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idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!

Internet Kraken posted:

If I become overseer I can certainly fulfill that wish! We need more soldiers anyways, skills be damned.

Nah, way too much chance to fight back. I'd prefer he get chased down and slaughtered like a dog while in the middle of making the sixth out of ten microcline blocks.

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Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

Look at all this content!

JamieTheD posted:


Dearest Boing, my child,

I really like this. It's sweet.

Saoritficis posted:

4th Granite, 273

It's actually only the year 237. I think Jimmy had a typo on one of his updates?

Qwo posted:

Hmm, any chance of getting a shot of my beautiful wife Falgund's character screen? I looked back and it she seems she didn't get one.

edit: Also I'm reluctant to ask, but any chance I could get my name switched to the dwarfier 'Qword'? Just a little preference - it's what I specified on the dwarfsheet - but no big if it's a hassle.

Sure. I guess there's a bunch of missing shots, I'll do what I can. I can rename Quo, too: just be aware that it's remotely possible that an artwork or log entry could be somewhere with the old name and I'm not 100% certain it gets updated when you rename a dwarf. Probably not an issue though.


Three-Phase posted:



"This bullshit never ends..."

Man, I love this.


Pozzo posted:

Has Lepermod been "released" yet or have folk just been scraping it from the save? I'm wanting to muck about with it.

scamtank or markus or someone extracted it and posted it in the DF thread. However I've made updates to it today. Since everyone wants it, I'm going to post a zip shortly even though it's still beta.


Magrov posted:

Using my no so amazing skills in patience, idleness and copypasteness, I made this handy spreadsheet with the goonname, dwarf name and a link to every available personal description of every dwarf.

It seems that some of the records are still waiting to be processed, or maybe my "attentiveness" skill has failed me. I found no personal descriptions of 15 dwarfs. This should be rectified, because it's very important for me to know the eye color of my dwarf completeness sake.

This is quite useful! Perhaps I'll even merge it in with the main dwarfing list... and I'll see what I can do about screenshots. I probably won't try to get all the relationship screens, though; immediate relations are listed on the thoughts/personality screen, and the rest aren't that important. And there's a lot that aren't there, and it's unlikely that future overseers will bother to grab them.

Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jul 15, 2012

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

idonotlikepeas posted:

Nah, way too much chance to fight back. I'd prefer he get chased down and slaughtered like a dog while in the middle of making the sixth out of ten microcline blocks.

Now I'm picturing your dwarf as some sort of peace in death cultist.

Vault Vanderhuge
Aug 11, 2011
Behold Chunder Road
Man, gently caress you guys. That "Dear Boing" entry made me all sniffly. I hate it when people get me sentimental. That letter was wonderfully touching, in all seriousness, though. :)

markus_cz
May 10, 2009

Jamie, I really like your stories and legends. You're good at this, you should be named Bronzestabbed's storyteller.

---

Oh and Leperflesh? Can we get the save so we can toy with it, pretty please?

Rurik
Mar 5, 2010

Thief
Warrior
Gladiator
Grand Prince

JamieTheD posted:

EDIT: Also, ENGRAVE JCS' TOMB, DAMMIT! I wasn't able to in the reload, so that's my own mandate... WE MUST REMEMBER JOHN CHARITY SPRINGS!
It would be great if JCS became some sort of symbolic figure for Bronzestabbed, in the manner of Fight Club.

HIS NAME WAS JOHN CHARITY SPRING!

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

Crackmaster posted:

Not that I'm displeased to see the prettiest dwarf in the fortress get her own portrait (your Lego masterpieces are superb, by the by), but is there a connection between Crackmaster and Leperfish that would drive him to hang my dorf's likeness in his office? I don't recall that mentioned in any updates.

Because the original image, intentional or not, absolutely cracks me up.

mtrc
Mar 29, 2011

THE FUTURE, YOU GUYS

Rurik posted:

HIS NAME WAS JOHN CHARITY SPRING!

I can imagine few things more unsettling than having an army whose cloaks all bear an image of a dead child on the back. Clothiers, get to work.

Rurik
Mar 5, 2010

Thief
Warrior
Gladiator
Grand Prince

FinalSin posted:

I can imagine few things more unsettling than having an army whose cloaks all bear an image of a dead child on the back. Clothiers, get to work.
A logo for this LP.

