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| − | Camels come in | + | Camels come in {{L|one-humped camel|one-humped}} and {{L|two-humped camel|two-humped}} varieties. See these articles for more information. |
{{D for Dwarf}} | {{D for Dwarf}} | ||
| − | One of the more ludicrous debates in [[ | + | One of the more ludicrous debates in [[Dwarf Fortress]] is as to which type of camel is more dangerous: the one-humped or two-humped variety? |
The technical answer is simple: | The technical answer is simple: | ||
A weapon will hit a random body part; a one humped camel has fewer body parts (lacking the second hump) and hence it will be marginally easier to score a lethal hit on a one humped camel rather than the two-humped variety. | A weapon will hit a random body part; a one humped camel has fewer body parts (lacking the second hump) and hence it will be marginally easier to score a lethal hit on a one humped camel rather than the two-humped variety. | ||
Once genetics and breeding and magic get in, however, we can start to see artificial selection for even more dangerous camels: | Once genetics and breeding and magic get in, however, we can start to see artificial selection for even more dangerous camels: | ||
| − | :''"In 2342, the wizard Arkanadir Morlavator developed a new race: the dreaded three-humped camel. This quickly set off a cascade of imitators, and it wasn't 2 years later that the 4-humped camel was produced. A competition, at first friendly but later becoming ferocious came about to develop the camel with the most humps. This finally ending in 2478 with Mogaria Fornenzon's development of the limbless, headless 18-humped camel which died immediately upon birth, upon which event everyone decided breeding camels with ridiculous numbers of humps was a stupid idea. The number-of-limbs-on-a- | + | :''"In 2342, the wizard Arkanadir Morlavator developed a new race: the dreaded three-humped camel. This quickly set off a cascade of imitators, and it wasn't 2 years later that the 4-humped camel was produced. A competition, at first friendly but later becoming ferocious came about to develop the camel with the most humps. This finally ending in 2478 with Mogaria Fornenzon's development of the limbless, headless 18-humped camel which died immediately upon birth, upon which event everyone decided breeding camels with ridiculous numbers of humps was a stupid idea. The number-of-limbs-on-a-{{L|Giant cave spider|GCS}} was the next contest devised, but that competition was an utter disaster which led to the wholesale slaughter of the wizards, and the rise of the fourth age."'' |
And this, my friends, is why GCS's have 8 legs. | And this, my friends, is why GCS's have 8 legs. | ||