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Haedrian

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Give me an Idea
« on: December 17, 2011, 12:17:05 pm »
I'm playing DF again. Just generated a beautiful looking world called "The Land of Dragons".

I need an idea for what to do. I was thinking a giant statue of a dragon, but that's too complicated (never was good at 3D modelling). Any ideas for a target project I should reach?
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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2011, 12:22:33 pm »
Somehow capture dragons and use them as your gate defense patrol?
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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2011, 12:23:54 pm »
Make an oribital defense system which drops dragons instead of magma.
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Haedrian

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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2011, 12:30:28 pm »
I made it short on purpose so hopefully a dragon will turn up eventually, but I can't bank on that.

ADDED: My civilisation is called "The Page of Incinerating". How appropriate.
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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2011, 02:27:39 pm »
A magma pit at the entrance, with a 2D dragon on one wall, and the magma is pumped out of the dragon's mouth?
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Haedrian

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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2011, 02:33:04 pm »
I never succeeded in pumping magma from -100 or how deep it ever is. But this sounds like a brilliant project. A magma waterfall would be additionally cool.
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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2011, 03:05:35 pm »
Get every squad's name to involve magma, fire or dragons.

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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2011, 04:27:51 pm »
Maybe a fortress shaped like a dragon egg instead? ;P

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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2011, 04:37:32 pm »
Quote from: forsaken1111 on December 17, 2011, 12:22:33 pm
Somehow capture dragons and use them as your gate defense patrol?

I've recently captured a cave dragon and am currently building an arena to pit my prisoners rather than off the ornate platform above the volcano. I've constructed it so that there is as less interferance from the fort as possible so that my dorfs don't run scared.
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2011, 07:34:59 pm »
Maybe embark on a volcano site and engineer the lava tube to be the main entrance of your fort.  Pump out the magma when people go in or out, engrave the whole thing, and stop pumping when minor fun shows up.
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Re: Give me an Idea
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2011, 03:42:59 am »
Label a lever "Fus Ro Dah" and use it to fling enemies from your gates.
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