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[Qinetix]

Genned a lovely little site--lushly forested wilderness, perfectly flat volcano, mountains on the edge of the map absolutely filthy with exposed veins of ore.  Sand.  Dolomite.  Gabbro, and granite coming out the ears.

Did a scouting embark.  Can't bring myself to use the site.  Why?  No ocean/river; and I'm a whore for good, evil and savagery.

Face.  Palm.

Find a aquifer , and the aquifer to be only in a biome , build your base between them

[feather240]

Urist McOblivious: "Ahh, snatcher, my arms!"
Urist McEfficiency: *Runs up to victim.*
Urist McOblivious: "Oh thank Armok you came to help me!"
Urist McEfficiency: *Picks up McObliviouss' item and runs away.*
Urist McOblivious: *Passes out.*
It begins to rain.

[Tokkius]

Realizing that, although it is really cool that dwarves now have semi-tangible souls, it's opened up a whole new box of worms. I realized this when I got a sudden onset of nearly a half-dozen freaking poltergeists battering anyone at my entrance.

BLOOD. EVERYWHERE. Also ghost-moans.

[melomel]

Fell asleep while the game was running.

Woke up to:

My best mason/miner, one of the starting seven, lying dead in the dry moat--probably slain by a werewolf.

A moody mechanic.

In the cage traps: 13 werewolves, 1 fox, 1 cougar, and a swordfish.

Have modded the werewolves to be trainable in a fit of pique.  If they insist on mobbing us, they might as well make themselves of use.

[NewSheoth]

Fell asleep while the game was running.

Woke up to:

My best mason/miner, one of the starting seven, lying dead in the dry moat--probably slain by a werewolf.

A moody mechanic.

In the cage traps: 13 werewolves, 1 fox, 1 cougar, and a swordfish.

Have modded the werewolves to be trainable in a fit of pique.  If they insist on mobbing us, they might as well make themselves of use.

Now THAT is something to wake up to. Undead or not.

[Maynot]

Channeling out a vertical shaft and somehow having a dwarf fall to his death.

[Musashi]

Why the fuck is my macedwarf wearing a mace, a battle axe, AND a shield?

[FrisianDude]

'cause you told him to.

[Musashi]

'cause you told him to.

Well, I don't remember telling her so. Also... how the hell does she manage to carry all that at once?

[FrisianDude]

In her hands. Just check her equipment via m and e, my guess is you assigned one weapon directly and left the 'individual choice-melee.'

[BlandoTaco]

Ten minutes into my very first fortress
"so that's what an aquifer is"

My second fortress was lost to rhesus macaques
I wish I was kidding, I really do

And then I figured a good biome would be safer
And then I learned I was wrong.

[Lord Shonus]

'cause you told him to.

Well, I don't remember telling her so. Also... how the hell does she manage to carry all that at once?

Very carefully.

[Rockphed]

And then I figured a good biome would be safer
And then I learned I was wrong.

I used to love trying to run a fortress with nothing but the wagon at the start.  It worked best when my first hunter managed to take down a unicorn without getting killed.  Now a days, what with fish not giving bones, it is much harder to do.

[Eoganachta]

While filling my water system I watched my mil. commander run up to the access and open the door only to find a wall of water behind it. He promptly closed the door and then ran back a few steps only to rush back, open the door and then cross the pipe to another door and escape.
I then went to look at the dining hall and found it fill with water and the dwarfs being pushed to the edges. My fort is several z levels below the river and I forgot about the pressure system.
LOL

[ikacer]

To teach my dwarfs how to swim and to keep my dwarves clean, I filled my sunlight exposed meeting room and barracks with Water [4/7]. The plan was working nicely.
Too bad I forgot that my biome freezes in the winter. 61 of 74 dwarves died, including my entire military, and all animals except a few cats.