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« Reply #1035 on: May 18, 2011, 01:51:49 pm »

Cog's Journal, 14th of Galena 320

Excellent, the human caravan has arrived at last.  I’m looking forward to trading with them.  I’ve given up hope of ever seeing a liaison from the humans.  But as with every year, I’ve composed a letter to the human king requesting a diplomat to improve trade between our two nations.  Maybe next year.  That’s what I always say. 

The thing that kills me is their apathy considering our wealth.  Take our metal supplies for example.  I just pulled the following information from our stock records:

  Metal Name    Raw Ores    Smelted Bars    Metal Blocks 
      Iron      623      246      0
      Gold      232      119      310
      Silver      227      355      386
      Copper      2495      2      227
      Zinc      2227      216      0
      Tin      791      102      0
      Lead      2932      350      0
      Steel   *Pig Iron: 24      206      84
     *Not technically a raw ore, but a critical raw material. 

And that’s just the material we’ve actually mined.  Mostly by accident as we carved out the various structures.  I can’t even count the untouched ore in our area.  Our overall stone count is at a whopping 57,368 stone.  Even without the adamantine our fortress is absurdly wealthy.  Our furnace operators will never be short on work either. 

Cog's Journal, 15th of Galena 320

WHAT!  A siege has arrived.  But that’s not what’s surprising me.  What’s surprising is who has arrived.

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I’m not sure what to make of this.  But with such small numbers I think I’ll dispatch the archers to start in on this one across the moat.  It’ll be good practice for them. If they make it to the gates, I’ll have Derm and his squad waiting.   

Events of the 16th of Galena 320

Thatdude was far more excited about the siege than the rest of his squad.  Most of them believed that the Soulchopper wouldn’t wait for them to take their shots and didn’t even bother leaving their training excercises, except for Adker.  But Thatdude wasn’t going to let that stop her.

She ran up the hill towards where the kobold siege was making its way around the moat.  Adker was close behind. 

The two of them quickly let the bolts fly rapidly.  One after another they hit the kobold attackers.  The screams of pain were clearly audible.  They fell to the ground and slowly began crawling away into the hills.  Then the leader fell screaming in pain.  That was that and the other Kobolds broke and ran.  Before the siege even had a chance to start, Thatdude had driven it away. 

Sadly none of the kobolds died where she could confirm it, but she was sure they would rue the day they had entered the lands of Towersoared.  Perhaps the forgotten beast in the third cave level would oblige her. 

Cog's Journal, 17th of Galena 320

Thatdude and Adker are to be commended for driving away the siege. I only wish I could add some kills to their tallies.  In the meantime, we now have a new beast in the second level of caverns.  I’ve ordered them sealed until we decide how to deal with it. 

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In the meantime, the miners are beginning work on some archer friendly fortifications in the third cave level.  The beast hasn’t even come close to our Tower so we need more options.  We’ll take out this beast that is keeping us away from the area. 

Cog's Journal, 5th of Limestone 320

Kivish Nekutiton from one of our hauling crews approached me with a stupendous quern today.  It’s not terribly useful, but it is gorgeous.  The reference to the first dwarven king is a fantastic touch as is the picture the adamantine artifact.

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He’s been reassigned as a full time mason now. 

OOC: The kobold siege was a modification I’ve been playing with to increase the number of enemies.  I have other things in the works that I’m sure you’ll all approve of.

@Karakzon:  We have vast quantities of pretty much every other metal.  In fact, we have so much I haven’t even had to start actively mining for specific ores.  We’re still processing material from the excavation of the dining hall and industrial hallways.  I’ve posted an inventory in one of Cog’s journal entries above.  It’s valuable to illustrate the absurd wealth of Towersoared occasionally. 

@Stuclev: Fair enough, I hope it went well!  The Elves are decent trading partners for now, but that might change in the future.  Depends on how some of the mods I’ve recently made work out.

@bayar: Not sure that’s implemented yet.  :D

@Triaxx2: I’m avoiding constant waterfalls in the interest of FPS but a magma fall/trap is something designed into the future wall design.  It should be pretty epic when it’s done.

