I'm not sure if there's swearing in this
Town Kolrab, "Wheeledglowed"
13 Obsidian, 134, Late Winter
I have decided to start to journal our downfall. Soon the therapist will
segfault us with legendary swordsmen or the goblins will come and that will
be it. We have also struck a cave where I know from experience there are
crocodiles that will kill more than the 45 dwarves I have remaining.
My specialist industries are carpenty, masonry, gem cutting and the
production of precious soap, though almost anyone makes lye. The
mountainside I cut a 3-wide tunnel into terminates at a trade depot and a
small hive of industry. The bedrooms fan out west and east from that hall
behind which is a large meeting hall all smoothed-stone, and a barracks west
of that I cannot get any squad to use. So my plan in an attack is to
activate all the woodcutters.
My apex industry is Soap Making. I have three designated soap makers, one of
them Adequate. My bar/block stocks are
ash [5]
donkey soap [6]
horse soap [3]
cow soap [3]
pig soap [2] (i had pigs?)
water buffalo soap [12]
reindeer soap [3]
elephant soap [64] (yes)
warthog soap [2]
giraffe soap [18]
I remember having to buy enough buckets to make all that possible. Gems are
worthless and easy to mass produce with a cave and some stone bridges. I
have two designated gem cutters, one Proficient.
Look at those bars. Maybe I will find some gold. So far, no. Just precious
Soap
Unfortunately it's stockpiled outside. What about the rain?
On this giraffe and elephant-laden savannah it doesn't rain much to be fair.
The cave we're pulling up most of our rose quartz and black opals from now
was a windfall because our surface wells kept drying up. We lost 2/3 our
population to thirst just after hitting 80 when I stopped paying attention
to play the Discworld MUD. Oh dear god. Why can I produce drink using only
vegetables, no water? Anyway I had failed to
I should use my manager for drink.
28th Obsidian, 134, Late Winter
Rough gems:
rough morions [4]
rough smoky quartzes [11]
rough pyrites [7]
rough clear tourmalines [2]
rough moonstones [4]
rough rose quartzes [22]
rough green jades [2]
rough purpel spinels [1]
rough brown zircons [1]
rough black opals [8]
rough white opals [5]
Total 66
Cut gems:
morions [5] value 10 (worthless)
smoky quartzes [2] 10 df bucks (worthless)
rose quartzes [20] 15 (sigh)
green jades [6] 100 (good)
almandines [2] 100 (good)
brown zircons [3] 100 (good)
black opals [9] basic value 150. good
crystal opals [2] 100 fine
Total 53
Large gems:
large rose quartz (30)
*large green jade* (800)
-large green jade- (400)
-large black opal- (400)
Total 4
And of course a ton of precious soap stored outdoors on the sandy savannah
I plan to trade several of these silly gems for more picks
1st Granite, 135, Early Spring
Brew Drink keeps getting cancelled. I thought it was for want of barrels, it
turns out there are no distillable items. Food stocks:
Food Stores: 1620?
Meat 486 Seeds 349
Fish None Drink 263
Plant None Other 522
Most of the meat and drink is purchased not made. But there is a lot of
prepared food about and two new, wet wells in the level -50-ish cave we
found. GOOD
5th Granite, 135, Early Spring
An engraver's in a strange mood though he's been quite content lately.
Peculiarly secretive... he's headed outside the fortress carrying a rough
rose quartzes [1]. It's the second one he's left at an outdoor craftsdwarf's
workshop full of elephant bone. I use those for making bone bolts for
hunting. It's near the refuse pile
6th Granite, 135, Early Spring
Id Oburdoren has begun a mysterious construction!
Good. My only other artifacts are a palm chair, a chert mechanism and a
chert mug. It will be nice to have something jewelled...
7th Granite, 135, Early Spring
Where is Sazir Zanegabsam, Miller, going with some of my precious elephant
soap? It says 'clean self'. Oh my, they really do that
He's on his way to the caves. He bumped into someone coming back with soap.
Oh my
He did it. I missed it, because there was a web over a ramp he took, but he
did it. Now he has to store the soap in the stockpile. I'm glad it isn't
destroyed
8th Granite, 135, Early Spring
Id Oburdoren, Engraver has created Nobotvush Nelas Astel, a chert mug!
