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Rilder

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Road "Stuff"
« on: July 16, 2008, 08:08:58 pm »
Now that we have roads spanning our worlds, why not we have stuff to go with them, specificly, some fortress mode stuff.

Like roadcrews that would pass by your roadside fortress and tune up the road, maybe even request resources like stone, or maybe rent out rooms for a day or so.

Random travelers passing by on the road would also be cool.

On the same vein, how about some buildings that have to be built close to a road, like Inns and stuff.
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Re: Road "Stuff"
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2008, 08:47:09 pm »
New economic sector: tourism. Instead of building sculpture gardens and high-quality walls engraved walls just to make your dwarves happy, build them to rake in dough from passing travelers. Elves would rather look at interesting natural features and groves (older trees are more interesting to them); goblins want to see arena fights and donkey shows; kobolds want to "see" sparkly treasure; dwarves want to sample the local booze and to see statue gardens and stonecraft; humans want to look at zoos, enjoy some fine meals, and buy souvenirs.

However, running a hotel or casino on the island would require one social minion to -- wait, wrong game.
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Re: Road "Stuff"
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 07:18:33 am »
  I think that civs with roads should start protecting them. Example: Military patrols from one town to another, and maybe the occasional fort built on longer roads with a military garrison to protect it. They probably wouldn't have a massive effect now, other than to occasionally be battle locations, but when the caravan ark comes in then bandits on the roads could be big problems in some area's.

Also, I think it would be cool to get the occasional inn on roads which would be places to buy food, drink and a place to sleep. They could also have various mercenaries and the like who you could hire to join you.
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Re: Road "Stuff"
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 09:25:18 am »
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Re: Road "Stuff"
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2008, 11:27:36 am »
Quote from: Blacken on July 17, 2008, 09:25:18 am
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well they are goblins.
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Re: Road "Stuff"
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2008, 01:13:16 pm »
Quote from: ivegotgoodabs on July 17, 2008, 11:27:36 am
Quote from: Blacken on July 17, 2008, 09:25:18 am
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donkey shows

well they are goblins.

Seriously... did ya'll just suggest adding donkey shows to DF?

Even the sight of D/ :) is going to make me wince now
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