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[rangerplus10]

The first time I say this purple stuff all around my fort and getting a tantrum spiral without knowing about happiness or moods

The first time I learnt about the "missing status"; I found 6 masons dead in a wall

The first ambush; I thought they were traders, brought out my broker (my do it all noble) and had everyone haul. (They were massacred)

The first time I learnt about digging... on my first 2 forts, I chopped down trees and built log forts. Then I found the wiki

When I started playing, I found the game not from this website, but on the AppStore, which had a extremely out dated game. I played with it for 5 forts or so, then started playing adventure. I read the adventure guide which said, "the sun on the top of the screen tells you the time" I looked at the top of the screen and there was no sun. I finished 2 adventures before realizing.

Building an elaborate sequence of levers, bridges and traps to destroy any siege. When it finally came I thought, "Those goblins don't know whats going to hit them. I got a dwarf to pull the lever. Nothing happened. I had forgotten to link everything up!!!

I could go on forever, thinking a giant eagle was my elf ally in adventure...you can guess what happened. Dwarf Fortress is amazing.

[bukitodinos]

*Migrants have arrived*

NOTHING BUT LEGENDARY POTASH MAKERS! ALL 10 OF THEM!!

GGRRRAAAHHH

[Rockphed]

*Migrants have arrived*

NOTHING BUT LEGENDARY POTASH MAKERS! ALL 10 OF THEM!!

GGRRRAAAHHH

This is what allows some people to get 10 high level smiths in a single wave.  I think due to town specialization and migrants often being related you are much more likely to get lots of people with the same skills in a wave.

[psikez]

I recently came back from a long hiatus, many things seem different so I choose an easy flat serene map with a volcano. I get the fortress up and running nicely. Nice engraved dining room, full on farming of above and underground crops. An underground pasteur started. I dig out my 2x40 channel for magma forges and smelters. One of my miners dies breaching the volcano side. Oh well I think, at least I got my magma forges started. I build a slab and dedicate it to my poor melted miner. Then it happens. The miners mostly melted skeleton crawls out of the magma. As far as I could tell from the number of missing parts it was really nothing more than a rib cage. It proceeds to slaughter my yak. Then a dwarf is dead. I have no idea whats going on. Then I see on the unit list there is a NECROMANCER on my map. The dead yak rises. I set all my dwarves (around 30) to recruit wrestlers and send them in. They are slaughtered quickly and raised as more and more undead until all thats left is one child running around dodging a horde of zombies and skeletons. And then it was all over. Welcome back to Dwarf Fortress I thought

[Splint]

Sicked my premier halberdiers on a plains titan, only for it to have it's head bitten in bya  dog with a broken leg.

-Facepalm- I WAS GONNA MAKE THE KILLER CHAMPION YOU BASTARD DOG!!!

[Edmus]

I recently came back from a long hiatus, many things seem different so I choose an easy flat serene map with a volcano. I get the fortress up and running nicely. Nice engraved dining room, full on farming of above and underground crops. An underground pasteur started. I dig out my 2x40 channel for magma forges and smelters. One of my miners dies breaching the volcano side. Oh well I think, at least I got my magma forges started. I build a slab and dedicate it to my poor melted miner. Then it happens. The miners mostly melted skeleton crawls out of the magma. As far as I could tell from the number of missing parts it was really nothing more than a rib cage. It proceeds to slaughter my yak. Then a dwarf is dead. I have no idea whats going on. Then I see on the unit list there is a NECROMANCER on my map. The dead yak rises. I set all my dwarves (around 30) to recruit wrestlers and send them in. They are slaughtered quickly and raised as more and more undead until all thats left is one child running around dodging a horde of zombies and skeletons. And then it was all over. Welcome back to Dwarf Fortress I thought

Good introduction to necromancers I guess?