@Karakzon: I was pondering something along that line, yes.  Going to be a while though, the walls need a lot of work first. 
« Last Edit: April 11, 2019, 02:38:28 pm by Battlecat »
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« Reply #1036 on: May 18, 2011, 02:32:23 pm »

all looks good ^^

im currently trying a game with a circular fort and the defense mod. wanted to try making circles.

whats your main modd aspects or do you want us to wait and find out? ^^
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« Reply #1037 on: May 18, 2011, 02:32:58 pm »

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« Reply #1038 on: May 18, 2011, 02:44:43 pm »

 :D and  >:( at the same time. Win! Solo'd (Adker? Pffft, who is that?) siege and no kills at the same time.

Also, a few things I thought: Have you listed all the metal? Or are you leaving some out. Because with tin, zinc and copper why no bronze and brass (correct me if these aren't the right materials for them). Surely any respectable fort would need every possible alloy of every metal they could get their grubby mitts on even if they don't use them (defeating the point of needing them... whatever).
Also, you call 57k stone whopping? pfft, 57k is for amateurs. I've gotten into the 100k regions with my latest fort. It takes about a minute for my computer to load the 'stone' section of the stocks screen. Granted, my fort is an above ground fort with a very large castle and massive wall but it still makes me feel proud  :-\
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« Reply #1039 on: May 18, 2011, 03:16:11 pm »

tis things like that wich make me think its a good thing dwarf fortress aint a multiplayer game. you just know someone will make an inpenetrable fortress and wipe eveyrone else out x)

Bronze encased gateway?
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« Reply #1040 on: May 18, 2011, 05:46:36 pm »

That's awesome. I was thinking something you'd only turn on when a Caravan is approaching. Sort of an awesome device when they're approaching and then turn it off when they've left.
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« Reply #1041 on: May 19, 2011, 08:25:05 am »

yay stuph to kill and or brutally maim.
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« Reply #1042 on: May 19, 2011, 12:08:00 pm »

dEvents of the 11th of Limestone 320

Thatdude waited in the tower for her opportunity when she saw the movement on the lake surface.  The beast was on the move and it was nearby.  But it was heading in the wrong direction.  Fortunately, another combat bunker had been completed.  She ran out the door and down to the new space.  From here she had a clear shot at the beast. 

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The bolts tore into the creatures shell and then they bit into guts and flesh.  It slumped downwards but it was still squirming forward slowly.  She fired 3 more shots in quick succession and watched as the beast crumpled beneath the waves.  She waited a couple moments and then lowered her crossbow.  There was no doubt in her mind the beast was dead.

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Thatdude had four beasts on her Tally now leaving her second only to the Soulchopper.  Now there was just the beast in the second cave level to eliminate as soon as fortifications to eliminate it were in place. 

Cog’s Journal, 12th of Timber 320

Another Kobold siege has arrived.  I must admit they are stubborn about this.  I’ve sent Derm and his squad out.  Maybe if the siege doesn’t come back they’ll have second thoughts.  They pretty much just arrived and settled in for a long stay rather than actually coming down to fight.  All they’re managing to do is piss me off because the dwarven caravan will bypass our area if we don’t get rid of them soon. 

OOC: Short update today.  My gaming time was abruptly cut short. 

@Karakzon: I’m limited because I can’t rebuild the world with more enemies of course.  What I have attempted is reintroducing the Elven diplomat since it apparently broke in one of the recent updates.  Elves should finally get pissed about the tree cutting.  I’ve also attempted to reintroduce the human trade broker because I’m tired of having to depend on the dwarves for all my supplies.  I’ve played with a few other things as well.  We’ll see if they work eventually.   

As for making circles, this thread has a few links that should be very helpful. 

@dermonster:  Fair enough!

@Thatdude: Adker is the other player claimed marksdwarf.  You managed to wound a lot of them, bolts just don’t seem very lethal.  I didn’t list all the metal, that was just a sample.  I don’t have huge amounts of alloys so far.  Oh and with respect to the stone, half of it evaporates as soon as it is mined out so I expect the real number would be well over 100k.

@Triaxx2: Yeah, something like that.  Or possibly for a new year map just for fun. 

@kisame12794: That’s what I’m hoping for. 

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« Reply #1043 on: May 19, 2011, 04:00:59 pm »

One of the many things to love about DF is that it's totally mouse non-dependent, which is awesome since mine went out on me.

Works especially well if you use the improved design with the 3x3 reservoir.
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« Reply #1044 on: May 20, 2011, 03:58:52 pm »

Events of the 16th of Timber 320

Derm quickly evaluated the kobold siege.  “Thor and Bennet, you two go try out your new hammers on the South squad.  Lars will go with you.  The rest of you with me, we’ll take out the north squad.”  And with that, the elite squad split and moved out quickly. 

