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Title: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 19, 2008, 10:48:11 am

well this is my first try at starting a succession so if anyone wants to take a turn give a yell,also roleplaying/writing a story for it isnt necessary but at the very least post at the end of your turn and report if anything happened that is worth reporting.

okay so the rules are as follows:one year is a turn so when spring comes around a turn is done,you must name a character after yourself either at the end of your turn or at the beginning.you must either send a message or post in the thread or you will be skipped,if you dont think you make your turn then inform everyone and i will move you down the ladder.

oh by the way how do i take screen shots?

the starting dwarves are as follows: two miners,a carpenter/mason,a farmer,a brewer/herbalist,a architect/bower,a metal smith.

i got 15 of all seeds and 200 logs,that is besides foodstuff.

also i generated this map on a vanilla DF file,that means no mods and no cheats,though i did change the init.

first turn:Flyingdwarf finished
second turn:Skid finished
third turn:Akhier the Dragon hearted finished
fourth turn:El Ruffianos skiped due to no response
fifth turn:mook finished
sixth turn:Balor Kartain finished
seventh:Flabort crashing on him
eighth:Yaddy1 wanted to be skipped
ninth:Mook finished
tenth:flyingdwarf pc died
eleventh:Akhier the Dragon hearted skipped
twelve:Mook finished
thirteen:Viprince skipped

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Skid on November 19, 2008, 12:19:39 pm

I'll join.  The other games I'm in don't seem to be going anywhere.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 19, 2008, 12:36:45 pm

well got to start somewhere. i will take a turn.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: El Ruffianos on November 19, 2008, 12:50:46 pm

I'll go third. What are the init changes?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 19, 2008, 01:44:32 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

SPRING
and so we have finaly arived here,where the queen has told us to make a new home for the dwarven people,the first thing we need to do is to get the farms running and the wood we brought with us in,beds would be nice too.

we have dug a empty moat,i have no clue why though only thing here is goats.

kulet fell asleep while mining,we need those bed quarter ready soon.

i told meng to start on the beds right away but for some reason she insists on carrying the wood,to the stockpile instead of making beds out of them.

i told meng after she got done with the beds he could build a masons workshop and build the doors.

we have plenty food so we can now start digging the storage zone.

i went to find out why meng wasnt working on the doors and i found her drinking....i think ill have a pint of ale.

SUMMER
the days grow hotter,the time of summer is nigh,so with it we should work harder.

i have ordered that table and chair be built so that we can have a place to eat without fear of maggots.

the storage yard is complete,with this coming we can prepare for our brothers without fear of triping over flutes

we have our first pig tails,we can now start producing quarry leaves,when we process and turn them into bags that is.

we have started on the dining rooms.

i have told thikut and kutlet smooth the dining room and quarters.

i have made a lever to retract the bridge over the empty moat.

i have ordered a depot to be built for the coming season.

AUTUMN
the trees outside of the hole-in-the-mountain is turning colors meaning its time to get busy once again

our horse gave birth to foals,though how she got pregnant i dont know because we dont have any male horse's,well they taste good no matter where they come from.

our brothers from the mountain homes have arrived,though the wagons could not make it,i suspect a plot against me,Zuglar has been pretty upset i had to sell his anvil to get the logs.

i have talked with lolor and i told him that i need a anvil,and coal,he agreed,for a little extra.

our brothers have left and with them the word of a livable site.

he wants axes!that little twit didnt he notice we dont have a forge?that's the reason i said to bring a anvil next time.this man has went from a decent dwarf to a mad man in my book.

great what we need more hands to grab our food and to move the wood,we now have sixteen dwarves in the hole.

after almost an whole year we got all the wood out of the wagon so we can now cut it up.

its getting colder and colder,i feel its almost winter,it seems like it will snow any moment now.

we are running low on booze so i made iton to brew some beer and rum

WINTER

the trees and almost lifeless now so i know its winter,but how long will it be before we become lifeless in this place? will we become machine-like and have no emotions or will we simply be so druged up on rat weed to notice anyting else?

i have ordered a wall and bridge to be made along with a smooth path leading out of here.

i have ordered the workers to dig out a spot to make a bower workshop i want to get some hunting done,good sport.

meng ran into a kobold, but it ran away before she could smash it.

i have been killing wild horses and bringing them to be sliced open and served with rum.

the sleep quarters are getting cramped so if we intend to keep more dwarves we need to expand,but ill leave that to next year.

i feel as if a grim horse of shadows is stalking me and trying to take a bite of my soul,i guess thats why i try to kill horses but then again it could be because im tired of eating just mushrooms.

i have ran out of bolts and began smashing the elk and horses with my crossbow,i hope it doesnt break under my rage.

me and meng have been growing close as of late and we decided to become lovers,i hope she and i become married soon.

before i resign i would like to say to my successor that i hope this journal will shed some light on the workings of this hole-in-the-mountain.

here is the link to the save file skid.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=672

oh and the init changes are to the fps rates,go to the wiki to find out how to make it faster.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/Maximizing_framerate

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 19, 2008, 09:13:21 pm

I'll take a turn. 

By the way, does the map have magma, HFS, or any other underground goodies?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 20, 2008, 07:19:16 am

no magma or runing water since it doesnt work so well with my system,but we have plenty of limestone and im sure there is some iron around,though since its not using anymods we dont have any interesting metals.

Title: Re: The ages of death, etc.
Post by: Skid on November 20, 2008, 11:52:13 am

Log for 82.  This is the journal of Skid.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Flyingdwarf gave up leading the fort today.  Didn't say much, just threw me a scrap of paper, grabbed his crossbow, and went out hunting.  Beats me what I'm going to do with it, I came here to scrape the mountain apart, not do paperwork.  I've commandeered a corner of the dining room to get my record keeping done.

Anyway, I'm starting out by digging some proper hallways and storage areas.  One year is enough of living in a cramped cave and crawling over the kitchen tables to reach our bedrooms.  And I'm seriously tired of tripping over piles of wood every time I go outside.

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Some elven traders just arrived.  I'll meet with them and see what junk they've got after I've got some rest, had lunch, taken an inventory of our food stocks, and cleaned up the splatter left by that last kobold thief. Or maybe I'll let somebody else handle it.

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Hmph.  They were threatening to leave even before I got halfway through lunch. I sent Edem Spiraltorch to deal with it, he gave a couple bins of rock instruments in exchange for a tame cougar and deer.  They're now providing decoration for the dining room, but I suppose we could put them up for adoption after they're used to us.

In other news, some more migrants arrived from the capital. Our settlement now boasts a population of 36.  All sorts of weird professions like cheese and glass makers.  I set them to work building a roof over the refuse pit.  It may increase the stench a bit, but those bones are valuable and something keeps stealing them.

And an interesting fact: The microcline lever does not in fact connect to the microcline bridge.  the new armorer just learned that while chasing a kobold who was making off with a steel battleaxe.  It took up a couple hours of work to build a staircase down to where he was sitting and swearing at whoever had yanked the bridge out from under him.  Nobody was willing to admit to it.

