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psicop

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I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« on: December 07, 2010, 04:15:43 am »
His whole group is there, He just died the second he stepped foot on my land. Must have been quite a sight to see my mega fortress. I'm still a Mountainhome. But my highest Nobel is a Countess. What will happen? Will I not get my keepers :(

My whole castle has been one massive successful step after the other and now BAM failure. :)


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« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 04:48:45 am by psicop »
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2010, 04:17:12 am »
He's like Moses! He died immediately after SEEING the Promised Land!
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2010, 04:23:26 am »
Will another King come? or am I sol?
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2010, 04:46:44 am »
This seems like a very unfortunate accidence. ;) 
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psicop

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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2010, 04:49:49 am »
I reaaaaallly dont want to start over hahaha. I wish I had backed it up before the King came. I stupidly saved right when he showed up.
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2010, 05:42:40 am »
I made my first Dangeroom and everything. My megafortress was awesome. It'd be a shame to have to start over :(  Oh well stop complaining right?
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2010, 05:45:01 am »
One should NEVER grow too attached to ones fortress that they don't jump at the chance to start again. It can only end in tears.
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2010, 05:45:41 am »
Liaisons are supposedly replaced if lost nowadays. I could see said succession system applying to other nobles. Check the civ screen, maybe that'll say something useful.
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2010, 06:28:21 am »
Sometimes you'll get an old king in worldgen that's close to death, and the extra years it takes your fort to mature and attract the king push him over his expiry date.  So the game creates him on the map edge, blinks twice and says 'Hang on, this guy is ancient.  He should be dead already.'  and kills him...

I'm pretty sure you'll not get a new king, since the game thinks he came already and doesn't care that he's died.
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2010, 07:52:19 am »
Maybe you can have a Ghost King now. :o
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2010, 10:27:50 am »
Quote from: Wastedlabor on December 07, 2010, 07:52:19 am
Maybe you can have a Ghost King now. :o

That is a brilliant idea!
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2010, 10:50:40 am »
Quote from: Aspgren on December 07, 2010, 10:27:50 am
Quote from: Wastedlabor on December 07, 2010, 07:52:19 am
Maybe you can have a Ghost King now. :o

That is a brilliant idea!

We need to see how/if this works... for !!SCIENCE!! I mean, who doesn't want a dead king murdering their legendary marksdwarves!?
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2010, 11:00:40 am »
Quote from: Wastedlabor on December 07, 2010, 07:52:19 am
Maybe you can have a Ghost King now. :o

Is he going to visit Urist McHamlet and cause a loyalty cascade?
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2010, 11:54:02 am »
Kill 8 nobles and get yourself the Witch-King of Angmar!
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Re: I just got my King, he died of old age within 1 second
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2010, 11:58:35 am »
Quote from: Internet Kraken on December 07, 2010, 11:00:40 am
Quote from: Wastedlabor on December 07, 2010, 07:52:19 am
Maybe you can have a Ghost King now. :o

Is he going to visit Urist McHamlet and cause a loyalty cascade?

Urist McOphelia has gone stark raving mad!
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Urist McOphelia has drowned.
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