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Author Topic: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers  (Read 2794 times)

Mishrak

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Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« on: April 10, 2014, 01:14:31 pm »

After not playing for at least 6 months, I decided I would dive in again and start another embark.  I found a nice, calm, mostly flat embark in a temperate biome with the right mix of soil (very deep), shallow and deep metals, no aquifer (i turned them off anyway), and a seemingly cosy stream that snakes through the area.

Here's the catch:  It's literally bordered on the south by a hostile goblin stronghold.  They parked themselves 1 embark location south of the spot I chose, sitting on top of the river.  And there's not one, but THREE necromancer towers on the screen when I looked at what's surrounding me.  They're not super close, but I'm not sure if that matters.  Of course there's elves and dwarves too.  There's even a Town, whatever that means.

I embarked to save it, and then haven't done much with it because I'm not sure what will happen.  Am I going to to be the focal point for multi-siege operations by 3 necros and goblins?  This could be a rather exciting location!
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BoredVirulence

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2014, 01:20:48 pm »

Probably 4 necromancer groups, the town should be a necromancer occupied town that hasn't built a tower yet.

It sounds like a fun embark indeed.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2014, 02:55:19 pm »

You are in for an interesting run.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2014, 03:12:22 pm »

Only one way to find out. Strike the Earth!
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2014, 07:08:20 pm »

Funnily enough, the necromancers can sometimes be hostile to one another leading to an endless battle of undead hordes if the necromancers of opposing sides remain undetected.

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2014, 07:27:49 pm »

Three towers means you could conceivably get three sieges at once, if I'm not mistaken. I had two towers and got two sieges at once, which... admittedly, wasn't as Fun as you'd expect, mainly because I had a fully automatic water trap that would brush them all off to great depths (onto upright spikes). necromancers can't raise splattered corpses if they get splattered too.

Traps are fun, but they take the Fun away, which detracts from the fun sometimes.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2014, 11:06:08 am »

Hahaha welcome to my latest dorf world.

I have a pocket world with 4 towers, you literaly cant go anywhere without at least 3 towers in range.

I just can't deleat this world until i make a fort that lives.

Maby 6 or 8 forts so far, I don't play much.

Unless you make somthing that can kill a seige in the first two years then you better be ready to live underground for a long time.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2014, 11:41:24 am »

These kind of embarks should be on dfworlds
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Mishrak

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2014, 11:53:20 am »

I made a backup of it so I can certainly share a clean embark file. I've been trying to sort out streaming it on twitch for a few friends so I haven't actually had time to mess with it yet.  I wish I had taken a screen shot of selecting the location. Either way, if anyone wants the embark I'll gladly upload it.
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Philii

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2014, 01:36:39 pm »

My world is like this.
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4 towers.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2014, 05:14:19 pm »

How did you manage to get six necromancer towers in one world? I'm lucky to get two!

After you inevitably lose you should make an adventurer and kill all the towers.

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2014, 05:32:54 am »

How did you manage to get six necromancer towers in one world? I'm lucky to get two!
After you inevitably lose you should make an adventurer and kill all the towers.
Not 6.
Total 7 towers.
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TheFlame52

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2014, 08:06:55 am »

How did you manage to get six necromancer towers in one world? I'm lucky to get two!
After you inevitably lose you should make an adventurer and kill all the towers.
Not 6.
Total 7 towers.
*head explodes*

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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2014, 10:34:22 am »

We had 15 towers once.
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Re: Not 1 but 3 Necromancer Towers
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2014, 01:31:49 pm »

We had 15 towers once.
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In fortress mode.
Your military must equip AXE or Sword.But I prefer Axe.
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