Re: Missile Weapons

[Shyryly Yshl <shyryly@geocities.com>]

Greg, you're going by the name of the ability, not the definition as listed
under "Dwarves".  It's for stone and metallic materials.  Ironwood? (hardly)

(p.94 in the small manual)

-Jamie

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Greg Mowczko wrote:

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>
> Ah but a Dwarf has "material sence" not "metal sence". A dwarf can
> tell you what "anything" is. If you take a dwarf and give him a piece
> of wood he will tell you it is oak. If the dwarf was never in a forest
> and never "felt" oak he couldn't tell you since it would be "alien" to
> his touch. Once though he felt it he will know it the next time he
> encounters it. Kindergarten for dwarfs is like a scrap shop I figure.
> Little dwarf is encouraged to pick something up and then is told what it
> is so from then on he will "know". As Dom Foran I can tell you that
> the clear substance you handed me is transparent Aluminum since I was on
> a ship and went out of my way to touch everything and get names to go
> with it. As Dom though I have problems differentiating between woods
> since I grew up in a mining town and didn't get the tree experience beyond
> simple basic trees such as oak, pine and elms.
>
>                                                 Greg