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Keilden

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Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« on: April 17, 2009, 01:31:20 am »
I just got the Malekith book and have read up to the part where he hunts troll with the dwarf king. Alot of the stuff in the dwarven cities gave made me think about DF, and they also gave me inspiration about my own fortress. Like building a huge underground highway(even tho I doubt that traders would use it unleash I forced them to). Anyone else got thoughts like that?
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 02:18:33 am »
An underground highway? Wouldn't that be really vulnerable to seismic activity? I love the idea, though.
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 02:20:28 am »
just settle on an underground tunnel over a chasm. I built a town around one those once, it was good fun.

I could never get caravans to spawn in in the tunnel though. I wonder if it's possible?
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2009, 02:22:48 am »
Underground tunnels and roads are already in the next release.

Also, you should probably give a bit more info about whatever book you're talking about, since you seem to think everyone here is psychic.   I apologize if my own doings on this forum have misled you.
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2009, 03:36:32 am »
The book is named Malekith as I said:) the Malekith book.
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2009, 05:09:01 am »
I'm assuming this is a Warhammer Fantasy novel about the Dark elf Witch King?

I don't read the books, but I do play WFB Dark Elves...  :P
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2009, 06:31:27 am »
Yeah the book is about him pre-sundering.
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Re: Malekith (small spoilers I guess)
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2009, 09:03:58 am »
Quote from: Keiseth on April 17, 2009, 02:18:33 am
An underground highway? Wouldn't that be really vulnerable to seismic activity? I love the idea, though.

Funny you should say that, large chunks of it did indeed collapse. :)

As for making your own undeground highway, I don't know if caravans will spawn on an underground road but I do know they'll use one if  there is access from the surface, so you could just make the tunnel emerge onto the surface right by the map edge.
One of my fortresses used such an underground road because it was on a biome boundary between some mountains and a heavily forested bit -the ountain was covered in impassable boulders  and 1-2tile wide ramps (so a pain to clear a route) and the heavily forested bit spewed trees like there was no tomorrow, so was also a pain to clear. An underground tunnel emerging onto the edge of the map though really cut down on the chopping required. :)
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