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[iceball3]

I decide to embark on a desert with a brook for the heck of it. To my surprise, everything was covered in snow. Boo. That'll be a problem.
Now checking my full inventory i decide to picture the expidition in my head. I was amused at the mental image of dwarves in a frozen wasteland driving foward a wagon with barrels full of Camel eyes, dead turtles, beer, and mushrooms; all being pulled by a single Camel tripping over the two cats and many dogs at it's feet.

[Akura]

Another snatcher(might have been one who visited before) managed to chip one of my new haulers' upper spine, then got away because the enite military was Soldier: Cannot Follow Order when I gave the kill order, and they couldn't catch up to it with regular move orders.

Had an elven caravan come, along with an elf diplomat(.12). The diplomat's profession? Woodcrafter. No wonder (s)he was sent to parley with tree-murdering dwarves.
Still, my mayor took too long to set up the meeting, that "A diplomat left unhappy" during the meeting.

[Megaman3321]

I had a kobold get discovered right before they crossed my bridge (the only way into my fort) to steal from the human caravan. Not much right? Well... this time, my most skilled dorf for the military (proficient sword, armor, shield, dodging, and observer, otherwise peasant) spotted them. The battle literally took only about 10 seconds. First, hand got stabbed off, then arm, then leg, then lower body, with a long sword I puchased off the caravan not 10 minutes ago IRL!

[Uzu Bash]

Just a single-tile buffer solved the pressure and power problems. A floodgate at the fork in the aqueduct depressurizes the stream, and oddly increases surplus power by 200. So it's coming down the mountainside into a 2-level wide, 2-level deep duct that drains over a retaining wall back into the caverns below. Fishing may be possible; the water didn't get 2/7 before the cats were pulling turtles out of it.

[kilakan]

going on 6? 7? siege now, decided to count the kill list and I nearly pissed myself, 7 dwarves died against 170 invaders!!!!!  No traps, or locking doors or bringing the bridge up fort too.

[Pukako]

Roastedcanyon strikes again;

"Human Diplomat has Arrived!".  Go to look at the place, right at the top edge of the map, and find a corpse with a pile of clothing.  No idea what happened (no goblins, etc lurking up there).  Pity, as the humans are actually bringing more exciting animals than the elves.

Currently building bridges well away from the fort, in an attempt to swat fleeing kobold thieves.  We'll see if it works.  Have also run out of crafts to decorate...

[darkflagrance]

Final Destination

The children died for their parents' sins ;_;

[Uzu Bash]

Gentlemen, we have fish.

Finally those high master fishermen get to use their skills. I took them off most the hauling duties and set them all to cook. We got the farms and mill right there, so we should get those fish battered in Longland flour and fried in Longland beer.

[Yoink]

I've had two dwarves go insane, one becoming a harmless maddwarf and the other going violent, all because I have no stone for them to work with. My military could certainly have handed the beserk dwarf better, I fear... He should have been no problem, wearing leathers with a copper spear, against my quite well-equipped soldiers, except the fools ran into battle UNARMED! Several of them died, before the militia commander (Armok bless him, the one deent warrior I have) ran in with his beloved copper battle-axe and hacked the offender apart.
Sadly, though, he sustained terrible wounds, and is now bedridden. He's quite pleased with himself however, and is bragging loudly to everyone who passes, and passes off his missing arm as "a scratch".
I hope he doesn't get infected or anything... My medicaldwarves are quite useless in this fort.

Couple of questions: How can someone have their upper arm severed and keep their lower arm?!
And also, is there a way to zoom the screen on a particular stored item? 'z' tells me I have stone blocks, but I can't find them.

[shadowzfire]

I believe that 'negatives' means 'below ground'. It would've been strange had you been digging through positives, which means sky.

Regarding my suicide fortress, the dwarves managed to wall off a secondary exit in time for the undead crocodiles to pass by. They've put up a still and a kitchen and a small farm plot, so they might survive 'till the first caravan after all.
By the way, can anyone explain me how to post screenshots? Would like to share the fort's downfall with you all through images as well.

Update: a ton of new doomed dwarves has arrived, adding 9 doomed dwarves to the fort. Started more farms, expanded the walled-off section of the surface. All the murky pools evaporated save for one, on the other side of the map, in which the most suicidal of them all, the fisherdwarf, fishes. Considering to commence the building of the caravan drowning depot.

Update: MORE doomed dwarves, 3 this time. The fisherdwarf got himself some support in form of a fish cleaner (formerly dissector). Otherwise more of the same.

Update: The dwarven caravan arrived! Offered them a few wooden crafts (as I said, the suicide fortress won't trade, only offer everything to dwarves and drown everyone else). Almost finished the drowning depot, too. The only undead things on the map are three crocodiles from the beginning, walking by every now and then, posing next to no threat for now. Let's see how this unfolds.

