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[Mister Always]

(Right now I don't know if artifacts can be claimed, but bear with me, here.)

So, we all know about dwarven love (it involves spores) and artifacts. So here's my idea to make some sort of combination between the two.

There's two statuses to dwarven love (if you discount "friends"): in love and married. So, suppose that Urist McClothier (male) and Urist McMason (female) are in love. They snuggle up at night, they feed eachother bits of kitten tallow roast over the dinner table (while a dozen alcoholic midgets get drunk as skunks around them, but hey, love's been known to take your peripheral vision away...), they take every fleeting moment beneath the moon to sit quietly by eachother on the riverbank, holding hands (the moon, because screw the sun, and the river only if there are no carp or alligators, 'course)... you know, if they're not murdered by goblins or beaten to death for failing to live up to an insane baron's mandates. C'est la vie. Well, suppose one day Urist McClothier gets inspired by a randomly wandering fey, or posessed, or what-have-you. He disappears into his workshop after assembling some gems, silk cloth, and other such things, and comes out with Randomname, a giant cave spider silk skirt! It menaces with spikes of black pyrope and is decorated with bands of draltha leather*.

So maybe he has no idea how he made that (posession sucks like that), but it's a very beautiful skirt. So who better to give it to than the girl of his dreams, Urist McMason?

So such is done, and sooner rather than later, wedding bells are ringing. Except dwarves don't have bells...so they're probably poking kobolds to make them sing some wedding songs ("Babacadis! Babacadis!" to the tune of "Here Comes The Bride"). Because hey, if some guy gives you an artifact skirt that menaces with badass gem spikes, you know he's a keeper.

So basically this would be a somewhat different form of a "wedding ring". I guess if a married dwarf made a cool item they'd give it to their significant other, but that seems like there's less potential for things to happen (except maybe a baby a few months later...hurr hurr). It's pretty much just a glorified jump from "lovers" to "married couple", but it'd add a bit of flavour to the game, I think...you know, it'd just be cool.

(I am a sap. Shut up.)

*Based on an artifact from my own fort, which I would have worn because it sounded awesome, if not for the fact that I am a dude and not a transvestite. Oh well.

[NW_Kohaku]

Artifacts cannot be owned by anyone but the fortress itself, as far as I know.  Not to say it can't be changed, but that's how it is now.

Romantic gifts in general would be a nice addition, however, although it would generally require more recognition of "romance" as well as more recognition of dwarves being capable of doing things of their own choice in their off-time besides loitering around meeting halls.  Having a woodcrafter make some nice bracelets for his/her significant other, or else having in-fortress shops set up again, where dwarves buy gifts or mementos for one another could be a nice little bit of flavor.

I'd think simply making it regular crafting items, rather than outright artifacts would be sufficient.  Plus, making it regular crafts excludes artifact weirdness.  Not everyone can get a catbone floodgate for their anniversary present. 

[sockless]

Relationships need more depth right now, before we start adding extra little things into the game.

When I saw the thread I thought that you were going to suggest that a lover, or both, would claim a workshop and make an artifact just for their lover.

[Blade Master Model 42]

When I saw the thread I thought that you were going to suggest that a lover, or both, would claim a workshop and make an artifact just for their lover.

That I would like. A dwarf who has a lover or is married or what have you would, if they got a strange mood, get a special mood. They would attempt to incorporate materials the other likes into it. That, and it would probably have images of the dwarf's S.O. on it as well.

For bonus points, after the artifact is completed, the female half of the equation gets preggers.

[IT 000]

Urist McRomeo has created McArtifact! A dwarf bone ring!

"Hey honey! I got you a present! ... oh carp..."

That said I would like to see relations become more in depth, with more grudges, violent grudges, and jealous dwarves. One thing that aught to be changed is that when a dwarf dies, even dwarves with a grudge against him get a negative though. Angry dwarves should get a positive thought from the matter, or at least, a 'I really don't care' thought.