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[Blizzlord]

So after getting my first migrant wave in a new fort I decided make some statues. After getting 3 of them depicting an ettin killing an elf I got this.

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                        +dolomite statue of a forgotten beast+
This is a finely-crafted dolomite statue of a forgotten beast.
The item is a finely-designed image of a forgotten beast in dolomite by Lokum Nishtalul.

Pretty nondescript, don't you think?

[Awessum Possum]

I think that's pretty normal, my dwarfs are engraving FB's everywhere. (It's the symbol of my government) But there is never any description accompanying them.

[Quantumtroll]

What Awessum Possum said.  I've never gotten a proper description of a forgotten beast statue/engraving/image...

Have you ever seen a statue of "A giant hamster twisted into humanoid form" or similar, Blizzlord?  This is one of those things that I wish was in the game...

[IamanElfCollaborator]

A forgotten beast so forgotten, nobody even knew what it looked like anymore.

[Ace_Warbringer]

From what it looks like there needs to be a Specific forgotan beast\titan chosen by the dwarf for engraving\statue to get somthing like, the forgoteen beast logam ect..ect...    otherwise it defaults back to generic forgotten beast. Current fort of mine has both types of carvings.

[Blizzlord]

It is just that the fact it lacks a description makes me think in the direction of lovecraftian beings. Is the beast so disorted so that it is undescribable? I know the lore behind these monstrosities.

Also, the mason made another one. 2 statues of eldrich abominations and 4 statues of an ettin making dead elf. Man, whats up with that guy?

[Ieb]

I guess it's intentional that statues of FB's usually turn out like "this is a statue of a forgotten beast" or "this is a statue of two/three forgotten beasts". Then again, I think there's some specification being done when it comes to making statues out of RNG-creatures, what with all the statues of various biome titans I've had. I guess only the dorfs will know just what exactly the creature depicted by the statue is.

Alternatively, it's a feature that'll get added/fixed at some point.

[ayoriceball]

I guess it's intentional that statues of FB's usually turn out like "this is a statue of a forgotten beast" or "this is a statue of two/three forgotten beasts". Then again, I think there's some specification being done when it comes to making statues out of RNG-creatures, what with all the statues of various biome titans I've had. I guess only the dorfs will know just what exactly the creature depicted by the statue is.

Alternatively, it's a feature that'll get added/fixed at some point.

I think a forgotten beast is technically a creature. So therefor, dwarves can make statues of just "a forgotten beast". I've seen this too.

[Girlinhat]

A forgotten beast and titan (and HFS) are basically regular creatures that don't appear in the raws, because their random generation doesn't play well with the raws (and Toady doesn't want us making new HFS, can't blame him).  The point is, they still technically have a raw definition that you can't see.  While normal creatures have random hair color, these have random body types.  So, when you see a statue of "a horse" that's fine, because it's calling on generic creature type.  "A forgotten beast" is similar, it's just using the nametag.  The only difference is that every FB is unique, so there's no generic creature types to compare against.

Titans come in flavors.  There's forest titans, plains titans, swamp titans, etc.  That just means that the creature has different castes which, again, you can't see.

[King DZA]

My only question is, what the hell does a generic Forgotten Beast look like?

[Girlinhat]

I assume the dwarf just engraves a generic boogeyman.  Something big with teeth.  And NO BEARD!

[Urist McBeard]

My only question is, what the hell does a generic Forgotten Beast look like?

It's an image of a regular beast that they screwed up in a drunken stupor but rather than admit it they claim it's a masterwork forgotten beast.

Urist McArtcritic : "Is that a rabbit? Why does it have 3 eyes and a shell?"
Urist McSculptor : "Nah, that's a, uh... a FORGOTTEN BEAST!"

[Girlinhat]

That's how Armok handled them originally.  The angel looked and said, "Why does that dragonfly have tentacles?"  And Armok made it the size of a house and said, "Shut up!"

[Doughnut189]

I think that's pretty normal, my dwarfs are engraving FB's everywhere. (It's the symbol of my government) But there is never any description accompanying them.

Lucky.

The symbol of my government, which is engraved over all of my tombs, is "A useless human noble"

That is exactly what it says.

[saltmummy626]

I always imagined the statues of multiple FBs to be like gruesome totem poles, the engravings of one or more would be like the formless patterns on the walls where all you could really recognize were the eyes, which would seem to glow with their own unwholesome light.