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[Slappy Moose]

I'm curious if anyone has ever done this before; instead of a usual fortress dug into the side of a mountain, or a simple entrance going down into the ant-tunnel fort, what about a cylindrical pit fortress?

I'm going to build this type next, and here is how I envision it: A very large circle or square shape is channeled into the ground, deep down to make a huge pit. At the top/precipice of the pit are walls, fortifications, etc and maybe you can leave some floating islands for farms (or just have the farms outside).

There could be two methods of vertical transport; stairways all around the inside of the pit, or a single pillar up the center of the pit, with bridges/walkways going out to the rooms dug into the side of the pit.

Hell, you could even have multiple pits; a residence pit, workshop pit, etc.



Has anyone ever done this before? Also, any suggestions for me when I go ahead and try this?

[Smew]

Do it with a bottomless pit for extra fun.

[Alex Encandar]

Do it with a bottomless pit for extra fun.

I've theorized about forts around that design. It's a good idea, I highly recommend it.

[Slappy Moose]

So if a dwarf trips on the stairs they die forever? Hahah, how dwarfy! I like that idea, I wouldn't have to channel out a shitload of stuff either. Thanks!

[Smew]

So if a dwarf trips on the stairs they die forever? Hahah, how dwarfy! I like that idea, I wouldn't have to channel out a shitload of stuff either. Thanks!

As a note for any future multi level rooms, use ramps instead of channeling.

[Gorjo MacGrymm]

well, i havent started a game in about a month, but now I have too.  uhh, thanks for the idea   

[InsanityPrelude]

I'm totally building my next fort along a chasm or pit. Glacier fort's probably going to tantrum itself to death after the next orc siege, anyway.

[Jim Groovester]

I did this once. I sunk a 10x10 square shaft down the middle of a heavy forest. There would be two entrances: one at the top for dwarves to go about their business with, and one at the bottom at the end of a narrow maze of narrow walkways, retracting bridges, and a water pit. I don't remember why I abandoned that fort. Probably because it was messy, as I was still pretty new to Dwarf Fortress.

Though a bottomless pit would be cooler.

[AncientEnemy]

I was actually thinking about doing this, only rather than a vertical pit, I was going to make an inverted pyramid with ramps leading between levels

[Martin]

I'm doing this with the dwarf heaven site. It's a 47 diameter round fortress inside the bottomless pit. It'll be 25 stories tall with a water and magma shaft running the height of the fortress. The center shaft will have both water and magma pump stacks (where the two temporary bridges are) as well as stairs.

Here's the future water/magma storage at z+5 above the top of the magma pipe:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[starshard0]

The best part is you can attach your fortress to a single support. BOOM, instant reset.

[InsanityPrelude]

A site like that could make a good succession game, actually.

[Atlas]

I was actually thinking about doing this, only rather than a vertical pit, I was going to make an inverted pyramid with ramps leading between levels

I did that once, when goblins attacked, they shot from the edges all the way down to dwarves at the bottom...

[AncientEnemy]

I was actually thinking about doing this, only rather than a vertical pit, I was going to make an inverted pyramid with ramps leading between levels

I did that once, when goblins attacked, they shot from the edges all the way down to dwarves at the bottom...

oh, my intent was to have it still be closed off from the outside world (maybe extend the 'base' (top level) of the pyramid 1 level above ground onto walls with fortifications, and have a normal entranceway somewhere

like dis

[Slappy Moose]

like dis

I'll have to try that too, it could be pretty awesome looking and fun to make. Perhaps make it possible to seal off all entrances, and flood the entire base like a lake? Would be a cool defense mechanism.