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[DolosusDoleus]

Exerpt from the journal of "DolosusDoleus" Sibrekmomuz, Expedition Leader

Considering that we're in the middle of bleeding nowhere, I've taken it upon myself to make sure that we all don't die horribly. Strike the earth!

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Apparently there are giant eagles here. As if things couldn't get any worse. Already things look pretty terrible. First off, we're in the middle of a wasteland, and there's not a tree to be found, except for all the way down in the corner. Now, I would have the lads go off and chop some of those trees down, but it looks like there's a bunch a' skeletons down there, and I don't want anything to do with 'em.

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Additionally, I can't really say what's up with the lizard men. There's no water around here, where would they be? Either way, Atis swears that he can sense that yes, there were definitely lizard men around here and yes, they are most certainly dead. Whatever, that's the least of our problems.

I've started digging out the side of the mountain with NCommander, so that we can get inside nice and safe-like. Those skeletal goats are getting a little too close for my taste.

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A few weeks later

So it looks like we may have run into a wee bit of a problem. Namely, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD!

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Have to say, I was expecting a little more soil that this. So: new plan.

1. Dig for the soil
2. Plant farms
3. Avoid undead goats and apparently slug men as well.

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Because this could take a while, I've ordered that our two livestock animals be butchered, and the butcher's shop be walled up shortly afterwards. I've seen those skeletal goats, and I don't want to know if that'll be the case with our skeletons.

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A few weeks later still

Finally! After what seems like a bazillion goddamn years, we've managed to mine all the way to the soil, and have started planting our fields.

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I'm just glad we haven't run into the skeletons yet. I just know that it'll end up going very, very badly.

[pikachu17]

PTW

[NCommander]

No need to wall up the butcher shop. Undead don't resurrect in this version. That was a DF2012 improvement.

[nogoodnames]

I'll take a turn. I've never played 40d so this should be fun.

[DolosusDoleus]

I'll take a turn. I've never played 40d so this should be fun.

Yer in!

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Toss me in for a turn  Maybe this time I can actually do something major for the fort.

[DolosusDoleus]

Toss me in for a turn  Maybe this time I can actually do something major for the fort.

Ye be in!

Second (and possibly final?) write-up coming maybe today, but in all likelihood tomorrow.

Also after some wiki-diving, I've learned that apparently adamantine can only be found in mountains in this version, and is fairly common(ish?) in mountain regions. So yay!

EDIT: Oh dear god this is bad

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[Madman198237]

Got enough skeletons there, have you?

PTW

[DolosusDoleus]

Exerpt from the journal of "DolosusDoleus" Sibrekmomuz, Expedition Leader

So, we've finally got the food situation under control. Thank god for that.

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Meanwhile, I was informed by the rest of the lads that the yak and horse corpses we're moving around or reanimating. However, I'm still not gonna open up the butcher's shop. Thing's fulla some foul odors, and I don't particularly want to deal with that.

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Due to the fact that we can't gain access to trees very easily, I've decreed that finding access to a source of water and magma is of the utmost necessity. Exploratory excavations to find them are currently underway.

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In the meantime, the mountain goats are back. This time with a skeletal giant eagle. Delightful.

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We've also constructed a trade depot. I'm not sure if there are any civilizations nearby, or if any of them would even know where we are, but better safe than sorry.

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Also, the fortress received no migrants this season. While not unexpected due to us not having much contact with any local dwarven civilizations, it still makes things a tad difficult.

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A few weeks later

Autumn has come!

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Our search for any underground rivers or magma deposits is going well! We've managed to cut out a large part of the underground and... what's this?

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OH DEAR GOD NO

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(This goes on for about eight more pages)

Uh, okay. Fuck that. We're walling that up, and I'm declaring this to be a "later" problem.

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Dear god, look at this thing. Are those bottomless pits at the bottom?

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Slightly after panickedly walling off the cavern, one of the lads said there was a dwarven caravan coming our way! By the gods, we are saved!

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Hmmm. So, okay. These dwarves are from some civilization called Atis Thidas, which I have never heard of. After declaring that our fortress shall be called "Bridgeborn" (A pretty stupid name if you ask me, but whaddaya gonna do?), they opened up a trade deal. I asked for all the goddamn seeds and wood they could possibly send us.

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In the meantime, one of the guards has been chasing around a (non-skeletal) Giant Eagle. For some reason, it isn't tearing him to shreds. I'm okay with this, as it means he won't stupidly draw it over to the entrance of the fortress.

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After I spoke with the liason, I took the time to check out the cavern we uncovered. Is that a skeletal troll?

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In other news, the traders made some requests for us, and there are no migrants this season either. Hopefully our discovery will soon change that fact.

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And the merchants are gone! Go forth fellow dwarves, and let this strange new world know of our existence!

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[Fleeting Frames]

Well that was mildly exciting. I take it you're digging for candy? Nice advantage for mountains indeed.

PS: What are those cinnabar slabs  in the caverns?

PPS: I take it you forgot to smooth the boulders in front of depot?

[Sarrak]

Dorf me! Military! Death and Emptiness!

EDIT: Sarrak:Military:Deathseeker:Male

[Xyon]

40d, my first time playing DF was with 40d.   I forgot you needed to hit space bar to exit everything.  But I sure do miss the simpler stats of strong agile and tough. 

Dwarf me please.
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[DolosusDoleus]

Well that was mildly exciting. I take it you're digging for candy? Nice advantage for mountains indeed.

PS: What are those cinnabar slabs  in the caverns?

PPS: I take it you forgot to smooth the boulders in front of depot?

1. Well, for candy, water, and magma. There’s constantly a pack of slug/snailmen/giant eagles by the trees, and so an alternative means of gathering wood and magma smelting would be ideal. But with my luck both are probably on the other side of the chasm.

2. Idk

3. Yep. I forgot you have to do that in rocky areas ._.

[DolosusDoleus]

Exerpt from the journal of "DolosusDoleus" Sibrekmomuz, Expedition Leader

There's cave spider webs growing in the tunnels! Should we want to start weaving silk, that'll be extremely useful!

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Additionally, scouting reports have found that there is gold within the chasm! Also will likely be very useful.

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I've ordered the boulders outside the trade depot to be smoothed, as the caravan's wagons were not able to reach it because of them.

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A few weeks later

Winter is here! To commemorate the occasion, I've decided to dig myself a nice tomb. Nothing too fancy, just lots of smoothed walls, statues, cabinets and the like.

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In the meantime, I've ordered additional tunnels dug out in order to find an underground river or some magma. Unfortunately, we've nothing as of yet.

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Thieves! Scoundrels! Come back with our... lignite blocks? Why did we even have that?

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Why is there food just sitting here in this hallway? This is going to go bad!

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A few weeks later still

The lads say that the snows are startin' to melt, and that spring is here.

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Now, as according to ancient dwarven tradition, I'm to pass off the title of Overseer to another trusty dwarf. Good riddance too, this whole overseeing thing is way too stressful for me. I'm just gonna go back to the one thing I know: mining.

save

[NCommander]

Save is claimed, though I don't expect to play much if any tonight or tomorrow. First update is likely Sunday.