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[Deadmeat1471]

What items shall I take?
I want an interesting embark


..and what do YOU pick?

Personally I usuallytake the stock items, for a long time I cba to change it massively. In older versions I got alot of plump helmet spawn for good early farming. Don't feel I need to do this anymore.
I often used to drop the anvil for something else, and trade for one at a later date.
Iron Cages or chains I always found useful for early legal system beatings.

[Aspgren]

Interesting, as in challenging?

Bring no seeds and bring no tools. Bring only stone, wood, food and drink.

[Kilroy the Grand]

Carve a pyramid out of the ground, going all the way down to the caverns

[Deadmeat1471]

Interesting, as in challenging?

Bring no seeds and bring no tools. Bring only stone, wood, food and drink.

Thats challenging alright, I mean interesting as in different to usual! Challenging is fine, but I also want it to be a long term game so not too difficult.

Carve a pyramid out of the ground, going all the way down to the caverns

This does sound pretty awesome. If I start on a hill I could carve it into a pyramid shape easily.

[Aspgren]

Want a megaproject, then?

BUILD THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

[Deadmeat1471]

Interesting idea.



It looks to me that this would be a large complex, about 5 levels up with 'gardens' all around and pillars and such.
As Megaprojects go, this looks like an interesting one. But what would I use for the gardens etc?
farm fields?

[Deadmeat1471]

Hanging Gardens wins, I'm gonna try this

*once the basics are started and set up, i'll consider how to make these hanging gardens of armok.

[ThatAussieGuy]

You could build in the side of a mountain/volcano in a temperate region so you have plants covering everything.  Then just dig out areas and replace them with built walls and floors as you wish

[Deadmeat1471]

You could build in the side of a mountain/volcano in a temperate region so you have plants covering everything.  Then just dig out areas and replace them with built walls and floors as you wish

I was actually thinking the same. Will have to find an embark which has a decent hill to do this on 

[Deadmeat1471]

Plans

I need to plant many types of plants aswell as the native hill plants. The hanging gardens are basicly  foreign plants placed in a palace for the guys wife, so in DF terms lets say I need to have as many different types of farm plots lurking around as possible. But no plump helmets, too common.

The walls and floor will be stone, and there needs to be a irrigation(trench with water in) around the palace and plants both inside and on the exterior.

Statues etc should be placed around randomly.

Animals should be captured/traded for and chained about for the lords amusement.

and finally a selection of lavish rooms for the lord to reside in with his spouse.

Err.

More ideas for luxury welcome!

Summary:

The Hanging Gardens of Armok

-Many plant types
-Irrigation ditches on all levels, pumped from a river/lake to the compound
-Stone walls and floor
-Statues
-Exotic animals
-Living wing, where the lord lives and sleeps
-Waterfalls.

[MarcAFK]

You could do running water and waterfalls, plant whatever aboveground crops your biome supports, even leave some green space for native bushes/trees, you could prune some areas so you have a grove of oak, one of prickle berries, etc, a bit time consuming but maybe satisfying.
I suggest using megalithic architecture for authenticity, but generally Dwarf fortress architecture ends up looking pretty much like that anyway.
Lots of Terraces are what you want, with above ground light tiles on them, I think merely muddying constructed stone allows you to build on it, and also plant growth (am i wrong?)
You should do it in a desert biome with the gardens sorrounded by rocks and dead sand etc, which will cause a problem since you want plants from all kinds of biomes growing on your gardens, maybe some modding or DF hack might help getting things right.

[Deadmeat1471]

Like the ideas, its basicly the plan. The waterfalls i'll add, also ill expand the running water into a pump operated irrigation system. Dont worry about muddying stone, only the steps and walls etc will be rock, I will leave plenty of soil around for plants and fountains etc


The Hanging Gardens of Armok

-Many plant types
-Irrigation ditches on all levels, pumped from a river/lake to the compound
-Stone walls and floor
-Statues
-Exotic animals
-Living wing, where the lord lives and sleeps
-Waterfalls.

[imperium3]

If the're the Hanging Gardens of Armok, shouldn't your irrigation streams be magma rather than water? Magmafalls would make a nice defence too...

[ThatAussieGuy]

If the're the Hanging Gardens of Armok, shouldn't your irrigation streams be magma rather than water? Magmafalls would make a nice defence too...

No, no, no.  The true dwarven method would be to make the irrigation streams interchangable.  Disable the water flow, wait till the channels dry, then open the magma flow...

[Deadmeat1471]

If the're the Hanging Gardens of Armok, shouldn't your irrigation streams be magma rather than water? Magmafalls would make a nice defence too...

No, no, no.  The true dwarven method would be to make the irrigation streams interchangable.  Disable the water flow, wait till the channels dry, then open the magma flow...