Flyingdwarf found the axe dropped on the ground a few hundred yards outside the gate next to a fresh blood smear and brought it in.

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Domas Sackprairies has created a legendary stone toy boat. Yes, you read that right.  No, I didn't ask any questions after he emerged from his workshop bleary-eyed and grinning fiendishly.   Overall, it does look pretty good, it didn't take him anything but a chunk of microcline and some pig tail cloth to build, and he does seem to be a much more skillful stonecrafter after building it.

Quote

Od Zakgol, "The Limb of Spite", a microcline toy boat.

This is a Microcline toy boat. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is decorated with Pig tail. On the item is an image of dwarf and dwarves in Microcline. The dwarf is surrounded by the dwarves.  On the item is an image of a cloud in Microcline.

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Summer is upon us.

One of the peasants (Lolor Something-or-other) disappeared and apparently starved to death.  We can smell it from time to time but still can't find where on earth the body actually is.  We don't really have time to search either, the human caravan has arrived.

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Traded some rock crafts and instruments for dyes, booze, leather we can't get here, and some random other stuff.  Found the peasant, he somehow got himself trapped in the moat.  There is much debate on if it is worth going to the trouble of pulling him out.  The general consensus appears to be that we should just leave him.  We don't have a proper tomb system set up anyway, and there's no way anything will disturb his corpse under there.

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Got more migrants, expanding bed system.

Uvash StaffPants just went and seized a mason's workshop claiming he has been inspired.  I think he just got possessed by the ghost of that poor guy under the bridge, but I guess we'll let him have his fun.

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He made a quartzite hatch cover encrusted with chunks of quartzite. It's called "Passedfleshes", whatever that means. And he's no better at masonry either. Him and Lolor's ghost can rot for all I care.

Flyingdwarf made his 40th kill today out hunting.

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Noticed a whole lot of dwarves loafing around in the meeting hall.  Have ordered the construction of buckets so we can haul some water to a safe reservoir indoors.

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Fall has come.

Our home caravan arrived.  Traded more rock junk for an anvil, dyes, some metal bars, and assorted other stuff.  That massive pile of wood in the main hallway is finally about to disappear too. Haven't had to chop down any trees yet at all.

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More migrants, so we've got population of exactly 50.   I'm having the whole entrance area roofed over since we've got so much extra workforce available.   Going to consider a military, we haven't encountered any peaceful goblins so we can only assume that they will be hostile or at very least obnoxious.

Flyingdwarf got his leg snapped by a Sasquatch.  He managed to make it his 67th kill, though some dwarves are claiming that it has a mate in the area.

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...so I guess Winter passed without event.   I'll leave the rest of the brain work to my successor and go back to digging holes in rocks.   Can't say I'm sorry.

Some general notes before I depart:

-Domas Sackprairies has crafts workshop assigned to just him so other dwarves would stop interrupting his work. Make sure to check that before ordering a type of craft there he can't do.
-The ammo stockpile also accepts armor and weapons.
-The refuse stockpile is split into the one for corpses and rotting stuff on the surface, and the one for bones and shells down near the workshops.
-The fort is really low on water, please be careful before destroying ponds.
-And the cloth and food systems need to be looked at, I kind of abandoned them during my turn.
-Oh, and good luck. You'll need all of it that you can get.

File download link.
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=675 (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=675)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on November 20, 2008, 12:18:37 pm

if it's not too late, i'd like to play as well. might be a bit slow taking my turn, but that's just due to the inevitable lag. vanilla? K, good.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 20, 2008, 02:10:49 pm

looks like its my turn i cant pick up the download right now but tonight when i get home i shall play my turn and hopefully get it done before the weekend or so.

downloaded? (Y)/n

lock and load may god have mercy on these poor dwarves souls.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 20, 2008, 04:16:40 pm

i updated the list and also skid,you left me on hunting the entire time?

flabort,its okay if its long but don't take too long,like two weeks or something.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on November 20, 2008, 04:23:24 pm

I'll take a turn at the running me a kingdom, sign me up. Oh can you send me a pm when its my turn incase i forget to check back.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Skid on November 20, 2008, 04:34:28 pm

Quote from: Flyingdwarf on November 20, 2008, 04:16:40 pm

i updated the list and also skid,you left me on hunting the entire time?

Yes, I did, though you came inside and did other stuff often when there wasn't game around.  You're now extremely strong, very agile, tough, and an accomplished marksdwarf.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Glacies on November 20, 2008, 05:00:02 pm

Your toy boat has sails.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 21, 2008, 11:42:19 pm

Yess i have it done now just need to upload the save and stuff! (and i made it before my weekend to)
The Story:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spring:
This has got to be the worst day ever! Finally I had gotten out of my family’s house and set out for a new place to call home and a place to make some soap. But no not only am I reduced to carpentry and masonry but now I get to lead!
   I was minding my own business walking down the hall when the leader spots me. He shouts “yourtheleadernowbyihaveapartytoattend” and runs off.

   I took a look around and you know what? We have a weak mining operation going on and being a dwarf through and through can’t help but realize “hey soaps fun but as boss I could mine instead!” so I will.

   The microline bridge that does nothing is being temporally removed. Now with it gone I have dug channels to make a better foe keeper outer system.

   Our water troubles are at an end for Skid has found us a wonderful danger ridden underground pool!

   The pool was almost our DOOM! (Or at least the doom of the lower levels) luckily Kulet was able to build a wall as he fled and blocked the water that he had inadvertently released.

   Darn kobolds the elves come and what do you know right after an outbreak of the vermin (though I don’t even know myself if I mean the elves or the kobolds). What is has done was bring my attention to the fact we lack any sort of military!!! ARE WE NOT DWARVES!!!

   Horrors! Another noble came. This time it’s the dungeon master.

   Oh my what an artifact:
Ishlumbiban, “NutsBalls”, a Quartzite bracelet
This is a Quartzite bracelet. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with Quartzite and Tetrahedrite and decorated with elk leather. This object is adorned with hanging rings of Ruby and menaced with spikes of hoary marmot bone and elk leather,
   Heh NutsBalls heheh

   
Summer:
Sigh rooms for the current noble are on there way and I have started the tombs. The only consolation I get from all this is out of the current nobles and past leaders ~I~ have the biggest tomb

Hurrah our defenses are increased. I have replaced the outer wall with fortifications so we can shoot out and in front of the outer bridge I placed many a cage traps.

Truly today is a good day! All the nobles need now are their tombs and everything’s all squared away.

The horror! Goblins with crossbows ambush and I lose 1 regular dwarf and 3 or so elite wrestlers with more injured!! Truly the!! World!!

Hurray 3 champions one right after another

Finally the entrance traps are done and there are 8 champions! As a side not to myself and future leaders elves are picky and when they came in spring I accidentally offered wood along with various things like elf leather and such so of course it’s the wood they get upset about so I confiscate their stuff. Hope they don’t attack us yet.

Luck finally was on my side. Everyone knows that goblins don’t care about you unless you have enough people to take from and we squeaked under their nose with this immigration that put us at 76 dwarves in all.

