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[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

malimbar04, are you plagued by necromancers, or is the land around you suffering the curse of undeath?  I hope, if it's the latter, that you did that in a non-reanimating portion of your map...  *undead werecavies eat everyone*

[SyrusLD]

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content (click to show/hide)

In my latest fortress, I'm about to hire the clown car for some fun. I've never actually done it before, although it's been long since spoiled.

But first, I must dress all 60 bachelor dwarves (read: military dwarves) in their finest clothing (read: full-body adamantine armor).

EDIT: 

...

The solution to this problem is obvious.

All of the spear traps. All of them.

Going by experience, menacing spikes - especially if it is 1380 (138 traps) of them - do quite a decent job. Upright Spikes linked to a lever in your dining room...lots of FUN for the FUN!

Spoiler: for certain things you might not wish to have spoiled. (click to show/hide)

Just be aware, there can be funny creatures which are so hot they could melt (certain?) metals. It is very important to not use non-fire/magma(?!) safe mechanism either. I just used bismuth bronze and bronze for the spikes and iron for the mechanisms, mostly because I almost ran out of bismuth bronze and bronze. Bismuth bronze and bronze seems to withstand every clown I had so far. At least as long as they don't start throwing around their firey stuff.

The whole clown-murdering area is securely isolated from my fortress by 2x5 iron bridges. The entrance to the circus was closed off by a brave dwarf who build a steel bridge over it before they could emerge, I have a secondary green glass bridge right in the trap-room to give more chances to stop them.

Spoiler: picture for the spoiler (click to show/hide)

The spider room was for a previous try on caging the clowns. Works quite nicely until they decide to roast the spider. Seems like they don't make a difference for wild or tame/trained spiders either. If I had an idea what to do with caged clowns I might utilize it again. Still, wish I knew how to make it secure for the GCS...

Violentlash. Such a wonderful place.

Wargolds currently possesses over 800 steel spears (I let the forges go on auto for a bit too long).

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content (click to show/hide)

Can someone say clown grinder?

Re: this.

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content. Don't say you weren't warned! (click to show/hide)

So, after setting up a hall of upright steel spear traps linked to a lever set to be pulled on repeat, I summoned the clown car.



 

So, how 'bout them hell colonies?

EDIT: The hell colony project was suspended indefinitely after a second wave of clowns murdered the build team. They continue to path into the hall of spears via the new staircase - which I can't complete the fortification of.

Spoiler: More spoilery spoilers for spoilerish things you might not want to know yet! (click to show/hide)

Same damn thing happened to my exploration squad I send down there.

Two or three webspewers spawned and killed two of my swordmasters. Why did it have to be webspewers? (I'll be honest... I savescummed that. It just felt too cheap.)
Also had my clean up crew run into my room of spikeyness and get the corpses and other "parts" - totally forgetting that the bridge-seal was still open to the funny place. Two vomit-clowns almost made their way to my bearded squishy things before the bridge closed up the hole again - they had reached the second to last stair up (yeah, I have stairs from the funny place to my fortress)! After that it was quiet for a long time and I decided to send down that beforementioned squad, with no good results. Still considering building something down there, like an archery tower or such.

*[see below]: I was considering somehow putting them down into the funny place. Sounds like quite a difficult thing to do though, hm...

Besides that, well, Violentlash is in its 39th year now, going quite strong. The berserk goblin is slowly but surely going back to non-stressful stress levels. No signs of her becoming non-berserk though, then again, she is still at 200+k stress. I still doubt she will turn back, buuut...who knows!
Next year I'll just slaughter the elves coming to my fortress, maybe that'll make them unhappy at last...
Cave dragon breeding is going good, not like they are really useful at such young age, but ... maybe I'll just slaughter them or something. Still haven't gotten around to unleashing my flood of cave crocodiles - maybe I should figure out a way to safely release all my goblin/troll prisoners ... and then release my crocs on them!*

And I'm STILL waiting for jabberers to pop up in my cavern (there's only one 8| )...I so wish to breed them...hrrmphhh...

[PyroTechno]

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content (click to show/hide)

In my latest fortress, I'm about to hire the clown car for some fun. I've never actually done it before, although it's been long since spoiled.

