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Since the mediawiki's version is now 1.32, would it be possible to reconsider installing this extension ?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups#Installation

Which would show previews when hovering over a link to an article.
It does not look like we would have to go over every existing article. The preview will be the article's image (if any) with a text excerpt.

This is a interest check for an idea I had, which could lead to potential Fun.
I'd like to know if you'd like to play it in a succession style.

If some aspects are good, but others iffy, please tell me about it.
If the idea sucks all along, please tell it as well.

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Would anyone be interested playing on a "Ant-fortress" ?

The game would be slightly-modded in a way that stimulates ant colonies

Ideas :
-> The dwarven civilization is extinct. So, we will have to rely on the starting dwarves we have to establish breeding programs.

-> We would choose an embark with every civilization neighbour. Necro-tower is a possibility.

-> There would be 3 castes of dwarves :
   - The soldiers. Genderless dwarves. They only live 1 year, and are adult at birth.
   
   - The drones. Males. They are only there to breed with the queen. They can live 2 to 3 years.
   
   - And finally, the Queen. Female. She can live 2 to 3 years. She can lay - let's say - 30 to 50 eggs 4 times a year. Only one allowed at any time.


Goals :
-> Survive.

-> Use 43.xx 44.xx c button to send most of our unlimited Ants all around the world to kill it, and expand our nest (and save our FPS).

-> Find a way to bury all our dwarves, as so many will die of old age.


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Now, this is a bit of a challenge fort.
First, no migrants. We rely on ourselves.


Then, how the hell do we do ? Well, little Urist, this is how you make dwarves :

- First, we have some dwarves (soldiers).
- These dwarves do some work and craft a modded item (made from adamantine or expensive stuff that we choose).
- This item is consumed by the Chosen Soldier, to turn it into a Queen (modding needed).
- Similarly, drones are created by a soldier consuming an item (though the modded item would be easier to craft than the Queen's item).
- Queen and drone marry.
- Queen lays eggs.
- Eggs give soldiers.
- The loop can continue.


I still have to figure out how to mod some stuff, but from what I know, it is doable.
So, what do you dwarves think ?

What would the Queening item be / be made out off ?
Should dwarves be modded to have 4 arms ?
Others ?

Suggestions are welcome.

I want to create a fortress dedicated fully to the production of cheese.

But cheese lacks quality modifiers. How may I mod the game to enable it ? (the cheese quality, that is)

Hopefully, the cheese will flow !

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"For centuries, the dwarves stood strong. They held the mightiest kingdoms in Earth, and were feared by all. Their wealth came from precious gems extracted from hard rocks, the stone and minerals they collected from the mountain itself were turned into objects of great beauty. Their skills were unequalled, and their strength in battle legendary..."


Nowadays, these words are only fairy tales told to lazy children to make them sleep easier. Dwarves have become passive, boring and fat. Their decline started with their victory over the goblins, long ago. It made them believe they were so superior to other races that they could do well without working.
Over the years, the dwarves neglected work completely, living a comfortable life burning through the livestocks their ancestors slowly collected.
Modern dwarves are now completely incompetent. Or to be more precise, they are lethargic. They don't see why they would be the only one doing stuff, when others drink all day.

Standing against this deterioration, seven dwarves decided to act !
They painfully learned the basics of some professions, gathered supplies and headed far from the mountainhomes. They built the fortress of CurseKnowledge there, and swore to fight laziness !

But old habits die hard, and lazy dwarves are lazy...
Will dwarfkind rise again ? Or will its boring existence fade out ?
Only you will tell.

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Rules :

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Embark :

The embark is a 3x3. It overlaps badlands, savanna, and grassland. There's a necro tower nearby.