The tombs are almost done just need some decoration and some engraving. Also for this report I say happily that the exploratory mining on the lowest level we dare go is proceeding ahead of schedule.

We have struck Native Platinum! To commemorate this I will have platinum statues added to my tomb seeing as I found it and such along with buying the anvil that made it all possible!

Autumn:
Autumn has come and my time is half spent.  But at least my well is done! Using the underground lake, a windmill, a screw pump, and some industrious tunneling I have created a well that will not require any physical work to be done!

Ah more human traders are here. Last time I cleared them out of everything because of the fact we have 2 legendary stoneworkers putting out trinkets and cups and such at an alarming rate and quality.

Stupid goblins ambushing my champions as they where patrolling and then another group tries to ambush the traders without any ranged weapons! It most certainly did not work.

Yah for legendary stonecrafters! I am buying the whole caravan almost for stuff like cups! You make cups at 3 to 1 so for every stone I get 3 cups and this means a single stone is worth over 100 monies in the hands of my crafters!

Why do the snatchers only come one at a time! Honestly and to bump into the hunter with a crossbow? These creatures should be destroyed and would be to I believe if only it were not for the fact that they breed like cats! For the first time since I took control the upper refuse pile is filling up.

Haha now no goblin archer no matter how good will have line of sight with people in the trade depot area! I have built strategic walls just for this and now while it can be easily reached the front entrance has no straight line into the fort.

Yes the exploratory mining is going right on schedule! Truly we shall find all there is on the bottom level or die trying. On a side not I am having catapults made and people to use them trained to help with the local wildlife and slight goblin problem after all while some people might say there is nothing worth using a siege weapon on, I say what isn’t a worth shooting with a siege weapon! Ha small-minded people it’s not “just” a matter of killing them! It’s a matter of Totally destroying them so they will never come back!! (And really those kobold thieves run fast)

Also in matter of convenience I have made a big stockpile for armor, weapons, and ammo attached to the now expanded barracks.

Winter:
THREE Goblin ambushes! At Once!! Two dwarves died but lucky us we caught a number of them in cages so once I create an arena there will be fights already lined up. Also with the way the fight went I decided to make the catapults safer so that a goblin wont come within sight scaring away the chicken like siege operators.

Today Edem one of our many engravers made our first masterpiece engraving! It depicted Flyingdwarf when he ascended to leadership.

Not much happening in the winter mostly just routine stuff. Decide to make my tomb have my emblem for my nickname. A Z with an A in it with a K in the A spelling ZAK the one and only true way to spell it from my point of view for I AM the one and only TRUE ZAK!

Still not much going on. At least this place hasn’t had any animal problems while I have been in control. This is probably because of that lake full of creatures but I don’t care really.

Yah someone went into one of those “Moods” and he has a fey look to him. Also even better is he is not important so if he goes insane its not that bad!

Sadly I will not see what comes of this because spring has arrived and I have noticing a total lack of any kind of sheriff or such have taken the position and have an iron armor stand and an iron weapon rack being made for my room as we speak to commemorate the event.

NOTES:
I made a channel all around the above ground area of the hold. This will keep surprises from that direction down and keep the catapult operators safe during attack.

There is a “Mood”y dwarf with the fey type of mood.

On the level that has a little bit of mining done on it with now smoothing there is a wall made in a hallway all the way to the left. DO NOT DESTROY THE WALL!!! It holds back the underground lakes water from flooding out.

I have the whole bottom z-level designated in such a way as to make all the squares visible. This with the current workers will not take all that long but just so you know incase you want any mining done.

There are a few spine and head injuries within the military. Sadly they will probably only be good for crossbows. On the bright side they will be using crossbows . They are not set to train with it because most are still hurt and in bed.

The next person to take over will have to make their own tomb and room. Please leave the past leaders rooms alone after all you’ll have one to and do you really want it messed with?

There is an iron armor stand and an iron weapon rack that are in the orders to be made. When they are put them in my room because the caption of the guard position requires it.

There are a few vacant beds but the next immigration will need more in the most likelihood.

Also the next immigration will push us over 80 pop. So we will be seiged, most likely within the next year.

The lever in the room with the justice cages opens the cage in front of all the cage traps. The cage contains a war dog. This is for detection and defense.

The well in the main complex that is walled in is dried up and is to tedious and time consuming to fill up. There is one a way to the left that as long as there is the underground lake will have water.

There is a lot of engraving being done but there does not have to be. If you need one of the engravers though please take a less skilled one.

The cages with the g’s in them have goblins. There are 12 of them so have fun.

Dead dwarves go under the inside bridge where the first one died.

Build weapon traps if you want to be safe and not worry about invaders. The way I have it set up is so ambushes are taken care and if a megabeast comes wondering by. THEY WILL NOT STOP A SIEGE!!! If you cant take a siege raise the outer bridge and blast away with the catapults that because of the small area can reach anywhere. Weapon traps as long as you have a few in a choke point will kill a small siege hands down.

WE ARE RICH$$$$$$ a stone worth 3 monies is turned into 3 mugs by one of the legendary stoneworkers at either masterpiece level or the level just below that. The lower of the two levels will be a mug worth 50 monies so you get a net of around 147 monies! The masterpiece ones are about 120 each netting 357. The only problem is not enough bins and space to store it all. It takes forever to get it all to the trade depot.

begining of my turn
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq164/akhier_the_dragon_hearted/Begginingofyear.jpg)
end of my turn
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq164/akhier_the_dragon_hearted/endofyear.jpg)

and now its done

The Save (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=680)

yah me i over tripled our wealth!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 22, 2008, 07:16:22 am

nevermind i didnt read good enough.also i updated so its now El Ruffiano's turn.

ah also nice job.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 24, 2008, 04:10:05 pm

that was fun even if it was a little confusing to start with. also i "N"oted all the levers i could find so you know just keep that up and we wont have death by flood from the wrong lever being pulled.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 25, 2008, 01:44:28 am

i dont know if El Ruffianos downloaded the save or not,but there is a download on it,i messaged him the day it was his turn but he either has not been on since then or he doesnt check his messages,either way ill give him one more day to reply in some way.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 25, 2008, 10:22:16 am

send him another message that you would like some reply on the thread and on the first page add a note that you would like all players to post a message when they download it or start playing.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on November 25, 2008, 12:02:11 pm

two turns till mine? i'm sorry, i have to delay. some of us are still able to be grounded.

i am over 13, just not over 18 yet.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 26, 2008, 12:39:26 pm

sir it does not matter if you are 13 or 31 if you live in you parents house you can be grounded if you want to live there. the only thing being 18 does is make it so you can be kicked out by them.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 26, 2008, 11:38:55 pm

i took a look at ruffies profile and found he was last on yesterday,but im guessing he failed to check on the thread  so therefore im going to skip his turn,ill update before i go to bed,since tomorrows thanksgiving i wont be on.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 27, 2008, 03:47:51 am

Alright.  I have the save, so I'll try to finish up my turn within the next two days.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on November 28, 2008, 01:54:32 pm

highlight the guy after me, and press "promote task". i'll go seventh, he can go before me. it'll be about a week until i can play my turn.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Yaddy1 on November 28, 2008, 02:50:30 pm

