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I'm having trouble picturing Korvest striking a menacing pose.   So menacing.
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Charcoal is important, ok?
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Haven't loaded up the save in a while, so I downloaded it and ... Oh. Oh my. It's glorious. My dorf would have loved it, fiendish Ugath worshipper that she was.
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OhCrap posted:Haven't loaded up the save in a while, so I downloaded it and ... Now I am curious. Too bad I am at work though
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So, is this the longest a succession fort has kept a monarch alive? If so, go Bronzestabbed! 
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And so I, fat and short dwarf girl was born in the world.
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SirPhoebos posted:So, is this the longest a succession fort has kept a monarch alive? And two natural deaths. What is going on? This is undwarfy.
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     I think you might've left your mouse on-screen while recording, Thadius.
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Undwarfy deaths, you say? I can fix that! "Right. I'm getting tired of this." Thadius stood and went out to the courtyard, and grabbed The Archivist's arm as he attempted to run back inside. "Where do you think YOU'RE going?" "Away from the ogres and goblins!" "I need you to carve more fortifications so our military men can shoot at the goblins. In short, get back over there."  As The Archivist worked on the wall, Thadius yelled at Gnu. "Gnu! Get your squad and get in the tower."  The dwarves took the command literally. While up there, though, they did spot something of interest.  "MURK!" Leperfish ran by to take note of what the dwarve called Murk. "Leperfish! What is this thing?" "A cloud of fiendish murk! It turns whatever it touches in a vile, twisted, mockery of life!  "Hey wait. Wasn't there something over there?..."  "I think I recall something about Ogres in a river..." Leperfish's face paled. "If there are ogres nearby that cloud, it could be terrible for us! They could all become horrible monsters!"  "Alternatively, only a FEW could, and they could turn on their former ogre brethren. We'd have less ogre to deal with then."  "I hadn't thought of that." Gnu and her squad came down the tower after a little while, and Kerr walked by. "Kerr! The Archivist finished a lot of fortifications, so there's something I would like you to do."  "Lemme guess: Shoot goblins. Thing is, only a few of us are ready right now." "I'll take whatever I can get!" And two soldiers, Dead cow and lunnrais, took to the wall.  For being the first ones to actually shoot and kill goblins, Thadius gave them double the booze that night.  Just then, Thad noticed a platoon of goblin bowmen peeling off the main group. He decided to climb the tower to make better note of their movements, and got another surprise.  There was a group of ogres to the east, ALSO peeling off their attack, and going to the same general place that the bowmen were! Quite a mystery.  Back at the gates, a few more soldiers had arrived, and were raining down the bolts on the goblins. "All right guys, you probably want your booze and food now. Take a break for a few days, and someone get me Gnu again." On his way back, Thadius heard a few more screams than usual from one of the cages.  Apparently a Dralatha had just given birth. To twins. While still in a cage. He was perplexed by this mystery until Gnu tapped on his back. "Ah! Gnu! Let's head up to the tower again, shall we?"  Gnu and her squad were in the tower, this time, with Thad. "Okay, now that we're here. I want you all to take out your bows and SHOOT the goblins."  "...AIM. AIM and SHOOT the goblins. Those guys might wise up and shoot back! Whereas the hammer guys CAN'T!"  Daeren just grinned. "Y'know what? So long as bolts are going into goblins, I don't care!" Thadius found Leperfish waiting for him at the base of the tower. "You know those goblins and ogres that were running away from the fortress?"  "They had a little spat over there. I think half of them are dead." Thadius grinned. "Not bad! If we can kill enough of the goblins leading this assault, they'll probably run!"  "GNU! GO FOR THE HAMMERLORD!"  Gnu shouted back. "MURK!" Thad and Leper looked around. "Where? Where?"  "DEAR UGATH THAT'S A BIG CLOUD ON OUR FRONT LAWN!" "Good thing the gates are already closed, eh?" "Yes, otherwise, who knows what might have happened?" Gnu came down the tower, finally.  "Sorry, sir, but the Hammerlord escaped. Along with a few of his crew." "A few? He had a pretty big crew." Gnu merely smiled. "Had." "Right. Well, take a break, and send Kerr my way again."  "The lashers haven't learned their lesson."  After about a few weeks, just on the edge of Granite, a few soldiers arrived.  This time, the heroes of the day were Vagabond, Tangents, and Dead cow. They managed to shoot and kill quite a number of the Lasher's subordinates.  However, the Master Lasher himself was still clinging to the realm of the living.  After witnessing the lasher's martial prowess, four words left Thad's mouth. "I need another drink."
