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[Angellus]

Hi,

I am playing dwarf fortress with the dig deeper mod, I also modded my kittens to drop raw adamantine when killed. (Oh the lovely joy, you'll never kill them, since they duplicate, and I'm a cat-lover ... The orcs on the other hand... are not.)

I got my fortress wiped out and all my kittens were killed (about 20)
This caused me to find a whole lot of adamantine in the cage.
Now I wish to equip one dwarf with full (masterwork?) addy, so that he can stop the next horde by himself!
Should I wait for a blacksmith to reach legendary status?

How real is this dream? Or how real can it be made?

[Kietharr]

1 dwarf will never take more than 2 or 3 orcs on his own, if one gets into wrestling range he will pin the dwarf while the others attack. Plus 20 adamantine ore isn't enough for a full suit of adamantine if I remember correctly.

[Vester]

Forget the armor, build yourself fortifications, get a crossbow, seal yourself in, and shoot those arsewipes to death.

[Heliomance]

1 dwarf will never take more than 2 or 3 orcs on his own, if one gets into wrestling range he will pin the dwarf while the others attack. Plus 20 adamantine ore isn't enough for a full suit of adamantine if I remember correctly.

Morul disagrees. Violently.

[Angellus]

Damn, is it that bad? XD

I had complete fortifications, but they just shot my dwarves standing there XD (my defenses were rather flawed so I had to create fortifications while they were sieging.)

Lost the fortress a second time, somehow the orcs inside are friendly to me when I reclaim, then when there is a new siege they all turn bad all of a sudden.

[Angellus]

How much do you actually need for a full suit or addy?

[Lord Dakoth]

24 Adamantine wafers for a full set of addy plate mail (torso, greaves, 2 gauntlets, 2 boots, helm.)

Remember, this does NOT include a weapon and shield.

[Megaman]

in an orc siege you need a tower filled with marksdwarves behind fortifications, or else YOU WILL DIE.

[Psychoceramics]

in an orc siege you need a tower filled with marksdwarves behind fortifications, or else YOU WILL DIE.

not really. I had 3 hastily drafted marksdwarves and a retracting bridge over a 1 z-level drop and fought off the whole siege. my drowning trap wasn't done yet

[Savok]

A single untrained marksdwarf with a basic wooden crossbow and bone bolts will kill *anything.* It might take a while, though. If you can put him where he can fire on the orcs indefinately, you'll win. Seal yourself in while this happens, of course.

[Sensei]

Masterwork has double stats, so it's worth it.

Anyway, a LEGENDARY dwarf with good shield and weapon skill can potentially do something serious. But a normal dwarf, or just one that has no combat skills, is pretty screwed.

[quintin522]

The best way for an aspiring Urist Rambo to take on a whole orc siege and win is with well positioned ballistas, in your case tipped with adamantine.

[Stargrave]

there is an old dwarven proverb: "how does one dwarf kill a horde of orcs? by pulling a lever"

forgive me if i misquoted it but i think i got the meat of it.

[Grendus]

1 dwarf will never take more than 2 or 3 orcs on his own, if one gets into wrestling range he will pin the dwarf while the others attack. Plus 20 adamantine ore isn't enough for a full suit of adamantine if I remember correctly.

Morul disagrees. Violently.

Don't forget, Morul's orcs aren't standard.

They'd make an ender goblin cry. They're sub-megabeasts. And Morul holds the record on the orcput with a 150 square hammer blow.

A legendary wrestler/armor user/shield user/weapon user (preferably blunt weapons, as sharp weapons stick) who's superdwarvenly tough/agile/strong can easily solo sieges of anything but snipers, and even then it's just a matter of luck.

That said, adamantine does not a champion make. Skill matters more than gear, especially with how fast dwarves can skill up. Start training like mad so you have a dwarf worthy of the adamantine armor.

[Savok]

That said, adamantine does not a champion make. Skill matters more than gear, especially with how fast dwarves can skill up. Start training like mad so you have a dwarf worthy of the adamantine armor.

QFT

(note: high-quality gear actually increases effective skill level. No idea if there is a cap, though)