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Judge/Lawyer/Wandering Lawman

27 (6.8%)

Tavern Owner

17 (4.3%)

Merchant/Shopkeeper

23 (5.8%)

Craftsdwarf

24 (6%)

Military commander

22 (5.5%)

Ruler

33 (8.3%)

Soldier

25 (6.3%)

Farmer/Fisherdwarf/anything related

24 (6%)

Thief

20 (5%)

Assassin

19 (4.8%)

Forger/Counterfeiter

6 (1.5%)

Priest

15 (3.8%)

Politician

13 (3.3%)

Pirate

13 (3.3%)

Highwayman

12 (3%)

Doctor/Surgeon

26 (6.5%)

Beggar

5 (1.3%)

Engineer

16 (4%)

Sailor/Navigator

11 (2.8%)

Spy

19 (4.8%)

Clerk/Official

3 (0.8%)

Monk

5 (1.3%)

Treasure hunter

22 (5.5%)

Total Members Voted: 152

[Ekaton]

Seeing that rather obscure professions like a lawyer or a tavern owner are so oftenly proposed, I want to create a poll. Choose those professions that you would like to see in Df first - you can choose up to 3 of those.

If I missed any, mention it in your post and I'll add it if possible.

[jecowa]

Took me a bit to realize that "adv" is short for "adventure" and not "advanced".

I'm not completely understanding this. What would adding a "thief" profession to adventure mode change? I'm pretty sure you can already steel things and get punished for thievery in adventure mode. I've only played adventure mode once, so maybe there's something I'm not understanding.

[Capntastic]

Wandering lawperson for a civ, bandit leader, shopkeeper.

The three elements

[Ekaton]

Took me a bit to realize that "adv" is short for "adventure" and not "advanced".

I'm not completely understanding this. What would adding a "thief" profession to adventure mode change? I'm pretty sure you can already steel things and get punished for thievery in adventure mode. I've only played adventure mode once, so maybe there's something I'm not understanding.

There are already some adventure roles planned - thief will be in one of the next releases - http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html

[jecowa]

It's really tough to choose. I definitely want Farming. Engineering would be fun – that means making traps and drawbridges, right? Then I'd probably take Doctor for my third. It's fun to help people.

[Shonai_Dweller]

The plan is not to restrict players but to give the world enough variety that the player can play as any role he likes realistically. Pursuit, capture and imprisonment for stealing stuff, either side of which the player could be involved with. Merchant robbing, guarding and hiriing of guards to allow you to play the role of a guard, bandit or merchant. dances and poetry competitions at festivals for the bards/hirers of bards/enslavers of bards. Building for tavern keepers, farmers, priests, pilgrims etc.

I'd imagine a bard who's not very good could join a bandit group to top up his cash and run away with a merchant caravan after seducing the warlords wife. Working as a guard before getting a reputation as a dragon slayer after accidentally killing one as it feasted on the merchants.

[Robsoie]

I'm not completely understanding this. What would adding a "thief" profession to adventure mode change? I'm pretty sure you can already steel things and get punished for thievery in adventure mode. I've only played adventure mode once, so maybe there's something I'm not understanding.

At the current version, there's a lot of unpunished overlooked thievery in the game : walk in a castle or a mead hall take all the weapons and armors you want while being directly in the guards/lords line of sight, and walk away without a single problem.

[Egan_BW]

Can't wait until I can be a guard for a traveling merchant. Even better if they own a ship.

[Ekaton]

Added the Treasure Hunter to the poll.

[WakeMeUp]

I. Merchant
II. Judge
III. Tavern Owner

[jecowa]

Tavern Owner sounds interesting. I guess it'd be sort of like a Maxis SimTavern game – Get a loan, build a tavern, hire employees, maybe purchase some nice furniture from your dwarf fortress. Something like that? Maybe you could also grow your own plump helmets and pigtails etc in the basement and brew your own beverages.

[Legendary Marksdorf]

Pirate, obviously ! YARR, ARRR, PIRATES WE BE, PILLAGING PLUNDERING ROAMING THE SEAS, DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE, YOUU ARE A PIRATE !

[Cormack]

Tavern Owner sounds interesting. I guess it'd be sort of like a Maxis SimTavern game – Get a loan, build a tavern, hire employees, maybe purchase some nice furniture from your dwarf fortress. Something like that? Maybe you could also grow your own plump helmets and pigtails etc in the basement and brew your own beverages.

Yeah, that would be great. Also, to serve beverages yourself, learn lates gossips and news and spread them, rent rooms, maybe hire some wandering mercenaries to guard your tavern. I think that it is one of the best professions we can get, I always loved roleplaying tavern owners in D&D and Warhammer. So much immersion. Taverns are like THE MOST important place in any fantasy world. Would be really cool to own one.

[jecowa]

Wandering Lawman

What is this? Like Interpol or a Texas Ranger or something?

[Ekaton]

Wandering Lawman

What is this? Like Interpol or a Texas Ranger or something?

In medieval/renaissance times and in some fantasy settings those are judges who travel from village to village, delivering justice in the name of the ruler. That's because local police forces such as militia have to stay and protect the village, not leave it uprotected when they escort a criminal to the nearest castle/town, and also because travelling can be too dangerous for unprepared villagers, and better done by lawmen who are escorted by soldiers.

In civs where only king is allowed to deliver justice, the lords can't pass sentences themselves, and have to rely on lawmen and judges who deliver it in the name of the king. Otherwise, they can be hired by a local nobleman who would instruct them about local laws and punishments for different crimes.