I'm brand spanking new here, and I'd like to start off with two things: Praise to the Toady One for making this last week of my unemployment not so unbearable, and a hearty hello to everyone!
I have two requests, one for knowledge and one for patience. What I'd like to do is modify a starting party profile before I start the game so that I have a slew of Dwarves (I have 20-30 friends that I'd feel comfortable living with and working with on a daily basis, and most of them get along rather well,) and all of their equipment set up. I have several adults of varying ages in mind, as well as several children and two babies, as well as pets that this caravan would set out with.
What I'd like to do, if it's at all possible, is set up everything about these Dwarves. Everything. Skills, mental traits, physical traits, likes, dislikes, personalities, even down to the descriptions if I can do that. I'm a real freak for putting all my friends together in my game, and getting them as close to accurate as possible. I'm not looking to make a bunch of Uberdwarves, even though I have two friends who can carry a van if they work together (and I'm not making that up, it actually happened,) and there is a second degree black belt in the group (that would be me!)
The second part of my request is this: Please, please use wording that is as plain as possible. I'm very new to modding and overwhelming me is no difficult task. Sure, I can build a tower from scratch, and I can gnaw your ear off about advanced tactics for siege warfare and football (American), but XML and Python are foreign languages I haven't learned yet. Also, if it's not possible, I apologize for wasting everyone's time. I just think that this would be really cool (and my friends would probably think it's kinda creepy, to be honest,) even if it's a long, complicated, involved process. Like I said, I'm unemployed, and the area I live in is almost to 20% unemployment. It's not like I'm doing anything else.
Thank you all for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon!