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[nahkh]

So there I was, a seasoned DF veteran, cave adaptation and all, staring down the starling beast that is DF2010.
Was I intimidated? Hell yes.
Would I back down? Hell no.
I decided I would master and tame this version as I had all the versions before that. Surely this thing held nothing I couldn't beat. Surely not.

I invite you to come with me to find out.



This thread will serve as my diary, as a player, of my efforts to tame this wildebeest. You want to get a dorf named after you? You got it. You got some awesome ideas for the fort? Lemme hear them. I doubt there'll be much in-character writing this time around, strictly from my point of view. In essence, this will be an out-of-character community fort. There will probably be spoilers, and as much foul language as I feel necessary to convey my emotions. Fairly be ye warned.


So, I genned this world. Nothing fancy just the basic settings. As I've done since version forever-ago, I generally look for a pretty tough-looking spot. To keep it interesting, you know how it is. And I'll be damned if I change my ways now. So, sinister jungle. Those are always pretty fun. I embark.

What. The. Fuck.
Skeletal elephants everywhere. My whole party was slaughtered in under five minutes. Fuck this shit. Rescue me, Initial Save. Reload that shit.

Round 2: DIG YOU BASTARDS, DIG LIKE YOUR SILLY BEARDS DEPENDED ON IT.
Ok so now we managed to dig out a small room, maybe 8x8, in the soil, and managed to carry most of our gear in before we were beset by a skeletal leopard. Thankfully, the burrow system seems to work very well, so I managed to keep everyone out of harms way. After a little while I managed to destroy the wagon and block the entrance with a wooden wall. That'll keep everything out, I hope. It always did before, but as far as I'm concerned, all bet's are off.

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So there I was. Very little equipment, seven healthy dwarves, hiding beneath a herd of skeletal elephants. Seeing as the surface was far too dangerous to live in, I decided to do what any sane dwarf would. Dig deep. Dig all the way down to the third underground cavern, in fact. And there, 25 levels belowground, I would make my home.

Sounds like a pretty sweet plan, right? Didn't quite work like that. Lemme show you what I mean.

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Underground monsters are also undead. Fuck me with a rake. Ow.

So there I am now. I'm still digging out the basic fort, and walling off a section of the cavern floor for farming and woodcutting. I have seven dwarves up for grabs.
Tun 'Seth' Kurelnomal, miner extraordinaire
ïteb 'Joshua' Litastthob, also miner
Sodel 'Brak Obama' Mengcuggán, mason/crafter/metalworker
Zas Zasitzoluth, farmer/expedition leader Murdered by Rimtar
Etur Alåthshem, farmer/Avatar of Fun
Catten 'Big Cheese' Olontinöth, mechanic/carpenter/woodcutter Crushed by his own stupidity
Rimtar 'Loki' Nilthalal, axedwarf/commander of the militia, Melancholy Died of thirst

I won't be picking an avatar for myself this time around, so all of em are up for grabs. Last one picked will be the designated loser, who gets all the shitty jobs (like opening a magma vent, or HFS).
It's fairly unlikely I won't get migrants for a while, seeing as I'm currently barricaded deep underground.

So that's pretty much the situation at this time. More in a few hours, after I've gotten some sleep.

 Love,
  -N




Current map: http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-8722-deepspark-deepspark

[nahkh]

Addendum:

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS PLACE? SKELETAL POND GRABBERS? BLOOD MEN? AAAAAAAAAA


Further addendum:
Just had my first murder. My militia commander objected to going off-duty, by cutting the expedition leader in half, and destroying the farm plot. Huh.

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Even further addendum:
After looking into this, apparently the commander was upset about his rather lengthy stint guarding our slice of the caverns. Starving, thirsty, sleeping in dirt, and finally being relieved of duty made him snap. Whoops.
Oh well, less mouths to feed.

As punishment, he's going to smooth and engrave the expedition leader's tomb.

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I also noticed that the noble screen is now almost empty, is this a bug or a feature? I can't tell at this point.

Ah. Migrants. I wonder how quickly the skelephants will finish them off.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I'll take a migrant.Preferably one who's in the middle of getting torn apart by skelephants.

[Lokii]

The Noble's screen thing is a bug, and a rather annoying one at that.
I'll take Rimtar... name... Loki I guess?

Blaze of glory!

