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[AvolitionBrit]

Right, i made a small embark yesterday and continued today. What was a small thriving fort turned into a horror story. It begun in the 2nd year of the fortress, i had build a small keep around the entrance and had planned out a 2nd floor. As it was being build i noticed snow and a dark red liquid which i had mistaken for blood but turned out to be malodorous slush. Realised that on embark i must have picked a evil biome and thought nothing of it. The slush seemed like it didnt do anything.

Spoiler: Malodorous Slush (click to show/hide)

As the willow 2nd flood is being built i check on the dwarves and see that he is blind and heavily bruised all other. Then his foot mangles.

Spoiler: Subject 1 (click to show/hide)

Wierd i check another dwarf, blind and mangled. See multiple bruised and mangle injuries. Start to build orders for a hospital and cancel construction. It was too late, items were coating in the stuff. Then the giant porcupine came, Beachfathers the Equivalent Famine.

Spoiler: Beachfathers (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Kills (click to show/hide)

It was agitated by the slush and killed seven managled dwarves before another dwarf locked it into a room. The military were all bruised and mangled. Must of been a horror site to the humans stationed there.

Spoiler: Contained (click to show/hide)

The some horses got agitated and killed most of the dwarves. Just a sole survivor who was slowly exposed to the malodorous slush. He practical melted as he was slowly mangled away.

Spoiler: Horse Combat (click to show/hide)

Now all i have is a fort of 5 humans who are monster slayers. What should i do with this fort?. Whilst horrifying, the slush is an effective weapon against anything exposed to it. The humans have an stockpile of food from the dwarves so will survive a long enough to become citizens.

Spoiler: 5 Guys, Malodorous slush and dies (click to show/hide)

[King Zultan]

Keep the fort going, and see if you can over come the Malodorous slush.

[brewer bob]

Yeah, keep the fort going, though I believe it might need some tricks to get the monster slayers to petition for citizenship, since they don't normally do that.

Maybe a simple DFHack profession change will do the trick?

[AvolitionBrit]

It took a bit but new dwarves arrived and a season later finally one took up an expedition leader role. Fort is going well. Its a 50% human 50% dwarf fortress currently. The weather is very interesting. Agitated animals will attack everything whilst slowly rotting away. A group of wild owl men became feral but had been exposed too long to the slush. Liturally fell to the ground and rotted away. Im just awaiting a roc or dragon to show up to see how well it holds up and how long it can survive.

[Salmeuk]

that's fucking metal. its not often you see evil weather do something so physical.

[AvolitionBrit]

Honestly its effects are brutal. Causes animals to rage and bruises you til your pulp. Its basically a zombie infection.

[King Zultan]

The more I hear of this place the more hard core and metal it becomes.

[callisto8413]

We need raincoats in this game.

Also, how are you dealing with it?  Covered roads?  Keeping the populace inside?  Trying to grow trees inside?  The outside sounds too deadly...

[AvolitionBrit]

Its one level up from ground that the slush falls. I didn't notice its existance until i built up.

I have dwarves at the entrance as it turns animals hostile and aggresive. Try to limit exposure. Have a few perma blind dwarves cause of it but if i catch it early they live. The mangled ones, can sort of get fixed in the hospital but im low on thread so thats my next plan. Currently want a flying megabeast to come and see the time it takes to full take effect. Since it bruises until it mangles. It might causes something like a roc to crash and splatter on the ground before making it to the roof. Saw it did that to some owl men so i know its a posibility.