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SkillageFTW

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Made an all-cavern fortress
« on: May 20, 2012, 12:37:36 pm »
Hey, everyone.  I got bored so I started out a cavern fortress.  Any tips or suggestions on what I should do?

I need a good way to chop wood without getting killed by all the fun critters, and a way to get metal without having to use the "goblinite" method (I'm staying underground).  I don't think there are any ores on the map.

P.S. I hollowed out the walls of the cavern and am going to make a network of bridges across pillars.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2012, 12:43:12 pm »
Invest in a military, with a sizeable amount of crossbows. Never look back.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2012, 12:47:02 pm »
I once tried to make a cavern fort but then.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2012, 12:48:31 pm »
Don't prepare too much. I did these for the while and the most fun and FUN came from little things that I didn't prepare for. Embark with one axe and one pick then forage for food and drink in the cavern.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2012, 12:57:05 pm »
I've wanted to mod in Troglodytes or kobolds as a playable civilization and do exactly this for ages now, but I'm only a dabbling modder. Don't hold out on us man, post some maps once you're a year or two in!
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2012, 01:17:20 pm »
Quote from: Dorfimedes on May 20, 2012, 12:57:05 pm
I've wanted to mod in Troglodytes or kobolds as a playable civilization and do exactly this for ages now,...
I went the opposite direction. Made humans playable and wrote journals from the perspective of a research team.
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Asra

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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2012, 01:26:05 pm »
If you really want to cheese the caverns a bit, you can just wall off most of the corners of the map. If you do a good enough job you won't have to worry about the flying creatures either.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2012, 01:32:16 pm »
Quote from: Dorfimedes on May 20, 2012, 12:57:05 pm
I've wanted to mod in Troglodytes or kobolds as a playable civilization and do exactly this for ages now, but I'm only a dabbling modder. Don't hold out on us man, post some maps once you're a year or two in!

You can always try Kobold Camp.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70558.0
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2012, 01:45:36 pm »
Is it pretty much a stalemate if I embarked on a site without metals?
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Asra

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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2012, 01:51:01 pm »
Not at all. You can still rely on sieges and goblinite for Iron, or traders, unless you've completely sealed off the surface.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2012, 01:51:39 pm »
Quote from: SkillageFTW on May 20, 2012, 01:45:36 pm
Is it pretty much a stalemate if I embarked on a site without metals?
Not necessarily, dwarves can chop wood with training axes, you really just need to watch that pick. Lose it in a hole or something and you're pretty much screwed.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2012, 01:52:08 pm »
Quote from: Dorfimedes on May 20, 2012, 12:57:05 pm
I've wanted to mod in Troglodytes or kobolds as a playable civilization and do exactly this for ages now, but I'm only a dabbling modder. Don't hold out on us man, post some maps once you're a year or two in!

Kobold camp?
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2012, 01:54:19 pm »
Quote from: Corai on May 20, 2012, 01:52:08 pm
Kobold camp?
Kobold camp Kobolds can't dig stone. He could embark on a cave but for the sake of consistency modding them in may be easier.
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2012, 02:46:59 pm »
If you have deep metals, will you have a great chance of finding these ores in the caverns?
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Re: Made an all-cavern fortress
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2012, 04:19:03 pm »
Quote from: SkillageFTW on May 20, 2012, 02:46:59 pm
If you have deep metals, will you have a great chance of finding these ores in the caverns?
Lower levels may the first one probably won't.
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