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[NRDL]

Title says it all. 

[ZhangC1459]

coincidentally, i'm doing this right now.

Embark in a heavily forested area with two woodcutters, one miner, enable carpentry in everyone.  Build everything out of wood while the miner digs downward to find stone.  If you're forbidding yourself from digging downward, then just build everything out of wood, you piss the elves off either way and that's always a plus.

[NRDL]

coincidentally, i'm doing this right now.

Embark in a heavily forested area with two woodcutters, one miner, enable carpentry in everyone.  Build everything out of wood while the miner digs downward to find stone.  If you're forbidding yourself from digging downward, then just build everything out of wood, you piss the elves off either way and that's always a plus.

What about the other stuff?  Farming, forging, how do I do any of that?  I cannot do an underground fort, cause I suck, so I figured an above ground one would be nice. 

[ThatAussieGuy]

You'll still need to dig a farm plot underground.  Make it your basement, or something.  You'll have to dig or trade for ores, so just build your fortress above-ground and mine underground for whatever you need.

[NRDL]

You'll still need to dig a farm plot underground.  Make it your basement, or something.  You'll have to dig or trade for ores, so just build your fortress above-ground and mine underground for whatever you need.

Will gathering above ground plants and hunting support a fort as long as it doesn't have too many dwarves?

[MarcAFK]

aboveground is just as challenging as belowground, or moreso since you have to build everything in the open and you can make sieges more fun by NOT walling off your settlement completely.
Building is a little harder since you need huge quantities of stone and oftentimes scaffolding which when being removed leave stones dropping all over the place and sometimes random caveins :s

[AWdeV]

Gather plants and build some aboveground plots as well. There's plenty of aboveground plants that can be eaten or brewed. Surviving on hunting ofcourse depends on what kind of animals you get.

If it's Macaques it would be a lot of effort for little meat. If it's rabbits it's little effort for no meat. If it's elephants it's a lot of effort for a hell of a lot of high value meat.

[RAKninja]

  I cannot do an underground fort, cause I suck, so I figured an above ground one would be nice.

i dont mean to discourage you, but going aboveground is probably harder.

[ThatAussieGuy]

Gather plants and build some aboveground plots as well. There's plenty of aboveground plants that can be eaten or brewed. Surviving on hunting ofcourse depends on what kind of animals you get.

If it's Macaques it would be a lot of effort for little meat. If it's rabbits it's little effort for no meat. If it's elephants it's a lot of effort for a hell of a lot of high value meat.

And a lot of thankful prayers that they're not as bad as they used to be in the old version (haven't played earlier than 31.25, just read Boatmurdered and the wiki)

[NRDL]

  I cannot do an underground fort, cause I suck, so I figured an above ground one would be nice.

i dont mean to discourage you, but going aboveground is probably harder.

I know that.

[malroth]

Have both above and below ground farms, plant your underground farms first,  then gather up a bunch of surface plants and brew them for their seeds, even if you only find 1 type of brewable plant on arrival its still enough to prevent your dwarves from getting sick of the same alcohol

 Elves don't care if your walls, floors, beds, bolts,traps,spears, pumps and furnature are all made of wood the only thing they notice is how much raw unprocessed wood you have left in stock and if wood was necessary for the creation of something you attempt to sell them.

digging a channel around your camp with its only exit being on the outside is a really good initial defence from hostile animals as well as some ambushes and invaders, it should buy you enough time to make a proper set of walls.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Everyone is mason. No exceptions. (except brewers and people who make food)

[NRDL]

Everyone is mason. No exceptions. (except brewers and people who make food)

How is this good?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Or carpenter, or metalsmith, or whatever you're building out of.

[zehive]

Completely flat, aquifer, heavily forested and thick with bushes? keep & atleast one curtain wall should be your no1 priority. You'll need to defend all sides, and will need walls on all sides. Given one puny curtain wall you can't call it much of a citadel, but its a castle nonetheless. One word of advice, build up.