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[Broseph Stalin]

A goblin siege was broken by 120 of the fiercest ironclad dwarves the Windy Planet has to offer and the 26 year reign of an Elf goblin Law-Giver was ended with a silver war hammer. Their weapons rarely made it past the legendary dwarven craftsmanship of Boatsordered armor but the rutherers and jabberers were another story. We're spiraling into anarchy so I've conscripted every dwarf as an engraver and sent them to work in the mines or engrave slabs. One day savages will come to loot our ancient necropolis and they will read in awe the tales we now carve into the very earth.

[MrsStick]

52 beards are now attacking the elves, who were kind enough to bring me a grizzly bear. Thanks guys!

[Broseph Stalin]

I decided that if my fortress is going to crumble it's going to be apocalyptic. I created a well of unlife, banned the booze, and conscripted every adult dwarf. 120 fully armed vampires are flipping the fuck out and it's amazing.
 
A fully armored vampire with a broken neck is rolling around the ground biting ankles and daring his squad mates to come come get some. They can't hurt him with melee weapons because of his armor and toughness and he's apparently built up an immunity to being perforated by crossbow bolts.

[ImagoDeo]

I decided that if my fortress is going to crumble it's going to be apocalyptic. I created a well of unlife, banned the booze, and conscripted every adult dwarf. 120 fully armed vampires are flipping the fuck out and it's amazing.
 
A fully armored vampire with a broken neck is rolling around the ground biting ankles and daring his squad mates to come come get some. They can't hurt him with melee weapons because of his armor and toughness and he's apparently built up an immunity to being perforated by crossbow bolts.

I've always wondered what might happen if you make a billion vampires and then abandon the fort. What is the overall impact on world events? With so many immortal night creatures, what massive cultural shifts might occur?

Next update we'll get to explore that a little better by continuing on a different fort after retiring (or abandoning) one that had a well of unlife with vamps.

[Broseph Stalin]

I've always wondered what might happen if you make a billion vampires and then abandon the fort. What is the overall impact on world events? With so many immortal night creatures, what massive cultural shifts might occur?

Next update we'll get to explore that a little better by continuing on a different fort after retiring (or abandoning) one that had a well of unlife with vamps.

Does anything interesting happen in the simulated years that pass when you embark/abandon repeatedly? I would love to do that about twenty times then go on into legends to look at the ramifications of unleashing a vampire army.

[MrsStick]

Forgotten Beast (snail with gray hair and wings) came out of the caverns and attacked my fort. Got a fey mood going on, screaming for cut gems while one of my last 33 beards is cutting a green tourmaline. So far, she's got logs, rock blocks, cut gems, ore, and ewe bones in there...

Miasmas are taking over, two guys are laying in my hospital waiting for attention, hooray! Losing is FUN! Oh, and DF hasn't even realized that most of the dwarves are dead yet...they're all missing. DT is the only way I know how many I have for sure...

[ImagoDeo]

Does anything interesting happen in the simulated years that pass when you embark/abandon repeatedly? I would love to do that about twenty times then go on into legends to look at the ramifications of unleashing a vampire army.

Unless the well of unlife stays between reclaims, you'd have to find a new vampire for each fort. But given the number of vampires you'd be unleashing, that might be easy to do.

I have no idea if - currently - anything happens during those years. Next release we'll have better options, anyway.

[Roach]

52 beards are now attacking the elves, who were kind enough to bring me a grizzly bear. Thanks guys!

About how many times do you have to clobber elven caravans before they send armies after you? (Ditto for humans?)

[Astrid]

If you want them to send armies you need to sell them wooden items multiple times.
They dont care about their own kind getting murdered. But if a tree gets looked at funny they freak out.

[da_nang]

I've had humans siege me after a part of one of their caravans got accidentally atomsmashed so...

Not much.

[Iamblichos]

Temptedtrades became the mountainhome, and started mining candy.  Dwarves were happy... too happy.  A FB appeared and killed, in one rampage, the five most popular, well-connected, well-liked dwarves in the entire fortress.

The whole population went completely mental.  Full-on tantrum spiral ensued... and more FBs came pouring out of the woodwork.  Another one appeared, this one with dust, and killed off three more popular dwarves.

I don't see this ending well at all. 

[Roach]

If you want them to send armies you need to sell them wooden items multiple times.
They dont care about their own kind getting murdered. But if a tree gets looked at funny they freak out.

Noted!

I've had humans siege me after a part of one of their caravans got accidentally atomsmashed so...

Not much.

Well see, I've taken out two or three human caravans in a row by now via military, and they just keep coming peacefully to the slaughterhouse!

[Spehss _]

I've had humans siege me after a part of one of their caravans got accidentally atomsmashed so...

Not much.

Well see, I've taken out two or three human caravans in a row by now via military, and they just keep coming peacefully to the slaughterhouse!

Have you been killing off the entire caravan? Could be that since no one survives the encounter to report it to their civ, that it goes unnoticed.

[da_nang]

I think the tantrum spiral is over. The number of casualties is probably ca 100 dwarves. There were also a few vampire related murders but I've yet to identify the culprit.

In other news, a necropolis is being built. Again. Next time I'll focus on security and low fraternization.

[ImagoDeo]

I think the tantrum spiral is over. The number of casualties is probably ca 100 dwarves. There were also a few vampire related murders but I've yet to identify the culprit.

In other news, a necropolis is being built. Again. Next time I'll focus on security and low fraternization.

I recommend taking goblin prisoners and dropping them 15 levels into the dining hall for desensitization.