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Vaga42Bond posted:Did I get drafted into a Crossbow Dorf Squad?  Would you like to stop serving, or keep getting extra booze for killing goblins safely behind fortifications?
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Thadius posted:
Nah, it's cool, I just didn't know that it happened. Probably overlooked it whenever that occurred.
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Thadius posted:After witnessing the lasher's martial prowess, four words left Thad's mouth.
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Oh hey I know why the lashmaster isn't dying. And in case someone thinks to draw up the lashmaster, have a description: 
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I approve of the military and fortifications and how they are being used to kill goblins for no losses. This is how it should be. Now we can keep sieges out we can commit to the real purpose of Bronzestabbed: to build a bigger military and bigger fortifications. Let's just hope those fortifications aren't on ground level. Are they? It's hard to tell.
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Arglebargle III posted:I approve of the military and fortifications and how they are being used to kill goblins for no losses. This is how it should be. Now we can keep sieges out we can commit to the real purpose of Bronzestabbed: to build a bigger military and bigger fortifications. There is a ditch in front of part of the wall but the southern section and the corner to the north are on ground level. But Goblins don't walk up to Fortifications unless their pathing takes them their anyway, so their archers shouldn't be much of a threat. How high is the wall? Titans can step down Z-Levels without a ramp. If the wall is only one level high they can simply walk onto it and step down into the fortress.
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Domattee posted:How high is the wall? Titans can step down Z-Levels without a ramp. If the wall is only one level high they can simply walk onto it and step down into the fortress. Hey, thanks for spoiling some fun and ignoring the longstanding and constantly restated rule of these LPs, which is to not go and correct something that could cause death and destruction. No, really, maybe next you could do everybody a favor and run dfreveal and tell the overseer which parts of the adamantine are safe to mine.
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I'm pretty sure that isn't even true. I'd never heard of it or seen it myself. The wiki says it is but it's been wrong on stuff before.
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It's not THAT big a deal, guys. Somebody made the walls easy to fix. With how wall-happy I am, I would have gotten to it eventually. Plus, if the next titan can fly, well, there goes any use for the walls to begin with! Also, not sure about the addy-mining. On the one hand, I really want to do it my way. On the other hand, I don't want to be known as 'The guy who unleashed Hell during his term.' Might just not do it, but we'll see. Update coming tonight, once I'm slightly inebriated.
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Thadius posted:On the other hand, I don't want to be known as 'The guy who unleashed Hell during his term.' It's not so bad.
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Thadius posted:Update coming tonight, once I'm slightly inebriated. This is truly a game that should have a mandate to be played drunk.
