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|<!--1-->I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
 
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|<!--2-->Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
 
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|<!--3-->Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
 
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|<!--4-->[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
 
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|<!--5-->[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
 
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|<!--6-->[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
 
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|<!--7-->The critical question is this''':''' do elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
 
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|<!--8-->"Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess."
 
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|<!--9-->Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
 
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|<!--10-->[[Booze]] does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
 
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|<!--11-->My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
 
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|<!--12-->I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
 
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|<!--13-->Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
 
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|<!--14-->Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
 
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|<!--15-->The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
 
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|<!--16-->Wait, you're MAKING animals?<br>&mdash;''Torak''<br>At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows.<br>&mdash;''Spiders Everywhere''
 
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|<!--17-->"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--18-->(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter.<br>--Sowelu<br><br>Very fitting to dwarves, I must add.<br>--Sean Mirrsen
 
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|<!--19-->[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.<br>--[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
 
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|<!--20-->"<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--21-->"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--22-->"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!"<br>--[[User:Savok|Savok]]
 
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|<!--23-->"What happened in 1048?" "Jreengus occurred."
 
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|<!--24-->Making rock instruments isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds --Shandrunn
 
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|<!--25-->The cyclops I was quested to kill had a thousand year history of badassery, and all of that without the leg it lost in the Year 3 (a dwarf bit it off... I should probably deal with that). --[[Toady One]]
 
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Endok Cerolneth, Planter has given birth to a girl.
 
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|<!--28-->"Incendia sunt socia vestra, armaque vestra, fortesque Montis Domi." "Magma is your ally, your weapon, the strength of the Mountain-Home." --Eita
 
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|<!--29-->"Stopped people from giving quests to kill themselves." --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--30-->"...And I simply doubt we have a need for 7 fishery workers. On top of that, a second soap maker. The hell IS soap?!" --Zero
 
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|<!--31-->"This is a terrible pun. All craftsdwarfship is of the poorest quality." - [http://tinyurl.com/6yruly Soup_alex]
 
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|<!--32-->"The default mental state of a dwarf is madness. Sanity is a temporary condition - a PRIVILEGE you have to EARN!" --[[User:Fedor|Fedor]]
 
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|<!--33-->"Why get normal cats? I buy lolcats in the embark screen. Much more fun to engrave about them." --Yanlin
 
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|<!--34-->"Dwarf Fortress taught me it was okay to make a suit out of my neighbour's skin, as long as I gave it a name."
 
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|<!--36-->"There was a typo in the siegers' campfire code.  When the fires went out, so did the game." --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--37-->"Hey, what does that flashing red and orange text mean? What? Why is there smoke everywhere? Oh god, are those BABIES on fire?" --[[User:StrawberryBunny|StrawberryBunny]]
 
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|<!--38-->"It's never 'just a game' when you're losing."<br>--George Carlin (if he played Dwarf Fortress)
 
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|<!--41-->Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions.  "There!  Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins."
 
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|<!--42-->"Litast Idenudesh, baby, is throwing a tantrum!  Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has lost consciousness.  Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has bled to death."
 
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|<!--43-->"Known bug #780:  Town guard becomes a criminal after getting an adventurer's stolen weapon stuck in his body."
 
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|<!--44-->"Udib Toblumaid, Axedwarf, cancels sparring in Barracks: too insane." [[User:Ben jamm1n|Ben jamm1n]]
 
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|<!--46-->Sizir the Snail of Bait is a deity of The Fresh Towers.  Sizir most often takes the form of a female dwarf and is associated with jealousy.
 
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|<!--47-->Sibrek Tanbim likes Limestone, Tin, Smoky Quartz, the color crimson, bolts, scepters, anvils, and rock blocks for their lack of quality levels.
 
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|<!--48-->Most vermin teleport, so nothing actually contains them. -[[User:Fuzzy|Fuzzy]]
 
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|<!--50-->There is nothing to catch in the magma pipe.
 
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|<!--51-->Bug #563: mayor ordered himself beaten for failing to make crystal glass objects
 
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|<!--58-->'''Urdim Kutamèrith, Pump Operator, has created Rakusttenshed, a Glumprong blowgun!''' <br> Urdim, you are a freaking idiot.
 
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|<!--59--><Forkez> I don't get the game, but I do get that tunnels flooded with water is a bad thing.
 
