Let's succeed a Dwarf Fortress! [Krash-ing for Fun!]

Krash · May 4, 2011

Very entertaining as always GarfunkeL! :salute:

Oh, and I'd like to be signed up for another round, after heechee. Just watching makes my fingers twitch to grasp that magma doom lever (and if there isn't any I will build it).

Berekän · May 4, 2011

That was great! We haven't been sieged yet but still the dwarves managed to take down a megabeast! :salute:

About taking second turns, I think we should respect the positions we have right now and keep it cycling, of course if anyone wants to do it another way just say it so.

Krash · May 4, 2011

Berekän said:
About taking second turns, I think we should respect the positions we have right now and keep it cycling

That's p much what I had in mind. :thumbsup:

Destroid · May 4, 2011

Downaloadan.

GarfunkeL · May 5, 2011

Good luck finding the Easter Egg I left in there :D

Destroid · May 6, 2011

Good luck doing anything, I haven'y played DF for over a year so it's all madness to me.

Krash · May 9, 2011

Died yet?

Phelot · May 9, 2011

Destroid! report for duty!

Ulminati · May 9, 2011

Ulminati has mandated the production of updates!

Phelot · May 9, 2011

Maybe if he doesn't respond in a day or so, it should go to Berekän.

It sounds like Destroid IS playing it, but maybe he's stuck on the toilet or something.

Destroid · May 10, 2011

Alright I'll pick up the pace a little... should have an update done soon. It's not easy absorbing someone else's fort and how it operates, it's going to be hell for the new players.

Krash · May 10, 2011

Forts in total chaos are half the charm of a DF succession game.

Destroid · May 10, 2011

17th Granite, 253, Early Spring.

Some decaying corpses in the underground caverns. It has become clear with the Crundle attacks, the Troglodytes and the Forgotten Beasts that these carverns are host to quite a number of dangerous beasts. I have commissioned the engineers to construct a more permanent safety arrangement. We will tap into the aquifer and construct gates enabling us to flood the lower levels of the caverns if more horrible beasts rise up from below. I just hope none of us get caught down there if we have to use it.

Bandaid has come under attack from a Ruthener, horrible creatures. More followed but they fell pray to the stone fall traps (I'd get the military to kill them but I can't work out how to operate it).

12th Slate, and 'Destroid' Zonokol is selected as Sheriff to bring swift justice to the dwarves of Anusblaze! He was selected for his lack of compassion and a prison and offices are constructed. A new wave of miserable migrants arrive, as usual, they have little to offer and few posessions, but perhaps a few of them will find their way in the military and in the mines.

15th Felsite, the Elven caravan has arrived, with a Goblin ambush fast on their heels! Those tree huggers obviously lead them to us, hopefully they will assist us in repulsing the.

That's all for now, can someone give me a brief rundown on how to send the military somewhere? I tried following the guide on the wiki but following it's commands didn't seem to take me where expected. Pretty surprising how well my fingers remember the commands to DF even if my mind doesn't although I think default is actually a lot easier to read than this tileset, due to the low contrast.

Krash · May 10, 2011

Ok, I'll try to lead you through it.

1. press (s). This will show you a list of your squads. Keep in mind that the game does not pause automatically when accessing this menu.

2. Select the squad you want to use with (a). You can select multiple squads by using (A) instead.

3. Press (m) to make you warrior-dwarves move (works like the old station command), or (k) to give them a direct kill order (useful if a creature runs all around the place). Then select where you want them to go/who you want them to kill.

4. Hillarious slaughter ensues. Remember the little buggers are very vulnerable to arrows without armor, so try to ambush bowgoblins around the bend in the entrance (might be tricky). Don't forget to cancel the military commands once the fun is over.

Good luck! :salute:

GarfunkeL · May 10, 2011

Aye, the kill order does not get cancelled out after the target is dead. I assigned new dwarves into the squad after the previous losses, which I forgot to mention in any of the updates and there SHOULD be enough armour pieces to get everyone at least partially armoured.

Phelot · May 11, 2011

Destroid you're ruining everything!!! Get in shape and get this shit going. No more failure. A true browf would know how to attack shit. Get schooling done and get this shit rocking, I don't want to have to learn how to actually play this game.

Destroid · May 11, 2011

First contact is made with the small Goblin band.

It doesn't go well. This is an all too common example of our brave militias skills of war.

Ultimately about half the militia is killed and the other half injured. I have drafted new dwarves to bulk out their numbers and ordered the construction of crossbows and ammunition, hopefully marksdwarfs will be more capable. The Goblins wandered around outside for a while killing the odd dwarf here and there, requiring the expansion of our graveyard to accommodate the high casualty rate. Eventually the Goblins wandered off, unfortunately before the Elven caravan had left. The landscape is littered with dwarf corpses and slick with blood. We were unable to slay a single Goblin and also unable to lure them into the line of fire of our ballista and through the traps at the entrance of the fort.

(survivors recovering in hospital)

20th Hematite, and the flood switch is completed, allowing the lower caverns to be flooded at will. The door has been locked to keep nosey dwarves out, don't want to risk washing away our hard workers down there.

Ah, my problem was I was trying to control the dwarves from the 'military' screen, there have been a few UI changes since I last played. :oops:

For those who will come after me and haven't played much, you MUST get dwarf therapist to help you control labour, otherwise you will be lost. My first time using it and it is extremely useful.

Krash · May 11, 2011

Dwarf Therapist is pure gold yeah :thumbsup:

What you need now is traps, lots of them. Either cage traps or weapon traps should be good, stonefall traps are too wimpy.

EDIT: Oh, and is Krash the Brewer alive?

CrimsonAngel · May 11, 2011

You don't seem to have a Table in your Hospital.

place some Tables next to the beds it will improve your abbilty to operate and keep the chance of infection down.
BY placing a table next to a bed you lowers the chance of the Dwarfs going retarded when trying to operate on a sleeping dwarf.

GarfunkeL · May 11, 2011

Ah, that's good to know. I didn't know why hospitals required tables so I always placed them on the far walls next to bins and bags.

Brotherman Bill · May 11, 2011

What is the best way to get into DF?

I don't care about purism nor do I care to put any effort into modding, so I am really just after the best graphics + best UI without changing the core game too much.

Berekän · May 11, 2011

I guess your best bet would be the Lazy Newb Pack

JagreenLern · May 11, 2011

herostratus said:
What is the best way to get into DF?

I don't care about purism nor do I care to put any effort into modding, so I am really just after the best graphics + best UI without changing the core game too much.

I use the phobeus tileset myself. It comes with the Lazy Newb Pack. You should also take a look at this: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF201 ... tart_guide

Overall, I think the best advice I could give a new DF player would be to abandon any hope of learning the game without reference material, deal with the steep learning curve, accept the fact the your first few fortresses will fail miserably, and stick with the game. Once get an idea of what your doing, DF is pretty great.

Destroid · May 12, 2011

Real men use stock tileset.

Destroid · May 12, 2011

So soon after his promotion to Sheriff, Destroid was struck down futilely attempting to kill Goblins. Oscar has been promoted to replace him.

Of the original expedition, six remain:

Bandaid
Krash
Master of Decline
Oscar
Roofles
Ulminati

No sooner had the expansions to the graveyard and hospital upgrades been completed than...

I salute you brave militia dwarves :salute:

, seems that the floodswitch was completed not a moment too soon, I hope this beast cannot swim.

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