I'd like to join

name Yaddy

Gender male

Profession woodsdwarf/carpender

Bio:Having barely escaped from helmthundered with his life yaddy is forced to travel from the Mountainhomes again

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 28, 2008, 06:00:03 pm

I finished my turn, I just need to know how/where to upload photos and possibly the map before I post my bit.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 28, 2008, 06:09:56 pm

Yaddy dude,this is a SUCCESSION game not COMMUNITY game,if you want a turn then ill put you a turn on.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Yaddy1 on November 28, 2008, 07:04:18 pm

Sorry, brain fart sure I'd like a turn.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 28, 2008, 07:14:58 pm

kay i added you and updated the list

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Yaddy1 on November 28, 2008, 07:18:01 pm

Thanks!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 28, 2008, 08:01:08 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

From the journal of Cerol "Mook" Onuliklist:
1st Granite, Year 64: Since our previous administrator decided to temporarily retire following his year of service, a lottery was started to decide who would be the new administrator.  I didn't think anything would come of it, and I did have some ideas in mind which would improve this place.  Who knew I would actually win?!  So as of today I'm going to enforce a new kind of order on this fortress, and make it the kind of place where a dwarf would want to live, not just work!


My first action as the new administrator was to halt mining on the lower levels and begin reorganizing job duties to try and increase efficiency in this place.  The changes were fairly simple:  miners mine and do nothing else, woodsdwarves fell trees, build wood stuff, haul wood, etc.  I also turned one of the peasants into an assistant medic, as we seem to have a lot of wounded here.

My next action was to take some time to actually survey our entrance, and what a shabby deal that was!  I guess I just spend too much time engraving, so I immediately set to work digging a new ditch and an extended defensive network in front of the fortress.  Although it's a very human thing to do, I have always prefered defensive walls from which our military can rain down death on our enemies.  Also, it gives the place a nice symmetry which it is sorely lacking.

My third action was to designate excavation areas for new workshop, storage, tomb, and living quarters.  The hodgepodge we have right now is too cluttered, and not fit for dwarf or human.  I decided to opt for a vertical spiral pattern, so that each workshop and bedroom would have its own personal space, and would therefore be easier to locate and alter as needed.

My fourth action was to deal with the strange mood that occurred.  Seems I inherited a loony who thinks he has a great idea for a weapon.  He found his way to a workshop just fine, though, not that I think anything will come of it.

6th Granite:  The loony produced something, believe it or not.  It turned out to just be some obscure item, though, nothing really useful.  He learned how to be a good craftsman, regardless.  I've begun removal of the stone dumping area to the north, as it presents a huge security risk for our dwarves.  I also needed room to build a road leading to the north.  We're not exactly in a tree or stone strewn landscape, but roads are nice to have.

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20th Granite:  Elves!  And they're here to trade!  I hope they brought trees, because we need bins, this place is absolutely cluttered with crafts, bolts, and goblin gear!  Goden Infiniteb, our backup trader, killed a kobold today while constructing the perimeter wall.  Not a scratch on him, either.  Skid was too busy updating stockpile records to go to the depot, so I replaced him with Goden.  For some reason the depot was set so that any dwarf could trade.  What a disaster that could have been!

26th Granite:  Goden finished trading today.  He says he traded a few rock trinkets for everything the elves brought, which was just a whole bunch of cloth and a few trees.  I hope they figure out that cloth ain't what we need here!  Also, migrants!  I would kick off about how useless the lot is, but we actually ended up with a carpenter, and more laborers for the new defensive network.    Plus, I recall that not too long ago I was a migrant meself, so it's good to have some fresh blood around. 

Another kobold showed up along with the migrants, and Akhier took a moment out of his work digging the new trench to put a pick through its skull.  Honestly, I have no idea what these things think they can accomplish by walking through a crowded area.

12th Slate:  Invasion!  By monkeys!  A swarm of rhesus macaques stormed through the as-of-yet unremoved portions of the trench and sent a whole lot of workers running.  I mobilized the military, only to find out that the whole lot was lumped into a big group, the boss of whom was busy napping.  I sorted out the structure and sent them out to deal with the monkeys, who were promptly crushed by dwarven might.  Looks like there'll be monkey for dinner tonight!

18th Slate:  I noticed today that there are far too many animals wandering around the fortress, and although most are pets there are a few unowned animals which just get in the way.  I locked up all essential animals such as the dogs, and put the rest of the strays to the knife.  The cougar and deer can live, though, because I think they're interesting and because I'm posting them as watch animals at the new front gate.

22nd Felsite:  The lower wall of the defensive perimeter is mostly finished, so I commissioned some siege weaponry for the larger areas.  We seem to have far too many catapults at the moment, so I placed a bunch of those at each major area.  These can easily be replaced with ballistae once we actually have some.  I also began work on my tomb in the new necropolis, because you never know when a goblin will get a lucky shot.

1st Hematite:  Summer has arrived, and work on the outer wall has slowed because some of the lads can't handle the sunlight.  The defensive trench is finished, however, as is the new retracting bridge at the front gate.  I'll have to see about building a ceiling over the courtyard before the year is out to prevent the place from being flooded by vomit.

The new mayor also mandated 3 flasks, which I'm trying to sort out due to our serious lack of smelted metals.  The mandate by the previous mayor, Tekkud, also ended today.  I never even noticed it, so I'm not sure what was wanted.  The Dungeon Master seems happy to work on the smelting, since I suppose there aren't many interesting animals around to train.

15th Hematite:  Humans have arrived!  Goden is still the designated trader, and I think I'll keep it that way.  More of our goods are in bins now, but a lot is still strewn about.  I removed the last of the old workshops and had them rebuilt in the new areas.  I also made sure to tell Goden not to trade away any bins, just the goods inside.  The humans have wagons, so why shouldn't they organize this stuff themselves?

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17th Hematite:  I just realized that the mayor is still sleeping in peasant quarters, so I decided to start building him a new room.  I assume my predecessor didn't notice the election of the new mayor, or just ran out of time/was too busy to do anything about it.  The workshop area is completed, as is the storage area.  I've allowed the miners to start work on the new living quarters and the new meeting hall, as they have almost finished the tomb complex.

Surprising tidbit, journal, apparently we either had a LOT of unburied corpses lying around, or several soldiers have died over recent months for whatever reason.  We haven't been invaded by anything dangerous, so I assume they must have succumbed to injuries.  Good thing I had a lot of coffins built.

5th Malachite:  The mayor mandated adamantine items today.  I have no idea what he's thinking, but I think our previous mayor needs to run for re-election if this is how it's going to be.  Still working on the mayor's new quarters.


21st Malachite:  I noticed our siege operators have been launching rocks this whole time, and doing little else, so I suspended catapult training in order to get them working on something constructive, like the second level of the wall.  Once I have the catapults on the wall's second level online I'll let them get back to training.  Goden bought out most of the human caravan, save that oversized junk they always bring for some reason.  They were obviously ecstatic, so I ordered some valuable metals and some materials we'll need for various things.

