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PhoenicIan

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Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« on: April 18, 2010, 03:54:10 pm »
Is there a difference in the various end-of-game messages? Aside from the obvious 'Abandoned' one, I think I've seen a couple different messages. What might cause each of them?

PS: Hilarious endings are bonus points
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Re: Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 03:56:04 pm »
All dwarves die - fortress "crumbles to its end"

I think abandonment and all dwarves dying are the only two actual situations where the game ends.
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Re: Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 03:58:12 pm »
Quote from: Avelon on April 18, 2010, 03:56:04 pm
All dwarves die - fortress "crumbles to its end"

I think abandonment and all dwarves dying are the only two actual situations where the game ends.

But depending on the circumstances of your abandonment (ie. during a siege) you may get a different message. The OP's asking how many messages there are in total.
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Re: Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 04:36:18 pm »
If all dwarves die during a siege the message is "Your strength has been broken."
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Re: Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 05:05:32 pm »
Quote from: KFD on April 18, 2010, 04:36:18 pm
If all dwarves die during a siege the message is "Your strength has been broken."

This is also the message if you abandon during a siege (also the case during an ambush, I think).

Not sure if different ways of having everyone die (starving/dying of thirst/drowning/burning/etc.) give different messages? Probably not... Megabeast attack might though?
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Re: Endgame questions (maybe spoilery)
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 05:08:03 pm »
Quote from: Dave Mongoose on April 18, 2010, 05:05:32 pm
Quote from: KFD on April 18, 2010, 04:36:18 pm
If all dwarves die during a siege the message is "Your strength has been broken."

This is also the message if you abandon during a siege (also the case during an ambush, I think).

Not sure if different ways of having everyone die (starving/dying of thirst/drowning/burning/etc.) give different messages? Probably not... Megabeast attack might though?
I've gotten this from abandoning during megabeast activity.
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