I have about 140 dwarves, with a ton of created and exported wealth, but I cannot get a baron to arrive...
[QUOTE=extremist18;32719057]I have about 140 dwarves, with a ton of created and exported wealth, but I cannot get a baron to arrive...[/QUOTE]
Part of getting nobles is having wealth invested in roads. Use o or O to pave some roads. Make a few thousand worth of road value to get those nobles. Also:
Arrival conditions
20 population
100k created wealth
10k exported wealth
If I Pit a bunch of animals, like cats and dogs, into the top level of a cavern, will they actually wander around and explore the area? I've got hundreds of dwarves, but I'd rather not have any die from unforeseen fun.
[QUOTE=Shotacon;32713559]Embarked to a zone with dolomite but no iron-making ore. :([/QUOTE]
You will be better off than most, you have Dolomite on your side!
Just fought my first goblin ambush (well, two at the same time)
I messed up pretty bad...
[QUOTE=Sewer guy;32726436]Just fought my first goblin ambush (well, two at the same time)
I messed up pretty bad...[/QUOTE]
Nope, you won! [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-buddy.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Gunar;32725247]If I Pit a bunch of animals, like cats and dogs, into the top level of a cavern, will they actually wander around and explore the area? I've got hundreds of dwarves, but I'd rather not have any die from unforeseen fun.[/QUOTE]
They would, in fact I think there's a term for that on the DF wiki, "Deep Rovers" or something like that.
[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;32728183]They would, in fact I think there's a term for that on the DF wiki, "Deep Rovers" or something like that.[/QUOTE]
Almost right.
[quote][B]Methods of Exploration[/B]
There are many different methods of exploring, some safer than others.
[B]Dwarf team:[/B] The most entertaining method, you can have dwarves manually explore the cavern by foot. This can be done by ordering your squads into the cavern with move orders. If you use this method, it is recommended that you equip your dwarves well. The squad:attack:list command will help you find and kill enemy creatures which may be located on many different z-levels inside the cavern.
Note that creatures may wander into the cavern from the edges, so, if you want to start collecting silk, gems, ore and the other valuable loot in a cavern, and you want to do so safely, you should first kill or capture the creatures in the cavern, and then you can wall off the edges to keep new creatures from wandering in. Note that, if you want to keep flying creatures out, your walls will need to cover the edge of the cavern from the floor to the ceiling. If you'd still like to fight or capture wandering creatures, but don't want them killing your workers, you can leave some room for creatures to get in, and build doors or cages as necessary.
[B]Fortifications: [/B]as dwarves can see through fortifications, you can carve out a fortification near the edge of the explored area to safely discover more of the cavern. This prevents wildlife and megabeasts from entering your fort, as an added benefit. This method does not work for exploring the magma layers - or rather, it does work, but for a very, very brief time during which there is much fun.
[B]Digging and walling: [/B]Instead of smoothing a wall and then carving a fortification, it can be quicker to just dig out the wall and then blocking off the opening with a constructed wall. The disadvantage over the fortification method is that if any dangerous creatures are lurking unseen near edge of the explored area they might get to your dwarf before the wall can be put up.
[B]Digging from above:[/B] The only method that works in the magma layers, this method requires you to dig a hole from above the caverns into the cavern. It is advisable to seal the hole afterwards if you wish to prevent flying or magma creatures from entering your fort.
[B]Autonomous Dwarven Cavern Rover:[/B] Pit an animal into the cavern through an access tunnel above the cavern floor, walling it up afterward if you wish. The animal will wander the cavern, revealing more of it, and possibly stumble across things you would prefer your dwarves not encounter unaware. Use a female animal when you have a male of the same species somewhere in your fortress to produce a population of self replicating rovers. If the animal is tame, its movement can be somewhat controlled by creating a meeting zone in the place you would like it to move to.
[B]Suicide mission:[/B] Ideal for exploring the bottom of a deep pit or magma pool. Knock a dwarf or animal into the pit, and they will rapidly plummet. Despite being unconscious, they will report everything they see for as long as they are alive. Nobles and cats make excellent geonauts. [/quote]
[editline]11th October 2011[/editline]
Average dwarf soldier.
[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/33uflsz.jpg[/img]
[editline]11th October 2011[/editline]
Played some adventure mode after a long hiatus. First adventurer, killed by a gang of bandits. Second adventurer, head kicked in by a herd of camels camping right at a fort's gates (was going in to report my success etc). Third adventurer, raped by a grizzly bear. Fourth, bogeymen.