But first, I must dress all 60 bachelor dwarves (read: military dwarves) in their finest clothing (read: full-body adamantine armor).

EDIT: 

...

The solution to this problem is obvious.

All of the spear traps. All of them.

Going by experience, menacing spikes - especially if it is 1380 (138 traps) of them - do quite a decent job. Upright Spikes linked to a lever in your dining room...lots of FUN for the FUN!

Spoiler: for certain things you might not wish to have spoiled. (click to show/hide)

Just be aware, there can be funny creatures which are so hot they could melt (certain?) metals. It is very important to not use non-fire/magma(?!) safe mechanism either. I just used bismuth bronze and bronze for the spikes and iron for the mechanisms, mostly because I almost ran out of bismuth bronze and bronze. Bismuth bronze and bronze seems to withstand every clown I had so far. At least as long as they don't start throwing around their firey stuff.

The whole clown-murdering area is securely isolated from my fortress by 2x5 iron bridges. The entrance to the circus was closed off by a brave dwarf who build a steel bridge over it before they could emerge, I have a secondary green glass bridge right in the trap-room to give more chances to stop them.

Spoiler: picture for the spoiler (click to show/hide)

The spider room was for a previous try on caging the clowns. Works quite nicely until they decide to roast the spider. Seems like they don't make a difference for wild or tame/trained spiders either. If I had an idea what to do with caged clowns I might utilize it again. Still, wish I knew how to make it secure for the GCS...

Violentlash. Such a wonderful place.

Wargolds currently possesses over 800 steel spears (I let the forges go on auto for a bit too long).

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content (click to show/hide)

Can someone say clown grinder?

Re: this.

Spoiler: Spoilers for certain end-game content. Don't say you weren't warned! (click to show/hide)

So, after setting up a hall of upright steel spear traps linked to a lever set to be pulled on repeat, I summoned the clown car.



 

So, how 'bout them hell colonies?

EDIT: The hell colony project was suspended indefinitely after a second wave of clowns murdered the build team. They continue to path into the hall of spears via the new staircase - which I can't complete the fortification of.

Spoiler: More spoilery spoilers for spoilerish things you might not want to know yet! (click to show/hide)

Same damn thing happened to my exploration squad I send down there.

Two or three webspewers spawned and killed two of my swordmasters. Why did it have to be webspewers? (I'll be honest... I savescummed that. It just felt too cheap.)
Also had my clean up crew run into my room of spikeyness and get the corpses and other "parts" - totally forgetting that the bridge-seal was still open to the funny place. Two vomit-clowns almost made their way to my bearded squishy things before the bridge closed up the hole again - they had reached the second to last stair up (yeah, I have stairs from the funny place to my fortress)! After that it was quiet for a long time and I decided to send down that beforementioned squad, with no good results. Still considering building something down there, like an archery tower or such.

*[see below]: I was considering somehow putting them down into the funny place. Sounds like quite a difficult thing to do though, hm...

Besides that, well, Violentlash is in its 39th year now, going quite strong. The berserk goblin is slowly but surely going back to non-stressful stress levels. No signs of her becoming non-berserk though, then again, she is still at 200+k stress. I still doubt she will turn back, buuut...who knows!
Next year I'll just slaughter the elves coming to my fortress, maybe that'll make them unhappy at last...
Cave dragon breeding is going good, not like they are really useful at such young age, but ... maybe I'll just slaughter them or something. Still haven't gotten around to unleashing my flood of cave crocodiles - maybe I should figure out a way to safely release all my goblin/troll prisoners ... and then release my crocs on them!*

And I'm STILL waiting for jabberers to pop up in my cavern (there's only one 8| )...I so wish to breed them...hrrmphhh...

Spoiler: end-game content, you were warned, etc etc (click to show/hide)

My plan right now is to train a ridiculous number of military dwarves (100+) and send them to subjugate the fun place.

This plan will end horribly, but that's okay. It gives me an excuse to fill my legendary memorial hall.

Also, I find it amusing that we still talk in code behind these spoilers.

