40d Talk:Tentacle demon

Is this a joke?Template:Nosignature

Yes and no. It is a real creature. It is also a joke. --Ikkonoishi 18:31, 21 March 2008 (EDT)

Goblin control?

How is that possible? Is it hard coded, or a result of the prefstring, or just because it's a demon--or is it something else? – unsigned comment by Midna

Pleeease sign your edits using --~~~~. At any rate, it's because it's a demon, likely the [DEFENDER] tag. --GreyMario 23:33, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Sorry, sometimes I forget...also, in the creatures I modded in, I haven't seen an admirer of these so far. Also, the engraving in the tentacle demon pits show races with the [INTELLIGENT] tag commiting 'depraved acts' upon other/the same race(s), or alone. Midna 02:02, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Are you sure you gave your modded creature [FANCIFUL][SPHERE:THRALLDOM][CAN_SPEAK][CAN_LEARN][[PERSONALITY:IMMODERATION:(...)][GENPOWER:x] tags? It's possible that some of those influence creature's ability to rule lesser races. Also, 'depraved acts' seem to be result of [SPHERE:DEPRAVITY] tag. --Someone-else 06:15, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

No, I don't want them as rulers--but I'm curious, because it'd be interesting to make one/some 'ruler' creatures later on. ~ Midna 11:34, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Tentacle Zerg

These things seem to uh...multiply rather quickly. I send 3 squads down to go take care of 3 of them, then it's 5, and now it's 8. It's been several minutes now... Archaeologist

Tentacle demon pits and a strange case

Right, this place hasn't seen much activity, so I'm going to expand upon this and just give a little curious situation I had ever so long ago, and expand upon my previous quote:

... Also, the engraving in the tentacle demon pits show races with
the [INTELLIGENT] tag commiting 'depraved acts' upon other/the
same race(s), or alone. ...

So, in that case, gather 'round the campfire, for I have a rather long story to tell.

Before I continue, I'd just like to say that Toady has done an excellent job of adding atmosphere to these areas. Anyway, I breached the demon's lair, etcetera etcetera. The usual. I mined for a bit, then broke into the cavity which contained the babbling idiots and numerous, generally insane (previously) sentient beings.

Slightly creeped out, but quite interested--this being my first encounter--I quickly backed off after hastily surveying the area, making sure to build up a bit of an army before going back.

Upon my return, I looked over everything. The first thing which caught my eye was possibly the fact that the place was filthy. There were puddles of, if I recall correctly, 'unidentified yellow liquid'/'unidentified brown liquid' or something to that effect. Yet, disgusted, I moved on.

'Unidentified white liquid'.

First thought:

"Oh my god, they raped everything in here."

Second thought:

"Toady's a bit naughty, isn't he."

Third, final thought (which was a bit more DF-oriented):

"Oh shit, that must mean tentacle demons."

I scrambled to get my army into the area as fast as possible to secure it; then went back to my examination. I didn't find much else, aside from around twenty engravings which showed sentient beings commiting 'depraved acts' upon others (or on their own, which, presumably, indicated a solo act); what made this notable was the fact that this group of engravings also included creatures I had added myself.

Undeterred, I continued examining the room, ignoring the nigh-literal sea of filth on the floor. No, I'm not referring to anything specific. It was just labelled 'filth'. I didn't have much time to ponder this, because I found a staircase.

Leading downwards.

Into the depths of hell.

Alright, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it led downwards to another chamber, which, after a bit of searching, coughed up another staircase.

This led into a chamber with a few magma pools.

And I was officially freaked by this, because I knew what it meant. Unlike the two previous chambers, there were no living beings here.

Yet.

That was soon to change; one of my soldiers found the pits by going down a second staircase that I hadn't noticed. Something like 50 demons were ejected from the glowing pits, directly into the midst of my army. To follow was an epic battle, but that I shan't recount here. Rather, I'll state what happened when I tried to 'reclaim' the fortress, via adventure mode.

I headed to the door, taking note of how the babbling insane creatures had been able to escape. I slaughtered them and entered the ruined gates of my once proud citadel.

I eventually managed to get to the underground river/waterfall that I had discovered earlier; I had tried--oh, believe me, I'd tried--to get to the glowing pit for revenge, but my backpack was already crammed full of adamantine ore, and I figured I'd see if my secret exit was still in working order, then come back with some equipment created for demon slaying (or at least goblin slaying).

Anyway, when I got there, I was immediately assaulted. Another epic battle ensued, this one ending not in my own dismembered forces laying amongst a fieldful of slippery, detached tentacles...

...but with around ten or so snakemen and olmmen's corpses in the water and on the ground around me.

The river was drenched with their blood, mixed with my own, when I finished. Not like it really mattered. I fell in soon afterwards.

The river rushed me downstream, faster and faster...

...faster...

...faster still...

I should have reached the waterfall, I thought to myself. Is it blocked by something?

Splash. Whoosh. The sound of whistling wind in my ears.

Another splash.

It was just a fall to the next level lower, thankfully. I wasn't injured, just thrust under the water.

Wait. The second level of the river?

...First level was the place I found, second level...was...? Second level was...was...

...The waterfall!!

I was pushed along until I reached it, but I noticed that about one level down there was a platform, since the waterfall's path into the depths wasn't quite uniform.

It looked like I'd land on it.

I was swept out for the second time.

Splash. Whoosh. More whistling wind.

I hit the ground with a sickening crunch. I'd made it, but I'd broken a leg in the process. Or did I break two? I couldn't tell.

I slipped almost instantly after impact.

Splash. Whoosh. No more whistling.

I fell to my assumed death in the chasm that the second waterfall fed into.

~ Midna 04:22, 26 October 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, tentacle demons are... nasty thing. And yes, given the abudance of "unknown substance" in their lair, and the fact that, when you look at their inventory a lot of female human, elf and dwarves have a "unknown substance smear" on their "lower body", that substance must be what you've thinked of. Timst 14:03, 16 February 2009 (EST)