John Charity Spring
Nov 4, 2009

SCREEEEE

JamieTheD posted:

EDIT: Also, ENGRAVE JCS' TOMB, DAMMIT! I wasn't able to in the reload, so that's my own mandate... WE MUST REMEMBER JOHN CHARITY SPRINGS!

You guys. :3: I'm choking up here.

scamtank
Feb 24, 2011

my desire to just be a FUCKING IDIOT all day long is rapidly overtaking my ability to FUNCTION

i suspect that means i'm MENTALLY ILL


Leperflesh posted:

scamtank or markus or someone extracted it and posted it in the DF thread. However I've made updates to it today. Since everyone wants it, I'm going to post a zip shortly even though it's still beta.

It's me, I'm the ASCII version. I'll get to work as soon as that's up.

I also documented every single changed number detail (not even Vox could recall the precise changes about his weapons) into a sperglog, it might be useful for modders. I think I'll send it your way as soon as I can update it with your new additions.

(ps I love my new job title in the dorfsheet)

scamtank fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Jul 15, 2012

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot


1st Limestone, 237 or is it 238? Some dwarfs are never good with calendars.

Peas saw them in the distance. A point of firelight dancing near the horizon. Around a bonfire a small band of dwarfs huddled warming themselves, the shadows they cast along the hill and distant trees dancing like phantoms in the dark. The soft chatter interspersed with laughter and joyful cries. Some milled about impatiently, while others did one last check of their bags of equipment.

To the east, behind him, the morning twilight was creeping across the horizon, overpowering the last of the stars glowing in the sky. Peas and Kaishai trudged on the cool autumn leaves wet with dew.

"There they are." Kaishai said, pointing to the light. She exhaled deeply but continued on. "We should get moving as soon as possible, look at the sky."

Peas waited, weighing out his words, choosing them the way an archer mounts and fires an arrow. "Yes, we should." he replied. He paused to pull a flask from one of many pockets and bags, and took a quick drink. He wondered to himself how much these people really understood the dangers that would await them. He wondered how scared they should be. He wondered how scared he should be. The alcohol helped wash away those concerns the way it always did.

In the distance, the figures around the campfire became more clear as Peas and Kaishai approached. The chatter quieted, and they turned towards the figures coming out of the darkness. As the figures got closer, the chatter turned into an excited silence.

"Are you ready?" Kaishai squeaked in excitement.
"Yes." replied Peas. Near the bonfire was a solid mudstone boulder. Peas dropped his pack and surmounted it, standing high above the rest of the throng. He carefully looked at the group. Yes, everything was in order. Everything was ready. But he had to make sure.

"Today we leave our familiar Mountain Halls." Peas boomed. "The Noble Work set out before us to gain a foothold in a future settlement. They have been successful where other have failed, in dangerous proximity to the Fields of Vice." A murmur echoed through the crowd at the mention of the foreboding place. "We will march through the path that they had forged for us. Their new settlement, Bronzestabbed, will bring a more prosperous future for The Rare Ship."

Peas paused.

"Have you your equipment!?" he shouted.
"Aye!" the crowd boomed back.

"Have you your courage!?" he shouted.
"Aye!" the crowd cried back, louder than before.

"Will you follow me to Bronzestabbed?" he shouted, powerfully firing each word like a ballista bolt.
"Aye!" the crowd cried back. This cry was loud, but to Peas disappointment, there was some hesitation. But, he couldn't hold it against the group.

"Then we begin not a trip, not a journey." Peas paused as the expressions on the group's face shifted from excitement to puzzle. "No, this is something much greater. This shall be our quest."

"Our dwarf quest."


(Art credit to: Bad Munki, Grey Hunter, LotionMan)

Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Jul 15, 2012

idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!


Nommasos Sanad

We have had little time to ourselves since our arrival. We began with high hopes and brave words, but the journey was long and hard, and when we finally were within the walls we found Bronzestabbed in disarray. There was much confusion about a project the overseer had engaged in, and even of the identity of the overseer; some said she was male and some female! I do not understand how such confusion could come to be, but I am told it is always thus in new diggings, with more work than there are men to do it, with messages passed from hand to hand or mouth to mouth, and with the threat of siege looming always on the horizon. As it came to pass, the overseer was in her declining days and, barely before our first meals here had time to settle, had given up her post.

