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[Musashi]

A huge siege happened. I'll try to make this simple:

-bad points: several dead civilians, most of which were too stupid to stay away from the spike traps on repeat or the crossbowgobbos. 3 dead soldiers, among which the captain of the guard, who rushed towards the enemy with his artifact crossbow instead of shooting them, therefore turning into a porcupine (as well as an elite marksdwarf, the dumbass got a promotion for nothing... he never was very bright anyway) before death. Lots of stuff to clean up. 3/4 of the war dogs of my thermonuclear wardog bomb, if no more, died without inflicting any damage.
-good points: my best soldier is unharmed (that badass hammerdwarf lacks a lower left arm since Armok knows how long; he's the dad and only parent of our mayor so I'll take good care of them both...). This time, no enemy even approached my entrance nor destroyed my precious windmill power system. Also, no flying mounts = no stupid gobbo getting inside because I haven't entirely closed all entrances from my megaproject. The war dogs were extremely useful into forcing the opponents to waste most of their ammo. All cage traps were succesful. My special bridge trap sent... about 20 gobbos to their spiked doom underneath; less than half are still alive, including a spearmaster, plus the last crossbowgobbo of the siege that dodged retardedly a dwarf into the garbage pit (I LOVE THIS TRAP SO MUCH NOW) => I'm gonna give my veterans a much-deserved Christmas as the survivors are horribly crippled and devoid of weapons. While many civilians died, that means the latest migrant wave has had its negative effect cancelled by bloody, bloody death.

So, all in all, a pretty succesful siege. Today's lesson: do not understimate the power of the bridge. I shall use it to my advantage.

[Serio]

"The Dragon Mistrum Usmoktul Nganiz Mistrum has come! A gigantic reptilian creature. It is magical and can breathe fire. These monsters can live for thousands of years."

... Oh, that's just not good. I doubt some stone floodgates will hold it back. No doubt it'll tear apart my Hall of Ouch too. There is only one thing that can be done...

Release the goblins! Release the minotaur! To arms, Dwarves!

Update: Well, this is fun. The dragon is sitting on my (purely aesthetic) bridge, breathing fire at the goblin ambushers. He's quite an effective defence mechanism. I think I might keep him.

Update2: YES! It walked right into the cage. Now I have a captured dragon, minotaur, and goblin squad. Unfortunately, one section of the outer gates were destroyed when Mistrum decided to breathe fire at the goblins. I'll need to get that fixed soon.

To be exact, I have:

10 Goblins
Nosost the Minotaur
Mistrum Usmoktul Nganiz Mistrum the Dragon

[Encased in burning magma]

Mistrum Usmoktul Nganiz Mistrum the Dragon

You should devise an elaborate floodgate + channel + pet impassable door perdition turret!

[Wiro]

Getting the sewers done. Smoothed, clean of rocks. Just gotta open the connection between the river and the sewer. Also thinking of what to do with my dragon. I was hoping to create some sort of an oven with it, but have no idea how to go about that. Suggestions?

[Loyal]

Got sieged by a bunch of goblins that outnumbered my military five to one. Forced to abandon because I wasn't able to get a good "lock this place down" system built in time without locking out about half my remaining dwarves.

I shall now embark on a new site, and defend it with a giant pit. No drowning or magma or anything fancy, just a pair of drawbridges over a 6-z drop. Maybe some spikes at the bottom once I have the metal industry going.

[Fishbulb]

Tonight I learned that when you've modded your dwarves to eat sentients, and a combined goblin/troll/jabberer siege comes, you're going to need about a hundred butcher shops, tanner's shops and kitchens to keep up.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

I've got a fort that worships the sky, stars, night, darkness, courage, caverns, mountains, volcanoes, labor, crafts, metal, fire, and children. (No; They are not pedophiles. They believe in expanding their race.)
Pretty fitting for a cavern fort (Other than sky and stars).

[Internet Kraken]

Part 16 of my LP is up.

Overall I'm satisfied with the first year of Reveredtour. I could have done some things better, obviously, but the only major problems were the death of Dishmab and Kosoth. Other than that, things are just fine.

