Those hungry, hungry wolves.

Post by **Doc Paterson** » January 29th, 2008, 10:35 pm

Is it me, or do an awful lot of campaigns have orc encounters in which the orc leader says something like "You will be meat for our wolves," or "our wolves will have meat tonight," etc. etc. Maybe it's just odd luck, but the last three campaigns that I've played have had some variant on this line. It's kind of intimidating the first time you hear it, but after that, it gets a bit comical. (I can almost hear the heroes saying "Yeah, yeah, we know, meat for your wolves and all that...")

Maybe it's just something that they teach you to say at the Orc Academy.

Post by **megane** » January 29th, 2008, 11:27 pm

Well, they were going to yell "For the Swarm," but that was taken, so they hired a PR firm to come up with a new slogan. In fact, Black Eye rose to power with his highly effective campaign drive, "Black Eye in '08: No Child Not Fed to a Wolf."

Darth Jordius · Post by **Darth Jordius** » January 29th, 2008, 11:42 pm

It's called "borrowing" dialogue.

What the... dialogue isn't in the spell checker? Weird...

Trau · Post by **Trau** » January 30th, 2008, 12:03 am

Doc Paterson wrote: "our wolves will have meat tonight,"

Wait... so what are the wolves eataing on the other nights? O_o

Glowing Fish · Post by **Glowing Fish** » January 30th, 2008, 12:10 am

What is really disappointing is when they are fighting Woses. You've never seen sad until you've seen a Wolf spend all night chewing on a bunch of branches.

Post by **zookeeper** » January 30th, 2008, 12:38 am

Trau wrote:
Doc Paterson wrote: "our wolves will have meat tonight,"
Wait... so what are the wolves eataing on the other nights? O_o

Website · Post by **Sapient** » January 30th, 2008, 12:49 am

Well, I remember suggesting the line 'wolves will eat well tonight, boys' or something similar when ESR was revising SotBE. I felt that the orcs needed more taunts and boasts in their dialogue, although I agree that recycling the same line over and over can get repetitive and silly. He used a slightly modified version of the line. Honestly, I wasn't happy with a lot of the orc dialogue (e.g. "human worms") and I feel he writes dwarves much better than he writes orcs.

Here were some of the taunts, laments, and comebacks I used in my first MP cooperative scenario. As you can see I don't mind if the villain sounds a bit silly sometimes as well as ruthless:

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#hero deaths

{LW_HERODEATH (Trapper) ("It can not be! Not like this...") ("Ngahaha! Human flesh tonight, boys.")} 
{LW_HERODEATH (Mage of Light) ("I die for a cause greater than myself...") ("No more healing for you! Ha ha ah!")} 
{LW_HERODEATH (Royal Guard) ("You fiend! I have underestimated you...") ("And it was your last mistake. Mua-ha-ha!")} 
{LW_HERODEATH (Dark Sorcerer) ("May I change sides?") ("No, sorry.")} 

# villain taunts

{LW_TAUNT (Royal Guard) ("You think that fancy sword and armor can save you? Ha!") ("Enough! I am ready to end this.")} 
{LW_TAUNT (Trapper) ("Hey, what do you think you are doing!?") ("Oh, nothing. Killing you, looting your corpse, etc.")} 
{LW_TAUNT (Mage of Light) ("That bright light! I hate it... go away!") ("All must be cleansed. Prepare yourself.")} 
{LW_TAUNT (Dark Sorcerer) ("Trying to save the day, is that it?") ("No, you are in my way. I dislike sharing power.")}

Post by **Doc Paterson** » January 30th, 2008, 2:50 am

Zookeeper, that picture is amazing.

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CarpeGuitarrem · Post by **CarpeGuitarrem** » January 30th, 2008, 5:39 am

Somebody should write an epic campaign about a vegetarian wolf tribe.

Post by **megane** » January 30th, 2008, 6:30 am

Mmm, Spearman.

TruePurple · Post by **TruePurple** » January 30th, 2008, 1:14 pm

Some possible orc things to say thought rather quickly up when tired so probably aren't that good but..

"You will not show respect for our greatness?! Then our numbers and strength will grind your insignificant people into the ground. Your blood as fertilizer for our future crops in our new land."

To elves
"Watch us burn your precious woods then join the ashes!"

To dwarves
"We shall collapse your mines and let you die in darkness within!" (obviously scenario specific, and you wouldn't think the orcs would give advanced warning of such, but then they aren't always very smart)

"Orcs just wish to dominate in peace, but if its a fight you want, then prepare to die!"

"Ah, yes. Some training dummies for our orc soldiers to hone their skills on. What a kind offering you humans provide"

Post by **Blarumyrran** » January 30th, 2008, 2:18 pm

megane wrote:Mmm, Spearman.

a new idle animation?

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » January 30th, 2008, 7:37 pm

TruePurple wrote:Some possible orc things to say thought rather quickly up when tired so probably aren't that good but..

"You will not show respect for our greatness?! Then our numbers and strength will grind your insignificant people into the ground. Your blood as fertilizer for our future crops in our new land."

To elves
"Watch us burn your precious woods then join the ashes!"

To dwarves
"We shall collapse your mines and let you die in darkness within!" (obviously scenario specific, and you wouldn't think the orcs would give advanced warning of such, but then they aren't always very smart)

"Orcs just wish to dominate in peace, but if its a fight you want, then prepare to die!"

"Ah, yes. Some training dummies for our orc soldiers to hone their skills on. What a kind offering you humans provide"

Not bad, but I think some minor adjustments would make them better. For example:

"Ah! Some dummies for our grunts to hone their skills! What a kind offering!"

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needs some tasty people meat, imo