Nor is that our only trouble. This house holds many secrets, and those who have been here since the beginning will sometimes look on newcomers, with suspicion, or cut short their speaking as we approach with many distrustful glances. I do not know why, but I do not fear; in the tunnels no secrets can be kept for long. Now, while the fortress seeks a new hand to guide it, I gather my friends to meet and to offer up a long-delayed prayer.

We give thanks to our grandfather, that he withheld his breath and allowed us to pass across his river unharmed. We give thanks also to Titthal, whose whispers guided our steps, and Etest for enclosing us safe within his walls. We ask Tithleth of the mists to guide her daughter El Belmondo safely home. In my heart I add another silent prayer to our grandfather, the shaper of flesh; I do not think we shall see El Belmondo again, and I wish a moment of remembrance.

She possessed some skill with the crossbow, and many times she helped hunt for meat on our journey. I do not know if all of us would have survived if she had not been with us. Despite this, her joy was not in slaughter, but in shaping the earth, and in this we found common conversation many times. She had lived long, and her wisdom was of as much aid to us as any meat or drink. She will be missed. I ask you, grandfather, that you guide her steps on the longer and more dangerous journey to the Great Halls, that she may rest from her burdens until we join her. I ask also that I may be given the honor of carving out a resting place for the home she has left behind, if a day comes when we may find it.

I cannot speak these words aloud. Not yet. I fear that her husband's heart will not bear the weight. I pray also that he too shall soon accept what is and find peace in it.

Artificer
Apr 8, 2010

You're going to try ponies and you're. Going. To. LOVE. ME!!
I instantly heard the song in my head when I saw that .gif. That probably bodes ill.

Leperflesh
May 17, 2007



10th Limestone 237, Addendum

I discovered additional record discrepancies and gaps when I returned to the bookkeeping job. Numerous dwarves arrived since the spring have only names entered without record of skills, relationships, or origins.

9of8 Ezumnicat "Hamechained" is an unmarried youthful glassmaker who came without relatives. She is from Rackbold and does not worship.




Apeynap Sholidlorbam "Clutchstandards" is a strapping groom, husband to Hutter and son of Tirius and Zaodai, nephew of i poo poo trains. He worships Ugath, Lorsith, and Tithleth and is from Shottome. He performs minor farming tasks without great skill and guzzles dwarven rum.




Boing Ilralenseb "Treatybases" is the child daughter of JimmyTheD. She cries when there are flies but seems intelligent and strong.





Falgund Logemkinem "Paintedbeauty" is a blushing youthful bride to Qword. She worships Titthal without great enthusiasm and is from Ripewhips! Perhaps this is why she is tough and well suited to stress. She is cheerful, confident, helpful to those in need, dutiful, and imaginative. An excellent dwarf, but with only minor skill at farming tasks.




Geri Khan Idlektad "Rocklure" is blushing youthful bride of Magrov. She pays tribute to Ugath and prays to Lorsith. Originally from Paintfamous she moved to Roastmansions before coming to Bronzestabbed. Geri Khan is skinny and limp of arm but otherwise healthy. She is guarded and disorganized and impatient and has minor experience with various farming tasks.





Hutter Udibicum "Syrupvirtue" is youthful fat bride to Apeynap. She hails from Rackbold and then Shottome. Hutter seems cheery and honest but untrusting and impulsive. She has experience making glass but has been assigned fishing duties.





John Dough Zasitrilem "Knifeyouths" is middle-aged husband to Steke, from Cobaltsieges. He is round and strong and healthy, enjoys song, and stern of countenance. His skill with brewing is notable and he understands mechanics. He is enjoyable for conversation provided abstract notions are not discussed.





Kaboom Besmarzimkel "Pulleyplains" is youthful husband to Vorpal Swordfish and father of Slick Slinky. He moved from Cavepacks to Veilstake before coming to Bronzestabbed. He worships Lorsith and Ugath. His muscles bulge with power and he is patient, clever, and creative. Kaboom avoids pointed questions and acts on impulse. He has useful medical skills.





La Croix Zanegegul "Reliccontrolled" is middle-aged husband of Tendales. He is from Gloveddwell and then Gildroot. He is short and thin but tough. He is not friendly and dislikes taking orders but performs his duty. He is expert at trade negotiation and has substantial skill with gem cutting, can perform mechanics, and understands milling.





