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Roll back to before Taupe's disastrous turn

Keep going and see what happens

Let it die

[4maskwolf]

Also I should probably point out for the sake of avoiding nasty surprises that Spawn have TRAPAVOID, but I won't because I want to see the look on y'alls faces.

Did... you expect us not to know this?  Because anyone who has read Syrupleaf knows this.

[cherry-hearts]

Also I should probably point out for the sake of avoiding nasty surprises that Spawn have TRAPAVOID, but I won't because I want to see the look on y'alls faces.

Did... you expect us not to know this?  Because anyone who has read Syrupleaf knows this.

Oh no! I didn't know that there was preliminary reading I had to do! I'm sooooo behind! D:

[Monitor Lisard]

Also I should probably point out for the sake of avoiding nasty surprises that Spawn have TRAPAVOID, but I won't because I want to see the look on y'alls faces.

Did... you expect us not to know this?  Because anyone who has read Syrupleaf knows this.

Oh no! I didn't know that there was preliminary reading I had to do! I'm sooooo behind! D:

I dunno really what was the starting point of all that. Headshoots, maybe? It feels like the term "Overseer" came to use back then, although I'm not really sure.

[Ribbonfree]

@Ribbon, Lisard, everyone:

Totally loving the journals! Keep it up! Although, I'm getting a bit worried about Ribbon.


@Splint:

May I submit that we set up some cage traps? I'm not sure exactly what Ribbonfree's planning to do with her turn, but I'd imagine she'd appreciate having some live subjects to work with.

Also I should probably point out for the sake of avoiding nasty surprises that Spawn have TRAPAVOID, but I won't because I want to see the look on y'alls faces.

Eh? What's wrong with Ribbon?

I plan to DESTROY ALL WORLDS Don't feel the need to cage stuff, I have bigger and more likely to fail plans in mind.

Also damn ok, I only know the Spawn through Headshoots, never actually read what they did when modded in.

[Mr Frog]

Also I should probably point out for the sake of avoiding nasty surprises that Spawn have TRAPAVOID, but I won't because I want to see the look on y'alls faces.

Did... you expect us not to know this?  Because anyone who has read Syrupleaf knows this.

Oh no! I didn't know that there was preliminary reading I had to do! I'm sooooo behind! D:

TBH I already put everything y'all should need to know in the OP (assuming you actually are worried and aren't just taking the piss, which... I don't feel like puzzling out right now). There was a fortress called Headshoots where a dwarven heroine named Holistic_Detective was corrupted into a monster and cast into Hell, sometime after which her mutated quasi-dwarven Spawn overran the world. That is pretty much the tall and short of it, or at least what's remotely-relevant to the fort (I don't expect the Spawn's origins to actually come up). I really don't want this to become a continuity nightmare where you need to read like 3-4 different forts just to understand what's going on, lol

Also @4maskwolf I decided it was best not to assume that everyone who signed up for this has read (or fully-remembers) Syrupleaf just because we happen to have the Spawn (which are really just here because a] I already had them lying around fully-functioning in my modding folder and b] I think they're cool, lol). Hell, I don't even think it's a good idea to assume that everyone that's signed up for a fort has even read the OP :V

Eh? What's wrong with Ribbon?

I dunno lol, you tell me:

[The entry abruptly stops here.]

[Ribbonfree]

Oh lol. Probably not clear due to my narrative choice, mb. That's her getting interrupted in her writing the day the Spawn first show.

[Taupe]

I choose to believe in the alternate reality where Hollistic_detective died to a drowning wrestling adventurer.

[Splint]

I believe Overseer extends back to fabled Boatmurdered. I'd have to check.

As to the spawn, I don't believe they were ever [TRAPAVOID] creatures, it's just that Syrupleaf didn't have the sheer materials needed to make grinder halls (nor did they really need such a thing for mundane threats like goblins, who routinely got punted 2+screens away to explode into giblets by champions like Tehsid and Sirocco.)

I'll have to check the old story to see, and I might be right since I was right about them having most normal vulnerabilities (stunning, nausea, brain damage,) sans blood loss, possibly needing air, and pain.

[Mr Frog]

I believe Overseer extends back to fabled Boatmurdered. I'd have to check.

As to the spawn, I don't believe they were ever [TRAPAVOID] creatures, it's just that Syrupleaf didn't have the sheer materials needed to make grinder halls (nor did they really need such a thing for mundane threats like goblins, who routinely got punted 2+screens away to explode into giblets by champions like Tehsid and Sirocco.)

I'll have to check the old story to see, and I might be right since I was right about them having most normal vulnerabilities (stunning, nausea, brain damage,) sans blood loss, possibly needing air, and pain.

I believe you already checked and confirmed that they were in fact vulnerable to stunning, nausea and brain damage/decapitation, none of which affect them in my version. Can't remember about pain, although I am quite confident that they never required air due to the fact that they attempted to enter Syrupleaf through one of their magma moats (which caused them to burn to death, but that's another story). I think I took quite a few liberties with them in order to make them scarier for Spearbreakers, as DF2010's armor rewrite was not kind to creatures that rely on biting and claws to attack. (The nausea/stunning bit was a legit reading comprehension fail on my part, though.)

Spoiler: A Secret Note (click to show/hide)

(This is a top-secret document intended only for the educated eyes of His Gaudiness and his expressly-authorised aides and retainers. Any uncomprehending persons who view this document are urgently-advised to turn themselves in willingly to the nearest lawmaker for immediate and merciful suppression therapy. Any persons found to be disseminating any information contained in this document without written and stamped authorisation shall be executed on charges of treason against His Gaudiness.)