Great.
This is a chert mug. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is
decorated with elephant bone [yes] and encircled with bands of rose quartz
and lion bone [yes]. This object is adorned with hanging rings of rose
quartz.
On the itme is an image of Etest Gleamsearched the Bite of Sculpture the
bronze colossus in Chert. [I have engravings on this subject too] Etest
Gleamsearched the Bite of Sculpture is traveling. The artwork relates to the
wandering of the bronze colossus Etest Gleamsearched the Bite of Sculpture in
The Steppe of Thunder in the midspring of 38.
On the item is an image of a hidden moon in chert. On the item is an image
of tall crosses in elephant bone.
Basic Value: 26400*
Woop.
13th Granite, 135, Early Spring
I have cut back to a single lye-maker, Lolor Asenfash, Glazer. This will let
him specialize at that. I wonder what that will do. Oh, coffee's up
18th Granite, 135, Early Spring
I cannot remember if this is our third year or fourth or what. With the
water die-off most of the remaining populace are recent immigrants. And it
seems no-one knows
21st Granite, 135, Early Spring
Some migrants have arrived, despite the danger.
Monum Rosattobul, Weaver
Atir Isethbomrek, Furnace Operator
Adil Atirbab, Dyer
Ablel Sodelenseb, Thresher [what is that?]
Tulon Degelkes, Trapper
A puppy
A cavy pup
Obok Nishthalal, Cavy Pup (Tame) christ
Zasit Sarveshotil, Cheese Maker (pretty sure I have nothing to milk)
Ustuth Elbelkeskal, Farmer
Atir Dakostadas, Woodcutter (has a bismuth bronze battle axe, good)
Iteb Inodning, Planter
Shorast Raztekkud, Cheese Maker
Sazir Monomthikut ("Sazir Paperbooks"), Fish Cleaner
Thob Lesastkubuk ("Thob Flanklanced"), Trapper
Tame bunny
Sarvesh Ferdegel, Wax Worker
Lor Lolorkubuk, Gem Setter
Cilob Dodokrab, Weaver
Cerol Isdenfikod, Herbalist
Tame alpaca baby
Reg Mamottobul, Presser
Oddon Athelesmul, Gem Setter
Jesus god how many are coming. OK just 3 more
Thob Shembubnus, Lye maker
Iton Zuntirdakas, Glassmaker
Melbil Ozsitsibrek, Hunter
21. Makes population 64. Great. Let me put the noobs through the Therapist
Atir Dakostadas is already assigned to woodcutting which is great because
until recently no-one was. Adil Atirbab is skilled at small animal
dissection but not performing it so turn that on. In fact look at all the
places I could do that for the noobs. Especially under Farming. Reg
Mamottobul, Presser, is Adept but wasn't set to perform it. Retired, I
guess. Lor Lolorkubuk is a competent cheese maker so he can do that too.
And... ~25 other cases like that, gaining us a soap maker.
Precious soap
Set the woodcutter and two new carpenters to not do any hauling and let's
gooo
28th Granite, 135, Early Spring
I caught another one
Edzul Nosimmonuz has been happy lately. He had a wonderful soapy bath
recently.
Indeed. That's our precious, precious elephant soap he hauled to the cave
well just to remove Grime from his body. I wonder what psych factors affect
the tendency to wash with soap
12th Slate, 135, Mid-Spring
Remember there was no plant type food? That persists, so I've designated a
bunch of plants for gathering. We'll see what that does
Cure my miners of all farming labours using the therapist. That will help
get the goblin pit dug on time
Yeah. There we go, the prisoners are arranged up top and this doesn't really
work anymore once you already have more prisoners than you can arrange
around the pits because when you decide which ones to pit it doesn't sort
them by distance or anything AFAIK. So you can only work with total prisoner
populations of less than or equal to what you can pit at one time. Too bad.
Well, I started early and there's just enough to do them all at one time
with little room to spare. This pit enters the top of a watery cave at the
bottom, near Z -50, so I don't think they'll walk back up. But there are gem
tunnels everywhere down there already so we'll see.