Magrov Tekkudkizest "Pickzeals" is youthful groom of Geri Khan. He hails from Roastmansions and has skill with the tanning of hides. Magrov is strong of arm and willful but reserved and avoids confrontation. He admired Bad Munki's gauntlets.





Qword was wrongly recorded as "Qwo" but I corrected the error. He is Falgund's husband and moved from Tomemoistened to Ripewhips before coming to Bronzestabbed.



Revenant Threshold Orsharadil "Webwall" is newborn infant daughter of Crackmaster and Kelli. Already she reveres Lorsith. She seems helpless.




Senae Nishbecor "Tradetempts" is a youthful bachelor and younger brother of Peas. He hails from a huge family from Shottome and reveres Ugath. Senae is strong and healthy, has patience, and is honest, but expects failure and lacks empathy. He can prepare meals and has minor experience with woolwork.




Slick Slinky is a child sometimes seen playing at the farms. Otherwise the record is in order.



Tendales Rovodrash "Archdied" is middle=aged wife of La Croix and hails from Gildroot. She is fat and unhealthy and keeps fowl as pets but is skilled at making charcoal and tells good jokes. She can also cut gems. Tendales is confident and insists on her opinions but avoids gatherings.





Tirius Basenmedtob "Sprayblockade" is middle-aged wife of Zaodai and mother of Apeynap. She worships Tithleth. Tirius originally came from Planksavior and then dwelt at Shottome. She is fat and unhealthy but moves with grace and speaks well. She is calm and empathetic and performs tasks well. Tirius has modest skill at arms but can gut a fish admirably.





Triple A Uzlirbomrek "Factionwhipped" is the newborn infant son of Asehujiko and Teim. He is healthy and coordinated but impatient, and gives attention to Lorsith. He appears slightly sober which is troubling.




Tunicate Idoslor "Calledtool" is middle-aged husband of The Archivist from Hametame. He lived also at Arrowblocked. Tunicate reveres no god in particular. He lacks endurance but sings well, is active and alert, and makes friends easily with good conversation. Tunicate is an excellent mason, has skill at mining, and has performed several other duties.





Vorpal Swordfish Dastotadril "Swordweaver" is youthful wife of Kaboom and mother of Slick Slinky. She is from Veilstake. She makes useful stone crafts. Vorpal Swordfish has good focus and is not discouraged by setbacks, is patient, and gets along well with other dwarves.





On careful review I believe all records are now in reasonable order.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Two points:

1. I'm loving the way people are using the gods in their writeups, I feel like a Dwarfy Jane Goodall reading it all.

2. Reading the phrase i poo poo trains is never not funny.

CARRY ON GOONTLEMEN.

Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o4ki4045kykq675

Lepermod 0.1, for Phoebus. See the included .txt file for details.

edit: updated AGAIN.

Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Jul 16, 2012

Vorpal Swordfish
Feb 4, 2011
Thank you for posting all of those, Leperflesh. I was waiting to see mine.

I find the name amusing, though, when combined with my forum name. I had just put down just Vorpal for the name on the dwarfing list, but I think I like this better. I would say that "Swordweaver" sounds like a very dwarfy name, but the dwarfiness of swords often seems to be called into question.

If only she was a weaponsmith too. Or a weaver.

Edit: Also, I've never really thought about it before, but what is the purpose of dwarves' second names? They don't appear to be family names, since their parents and children have different ones. They sound somewhat like titles when you see the meanings in some menus, but they have them from birth (And actual titles can be obtained as well). Or am I just thinking too much and there really is no reason?

Vorpal Swordfish fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jul 15, 2012

Tax Refund
Apr 15, 2011

The IRS gave me a refund. I spent it on this SA account. What was I thinking?!
I'm a very long way from being dorfed... but today I literally got to strike the earth, with a pickaxe, to start construction on a project. Sadly, it's not a megaproject -- just helping some friends dig a foundation for a small building in their yard -- but I felt really dwarfy nonetheless.

I think I want to change my dorf job request to miner, now. Any way to submit change requests on the dorfing list spreadsheet?

Zaodai
May 23, 2009

Death before dishonor?
Your terms are accepted.


