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[Girlinhat]

I stopped paying attention to the brainstorming thread and was just informed of this one ._.

[Spish]

Well, since you're only just now finding out about this, feel free take as much time as you want to prepare for your embark, and let us know when you've started. It's not like we're in any sort of hurry here, considering the lack of fortress-tweaking software

[Girlinhat]

I'm thinking... the theme shall be "Borehole."

[Spish]

Like a vertical hole-in-the-ground type fortress dealie? All the way to the magma sea even? Sounds good, especially if we can kick enemies into it.

[Girlinhat]

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Ideally something like this.  A deep hole drilled straight through to the magma sea (lava see, since it can see daylight?) with walkways carved into the walls and rooms buried in the stone.  The walls around the top edge would curve around into a short spire from which THIS IS SPARTA could be performed liberally.  Additionally, the above-ground structure there would contain an reservoir and pump area, coupled with the rest of the borehole's pump system, well...  The whole thing erupts and overflows (right when you get to the bottom!)

[Kassil]

Stylish. An artificial volcano. That should be Fun for adventurers who pull the wrong lever.

[DS]

Sounds exciting, but recall that you only have 10 days with which to pull off such a project.

[Girlinhat]

I embark fresh in the morning!  Gonna get a nice binge of dwarf in there and violate the all the stone.

[Spish]

Also, be sure to set an example as the first fortress and pick a spot that's easy to reach from the closest kingdom. In a large world like this one, getting around can be really freaking difficult (especially with the new rivers).

By the way, what civ are you going with?
(I'm really gonna miss The Mirthful Lizard-Crab from our first attempt )

[Girlinhat]

To be honest I haven't even opened the save yet   Probably whatever sounds the least appropriate and/or has the closest mountainhome.  Since I'll be producing dwarf-sized armor, it should be close to a dwarf starting point.

[Gizogin]

Ooh, didn't realize this had started.  I'm posting to watch, though it'll definitely be a while before my turn.

[Spish]

To be honest I haven't even opened the save yet   Probably whatever sounds the least appropriate and/or has the closest mountainhome.  Since I'll be producing dwarf-sized armor, it should be close to a dwarf starting point.

Keep in mind that you can't actually start at dwarf/elf/goblin sites because they don't exist

While we're at it, I'd recommend lowering the pain receptors on Bone tissue to 20. At this level; one cracked/chipped bone puts you in pain, two puts you in extreme pain (but is recoverable and doesn't always knock you out), and three is basically the same as what normally happens when you break a bone with 50 pain receptors (certain death, assuming you break all three in quick succession). In addition to drastically cutting down on cheap deaths, this also makes bogeyman a lot less annoying. Doesn't take into account skin+tissue+muscle torn by arrows, but chipped arrow wounds are at least survivable now (if only barely).

[DVNO]

To be honest I haven't even opened the save yet   Probably whatever sounds the least appropriate and/or has the closest mountainhome.  Since I'll be producing dwarf-sized armor, it should be close to a dwarf starting point.

Keep in mind that you can't actually start at dwarf/elf/goblin sites because they don't exist

This might be fixable.

I'm no !!Scientist!! but giving [DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:CITY] to every civ might make them build human cities.

Dunno, Testing 

EDIT

Happy to say my orc adventurer is buying Chitin greaves from a tame zombie human trader in Eviltames, Orc Town

[Girlinhat]

The world is already underway, and it's a massive world.  I embarked and started, and realized I was human.  Humans are now 80% dwarfier.  Begun digging.  Lots of digging.

[Graebeard]

It has begun.