15th Slate, 135, Mid-Spring
After some paperwork there's one dead goblin in the reservoir. YES
I can't even see most of the bodies, they're submerged. Just a lot of blood
in the water. And I get all those cages back.
2nd Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
These caves go on and on. We are mining some Lapis Lazuli. I am establishing
a dormitory. There's already a food stockpile, kitchen and still. Oh good,
plant stockpiles are up to 11 -_-
Food Stores: 1470?
Meat 378 Seeds 322
Fish None Drink 115
Plant 11 Other 664
I think there was supposed to be a creek called Flyshrivelled the Fell Scab.
Our wells dry up often
4th Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
My mayor needs two chests and there just aren't any anywhere. Or bags.
Oh I'll queue ten coffers with the manager
Poko is on. I -hate- Poko
6th Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
What is wrong with the manager? He's busy making ash. I'll turn off all his
labours... oh except masonry. He's Proficient, and we're not doing any. Wow
he's a high master woodcrafter. Mosus Logemstukos, do your paperwork now
7th Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
Those rough lapis lazulis are only worth 6. Same as morions (worthless).
I am speccing a dig for more jade.
11th Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
I have activated Rakust Roldethkeskal, an unknown novice soap-maker, making
four total soap-makers, all trained at least to novicehood (no dabblers)
Saving my game to try Minecraft...
Oh it won't work in Wine. Let's try adding Java
14th Felsite, 135, Mid-Spring
Ahem. An Elven Caravan has arrived! Good. It won't have wood since I chopped
plenty lately but I can get some plants and drink and hopefully a pick or an
axe but probably not, from elves
I will trade them worthless gems
Moving all the small cut gems and all the large cut gems just in case (they
add well over 1000 df bucks, though there are only four)
1st Hematite, 135, Early Summer
I now have four lye-makers
I traded for some chests, and wood helms and gauntlets and sand bags. And a
bin of cloth so they'd stop bringing that and I should still be able to get
some food...
Plant stockpiles now 18
Oh I can see the corpses at the bottom of the goblin pit if I go all the way
to the bottom of the cave where the water is 7/7.
The elves want two large green jades but my order is mostly cloth to stop
them bringing it. I guess I'll go ahead though it sets their profit to 1272.
I removed one jade and they added a large black opal and the jade again. So
I removed the opal and they took it...
20th Hematite, 135, Early Summer
Our precious soap stocks continue to grow. I have to disable empty cages in
the stockpile over the goblin pit (oops)
I now have an Adequate soaper
I have submitted a Wine bug so I can reinstall a JRE install I botched by
running out of disk space x_X
27th Hematite, 135, Early Summer
Apparently I only have one gem cutter. He is Proficient. I have turned off
several of his other labours except where he is an accomplished Potter. I
don't do any pottery right now anyhow. But hmm, if I make some jugs I can
have some bees and a Presser like in Dibesherib, the doomed metropolis
"Crazygorge" which is now a black hole in the world-file that segfaults on
any attempt to reclaim or presumably to visit thanks to running dwarf
therapist in 64-bit mode or possibly at all
The gemcutter is named Rigoth Egathoddom
3rd Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
Some migrants have arrived, despite the danger.
Medtob Isethrigoth, Fish Dissector (we have no fish)
Kosoth Astelkeskal, Fisherdwarf (no i mean no fish period)
Erush Kibamem, Beekeeper (good i just said bees)
Stray lamb (all my grazing animals starve to death)
Stray alpaca (darn)
Stray donkey
Muthkat Ralzes, Craftsdwarf
Solon Lecadthikut, Cook
Bomrek Tosidmorul, Siege Engineer
Alath Okoldoren, Wax Worker
Stray Water Buffalo Calf (starve)
Tame named goat kid
Rakust Roldethkeskal has become a Soap Maker. Good. I activated him as
soaper on 11th Felsite. I wonder what he was before
So far I cannot try Minecraft
6th Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
Mosus Logenstukos, manager is taken by a fey mood!
Terriffic. I wonder if it has to do with his No Office. He did admire [his]
own fine Armor Stand lately. That dining room is legendary. Ah... Mosus last
came up 6th Felsite (two months ago) when I relieved him of non-management
labours. This is fun
He has claimed a craftsdwarf's workshop. Let's hope that works out
Oh I accidentally gave the office I meant for Mosus Logenstukos, Manager, to
Mosus Esnuloslan, mayor. So there's a bunch of un-authenticated work orders
(brew drink x120, make wooden cage x30, rock coffer x10, make ash x30, make
lye x30, sigh)
Let's see if that helps. The mayor can sit somewhere else.