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List of non-lazy dwarves :

The Founding Seven :

Name	Skills	Status
Catten	Miner / Engraver	Alive
Spriggans	Carpenter / Weaver	Alive
Imic	Mason / Stone Crafter	Dead (work accident)
McGee	Grower / Brewer	Alive
Bembul	Cook / Architect	Alive
Gwolfsky	Clothier / Mechanics / Bookbinder	Dead (work accident)
TheFlame52	Armorsmith / Weaponsmith	Dead (work accident)

Other dwarves :

Name	Skills	Status
Sanctume	Metalcrafter	Alive
Gwolfsky2	Mechanics	Alive
Imic2	Mason	Alive
TheFlame52_2	Furnace Operator	Alive
MoonyTheHuman	Wood cutter	Dead (work accident)
Sibrek Akrulmorul	Glassmaker	Alive
Girlinhat	Plant gatherer	Dead (work accident)
Kumil Larducim	Mechanics	Alive
Amost Naniroslan	Clothier	Alive
Rovod Timnarobok	Wood-cratfer	Alive
Tirist Dodokilun	Plant processor	Alive

Skills-less named dwarves :

Name	Usage	Status
CodyRex	AxeDwarf / Militia commander	Alive

Dorf list : Sanctume - a dwarf who does the most minimal labor Rex - A military dwarf Erin Quill - A human. Give him cotton paper if possible ReynTheLord - A Miner/Swordsdwarf The turn list : Legend : Done Current Skipped Gwolfsky write up Gchristopher 1 2 3 4 onemoreminer Anybody feeling like he wants to play ! Year labor changes : Gwolfsky's turn : Added Bookbinding on Gwolfsky Gchristopher's turn : Added Mechanics, and killed swapped a bunch of labors Current save : End of second turn

I butchered alive someone today. He had it coming !

Okay, seriously now, this topic is about giving a recipy to get a target safely to the amount of damage shown above.

There are many advantages to it.

• It trains your adventurer.
• If the target is one of your retired fortress dwarves, you can safely have crippled dwarves. Why you would want to do that is up to you.
  On the plus side, this method trains the wrestling and fighting skills.
• It's fun.

Now some important facts to know :

• The possible causes of death are :
      the loss of too much blood (target bled for too long),
      the loss of cerebral function (brain got damaged),
      and the inability to breathe (both lungs are damaged).
  By following the steps carrefully, none of these will happen to your beloved target.
• Fast travelling away.
  Fast travelling everytime the target is "pale" (about to die from blood loss), allows it to rest and not die.
  So you can make one or several steps of the experiment, fast travel, seek and find the target, and continue the next step of the experiment.
• It's safer to savescum a little. Just because you never know.
  Experiments have been known to turn wrong. Sometimes the target doesn't make it. So, saving often isn't a bad idea.
• Passed out targets make up for easy chirurgical cuts.
• You are not a murderer. The target must survive, and you must care for it.

Without further due, let's get to the recipy !
 
Find a target deemed worthy enough for the experiment.


Start the experiment by cutting both his hands and feet. This is the easy part. But don't forget to quickly travel away so the target doesn't bleed out.
By cutting both feet, we assure the target doesn't run away; and so finding it afterwards gets easier.
Cutting both hands prevents retaliation.
The target is now unable to grasp or walk. But our work isn't done yet !


After that, you must make sure you don't miss your hits. Armor becomes a problem as it prevents cutting too close to the body.
So this step is about getting rid of any protection the target has.
Grab the target, and just wait (pressing "."). The target will helplessly try to escape.
Wait for the target to pass out from over-exertion.

It is very helpful to use step 3 before every next step to make the target pass out, and allow easier work.


Now, use wrestling to remove the target clothes. First grab a piece of clothing, and gain its possession. Note that you need to strap your weapons first and grab clothings with bare hands.
Proceed with every piece of clothing. You will need to drop grabbed items.


With the target now nude, carefully cut remaining arms and legs. Pay attention to the loss of blood here. You don't want an accident to occur.


It's time to remove unwanted teeth. Punching proves to be a reliable way of removing the target's teeth.
Don't forget to cut the ears and the nose too.
You can end up slicing the target's throat for a nice massive scar, but be careful it doesn't die !


For this part, you will not need any weapon.
Grab the target by the head. And meticulously pinch the tongue and the mouth.
After that, gouge the eyes, the cheeks, the eyelids and the lips.
The target is now blind, mute and probably deaf.