In light of the recent wave of attacks on our outposts by the Spawn of Holistic, I must remind Your Gaudiness that maintaining control of the populace is essential to our society's continued functioning. To this purpose, any information which may be too frightful for the general public is to be kept out of common circulation. In particular, I must emphasise that any tales of us suddenly losing all contact with most of our southern outposts last season are to be treated as the destructive falsehoods that they are and that those spreading such salacities are to be punished accordingly. The truth as recorded by the Archives shall be that the outposts in question died gloriously in a protracted conflict, the Spawn only barely managing to break them before their own numbers were completely depleted. As Royal Archivist, I will do my part to ensure that the correct course of events becomes accepted as common fact, but I will require your cooperation to ensure that any complicating factors are dealt with efficiently and legally.
   In particular, Clobbermountains concerns me, as my informants have relayed to me that they have recently been stumbled upon by one of the Spawn's drones; they will likely shortly face large-scale attack from the nearest hive. Though I can understand why Your Gaudiness is reluctant to order them to evacuate in light of the murmurings regarding your... surprising choice of location, I should not have to remind you of the damage risked to your leadership should well over 40 of our number and who knows how much resources be squandered due to your subordinates' incompetence (which I am as yet in the process of investigating). In the event that the fortress falls, any knowedge of such is to be completely-suppressed; again, as Royal Archivist, I shall do my part in ensuring that the truth is recorded and the public is correctly-informed, but I will require your stamp of approval as King to fully sign the truth into official recognition.

   Regards,
Urist Ashoklam, Royal Archivist of the Torrid Lash

[4maskwolf]

I believe Overseer extends back to fabled Boatmurdered. I'd have to check.

As to the spawn, I don't believe they were ever [TRAPAVOID] creatures, it's just that Syrupleaf didn't have the sheer materials needed to make grinder halls (nor did they really need such a thing for mundane threats like goblins, who routinely got punted 2+screens away to explode into giblets by champions like Tehsid and Sirocco.)

I'll have to check the old story to see, and I might be right since I was right about them having most normal vulnerabilities (stunning, nausea, brain damage,) sans blood loss, possibly needing air, and pain.

Nah they were trapavoid.  It wasn't mentioned until like right at the end, though, when they set up a pressure-plate triggered trap and the spawn ran right over it without triggering it.  Also, goblins never invaded them as far as I can recall: just the spawn and, much later, frost giants.

[Splint]

I believe Overseer extends back to fabled Boatmurdered. I'd have to check.

As to the spawn, I don't believe they were ever [TRAPAVOID] creatures, it's just that Syrupleaf didn't have the sheer materials needed to make grinder halls (nor did they really need such a thing for mundane threats like goblins, who routinely got punted 2+screens away to explode into giblets by champions like Tehsid and Sirocco.)

I'll have to check the old story to see, and I might be right since I was right about them having most normal vulnerabilities (stunning, nausea, brain damage,) sans blood loss, possibly needing air, and pain.

Nah they were trapavoid.  It wasn't mentioned until like right at the end, though, when they set up a pressure-plate triggered trap and the spawn ran right over it without triggering it.  Also, goblins never invaded them as far as I can recall: just the spawn and, much later, frost giants.

I'm fairly certain goblins and sand raiders attacked them. But see, this is why I intend to reread it, so I can take notes. :v

[mikethete]

I'm fairly certain goblins and sand raiders attacked them. But see, this is why I intend to reread it, so I can take notes. :v

Still have yet to finish syrupleaf, almost done though.

[Splint]

Devoted the rest of today to brainstorming mod ideas for the Elf Invasion mod. A sort of Yeti race is going to guard the tundras, taigas, and glaciers of the world with steelgrade gear.

Also fiddling with some New Vegas mod stuff; me and a buddy are late as fuck to the party, but since 4 is using an updated version of the Creation engine (Skyrim's engine,) which was just an updated Gamebryo engine (Oblivion, 3 and NV,) most of what we've learned will carry over pretty well. Biggest issue for anything we wanna do is getting Voice Actors.

Will likely polish off my turn tomorrow/late today.

[cherry-hearts]

Jeff's Journal, Entry 5:
Dude! There's one of those freaky monster things outside. Man, this is not good! I've heard legends of those things, and how they can, like, tear a dwarf apart. I sure hope that he hasn't brought any of his bros along; that'd be real bad. If that happens, I sure hope that I don't get hurt.

Devoted the rest of today to brainstorming mod ideas for the Elf Invasion mod. A sort of Yeti race is going to guard the tundras, taigas, and glaciers of the world with steelgrade gear.

Also fiddling with some New Vegas mod stuff; me and a buddy are late as fuck to the party, but since 4 is using an updated version of the Creation engine (Skyrim's engine,) which was just an updated Gamebryo engine (Oblivion, 3 and NV,) most of what we've learned will carry over pretty well. Biggest issue for anything we wanna do is getting Voice Actors.

That's neat, but does that have anything whatsoever to do with this thread?

[Splint]

Jeff's Journal, Entry 5:
Dude! There's one of those freaky monster things outside. Man, this is not good! I've heard legends of those things, and how they can, like, tear a dwarf apart. I sure hope that he hasn't brought any of his bros along; that'd be real bad. If that happens, I sure hope that I don't get hurt.

Devoted the rest of today to brainstorming mod ideas for the Elf Invasion mod. A sort of Yeti race is going to guard the tundras, taigas, and glaciers of the world with steelgrade gear.

Also fiddling with some New Vegas mod stuff; me and a buddy are late as fuck to the party, but since 4 is using an updated version of the Creation engine (Skyrim's engine,) which was just an updated Gamebryo engine (Oblivion, 3 and NV,) most of what we've learned will carry over pretty well. Biggest issue for anything we wanna do is getting Voice Actors.

That's neat, but does that have anything whatsoever to do with this thread?

It explains why I didn't have anything of note to report in any way shape or form today, Mr. Snippy.