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A_Fey_Dwarf

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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2008, 04:36:02 am »

-Early warning sign of imminent death
HFS virgin: Hmm what does this pop up thingy mean?
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2008, 05:10:33 am »

It means multiple messy and painful deaths unless you seal it back up again with walls.

FEAR SO!
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2008, 08:23:37 am »

Pardon the derail but what does HFS standfor?

Also you dont have any dwarves in skirts do you?

...sorry couldnt resist... *hangs head in shame*
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2008, 08:37:04 am »

Hidden Fun Stuff: Messy things found in cages in peculiar chambers in the bases of mountains... they're guarded.  Oh yes, they're guarded.
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2008, 12:58:17 pm »

It could be your civilization or group symbol, which is why it's showing up really often.  My dwarves don't carve demons until after exposing the HFS.

How can I find out if it's my civ/group symbol?

There are two ways.  The first is to go into your fort in Adventure mode and start looking at engravings.  It will specifically say if an image is the civilization or group symbol.  That requires backing up your save and abandoning your fort, however.

There's a simpler way.  Look at a few of the tentacle demon engravings.  If they have the same title, then it's definitely a civ or group symbol.  Unfortunately it won't specify which unless you go into adventure mode.
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2008, 01:29:10 pm »

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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2008, 02:02:09 pm »

When you get the message "Strike the earth!"

When you get the message: Urist McMickMick Has Died In The Heat
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2008, 02:28:42 pm »

when you get the message 'the wagons have bypassed your inaccessible depot'... that was a bad winter... :'(
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2008, 03:30:16 pm »

I don't rely on trade usually...

And on the doom note...
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2008, 03:53:17 pm »

My key sign: when the economy starts.

Basically everything is ****ed up right then and there.
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2008, 03:55:53 pm »

It could be your civilization or group symbol, which is why it's showing up really often.  My dwarves don't carve demons until after exposing the HFS.

How can I find out if it's my civ/group symbol?

There are two ways.  The first is to go into your fort in Adventure mode and start looking at engravings.  It will specifically say if an image is the civilization or group symbol.  That requires backing up your save and abandoning your fort, however.

There's a simpler way.  Look at a few of the tentacle demon engravings.  If they have the same title, then it's definitely a civ or group symbol.  Unfortunately it won't specify which unless you go into adventure mode.

Wasn't it also shown on coins if you inspect them? I'm not sure, Im "relatively" new to this all myself but never minted coints to test it out with as I heard the economy runs just fine without having dwarves dropping coins around your fort everwhere.
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #26 on: July 10, 2008, 04:17:21 pm »

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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #27 on: July 10, 2008, 04:40:52 pm »

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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #28 on: July 11, 2008, 05:18:36 am »


AHHAHAHAHAHA!!! SO TRUE!!

Stuff like this should happen more often! :)
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Re: Early Warning Signs your fortress is doomed?
« Reply #29 on: July 11, 2008, 11:11:07 am »

The earliest warning sign I can think of is when *I* start a fort ;)
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