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[squeakyReaper]

Similar to how Liberal Crime Squad has 3 letters for graphics, and how ASCII Art Rewards work, I think having larger engravings would help us visualize things a bit better.  It would at least make things a bit prettier, and more expandable in a way.  Here's what I mean:

Here's an engraving of elves laboring.  Relates to the founding of a forest retreat.  Overworld view, it would just be "e".  But when you go to look at the engraving, it would show this somewhere on the engraving info:  "eee".  Or when a human strikes down a goblin, it would show this:  " Ug"  Depictions of gods could be cool, with a dragonfly god surrounded by food looking like "%.%".  Even "circles" would show up at "ooo", though a single circle would just be a single o.

Just something to fit in, if anyone likes the idea.  Could be a spot right above a description.  When you make an artifact, which has multiple decorations on it, I guess you could have a small browser for it...  maybe line them up all, side by side, and highlight the description of the one selected?  I dunno.

[peskyninja]

nice idea.

[Edosurist]

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I could defenitely imagine this, being that ballista ammo currently takes up 3 tiles on the screen. the only issue I see is that in actuality, the ammo takes up 1 tile. Though that can easily be changed.
great idea

[dragondorker]

moreso than this maybe allow engravings up to 3x1 (maybe more if they're on the floor). this can allow large mosaics to be generated, and larger engravings would have more value and happiness than three smaller engravings

[Blade Master Model 42]

Me likey.

[Sscral]

I don't think squeakyReaper meant that the engravings would take up multiple tiles, the way I read it seems the description of the engraving when you 'l'ook at it would display some icons/letters of what the stuff depicted would look like.

Here's an engraving of elves laboring.  Relates to the founding of a forest retreat.  Overworld view, it would just be "e".  But when you go to look at the engraving, it would show this somewhere on the engraving info:  "eee".  Or when a human strikes down a goblin, it would show this:  " Ug"  Depictions of gods could be cool, with a dragonfly god surrounded by food looking like "%.%".  Even "circles" would show up at "ooo", though a single circle would just be a single o.

[squeakyReaper]

I don't think squeakyReaper meant that the engravings would take up multiple tiles, the way I read it seems the description of the engraving when you 'l'ook at it would display some icons/letters of what the stuff depicted would look like.

Here's an engraving of elves laboring.  Relates to the founding of a forest retreat.  Overworld view, it would just be "e".  But when you go to look at the engraving, it would show this somewhere on the engraving info:  "eee".  Or when a human strikes down a goblin, it would show this:  " Ug"  Depictions of gods could be cool, with a dragonfly god surrounded by food looking like "%.%".  Even "circles" would show up at "ooo", though a single circle would just be a single o.

This.  Multiple space engravings could be cool, and perhaps if you designate more than one continuous tiles the Dwarves might attempt to make a mural of some sort...  But originally, I meant that they'd be expandable upon 'l'ooking at them, which would be "easier" (I think) to implement.