Thor charged in at the kobolds, relishing putting his platinum axe to the test.  With a yell he charged, Bennet and Lars right beside him.  With a loud cruch, his axe shattered the first Kobold’s arm and then with another heavy swing Thor caved in its skull.  Beside him, Bennet and Lars were doing equal damage with hammer and axe respectively.  The heavy platinum warhammer proved its worth, shattering heads and bodies without resistance. 

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By the time all was said and done, Thor had 4 kills as did each of the other dwarves. 

Sturist cursed at his heavy steel armor for the 100th time.  The lighter adamantine armor was a huge benefit as evidenced by how quickly Derm moved across the field.  Derm took down a few of the fleeing Kobolds without issue.  Sturist hacked a mountain goat apart in frustration.  Soon the next batch of adamantine armor would be ready.  Then Sturist would be truly ready to fight and outshine the Soulchopper. 

Events of the 23rd of Timber 320

Derm the Soulchopper was waiting at the gates when it approached.   A huge one-eyed lizard twisted into humanoid form.  It was dressed in expansive bone ornamentation of goblin and human bone.  There was no doubt in Derm’s mind that this was a demon.  What it was doing up here was anybody’s guess. 

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“Don’t come a step closer demon,” said Derm.  “You and your ilk will never be welcome in Towersoared.  Now depart this place before I give you a taste of my axe.”

The demon stopped and let out a hoarse laugh and began speaking a coarse voice.  “I know you dwarf . . . Soulchopper.  You who has slain hundreds of my worshippers.  Chief guardian of the underworld gates.  I am Nokast Zakospdesmo Stuxulustru Oson, Law-giver of the kingdom of Ozud Zogast.” The demon then let out another gasping laugh, a burst of smoke escaping from between its lips.

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Nokast continued speaking, “I come as a diplomat to negotiate the surrender of Towersoared to my followers.  My brethren will be released from their prison.  Your people may depart and live a while before we engulf the world in the fire.” 



Derm looked at the demon incredulously.  “I am Derm the Soulchopper.  I have killed 12 forgotten beasts of legend in single combat and untold numbers of your goblin “followers”.  Why on earth do you thing I would allow you into this fortress in the first place?  The only way in to this fortress is through my broken corpse.  And I don’t think you’re the ugly weakling demon who is going to accomplish that.”

The demon chuckled once again.  “So be it Soulchopper.  I will see you dead for your insult.  Your broken corpse will be presented to the peoples of Towersoared so I may break their spirit before I destroy their bodies.  My only sorrow is you will not live to see . . .” 

“Blah blah blah, destroy the world, destroy our home.  For once could it be something new?” said Derm.  “Bring it on ugly.” 

With a roar of fury, Nokast bared its claws and charged at Derm.  A burst of fire emerged from its mouth, but Derm deftly dodged to one side and took a swing at the demon.  The first strike of his battle axe struck true into the lower body of the creature and glanced off. Nokast then charged at Derm, claws out.  Derm dodged to one side and the demon collided with Derm.  Derm went tumbling and dodged the next attack.  He was sent flying another time and then swung again with his axe.  It struck true into the demons lower leg this time.  Again it glanced off the scales.  Derm dodged and weaved again and again, even managing to block a burst of fire with his shield. 

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Derm braced himself and unleashed a flurry of attacks.  Some were leaving obvious bruises but others were still glancing off.  As he attacked, he was dodging backwards further and futher.  Suddenly the demon charged again, colliding with Derm and sending him tumbling into the dry moat.  Derm quickly pulled himself to his feet just in time to meet the demons next attack.

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But then the demon renewed its attack, sending Derm flying here and there.  For a long time the best hit he got in was a gash in the demon’s left hand.  The fight just seemed to go on and on as Derm ducked and weaved and attacked brutally.  But his axe kept glancing off the demon and the demon didn’t let up the assault.  But the demon was also frustrated that it couldn’t breach Derm’s infallible defenses.  But finally, the demon zigged when it should have zagged and Derm took its right hand for the mistake.  But the fight continued.  Then a short time later, Derm blocked and shot and countered with a solid hit to the Demon’s head. 

