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[Deus Asmoth]

I was thinking of unleashing an army of ghosts and see if they throw a party kick-ass enough to destroy the fortress.

[Talvieno]

I was thinking of unleashing an army of ghosts and see if they throw a party kick-ass enough to destroy the fortress.

+1

kick-ass awesome. How would you obtain said ghosts, though? Ghosts generally require killing dwarves...

[Deus Asmoth]

There appears to be a large collection of coffins in the fortress, so I'm going to arrange a mining accident that destroys them all.

[Talvieno]

There appears to be a large collection of coffins in the fortress, so I'm going to arrange a mining accident that destroys them all.

That works? o.O Huh, you learn something new every day.

[Mongol13524]

I might be able to destroy one by not understanding what's going on, if there is ever one that would be particularly doomed by inept management.

[Talvieno]

I might be able to destroy one by not understanding what's going on, if there is ever one that would be particularly doomed by inept management.

Most definitely. This is the most fun way (and Fun way) for fortresses to fall. I'm pretty sure you're better than you say, though. You'd be surprised. Ten-year forts run themselves.

[Bobnova]

I love the concept.

I think I'm going to take a whack at Trenchpaged. My ideas revolve around a new Human invention known as a "roller coaster".

[PsiDog]

Knottower has fallen -almost- fallen.

Spoiler: "Knottower's Doom" (click to show/hide)

Granite 1st:
I arrived in the opulent decadence of Knottower. The fortress itself was a marvel of dwarven engineering. Magma pump stacks feed forges nearly level with the farms, powered by water mills of breathtaking scale. The surface has been carved into a dedicated corridor of slaughter, and ever square meter of inhabited space has been engraved.

Granite 2nd:
I discover the inhabitants are lazy to a fault, with the fortress running itself with aid of some 'dfhack workflow.' I, wonder, how well will Knottower run if that watchful force is removed?

Granite 4th:
Inspiration strikes. Ordering the finely-designed image of Fela Creweddawns the elf traveling to the Guilty Towers would bring the central stair halfway to the magma, but I lack any subtly excuse to fully bring doom from this direction. More creative thought is required.


Granite 12th:
To improve moral 4 masterwork floor hatches are added to the main dining room. I need to try to fit in don't I?


Granite 21st:
The Queen FORGOT a demand! The decadence must reach further than I thought. Perhapse I should lower my standards of subtlety.

Granite 26th:
A dyer suffocated. While the end of one heretic should fill with delight, I feel only annoyance that the inquisition had absolutely nothing, however indirect, to do with that loss. I decide a single quick bold strike, artful in simplicity, is required. I order an additional floor hatch built, and a single important looking glass door deconstructed.


Granite 27th:
Oh crap - oh crap - oh crap... The magma moved faster than anticipated and every stair between me and the surface is covered in magma. Now I am trapped! I order the the magma pump to be shut down. Not knowing the proper lever, I order all 45 constructed levers pulled simultaneously. The situation can't possibly get any worse, can it?


Granite 28th:
T.h.e... m.a.g.m.a... p.u.m.p.s... h.a.v.e... s.t.o.p.p.e.d... a.s... h.a.v.e... t.h.e... w.a.t.e.r... w.h.e.e.l.s... p.o.w.e.r.i.n.g... t.h.e.m... T.h.e... s.t.a.i.r.s... a.r.e... n.o.w... s.m.o.k.e.y... b.u.t... c.l.e.a.r... T.a.n.t.r.u.m.s... s.o.u.n.d... i.n... t.h.e. D.e.p.t.h.s... T.h.e... I.n.q.u.i.s.i.t.i.o.n... i.s... c.o.m.p.l.e.t.e... S.o.o.o. .S.l..o.o.w.w.w.w...


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I didn't realize magma waterfalls killed FPS that fast. All I intended to do was destroy the booze stockpile and provide cover for 'accidentally' releasing the giant cave spider in the web farm. Oh well.

Knottower destruction method #1: Deconstructing the glass door by the magma stack under the workshops and above the dinning hall.

[Talvieno]

Does FPS death really count? I get 2 fps on average on some of my oldest forts. lol

[4maskwolf]

Does FPS death really count? I get 2 fps on average on some of my oldest forts. lol

I think he killed everything with magma, but his fps died at the same time because of fluid mechanics.

[PsiDog]

No, only 35 dwarfs died. Another 45 are miserable, and 89 persistent little buggers still think they are ecstatic.

If people want me to keep going I'll try, but things dropped from 70+ fps down into the 2-6 fps range.

Edit: I guess I'll try letting it run over night and see if the fortress is able to stabilize.

Edit Edit: 1-game week later and FPS is up to 15, so it looks like Knottower hasn't fallen after all. It looks like this inquisitionors job hasn't yet ended. Back to work. 

[TalonisWolf]

 PTW. I may attempt to upload a fortress, I'd have to wait till I can find the thumb-drive I play DF off of...

[Deus Asmoth]

I've got Wheeledcosmos just about wrapped up, will post a proper write up tomorrow. Honestly, a lot of my success is because of my unfamiliarity with the mod rather than my plans. Dwarfs in the militia just started turning into Holistic Spawn halfway through the year, which I didn't know could happen. Fun ensued.

[Talvieno]

I've got Wheeledcosmos just about wrapped up, will post a proper write up tomorrow. Honestly, a lot of my success is because of my unfamiliarity with the mod rather than my plans. Dwarfs in the militia just started turning into Holistic Spawn halfway through the year, which I didn't know could happen. Fun ensued.

Lmao! Yeah, if your dwarves get bitten by Holistic Spawn, there's a 33% chance (100% if you save, due to a bug Toady hasn't fixed) that they'll turn into Holistic Spawn themselves after a few months. Makes for a lot of Fun.

Really excited to see the write up. lol If it was halfway through the year, though, that would imply that Wheeledcosmos got attacked a few months in?

[Deus Asmoth]

No, the only spawn I saw were the ones in cages, but the dwarfs that transformed were running fevers since I got the save, so maybe it just took longer than usual. In any case, I eradicated the rest of the militia, just to be safe.