Next year should be quite interesting. Now that I have a good cavern layer to work with, I can really get some work done. As soon as more migrants arrive, of course. At first I was a bit concerned about the downward passage. Creatures climbing up from the abyss would have been a legitimate threat, as they are powerful enough to easily defeat my military. I don't need wannamingos tearing apart my soldiers just yet. I was going to seal it off, but surprisingly the passage doesn't actually reach the cavern floor. So I'm going to leave it open for now.

[Haspen]

There was a Bridge&Pit kind of coup de'etat in Glitterhammers.

Accidentally, the main bridge, over a deep pit, was retracted several times, and 7 dwarves died. That bitch mayor isn't dead and the military killed the Duchess who tantrumed over this fact.

There goes my fun. *sigh*

[Frogwarrior]

I just started a fort with one rule: Nobody does any work. Well, except making beds, I suppose.

Gonna survive on trading alone. If half the migrants starve, well then that just means the other half will hock their clothing for booze.

[AngleWyrm]

Late Autumn of 504 in the Barony of Ringquest, pop. 138  fps 20(16)

A barony at last! We've been declared a land of the realm, and my original mayor was promoted to Baron. He's easy to get along with.

The chief challenge this season has been keeping the forges running. With such a long labor path -- cutting and hauling trees, burning and hauling charcoal, smelting limonite, pig iron, and steel -- many opportunities present to bog the system down. Keeping on top of the material flows, and adjusting output of the smelters has been a delicate balance.

On a sadder note, one of the crew has entered a mood that won't be satisfied, so I've assigned a couple war dogs to keep him company in case he turns into a raging loon. Including infants, he will be the 7th dwarf to die in Ringquest.

[OmnipotentGrue]

Funny, my fort became a barony with only 1 sane dwarf left...

[Mudcrab]

I just trained a War Dragon Raptor. Good times.

Edit: And War Wolf!

[TolyK]

Spoiler: Ode to... (click to show/hide)

Ode to Goblins

*****

That one fine Spring day of 101
I and six others finally one.
It wasn't easy, but not too complex
The biggest problems were the frozen flecks.

I and the others came out of thin air
To a dark dwarven tower with style and flair
The goblins and dwarves lived together in peace
Only their overlord they were forced to please.

In a high fit of humor I sent out a squad
But sadly the entire plan was flawed.
Olmi Ushpim threw out a ball
Of extract and coldness and iceflakes and all
It hit a dwarf with a staggering blow
Ripping his chest open. Blood started to flow.
That dwarf attacked and hit the beast
Who took the blow and took the least.

He took the dwarf in a straggling hold
And the dwarf became a master in fighting.
He ripped of the arm of the beast, so bold
That even the goblins started smiting.

The goblins were taken by demons like slaves
and forced to bond to their might.
But waiting they were for the time that some knaves
Would start the movement against the fright.

One marksman stood and emptied his quiver.
Another one stood nearby.
A spearman took and punctured the liver
And the maceman made fingers fly.

The miner from start that shied out of the fight
Came back from it laughing in delight.
The braver soldier, unconsious still
Was holding our expedition's first bloody kill.
A native dwarf had taken his fist
And hit the monster, though he almost missed.
The shot ran home and took the brain
And the demon fell down in a stoke of pain.

... and they chopped him up.

The miner whose chest is open slept for a while
And his courage will be greatly rewarded.
And if the humans, elves go vile
His battles won't go unreported.

In this Ode to Goblins I recite a feat
Of truth, of kindness and works
That the friendly alliance of "The Glorious Feet"
And the goblins will remain without any quirks.

On this fine Spring day of 101
we ride ahead, to the sun.

(Even though the sun kind-of irritates me, I'm using it as an expression, okay?)

~ The expedition leader of DarkKillers,
Ushrir Tarmidabel

...
and they've also just fended off a siege. omfg. (note: i modded it only to turn off aquifers, exotics, and to make things get hot faster)

THIS IS FRIGGIN FUN!

[Mudcrab]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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