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[Buttery_Mess]

It's just occurred to me that since trolls have black skin and white fur, as well as horns, they might resemble a monstrous humanoid sheep.

I was then reminded of this film;

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It was black sheep, I was naughty and hotlinked to imdb

[Footkerchief]

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I can't imagine trolls looking like anything else.

[Buttery_Mess]

That is pretty much it.

[Rose]

Idea: somebody donates and requests a crayon drawing of a troll.

I'd do it, but I can't easily receive letters.

[ZCM]

Small item wishlist:
* Ability to look for coal and sand in the site finder.
* Standing order for dwarves to not collect eggs from nest boxes.

[dennislp3]

Small item wishlist:
* Ability to look for coal and sand in the site finder.
* Standing order for dwarves to not collect eggs from nest boxes.

I think we would be better with a designation that allows certain nest to automatically make eggs in them forbidden vs forbidding all at once or allowing all at once.

Would allow much finer control over what you are hatching and how much of what you are hatching.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

Idea: somebody donates and requests a crayon drawing of a troll.

I'd do it, but I can't easily receive letters.

i'd say that's an awesome idea

[EmperorJon]

So toady's saying that metals will still be limited but there are trade etc. alternatives...?

That's ok... I suppose... I mean, the problem at the moment is you're SO LIMITED. Like 1 or 2 or NO ores... the entire map is FILLED with them... but only that 1 or 2 ore. (or none. Then the entire map is empty)

[NW_Kohaku]

I drew this rendition of a troll based upon their creature description and from having looked at a troll's skin, hair and eye colour in game.

DF trolls have both tusks and horns, black skin, and white or grey fur. They are humanoid, but I'm not sure exactly how much. Of course they also have cyan blood for some reason, so I assume some parts of their complexion are pale blue (such as lips, veins close to the surface, near the eyes and so on.

I wasn't sure this troll that I've drawn is hairy enough; they may look more like how you might imagine an abominable snowman looks.

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That's pretty cool, looks alot like a Japanese Oni.

I really like the mythological creatures from around the world (although I'm more in love with Chinese, Indian, and Japanese myth now, just because they're so "weird" compared to the stuff I've seen in Greek and Norse myth, although Irish stuff is new to me, as well), and like moving away from the Tolkienian stuff that is so common in fantasy. 

[Dreggon]

Just a thought: could this lack of metals be tied into Alchemy for a future release? Convert useless materials like gold and platinum into useful ones like hematite.

[Haekel]

Convert useless materials like gold and platinum into useful ones like hematite.

Make it gold to lead, and whole generations of alchemists will spin in their graves.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

Just a thought: could this lack of metals be tied into Alchemy for a future release? Convert useless materials like gold and platinum into useful ones like hematite.

that's called trading

[Thoranius]

I was so happy yesterday, a goblin was kind enough to let himself be smooshed by a rock trap, and left behind a dingy, snot covered steel spear for me...but, of course, before a single dwarf could run over and pick it up, the coons stole it.

Damned thievin' coons...how's that design for the racoon catapult launcher trap coming, Toady? 

[Sunday]

That's pretty cool, looks alot like a Japanese Oni.

I really like the mythological creatures from around the world (although I'm more in love with Chinese, Indian, and Japanese myth now, just because they're so "weird" compared to the stuff I've seen in Greek and Norse myth, although Irish stuff is new to me, as well), and like moving away from the Tolkienian stuff that is so common in fantasy.

That's one of the reasons I like the randomized creatures so much. Crazy-ass folklore monsters (like the Penanggalan: wikipedia describes it as "[A] detached female head that is capable of flying about on its own. As it flies, the stomach and entrails dangle below it, and these organs twinkle like fireflies as the Penanggalan moves through the night.") really don't get enough love in most media nowadays.

[Janus]

Maybe something like this?
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm711034112/tt1740707