Tax Refund posted:

I'm a very long way from being dorfed... but today I literally got to strike the earth, with a pickaxe, to start construction on a project. Sadly, it's not a megaproject -- just helping some friends dig a foundation for a small building in their yard -- but I felt really dwarfy nonetheless.

They just told you it was for a small building. You're going to show up in a week and be amazed at their giant magma pump flooding their yard.

lesbian baphomet
Nov 30, 2011

Zaodai posted:

They just told you it was for a small building. You're going to show up in a week and be amazed at their giant magma pump flooding their yard.

R.I.P. Tax Refund's friends.

Tendales
Mar 9, 2012

Leperflesh posted:


Tendales Rovodrash "Archdied" is middle=aged wife of La Croix and hails from Gildroot. She is fat and unhealthy and keeps fowl as pets but is skilled at making charcoal and tells good jokes. She can also cut gems. Tendales is confident and insists on her opinions but avoids gatherings.







Oh, goddamnit, you accidentally dwarfed my neighbor!

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

Tax Refund posted:

I'm a very long way from being dorfed... but today I literally got to strike the earth, with a pickaxe, to start construction on a project. Sadly, it's not a megaproject -- just helping some friends dig a foundation for a small building in their yard -- but I felt really dwarfy nonetheless.

I can't wait to write my report for work...

code:
SarÖm StÉkud, "The Great Mover", a 5000HP synchronous motor

This is a finely-crafted 5000HP synchronous motor. All craftsmanship is of the
highest quality. It is made well crafted of copper, iron, and silicone. The object
menaces with high voltage warning labels. It is decorated with blue powder-coat. 
It has sixteen masterfully crafted RTDs, four well-made bearing proximiters, 
and three well-made differential CTs. It is Wye-connected. On the item is an image
of a human. The human is being electrocuted. 
...maybe some other time.

Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Jul 15, 2012

Crackmaster
Feb 6, 2004

Three-Phase posted:

Because the original image, intentional or not, absolutely cracks me up.

It was, in fact, supposed to be funny, but to be fair I'd say that even if I was actually typing this through a waterfall of tears after hearing that someone was laughing at my work. Which I'm not.

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot
I need to get a higher-resolution Giclée print and somehow sneak that into the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Pozzo
Nov 4, 2009

What is like posting in a thread?
A Ballista, that's what!

Leperflesh posted:

http://www.mediafire.com/?m8dj6pr0amy4e4r

Lepermod 0.1, for Phoebus. See the included .txt file for details.

Remind me what I have to do to make this not for Phoebus? Remove something from creature files, right?

markus_cz
May 10, 2009

Pozzo posted:

Remind me what I have to do to make this not for Phoebus? Remove something from creature files, right?

Oh, Pozzo, Pozzo...

...no.

The easiest way to do it is to reapply all Lepermod's changes to vanilla raws. You can safely copy over all files that don't carry graphics information (tags like like [DISPLAY_TILE] or [DISPLAY]), but all those that do carry them - creatures, plants and stones - will have to be remodded.

Crackmaster
Feb 6, 2004

Three-Phase posted:

I need to get a higher-resolution Giclée print and somehow sneak that into the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Here are the original SVGs. Go crazy.

Pozzo
Nov 4, 2009

What is like posting in a thread?
A Ballista, that's what!

markus_cz posted:

Oh, Pozzo, Pozzo...

...no.

The easiest way to do it is to reapply all Lepermod's changes to vanilla raws. You can safely copy over all files that don't carry graphics information (tags like like [DISPLAY_TILE] or [DISPLAY]), but all those that do carry them - creatures, plants and stones - will have to be remodded.

OH NO

IT'S TOO LATE I ALREADY REMOVED THE [GRASP] TAG FROM WHEREVER I SAW IT!

And hold on a minute, isn't remodding them going to involve removing the graphics information from the aforementioned files?

gently caress graphics packs, by the way. You don't ask for novels to be rendered in tilesets! NOBODY WANTS A PIXEL ART TECHNICAL DRAWING, DAMMIT

Vorpal Swordfish
Feb 4, 2011
Alternatively, you could also look here where scamtank has already apparently converted it to ASCII, though I'm not sure if that's the same version as what Leperflesh just posted or an older one.

