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[geoduck]

I'm... just going to leave this picture here...

OK, I'll admit it, I have absolutely no idea what that is.

[Raufgar]

I'm... just going to leave this picture here...

OK, I'll admit it, I have absolutely no idea what that is.

Tower-Cap Mushroom (underground equivalent of a tree) in the middle of a whole bunch of un-mined stone. Probably used Reveal to see it like that. Makes you wonder how tenacious those Tower-Caps really are...

My FacePalm (tm) moment:

Spent an hour "Planning for the journey carefully", tailoring for a minimalistic "no tools but the kitchen sink anvil" build and "so many barrels they create a multi-story building" build combined.

Embarked. Strike the Earth!

Started right next to a black bear. Okay Dokay. Didn't want trouble so early in the game, so I had him [TAME] with RuneSmith.

And then....it hits me....forgot to pack a fire-safe stone. <facepalm>

Just as I was contemplating abandoning my little commune (no picks = no digging cavernous rooms), I decided "To Hell With IT!~"

1) Made a training axe and started clear-cutting the whole map. Made them unicorns sad.
2) Built myself a nice 3-story wooden cabin, equipped with dorm, dinning hall, and storage.
3) Made a Trade Depot out of wood
4) Pumped out a murky pond into a reservoir, made a one-holer and designated that as the drinking ole' (no stone/metal = no mechanisms)
5) Grabbed all the shrubs, turned about half into booze.
6) Lasted until the first caravan came (after 2 migrant waves of 3-4 dorfs)

As a famous man once said: Smells like....Dwarf Fortress.

[Lord Vetinari]

It's all my fault, but I spent hours planning and digging a water system that should have pump water from a river and then dump back in it to avoid flood and for scenic reasons. Then winter came and I rememberd that in temperate areas the rivers freeze.

[Raufgar]

It's all my fault, but I spent hours planning and digging a water system that should have pump water from a river and then dump back in it to avoid flood and for scenic reasons. Then winter came and I rememberd that in temperate areas the rivers freeze.

I wonder what happens if you dump the water 1 z higher onto the top of the (frozen) river... Lucky me my terrifying ocean doesn't freeze...

[Vehudur]

When I was flooding my fortress with...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

For the 50th time.

[Lord Vetinari]

It's all my fault, but I spent hours planning and digging a water system that should have pump water from a river and then dump back in it to avoid flood and for scenic reasons. Then winter came and I rememberd that in temperate areas the rivers freeze.

I wonder what happens if you dump the water 1 z higher onto the top of the (frozen) river... Lucky me my terrifying ocean doesn't freeze...

I wondered too, so I made a backup of the save before I changed the project. One of these days I'll finish it and try.

[veok]

I'm... just going to leave this picture here...

OK, I'll admit it, I have absolutely no idea what that is.

There's a towercap mushroom growing in the middle of my obsidian casting. The damn thing has lava *on top of it* and its still just chilling, indifferent to my anger.

[celem]

Missing the Burn Wood job assignment and setting every single bloody dwarf to be a furnace operator in a blind rage to try and start my metal chain.

Doing so one dwarf at a time because im a noob and havent fully explored the menus. (Hence not finding the assignment in the first place)

Giving up with tears of rage and resolving to wait for the first damn caravan.

Caravan bringing no coke/charcoal.

Waiting this situation out for 4 years because as a rule i dont seek outside help, unfavorable caravans wouldnt provide the single unit needed to convert the mountain of bitumous coal and get rolling.

Fretting like a lunatic that impending stabbity death was lurking over the horizon and my army is outfitted with wood and whatever iron junk traders happened to have. (Didnt find the whole trading emissary thing, just wondered what the message about stroppy diplomats was...next time maybe i can request)

Likewise failing to master the military/training system thingy (inspired that i get it now?  im not) so my army didnt train.

Realise when i finally turn to the forums that im in .14 and that impending doom will never come.

No Fun (see...poked around the resources now didnt I)

[EmperorNuthulu]

Going into the caverns and thinking cave crocodiles wouldn't hurt me. Yeah.....

[petebull]

after losing a legendary miner to digging the hot wall for the magma forges with orthogonal digging two forts ago I had no casualty in the next try and diagonal digging, the fireman did not come up and out but scared me. This time I tried the fortifcation method, with a almost legendary engraver... when will I learn to use a peasant for dangerous work?

[Vehudur]

after losing a legendary miner to digging the hot wall for the magma forges with orthogonal digging two forts ago I had no casualty in the next try and diagonal digging, the fireman did not come up and out but scared me. This time I tried the fortifcation method, with a almost legendary engraver... when will I learn to use a peasant for dangerous work?

Probably now.  Yes, I use peasants for dangerous work too...

"UristMcHauler, come dig this out for me would ya..."

[Haspen]

Missing the Burn Wood job assignment and setting every single bloody dwarf to be a furnace operator in a blind rage to try and start my metal chain.

It's under Farming.

[Deus Machina]

Not knowing you can't sell untamed creatures.

Legendary goblin axeman that I managed to trap in the front-door cage traps, tried moving him, he would escape by the trade depot, panic, give a few elves and nearby dwarves black eyes and bloody noses, sprint for the exit, get caught in the cage. Several times.

[schussel]

having rigged the entrance tunnel with a line of spikes  that are linked with a lever .. so orcs and or goblins and eventuell elf-traders get pierced alot

having a siege + ambush + elf trader (they really like it to be ambushed) .. managed to let go the elves so they met the orcs within the spike area .. eradicated the most ..

soo ok lets go  m -a inactive for civilians ..  .. d-b-c all on the entrance .. going to pee

coming back about 3 min later seeing the entrance even more reddish and log showing many purple messages of impaled dwarfs ^^

and down there the militia commander on break happily pulling the trigger lever ... *facepalm*

to the 5 dead of the former ambush that were caught outside 4 more on the spikes and 4 others with major wounds in the hospital ^^
at least the doc dwarf is not bugging out and working his ass off (btw a 0 diagnostician .. he never diagnosts them just sutures and sets bones like a madman)

PS: the "happy triggerhappy" militia commander just lost it when he hauled the dead dwarfes to the graveyard ^^ happens 3 of the 4 victims were his wife and 2 good friends^^  tantrum + mass brawl in the well zone resulting with meleeattacks on certain llama and chained bears there ^^ 

he's in the hospital now too being worked at by Urist MCcrazydoc (grizzly bear did less damage than llama somehow)

[Orkel]

he's in the hospital now too being worked at by Urist MCcrazydoc (grizzly bear did less damage than llama somehow)

There seems to be an inverse danger system in dwarf fortress, animals that look less harmful do more damage than dangerous looking ones. Seen this on many occasions.