GitP Dwarf Fortress Succession Game 4: Dwarves on Patrol

[Luzahn]

I've had a brewing job constantly running for my year. I'd guess that it was interrupted by a zombie at some point and I forgot to reactivate it. Or they were drinking it before it was stockpiled.

Next player should maybe set up a second brewery, up our production.

[Zargodia]

i could do a year I've been meaning to play for a while and this is a good excuse - though updates would be slow since i can only play for an hour or so a day except on weekends due to school and having to share this computer

[Luzahn]

Shouldn't be a problem, I can't see a round taking more than seven hours.

[Shpadoinkle]

Mine took almost ten hours (EDIT: Most of my first log was written while I looked around with the game paused and took stock of the situation, so really it was closer to nine) but then again my computer, if it were a person, would be a triple amputee. I was getting around 20 FPS, and that's after turning off weather and temperature and shutting down every program I wasn't using.

You don't necessarily have to complete your year, just finish as much as you can.

[Zargodia]

ok then sign me up!

[Luzahn]

By the way did you flip temperature back on, or is that independent of save?

[Shpadoinkle]

That's independent of the save.

Anyway, since Zargodia is the only player available who hasn't had a year yet, he's up.

[Luzahn]

Excellent! I await our tragic fall glorious victory over the zombies/goblins/angry elves and humans/forgotten beasts/demons.

[Zargodia]

ok ill be able to start around 6 (im on my Wii now) first update should be up soon

OK here it is

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so now that Shpadoinkle has stepped down as
overseer(though he never called himself that)
it falls on me to continue where he left off
ive desided that we need a competent military
so that will be my first step

ive noticed some bridges in the main hall and
dont know what they're there for

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from my inspection it appears that the fortress
will live for now but i cant seem to find the farms

ok ya i know there are farms somewhere (DT says that the farmers are planting) but cant find them. didn't do anything today except make me militia commander first REAL update tommarow

[iyaerP]

Farms are under the ice. Should be F2 to zoom to them I think.

[Shpadoinkle]

Those bridges near the main hall are for luring zombies up from the caverns, then smashing them.

[Zargodia]

Gnoman is it okay if i recruit you? because you have the best combat stats

next update!

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journal of Zargodia overseer of domianstaves 12th of moonstone


after being told where the farms are and what the bridges do ive strted
on building the training hall and redoing our military because currently
it sucks

i also commissioned a mighty sword to be made for me to combat the undead

Ive decided to ignore the caravan because several undead are right outside

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Ive kicked everyone out of the squad except me so i can pick a fresh batch
of recruits

a fishery worker is acting strange lets see what happens

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meanwhile my sword is finished so now the squad as is has weapons

the fishery worker has taken over a craft shop but has a foot ingury so this
might take awhile

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the new training hall is still hasn't been dug out "sigh"

WITH SO MANY MINERS YOU THINK DIGGING WOULD GO FASTER!!!!!!

the merchant seem to be fighting the undead now but not doing too well

the military has now started training here are the great champions of domainstaves!

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these are the best fighters this fort has to offer... ill probably recruit a few more from the common rabble a bit later

wow the mace dwarf that is with the merchants is kicking undead ass

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never mind shes dead

well thats my first journal and I hate this place already

ya the caravan is dead now so i guess that's just more stuff for when if we retake the surface

[Luzahn]

We didn't need that caravan, anyway...

[Zargodia]

for future reference how do i open the entrance for migrants?

[Luzahn]

The series of levers on the left wall of the main hall control the front's bridges.

[Zargodia]

great timing because a minotaur is in the fort and i want to kill it before it gets to where things are

edit:so if somthing dies i just need to dump it and it will be sent to the caverns right?

[Luzahn]

Yeah, though if you get an interrupt message pull the bottommost left-side lever twice. If the dwarves get scared by the cave zombies, that'll dump the bridge contents.

Alternatively, put the corpse under a bridge and smash it. Personally I think that's a bit of an exploit, but many would recommend it.

[Zargodia]

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journal of Zargodia overseer of domianstaves 19thth of timber

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well that was to be expected not very interesting either no pictures
just bone studs, well at least we have a legendary bone crafter

the military has started training now to make some shields and armor for them!

OH LA DI DA the mayor wants some greaves does he well TOO BAD we need armor for
the military first

Ral and me had our first sparring session and may there be many more!
Ral was worried at first about my spinal injury but its no problem

I just realized that we don't have an armorer so I recruited Luzahn
to the task

we are officially out of brewable plants but we have plenty of drinks
so it should be fine for now

neat a minotaur now just great hope he takes some of the undead with him
well the shields are on hold for awhile because we need more adamantine

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the minotaur is taking a beating but decimating the undead
OH ARMOK ITS IN THE FORT I gotta turn on the atom smashers before it gets
to the populated part

a donkey starved to death and is now inside the main hall!!!

3 or more dead including Ral i need to stop that thing!

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OH GOD MADNESS AND DEATH GOTTA KILL THE DONKEY BUT IM TOO SLOW!!!!

SO MANY ZOMBIES!!!!!

ok stuff has calmed down but 24 have died

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never mind stuff just went to ****

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i just died and from my ghostly perch i can see that this will
not go well

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everyone has banded together to make a final stand against the zombies

8 dwarfs left

6

5

4

3

2

1

fath obokinal is the last dwarf left

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so ya that's it if you want to back up the save to before my turn i would get rid of that donkey because that's what started it all it just lead to endless undead

[Shpadoinkle]

Fun is to be expected.

Anyway, what do you say, guys? Roll back to the end of my turn or let it go?

[Luzahn]

Well, it's dead. Rollback is in order, unless we want to be sporting and start from scratch?

EDIT: By the way, have you guys seen the development post with trees? They're becoming multitile things. With fruit!

[Schylerwalker]

Fruit trees are indeed exciting.

I say we start a new fort, preferable one where our livestock won't rise up to strangle the life from us. Near a goblin fort or necromancer tower is fine though.

[Shpadoinkle]

Originally Posted by Schylerwalker

preferable one where our livestock won't rise up to strangle the life from us.

But, but... where's the Fun in that?!

To be honest, I kind of like the idea of a fort constantly being balanced on the razor's edge of disaster, an all consuming tantrum spiral on one side and a zombie apocalypse on the other.

[Luzahn]

Yeah, seconded. Invading stealth neromancers and undead armies should provide a lot of challenge, without the messiness of a constant zombie plague.

[Zargodia]

Originally Posted by Shpadoinkle

a fort constantly being balanced on the razor's edge of disaster, an all consuming tantrum spiral on one side and a zombie apocalypse on the other.

ya all that it took was 1 donkey dieing in the dining hall to start it all. personally i think new fort might be a bit more manageable and easier to get off the ground

[Luzahn]

Besides, we lost. Can't go resurrecting forts, otherwise it never ends. Besides, having a succession world sounds interesting.

[Shpadoinkle]

Hmm... Well, if Zargodia would upload his save from after the fort has fallen we can use that world again and see if there's a suitable non-haunted area near a necromancer's tower.

[Leecros]

perhaps a region bordering an evil biome would suffice. It may provide a somewhat safer area while still giving you your evil weather, undead, etc...

[Luzahn]

Eh, I've found towers to be more fun. With partial evil biomes, you end up just building everything outside of it and avoiding the nastiness. A lot of evil biomes end up without undead too. The towers provide a good threat level without being a constant annoyance.

[Zargodia]

Here it is: Save

[Shpadoinkle]

Okay. I'll look around and see if I can locate some less hostile (but hopefully still Fun-filled) spots.