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flamewolf393

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Any tips for terrifying?
« on: November 09, 2011, 09:31:10 pm »
I have yet to ever use military dwarves, but I was bored with my easy peaceful maps. So I have decided to try a terrifying map. I started up with 2 dwarves as axe/marksmen, 3 miner/masons, 1woodcutter/carpenter, and 1 farmer/brewer. I am in a mountain with plenty of trees, and the nearby surface valley is so deep that there is minerals and gems exposed to the sunlight! The only critters I see are yaks, nothing else.

Whats tips and suggestions do you have for me? What is the first things I should do and what do I need to really watch out for?
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 09:35:49 pm »
Dig down, and put a stone hatch on the entrance.

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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 09:38:43 pm »
If your area has harpies, start preparing a squad of archers.  They are as annoying as vultures, but are actually dangerous.
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flamewolf393

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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2011, 10:00:41 pm »
Crap. My entire area has NO soil or near-surface water of anykind... Am I screwed?
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 10:35:25 pm »
Quote from: flamewolf393 on November 09, 2011, 10:00:41 pm
Crap. My entire area has NO soil or near-surface water of anykind... Am I screwed?

Dig deeper!
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2011, 11:17:19 pm »
How do you have 'plenty of trees' but no soil?
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2011, 11:22:58 pm »
I've never really noticed too much of a difference, but maybe I've just had good luck with terrifying biomes. Werewolves are pretty annoying, but really arent a threat unless they catch one of your dwarves one on one. They seem to come with the colder seasons, too. But maybe that's just chance again.
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Quote from: Shmo on November 11, 2011, 02:37:22 am
That incident was really what clued me in to the depth this game can offer, though that one time I made a fort of 150 dwarves suspended over a gorge and cut it all loose was pretty fun too.

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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2011, 11:26:18 pm »
Quote from: Sutremaine on November 09, 2011, 11:17:19 pm
How do you have 'plenty of trees' but no soil?
The ground is so filled with rot and death that the trees grow directly on the corpses.
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2011, 11:45:12 pm »
Quote from: Sutremaine on November 09, 2011, 11:17:19 pm
How do you have 'plenty of trees' but no soil?

The layer immediately under the trees is nothing but sand, limestone, bauxite, hematite, gypsum, b. coal, jet, sandstone, lignite, and a ton of tiny piles of random gems. Not one lick of soil or water to be seen.
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2011, 11:47:05 pm »
Sand is soil.
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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2011, 11:55:08 pm »
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Quote from: Shmo on November 11, 2011, 02:37:22 am
That incident was really what clued me in to the depth this game can offer, though that one time I made a fort of 150 dwarves suspended over a gorge and cut it all loose was pretty fun too.

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Re: Any tips for terrifying?
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2011, 01:06:38 am »
Quote from: noodle0117 on November 09, 2011, 11:26:18 pm
Quote from: Sutremaine on November 09, 2011, 11:17:19 pm
How do you have 'plenty of trees' but no soil?
The ground is so filled with rot and death that the trees grow directly on the corpses.
...I so wish this could actually happen...
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