Harold James 2011/09/15(Thu)01:14 No. 349013 ID: 801747
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Go, go, go!

Ok, uh, bracer… doesn't store force exactly, the tree does. The bracer and the rod outside just… transfer that. Something else to store the force would… well I use a tree so I don't need to bring anything more.

And yeah, this room is a fun one. Every tile is a pressure plate. Goddamned dwarves. They probably had a way around or something, some other halls are caved in. Running while it's resetting works, though.

No blowing stuff up. It just complicates everything. With things like cave-ins.

you should try storing force in Amelia.

>>349013
That... That is totally something I would have ordered dwarves to do.
Maybe we were their leaders or something?

>>349021
That's crazy enough to be true.

guys, guys, guys, we are an adventurer in dwarf fortress.

we are going to die

>>349021
>>349022
No, no, if we were their leaders we would have been having them rig up rooms with outrageous amounts of explosiv- wait, the cave-ins. You know, you might be on to something here.

Honest question: Which is more important to you: Power or Title? Because honestly with the application of tech and magic nobility will eventually become... obsolete unless there are some extenuating circumstances. You may want to aim for being rich, therefor powerful, without the title.

Who uses Giant Axe Blades? Large Serrated Disks are where it is at. (Or Menacing Spikes. You can never have too many Menacing Spikes.)

So force on the anchor becomes force on the glove. What if you attached the anchor to the glove, so force pushing downwards on the glove is transferred to force pushing upwards on it?

Wait, force transfer? Get a huge spring. Compress it with the glove action. Clamp spring close. Bam! Uber punch at your beck and call when you release the spring. Only down side is potential shattering of bones.

>>349026
>dwarf fortress
Well, in that case let's just hope no Demons are on the prowl.
Say, Harold, you haven't seen any... Adamantium around, have you?

Harold James 2011/09/19(Mon)22:39 No. 350615 ID: 801747
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You know, a lot of these ideas for storing and using force with my bracer have some serious problems. I don't really use it for striking things since I broke my wrist about half a year back. People aren't really able to withstand impacts like that, whichever side of the hit we're on. A spring could work, but that's basically why I use a tree. Same sort of thing but I don't need to carry it around. If I got one that's tuned just right, though, that could be-

Harold James 2011/09/19(Mon)22:40 No. 350616 ID: 801747
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"Wait, what the hell? You mean you bastards are to blame for this gigantic underground death trap? Why would you even do that? You don't expect me to believe this was practical, do you?"

Wait, no, this is good. If you ordered them to build this stuff, you can tell me where-

JUMP BACK HALF A STEP!

Harold James 2011/09/19(Mon)22:42 No. 350618 ID: 801747
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"Ffffffff-"

now THAT was pure bad luck.
and we know the general reasoning behind the way these things are built but not an exact blueprint. a very well made fort could have items of such power that a single one is worth more then a king's ransom. talking artifact adamantite swords studded with gems and menacing with spikes that can cut a demon in half like a hot knife through butter. so yeah, they sometimes have things that need this much security.

>>350618
Jeez, are you okay?

We're saying we may have told these guys to put traps everywhere and in crazy ways but we don't remember anything so this is in fact pretty useless conjecture!

But yeah, stonefall traps in front of doors is pretty smart. Or that could've been luck I guess.

That was the worst stonefall trap I've seen yet. If a REAL dwarf made that trap, it would have brought the entire building down on you. Uh, not that we'd know. Haha.

Are you okay? That looked like it hurt.

Only ONE brick? Either this place is falling apart or that was just a distraction.

People here are talking out of their asses. They're making assumptions based off of what you told us but we really don't know anything more about ANYTHING other than EXACTLY what you've told us. Maybe some of these theories turn out to be correct but we don't actually know shit, we just have a thousand voices each mapping out various possibilities... one of them is bound to be correct. A broken clock is right twice a day and all that.

ouch man you might want to get yourself checked for some sort of bad luck curse.

as for your question if we created this place, we are a small number of voices drawn from a very large pool. they might have had something similar to what you have but with a different set of voices. though we probably are similar enough that I can take a stab at there reasoning. depending on when the traps where built its possible they were meant to deny the orks any meaningful gain from there victory. or it could have simply been the last bunch of crazy head voices focusing on one thing. we don't have quite the same connection to reality as normal creatures so sometimes we do stuff that is kinda crazy. usually our host keeps that in check. but if the last group of voices was tied to say, a mad architect. you would get something like a sprawling death maze.

