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[HungThir]

the wiki still says,

Regardless of weapon skills, a large copper dagger will always be included in the starting equipment,

but none of my adventurers (all dwarves) since starting 0.47.03 have started with one... i don't remember seeing them available in the starting equipment menu either.  i guess the new menu uses the race raws, and dwarves don't make daggers, so don't get them at startup?  what about kobolds/goblins/etc?

[faldotmo]

During Rags' travels, they stole rightfully acquired an artifact-level longsword and later became the hearthperson of a small human village halfway across the map. After completing their first assignment (killing said beast with the artifact) the sword has disappeared from their inventory. Forcing Legends mode reveals the sword was stolen from the village by Rags, then stored in the village, stolen by Rags three times in a row, used to kill the quest-assigned beast, and finally stored once more all in the same day. I cannot find the sword anywhere in the village houses and tavern. Is there any way to retrieve it? Thanks for any and all help!

[Earthbound Modder]

the wiki still says,

Regardless of weapon skills, a large copper dagger will always be included in the starting equipment,

but none of my adventurers (all dwarves) since starting 0.47.03 have started with one... i don't remember seeing them available in the starting equipment menu either.  i guess the new menu uses the race raws, and dwarves don't make daggers, so don't get them at startup?  what about kobolds/goblins/etc?

I might change that in the wiki today. You're correct about the raws: the weapons you can choose on embark are controlled by what weapons the civ can produce in their entity raws. This is why humans may start with whips while dwarves cannot.

[Rafal99]

Hi
I haven't played adventure mode in a while, I noticed there is now this entry in the Keybindings part of the Manual:

Tab - Change to another party member.

Could someone explain me the requirements to use it?
I have several companions who joined me on my adventures, but the Tab key does nothing.
I assume that either we are not considered a "party" or they are not considered "party members", just companions...
Do I need to found site / have named group to use it? Do they need to be my hearthpersons? If not, what are the actual requirements?

[Pasechnik]

Tab - Change to another party member.

This command works if you have a character created along with your main character. (in the last menu,N key)
I think that there is some way to make ordinary companions as a "party member", if you find out reply here please.

[Morning_Oak]

For those who enjoy getting to really know their world, when starting a new adventurer or venturing to a new town,  how much time do you tend to spend in a town getting to know the citizens and figure out if there is any interesting backstory to be found there? I feel like I always rush off when starting and I'm wondering if there's something I'm overlooking when interacting with the people living there. Any tips for getting more lore or just general excitement by talking to the townsfolk?

[HungThir]

does anyone know if higher Armor User skill increases armour's effectiveness or longevity? or does it only decrease the weight-based encumbrance/slowing factors?

my adventurers usually try to wear a full suit of metal armour, and train Armor User until they can move normally again (adequate/competent seems to do the trick), and this works pretty well

this time round, i'm playing a character that only wears leather.  and so naturally, i'm starting to wonder whether there's a level of Armor User skill at which a character in leather-only can actually take a hit.  in my head, i feel like a sufficiently skilled armour user ought to be able to deflect blows reasonably effectively (i.e. without just copping it through the armour, or the armour being completely destroyed after a couple of hits), but i'm not sure if this is modelled in game?  has anyone done any science?  does anyone have experience playing leather-only adventurers?

(obviously the platonic ideal is to not get hit, but if you could do that reliably, you wouldn't need any armour at all...)

[Nahere]

According to Toady armour skill influences the rate of deflection, but I'm not sure how much that will help with leather armour.

[Loam]

For those who enjoy getting to really know their world, when starting a new adventurer or venturing to a new town,  how much time do you tend to spend in a town getting to know the citizens and figure out if there is any interesting backstory to be found there? I feel like I always rush off when starting and I'm wondering if there's something I'm overlooking when interacting with the people living there. Any tips for getting more lore or just general excitement by talking to the townsfolk?

The most interesting people will be in taverns, keeps, and temples (and now in counting houses, guildhalls, and towers/manors). Or, I should say, these are the places where it is easiest to find interesting people, as most of the folks there will be historical figures rather than individuals pulled from abstract population. They will actually have families and professions to talk about.

For lore, try talking to people about the structure you are in (assuming you're in one - tavern, temple, keep, etc.); they'll give you a random historical entry about the structure, usually when someone started ruling or working there. If you ask for directions to a town (including the one you're in), they'll also throw in a random fact about it. Of course, they have no way of knowing what facts are actually interesting, and what are meaningless (like, "in 324 Urist McFisherdwarf settled here"), so be prepared to ask over-and-over again if you want something juicy. Oh, you can also look at engravings on temple walls, which should have site-related historical entries.

But, in general, DF isn't forthcoming with its lore. Usually if I really want to get into the world, I'll read about its history in Legends Viewer. That can get you interested in certain places and people - like, if you want to track down a certain interesting person and talk to them, or visit the site of some important historical events.

[snow dwarf]

What is the button for petting animals?
Asking the real questions here.

[Bumber]

What is the button for petting animals?
Asking the real questions here.

I think it's a power like spitting and reanimating.

[Naturegirl1999]

Yep, I found the pet animals button in that menu

[madpathmoth]

What's the best way to try and separate yourself from undead minions as a necromancer?  I have DF Hack but I'm not sure the party commands (Shift+O) it adds work; the moment I fast travel I have a posse again.  If I do something like...  Tell them to build something at my camp and then just avoid the camp will that work?  Does that work with undead animals, I don't really expect it to, but then I'm surprised zombies are even useful enough to build things.

Not being able to do anything with undead besides have them follow me and kill everything they see is the biggest thing making being a necromancer boring.  I know that "in-world" the undead can clearly take SOME orders or they would actually be useless and impossible for an NPC necromancer to direct them to invade forts.  So if there's like, a DF Hack script or .lua any of you can recommend, or other mod that doesn't alter much else I'd love to know.

[Ziusudra]

The same thing happens with pets you give away - as soon as you fast travel or get far enough away the pet will rejoin the party. But it's still their pet so you can't give it away again. I think there's a bug with the code that keeps parties together and some data somewhere that doesn't get updated. I keep meaning to look into it more and report it.

[madpathmoth]

The same thing happens with pets you give away - as soon as you fast travel or get far enough away the pet will rejoin the party. But it's still their pet so you can't give it away again. I think there's a bug with the code that keeps parties together and some data somewhere that doesn't get updated. I keep meaning to look into it more and report it.

So no easy ways around it at the time being?  That is a real shame.