(I have not been keeping up with the games thread lately, so there may also be another one later or something. They're both labelled as 0.1 though, so it seems right).

Vorpal Swordfish fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Jul 16, 2012

Bene Elim
Feb 9, 2010

The beast from Crete that can't be beat!

Pozzo posted:

gently caress graphics packs, by the way. You don't ask for novels to be rendered in tilesets! NOBODY WANTS A PIXEL ART TECHNICAL DRAWING, DAMMIT
No one wants a written technical drawing either...

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

Pozzo posted:

A PIXEL ART TECHNICAL DRAWING

Now that you mention that...

Pozzo posted:

OH NO

IT'S TOO LATE I ALREADY REMOVED THE [GRASP] TAG FROM WHEREVER I SAW IT!

And hold on a minute, isn't remodding them going to involve removing the graphics information from the aforementioned files?

gently caress graphics packs, by the way. You don't ask for novels to be rendered in tilesets! NOBODY WANTS A PIXEL ART TECHNICAL DRAWING, DAMMIT

All I can imagine right now is DCIGS from YouTube shouting all of the above text with a few more F-words mixed in.

Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Jul 16, 2012

JamieTheD
Nov 4, 2011

LPer, Reviewer, Mad Welshman

(Yes, that's a self portrait)


This is a loose-parchment folio entitled "Lessons". It contains excerpts from the correspondences of JimmyTheD Helmscale, to his daughter, Boing.

Boing, My Daughter,

You may find, in your work, and possibly travels (if Tithleth dreams it), dwarves who question how we name our children. You will then know these dwarves to be uneducated in the way of The Rare Ship, but that is less important than answering the question.

Upon the birth of each dwarf, the priestesses of Tithleth enter a trance. They sleep, sometimes only for a few minutes, sometimes for a day, and nothing shall wake them during this time. When they have awoken, the name of the child is decreed for all to know.

We do not claim to understand why a baker will become a Swordsharp, or myself (who struggles, as you know, with handwriting and turn of phrase... oh, how you laugh as I throw my paper into the air! Oh, how that calms me!) would become a Helmscale... but names have power, my child. Not always enough to redirect the course of deestiny (Visioncuddle, for example, was a poorly chosen name... but he was a human, and they have different ways to us), but perhaps, although we are not certain, it shapes character.

I have recieved many jokes over the years about my surname, mostly from good natured folk who do not actually mean the offence they cause. I shall not trouble you with them, but know this... Be proud of your name, for a goddess has given it to you, as with all dwarves of The Rare Ship.

Perhaps, soon, I shall write another lesson for you, talking of the gods, and how we came to be.

Your Loving Father,

JimmyTheD Helmscale

Qwo
Sep 27, 2011

The Journal of Qword, Chirurgeon
Entry 1 (Hematite of 237)


We have arrived at Bronzestabbed. The journey was quite unkind to us. Many things went wrong, which gave my wife Falgund reason to complain constantly. Twice I laid her on the ground and trepanned her thick skull, but she only complained all the louder afterwards.

I do not much care for my wife. She is a cherub-cheeked, benign dwarfess. Boring, insipid. Slow. Bubbling with things to say. She worships the gossip-goddess when it suits her, which is when she’s feeling particularly womanly. I do not share her fascination with fluffy creatures and relationships. I am glad her pet cat starved on the way here.

I sometimes long for my bachelor years. It was not so long ago, for I am a very young dwarf. Tomemoistened was my home, a fair fortress of a few hundred dwarves. I trained as an apprentice chirurgeon - one who cuts and heals dwarfflesh. A rare and prestigious profession! I was, by all accounts, a promising sawer of bones.

But alas, it was not meant to be. My training lasted only two years before I had Falgund thrust on my shoulders. My parents had arranged the marriage with hers. It was a joining of houses, a sharing of wealth, a horrible dwarven custom that ended my life before it had even begun.

I moved to Ripewhips to live with my bride and her family. It was pure misery. Ripewhips is an astonishing fortress, as I’m sure you’ve heard. A progressive polyracial society. It was truly disgusting. The only joy to be had in Ripewhips was my 0% survival rate for goblin patients.

Obviously, six years of dead goblins caught up with me.