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Yesssss my dwarf owns Also grats to Thadius for being the only overseer to correctly refer to my dwarf as a "her"
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Speaking of mandates... "Leper! Leper leper leper. MAN have I got news for you. So I met John Dough again, and he gave me a test batch of booze. Said this stuff should be more within my tolerance range. I dunno, I drank half the keg and I'm still standing." Leperfish sighed. "So what brilliant ideas did you come across this time?"  "Got tired of all the aminals. All the barking and meowing and stuff isn't good for my headaches. Dwarf named Immoral Hamster said that the animals could be taken care of, and I told 'im to do it."  "Also told someone to get to work on taming all the aminals we don't have tamed yet. Geekkake said he'd work on it." Leperfish paled. "Including the spider?" "Yeah, said he could do that too with the right goblin-bits. And we're jus' swimmin' in them outside. I'm gonna go see somebody about a thing now."  "Right, what's yer name again?" "Teddles, Overseer." "Teddles, we're mining the spire. Most of it. Anything that ain't mined already that we can see, mainly. I'll order the masons back in to put more walls up later, but this stuff's supposed to be good."  "What about the lower levels, Overseer?" "Yeah, we can mine there too, but we'll not go lower than that. I wanna talk to Leper about the lore regarding these things, see what's safe, what isn't. But I figure if you mined out on these floors, this 's gotta be safe. How much of this stuff is already processed?"  "We have 29 wafers, Overseer." "Do we have anyone skilled enough in armor-making to make good use of it?"  "Nil Bastionhall is legendary for it, Overseer."  "Right, I'm setting aside a forge for him. Let's see what he can do with this stuff." As Thad walked back past one of the dwarfs, he heard the dwarf moan in pain.  "So tired...so thirsty...so hungry..." "So take a break already. Plenty of time to do...whatever it is you're working on later." "Must...smelt...malachite..." "Crazy dwarf." Thad managed to get back upstairs and was assaulted by a plethora of dwarves.  "Got that memorial to Loden finished!" "Put it in the hall with the others."  "The spider is tame! It hisses less now." "I'll think of something to do with it later. Tame the rest while you're at it."  "The reservoir is drying out a bit!" "I'll take a look at the supply lines in a moment." "Nobody's moving the boulders of Adamantite!"  "Set up a processing line, only the most highly skilled dwarves need apply."  "The mayor has a mandate for you!" "Oh great, what is it?"  "She says: Make me two high boots." "Right..."  "I'll tell someone to make them out of metal, for the militia." Just then, Nil walked downstairs. "Hey! Hey lemme tag along. I can't take all these dwarves." Nil shrugged. "All the same to me. Why did you want to follow me?" "Well we have 29 adamantite wafers and I don't know where they are." Nil merely grinned and led Thad to...  "Welcome to yet another storehouse for our precious metals." Thadius looked around at all the precious bars. "Steel! We have steel! And that bin over there that glows blue must be the adamantite stockpile." "Yes, but it's a bit of a walk from here to the forges." "I'll do summa about that later." Thad took a walk up to the top of the tower and looked around. "Waitaminute. Something's missin'..."  "Where're all the goblins at?" Thad called Gnu and Kerr to the top of the tower. "Overseer." "Do you see any goblins around?"  All three looked around the Hill of Rewarding. "The only thing I see is those two ogres splashing in the shallow end of the river." Thadius grinned.  "Let's break this siege."  Gnu Sherrif, Dead Cow, and Daeren rushed to the river. Over the course of three days. When they finally got there, Daeren let out a scream of rage...  And was once again an elite bowdwarf. The three of them managed to wound both ogres...   Quite severely before the rest of Gnu's unit showed up. Kerr and the rest of the Walled Skies were nowhere in sight.  Eventually, one ogre ran away, while the other...  Was in no position to run anymore.  Kind of a suprise, considering that the legendary bowdwarf on the field wasn't even using the bow for its intended purposes. But eventually,...  Shooting the final bolt, lunnrais is credited with the kill. BRONZESTABBED ENDURES Thadius fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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Thadius posted:BRONZESTABBED ENDURES  Just like Matul Remrit, right?
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Whew, for a second I worried you were going to slaughter Medtob! Thankfully not.
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Thadius posted:Plus, if the next titan can fly, well, there goes any use for the walls to begin with! And this is why you have to turn the initial walled area into a massive keep. Or, if you're feeling artsy, a huge ziggurat. Then of course you'll realize we don't have walls any more, so you'll have to put up a new wall around the ziggurat. But then the outside wall won't have a moat or any towers, so you have to build those too. And then the ballista houses and lookout towers you built outside the walls will now be inside the outer wall, so you have to build more of those too. But then they look so vulnerable without a wall around them...
