Dwarf Fortress v13 - Orkel looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible!

[moffe]

are there any recent versions with tilesets?

[acds]

Been reading a thread on the DF forums about magical proprieties for artifacts. Damn it would be awesome.

[StrongishPear]

Only problem with enchanted artifacts is that dwarves are stupid.

Ex: A dwarf has a flaming sword and accidently sets another dwarf on fire causing a fortress breaking chain reaction.

[Confused111]

[QUOTE=spillbert;28973933]Only problem with enchanted artifacts is that dwarves are stupid.

Ex: A dwarf has a flaming sword and accidently sets another dwarf on fire causing a fortress breaking chain reaction.[/QUOTE]
You call that a problem, I call it Fun.

[Seiteki]

Anyone have any ideas for the initial loadout? Starting a fortress on my netbook and I decided to actually plan the trip instead of just going 'Play now!'

[ElTacolad]

[QUOTE=Confused111;28974011]You call that a problem, I call it Fun.[/QUOTE]

[img]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1623/funm.jpg[/img]

[Teh Soviet]

Hooly shit. One of my possesed dwarves made a dog bone mace, encrusted in copper, with steel spikes sticking out... Is it combat effective if I give it to one of my jolly soldiers?

[Trooth]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;28974153]Anyone have any ideas for the initial loadout? Starting a fortress on my netbook and I decided to actually plan the trip instead of just going 'Play now!'[/QUOTE]

Protip: Don't take metal axes with you. Woodcutters can use training axes to chop trees

[Newbienice99]

Started an above ground fortress. My weaponsmith went into a strange mood, so I dug like crazy trying to find metal. Dug into an undeground cavern, found adamantine.
Poof, artifact adamantine short sword.
Later, my armor smith goes into a strange mood. Poof, artifact adamantine low boot. If only it had been a breastplate or shield
1.6 million created wealth in the first (or second, I'm not sure) year.

I'm gonna get raped by the sieges that are going to come, though. My only other metal is copper, and It's a little unsafe to tunnel into the cavern to get the adamantine.

[Orkel]

[QUOTE=Teh Soviet;28974356]Hooly shit. One of my possesed dwarves made a dog bone mace, encrusted in copper, with steel spikes sticking out... Is it combat effective if I give it to one of my jolly soldiers?[/QUOTE]

Maces suck. Bone maces even more so. Don't use it.

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Newbienice99;28974443]Started an above ground fortress. My weaponsmith went into a strange mood, so I dug like crazy trying to find metal. Dug into an undeground cavern, found adamantine.
Poof, adamantine short sword.
Later, my armor smith goes into a strange mood. Poof, adamantine low boot.
1.6 million created wealth in the first (or second, I'm not sure) year.

I'm gonna get raped by the sieges that are going to come, though. My only other metal is copper, and[/QUOTE]

Copper spears and warhammers if you can't use the adamantine. Your best bet.

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

Fort atm

[media]http://horobox.co.uk/u/Orkel_1301895450.png[/media]

Blood is from a bunch of goblin swordsmen that sneaked past my drawbridge and ambushed my dorfs, they got killed by my 3 soldiers and got no dwarf deaths or wounds or anything.

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

Fort atm

[media]http://horobox.co.uk/u/Orkel_1301895450.png[/media]

Blood is from a bunch of goblin swordsmen that sneaked past my drawbridge and ambushed my dorfs, they got killed by my 3 soldiers and got no dwarf deaths or wounds or anything.

[Kiwi Bird]

for items, what does <<item>> mean? I'm at a shop right now (adventure mode) and there are two iron 2h swords, one is <<sword>> and it says it has spikes, while the other is <<-sword->>, and it says it's well crafted and is encircled by donkey hoof and has a picture of a spore tree made of yak hoof on it

edit: also, how can I tell how much an item is worth, when I try to sell items to a shop keeper for money, it just says that they owe me money. How do I use the money in their shop/get it?

edit 2: scratch the money part, found it out

[Teh Zip File]

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;28971409]Siege force of 15 goblin macemen led by a (flashing) hammergoblin heading for my fort entrance, guarded by give SUPER LEGENDARY ELITE GUARD (every single melee fighting related skill except weapon skills are legendary) wearing nice quality steel & bronze armor, and every single one has a breastplate AND a mail shirt. They're mostly using bronze weapons since that's what they're used to. Supported from above my five SUPER LEGENDARY ELITE MARKSDWARVES (same as above), but not all of them are using metal bolts.

In reserve I have ten adequate swordsdwarves and my SUPER AMAZING HYPER LEGENDARY captain of guard, wearing two breastplates (!), a mail shirt and all other full armor pieces, all of adamantine, and underneath he wears adamantine clothes.

I'm pretty confident I will win since even if the sieging force defeats my five superlegendaries most of them will be caught in cage traps, and my captain of guard should be able to handle the rest.

BUT: I need some cool battle theme.[/QUOTE]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8XIW_jUa-k[/media]

:colbert:

[ElTacolad]

The fuck? I just generated a new world and apparently [B]plants don't exist.[/B]

I can't bring any seeds along with me, and all the items on the embark screen that come from plants aren't there. Food, cloth, thread, are all gone. What the hell caused that. :confused:

[B]Edit:[/B]

[B]THERE. IS. NO. BOOZE.[/B]

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

[img]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9673/doubleyouteaeph.jpg[/img]

[Canuhearme?]

