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Dwarf Fortress => DF Dwarf Mode Discussion => Topic started by: Starkos127 on October 29, 2010, 11:55:42 am

Title: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Starkos127 on October 29, 2010, 11:55:42 am
I've had this idea brewing in my head to make a pirate fortress for awhile now, I was hoping to get some suggestions on how to build ships, ramshackle wooden buildings, etc.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Catastrophic lolcats on October 29, 2010, 11:57:10 am
Turn off cave ins in the init, should allow you to build many a good ship on water. Also rum, a lot of it. YAou can never go wrong with rum. Ahaha.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: NewSheoth on October 29, 2010, 12:00:28 pm
First of all, a heavily forested ocean shore, if possible. Don't pick an evil ocean, though. You don't want skeletal whales or even sea monsters eating your fortress for lunch.
About ramshackle buildings - you could, for example, replace walls with wall bars or grates in some places or such. Could also build a holding pen for anyone you catch with cage traps, if you use them that is. And don't smooth/floor over the ground on which you build it, if it's ground and not the pier that is.
Also, arrrrrr.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Fanklok on October 29, 2010, 12:12:36 pm
No he should put massive oars on the ships with cages lining them, a good fleet is powered by the blood and sweat of your captured foes.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Drakeero on October 29, 2010, 07:14:02 pm
No he should put massive oars on the ships with cages lining them, a good fleet is powered by the blood and sweat of your captured foes.

I think he means the more traditional pirate type town, not Greecian ti/biremes.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Uzu Bash on October 29, 2010, 07:17:07 pm
Vikings were pirates, too.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Traece on October 29, 2010, 07:27:09 pm
First of all, a heavily forested ocean shore, if possible. Don't pick an evil ocean, though. You don't want skeletal whales or even sea monsters eating your fortress for lunch.
Also, arrrrrr.

On the contrary, I vote you embark on an evil ocean. Urist McCrazyWhaleHunter needs a foe.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Namfuak on October 29, 2010, 07:37:50 pm
First of all, a heavily forested ocean shore, if possible. Don't pick an evil ocean, though. You don't want skeletal whales or even sea monsters eating your fortress for lunch.
Also, arrrrrr.

On the contrary, I vote you embark on an evil ocean. Urist McCrazyWhaleHunter needs a foe.

Skeletal White Whale?  Isn't that redundant?
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: GaxkangtheUnbound on October 29, 2010, 09:00:33 pm
First of all, a heavily forested ocean shore, if possible. Don't pick an evil ocean, though. You don't want skeletal whales or even sea monsters eating your fortress for lunch.
Also, arrrrrr.

On the contrary, I vote you embark on an evil ocean. Urist McCrazyWhaleHunter needs a foe.
Skeletal White Whale?  Isn't that redundant?
Shamu the friendly not-so-friendly ghost skeleton?
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: buckets on October 30, 2010, 12:25:48 am
Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Drakeero on October 30, 2010, 12:41:48 am
Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?

Agreed, Vikings were their own class.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Traece on October 30, 2010, 12:53:44 am
Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?

Agreed, Vikings were their own class.

I like to think of the Vikings from "How to Train Your Dragon" as being Dwarves. If you imagine that, the movie is even better.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: GreatWyrmGold on October 30, 2010, 06:53:53 am
Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?

Agreed, Vikings were their own class.

I like to think of the Vikings from "How to Train Your Dragon" as being Dwarves. If you imagine that, the movie is even better.
Hm...Cool! Dwarves riding dragons! Hunting Terrible Terrors! Awesome! Now someone needs to make a mod for that.


On a non-derailed note, it'll be hard to make ships without buoyancy.
Title: Re: Pirate Fortress
Post by: Neyvn on October 30, 2010, 07:09:05 am
Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?

Agreed, Vikings were their own class.
Plus Vikings rarely took prisoners and even then they rowed their own ships, nothing more of a Viking then rowing a ship into the foes before grabbing your axe and cutting a fools head off in one clean motion from oar to weapon...


Vikings were pirates, too.
Aren't Vikings Vikings?

Agreed, Vikings were their own class.

I like to think of the Vikings from "How to Train Your Dragon" as being Dwarves. If you imagine that, the movie is even better.
Hm...Cool! Dwarves riding dragons! Hunting Terrible Terrors! Awesome! Now someone needs to make a mod for that.
Did it the first time and loved it, watched it a second time and didn't thing DF and found it less.. \\indicates at DF\\ that...