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[Lagslayer]

I'm about to embark in a terrifying, scorching coniferous forest. It is my first evil aligned embark, and also my first scorching embark. What can I expect and what should I have to watch out for?

[(name here)]

The two big things to watch for are the various monsters, possibly werewolves in this case, and the fact that your surface pools won't refill. You might get undead instead of monsters. They're not much more dangerous than normal versions, but they are far more aggressive.

[Lagslayer]

I also read once that the rain can get so hot that it starts cooking my dwarves. Does this still happen? Also, how would this affect sieges and traders?

[Jacob/Lee]

I think that bug was fixed.

[Lagslayer]

Ok. Here I go. Ill post how things are going.

[!!crundle!!]

I've had acid rain happen in i think either .12 or .18, so be careful.

[Untelligent]

As long as you didn't change the worldgen parameter file directly and made temperatures far, far hotter than any reasonable planet would want to have in order to make scorching regions easier to find, the only affect "scorching" should have on your map is the lack of surface pools. If you don't have a river, you'll be forced to use the caverns if you need water.

[Fishbulb]

Back in 40d, I went into a strange mood and tried to tweak the worldgen to get an embark that was so hot my dwarves and pets would die of exposure outdoors after a while, but not instantly.

I gave up after spending several hours on it. It turns out it's very tricky to get an embark to be that hot without cooking off the booze as soon as you unpause.

[The_Countess]

Back in 40d, I went into a strange mood and tried to tweak the worldgen to get an embark that was so hot my dwarves and pets would die of exposure outdoors after a while, but not instantly.

I gave up after spending several hours on it. It turns out it's very tricky to get an embark to be that hot without cooking off the booze as soon as you unpause.

why didn't you not bring any booze?

no wait, scratch that, that's a stupid suggestion. no booze? what was i thinking!

[mrtspence]

Tough embarks are the best. Just embarked on a terrifying glacier. No regrets--except that skeletal yeti are weaklings.

[Namfuak]

Tough embarks are the best. Just embarked on a terrifying glacier. No regrets--except that skeletal yeti are weaklings.

I've noticed that the undead creatures have become pushovers, so now I search for good-aligned areas.  Unicorns are scary man.

[Tenth Speed Writer]

Tough embarks are the best. Just embarked on a terrifying glacier. No regrets--except that skeletal yeti are weaklings.

I've noticed that the undead creatures have become pushovers, so now I search for good-aligned areas.  Unicorns are scary man.

I'm working on an embark right now that has zombie mountain goats in the north and unicorns in the south. At the moment, my fortress militia's life is more akin to a penal legion.

[CapnUrist]

Yea, when I embarked on a sinister glacier I just brought a dedicated hammerdwarf and a unit of silver nuggets for his hammer and everything went peachy.

Until I sent him to try his luck against an ambush of goblin axemen. That didn't go well.

[gtmattz]

IMO, "Hard Mode" has much more to do with self imposed restrictions than anything that any embark can throw at you.

[Mickey Blue]

Well.. I guess yes and no, but honestly these days what makes a hard embark has changed a lot from what it used to be, mostly cause of caverns.

But yea, ultimately embarks tend to just affect how hard it is to get started, but once you get a fort going it'll be as easy (or nearly so) as anywhere else unless you have your own restrictions.

-MB