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Arglebargle III posted:And this is why you have to turn the initial walled area into a massive keep. Or, if you're feeling artsy, a huge ziggurat. Then of course you'll realize we don't have walls any more, so you'll have to put up a new wall around the ziggurat. But then the outside wall won't have a moat or any towers, so you have to build those too. And then the ballista houses and lookout towers you built outside the walls will now be inside the outer wall, so you have to build more of those too. But then they look so vulnerable without a wall around them... Dwarf Fortress: A Study of Imperial Overstretch
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Hey now. Sperglabors (the proper name for any fortress I play, ever) would endure a thousand years if not for FPS death 
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Rurik posted:Whew, for a second I worried you were going to slaughter Medtob! Thankfully not. He could try. Medtob would wander down to the furnaces a few days later covered in mysterious blood, knowing him. Does the lack of a D by Medtob's name mean Kai-dwarf has Wild Turkey as her constant companion? Because I can't think of anything more appropriate for a Bronzestabbed citizen.
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It's actually more indicative of the game losing letters than the creatures being wild. Though if I have it MY way, ALL of our creatures that CAN be tamed WILL be. If only so I can then try to train them for war. War Giant Cave Spider, anyone?
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Thadius posted:"Nil Bastionhall is legendary for it, Overseer." Her! HER! That's my treacherous wench of a wife you're talking about! So unless- ... CURSE THE GODS! Does that dwarf's treachery knows no bounds?!
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I was drunk, what's YOUR excuse? 23rd-ish Slate to the 11th of Felsite The first thing Thad noticed upon awakening was the smell of molten rock. Apparently he had passed out at or was dragged to the magma furnaces. He noticed Nil working nearby, and the sound of the hammer on the metal made his headache all the worse. "How did I get here?" "You followed me. Said you would do something about the fact that I have to go the long way around."  "Turns out, other dwarves listen to you as well. Nice bridge." "Did I make an rear end of myself?" "Called me a him." Thadius' face turned red. "Ah. I was pretty inebriated." Nil picked up her work and plunged it into a bucket of water to cool. The hiss of water evaporating did NOT help his headache. Nil put the breastplate on her anvil and looked to the Overseer. "Good enough for you?" Thadius trundled over, cradling his head. At the sight of the breastplate, his jaw dropped. "Did...I tell you to make that?" "Not my finest work, but it's pretty exceptional. Worth enough to buy out most caravans. Should keep a lucky soldier safe."  "Could I convince you to make more?" Nil shrugged. "'s what I'm best at. Glad to be back to work, to be honest. Most of the other dwarves are busy gathering supplies from the siege. We're gonna have a glut of iron things to melt down, I can tell you that much."  "From what I can tell, though, you did get a bit angry at a lot of dwarves saying they couldn't find any seeds to farm with, so you set up a huge food stockpile and told every dwarf to aid in the finding of their collective arses." Thadius went over a few notices in his hands. "Okay, and this one..."  "Our trainers broke the Dralthas into subservience. Totally domesticated now." Thad flipped to another. "Wait. She really..."  "Yup. Never told you?" Thad's head began to swim again. "How long has this edict been around?" "A while, I guess."  "I'd better tell someone to make them, right NOW. After I check all these other slabs."  "Actually, this seems to be the only important one. Also, the only important one I feel safe ignoring." Thadius looked around at all the other smelters. "Nobody is using these?" "Nope." "Why not? Don't we have a legendary weaponsmith?"  "Nah, but a dwarf named Oski is pretty good."  Thad tapped a smelter. "This one will be his, then, and he can have one of the better jobs, as I understand it. He'll pump out steel weapons until he's a legend, and then I'll trust him to work with the blue stuff."  Thad tapped another smelter. "We might need more bolts, if we're going to experience more sieges. Have this one make nothing but bronze bolts." Just then, Emong the dwarf ran past. "Must haul malachite, must haul-" Nil looked to Emong and then to the Overseer. "Gonna help her?" Thadius cocked his head to the side in confusion. "Help her do what? Haul?"  "She's a legendary bonecarver regulated to hauling duty." "That's...not right." Gently, Thad took a hold of Emong's arm and led her upstairs to a craftdwarf's workshop.  "This is yours now. You can make bone crafts to your heart's content." He could swear he saw the faint hint of a smile as she looked around her new workshop. And then there was a scream. A scream of 'I'VE GOT IT!'  Thadius quickly ran upstairs and saw a dwarf drop what he was doing.  Eventually, aldantefax claimed the OTHER craftsdwarf workshop, the one right next to Emong's. And then went back upstairs.  On the way, a dwarf handed Thad a slab with the news that Daeren refused to let go of a bronze crossbow. Thad made a mental note to forcibly upgrade Daeren later.  Aldantefax claimed a pile of bones and began the descent again. Thad couldn't tear himself away from the sight of the fey dwarf. While he'd been around for the end of a mood, he'd never been there for the start of one. It was simply...fascinating.  Though he DID head back down to the forges when he heard Nil had made the shield he'd asked for, and on the way, was handed another slab. Fortunately, the spider was still caged up.  "Once again, exceptional work. Could you do a helmet next?" Nil threw her hammer down. "Why? So you can ask I make an adamantine codpiece next?" Thad merely chuckled. "No, nothing so silly as that. I want you to make a fine set of adamantine armor. So that when a dwarf is outfitted in your finest work yet, you'll get all the work you could ask for." Nil grinned. "So you DID have a plan." "Always do." After a few more weeks of dwarves hauling things in from the siege...  Things even taller and lankier than Thad appeared on the horizon. Every dwarf is obsessed with hauling ATM, so not much is getting done. Not even on that thing you might be seeing hints of in the lower right hand corner in some of the screenshots. Nothing much happening there either. But now we have elves, so that might change!
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I have a friend who keeps losing a fortress on his second siege, but he refuses to let it die and retries over and over to beat the siege back with various ideas by restarting without saving. Why doesn't he play the game like it's supposed to be played? 
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Artificer posted:I have a friend who keeps losing a fortress on his second siege, but he refuses to let it die and retries over and over to beat the siege back with various ideas by restarting without saving. Who says he isn't? Playing and losing the same siege over and over is probably the most optimal way to have FUN in DF that I've heard of yet. 
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Thadius posted:Oh hey I know why the lashmaster isn't dying. I know it's a few days late, but I had a go at this because I like drawing monsters: 
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Error: Xeen.exe draining too much processing power... Shunting power from Xeen.exe to Bronzestabbed.exe... Begin update transmission sequence... 11th Felsite to 15th Felsite  Aldantefax seemed to have a thing for bones. Whatever he ended up making would probably be very grisly and gory.  The non-domesticated animals began reverting to their wild states. Thad was noted to tell the tamers to 'Try harder.'  And finally the elves arrived at the depot.  Thad was noted as making 'Oh that looks NICE' sorts of noises.  Also, noises indicating that he couldn't understand how one could get a giraffe into a cage on top of a horse.  The tamers came to Thad again with news of another animal slipping free of its training, and Thad gave them the news that if they bothered him with more news like this, he'd put his foot up their arses.  And then, the alarm sirens were sounded.   Apparently the goblins and ogres did not take too KINDLY to being chased off of these parts. Thad issued the Overseer-only Fortress-wide emergency call. "BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES! Leper, are all ours inside?"  "Jabu was sighted hauling something outside moments ago..."  "...As was ZeeToo..."  "...And Storger the Destroyer." "We wait for them, then." "I am also required to tell you that the elves are also all within our walls." "Good, we can still do business with them before long."  Once the three ladies were inside, Thad pulled the lever. And then went off to find John Dough. BRONZESTABBED HIDES Seriously? Eleven fecking days after the last one, we get ANOTHER one? This is totally unfair! Either the goblins are seriously pissed, or I'm doing something right/wrong to attract all this attention. Taking suggestions on how I should deal with this! Besides 'Get drunk.' That's already GOING to happen.
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