Update: Winter has passed, and I'm now expecting elves. The drowning depot is ready.
Meanwhile, the doomed dwarf leader decided to marrry. Perhaps some are less suicidal than others. Goblins won't differ between them, though.

Full list of the dwarves and other notable inhabitants so far:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Iteb Dumatsoloz, leader, miner, male.
Lokum Obokunib, miner, female.
Tun Kubukkossek, miner, female, leader's wife.
Dakost Akrulnazom, miner, female.
Zuglar Sibrekunal, miner, female.
Kivish Ommebzuth, woodcutter, male.
Ast Nimaknomal, woodcutter, female.
Kivish Okirkubuk, weaponsmith (farmer/herbalist/mechanic), male.
Urist Arekkadol, jeweler (architect/mechanic), female.
Melbil Atekastesh, gem setter (farmer/herbalist), female.
Kubuk Rakustzatam, woodcrafter, female.
Avuz Bomrekolil, stonecrafter (carpenter), male.
Olib Asmelunib, leatherworker, male.
Thikut Kilrudostuk, fisherdwarf, female.
Lor Zuntirkikrost, fish dissector (fish cleaner), female.
Ilral Idenkulil, cheese maker (farmer/herbalist), female.
Dodok Vetekrigoth, thresher (woodcutter/farmer), male.
Stukos Ramiteb, butcher (farmer/herbalist), male.
Monom Ninggeshud, dyer (farmer/herbalist), male.
Cog Akircog, cat, male.
Skeletal Saltwater Crocodile, Skeletal Saltwater Crocodile, female.
Zombie Saltwater Crocodile, Zombie Saltwater Crocodile, male.
Warthog pack, Warthog pack, male and female.
Gazelle pack, Gazelle pack, male and female.
Giant Leopard, Giant Leopard, female.
Zombie Giant Leopard, Zombie Giant Leopard, male.

Pretty much every dwarf is romantically involved with another dwarf. They're not so suicidal after all. But the goblins still won't differ between them.

What I had meant was, I had dug down to approximately 138 z-levels, and then it went down -1, -2,-3  only going up to -18, i was worried at that point after having breached the magma sea and raw adamantine for what hidden fun stuff lies below.

[Groveller]

Some goblins seem to be convinced that my dwarves are ammo stockpiles. I was surprised to find that married dwarves will share a hospital bed if they are both injured.

[NewSheoth]

I've had two dwarves go insane, one becoming a harmless maddwarf and the other going violent, all because I have no stone for them to work with. My military could certainly have handed the beserk dwarf better, I fear... He should have been no problem, wearing leathers with a copper spear, against my quite well-equipped soldiers, except the fools ran into battle UNARMED! Several of them died, before the militia commander (Armok bless him, the one deent warrior I have) ran in with his beloved copper battle-axe and hacked the offender apart.
Sadly, though, he sustained terrible wounds, and is now bedridden. He's quite pleased with himself however, and is bragging loudly to everyone who passes, and passes off his missing arm as "a scratch".
I hope he doesn't get infected or anything... My medicaldwarves are quite useless in this fort.

Couple of questions: How can someone have their upper arm severed and keep their lower arm?!
And also, is there a way to zoom the screen on a particular stored item? 'z' tells me I have stone blocks, but I can't find them.

They've probably sewn his lower arm right ontoto the shoulder.

What I had meant was, I had dug down to approximately 138 z-levels, and then it went down -1, -2,-3  only going up to -18, i was worried at that point after having breached the magma sea and raw adamantine for what hidden fun stuff lies below.

Do you mean that you've breached raw adamantine? If you have, then yes, it's leading straight to !!Fun!!.
Also, it probably means that you've dug through your world's core and are now going upwards to an opposite point on the other side of the planet.

Some goblins seem to be convinced that my dwarves are ammo stockpiles. I was surprised to find that married dwarves will share a hospital bed if they are both injured.

They don't care if they're missing arms or legs, they want to get some lovin' and there's no stoppin' 'em.

[Yoink]

They've probably sewn his lower arm right ontoto the shoulder.

Hah, I wouldn't put that past my medic... He's a bit daft.

[WrathNail]

Abandoned my project of building a massive tower out of green glass.. Just too much of hassle.

Instead, I'm gonna build one out of stone blocks!

[Yoink]

Finally, I have a couple of decent medical dwarves! They're trying, at least.
It's getting to be like a hospital drama, only with added good-ol'-fashioned dwarven incompetence!
"Hey Urist, want me to dye the threads before you suture that?"
"Uh... Okay. Should make them work better, aye! Meanwhile I'll rearrange this pile of stuff- Oh, where did I put that needle..."



EDIT: Uhhh, okay then, one of my dwarves is in a mood, working on a mysterious construction.... In the butcher shop?!??
Be afraid. Be very afraid. This post is so going on the facepalms thread if it turns out to be something like: "Corkbundles the steak of hammering".