1st Limestone:  Summer has ended, and the wall has been completed.  I'm still waiting on the completion of the catapults, and I've started to deconstruct the random bridges in the old entrance and begin filling in the holes.  We finally have more than enough bins to contain all of our crafts, we just have some lazy haulers.  I figured out why the other engravers were so slow, and I redesignated their tasks to make sure they engrave rather than haul.

12th Limestone:  Dwarven caravan arrived today, and it's a good chance to unload the last of our trade goods and goblin junk we have lying around this fortress.  Work began on the new trap network at the front gate, as I decommissioned the wall of cage traps at the old entrance.  I have to remember to tell Goden to ignore his other labors whenever the caravan arrives, as he has a tendency to drag his feet sometimes. 

25th Sandstone:  Digging of the new living areas has been completed, as has the secondary underground entrance at the front gate.  Smoothing work has begun on the new quarters, as has the production of enough cabinets and coffers for all.  In the event my successor wants to actually fill the moat with water, he'll probably want to reorganize the secondary entrance, as it cuts right through the trench.

28th Sandstone:  Lorbam Nomalsosad, a glassmaker, has entered a screaming rage about something he wants to build.  One of his first demands was green glass, so I locked him in his workshop.  The fool doesn't seem to realize we have no sand available here, and I'll not let him beat any other dwarves into submission just because he's too daft to realize that.

1st Timber:  Finished my tomb, a modest affair, as well as my new room.  Currently engraving the rest of the noble's quarters and the new meeting room.  I have reassigned all dwarves save those too injured to move to the new living area.  The mayor was angry that no one made his items, so he had Nil, an animal caretaker, put in jail for it.  I have no idea why, but I think we need a new mayor.

12th Timber:  Aside from the more expensive bits of armor, Goden used the last of our trade goods to buy out the dwarven caravan.  I noticed a lot of our military seems to be injured due to sparring, so I ordered them all to focus on unarmed training until we have better armor available.  I ordered armor for next year, as well as some valuable metals.

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1st Moonstone:  Winter is here, and my term is almost up!  The defensive wall is essentially complete, although I'm trying to build some catwalks over the courtyard as well as a new barracks.  Smoothing and engraving will likely take the rest of the winter and then some, but at least everything is dug out.

13th Moonstone:  The Glassmaker went berserk today.  I could hear him slamming against the shop door from my office.  I'm very glad I decided to lock him in.  I should probably send the military around to deal with him, but I have more important things to do right now, so he can wait.  The trap screen at the entrance and the secondary entrance is mostly complete.  I appointed myself manager today, as I like this organizing knack, and if I'm going to have a fancy room I would also like a fancy title.  Skid is still the hoardmaster, though, so I'm sure he won't mind having less work to do.

5th Opal:  Nil died of thirst today, just seven days before his sentence ended.  I thought about tossing the mayor in a cage for killing an innocent dwarf, but I still have to live here without administrative powers, so I'll leave dealing with the mayor to my successor.

On the bright side, I am now considered a legendary engraver!  Good times!

4th Obsidian:  Another monkey invasion.  This time most were stopped by the trap wall.  I sent Momuz out to kill the rest, and he seemed to have a fun time.  This proves that the trap network works, and my successor now has a horde of monkeys waiting to be trained.

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12th Obsidian:  The berserker died of thirst today.  I gave him a proper burial in the necropolis.  It seems that one room is almost full since I started here, so my successor may need to expand the tomb area at a later date.  The barracks are almost complete, save for one wall.  I've started work on the second level, although I'm not sure that it will finish in time.  Hopefully by having the barracks in the courtyard our soldiers won't get too used to living in caves.

1st Granite, year 65:  I didn't finish the walkways or one part of the barracks wall, but once the last cage trap is built the wall should be finishable, and the walkway will be finished in about a week.  I produced enough cabinets and coffers for all, but not enough doors.  My successor should also try to finish that.  Only about 20 rooms in the new living quarters still need doors.  I commissioned a second meeting hall which has been dug out.  I placed some statues inside but haven't gotten around to smoothing/engraving or putting in tables and chairs.  My successor should be able to handle it.  I noticed we need some dedicated haulers, as the clutter has started building up again.  Once the walkways and barracks are finished this may fix itself.

And so my term has ended!  I hope I get the chance to do it again, as I still have plans for another keep on the upper level.  Our population didn't change much due to mood-related or neglect deaths, but the lack of nobles doesn't bother me at all.

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The Save:  http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=690

I'd like to sign up for another turn.  The only deaths were a few soldiers, a peasant, and the berserker.  The new area is located underneath the courtyard, mostly on the second and third levels, although the living area expands downward about 7 levels.  Most of the rest of the work I didn't finish will be auto-finished given about a week of game time, but the last tile of the barracks wall still needs to be unsuspended after the last cage trap is built.

Also, are we supposed to have goblin attacks?  I have invasions turned on but I didn't see anything more dangerous than a kobold all year.  Good thing, though, since it would have delayed my constructions.

Economy and sieges should be incoming within the next turn or so.  The defensive wall and/or military may need to be improved since I didn't even draft anyone during my year.  i restarted mining on the lower levels at the end of my turn, and turned on farming for them to try and have some plots finished before the end of my turn.  The trade depot is still overflowing with stuff, hence the need for haulers.  The microcline lever in the mayor's office controls the bridge at the front gate.

Edit:  Right, screw the pictures, then.  Trial and error with photobucket is a pain.  The highlight is that a rhesus macaque became enraged while being crushed by Momuz, and the bowyer with the fey mood created a blowgun.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 29, 2008, 11:16:34 pm

nice job on the story and also whos the mayor now,im sure it should have changed by now.

I've added you for another turn,like you wanted.

BTW I'll give balor two days to respond,ill make it a rule that you have two days to respond and if you dont then I'll skip you.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on November 30, 2008, 12:37:49 am

Alright, I have It downloaded and will be starting my turn. I have this upcoming monday off so hopefully *crosses fingers* i should be able to spend some time on the fortress.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on November 30, 2008, 01:41:03 am

okay balor,also i will keep pushing flabort's turn back until he says he can play again.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 30, 2008, 03:25:49 am

Cerol Anamerith is the new mayor.  The previous mayor was Tekkud somethingorother, an Armorer.  He still had the mayor's quarters, so Cerol was sort of pissed at having a crappy room until I noticed he was recently elected.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 30, 2008, 03:08:50 pm

looks like you did a real nice job. by the way mook did you reinstate the mining on the bottom floor or what? also i would like to state i would be glad to have another turn. also the siege happens at a pop of 80 so if you got no immagrants then you would not be sieged.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on November 30, 2008, 03:13:16 pm

I restarted the mining in the depths on the last day of my turn, so it should be active for the next person. 

