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Author Topic: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts  (Read 3098 times)

Gara-nis

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Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« on: November 29, 2010, 04:10:14 pm »
Ok, so I had an artifact today blow my mind. Usually the descriptions are pretty ho-hum, but the deep symbolism of this struck me as extra awesome.

It was created by a dwarf who had spent the last year or so slaving away at a smelter turning bituminous coal into coke.

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Rodimmad, "Wadereined", a bituminous coal mechanisms
This is a bituminous coal mechanisms. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with bituminous coal. This object menaces with spikes of bituminous coal. On the item is an image of a blazing sun in bituminous coal.
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Uristisdying

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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 04:16:31 pm »
I'd say put this mechanism to use and watch it explode in bituminous colours. Then, watch your dwarves turn into bituminous coal themselves!
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 04:17:43 pm »
Bituminous coal om nom nom nom!
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 04:19:09 pm »
Now if only it were on fire. Constantly.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2010, 04:24:55 pm »
Om nom nom Oh god it burns om nom nom nom make it stop! Nom nom nom...

That right there, is Dwarven logic.
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Quote from: Mister Always on April 12, 2011, 04:21:33 pm
Huochong sounds like what you hear when a ninja hits somebody with a frying pan.

"HUOOOOOOOOOO-"
*CHONG*

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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010, 04:50:24 pm »
Quote from: Acperience on November 29, 2010, 04:19:09 pm
Now if only it were on fire. Constantly.
That actually may be very possible, artifacts have been known in previous versions to never be destroyed on fire, it should easily burn forever with a little prompting by ma... ma... Magma
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2010, 05:14:23 pm »
And put it behind grates in the room where the dorf works.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2010, 05:18:45 pm »
I think we've reached a consensus here.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010, 05:27:31 pm »
Quote from: Uristisdying on November 29, 2010, 05:18:45 pm
I think we've reached a consensus here.

We could involve goblins.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2010, 05:28:17 pm »
Bituminous goblins? Of course.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2010, 05:28:41 pm »
Hmm.. if we did all this.. would we not accidently summon an eldricht abomination of somekind?
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Urist Imiknorris

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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2010, 05:34:57 pm »
Another bit of symbolism: Bituminous coal is represented by ☼, both before and after digging it out. Suns are also represented by a ☼.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2010, 05:36:43 pm »
Quote from: Ultimuh on November 29, 2010, 05:28:41 pm
Hmm.. if we did all this.. would we not accidently summon an eldricht abomination of somekind?
EVERY SINGLE FORGOTTEN BEAST.
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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2010, 05:38:50 pm »
Quote from: Xenos on November 29, 2010, 05:36:43 pm
Quote from: Ultimuh on November 29, 2010, 05:28:41 pm
Hmm.. if we did all this.. would we not accidently summon an eldricht abomination of somekind?
EVERY SINGLE FORGOTTEN BEAST.
/point

How exactly is this a bad thing? Especially if we put the 'summoning point' on the bottom of a 10-z deep magma reservoir.
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Quote from: CinnibarMan on October 31, 2010, 07:22:30 pm
" It... it's finally over. Oh Armok it was like the end of days in some kind of gristly death bathtub of untold horror and wow that is a nice waterfall."
Quote from: TherosPherae on November 06, 2010, 02:02:29 pm
Embarked on a haunted volcano. I am currently terrorized by skeletal alligators.

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Re: Mind-Blowing symbolism in artifacts
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2010, 05:40:00 pm »
They are all.. made of Bitluminus coal.. ON FIRE!
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