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[than402]

was that the same Titan that gave his name to the age?

[ptb_ptb]

was that the same Titan that gave his name to the age?

I don't know. But if it was, the age name will change.

******** Adventure report update ********

A camp of poorly trained bandits falls before the might of my sword. I miss the drunks, for only one reason. They always had interesting rumours to tell. All Snotty talks about is which goblin founded which goblin pit. He doesn't even know where they are.

54 Galena 18th

I reach the next bandit camp, but someone, or something, got there first. It looks like most of the goblins there fought to the death against a nightbeast. Two goblins, one dwarf and one human crossbow man remained. I successfully recruited the speardwarf and the human. Hopefully they will be better companions than the drunks.

I carefully crept into the lair Bonesshaddows, but it was empty.

I carefully crept into the lair Deadbury, but it was empty.

I encounter three midnight horrors south of Deadbury. Snotty is struck down almost instantly. They are so fast! The human crossbowman and dwarf spearman follow quickly. I realize that there is very little chance I will survive this. I slash the throat of one of them, but it is still fighting on. It's a long and ardous battle. I manage to get a clear slash at one of them in the head and strike it down. I badly injure a leg of another. I begin to hope that the tide of battle is turning. I'm sure I cracked the neckbones of one, but it still fights! One of them is very heavily injured, but I no longer have enough energy to stand up and the other is still quite fresh. I think Armok will be calling me soon.

The worst happens, my right arm has been too injured to hold my sword. It's all over now.

Thus ends the tale of Zuglar Keyink the Worker of Creation bane of Desert Titan and Cursed by Nightcreatures.

[neblime]

This resembles my experience of night creatures in 40.x pretty closely; super fast, and it takes forever to land a hit.

[than402]

i hate bogeymen. i really, really hate the little buggers

so i've made an elf adventurer named Vafice Galdesweetness. As always, i went to Paperscale to recruit some fodder travelling companions and find something metal to whack opponents with. I settled for a silver schimitar and began my journey. I went and fought a goblin gang in Mulepuzzle (those the same gang that had wounded a previous adventurer) and finally freed the town. Then i went and killed a giant east of Regalperplexed (well, technically my spearwoman comanion did, but i was the one to make him pass out from the pain) and then a family of midnight horrors. In this battle, i actually just sat back and let the horrors get distracted by massacring my unfortunate companions, while i cut down all three of them one by one. Lastly, i went to yet another lair, but i found it empty. I should have slept in it, because when i headed north the boggeymen attacked and killed me.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10184

[Timeless Bob]

Although the desert titan Athe Earthensimple is dead, the Age has not changed, so I think it may need to be told to someone first, before the Age name changes.

[ptb_ptb]

Although the desert titan Athe Earthensimple is dead, the Age has not changed, so I think it may need to be told to someone first, before the Age name changes.

I told my companion 'Snotty', although he was there. I think it just takes time. If you, or someone, takes a fortress building turn it will probably trigger.

[neblime]

doesn't the year have to end?
Or the month?
or is that totally wrong

[ptb_ptb]

doesn't the year have to end?
Or the month?
or is that totally wrong

All I know is that I read about someone who saw the Age change while he was playing Dwarf Fortress. I think it was in a bug report.

[Timeless Bob]

Gorgehelp no longer has a single goblin-killing dwarf in residence.  It is now fully in the grip of the goblin horde. 
Also: [taunt] I know where the Roc lair is... [/taunt]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajwmqc91t59l2va/specieswar.zip?dl=0

[neblime]

You can definitely see the age change while playing (not a bug)  but it only decides at intervals it seems, I remember a dragon came to my fortress and died, and I got an announcement of changing to the age of legends quite a while later

[ptb_ptb]

Found it.

Just posting an observation. After killing enough titans (most of them) and a couple of BCs, some semi-megas, then letting the new year go by, it changed to age of legends.

Gorgehelp no longer has a single goblin-killing dwarf in residence.

Ironically, it seems that the fortress has not been registered as fallen. Possibly because YOU are resident there. Dwarf Fortress, one resident, dwarf-killing goblin.

[EDIT] Technically it's my turn, but I'm not feeling that great so I'm going to let the elves go before me.

[neblime]

so its new year.. whats the current date? might be a while to see if the age changes with 10 day turns

[than402]

i made another swordsman. i recruited a ton of wrestlers (mostly dwarves) and set to kill a beast, but suffered horrendous casualties at the jaws of the local alligators (which i killed) i was also ambushed by an "alligator recruit" and cleared out a small camp of human bandits. also, i travelled north and killed a goblin axe lord in his sleep, gaining some badass clothes, and tried to enter a dwarf fortress but for some reason i could not descend the stairway*. other than that, i killed some animals to gain skills and looted Takru's bronze sword.

here's the save

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10184

*actually, this happened three times: one at the fortress and twice more with floor hatches outside night creatures' lairs. why can't i descend through a floor hatch?

[ptb_ptb]

*actually, this happened three times: one at the fortress and twice more with floor hatches outside night creatures' lairs. why can't i descend through a floor hatch?

There's a knack to it. You start from a tile adjacent to the hatch, then you alt-move onto it (like when you want to go into rivers). You get the choice of moving down or not.

Wait. Why am I telling you how to get into Dwarf fortresses?

[than402]

THANK YOU! really, it was frustrating as hell

and don't worry, it is currently very impractical for me to attack you.