I was honestly worried that I would get a siege or economy before the end of my turn, since that would have ruined my building plans, but I just received the one wave of migrants, and most of the injured apparently died throughout the year.  We still have a guard and a wrestler bedridden, though.  I didn't check to see if they were able to recovery, but it might be a good idea to finish them off if they're permanently comatose.  I didn't clean up the depot before the end of my turn, but if any of the food rots it's not like we really needed it.  Our food and booze stores are huge.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 30, 2008, 08:08:36 pm

yah the food was a big thing during my turn. my problem was booze. i would make a lot but that would deplete the plump helmut and stuff so it went in cycles of to much food and to much booze so i kinda went over board with the food and stuff to just be done with it. you probalby had the same problem i had with the people. on my turn they died before immagration so it stayed below 80 because having dwarfs die make immagrations smaller or some such thing. i had the catapults set up so that should a siege come there would be instant responce and no waiting. just pull a lever to close yourself in and then blast away at them because no place was out of reach on this small map. with catapults you can always reach out and touch someone!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 01, 2008, 01:27:51 pm

Here is an update so far on my turn.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

As mayor when the administrator retired, I decided to seize control.
I immediately removed all of the other from positions of power.

9th granite
It took me nine days to go through the records of what everyone was tasked to do, apparently the previous fort manager had decided to give everyone any job he could possibly imagine. I have reassigned everyone into guilds and given them job titles to reflect their jobs.

15th Granite
The elves came bearing trade goods in the form of logs and cloth. As if we didn’t have enough trees around to cut down, and as for cloth, well that will be useful.

17th Granite
I took some time to wander the stockpiles today and notice a hauler putting seeds in with the booze. When I questioned him as to why he was putting seeds in with the booze barrels. He said to me, this isn’t a booze stockpile, it’s a food stockpile, and all food goes in the food stockpiles. Apparently my predecessors lumped all of the food into giant stockpiles randomly throughout the fortress. I counted 3 in all. I immediately went through the fortress, got an account of all of the various stockpiles, and reassigned them for efficiency. During this time, I saw a few planters running the entire length of the fortress to grab a single seed to plant on the other side of the fortress. I quickly made a few new seed stockpiles for their sake as well. Hopefully I will be able to get the stockpile mess sorted out soon with all of the newly designated haulers, I mean warehouse specialists, and I have given jobs to.

23rd Granite
The hunters, having no animals to hunt have been drafted into the military to serve as crossbow dwarves.

1st Slate
Migrants, lots and lots of migrants. Brand new haulers to get this outpost cleaned up. Our population is just shy of one hundred

9th slate
Kulet Regatast, One of the fortresses many Warehouse specialists (eg haulers) has gone and claimed the metal smiths forge screaming at anyone who comes near. This happened right after I ordered our armorer to begin making some decent armor for our champions; I shall order him killed for delaying my plans.

13th Slate
For some reason, some of the messengers and Mayors assistants keep bringing it to my attention that a Cat is too injured to bring an object to the stockpile. When I question them as to what object a cat might be carrying, they just shrug their shoulders. I went to look at the cat myself to find that it is free of injuries, only to have an advisor say the same thing while I was looking at the cat. I may have to have the cat burned for wasting my time.

16th slate
Kulet has finished his "project" and I'm actually impressed.

Atul Nozush, "The Ford Of Vegetation", a Iron Spear

This is a Iron spear. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with chalk. This object is adorned with hanging rings of tin, and menaces with spikes of iron. On the item is an image of a dwarf and dwarves in iron. The dwarf is surrounded by the dwarves.

I've decided to promote him to head of weapon smithing, and declared him a legendary weapon smith.

Basically I havent done a whole lot besides reorganize the way everything in the fortress works. Having a new legendary weaponsmith will come in handy as well. One of the champion wrestlers got assigned to train with the artifact spear. The food production should be consistant and well working with only 5 or so dwarves that are currently assigned to it.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Skid on December 01, 2008, 01:52:50 pm

Anybody want to take bets on the number of dead recruits that will be showing up in the next few years?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 01, 2008, 06:16:37 pm

they just need to rest, after all having a hole through your brain and heart tends to wear on you.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 01, 2008, 07:13:21 pm

It's awesome that he actually built a weapon out of decent materials.  I hate ending up with bone or copper weapons, artifact or not.  Especially when there is perfectly good metal lying around.  And he wasn't possessed!  Now if only an armorer could have a similar mood.

I actually forgot to decommission the old farm plots before my turn ended, which would explain the marathon planters.

Good job on finally developing a caste system.  Hopefully that will keep the depot clear for future trade-buyouts.  Did the economy start yet?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 01, 2008, 07:16:15 pm

atleast he got a weapon in general. my forts all seem to be doomed with children ala moody. honestly i have enough legendary crafters already!!!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 01, 2008, 09:53:17 pm

balor does that mean im now in the military?

i also updated the list,as flabort didn't say he would take his turn i pushed him back,again,so its now yaddy1's turn,i will send a message soon.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on December 02, 2008, 11:47:46 am

well, i'm no longer grounded. (does this mean i'm airboarn?)  anyways, once yaddy's done, i'll take my turn. if anything causes me to lose, do i just restart my turn with a fresh download of the same save? sorry for asking, i'm just nervous.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 02, 2008, 12:57:56 pm

no just high, but don't let your parents catch you after all for some reason being high is bad.(i think it has to do with falling, breaking legs, and running while crying towards them) ::)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 02, 2008, 09:40:11 pm

i dont know,i guess we can take a vote on if we can but i dont think it should be needed for this,i dont think we had a siege yet,though i could be wrong.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 03, 2008, 12:35:14 pm

Sorry about the delay, Kinda had to deal with a few events and some new planning during my turn, and some unexpected IRL events took over for the day, I'm almost done with the turn and will update soon

actually i've found (and later looked on the wiki) the weapon quality increases your skill with a weapon in addition to boosting the damage, so giving a higher quality weapon will reduce injuries because your less likely to strike at full strenght just due to lack of skill

The military is strong enought that if you stay within the walls of the fortress and let any marksgoblins come to you, they will be slaugtered so dieing isnt to much of an issue. If you dont screw with food planters/brewers/cooks and the hauler labled Food hauler your food problems will be self taken care of. Anything else is up to you so it should be pretty hard to actually destroy this fortress aside from a tantrum spiral.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

25th Hematite, A dragon
Dumat Zeglogem was out cutting wood on the furthest reaches of the forest when he saw it, A massive dragon. In fact, He recognized the dragon it was Keshan Istrathfash Zes Osram, Jewelparched the Brave

He let out a scream for help and ran as fast as he could.

Momuz Ran to his aid with his squad, and more importantly, with Atul Nozush, his spear. Momuz Charged the dragon and with his first strike pirced its spine, although only a minor hit. The dragon Momentarily lost his balance and fell on momuz, stunning him. Lorbam Was the first to his aid in fighting the dragon, not as though Momuz really needed it. Together they continued to pummel the dragon. Aside from the dragon tripping on them several times, neither combatant suffered a scratch.

16th Limestone

A goblin Seige Stopped quickly at the gates as they charged in, the only loss a poor engraver who was right next to them. The cougar also fought a valiant, but quickley ended battle when a goblin bolt struck his face.

