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[ThrowerOfStones]

So I accidentally breached hell today in 3.19. My military was outfitted probably 75% in copper armor, 25% in steel armor, but all with steel weapons (except the hammer dwarfs, who had silver). My military was probably about 60 dwarves, as my usual practice is to automatically draft all male dwarves after the first few migrations. Most of them were Legendary in at least their weapon, having been trained by a danger room.

I expected to have my ass handed to me, and at first it seems like I was. After about half of my military was down, I started recruiting peasants in hopes of simply providing fodder while my remaining military chopped them down. I went off to do some things, and after about an hour and a half of fighting, I find that all the demons have been killed! I only have about 20 military dwarves left, and lost about sixty dwarves total (forty military, 20 non-military), but nevertheless stopped the horde in its path, and still with 101 dwarves living!

I'm crossing my fingers that I don't get a tantrum spiral, though. Everyone's quite unhappy now...

I also hope to get lots of delicious demon roasts and the like.

[Girlinhat]

Get carpenters and masons out there, start walling in the edges of the map.  Be sure and slay demons as possible, don't let them group up heavily.  You can conquer this!

[PwndJa]

Pics of the area where most of the fighting took place? I'd like to see it and dream of glory tonight.

So, what are you going to do now? If it doesn't involve building a new fortress in hell you're doing it wrong.

[ThrowerOfStones]

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There's an image of the pile, which has already begun to rot >_<. I think possibly simply because of how long the battle took.

Oh well. demon bone scepters are pretty good too.

I very well might colonize hell, although I'll probably wait for my military to recover its strength first and make sure any tantrum has been handled.

[kyle902]

Look for the cotton candy sword and make sure to have a dwarf haul it to your weapons pile

[Girlinhat]

That Sword isn't on all maps, isn't on most maps even.

Change the raws, make bones capable of being crafted into armor and weapons.  Demon bone plate armor isn't totally effecient, but it's dwarfy.

[PwndJa]

Look for the cotton candy sword and make sure to have a dwarf haul it to your weapons pile

I'm pretty sure those lolipops can only be found in a happy house.

[ThrowerOfStones]

FWIW, I apparently killed precisely 50 demons. Which makes me think that must be how many spawn when you breach a vein, since its such a nice even number.

Somehow I was expecting more to spawn...

[Greep]

Well, more should keep coming, just not all at once.

[PwndJa]

FWIW, I apparently killed precisely 50 demons. Which makes me think that must be how many spawn when you breach a vein, since its such a nice even number.

Somehow I was expecting more to spawn...

I'm almost positive the number is random. I've breached a vein and was rewarded with nothing but a very slow trickle of Fun. By that I mean some flying type made of steam would spawn every minute or so. I was trying to end my fort, not make all of my dwarves roll around in laughter :/

[ThrowerOfStones]

By the way, the brown liquid around the rocks is vomit.

The entire area is coated in vomit.

[xeivous]

By the way, the brown liquid around the rocks is vomit.

The entire area is coated in vomit.

You are playing dwarf fortress remember.

If part of your map isn't covered in vomit and blood you are doing it wrong.

[ral]

Awesome

[Raufgar]

By the way, the brown liquid around the rocks is vomit.

The entire area is coated in vomit.

You are playing dwarf fortress remember.

If part of your map isn't covered in vomit and blood you are doing it wrong.

Also, if all your fighting force is not covered with vomit and blood you're doing it wrong

[xeivous]

By the way, the brown liquid around the rocks is vomit.

The entire area is coated in vomit.

You are playing dwarf fortress remember.

If part of your map isn't covered in vomit and blood you are doing it wrong.

Also, if all your fighting force is not covered with vomit and blood you're doing it wrong

Same goes with your hall-o-traps