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[Cthulhu]

Has the new version removed skilled villager companions?  I've been wandering around my town for quite a while and there are none at all.  I never adventure with drunks, and it wouldn't be as much fun without companions to roleplay.  Are they only in large cities?

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: Muffles ]

[Fenrir]

I've not seen any yet, but you can now adventure with anyone who has an adventurous spirit, so maybe you could round up mob of peasants.

[Cthulhu]

Well, can you at least equip peasants with weapons?

[Fenrir]

No, you can't.  

[Cthulhu]

Curses, now I have to decide between friends and a fleshed-out world...

[Fenrir]

Go with the fleshed-out world. Friends never last long anyway.

[Cthulhu]

Mine tended to last quite a while and if one died it was generally a sign of an imminent TPK.

[Toady One]

It doesn't place mercenaries like it used to, but they should be back at some point.  You'll occasionally find a former guard who didn't get a new guard job when they moved to a new town, and they are just a soldier unit that you can snatch up, but that's very rare.

[Torak]

How are you supposed to tell who has an adventurous spirit or not?

[Kagus]

Ask everyone in town...   I didn't find anyone, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.

I had to go one town over in order to find one drunk to go adventuring with me.  He was even hiding upstairs so I wouldn't find him.

That giant cave spider we ran into four steps into the cave was probably why.

EDIT: Oh, hey, just thought of something.  It's a bit work-intensive for its gain, but it's something.  Start out an adventurer from a particular civ (smaller would probably be better), and make your way to a specific town that you can remember.  Once there, retire the adventurer.  

Repeat this process, making sure to retire in the same town each time.  Eventually, you should have a little pack of custom-tailored adventurers to join your party.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: Kagus ]

[Keiseth]

With the bonus of being able to change who leads the party, and re-equip everyone after they inevitably lose everything, I think. It could take a while, all that loading time, but it would be very fun afterwards.

I'm sort of trying that now. I have a dwarf hiding in Sensualdeep, who fights with a steel shield. I was going to find him a weapon, but honestly, he does better without one!

[Cthulhu]

It works, but it's incredibly time-consuming, and given DF's unpredictable combat, this time is often wasted.