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« Reply #1260 on: July 25, 2011, 02:22:35 pm »

muffintoast's diary

today i found out that a some of the hammerdwarves have platinum hammers.
platinum being the heaviest metal known to dwarvenkind, they are quite effective.

maybe it could be useful as shield material aswell? i must test this out!
i will ask cog about this first thing in the morning.
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« Reply #1261 on: July 26, 2011, 07:29:40 am »

How many named dwarves are there?
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« Reply #1262 on: July 27, 2011, 12:37:34 pm »

Events of the 2nd of Sandstone, 322

Kezan the Mechanic was hauling a cage out to the front gates to reload the alarm traps when suddenly a fan of bolts began flying at him.  Ahead, at the gate he saw a bunch of kobolds pop out of hiding and start shooting.  A Kobold ambush.  He shivered for a moment before his survival instinct took over.   A kobold ambush was shooting at HIM!

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He began running towards the military tower, shouting for help.  Then to his horror, he felt a brief burst of pain in his lower body and guts as a bolt struck true.  But to his surprise, his ability to run barely faltered.  The mail shirt he was wearing at Cog’s orders had just saved his life.  He continued running as another bolt bounced off his mail shirt. 

Then to his relief, the military ran past.  Three dwarves resplendent in their armor charged pasted and tore the kobold archers to shreds. 

Cog’s Journal, 5th of Sandstone, 322

Today was an excellent day.  I’m happy to report that every member of our melee military squads is now equipped with a masterwork adamantine breastplate, courtesy of our talented armorsmith.  There’s still a lot more armor to produce and weapons are still in the works, but this is truly a fine day!  Adamantine chain shirts for the archers are next. 

On a separate note, the magma being pumped into the cave lake has reached its full extent.  We’ll have to wait for it to cool, extend a control channel and then let another flood loose.  Soon the other set of pumps will be done and we can repeat the process. 

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Cog’s Journal, 15th of Sandstone, 322

Muffintoast our shield dwarf in training came to speak with me today.  He believes that platinum shields would be more effective than adamantine for his planned style of combat.  I told him I would have the armorsmiths investigate the possibility.  If we can make hammers, shields should also be a possibility.

Cog’s Journal, 21st of Sandstone, 322

So close, we are so close now.  The number of window section left to install in the dining hall can be counted on two hands now.  I’ll be able to officially announce its completion at this year’s party!  And the north end of the hall is done as well, except for the waterworks.  But that’s relatively lower priority anyhow. 

Events of the 28th of Sandstone, 322

Avuz Lisatkol, hauler/Pump Operator was working hard in the depths of cave level 3.  Magma was flowing freely into the nearby lake, creating a hard surface that dwarves would eventually be able to work on.  As he worked, the sound of rushing water caught his hear.  He stopped and listened for a moment. 

Yes, that was the sound of roaring water, coming from the cave.  He stopped for a moment and run to look outside.  To his surprise, he saw the very lake he was flooding with magma starting to drain away, much as other lakes had done in the past around Towersoared.  He chuckled.  Strangely enough, this would simplify this project immensely. 

He called all stop on the pumping and went back upstairs to report the change.

OOC: That’s all for this month.  One of the lakes started draining, but I’m fine with that since it actually will simplify the adamantine access project immensely. 

@automaton: I’ll have to tweak the tags on Platinum a bit more, but I don’t see any reason why not. 

@kisame12794: You know, I haven’t counted that in a long time. Let’s see what we’ve got . . .  Ok done.  Of our 168 living dwarves, 43 are claimed by other players.  Two additional dwarves (Cog and Undertaker) are dwarves I named.  So that’s just a bit more than 25% of the dwarves in our fortress. 

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« Reply #1263 on: July 27, 2011, 03:59:16 pm »

@automaton: I’ll have to tweak the tags on Platinum a bit more, but I don’t see any reason why not. 

thanks. you see, the material a shield is made of has no effect on how well it protects.
what the material type does affect however, is how much damage a shield bash does. it kinda works the same as hammers: the heavier, the more powerful.
it WILL slow my dwarf down a bit though.
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« Reply #1264 on: July 27, 2011, 06:29:02 pm »

Damm 43? I  was hopeing to do a end of year party portrait but that might be a bit much... how many military are named?
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« Reply #1265 on: July 28, 2011, 09:17:33 am »

Damm 43? I  was hopeing to do a end of year party portrait but that might be a bit much... how many military are named?

Sure, just memorialize the mighty warriors that keep us all safe. Don't give a thought for the hardworking dwarfs behind the scenes... after all, what's a lowly weaver in the vast scheme of things?

* Indricotherium wipes a tear away.