[crazysheep]

I recently came back from a long hiatus, many things seem different so I choose an easy flat serene map with a volcano. I get the fortress up and running nicely. Nice engraved dining room, full on farming of above and underground crops. An underground pasteur started. I dig out my 2x40 channel for magma forges and smelters. One of my miners dies breaching the volcano side. Oh well I think, at least I got my magma forges started. I build a slab and dedicate it to my poor melted miner. Then it happens. The miners mostly melted skeleton crawls out of the magma. As far as I could tell from the number of missing parts it was really nothing more than a rib cage. It proceeds to slaughter my yak. Then a dwarf is dead. I have no idea whats going on. Then I see on the unit list there is a NECROMANCER on my map. The dead yak rises. I set all my dwarves (around 30) to recruit wrestlers and send them in. They are slaughtered quickly and raised as more and more undead until all thats left is one child running around dodging a horde of zombies and skeletons. And then it was all over. Welcome back to Dwarf Fortress I thought

Good introduction to necromancers I guess?

More like a good introduction to the dangers of zombie yaks.

[misko27]

I recently came back from a long hiatus, many things seem different so I choose an easy flat serene map with a volcano. I get the fortress up and running nicely. Nice engraved dining room, full on farming of above and underground crops. An underground pasteur started. I dig out my 2x40 channel for magma forges and smelters. One of my miners dies breaching the volcano side. Oh well I think, at least I got my magma forges started. I build a slab and dedicate it to my poor melted miner. Then it happens. The miners mostly melted skeleton crawls out of the magma. As far as I could tell from the number of missing parts it was really nothing more than a rib cage. It proceeds to slaughter my yak. Then a dwarf is dead. I have no idea whats going on. Then I see on the unit list there is a NECROMANCER on my map. The dead yak rises. I set all my dwarves (around 30) to recruit wrestlers and send them in. They are slaughtered quickly and raised as more and more undead until all thats left is one child running around dodging a horde of zombies and skeletons. And then it was all over. Welcome back to Dwarf Fortress I thought

Good introduction to necromancers I guess?

More like a good introduction to the dangers of zombie yaks.

Yeah, yaks will mess you up, especially if angry. I once sent my military out to go chase a yak herd, one of them turned round and decided to gore 5 dwarves. I was just a begginer at the time, so I decided that he was a super yak and left him the hell alone.

[bukitodinos]

*Migrants have arrived*

NOTHING BUT LEGENDARY POTASH MAKERS! ALL 10 OF THEM!!

GGRRRAAAHHH

This is what allows some people to get 10 high level smiths in a single wave.  I think due to town specialization and migrants often being related you are much more likely to get lots of people with the same skills in a wave.

BUT STILL

WHO THE FUCK NEEDS 10 LEGENDARY POTASH MAKERS?

[Hanslanda]

Someone who fertilizes their super-fields. But... I've never even thought about fertilizing, fields produce WAY more food than I could ever need just base. Maybe you could make a Potash tower. We've already got soap towers and such.

[keyreper]

i finish my ultamate construction i was about to save but then i pressed the disk eject button and theen my laptop crashed... it did not save it..... facepalm always look at what your pressing in df

Disk eject button?

DF on CD? :O

probably more like abandon fortress.... ive done it a few times and it sucks

[D34dlock]

BUT STILL

WHO THE FUCK NEEDS 10 LEGENDARY POTASH MAKERS?

Someone that's making a LOT of clear glass items?

[crazysheep]

Someone who fertilizes their super-fields. But... I've never even thought about fertilizing, fields produce WAY more food than I could ever need just base. Maybe you could make a Potash tower. We've already got soap towers and such.

Potash doesn't exactly scream dwarfy, which soap does. A lot.
"We don't need to clean ourselves, so we made soap into a tower."

[Hanslanda]

Someone who fertilizes their super-fields. But... I've never even thought about fertilizing, fields produce WAY more food than I could ever need just base. Maybe you could make a Potash tower. We've already got soap towers and such.

Potash doesn't exactly scream dwarfy, which soap does. A lot.
"We don't need to clean ourselves, so we made soap into a tower."

It's like a GIANT airfreshener.

[WillowLuman]

Someone who fertilizes their super-fields. But... I've never even thought about fertilizing, fields produce WAY more food than I could ever need just base. Maybe you could make a Potash tower. We've already got soap towers and such.

Potash doesn't exactly scream dwarfy, which soap does. A lot.
"We don't need to clean ourselves, so we made soap into a tower."

It's like a GIANT airfreshener.

As in, wandering giants come in and wipe their armpits on it.