I never even got far enough to get a companion.
So anyway, ever since I started this world, my engravers kept making pictures of some Cyclops named Sagus Dospoastru Domouslun
who supposedly killed off an entire army and two legendary human warriors.
Now he's here :suicide:
[QUOTE=Sewer guy;32730114]So anyway, ever since I started this world, my engravers kept making pictures of some Cyclops named Sagus Dospoastru Domouslun
who supposedly killed off an entire army and two legendary human warriors.
Now he's here :suicide:[/QUOTE]
Speak (and engrave) of the devil...
OH WOW, I sent my poorly-equipped, unmaintained army to kill the Cyclops and they punched him to death without any casualties!
[QUOTE=Sewer guy;32730178]OH WOW, I sent my poorly-equipped, unmaintained army to kill the Cyclops and they punched him to death without any casualties![/QUOTE]
let me guess
jammed skull through brain
[editline]11th October 2011[/editline]
1x agree? knew it. it's a combat bug and killing something with it isn't anything special
[editline]11th October 2011[/editline]
every single battle in vanilla DF ends with jamming skull into brain
[QUOTE=Orkel;32730217]let me guess
jammed skull through brain
[editline]11th October 2011[/editline]
1x agree? knew it. it's a combat bug and killing something with it isn't anything special[/QUOTE]
Plus wolf.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/GPFGQ.png[/img]
One of the greatest lines ever
[quote][quote]Fun fact about the combat system: Ripping the heart used to not kill you, and even now quickly bleeding to death is just a placeholder. Because braindeath from blood deprivation isn't done yet.[/quote]
Real Dwarves don't need hearts, they just flex repeatedly to circulate blood.
[/quote]
Wouldn't mind seeing a wolf punching a cyclops to death actually. Sounds pretty funny.
Just got backing into it with a fledgling fort, i'm about to stock up on iron gear and make my milita in case of Fun before expanding much more
Snatchers are really smart lemme tell ya.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/TTTPc.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;32744616][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/795329/Pictures/Dorf/LEGENDARY%20BITERS.PNG[/img]
Legendary biters bro, legendary biters[/QUOTE]
Oh wow he actually tore all the way into the inner brain with his teeth
Just dropped a fisherdwarf and all the goblins attacking him into my magma moat, so he wouldn't die in vain.
Poetically enough, he worshiped the goddess of fate.
Ok, I've seen this message pop up dozens of times during my DF play so far and I still don't know what it means.
What's the deal when a dwarf grows attached to their weapon or whatever?
[QUOTE=Shotacon;32751471]Ok, I've seen this message pop up dozens of times during my DF play so far and I still don't know what it means.
What's the deal when a dwarf grows attached to their weapon or whatever?[/QUOTE]
It means they love their weapon so much they will never switch it to another. Same with anything else they get attached to.
Often happens after killing a megabeast or after using it for years. They can also name the weapon something kickass.
I recently had an awesome campaign as a dwarven adventurer named Mebzuth Diamondquested the Honest Flayer. I managed to totally-luckily kill a goblin outlaw and won me some fame. I rounded up a team of badass peasants that could stab people's arms off, and oh how we raided into so many goblin camps. I got a daring quest to slay some night creatures far off in swamps to the north, and my team trekked for days. We got our asses handed to us, (especially to the one with horns!) but we managed to scrape by with the target creature killed and my team of peasants was reduced to two.
I lost my sword for some reason and I don't know how.
We were all declared heroes by the fortress Scuffleamazed in the human Empire of Habit and the law-giver there gave us a grueling task to kill some [I]scawy[/I] goblin leader Inkywap in a camp. I rounded a team of soldiers from the fort and we were on our way, which was a half-day's journey. Inkywap foresaw us coming and gathered his own ambush on us.
Left and right, my peasants and soldiers valiantly fought off Inkywap's men while I decided to take on his hideous ass. I didn't have my trusty sword handy, and I was whipped to death.
I now have a new human adventurer, I didn't really read his name. I started out in a nearby village to the fort and wanted to get a move-on with some quests. A villager gave me a quest to kill the goblin Inkywap. He said that he killed their beloved hero Mebzuth Diamondquested the Honest Flayer. I felt proud.
TD;LR: Had a fun time with a dwarf hero and Dwarf Fortress is an awesome game.