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« Reply #1266 on: July 28, 2011, 11:32:15 am »

OOC: @kisame12794: I don't have the game right in front of me but the vast majority of the military is claimed.  These are the names I can recall off the top of my head:

Derm, Thor, Lars, Sturist, Bennet, Rashem, Rifotangir, Monty, Catten, Triaxx, Omen, Ahra, Garret, Muffintoast, Thatdude, Adker, Ren, and Algeroth.  I think there's at least one more that I'm missing but I'll update this list when I get home from work tonight.  The number of claimed dwarves is actually getting really hard to keep track of. 

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« Reply #1267 on: July 28, 2011, 04:35:19 pm »

OOC: @kisame12794: I don't have the game right in front of me but the vast majority of the military is claimed.  These are the names I can recall off the top of my head:

Derm, Thor, Lars, Sturist, Bennet, Rashem, Rifotangir, Monty, Catten, Triaxx, Omen, Ahra, Garret, Muffintoast, Thatdude, Adker, Ren, and Algeroth.  I think there's at least one more that I'm missing but I'll update this list when I get home from work tonight.  The number of claimed dwarves is actually getting really hard to keep track of.

Balta... (That ones mine.)
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« Reply #1268 on: July 28, 2011, 08:53:14 pm »

OOC: @Paaaad: Right yes of course!  As I said, I knew I was missing one.  So with Balta added to the list, that's 19 claimed military dwarves. 

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« Reply #1269 on: July 29, 2011, 05:07:58 am »

Kezan's Journal; 2nd of Sandstone, 322

Bloody fuzzy devils nearly killed me. Glad i had that armor on. Saved my hide. I called out ambush as soon asi could before high-tailing it out of there.Why won't those fuzzy devils fall into the traps? why did the gods see to grant such... creatures the agility to do so?To give hard working engineers and mechanics something to fear? Well.. gave me something... soemthing to HATE!

*here, the word 'HATE' is repeated in harsh pen-strokes for the remainder of the page.*
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« Reply #1270 on: July 29, 2011, 05:42:51 pm »

Hmm... Derm clearly isn't challenged enough by anything now. I vote the next time a FB is loose, wait until there's another one in the same cave so Derm is remotely confused.
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« Reply #1271 on: August 01, 2011, 03:20:28 pm »

Okay..... i am begining to regret this but can you give me the description for every named dwarf in Towersoared including what they are wearing. You can PM it to me if you want.
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« Reply #1272 on: August 04, 2011, 08:33:39 pm »

Whew! Just finished reading this incredible story. Took a while... Anyway, Can I have a dwarf?

Argonnek, the mason with no equal in focus and drive... When he can be arsed to stop drinking. He worries constantly about the state of the booze stocks.

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« Reply #1273 on: August 05, 2011, 12:05:45 pm »

Cog’s Journal, 2nd of Timber, 322

As we eagerly hope for the arrival of the dwarven caravan for the first time in 3 years, my thoughts turn to the various projects going on in the fortress.  The walls are being reinforced on the first floor and we’ll actually be starting the second lift of obsidian soon.  The amount of stone this project requires is ludicrous though.  The dining hall mural is so very close to being done.  Which of course means the south dining hall wall is next. 

The drainage in the third cave level is the most exciting although it makes it so loud as to be impossible to hear down there.  It just happens the lake that is draining has a deeper section which has a vein of adamantine extending into it.  I was despairing about how to access it safely, but now we can just dump magma on the remaining pool of water once it’s drained away.

Cog’s Journal, 5th of Timber, 322

Another dwarf approached my office to inquire about a change of name.  He is now known as Argonnek since he feels that his old name didn’t reflect his work ethic nearly well enough.   

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I’m not sure what he means by that.  He’s worked as hard as any other dwarf in the fortress, but I’m quite certain he’s part of the cause for the booze shortage as well. 

OOC: Gah, the FPS is way down while this lake drains.  I may have to accelerate the process using Dfhack for my sanity.  Sorry about the delays this week, it's been a busy one and dwarf fortress has been a touch twitchy lately.  I’ll work through it eventually but in the meantime updates are going to be a bit on the slow side. 

@breadbocks: Worth a thought.  Honestly, I’d love to see a dragon. 

@kisame12794: Done.  Check your private messages!

@Argonnek: Done, have a look above!  Welcome aboard, reading the whole thing is quite the job.  Glad you enjoyed it!

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« Reply #1274 on: August 05, 2011, 02:55:02 pm »

OOC: @Paaaad: Right yes of course!  As I said, I knew I was missing one.  So with Balta added to the list, that's 19 claimed military dwarves.

Oh... Military dwarves. I thought you ment the whole population. Never mind. sorry.
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