[Areku]

I'll take catten. Just rename him Big Cheese, if ya will.

[Urist McOverlord]

I'll take the last Guy to be chosen. Keep whatever name, but give him the "avatar of Fun" profession.

[JoshBrickstien]

I call ïteb. Name him "Joshua"

Good luck. =D

[SethCreiyd]

I'll take Tun.  Please name him/her Seth.

[nahkh]

bug not feature

Well, dang. Should I reload? It autosaved just before this happened.


Also, dwarves dished out. I might have to wall Loki Hammerempire in that one guy's tomb, he's looking to go berserk any day now.


Edit:
Crisis averted, he went melancholy instead.
Too bad about losing the only dwarf who knows jack shit about fighting, but hey.
The food supply is also running dangerously low, had to butcher a mule just to keep us from starving. Fortunately, the farm looks to start producing stuff about now, barring any further tantrums.

I'm also building an airlock to the surface so I can get those migrants in. There's three of em, all still alive, amazingly.
Two of em are still up for grabs.
Here's what they look like:

Uvash Nakuthnish, a blacksmith Trampled by skeletal elephants
'Urist McDeadguy', a soap maker (claimed by Urist Imiknorris) Ditto
Ral Shigóscerol, a jeweler and weaponsmith Why do I even write this?

Also, Urist is apparently somewhat skilled in the various fighting skills. Guess he just got lucky.


Edit 2:
Seth is now our temporary brewmeister, since our actual got the chop. And there's little to actually dig so no loss.

I wonder if these underground plants are edible...

Man, some of the monsters around here are downright terrifying. I figured I'd let you guys see the more interesting ones, so I'll be posting their description screens up here on occasion.
Spoilery spoiler spoiler.

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Edit 3:




So much for the blacksmith.

Edit 4:



And the jeweler.

Edit 5:



And Urist. May he long be remembered.
I took a video of him being trampled by Ustuthumid the Skeletal Elephant, but it's too large for dfma. I'll upload it somewhere else if you really must see it, but the picture says it all.
Also, Loki died of thirst. Cue sad violin music.

[nahkh]

Ok. Seriously, what the FUCK?

My mind is blown. How can something like this happen. I- I have no words.



Lemme explain what just went down.

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So I was building this airlock, right. Lever A controls bridge B, then there's a burrow for migrants in area C with it's own door control mechanism and so on. Fair enough.

So Seth goes in to open the final passage to the Big Room, Big Cheese pulls then lever to close him in, then

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I'm at a loss for words.
So now we're down to four.

...

FUCK MIGRANTS.

I AM NEVER OPENING THIS DAMN FORTRESS. I WILL BREED THE MOST INCESTUOUS RACE OF DWARVES EVER! I WILL-

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Big Cheese was the last male

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

[nahkh]

I don't believe it! Migrants! And they made it inside!

AND THEY'RE A MARRIED COUPLE!

So we've got Tulon âtastuzol, the husband (and a useless farmer), and Rimtar Geshudoshur, the wife (and woodcutter/swordsdwarf).
Both are safely inside. And up for grabs.

Also, there's still two original dwarves up for grabs, that last-to-be-picked of which is claimed.

[LordSlowpoke]

*chuckles*
Welcome to fucking Dwarf Fortress.

Edit: I'll take Rimtar Geshudoshur. I'll think of a witty, useless name for her if she manages to not die by tomorrow.

[nahkh]

Right, 'Placeholder' Geshudoshur claimed.

And welcome ain't really appropriate, maybe 'Welcome back to fucking Dwarf Fortress'. Goddamnit I've built magma cannons. I've crushed colossi. I've built cast-obsidian cities. I'm no wet-behind-the-ears rookie. Just new to this insanity that is DF2010.

[Demonic Spoon]

Hehe, I claim the male farmer of the married couple, name him Urist McUrist. I'd prefer to have the planting labour but whatever. Here's to more insanity! 

[nahkh]

DS: 'Urist McUrist' coming up. I've enabled farming for him too, despite him having no experience in it. Stupid Thrasher/Lye maker. He's also moonlighting as the resident mechanic, since the last one had an unfortunate accident.

Edit: Also, 'Placeholder' is now also the mason and engraver.
Had a caravan. Do I care? Fuck no. Let em get trampled I say. No WAY am I opening those doors.


Edit 2: Added a map of the place to dfma, check first post for link.