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[ZzarkLinux]

Spawn -> Thrips Corpses -> Spawn -> Eagle Corpse -> Spawn -> Moth Corpses -> Spawn ->
Two local alligators chomp up 3 magpie men corpses. Horray !

Spoiler: Parable of the Sower (click to show/hide)

A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

[MrsStick]

The fortress attracted no migrants this season.

My current fortress consists of: 1 dwarf with ability to grasp lost, 1 dwarf that's a melancholy vampire, my mayor, and a child.

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Will. Not. Quit.

[Lich180]

Never give up, never surrender.

Almost losing a fort and rebuilding feels so good.

[MrsStick]

@Lich - that's why I'm not quitting. I'm usually good at rebuilding things from almost nothing. The only time I quit was when I had no adults, only kids, with goblin crossbowmen firing down from one Z-level above so as to scare anything approaching away. I've been playing since June, and have only gone through I think 7 or 8 fortresses so far...

[MrsStick]

Okay. Taking a vote - should I abandon?

2 dwarves. 1 melancholy vampire, 1 8-year old child. Fortress hasn't attracted migrants in at least two seasons, probably longer.

[Grim Portent]

Abandon? Why I have never heard such preposterous notions in my life! You will stick it out to the last dwarfs dying breath and you shall do your best to rebuild until that last breath passes a dwarfs lips. In the name of Armok, Dwarfdom, Fun and bloody minded stubbornness.

I vote no. 

[MrsStick]

Let's ride it out then.

...regardless of the fact that my child is currently throwing a tantrum, possessed by the ghost of one of the unburied/unmemorialized dead in my fortress.

...come on, migrants!

[Chevaleresse]

Very little, actually. No shipments of goblinite since the start of the fort almost 2 years ago (they might not exist/still be at peace), no uninvited guests have showed up, and it appears that no fun awaits in the caverns as of now. I'm still slowly building up some defenses, including but not limited to a squad of marksdwarves, a wall around the entrance (how high should it be?), a moat, and an atom smasher for the courtyard.

[MrsStick]

I GOT 3 MIGRANTS! GETTING OFF THE FORUMS TO PLAY!

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[VerdantSF]

Okay. Taking a vote - should I abandon?

2 dwarves. 1 melancholy vampire, 1 8-year old child. Fortress hasn't attracted migrants in at least two seasons, probably longer.

Another vote for no!  If you manage to turn this fort around, it will be an epic tale of survival!

*Edit*

Whoops, I responded before reading the rest of the thread more closely.  Glad you're sticking with it, MrsStick!

[flame99]

*Flameboy99 quickly ignores the fact that MrsStick has already decided to keep going, and delivers a rallying speech anyways*

Nien! You must continue, for the glory of Dwarves, of Fortresses, and of Armok! Lead on, for your dwarves need you as a leader, and lead them you shall! Fight fiercely back against whoever, or whatever decides to feast on a masterfully minced llama-milk-and-dwarf-tallow roast, as the great dwarvern ancestors in fallen Boatmurdered did long ago, and bring !!FUN!! back to the land. What you are experiencing is !!FUN!! in its purest state, and it is something ALL players strive for, be they newbs running their first fortress, or veterans pushing the boundaries of dwarvern science in dwarfputer fortresses. Abandon not, and stay strong in your path to Armok's great booze barrel. Rebuild, again and again, until the vile forces of darkness either rend a dwarf's final breath from their lungs, or until there is nothing left for them to attack with. Now go, MrsStick, and beat back the encroaching loss! Beat back the temptation to abandon, and beat back whatever foul creature attacks, for you are the Overseer, and what you say is law! Enforce your law with the greatest of powers, the dwarvern military, so that all will tremble as you speak!

[VerdantSF]

Relicshield, pop. 158, Late Spring of 346 (Year 95)

A new dragon from the wilds was captured! With the addition of Bestra Jewelsweltered, the fortress's dragon population has grown to 15 (2 adults and 13 hatchlings).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[MrsStick]

I'm getting off and going to bed. Updates to my ridiculous fortress:

1. Melancholy vampire disappeared. No announcements, just suddenly I had no idlers, and checked and she was gone. Good riddance! She hasn't showed up in any of my coffins, either.

2. Ghost count is SLOWLY going down. I don't have enough people to make slabs work for now, so I'm trying to churn out as many coffins as I can.

3. I just got 2 more migrants - up to 6 now, including the child. Surprisingly, the kid actually helps pick up equipment and dump stuff. It's all right in my book!

Thanks for talking me into keeping going. This game could be seriously awesome, assuming the forgotten beast made of snow that appeared in my dig site (not in main fortress) doesn't pwn me.

[pisskop]

@kingmurdoc.

Wall height 1 z-level is fine, but me I usuall make it teo, and add and elevated pallisade and fortifcationd on top.  Under the pallusade I like to put ammo for lulz.  Also I like towers,  with underground entrances and fortified outside wall.  3x3 base, 3 high, 7x7 top for over the wall shooting.  I try to line the area directly below the towers with various traps.

[fortydayweekend]

So a couple years back I flooded the river into my basement/tomb level and to save the mines, diverted the whole flow into a cavern. The waterfall is pretty cool, 48 z-levels, and there are some nice apartment-sized rock formations, so I thought it was time to move the entire fortress deeper, down to the cavern.

About halfway through cutting the rock and have moved a lot of furniture, the masons/engravers etc downstairs, almost connected the flood trap, about to send my troops in to clear the trolls out/die heroically, and I notice that the bottom 2 levels of the cavern are full of water already. No drainage!

So... what should I do? There's about 16 levels still to fill before it hits my build site so plenty of time.

I could drain it into the next cavern, thus delaying the problem, but I'd rather keep that one intact if I can (I've never explored that deep before).

I'm aware you can drain things off the map but I'd rather use that as a last resort.

And I haven't opened my lower fortress to the cavern yet so I could just let the water rise, but I'd rather not have an underwater fortress.

Do I have any other options?