It had been a little while since the last time I played, so I decided to give 40c a shot and started a new fortress with my hopes high...
I'm thinking "Oooooh, fire imps. Good thing I took 15 war dogs with me."
Maybe I was mistaken. It didn't help much... I get a message that my mechanic was burnt to a crisp, and okay so there was no dog around to protect him while he was hanging out by the magma (which was right next to the embarking spot). I don't mind. Just one dwarf.
And then I go take a look and there's a huge fire spreading at a wild pace, with nothing stopping it. Looks like it'll overtake the whole map, which is covered in grass (and oddly the trees go undamaged).
At this point, I gave up hope and said "Ah to hell with it!" and unpaused the game to observe the tragic end and see how the contents of my former wagon would hold up under a grass fire. The trees did fine, so...
!!(turtle)!!
Everyone's dead except my two miners, three of my fifteen war dogs and a lucky horse, and most of my food is ruined or on fire. I still have some plump helmets... I could eat those and start an emergency farming operation, and split various job tasks between my two remaining dwarves. I wasn't looking for a serious challenge game though...
But look on the bright side, the map is covered in ash. Can that ash be collected and used for glass?
I just noticed that the fire is NOT going uphill. There were a couple places untouched because they were a little uphill from the otherwise flat map.
You have struck Native aluminum! Yippee....
And the miners don't seem to be upset at all, since they went straight into the ground first thing and isolated themselves from the rest of the crew.
Okay, forget that, my plump helmets have withered and one of my miners has become a running ball of flames. I'm doomed.
Kitchen: "You have no appropriate ingredients."
That was a short-lived fortress! Almost entirely annihilated by a single fire imp (and my negligence). Midspring on the first year.
Could that single dwarf survive though? I've got satyrs and unicorns on the map... A horse to eat... No booze... Mining skill... An axe for chopping trees (or satyrs) with. It's just so bleak.
He's hungry... Time for a (final?) hunting expedition! (forget the horse)
Didn't I say a while ago, "Just one dwarf"?
And he tries to hunt a fire imp with an axe. In an ironic twist, he's taken down (unconscious) in melee instead of being scorched to oblivion.
The end.
Any ideas on how to approach fire hazards in the early game? Or other useful insight?
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Topic: Recent changes to the nature of fire? (And some tragedy) (Read 994 times)