[QUOTE=Sewer guy;32753623]I recently had an awesome campaign as a dwarven adventurer named Mebzuth Diamondquested the Honest Flayer. I managed to totally-luckily kill a goblin outlaw and won me some fame. I rounded up a team of badass peasants that could stab people's arms off, and oh how we raided into so many goblin camps. I got a daring quest to slay some night creatures far off in swamps to the north, and my team trekked for days. We got our asses handed to us, (especially to the one with horns!) but we managed to scrape by with the target creature killed and my team of peasants was reduced to two.
I lost my sword for some reason and I don't know how.
We were all declared heroes by the fortress Scuffleamazed in the human Empire of Habit and the law-giver there gave us a grueling task to kill some [I]scawy[/I] goblin leader Inkywap in a camp. I rounded a team of soldiers from the fort and we were on our way, which was a half-day's journey. Inkywap foresaw us coming and gathered his own ambush on us.
Left and right, my peasants and soldiers valiantly fought off Inkywap's men while I decided to take on his hideous ass. I didn't have my trusty sword handy, and I was whipped to death.
I now have a new human adventurer, I didn't really read his name. I started out in a nearby village to the fort and wanted to get a move-on with some quests. A villager gave me a quest to kill the goblin Inkywap. He said that he killed their beloved hero Mebzuth Diamondquested the Honest Flayer. I felt proud.
TD;LR: Had a fun time with a dwarf hero and Dwarf Fortress is an awesome game.[/QUOTE]
Wait until the next update. You'll be able to pillage entire cities and resurrect an army of fire-breathing werewolf skin! [IMG]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c29/kalamari13/emot-byodood.gif[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Shotacon;32754507]Wait until the next update. You'll be able to pillage entire cities and resurrect an army of fire-breathing werewolf skin! [IMG]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c29/kalamari13/emot-byodood.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Mother of Mel Marbokgenci, when's the update?
[editline]12th October 2011[/editline]
Got revenge on that goblin bitch. VICTORY!
[QUOTE=Sewer guy;32730274]Plus wolf.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/GPFGQ.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I'm just imagining a wolf, biting onto that cyclops' groin, suspended in the air, and just fucking swinging around.
I love the history of Dwarf Fortress too. Like there's an elven civilization called the Spattered Cloud that nearly fell apart by repeated troll attacks. Then the general becomes husband of a night creature Yonali Martyredthunders and becomes the ballsiest guy ever. Over the course of his leader of the elven army he defeated two dwarven armies and a couple megabeasts.
The Spattered Cloud, under his reign, repeatedly pillaged and went to war against the Pallisade of Tenacity; all wars in which the Cloud kicked their ass.
In spring year 32, the Spattered Cloud signed a peace treaty with the Pallisade (:v:) and some other shit about random animals becoming enemies of the kingdom.
When Lema Songtaxes gets the druid role, everyone else gets dumped and new kings, queens, etc. get elected.
In early winter of year 35 the husband of the night creature Yolani Martyredthunders becomes enemy of the civilization. :zoid:
Overall, wow
Is there a way to lead your army to new areas in the upcoming version? That way you could build an army and have them raze a city
Pretty sure according to wiki. I'd personally just love actually watching these guys duking it out in adventure mode, especially that one night creature husband and the dwarves.
Had another adventurer even better than the first I talked about. Ivak Beachame: The Waning Tool of Ice wandered the wilds mid-summer year 38, after which he struck down a minotaur
as his first kill. (wasn't even a quest) He immediately became a hero in the eyes of the Empire of Habit, whom the law-giver thought the next task would surely kill him.
[B]Nope[/B]
Struck down two ettins ( The first was an accident because I thought he was the quest target :v: ) and became a hero in the eyes of the dwarven Full Pages and the human Slarer.
My next biggest task was to strike down the cyclops Beru Vigorsable, a villain that casted fear on the land.
I casted fear on the rats that munched on his corpse after I wiped my morningstar clean of his blood.
Next: Struck down a Roc and carried two eggs and his carcass back to Scuffleamazed, which everyone was leaving for some reason, but I gave out the word anyway.
A page and half of civilizations seeing me as a hero later, I struck down a dragon, earning me respect from pretty much every kingdom in the world.
After killing a glorious swamp titan, that law-giver gave me another task to kill a mountain titan, another chore all the way across the land. I stuck my morningstar in his face and was shot
dead in the back of the head.
I had twelve glorious kills under my belt (and a honey badger) and I was friends with every civilization in the land. Including Wickedness of Fire after I struck down seven of their leaders.
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