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[Neonivek]

I seriously hope the release isn't until after the 25th. I have deadlines to meet!

Sodding university...

For some reason I think the Sponsorship animals may help there.

[Urist McCheeseMaker]

I just try to donate what I'd give for a commercial game that's amused me as much for a similar amount of time. So far, that's meant a single, kind of biggish donation when 31.xx had a couple of bugfix releases. If the update turns out to be as neat as it seems to be, I'll probably be repeating that.

[Ghills]

The daily devlogs have been really interesting. 

And is anyone else excited about the new info in the XML dump?  I'm pretty happy about it.  Think of all the awesome things DF LegendViewer can do now. And the expanded possibilities for using DF as a backdrop for tabletop campaigns.

[YetAnotherStupidDorf]

Think of all the awesome things DF LegendViewer can do now. And the expanded possibilities for using DF as a backdrop for tabletop campaigns.

Well, to be fully usable, Toady have to fix things like burning down same village 187 times in row...

[Footkerchief]

Think of all the awesome things DF LegendViewer can do now. And the expanded possibilities for using DF as a backdrop for tabletop campaigns.

Well, to be fully usable, Toady have to fix things like burning down same village 187 times in row...

Do you mean this bug?  Never hurts to link the report when you're trying to draw attention to a bug.

[YetAnotherStupidDorf]

Do you mean this bug?  Never hurts to link the report when you're trying to draw attention to a bug.

Ah yes, this kind of bug. I forgot to link it.

[Zesty]

The quest log reacts a little better to the new maps and building locations, and conversations will give you more location information about critters you are seeking out, especially vampires that are hiding off wherever in town.

Neat. Wonder how those quests will work.

"I think there's a vampire in that town. Kill it."
or
"Doris McHuman is a Vampire. He's spends his time in the tavern. Kill it."

[Mel_Vixen]

I can already see a guy sending you after his mother in law or another guy who just has an affair with his wife ^^. So much plot potential ...

[Zesty]

Human 1 has a grudge against Human 2. Human 1 sends you to kill the "vampire", Human 2.

You kill him. He's not a vampire. The town comes to take you out. You're dragged to the gallows, accusing Human 1 of giving you false information.

Quests of Tomorrow.

[Spish]

With the improved item tracking, will trading something to the mountainhomes allow you to request it from the outpost liaison later on? Like, say, if you were to embark in a savage desert, sell a bunch of tame giant desert scorpions to the caravan, and then embark in an arctic glacier.

[blue sam3]

A very large chunk of the world is way left by U.S standards, especially in Europe >_>

I'm well left by European standards, so yeah...

[Urist McManiac]

I have two questions related to adventure mode:

1. Are we going to see new crafting skills introduced in adventure mode?

2. I read somewhere about necromancy being a "secret", and that "secrets" can be learned by reading a stone slab which has this secret engraved on it. Does this mean that it will be possible to become a necromancer in adventurer mode?

[Knight Otu]

Are we going to see new crafting skills introduced in adventure mode?

Not in the upcoming release, no. Expanding adventurer skills is a relatively-near-future goal, but that doesn't mean all that much on when we'll see it. In the meantime, there are mods that use the adventure mode reactions for this kind of thing.

Does this mean that it will be possible to become a necromancer in adventurer mode?

Yes. Toady specifically spent some time to make interactions usable by adventurers, and secrets learnable by them.

[Dae]

Am I the only one worried by the sentence "Targetting [has gotten slow] too, in all modes, something to do with the werewolf/necromancer checks" ?

Not sure if it's too technical to be asked, but Toady : how can a necromancer line of sight affect a non-necromancer targetting something ? Do you mean targetting as in chosing which body part to attack or the "fire crossbow"-type targetting ? And finally, what do werewolves have to do with any targetting at all ?

[YetAnotherStupidDorf]

And finally, what do werewolves have to do with any targetting at all ?

They can be... um... targeted??