Draw your weapon, and slice the lower body of the target. You have to make the guts come out, so don't linger !
When the guts are revealed, cut them apart ! Beware of vomit !


This part is extremely demanding, as the target tends to be cut in half and die. So saving often helps a lot.

It is possible to aim the upper body, and destroy one lung. Or both. But it really diminishes the target's survival chances. Since I care for my target, I didn't do it in this experiment. Damaging both lungs means death, you don't want to do that.
Aiming the upper body also allows you to pierce through the target's hearth. It won't kill the target if you don't allow it to bleed out.

You can also stab the lower body to aim for pancreas, kidneys, stomach, and spleen.


This is the final product. Sadly, DF doesn't display all missing parts such as teeths and nose, so we have to look it up in the description view :




Fun facts :

• The target is still able to talk.
• The target is now legendary wrestler and fighter thanks to you and your accelerated training.
• The target is happy after improving fore-mentionned skill

     
     



NB :
Please note it is always possible to induce more injuries on the target. As an example, you could scratch the target's head and neck, adding more scars.
You could also toss some freakish slime on its skin so that it blisters... Burning the skin might work too.

But I believe this guide is sufficient enough for you to have a glimpse at the possibilities of dismembering.
I hope this comes in handy to anyone who needs it.

So.
The other day, I played an (elven) adventurer for a little while, trying to write some necromancy book.
I ended up retiring him in one of my forts. And playing the fort again.
After that, I discovered that I could control the elf as one of my dwarf in fortress mode.

I then decided to !!Science!! the mechanics of getting an adventurer of any race in your fort.
The point of this thread is to know what you need to do to get a playable adventurer in fortress mode, and what you can do with him.
I don't think this thread got discussed before, if so, let me know.

There is a tldr; at the end of the post... just in case of lazyness.

Let's get started !

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- Experiments -
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The world I genned was a small/high civ. count/200 years world. So hopefully, there are many mixed-races civilisations.
I played one month in fortress mode to get things started, and retired for a while.
The dwarven civ I played was The Still Volcano.

On the adventurer intro screen, I can play as a Dwarf, a Human, an Elf, a Goblin or any Intelligent wilderness creature.
For every race, you have to choose which civilisation you're from.
In my world, I can always choose The Still Volcano, except for the Elves (because I guess The Still Volcano has not conquered any elven civ. so far, or something like that).

For the experiment, I played every possible race, with every civ. possible.
Here are the experiments :


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- Results -
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From a retired adventurer, you can only get two results :

• Your adventurer is completely controlable. Exactly like your usual dwarf.
• Your adventurer is, and will forever be, "like a peasant with hauling labors" (same as the peasant migrants).

The race of your adventurer doesn't matter. What matters the most is the civilisation your adventurer is from.

• If at character creation, your starting location is your retired fortress, you will get result 1.
• If not, you will get result 2. Obviously, when you're from a "not your fort civilisation" civ, you always get result 2.

Random facts :
- You get items your adventurer had on him. He will automatically drop most of them (not clothes).
- This can be an easy way to get legendary status early on. Just imagine your starting seven sparring with a Legendary wrestler Elephant-man
- If the adventurer is hungry/thirsty/etc, when you leave. He will still be in fortress mode.
  So you should make your adventurer drink his water before retiring, I had an adventurer die of thirst because of that.
- Goblins or humans cannot craft foreign object, like morningstars.
- Creatures not the size of dwarves will craft clothing according to their own size.
- You can assign an elf to cut down trees. He won't argue.


Further !!SCIENCE!! needed for :
- Can you make the adventurers breed ? => Adventurers can't breed.
- Will the wildlife attack an elf ? Elves are "wildlife friendly", so I may need to try that.
- Can you retire an undead adventurer and control him ? => Turns out you can't. Undead adventurers cannot retire.

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- TLDR; -
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Ok, so you want to control your adventurer in fort mode ? At character creation time, when you choose your starting location, choose your retired fortress. Then make your adventurer rest here for a while. Reclaim the fort. You got it.