25th limestone

It seems that the populus has grown tired of my tyrrany and elected someone else to the mayor position. He still shall not be able to rip power from my graps untill the first of the year.

3rd opal

It seems that another person has been taken by a strange mood, this time one of our furnace operators, we can only hope that he makes something half as good as the weapon smith
 The savehttp://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=705 (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=705)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 03, 2008, 09:53:05 pm

aw now you did it!!! dont you know this is when fortress destroying things happen. exactly when someone says there is almost no way to destroy the fort, cry for our fort for doom has come :'(

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 03, 2008, 10:45:21 pm

shit i thought you were done.....i guess i have to read them from now on huh?

okay i made a mistake,i thought balors turn was over and i moved flabort back and put yaddy on,but since i didnt read balors first post i didnt know he didnt post al of it,so therefore im correcting myself and moving flabort back up.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on December 04, 2008, 11:01:18 am

okay, i'm at school at this minute, but i'll pick up the save when i get home today. no problem.

so, as i understand it, we have:
Atul Nozush, "The Ford Of Vegetation", a Iron Spear
a birch blow gun (name not provided to me yet)
Od Zakgol, "The Limb of Spite", a microcline toy boat.
Ishlumbiban, “NutsBalls”, a Quartzite bracelet

is that all the artifacts so far?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 04, 2008, 12:43:53 pm

I believe there are a few others, Just hit l (little L) when your in the game to see all the pointless floodgates.)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 04, 2008, 03:01:44 pm

The blowgun is totally useless since no race in the game can use them, and there's no ammo.  We could install the artifact floodgates or other useless buildable artifacts in the dining hall to increase its status.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 04, 2008, 05:02:06 pm

they also let you squeeze a noble into smaller accomdations until their big room is complete.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Skid on December 04, 2008, 05:10:49 pm

Adasar the Quartzite hatch cover is already installed in the dining room.

Edit: Wow, I really like what was done with the outer defense area.

Edit again: Would it hurt to make clothes for everybody?  Having all the dwarves running around in nothing but vomit is a bit disturbing.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 04, 2008, 05:26:47 pm

Quote from: Akhier the Dragon hearted on November 30, 2008, 03:08:50 pm

also i would like to state i would be glad to have another turn.

probably should have bolded it or something but you know what? [!!restate!!]I would like another turn[/!!restate!!]

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on December 04, 2008, 09:22:53 pm

ok, got home, got the save, i'll just start now.


... after the 2 minute download time.

EDIT: NOOOOOOOOO!!!! it crashes my game! it's still completly vanilla, and it crashes my game!

*Resumes composure* looks like you'll have to skip me... infinite times.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 05, 2008, 12:05:58 am

sorry Akhier but i didnt see it ill put you up for another right away.

since you are having problems ill just do as you say and remove/skip you.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 05, 2008, 02:05:04 pm

Actually, I believe there are a few hundred bins full of leather clothing, pig tail clothing, and spider silk clothing, its just, dwarves are stupid. I had a dedicated cloth maker and such set to repeatidly make all of the civilian type of clothing. Once again dwarves are stupid and prefer clothing made of vomit over clothing made of clothes

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 05, 2008, 07:30:37 pm

I always run into the same problem with clothing production.  The clothes that a dwarf is wearing basically have to rot before they grab new ones.  I'm not sure if the economy affects this, but I also noticed certain dwarves seem to just collect clothing that they never wear, and dump it in their bedrooms once their cabinet is full.

I always make sure to forbid at least one bin of cloth, silk, and leather, though.  Moods suddenly requiring it just after you've used the last scrap are incredibly irritating.  Especially for hard-to-come-by stuff like silk.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 06, 2008, 06:46:09 pm

I have the save.  I'll try to finish up my turn this weekend.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 06, 2008, 07:26:22 pm

HOPE THIS ONE WORKS. ONE TIMES CHANCE, TWICES IS UNLUCKY, BUT THREE TIMES? THREE TIMES IS TOTALLY CURSED WITH AN EXTRA HELPING OF BAD JUJU.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Viprince on December 06, 2008, 11:01:00 pm

This looks like fun sign me up if your still taking applications!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 06, 2008, 11:07:18 pm

as long as you don't mind the wait and don't mind the fact that every year of its existance the whole place gets a remaking into an even more confucing mess there is probably not a problem though sence im not the one in charge who knows

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 07, 2008, 03:07:55 am

I've had to prioritize silver weaponry, as Momuz and Sibrek have single-handedly killed or crippled half of the other soldiers and guards using the artifact spear and the new artifact mace.  Momuz is now a legendary speardwarf, but I finally just had to take the spear away from him and give him a silver short sword.  He also has a title now.

Armor is also a big issue, as most of the soldiers are wearing copper or leather.  I hope the dwarven caravan brings a lot this year.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 03:43:59 am

teehee dwarfs don't drop artifacts till they die

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 07, 2008, 04:18:56 am

Quote from: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 03:43:59 am

teehee dwarfs don't drop artifacts till they die

Yeah, I had some trouble getting Momuz to drop the damned spear.  He finally lodged it in a goblin and was too lazy to retrieve it, so I switched him.  I can't get Sibrek to drop the artifact mace, though, so I just gave up since blunt weaponry might not kill as many other soldiers as that cursed spear.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 04:54:01 am

just have him train in another weapon group.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 07, 2008, 10:26:06 am

Thats weird. I had the spear for 3 seasons and didnt have a single military injury due to the spear that whole time.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 11:18:02 am

WaS aNyOnE uSiNg It?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Skid on December 07, 2008, 03:35:31 pm

I've never had a dwarf hold onto an artifact after making it, they just leave it in the workshop and it gets moved to a stockpile.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 07, 2008, 03:41:43 pm

It's really only the fortress guard which ends up injured.  Most of the champions already had nervous system damage when I started, so only 4 of them would spar.  Two guards out of the 6 who didn't already have broken arms/were invalids have suffocated or otherwise died since I started, and one champion has a mangled arm.  So basically Momuz, Sibrek, and one other dwarf have proved themselves in a spartan society, and I'm planning to build them a shared tomb.

I don't know what the deal is with the mace.  I've tried putting Sibrek on duty and switching him to a different weapon group, and forbidding the mace, but he refuses to let go of it.  I need to check his profile to see if he has a personality quirk "likes maces."  Either way, even a bone artifact weapon isn't as deadly as one made from actual metals, and although he may be the one responsible for some of the broken limbs, he's less likely to cause fatal injuries.

I just finished the previous year and spring, so I should have the rest finished by tomorrow.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 07, 2008, 11:03:10 pm

So the spear was causing the fortress guard to have spinal injuries and other damage meaning they are less able to hurt people due to noble mandates, whats the downside  :)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 07, 2008, 11:37:39 pm

I just finished autumn.  No sieges or anything so far, but I may have a problem due to the fact that the Mayor (Balor) and the Tax Collector are asking for crystal glass and adamantine items, respectively.  The Baroness and Baron Consort haven't mandated anything more difficult than quivers, though.  I'm saving often in case this results in a useful dwarf being beaten to death, just so that I can kill the Tax Collector beforehand.

