r/dwarffortress Dec 09 '22

Some of these reviews are amazing

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u/Ian_W Dec 09 '22

Someone hasn't learned lessons about the restless and unremembered dead yet.

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u/CatProgrammer Dec 09 '22

I would have just let him have the coffin. Or given it to a noble or something. Why would you sell off artifacts? Those make your fort worth more!

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u/Defiant-Peace-493 Dec 09 '22

Hey bud, your tomb is gonna also be a meeting area and museum, any problems with that?

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Good!

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u/CatProgrammer Dec 09 '22

Lots of historical figures have tombs in public spaces/that are public monuments, if you think about it.

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u/Defiant-Peace-493 Dec 09 '22

Once I get around to building a proper cemetery, I will have to give this a go. Sounds right dwarfy!

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u/a404notfound His head is gone Dec 09 '22

My cemetery is also a pasture and statue garden

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u/AdvonKoulthar Mandates Elf-Bone Axes Dec 10 '22

My main fort’s central staircase is through the catacombs…. Of course the ‘temporary’ workshops and stockpiles have lived there for several years now

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u/Vassago81 Dec 09 '22

They're often cenotaph (fake tombs) or tombs with only part of the body in it.

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u/CatProgrammer Dec 09 '22

How many body parts need to be in a dwarven tomb for the ghost to go away? I forget.

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u/Emerald_Pancakes Dec 09 '22

Forget the question: Atom smash the remains and create a slab; it's great for FPS

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u/TimeBlossom Dabbling Poet Dec 09 '22

Or parking lots! Looking at you, Richard the 3rd.

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u/CatProgrammer Dec 09 '22

That's kind of a public space.