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[Torrenal]

Brewed me a new fort for 40.05, and start of summer of year 1, I get
The enemy have come and are laying siege to the fortress

The enemy?  6 corpses with zero equipment.

So I've got a similar scenario.  Pluss 7 dwarves.  Plus a siege tag, so I'll get no caravans or imigrants.  Yay. 

Bait squad sounds perfect.

Shame tho, they brought no necromancer.

[Shadow_Hornet]

In that case I think I should look into getting some good hammers made.

In my case at 1st I didn't see the necro until I noticed the one non zombie elf who was standing with the zombies.

[Torrenal]

In my case, they all have 'Corpse' in the name and none of them have any inventory.  I think that makes them all Zombies.

Thus far (save scumming), every time I try encouraging a dwarf to lure them in, the dwarf opts instead for the Urist Charge of Doom...with predictable results.

//Torrenal

[Shadow_Hornet]

I just hit the lava sea and found that I have run out of wood. I also found two towers of the rare blue stuff.

[Torrenal]

I've got free roam of the map, except near the undead.  I've missed the first merchant and migrants however...    7 dwarves still...

and thanks to save scumming, I've learned that the undead are fast.  Pulling isn't working.

I'll see if I can build up 7 copper plated marksdwarves and a danger room.

Why marksdwarves?  Pokey arrows don't knock off bits.  And Dwarves LOVE using bows as hammers.
//Torrenal

[Shadow_Hornet]

The Necro left but he also left his zombies behind....

[Torrenal]

Took me a full year, but I got:
7 Full sets of armor.
5 Quivers + crossbows
2 hammers
Bolts
1 training room

And 1 notice of 'The fortress attracted no migrants this season.'  A first ever for me.

Yes, the siege is over, but all of the undead remain.
I'll train up 2 hammer dwarves and then unleash my 7 man dwarven squad on the undead.
//Torrenal

[CaptainArchmage]

How far were you from the Necromancer tower? Is the range of the tower still always 10 world tiles, or does it vary now? I’ve seen towers and necromancer-sites where the range shows up irregularly, in some cases not at all, in some cases covering the entire map.

[Shadow_Hornet]

I don't remember how far I was from a tower. When I was picking the spot I wasn't even sure what a tower was.