Bam, link.
On Mediafire because I'm reluctant to set up yet another account on another site I would only use occasionally, like DFDepot. A zip file, includes a read_me.txt giving some background info on the worldgen presets.
It's a lovely world, been trying to do a 1000-year history world that doesn't get into "The Golden Age" with little success. Thanks for uploading it.
On topic, too:
So, I start up an Orc, train up his swordsmanship and throwing. First quest is to kill some very far away dwarven necromancer who's camping out in the wilderness. On my way there, I see a lair on the map, so I think, hey, why not and go there.
I run into an Antler Fiend. Twisted and one-eyed. It breathes fire. Luckily, I managed to outmanouvre it and my shield soaks up the rest. A long, tiresome battle ensues. I throw stones at it as it's too fast for me to hit by sword. It does manage to cut a few arteries, but when I get very low on blood, the bleeding stops and we exchanges numerous blows, yet neither can defeat the other, it seems. Desperately, I throw my sword at it, with little effect. I throw my water and my cave oysters in hopes that I might get it to fall over, to no effect; I'm left with my silk shirt, chitinplate trousers and my shield.
Desperately, I aim for its head. Miraculously, during my fifth attack my shield actually connects, tearing apart its brain, leaving it lifeless.
I live, for now.
Wounded, I returned to a fort, the Elven capital I had discovered on my journey west. There, I find a mithril kriss and a mithril root shield, along with some masterwork mithril singing arrows, which I appropriate, knowing that after that kill, all the elves stand in awe of my skills. I recruit a spearman and a bowman. The only elves besides the Queen I can find. They gladly join me.
I set out to track down the necromancer I was originally tasked to kill. I find him and in a matter of seconds, he's unconscious on the ground, my ally's own mithril arrows easily dispatching him and his skeletons. I deal the killing blow and, without showing it to the Elves, I learn the secrets of life and death. Knowing that my companions may turn on me if I use it, I refrain from casting Animate.
I run over the map. The Elves had no other quests, they didn't care about the demonic fiends plaguing their land. In search of new enemies and armour, I travel southwards, where I hope to find enemies nearer in power to me.
I run into a lair. I knew I shouldn't have gone in, yet I still do. I'm an Orc. Battle draws me. Between here and the camp, we dispatched another fiend, which had 'Demon of Vomit boiling vomit'. It was easy, I threw an arrow at it and once it fell over, it was torture.
This time, we face yet another fiend. I manage to sneak in close (I have no idea how). That's when the whole thing goes bad. The fiend spits out around four fireballs before we can even attack. Luckily, I survive this attack, only to find myself surrounded by a ring of fire, unable to move without stepping into it. My thrown arrows chip bones, yet it is not enough to bring the enemy down.
I decide I have to move in. I step into the flames. My shirt and trousers catch aflame. I walk for a few steps like this when I realise I must lose them or I'll never survive. I drop them and move on, still burning. I see water, I move towards it. It's ice, but at least there the ground won't reignite me should I manage to survive.
By the time I get there, I'm melting. My companions are alive, somewhere in the smoke, along with that monster. I manage to spot it and start throwing arrows at it. Then I notice my gravest mistake.
A wooden cage. I must have picked it up along with the mithril items at the fort. I even recalled putting my previous sword into it. (Okay, so that's not too logical, but it's better than the waterskin).
Furiously, I throw the cage at the monster, but in the smoke they both vanish.
I'm melting. The ice isn't. My ranged companion dies, the monster closed into melee range. I have no idea where the speardancer is.
I'm melting.Okay, the ending was a bit overdramatic. Was a fun run though.
Masterwork DF with Mr Space Cat's world. Damn, it's !!Fun!!. (literally on fire)
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