[ImagoDeo]

Lashedspear, my latest fortress in the long string of test forts as I got the minotaur civ up and running, has captured my attention even as the mod has continued to develop. I've already received three sieges from the minotaurs. The first one had eleven of the bullheaded critters, none wielding the special weapons I modded in. The second siege was composed of 14 dwarves with Minotaur-language names (evidently kidnapping victims or something). They, in fact, were wielding the new weapons.

Lastly, the third siege came with well over 40 minotaurs and trolls. I'm just glad my cage trap corridor was long enough.

It's not like I haven't had the time or steel to make a military, I just don't like any half measures so I've been waiting for legendary weaponsmiths and armorers before I begin the process of crafting the 40+ full sets of steel that I'll need to kit out my dwarves. And in the meantime I get to pirate the gear and melt down the bits and pieces that the minotaurs bring.

Weighted Silver Whip? Yes pls. :3

[Sirbug]

Sudden appearence of soil where my dining room was meant to be threw some spanner in my already awkward design. Now dwarves will come to dining hall though the hatch.

[Chevaleresse]

Unretiring this fort brought a couple oddities. All friendly civs have merchants that keep hanging around, and there's an axelf(!) clad in full steel(!!!!!) just sort of loitering about. I also found a bin stuffed with a minecraft stuffed with more bins and various other pieces of armor seem to have warped off of my militia and onto the "Friendly" people on the map.

[Sirbug]

Undead had came and slaughtered my fort before I even discovered metal. Such a shame.

I will now reclaim my fort with seven military dwarved. I already set up basic necessities, I just need to gain foothold until working immigrants come.

[Xazo-Tak]

Unretiring this fort brought a couple oddities. All friendly civs have merchants that keep hanging around, and there's an axelf(!) clad in full steel(!!!!!) just sort of loitering about. I also found a bin stuffed with a minecraft stuffed with more bins and various other pieces of armor seem to have warped off of my militia and onto the "Friendly" people on the map.

axelf

minecraft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0kYZhxpEI

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Undead had came and slaughtered my fort before I even discovered metal. Such a shame.

I will now reclaim my fort with seven military dwarved. I already set up basic necessities, I just need to gain foothold until working immigrants come.

Don'tcha know turtling is a good defense against anything?  Except your dwarves.  And undead dwarves.  And tantrumming dwarves.  And lazy, starving dwarves.  And buggy dwarves...  Dwarves.

[Sirbug]

I turtled initially, sort of, but decided to risk it and fight four undeads. They were stronger then I expected. I also failed to unpack in timely manner.

Now I don't seem to get any migrants, even though I went through winter and spring.

[Sirbug]

On second attempt turtling worked, but I still wanted a fight. I managed to break the siege, but somehow, I lost my veterans to zombie emu heads. Now I've got one recruit, I hope he can become a supreme fighter and avenge his comrades killing the dreaded emu heads before I abandon the fort.

[pisskop]

Unretiring this fort brought a couple oddities. All friendly civs have merchants that keep hanging around, and there's an axelf(!) clad in full steel(!!!!!) just sort of loitering about. I also found a bin stuffed with a minecraft stuffed with more bins and various other pieces of armor seem to have warped off of my militia and onto the "Friendly" people on the map.

Unretiring my fotress results in my liason becoming hostile to me.

[Sirbug]

Apparently, undead emu heads are perfect to teach children how to fight. Unfortunately, they probably won't live to use those skills.

Some new migrants had arrived. I probably shouldn't have send them right away to fight emu heads in my dining room, but I guess if we can't take back food stockpile, we are as good as dead anyway.

[pisskop]

Apparently, undead emu heads are perfect to teach children how to fight. Unfortunately, they probably won't live to use those skills.

Some new migrants had arrived. I probably shouldn't have send them right away to fight emu heads in my dining room, but I guess if we can't take back food stockpile, we are as good as dead anyway.

Chicken beaks.  i had some thralled chicken beaks in 34.11; and they were perfect for teaching dwarves how to fight.  At least for a year, dwarves would exhaust themselves unpon the beaks, until they would crawl out of combat as others charged the beak away from them.  Then one dwarf got nipped on the cheeck and some thralling dust got on him.  And we all died happily ever after.

[Sirbug]

Question remains - are reanimated sculls even killable at all?

All my surviving troops are already legendary but no end is in sight.