I have to roll a joint with Neutrino now
9th Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
Food Stores: 2000?
Meat 400? Seeds 400?
Fish None Drink 200?
Plant 100? Other 700?
What's wrong with my bookkeeper
Olin Kubukiden had no office. Sigh
11th Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
A troll has appeared in the upper cave, on the other side of a gem tunnel,
and has destroyed half of a nascent dormitory! I've ordered the gem tunnel
plugged ASAP
My small jade dig has been most prolific
Oh I better Therapist the noobs
Added an adequate soap maker, novice dyer, novice brewer, adequate shearer,
novice shearer, and novice cook. My beekeeper was ready to work but has no
experience (0). Oh I can add a second gem cutter (Medtob Isethrigoth, Novice
Gem Cutter) which is good because I added a second jeweller's workshop and
gem stockpile.
Novice bone carver, novice weaver activated
Aban Lokumizeg, Clothier: I'm going to deactivate his hauling and cleaning
and try to put him on mining. We'll see
73 dwarfs now
15th Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
An Engraver is on the wrong side of the troll wall. Maybe I should tear it
down and put a cage trap there instead.
I knew gem tunnels were liabilities. I really did
17:02 < falmot> how do i keep all my grazing animals from starving to death?
17:03 < sandbox> move them somewhere there is grass
Good, that troll has a mangled lower body.
Well, the engraver has a bronze pick
A hunter just scrambled up a hill and is firing bolts into the fray. Good
Led Leslemurush has a broken head. But that troll is nauseous, and is retreating
Mosus Logenstukos has begun a mysterious construction! Good
I'd thought all the miners were up in the jade dig at -9 but it looks like I
locked at least the engraver and hunter in with the troll when I plugged
that gemming route. Hopefully they tear down the wall before they get hungry
19th Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
Mosus Logenstukos, manager has created Debstakud, a palm earring!
If he must
This is a palm earring. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is
decorated with palm and rope reed fiber and encircled with bands of giraffe
bone and chert. This object is adorned with hanging rings of chert and
menaces with spokes of chert and green jade. (no not my green jade)
On the item is an image of The Barricaded Controls the aluminum chain
leggings in acacia. (They made that in Dibesherib the Unrecoverable)
23rd Malachite, 135, Mid-Summer
The Forgotten Beast Wuvul has come! A great hairy slug. It has thin wings of
stretched skin and it is slavering. Its carmine hair is unkempt. Beware its
fire!
Fuck me
I'm activating all my woodcutters and sending them to kill it...
And hunters
And a stoneworker and engraver and two miners because who knows if they've
got picks...
The Trustworthy Halls (10) Kill Wuvul, Forgotten Beast
Good
Now there are trolls about too. Not so good...
Population: 73
Oh that nauseous troll who smashed up the new dormitory at the end of a
gemming tunnel came back. He's not nauseous anymore but his lower body is
still mangled. I'll send my military after him first. He's closer. Well.
Maybe it's more important I have them track the forgotten beast for me. I'll
probably lose him
But what about this troll
1st Galena, 135
The gosling is caught in a cloud of flames!
The Diagnoser is caught in a cloud of flames!
Why can't I zoom to those
Oo, seven more jades
I see thirty-six rough green jades in storage. One of my jewellers was idle.
My bad. I'll use the manager for that too
Well. No need
120 drinks are validated but the manager is somehow idle. Mosus Logenstukos
what are you doing? Drinking. Well. I've taken him off Mining...
fortunately, he was not equipped with a pick.
7th Galena, 135
We're out of barrels. Good thing I bought so much drink.
That troll is admiring some dwarf he knocked out near the ex-almost-dormitory
at the end of the gem passage for days now. Led Luslemurush ("Led
Puzzlinghandle"), Engraver, has a broken lower body, head, left upper arm
and left upper leg, but is otherwise fine, just winded, exhausted, and
unconscious. The troll still has a mangled lower body and is tired and is
turning around a constant stream of peasants coming down the gem passage to
recover wounded or clean.
