my initial cleaning and on further testing appears to have lost all sensation and control of the limb. Extremely disappointing. There is no value in this work if the nerve is severed. I shall leave this subject to the orderlies.

Legionary Lorbam Ridergems

I knew somebody had lost a leg, I found one inside the throat of that frilled monster they hauled up from the cave. One mystery is solved, with a trivial and obvious answer. This patients case is uninteresting. Nothing to do save for waiting as the stump seals. The leg makes an excellent addition to the bone stocks however. There is good to be found in all.

Legionary Logem Budmine

Burned skin with cave mud, an interesting combination in usual circumstances, and yet it seems the heat has seared the mud clean. Severe skin damage, perhaps needing reopening if the scars can be made to grow in tension...

Minion Istas

A fall from height, shattering the bones of three limbs and breaking a fourth cleanly to penetrate the skin, bruising to the head and liver, shards of obsidian embedded in the skin and lower tissue layers... this will be a moderately diverting challenge.






A constant stream of excuses hampers my work! The constant bleeding of the miner's wounds renders detailed work impossible. I cannot see through this grit and gore obscuring the gift of anatomy presented to me. I must have water! The patient must be cleaned that I may examine him properly! My demands are simple, yet do a recieve water? No! I recieve complaints and whining of trolls in the cavern. Those fool surgeons in the mountainhomes would no doubt be interested, they look to nature for their ideas not their intellects. Pathetic. Where is my water!





Second examination. I have been provided with a bucket of cave mud, barely easier to see through than the blood... it seems to be the best available. Lieutenant Tannen has removed the troll... more bones for my corpse pile...   The miners wounds are as interesting as they initially appear. I must operate...





Further excuses and whining set me to idleness. The minions speak of duty as a pretext to ignoring my needs... If the bones are to be set I must have the correct equipment! Fourth subject reports extreme pain and offers violence upon treatment, making work difficult. He must be restrained... greater pain can be inflicted and useful work be done if the subject cannot move... yet the mechanics do not understand these facts! They dedicate all their time to making some kind of metal box out in the wastes. Fools and liars! I hear that the supply wagons bring us splints though... this is good. Good...








Minion Imp

The second miner has crippled herself trying to complete the job that subject four was working on. Something to do with clearing protruding rock from a cliff face... the injuries caused by the fall are distinctive. A mixture of angle-edged bruises from the bricks of the wall and shards of mine spoil. A trivial set of broken fingers on one hand and an interesting section of torn flesh on the leg...


Second examination. Both miners have been cleaned again by the orderlies in the cave-filth they call water, making more demands on my time. Subjects four and five display an inability to move even when not restrained, partial consciousness, sweat and discoloured skin. It seems I must clean them myself as I am the only one with the basic competence to perform this simple task. Miners must be returned to work if I am to have my laboratory expanded...






Gutanoth has been dwarfed:

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not quite what you asked for since I'm working with limited number of dwarfs here. Only female soldiers remain for now, and a mask won't be possible, it being against Rule 1.

McFreud also turned out female:

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[Dermonster]

So how's my dwarf doing?
I re-read earlier and what I meant was (s)he has all professions except Hauling, fishing, and woodcutting on at all times. ALL TIMES.
No, (s)he doesn't care if its a professionals job (S)HE WILL HELP YOU.
Now, hand me the Great-Axe Scalpel!

[Tuxman]

Journal of Ghaz Ireheart

"The Doc said that it might be good for me to make a journal, collect my thoughts, in a state where I cannot make too many physical movements. Overall things have been good, I suppose.

After contributing my moat ideas and planning, I have been promised some kind of reward. Haven't gotten it yet, but my job in the millitary has run smoothly.

That is, until the forgotten beast came. We fought it tooth and nail, until we had taken its life, but not before it had taken two of ours.

The other's wounds look worse than mine, but the Doc says that I'll never recover again. That I would need to learn to use a crutch and splint.

Maybe in another's shoes, this would be a bad situation, but anything lost here is lost for the revolution, and that makes it worth it.

In all fronts, I await treatment and reinstatement into the military. "

((I kindly suggest that Ghaz become the innkeeper at the hotel outside the borders. He can spy on adventurers and heros. ))

[breadbocks]

You posted Gutanoth's page twice, but not McFreud.

[Geb]

You posted Gutanoth's page twice, but not McFreud.

Er... yes. Corrected.

...
((I kindly suggest that Ghaz become the innkeeper at the hotel outside the borders. He can spy on adventurers and heros. ))

I really haven't decided what to do with him yet. He doesn't seem inclined to heal enough to move on a crutch, but he's not that much of a burden. I'll have to find some job for him though, he's too much fun as a minion to kill off.

So how's my dwarf doing?
...

You've been spending most of your time alternately building walls and working in the kitchen rendering fat. That's the downside of being willing to take on any job - most jobs are no fun.

[dwarfguy2]

so is my suggestion being considered?

[Geb]

so is my suggestion being considered?

Oh, sorry, missed the question on the on the other page. Something similar is going to happen, yes, that's what the row of levers is for. Projectiles are a bit difficult, but there are plenty of nasty things that you can make a lever do.

[dwarfguy2]

bridge-a-pults, kitten kannon, marksdwarves.... whatever works!

[Gutanoth]

good call on the mask thing, forgot about that.
still, does seem a good dwarf for that sort of thing "She is not affected by the suffering of others."

Will I be getting the scourge though?(If i can't then the gnarliest axe will do) And whats the situation with animals ect. in the base?

oh, and I think I'll probably be seeing a lot of McFreud, being the resident psycho.

[Mekboy]

Can I be dorfed?

Either a hammerdorf or a mechanic, call him/her Spanner.