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yeyits been a while. set me up as an archer
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... twenty-nine players so far, and only seven available Dwarves. Hopefully, the MountainHome will send us a good batch of immigrants. Our Cook, Stamasd, will start making some of his fabulous home-cooked meals, in Wine sauce... that always brings them running.
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uhh forgot to ask. Is this a fort where we split up teh run and send the save? like a year or half a a year per player? or will you run the thing emu?
uhh forgot to ask. Is this a fort where we split up teh run and send the save? like a year or half a a year per player? or will you run the thing emu?
I'll be happy to pass the save along at the end of the year. It's late Slate (February) at the moment.
Good migrants? I typically get two dozen well skilled in beekeeping or olive pressing or fish dissection in my first wave.
That sounds like the usual bunch of idiots, yes. But since many of the players have requested specific roles, we can just turn off the Bee-Keeping and Turtle-Milking labors, and train them up as something useful.
Turtle milking sounds like a euphemism for certain acts performed in the privacy of one's bunk.
They can do THAT on their own time.
Here is our intrepid band of heroes:
Blue Emu likes Mudstone, Purple Spinel, Pig Iron, Giant Mole Bone, Short Swords, Bucklers, Mittens, Boxes and Bags, Bracelets, Coins, and Giant Narwhales for their fearsome horns. He likes to drink Elven Sunshine (oh, Gods!) and absolutely detests Fire Snakes. Who doesn't? He worships Limul the diety of wealth, and Domas the diety of trade. And he likes Coins... hmmmm.
Funnyman320 likes Rhyolite, Bismuth Bronze, Purple Spinel, Giant Impala Bone, the color Aquamarine, Shields, Geese for their formation flying and Crabs for their cute pincers. He prefers to consume Hagfish and Swamp Whiskey. He hates Oysters.
Quinton likes Saltpeter, Bronze, Aquamarines, Giant Cockatiel Leather, Giant Cave Spider Silk, the color amethyst, Battleaxes and Adder Men for their sibilant hisses. He prefers to consume Ocelot Meat and Dwarven Wine. He absolutely detests Jumping Spiders.
TonkaToy5 likes Gypsum Plaster, Bismuth, Amber, Opal, Larch Wood, the color burnt sienna, Bolts, Water Buffalo for their liquid wallowing and Moon Women for their macabre habits. He prefers to consume Sewer Brew and Rat-Weed seeds. He absolutely detests Maggots.
BakeryDog likes Rutile, Rose Gold, Plume Agate, the color taupe grey, Spears, Barrels, Giant Moles for their funny noses and Dark Gnomes for their ability to hold their liquor. He prefers to consume Blood Gnat, Perch, Gutter Cruor, Dwarven Wheat Flour and Pig Tail Seeds. He absolutely detests Brown Recluse Spiders.
Stamasd likes Anhydrite, Steel, Tanzanite, Elephant Leather, the color light brown, Gauntlets, Blue Peafowl for their pretty tails and Bloated Tubers for their suggestive shape. Whenever possible, he prefers to consume Whip Wine, Dwarven Syrup and Hide Root Seeds. He hates Snails.
EmperorGrimm likes Satinspar, Rose Gold, Yellow Jasper, Gems (jeeze... a whole category of objects), Bucklers and Animal Traps. He likes to drink Mead. He hates Fire Snakes.
I like the pillar with retractable draw bridges, would allow us to be mostly safe in the event of an invasion. Will also be a lot of !!FUN!! involved trying to build the damn thing.
Or, what about solid bridges that incorporate dodge'em traps? so the gobbos accidentally hurl themselves into carp river? It is just as sure a death for them as for us, and could be entertaining.
Or, what about solid bridges that incorporate dodge'em traps? so the gobbos accidentally hurl themselves into carp river? It is just as sure a death for them as for us, and could be entertaining.
Dorfify me!
Might give it a go later on to try for a run, need to train up my never existing DF skillz!
Might give it a go later on to try for a run, need to train up my never existing DF skillz!
Looking at that list of likes, I hope we're in a tropical biome. Although I don't know if I would want to tangle with Giant Impalas and Giant Cockatiels. Getting a supply of Elephant Leather for Stamasd sounds like 'fun' waiting to happen.
The only problem with Dodge-Em Bridges is that we won't be able to recover their equipment... which will be annoying if the lower third of this map is as barren of ores as the upper two thirds was. We have quite literally found NO ORE AT ALL except for a bit of Native Silver.
Added to the list.
... and nobody give me a hard time about preferring to drink Elven Sunshine!
I drink it out of a cup made from an Elf's skull... OK?
I drink it out of a cup made from an Elf's skull... OK?
We could build a bridge that can act as a dam to block the river whenever we want to gather it. Sure, it'll require that we redirect the river once or twice, or possibly collapse an earthen dam while we construct it, and we'll have to run the Carp gauntlet, but that's all fun and games. ^_^
We don't *really* need armor, do we? The best defense is a good offense. Leather armor and silver hammers all around!
Collapses happen completely vertically, right? We couldn't dig out an incline and collapse a huge big chunk of rock diagonally into the river?
We should be able to locate some lovely Adamantine fairly soon... I've postponed any further exploration of the depths until we get our living quarters set up, since our Dwarves are already complaining about needing to sleep in the dirt and to eat standing up. On such a shallow map, we probably won't find enough of the blue stuff to outfit our military with Armor... but we should easily get enough for some Axes and Spears. Silver for Hammers, yes.
Now we should give some thought to setting up our economy.
The map is so shallow that I am reluctant to make and sell Rock Crafts until we can get an Obsidian Farm running... there just isn't enough Rock here to set up an export industry. We should try to sell only renewable resources... Prepared Meals (we can grow the ingredients ourselves), cheap Glass Jewelry (we can make the Glass from renewable Sand), Obsidian Stone-Crafts once we have a Magma/Water Obsidian Farm running.
Any other ideas for renewable exports?
When the caravans come, we should buy all the Magma-Safe rocks (Bauxite etc), all the ores, all the metal bars (if we can afford them)... and perhaps the tame animals as well, if we want to set up a slaughter-house for a more varied diet and for export bone-crafts.
Discuss.
well... we could maybe even capture a few carps!
That's a very good idea. We could undermine the River, collapse a construction into it to break out the bottom, suck all the Carp into cage-traps, then close the "air-lock" drawbridge to allow the river to re-fill, and let the Carp air-drown then slaughter them for bones and meat.
Collapses happen straight down, correct... so we can't slide a big chunk of rock diagonally.
What we COULD do is use Magma and Water to cast a huge Obsidian Dam in mid-air over the river, and then drop it into place.