[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;28975819]The fuck? I just generated a new world and apparently [B]plants don't exist.[/B]

I can't bring any seeds along with me, and all the items on the embark screen that come from plants aren't there. Food, cloth, thread, are all gone. What the hell caused that. :confused:

[B]Edit:[/B]

[B]THERE. IS. NO. BOOZE.[/B]

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

[img_thumb]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9673/doubleyouteaeph.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Did you set it to not have caverns? Because if you have no caverns, you can't have subterranean plants.

[Axiain]

[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;28975819]The fuck? I just generated a new world and apparently [B]plants don't exist.[/B]

I can't bring any seeds along with me, and all the items on the embark screen that come from plants aren't there. Food, cloth, thread, are all gone. What the hell caused that. :confused:

[B]Edit:[/B]

[B]THERE. IS. NO. BOOZE.[/B]

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

[img_thumb]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9673/doubleyouteaeph.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Take a bunch of war dogs and have them fight against each other and the winner can slaughter the dwarfs

[Trooth]

[QUOTE=Kiwi Bird;28974878]for items, what does <<item>> mean? I'm at a shop right now (adventure mode) and there are two iron 2h swords, one is <<sword>> and it says it has spikes, while the other is <<-sword->>, and it says it's well crafted and is encircled by donkey hoof and has a picture of a spore tree made of yak hoof on it

edit: also, how can I tell how much an item is worth, and when I try to sell items to a shop keeper for money, it just says that they owe me money. How do I use the money in their shop/get it?[/QUOTE]

Those little symbols mean the item is decorated, and it costs more than the regular variety.

[Orkel]

Playing is so much more fun with no danger rooms and goblins using bronze+steel

I should have done this earlier.

[editline]4th April 2011[/editline]

Elf merchants and siege arrived at the same time. Bowmen proceeded to slaughter the elves. Was fun to watch

vid: [url]http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2327-goblinbowmenslaughterelves[/url]

[editline]4th April 2011[/editline]

Too bad DFMA keeps the ugly, eyeraping default colors and tileset, instead of using the movie's one. Makes it look like ass.

[editline]4th April 2011[/editline]

lol

I renamed a dwarf Sponge and decked him in best armor, sent him to the walls to get the enemy elite bowgoblin to empty his quiver on him so that my actual archers can go on the walls safely to fire.

Enemy arrow count: 14. Sponge goes up, goblin fires 7 arrows. Two hit, one chips leg bone and one gets stopped by iron chain shirt. Remaining arrow count: 7.
Sponge goes to hospital. Gets treated. Immediately goes back to the wall.
Goblin fires 3 arrows. 1 hits and get stuck in Sponge's spleen. Back to the hospital!
Sponge gets treated. Back to the walls!
Goblin fires his last remaining arrows. 0 left. Two hit, one cuts his cheek and one gets stuck in his left lower leg. My archers go safely to the walls and drive off the siege, while Sponge is treated once again.

He shall be used again in the future!

[Seiteki]

Sponge really soaked up a lot of attention there.

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

What I'm saying is that he seemed pretty useful.

[Axiain]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;28977086]Sponge really soaked up a lot of attention there.

[editline]3rd April 2011[/editline]

What I'm saying is that he seemed pretty useful.[/QUOTE]

That pun made me cringe

[Trooth]

[QUOTE=Orkel;28976282]Playing is so much more fun with no danger rooms and goblins using bronze+steel[/QUOTE]

Now... When you say "fun"

[Seiteki]

Ripping this from the LMAO thread.
[img]http://oi51.tinypic.com/35jw0ib.jpg[/img]

[ElTacolad]

I'm trying to get my friend to play Dwarf Fortress, but he says it's bad because it has no graphics. :frown:

[Seiteki]

[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;28977734]I'm trying to get my friend to play Dwarf Fortress, but he says it's bad because it has no graphics. :frown:[/QUOTE]

It's not for everyone.
This is my first real attempt at playing it, before I'd just download it and read stuff about it, then delete it.

[Soul_Reaver]

[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;28977734]I'm trying to get my friend to play Dwarf Fortress, but he says it's bad because it has no graphics. :frown:[/QUOTE]

Don't worry about it. It's his loss.

[Kiwi Bird]

Wow, wrestling is way overpowered. All I have to to is strangle my enemy and they immediately pass out, letting me kick them in the head until they die

[Axiain]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;28977802]It's not for everyone.
This is my first real attempt at playing it, before I'd just download it and read stuff about it, then delete it.[/QUOTE]

I downloaded it ages ago, tried playing it. Gave up really fast. Then found this thread and started again

[Canuhearme?]

[QUOTE=Kiwi Bird;28979376][B]Wow, wrestling is way overpowered.[/B] All I have to to is strangle my enemy and they immediately pass out, letting me kick them in the head until they die[/QUOTE]

In 40d they were, but they seem to be the bottom of the food chain in the newer versions.

[Kiwi Bird]

[QUOTE=Kiwi Bird;28979376]Wow, wrestling is way overpowered. All I have to to is strangle my enemy and they immediately pass out, letting me kick them in the head until they die[/QUOTE]

Wait, throwing is worse. I get to legendary by tossing rocks from the endless piles of them, and then all I have to do is sneak up to people and toss arrows at them until they give into pain

[Nitrowing]

One of my soldiers just lobotomized a minotaur with his iron short sword from behind. He never even got to hurt one of my dwarves.

[Zezibesh]

[img]http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/Update%202-22/USELESS.jpg[/img]

Immigrant wave of nightmares