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On and on the fight went, the demon spraying blood with every attack, gibbering madly.  Derm was again knocked into the moat, the demon leaped in after him with claws extended.  Derm rolled out of the way and bashed the demon in the head.  The bone crow deflected the shot.  The demon charged again and again but finally it was beginning to tire from the blood loss.  Derm struck the demon four more times as it began to slump to the ground.  The last shot took off the demon’s other hand. 

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Burbbling and coughing up blood through its laughter, Nokast choked out its last words.  “I am only the first, your fortress will fall into fire and ruin at the hands of my brethren Soulchopper.”  And then with a rattling sound, the demon collapsed, dead. 

Derm sighed.  Always with the threats when they were already dead.  Well, he was hungry; it was time to see what the cooks came up with now.
 
OOC: Longest battle for Derm ever.  Over 60 pages of combat log.  Lots and lots of glancing blows against this thing.  Apparently demons + armor = dangerous.  Also, good job against the second Kobold siege.  I wonder what I changed to cause a diplomat to show up from the goblins.  Obviously I turned him hostile.  It also answered an interesting question.  Apparently dwarves can block fire breath attacks with their shields.  Very cool! 

@Triaxx2: We’ll have to see, the exact design is still in the works.

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« Reply #1045 on: May 20, 2011, 05:03:57 pm »

bravo. a worthy fight.

axes arnt the best for armour peircing, tis why spears or picks or swords are usefull in situations like this.

since it was a civ representative i do belive hell be the strongest foe defence wise that youll ever have faced. normal deamons and beastys dont have armour. their only realy dangerous for their syndromes.

from here on out, Derm has killed his mightiest foe. itll be just a matter of numbers if he survives or persishes in future now.
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« Reply #1046 on: May 20, 2011, 05:20:32 pm »

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« Reply #1047 on: May 20, 2011, 06:32:28 pm »

Syntic's Journal:
Apparently I was right about some things that I had been only guessing on. Some hidden being has been playing the world stage and causing some massive changes, and only recently has it tipped it's hand by sending a diplomat to our fortress. Derm was eventually able to fend off this creature, but it's existence raises some interesting questions. Why did it come here instead of the Mountain Homes? I know that it is no mystery that by this time we are more wealthy than the Mountain Homes, but we are still officially under their rule.

This suggests a few things.
1) Perhaps they did send a diplomat to the mountain homes at the same time. Or perhaps they ignored the mountain homes and sent diplomats to various fortresses throughout the world so as to cut off the mountain homes from their source of wealth. Either way we should try to get word to see if any of our neighbors has encountered similar threats, and find out if they still stand.
2) It's possible that the mountain homes has been infiltrated by these force in a more subtle way already. If this is the case then it is very likely that they have also tried to infiltrate us and have failed at their desired results, thus causing them to have to attempt a more direct approach.
3) Or it could be that we have become so wealthy that we had been the primary target. If that's the case then other fortresses might not have been attacked.

Well that's what I've been thinking so far, but other than thinking that we n eed to hear what's been going on in the world at large I've no real ideas at this time. Perhaps after a talk with Cog I'll come up with something more.
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« Reply #1048 on: May 20, 2011, 09:54:37 pm »

Kezan's Journal, 24rd of Timber 320:

I heard about the demon that Derm faced off.. the fight was too long... to evenly matched.... I have heard mention of lava begin used as a defense for the main gate... Now i know the evils have escaped to the surface through another path... lava might not be enough alone... Obsidian will do the job... water first, not a drowning chamber, but with enough water to flood the 'airlock' of the main gate, and then... dump in enough lava to solidify in the water I must try and mention this to Cog, and see about altering the cavern-gates somehow to also utilize this plan... perhaps floodgate-based shutters in the shooting galleries.

Heh, never put much thought to the name of our leader, but he is a machine of design and creation, the core of the machine that is The Fortress.

*below are several near-incomprehensible schemata sketches.*
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« Reply #1049 on: May 21, 2011, 12:01:36 am »

Monty was sitting in her room when one of her followers gave her news of the fight. Ever sonce her epsoide in the dining she could give prophcies off in exchange dor support, building up a small army of supporters in the peocess. She chuckled at the news and gave a prophcy.
The demonarmy marches from the east
to realse the their comrades that were long afo trapped by a great beast
if the Souchopper dies all shall fall
to a world were gobling armies rule. rise brave warriors of Towersoard and seek a new Day
Or that one that followa ahall be grey.
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