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Scood

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thinking about making a fishbowl
« on: November 22, 2010, 12:24:26 am »

my fortress is kinda in a valley so im thinking that i can build an above ground fortress close off all above ground entrances and damn the river as well as any other areas that the rivir migh flow in a kind of sphere also i may need to board up the volcano so it doesnt flood flood with watter. it should be able to drain in emergencies.. what im excited for is when under siege i can just flood the entire map as well as trap them inside the fishbowl. maybe its more like a snowglobe than a fishbowl....only problem is that the water freezes during winter...........
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Re: thinking about making a fishbowl
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2010, 01:17:35 am »

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Re: thinking about making a fishbowl
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2010, 01:28:17 am »

Well, you would need pumps.  Damning a river wont cause it to backflow and reach a higher waterlevel.  And could carving the bowl out of cast obsidian register the tiles as underground possibly?
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Re: thinking about making a fishbowl
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2010, 03:48:02 am »

Or dig the bowl underground
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