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[Gloomy1]

I built a small keep over my fort entrance to house my militia - second floor houses my axedwarfs and the third floor has fortifications and archers.  When the goblin siege finally arrives I raise the bridge and send my archers to their stations.   Soon I notice 2 archers managed to get outside my keep!  They charged 40 goblins and died fast... then I notice one of my melee troops is outside and charging the enemy!  Then more archers!  I'm looking everywhere and can't find any way for my troops to get out.  Pretty soon half of my troops have charged the goblin army one or two at a time! 

Then I remember that climbing has been added.  I forgot to forbid my roof hatch!  My stupid archers were climbing onto the roof and down the walls of the keep to charge the goblins instead of staying behind fortifications and shooting.

Duh!

[SimRobert2001]

I just found out in the world gen thread that by highlighting a biome on embark you can make sure your wagon lands on the one square of non-bloodrain/zombie-wildlife horrors in the map...

I can deal with the awfulness if I have just a little breathing room, but starting out with the dwarves nauseous and panic-cleaning dwarf blood off of themselves rather than digging a defensible position before the six boar corpses around the corner find them... well, that ended quickly.

and how do you do this?

[Max™]

I just found out in the world gen thread that by highlighting a biome on embark you can make sure your wagon lands on the one square of non-bloodrain/zombie-wildlife horrors in the map...

I can deal with the awfulness if I have just a little breathing room, but starting out with the dwarves nauseous and panic-cleaning dwarf blood off of themselves rather than digging a defensible position before the six boar corpses around the corner find them... well, that ended quickly.

and how do you do this?

Hit f1/f2/etc and have it highlighted when you embark apparently. T.T

[SimRobert2001]

I just found out in the world gen thread that by highlighting a biome on embark you can make sure your wagon lands on the one square of non-bloodrain/zombie-wildlife horrors in the map...

I can deal with the awfulness if I have just a little breathing room, but starting out with the dwarves nauseous and panic-cleaning dwarf blood off of themselves rather than digging a defensible position before the six boar corpses around the corner find them... well, that ended quickly.

and how do you do this?

Hit f1/f2/etc and have it highlighted when you embark apparently. T.T

@.@

[Paaaad]

Whenever I find a worldgen fortress that bottoms out in magma. Happened at least twice now.

[smjjames]

Whenever I find a worldgen fortress that bottoms out in magma. Happened at least twice now.

Are you talking about the ones which have a staircase which is full of magma? Seen plenty of those in adventure mode.

[Paaaad]

Whenever I find a worldgen fortress that bottoms out in magma. Happened at least twice now.

Are you talking about the ones which have a staircase which is full of magma? Seen plenty of those in adventure mode.

Yep. What idiot designed and built those places? 

[Tacomagic]

Whenever I find a worldgen fortress that bottoms out in magma. Happened at least twice now.

Are you talking about the ones which have a staircase which is full of magma? Seen plenty of those in adventure mode.

Yep. What idiot designed and built those places? 

*Cough*

Yeah, who would flood the bottom of their fort with magma like that.  Talk about total losers.

Right.   

[Paaaad]

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Whenever I find a worldgen fortress that bottoms out in magma. Happened at least twice now.

Are you talking about the ones which have a staircase which is full of magma? Seen plenty of those in adventure mode.

Yep. What idiot designed and built those places? 

*Cough*

Yeah, who would flood the bottom of their fort with magma like that.  Talk about total losers.

Right.   

I remember finding one that appeared to end in a frigging magma pool. Got the popup and everything.

[ptb_ptb]

Fun fact: Caged beserk dwarves become free beserk dwarves if you abandon then reclaim the fortress.

[pisskop]

I fell out of a tree.

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Now how do I play Stranger?

[Sirbug]

Urist McMiner was digging me a vertical shaft for my well. In the middle of the work, he went on break and once break ended, he apparently climbed up leaving shaft unaccessible unworked.

[ptb_ptb]

Carefully planned embark based on the 'wagon = three logs = 1 carpentry workshop + two training axes' trick.

Arrived on steep slope, no wagon. D:

[Naglfar]

Carefully planned embark based on the 'wagon = three logs = 1 carpentry workshop + two training axes' trick.

Arrived on steep slope, no wagon. D:

That is hilarious! On a side note, how were you planning to obtain the pick?

[Bumber]

Urist McMiner was digging me a vertical shaft for my well. In the middle of the work, he went on break and once break ended, he apparently climbed up leaving shaft unaccessible unworked.

Set up a minecart and have him ride it back down there. Hopefully his arms will remain intact.