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Dwarf Fortress => DF Adventure Mode Discussion => Topic started by: mirrizin on March 15, 2016, 01:34:16 pm
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So, I've been running human adventurers, and noticed a pattern. I run a char until he or she gets crippled, then I take them to a meadhall or castle somewhere to retire. I like the continuity, and I like dropping them somewhere nice instead of in the middle of some town in the middle of nowhere.
But...these are seats of power and authority. Would it be possible to retire enough adventurers to become a stakeholder in the civilization? Is there a keep somewhere that represents the center of authority for the entire group? Or are they just loose confederacies of lords?
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Towns tend to have more soldiers and "power" but as Toady explained, right now lords are just more successful bandits basically, they got enough followers and such to set up a hamlet, and some are able to set up and grow huge towns.
I like to go around and intimidate local lords to pay tribute to the one I'm a hearthperson for sometimes.
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I like to go around and intimidate local lords to pay tribute to the one I'm a hearthperson for sometimes.
You can do that? Economy isn't even in. How?
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You can demand tribute from other groups if you are a lord (or bandit leader) yourself.
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Lawgivers are the "most powerful" leaders it is a fuedal system so lords pay tribute to lawgivers.It is called a civilization but it's essentially a bunch of warlords with a shared culture. There is also infighting.
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Lot's of infighting.
When there is a law-giver you'll see "Soandso is lord, not that it matters, as the seat of Someoneelse is here and the law is absolute." or in the inevitable case of vampires, "...and the blood-drinker allows no chattel to rise."
I don't know that the tribute does anything, but it is still fun to know you made everyone around your town accept that your people are at the top of the pecking order.
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Towns tend to have more soldiers and "power" but as Toady explained, right now lords are just more successful bandits basically, they got enough followers and such to set up a hamlet, and some are able to set up and grow huge towns.
As a poli sci and history geek, I'll say, IMO, that's not as far off as you might think...
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Lot's of infighting.
When there is a law-giver you'll see "Soandso is lord, not that it matters, as the seat of Someoneelse is here and the law is absolute." or in the inevitable case of vampires, "...and the blood-drinker allows no chattel to rise."
I don't know that the tribute does anything, but it is still fun to know you made everyone around your town accept that your people are at the top of the pecking order.
So, you can you become a lawgiver?
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No, only lord atm. Those are hardcoded positions from the [SITE_VARIABLE_POSITIONS:ALL] token. I prefer to be a hearthperson, at least until we can actually give out quests to others, though having bandit bosses give out assassination and mugging and thievery quests will be neat too.
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"I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee"
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"I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee"
Until a beak dog destroyed the nerve function of my sword arm, and then a hyena ripped apart the other...
(True story, this guy is now lord of a mighty olivine castle in an isolated coastal marshland)
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Lot's of infighting.
When there is a law-giver you'll see "Soandso is lord, not that it matters, as the seat of Someoneelse is here and the law is absolute." or in the inevitable case of vampires, "...and the blood-drinker allows no chattel to rise."
I don't know that the tribute does anything, but it is still fun to know you made everyone around your town accept that your people are at the top of the pecking order.
So, you can you become a lawgiver?
Im going to say yes you can, im no sure tho.
You would get an hume adventurer, retire them in a hume fort, revive the fort then attempt to place them in the position.
I did similar to get a high weapon skill, so I gave my adventure a pick and got it to legendary before really adventuring.
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Lot's of infighting.
When there is a law-giver you'll see "Soandso is lord, not that it matters, as the seat of Someoneelse is here and the law is absolute." or in the inevitable case of vampires, "...and the blood-drinker allows no chattel to rise."
I don't know that the tribute does anything, but it is still fun to know you made everyone around your town accept that your people are at the top of the pecking order.
So, you can you become a lawgiver?
Im going to say yes you can, im no sure tho.
You would get an hume adventurer, retire them in a hume fort, revive the fort then attempt to place them in the position.
I did similar to get a high weapon skill, so I gave my adventure a pick and got it to legendary before really adventuring.
Hmm, I'm fairly sure you cannot. Though I'll be honest, I'm having hard time understanding your comment.
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Fairly sure you cant become anything else (intentionally anyway) but a lord.
On occassion my character randomly became a mayor or a broker - I don't recall why that happens, though.
Slightly off-topic but why is it exactly we can't take over any sites other than towns or hamlets (camps too I think)? I think an explanation was given but I don't remember right now.