I narrowly escaped being clapped in irons and sentenced to death. The goblins, craven greenskins that they are, came in great numbers while I was asleep. I broke a few of my precious anatomy tablets over their heads, threw my screaming wife at them, and fled from Ripewhips, never to return again.

Unfortunately, my wife, through some sick joke of the gods, escaped too and followed me into the wilds. I was grief-stricken to find that she still lived, but I passed my sobs off as joy.


Qwo fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Jul 23, 2012

TildeATH
Oct 21, 2010

by Lowtax

I want to be very clear here, this style is strangely compelling and you should continue to make these. I'm a weird guy, so keep that in mind, but I've been in many museums and shows where I would not be surprised to see this hanging up. I think they're a stark counterpoint to the Legos Movement.

scamtank
Feb 24, 2011

my desire to just be a FUCKING IDIOT all day long is rapidly overtaking my ability to FUNCTION

i suspect that means i'm MENTALLY ILL


Hold on, Pozzo. I'm working on it.

scamtank
Feb 24, 2011

my desire to just be a FUCKING IDIOT all day long is rapidly overtaking my ability to FUNCTION

i suspect that means i'm MENTALLY ILL


Killed in the name of OP links.

scamtank fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jul 16, 2012

Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

poo poo!

I uploaded my mod with the wrong readme. I've just replaced it in the post, above, and here it is again for your convenience:

edit: removed, a newer version is here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o4ki4045kykq675

This one has an updated readme with more information, including installation instructions. Importantly, it also does not claim to be the plaintext version.

My apologies.


Tax Refund posted:

I think I want to change my dorf job request to miner, now. Any way to submit change requests on the dorfing list spreadsheet?

Done!

I'll be selecting the next overseer and uploading the save momentarily. My wife and her mother are over and that's distracting. Sorry sorry.

Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Jul 16, 2012

Leperflesh
May 17, 2007

Overseer roll: 1d15 11

Oh crap, it's OhCrap!

Congratulations OhCrap, you are our next Overseer. May Armok have mercy on your soul.

The Wiki is here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/bronzestabbed/wikis/main-page
Grab "Bronzestabbed2", that's the save. You may also want to grab Dwarf Therapist: I've linked itt from there too.

Read the other stuff on that page. Please contact me as soon as possible (PMs or email Leperflesh at gee mail dot com) so we can discuss things. Ideally I'd like you to aim to have your first update some time on Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest.

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Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

Qwo posted:


The Journal of Qword, Chirurgeon
Entry 1 (Hematite of 237)


We have arrived at Bronzestabbed. The journey was quite unkind to us. Many things went wrong, which gave my wife Falgund reason to complain constantly. Twice I laid her on the ground and trepanned her thick skull, but she only complained all the louder afterwards.

I do not much care for my wife. She is a cherub-cheeked, benign dwarfess. Boring, insipid. Slow. Bubbling with things to say. She worships the gossip-goddess when it suits her, which is when she’s feeling particularly womanly. I do not share her fascination with fluffy creatures and relationships. I am glad her pet cat starved on the way here.

I sometimes long for my bachelor years. It was not so long ago, for I am a very young dwarf. Tomemoistened was my home, a fair fortress of a few hundred dwarves. I trained as an apprentice chirurgeon - one who cuts and heals dwarfflesh. A rare and prestigious profession! I was, by all accounts, a promising sawer of bones.

But alas, it was not meant to be. My training lasted only two years before I had Falgund thrust on my shoulders. My parents had arranged the marriage with hers. It was a joining of houses, a sharing of wealth, a horrible dwarven custom that ended my life before it had even begun.

I moved to Ripewhips to live with my bride and her family. It was pure misery. Ripewhips is an astonishing fortress, as I’m sure you’ve heard. A progressive polyracial society. It was truly disgusting. The only joy to be had in Ripewhips was my 0% survival rate for goblin patients.

Obviously, six years of dead goblins caught up with me.

I narrowly escaped being clapped in irons and sentenced to death. The goblins, craven greenskins that they are, came in great numbers while I was asleep. I broke a few of my precious anatomy tablets over their heads, threw my screaming wife at them, and fled from Ripewhips, never to return again.

Unfortunately, my wife, through some sick joke of the gods, escaped too and followed me into the wilds. I was grief-stricken to find that she still lived, but I passed my sobs off as joy.




I don't normally care for journal entries, but I enjoyed this one.

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