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Author Topic: Why isn't the Baron coming?  (Read 823 times)

zinckelhoff

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Why isn't the Baron coming?
« on: May 04, 2009, 05:24:09 pm »
I have 92 dwarves, over 1 million wealth, the caravan got off the map safely and I must have completed the tasks mentioned on the wiki.

I have 95, 843 exported wealth
« Last Edit: May 05, 2009, 05:13:02 pm by zinckelhoff »
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Vilien

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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2009, 05:45:18 pm »
My question to you is: Why would you want him to come?
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quintin522

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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 05:49:15 pm »
Quote from: Vilien on May 04, 2009, 05:45:18 pm
My question to you is: Why would you want him to come?
Tantrum spiral, hammering, ridiculous demands, baby factory consort, revenge via deathchamber, and
fun  ;D
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Quote from: Rysith on May 11, 2009, 05:51:09 pm
"I can't bleed to death now, I don't have time!"
Urist McExplorer, bolding going where no dwarf has OH GAWD THE MAGMA IT BURNSSSss..

Glory of Arioch

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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 06:03:38 pm »
What's your exported wealth like? For months I would never have the baron come to my fortress, and this was because I had only ever traded recovered goblin goodies to the caravans. (Giant cave spider silk sommats alone accounted for something like 70% of my exports.) Since those items were not created in the fortress, they do not count for exported wealth, and as such will not attract the Baron.

On a related note, my latest fortress just had the Baron arrive with his retinue... five spaces from where a dragon had arrived not ten turns earlier. The only survivors of that immigrant wave were the baron, tax collector, dungeon master (who arrived with them,) and a potash maker.
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2009, 06:13:44 pm »
Quote from: Glory of Arioch on May 04, 2009, 06:03:38 pm
The only survivors of that immigrant wave were the baron, tax collector, dungeon master (who arrived with them,) and a potash maker.

What a tragedy. Couldn't more useful dwarves have survived instead?
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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2009, 06:34:40 pm »
Quote from: Glory of Arioch on May 04, 2009, 06:03:38 pm
What's your exported wealth like? For months I would never have the baron come to my fortress, and this was because I had only ever traded recovered goblin goodies to the caravans. (Giant cave spider silk sommats alone accounted for something like 70% of my exports.) Since those items were not created in the fortress, they do not count for exported wealth, and as such will not attract the Baron.
solution: decorate goblin armor with goblin bones!
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Quote from: Guy Montag on April 16, 2009, 04:45:30 pm
Bro, your like... thinking like a square man... its like, the WHOLE lamprey is just like, one big NECK dude, you know? its like hahahaha! dude protect the trees though, seriously. *inhale*... anyways... you like, want this dead black bear, bro?

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Re: Why isn't the Baron coming?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 06:51:25 pm »
Quote from: Jim Groovester on May 04, 2009, 06:13:44 pm
What a tragedy. Couldn't more useful dwarves have survived instead?
I think the Dungeon Master is a moderately useful dwarf. Having him around precludes you from keeping a dwarf with animal handling jobs around, since the Dungeon Master can pinch-hit for you. Also, being able to tame dragons is nice.

But, yeah, I wish the dragon had torched the others. At least he managed to get the Hammerer and Baron consort!
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