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[Iamblichos]

My latest fort, despite embarking in Savage Wilds, seems to be so far from goblins and kobolds that nothing shows up.  I've killed a few FBs and marsh titans, but the only other faces I see are the humans and dwarven traders.  A land with no goblins, no kobolds, and no elves... small wonder everyone in the fort is ecstatic.

[dig_for_!!sparklies!!]

First time I've gotten the "despite the danger" message with migrants. And this is in a fort where I have invaders OFF, with NO FBs, Titans, etc allowed in world gen, and where I'm walling off the caverns (I've only breached the first layer) as fast as I can.

The danger? Things keep slipping in through the unfinished walls. Everything from Trolls to serpent and frog men, to ant people, to Giant Cave Swallows and Giant Bats. I think by now my veteran military is just like "Oh, another Troll? Move aside recruit, let me fix that for you -wham- okay carry on."

It's kinda frustrating because I want to DO things in this fort, like figure out projects and various industries and stuff. But instead I've been surviving while getting the wall (slooooooooooooowly) up.

[Aristion]

Apparently you can dye adamantium thread.

[Lolfail0009]

Apparently you can dye adamantium thread.

Can you then smelt that into dyed wafers?

[dig_for_!!sparklies!!]

And that's the second mood that's resulted in an artifact coffin. Should I be worried...? o.O

[Aristion]

Apparently you can dye adamantium thread.

Can you then smelt that into dyed wafers?

I can but it removes the dye.

[Visus Draconis]

Once, Shootrazors was a burgeoning fortress of 190+ citizens.

Now, it's down to 13. Corpses lie unburied in the halls; clothes are strewn about; blood and bones decorate the walls and floor. Meanwhile, outside, a hundred-strong force of undead lurks. They're only stopped by the drawn-up bridge that serves as the only entrance to the fortress. Only six dwarves are strong and sane enough to keep working: the rest are children.

On the bright side, there's enough food and drink to last the survivors for a long time. The farms and workshops are mostly untouched, so if we pull through this, we can bring the fort back from oblivion.

It's going to be an uphill fight, though. But hey, isn't that the Fun part?

EDIT: I never thought I'd say this, but thank Armok for goblins! A goblin ambush just appeared and fought the undead hordes. They were wiped out, but their ferocity convinced the necromancers to leave. The siege is broken! We are victorious!

Oh, wait, there's still a lot of undead outside.

Shit.

[Maul_Junior]

So Masterwork, and I get a good fortress going. Even if I missed the caravan the first year, and the second year I had so damn many crafts to bring to the depot that we got maybe 60% of the way through before they left. (No elves or anyone else--so I have had zero trading partners >.< ) My Broker was too busy hauling items to the depot to stop and, you know, trade.

Still, things are going good. Got plenty of copper, plenty of Nickel for metal crafting, hollowing out a new underground farm section......

when a White Tigerman siege appears. Now, I've been meaning to put up a simple door that would seal off the fortress, but I kept putting it off.

Not much armor to speak of, and I only casually started training my weaponsmith. On the other hand, I have a dozen or so war animals, including around 4 drakes.

Needless to say, the White Tigermen tore through my ranks like tissue paper.


..........now on my Reclaim my top priority will have to be coffins and/or slabs.

Fun!

I'm a little annoyed because I had TWO Arcane guild dwarfs that I never had a chance to play around with, since I have only a basic grasp on both Masterwork and DF itself.

Welp, it's gonna take a couple years to get things back in order. At least I have plenty of seeds and plants.

[Meneth]

I have a dozen or so war animals, including around 4 drakes.

Drakes are actually male ducks, not some sort of dragon, so they wouldn't be of much use in a fight...

[kesperan]

I think in Masterwork, they are considerably more deadly than ducks.

[TheFlame52]

I think in Masterwork, they are considerably more deadly than ducks.

I dunno, remember that duck in Deathgate that killed two demons?

[dig_for_!!sparklies!!]

I don't think they're ducks in Masterwork. Drakes have often given me problems, especially when I made the mistake of dismissing them as simply male waterfowl.

[FallenAngel]

Somehow, a massive fire broke out in the first cavern.
The strange part is that only the third cavern has had vegetation, and part of the second gained vegetation after a small fire.
Stuff shall grow!

[PDF urist master]

very few things can cause a cavern fire. I predict that a flame based FB came to your fort when you didn't notice.

[dig_for_!!sparklies!!]

Maybe it was a fire imp? That's happened to me before.

The walls are finally almost up in the caverns, and I've stopped getting beasties (not FBs, just normal bat, swallow, serpentfolk and troll type beasties) come through the cracks. Although I did get three metal wraiths... That was odd. At least they went down without too much trouble. And I'm managing to keep the ghost population under control.

And I have a zillion foodstuffs and drink, though sadly I lost my legendary cook, Sewer Ceilingsect. (I have been unable to turn off the "names in English" feature, but I don't mind too much because it amuses me. Once I had a dwarf named Plague Floorpet. This inspired my partner and I to dub my stuffed sheep as the "floor-pet," saying "Don't plague the floorpet! D:".)