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|<!--60-->"If you give a dwarf a fire, he will be warm for a night. If you set a dwarf on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
 
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|<!--63-->Dwarf Fortress: Because burning elves are funny.
 
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|<!--64-->The carp has drowned.
 
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|<!--66-->"I swear to god once I saw a dwarf who was labeled as being Strong, Very Agile, Very Tough... and ''Clean''. But it was probably just a bad dream."
 
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|<!--68-->"Dwarven children kidnapped and incorporated into goblin society might sh... shave."<br> --Toady One
 
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|<!--71-->"[[Magma]] solves everything. [[Fire]] just ruins the [[booze]]." -sonerohi
 
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|<!--72-->You can't yet strangle people with the exposed guts, though I suppose that's now within reach. --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--73-->Look, there are roving clumps of sentient lava outside, ... This isn't going to get better. --PTTG??
 
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|<!--77-->Urdim Zatinod has been quite content lately. She has lost an annoying friend to tragedy lately.
 
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|<!--78-->I added two levers.  One opens the magma.  The other sets free all the cats.  --Someone in Headshoots
 
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|<!--79-->"As Manbaspecut, Human Merchant is stricken by melancholy!" "Muskox has gone stark raving mad!" I think something is wrong with the human caravan...
 
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|<!--80-->"Somebody needs to build an active volcano inside a fortress inside an active volcano." --Boksi
 
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|<!--81-->It has stats. It can be killed.
 
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|<!--82-->Bug #432: Bones pop out of coffins.
 
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|<!--83-->Thanks. I wish I had known that about three forts ago.
 
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|<!--84-->If I <em>remembered</em> what the fucking lever did, I'd <em>pull</em> it! <...pulls lever anyway...>
 
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|<!--87-->Kara Mase, the Glory of Amusing: Engraved on the wall is an image of a dwarf and an elf. The dwarf is committing a depraved act on the elf.
 
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|<!--88-->Once saw a water skin with red beryl spikes.  I still wonder how you would drink from that.
 
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|<!--90-->Kol Tölunimush has been ecstatic lately.  He killed somebody by accident while sparring recently.  He took joy in slaughter lately.  He has lost a lover to tragedy lately.  He has witnessed death.  He had a satisfying sparring session recently.
 
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|<!--91-->You haven't embarked on a quest - you've joined a religion. --Quietust
 
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|<!--93-->There was kind of a violent explosion of boiling human blood when I was testing a human vs a magma man in the arena... it was a little weird, but I guess that's okay.  --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--94-->Mew? <br />Chop!
 
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|<!--95-->"If Dwarf Fortress geology is to be believed, then the Earth's core is made of microline and demons."
 
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|<!--96-->'They're firing arrows at us! Quickly! Raise the babies!!' -Urdim McSquadLeader, mother of 8
 
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|<!--97-->It started raining, then all my dwarves outside started bleeding to death. On inspection their upper bodies were missing.
 
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|<!--99-->Bug introduced in the latest version: Firemen can have their flames severed. These flames then just lie around the place.
 
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|<!--100-->You stab Iron Man in the right leg from behind with your adamantine short sword, breaking away a piece of the gas and shattering the iron!<br>The Beak Dog is caught in a burst of Iron Man gas!<br>Beak Dog vomits into the Iron Man gas.
 
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|<!--101-->Urist McDairy, Milker cancels store item in stockpile: handling dangerous creature
 
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|<!--102-->Ildomushat, Fish Cleaner, cancels Clean Self: Could not find path.
 
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|<!--103-->Losing is [[Fun]]!!!<br>--The Motto of Dwarf Fortress
 
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|<!--104-->I hate walking under dwarven archways. You never know how many mechanized crossbows they have hidden underneath those damn things.
 
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|<!--105-->"bibo ergo sum, I drink, therefore I am."<br />-- Dwarven Philosopher
 
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|<!--106-->This is a menacing iron spike. This object menaces with spikes of iron.
 
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|<!--108-->The Forgotten Beast pushes The Wrestler in the head, bruising the muscle, driving the skull through the brain, and tearing apart the brain! The Wrestler has been struck down!
 
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|<!--109--> Goblin Chops at the Diagnostician in the right leg, damaging the muscle! Urist McHouse is Unconscious!
 
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|<!--110--> Limul Itebdesis, trader has been Possessed. Limul Itebdesis, trader has created Stodir Isethlolor, a Mortgage-Backed Security!
 
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