>>350628
Actually, dwarven stone-fall traps are kind of useless like that. Those are not to be confused with cave-in traps, which drop the entire ceiling and can kill pretty-much anything.
In any case, I know I wasn't in charge of these traps, as giant axe blades are inefficient and slightly tacky.

Harold James 2011/09/29(Thu)21:17 No. 354073 ID: 801747
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"Hrrrnnngg"

Yeow! Well, thanks for the warning I guess. Would have been helpful indeed. Looks like I'll have to start learning when to listen to you. Massive labyrinthine fortress filled with wonders of mechanical death, and I get tripped up by a broken tile and a loose brick.

Jeera's Hairy Uncle that hurts...

Any time. We don't actually know what happens when our host dies, so we'll make sure to keep an eye out for anything else.

So, you're okay, right? It hurts to get something like that dropped on your head. I think.

peek into the hole it left. maybe there is a reason it came loose?

Don't you talk about Jeera's Hairy Uncle like that. He's a fine man and you should be ashamed of yourself for insinuating... whatever it was that you just insinuated.

Harold James 2011/09/29(Thu)22:41 No. 354139 ID: 801747
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I think I'm all right, but give me a moment... Doesn't feel like a break, but it sure is bleeding like a head wound... I should put this away.

I don't actually believe in Jeera, that's just one of my favorite blasphemies. I didn't mean to offend any possible friends of her uncle.

And... the hole? Sure, I guess there could be something there, it is a bit hard to see past my hat. Let's have a look.

Harold James 2011/09/29(Thu)22:44 No. 354141 ID: 801747
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Dink.

>>354141
It would be just like us to make a trap that starts with a single brick and then dumps the whole ceiling on you.

Yeah... I think it would be best if you leave quickly and carefully, before the lava shows up

MAGIC RING!!

You see what happens when you speak ill of Jeera's Uncle? The gods call you a Dink.

>>354141

WATCH OUT IT'S A STONE-FALL TRAP

Trap rule #7: When in doubt, roll left.

Harold James 2011/10/03(Mon)23:00 No. 355755 ID: 801747
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Left. Move. OK.

Uh... It doesn't look like the ceiling is going anywhere. Or if it is, not anytime soon.

But there is a SHINY. Get ye SHINY.

sweet. i guess it wasn't a trap, just a loose brick because something was behind it. check it out.

Oh, that was a RING that fell on your face. Not a rock. I suppose you got some instant karma from being hit on the fucking head.

Harold James 2011/10/04(Tue)00:36 No. 355768 ID: 801747
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Well, it definitely looks like a ring, magic or not, so it's bound to be of some value. Especially if a dwarf hid it in the ceiling.

But I like the idea of leaving. We're just about there now.

cool. also be careful. it could be cursed. but i doubt it.

Know any way to identify rings? I guess it could just be a mundane ring.

Harold James 2011/10/10(Mon)21:52 No. 357401 ID: 801747
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Well, of course. Never done a magical item without knowing what it does. That's, uh, Rule #3 I think.

Alright, one last room.

I will be surprised if that grate goes not slam down once you go through it.
Still, it looks like the only route available.

Yo ho, yo ho, it's off to town we go~

Harold James 2011/10/10(Mon)23:05 No. 357413 ID: 801747
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Oh, don't worry about the grate. This is the front door. Theoretically there's a guard that lets you through. That means there's always someone to man the fort and nobody can get past here without permission. There's nobody around, so I had to let myself in.

Of course, there are other ways in. This is just the safest.

yes, put it a little too close to the bars, but still the idea is sound.

Harold James 2011/10/11(Tue)01:03 No. 357425 ID: 801747
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"Ah, fresh air."

You guys seem to be getting quieter, or less numerous at the very least. Do you think that has something to do with us leaving? Or did some of you get stuck in my hat somehow?

Well, that concludes Chapter 0 of So You Want To Be A Baron. We'll start up Chapter 1 some time within the next week. Still not entirely sure whether anyone else is enjoying this, but we're having fun and that's all that matters.

it's an activity thing. most only appear when you look like you could use the advice or if they have questions. navigating a door you already used isn't much of a advice area.

>>357426
I like the characterization.

>>357426
I like it and have been watching with interest. I'll admit however, I generally don't begin suggesting in a quest's first chapter for fear the author will get bored within a few frames and abandon it.

Also, may I say, art is quite detailed for usual /quest/ fare, this pleases me.