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[Thanshin]

Plus, if dig deeper orcs are usually just handled "wall yourself in until they leave," I think I can take them on.

I think most can, thus the law "trade can't be permanently blocked (we can build a bridge that stops the path for a second, but not spend two seasons underground).

Otherwise, an underground river or simply much wood allow for easy lockdowns.

[Arrkhal]

Might be dwarfier to make it so that the path to the trade depot, and the path from the depot to the finished (g)ood piles (and the workshops, and thus the bedrooms, dining room, etc.) may never be broken, ever.  At least not intentionally, and it has to be fixed ASAP.

Could also forbid ready-made traps (other than upright spikes).

Personally, I absolutely never block in any part of my fortress, unless I'm drowning merchants.  Why outlast seiges when killing/capturing them gives you all the iron you can stomach?

[100killer9]

You can't capture orcs... They have [trAPAVOID]. But if they aren't building destroyers, then we could put doors there, lock them when orcs come, and atom smash them all. Or, better yet, just make a magma trap. I'm not sure an Orc siege is able to be stopped by a small army such as we would have early on,

[rickvoid]

Well, we could trap them in a room with a floor that disappears at the pull of a lever, drops them several z-levels, and they land prone on cage/everthing traps. You can capture HFS that way, so I'm sure it applies to other trap-avoid baddies.

[100killer9]

If the orcs don't have building destroyed, use doors and a atom-smasher. If they do, put a large chunk of stone on a support. Orcs attack support and get crushed, and the chunk even deconstructs for you!

[addictgamer]

Right, so the goal is FUN.

We need magma for fun.
And hfs.

At that, we also need a steady stream of nobles, hammerers, tax collectors, shriffs, etc.

[rickvoid]

Actually, for any of that to happen, we need someone willing to actually play the game.

So far, we have no one.

I suspect this thread will soon die, unless somebody steps up.

[addictgamer]

If no one steps up in the next 168 hours, I will. That's a whole week.

Till then, start writing the constitution we'll use.

[Arrkhal]

If no one steps up in the next 168 hours, I will. That's a whole week.

Yay.  Yeah, I don't want to have to learn how to do Dig Deeper, not with the next version (hopefully) just around the corner.  Plus, I just recently came up with a very Fun idea for a community fort.  It's probably been done before, but we'll see.

So the constitution we've got so far is:

Anyone can make up to 3 proposals (I'd assume major and unsolicited proposals, not routine ones dealing with problems) per in-game year.

To kill a citizen or allow a citizen to die requires a 6/7 majority.

To change the law requires a 6/7 majority.

To use magma for defense requires a 6/7 majority.

To use magma otherwise requires a 2/3 majority.

To steal from, harm, or otherwise anger other races who are not already hostile, requires a 2/3 majority.

Proposals pass or fail as soon as the required majority is reached, or enough "no" votes are tallied to keep that from happening; you don't have to wait for all the votes to come in.

That probably covers all the bases.

[quinntan]

Sorry I didn't reply sooner my fellow democratic dwarves. I will be sure not to fall behind again. I however will not be able to assume the role of mayor due to time constraints on my part. I will however be sure to be present for the future votes. If addictgamer is willing to lead us and our civilization to greatness, he has my support!

[Defiance]

I'm in.I want the dorf who leads the melee portion of military.Doesn't matter what weapon, but i would prefer not to be a wrestler.

[gumball135]

Orcs can open doors, and they have trap avoid, but they can still be caught by cage traps (it's something like a 50/50 chance for them to get caught).

Also, Dig Deeper isn't that much different from vanilla DF; plants take twice as long to grow, you only have about 1 month before the Orcs start sieging, and there are a lot of super hard creatures. Not that I've played it before; that's just what I've read

[addictgamer]

I guess I should download dig deeper and practice it a bit.
I don't want to ruin the fort before we have our first civil war. 

[addictgamer]

On the world I genned, I found 2 sites I love.



This one is the harder one to play; no river.
I'll post the second one if you want.

Shall we use it? 7 x 7

[Arrkhal]

Does it have sand?  I vote for sand.