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[Vgray]

Has anyone tried anything like this before? The basic idea came from my random musings that Plump Helmets must be a status symbol in Dwarven society or, maybe Nobles are just greedy bastards. So the king imposes a 50-80% tax on Plump Helmets.

[Whackjob]

Wat?

[Gruxneth]

Whackjob i nearly pissed myself laughing

[matskuman5]

How the heck do you set a tax on something?

[Whackjob]

You cannot currently set taxes.  It was tried once, but the Dwarf workers simply wouldn't stand for it.

[Kofthefens]

I assume you mean forcing 50% of all goods to be dumped into a noble's room?

You could probably do something like that with minecarts fairly easily. In the farm area, create 2 stockpiles, one to go to the noble and one to go to the commonry. Have each pile be hooked up to a minecart going to the right place.

[Vgray]

I meant Caravan offerings actually.

[Man of Paper]

Now it makes sense. Offering a tithe to the King. Seems like an interesting challenge.

[Whackjob]

Now I understand.  So you give half your plump mushrooms to caravans from the Dwarfhomes.

Hrm.  Well...  I suppose, if for no other reason, it gives you a legitimate gripe and a reason to commit regicide.

"Doze ting's should be WINE!"  *hefts pitchfork and torch*

[Vgray]

I should'ave been more specific.

Oooh. How about a booze tax? The king demands half of your wine.

[Lielac]

That'd be too easy without any qualifiers; I'd just stop growing plump helmets, toss the rest of them on the caravan, and live off of the other shit and above-ground crops.

[Kumis]

At least it'd give me something to do with my plump helmets. Hell, I could offer 90% of them without any adverse effects.

[Larix]

My most ambitious fort built around 'royal duties' was in a very mineral-poor world. The only ore the dwarven civ had was galena, the humans only had cassiterite, yet the dwarfs still managed to offer steel wares. So once i found a site with iron ore and limestone, my mission was clear: provide the dwarven civ with steel. All trade goods from the dwarf caravan had to be bought for steel bars, and at least [fort headcount+1] bars of steel had to be provided per year. It was made a lot more fun by the complete lack of coal in the embark, requiring expanded tree farms to drum up enough charcoal. There's also a massive candy spire on the site, so once enough of the stuff has been processed, the fort might declare independence from the mountainhomes...

In order to make tithes interesting, i think you don't need a percentage but rather a quota that must be fulfilled. Best when it's some non-renewable ressource you have to exploit, like a civ that demands a few dozen cut gems (no glass, no rocks) or a pair of adamantine socks per year.

[coldmonkey]

Half the magma I pump is always set aside for the dwarven nobility.

[anzelm]

Tax calculated as a percentage of what you have is a no-challenge. Try to pay a set percentage of the fortress' entire wealth in plump helmets (or make it steel bars if you feel masochistic) every year, eg. 10 bars per 1 million turtles, cumulative starting on the arrival of the first caravan. With 10% yearly interest on any past-due shipments. Think Dune.