No sign of the forgotten beast. Considering giving my squad a new target
Oh! If I'd known they already arrived at the cave with both the troll and
the forgotten beast, I wouldn't have reassigned them. Too late now. Let's
watch the carnage
Leading the charge is a marksdwarf with a shield and a battleaxe, Athel
Thedakalath ("Athel Clanbolt", oh well). I assigned him to a melee squad so
although he seems to have crossbowmanship probably from hunting he's using
an axe, my mistake
I should have put the hunters in an Archer squad. I also haven't set up my
uniforms to use the wood plate mail I keep buying. But he has equipped a
willow shield even with Metal Armor uniform. I don't know
He still has his pond grabber leather quiver. Sigh
Troll still won't know what hit him
Next up is Inod Sarveshanil, Militia Commander, who appears by his colour to
be a wrestler. He has a steel battle axe and an -<<iron shield>>- (on the
item is a well-designed image of fisher berries in purple spinel).
Third in the charge is Sazir Zanegabsam, with a copper pick in his left
hand, a shield -and- a battleaxe in his right hand (a bug I've seen in
adventurer mode), and a natural tendency for Macedwarfship...
I don't see the other six squaddies yet. I really wonder what happened to
the tenth while they were assigned to kill the forgotten beast. I also
wonder where it got to...
(I also wonder why I can't get them to spar)
8th Galena, 135, Late Summer
Surprise! The Marksdwarf is firing a crossbow in his left hand. The bismuth
bronze battleaxe was in his right hand with the wood shield. It's that
adventurer mode bug again allowing this guy to have two weapons one of which
he's fortunately adapted to as well as apparently a shield. FUN
Here comes Id Oburdoren (unarmed) and Atir Dakostadas (bronze whip, maple
shield), Recruits, but they can only help clean up by now
Yeah. Logemlular's mutilated corpse is there. Man, he really strangled that
Engraver.
Population: 68
That's 5 dead in about two weeks.
Squad relieved of the stale Kill order. Looking for that beast before they
get upstairs
Oo more worthless rose quartz.
13th Galena, 135, Late Summer
I am finally assigning a pen/pasture. I forgot. (I also forgot to type 'I
forgot' until now)
I almost typed Late Sumer. All the yellow in the grass makes that feel
right. I don't know what that means.
16th Galena, 135, Late Summer
Lorban Uniboshur has become a Miner.
Looks like he was best at Animal Training before. I could have checked what
he was but I hit read dwarves too quick
Pull out eight more green jade
17th Galena, 135, Late Summer
An ambush! Curse them!
Good more goblin pit food
18th Galena, 135
I see them. They're in the stone stockpile (outside).
Fuck they are picking off plant gatherers
1 dead
20th Galena, 135
3 dead
21st Galena, 135
5 dead
Calling a squad >_<
I like how the squad dialog doesn't pause the game
The Trustworthy Halls is still seven strong
23rd Galena, 135, Late Summer
More dead. Population 62
I only have one woodworker remaining but everyone gathers plants. This is
real bad. Wish I could order them indoors still (feature removed at some
point)
Oh and WTF merchants are here
Moved all my small cut gems
25th Galena, 135, Late Summer
Population 56. That's like twenty lost to the lethal countryside
If only I had Patrols of some kind. Well this game I never got my military
to train properly I don't know why. But I made so much precious soap.
I've lost so many I'm growing reflective. I'll have to check on my
industries after this. I see one lye maker at least
There are five soap makers. Great
I have to meet my lawyer in half an hour
1st Limestone, 135, Early Autumn
Population holding at 56
Hey I have plenty of wood
2nd Limestone, 135
If only those goblins had just come to my traps
Population 56
The Trustworthy Halls is now sized four and are back indoors
Good way to kill all my hunters, woodcutters and stone workers
Trader requested at depot
4th Limestone, 135
Why is the squad in the cave
I guess those goblins left. That was really stupid there were almost no more
plants designated. I mean if the ambush had come two weeks later no-one
would have been left outdoors. Instead twenty dead and I better build more
coffins. I mean I have a lot stockpiled already just in case. You know
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