The mayor only jailed someone last time, so I'm hoping he doesn't go any further than that.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 08, 2008, 06:43:23 am

Quote from: Skid on December 07, 2008, 03:35:31 pm

I've never had a dwarf hold onto an artifact after making it, they just leave it in the workshop and it gets moved to a stockpile.

i think they dont hold them in the recent updates,and i will be gone for the day so i wont be able to reply to anything,bye.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 08, 2008, 12:52:14 pm

they no longer hold them but if its a weapon that they wield then they will keep it.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 08, 2008, 08:12:53 pm

Finished my turn.  No major incidents this year, and only one death due to the Tax Collector.  The only siege was massacred, and we can now easily generate enough goods to buy out every caravan.  I did some work on our armor situation, but we're still a long way from having a properly outfitted military.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

From the journal of Cerol "Mook" Onuliklist:
9th Obsidian, Year 65:  The former mayor, Cerol "The Balor" has abdicated from his position of tyranny today, after losing the mayoral election to a glassmaker.  While many of his changes improved the efficiency of the fortress, it was decided by a council of Bloodybrain's dwarves that I would be reinstated as administrator for the time being.  As this will allow me to reclaim my former position as fortress manager, I couldn't be happier.

I took the liberty of appointing myself hoardmaster as well as manager, if only to improve my own abilities and decrease the power of "The Balor."  Much like last time, I put all extraneous animals to the knife in the interests of making our hallways less cluttered.  The remaining dogs and cats were placed in cages until needed.  I processed several work orders for fat rendering, as we are drowning in the stuff.  Perhaps we can use the tallow to make some soap.

Another dwarf is currently mad as I move back into my administrative position.  This time it is a furnace operator.  He was screaming about tanned hides according to reports, so I decided to expedite the slaughter of the various critters in the fortress.  I ordered new storerooms dug out in the industrial section, as we have a lot of clutter around the fortress.  I have also noticed that the dining rooms and meeting halls are always filled with idle dwarves.  Whether or not this is due to the lack of storage space remains to be seen.

10th Obsidian:  All puppies have been caged.  I ordered the repeating cycles on all of the shops stopped, as we already have too many statues and craft goods.  In the interest of organization, I placed a mandate that all work orders must go through me so that I can set quotas and prevent future clutter.

14th Obsidian:  As we have several dozen unused statues, I began placing them around the fortress, primarily in the residential sector.

20th Obsidian:  The loony furnace operator acquired his hides and started his project today.  The last thing I need is a mopey or berserk dwarf running around.  I found ideal spots for all of the extra beds, and have cleared out new residential areas in the event we are flooded with migrants.

Also, WE HAVE TOO MANY MECHANISMS.  Literally, we have almost 100 unused mechanisms in the fortress!  This is a crisis for the furniture stockpiles, so I have made plans to build a killing pit for our caged goblin prisoners in order to put these mechanisms to use.

24th Obsidian:  The crazy dwarf created a fantastic bone mace which he calls Beachedspire.  I never should have doubted him.  In addition, he seems to think his skills are now legendary.  I put him to bone craft duty to see if he was bluffing or not.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/a0a9f3f7.jpg)

Started construction on the killing room on the top level.

1st Granite, Year 66:  Spring has arrived!  Most of the animals have been slaughtered, but I decided to build extra butcher's and tanner's shops in order to speed the process.

9th Granite:  The slaughter is complete.  Speaking of slaughter, I began setting up the goblin cages and stonefall traps in the killing room today.

13th Granite:  After looking over the list of wounded, I marked off those who have not recovered since my last term as administrator, and who seem to be doomed to invalidity.  A wrestler known as Iteb seems to have a broken back which will never heal, so I ordered that no more food or drink be brought to him, so that he might pass on and no longer be a burden to the rest of us.

17th Granite:  I noticed today that we have silver, lots of it.  I also noticed a large portion of our military is currently crippled due to sparring accidents.  I ordered the construction of silver weaponry, in sets of four.  Soon we will have 4 silver spear, 4 silver warhammers, etc., so that our soldiers can train in any weapon without killing each other.  I started on the warhammers first.

The Elves also arrived today.  Probably brought nothing but junk again.

20th Granite:  The elves brought Sunberries!  By Armok I've not had booze distilled from that fruit since I left the Mountainhomes!  I set Goden as trader again and sent him out to buy the elven caravan.  I also designated a plot specifically for sunberry growth.

22nd Granite:  Kobold thief!  Datan, a woodcutter, sent it flying with one blow from his axe.

7th Slate:  I just realized today that we have no sand, which means no glass, which means no way to build an Alchemist's shop or process soap.  We have a lot of tallow now, though, which I assume can be cooked into meals.

While reviewing military reports I noticed that Tosid Nitigbomrek, Zuglar, Lorbam, and Bembul have spinal or brain injuries due to sparring, which would explain why they have been idle for so long.  I ordered them to take up crossbows and begin practicing, as it is no longer safe for them to spar.  I set all able-bodied champions to warhammer training, except for Momuz.  Frankly, since he acquired that epic spear I'm a bit afraid to order him about.  I started forging orders for the rest of the silver arsenal.

10th Slate:  A woodburner started babbling today.  My experience as an administrator makes me believe that he's possessed by something.  As Mistem, the glassmaker, is the new mayor I evicted "The Balor" from the mayor's quarters and assigned him former administrator's quarters in the residential sector.  Mistem has mandated sterling silver items, so I placed work orders for the smelters and forges.  The loony claimed a Mason's workshop.

13th Slate:  The maddwarf had no trouble finding the items he needed, and started his project today.  A new bedroom layer has been dug out in the residential sector, and the killing room has been completed.

16th Slate:  After a guard died from a pierced lung I finally took the damned spear away from Momuz and gave him a silver short sword to practice with.  He's already reached the highest level of experience with spears, so now it's a moot point for him to keep wielding it. 

I started work on a second wall on the top level.  It's a good way to use all of this loose stone and keep some idlers busy, even though we don't really need a wall up there.

The crazy wood burner created a chalk weapon rack, which I placed in a new noble's room.  He didn't feel more skilled after he created it, so I set him back to making charcoal.  I also met the mayor's deadlines with no difficulties.  He's so much easier to handle than "The Balor."

17th Slate:  Another kobold arrived, and was promptly beaten to death by Zuglar the armorsmith and Ustuth the wood burner.

That artifact mace is apparently cursed, because Sibrek won't drop it, no matter how many times I order her to.  I forbid the use of all steel weapons to prevent further injuries until I'm sure everyone has picked up silver weaponry.

23rd Slate:  Migrants!  But not useful ones!  The king has declared Bloodybrain a Barony, and so we were delighted to recieve not only a Baroness and her consort, but also a Tax Collector and a Hammerer.  I placed them all in the old administrator residential section until I can carve out new noble's rooms.  The fortress is now exactly 100 dwarves strong.  I also moved that fancy weapon rack to the consort's room, since he was complaining about shoddy living quarters.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/bdba1444.jpg)

7th Felsite:  Iteb finally died of thirst today.  He was interred with appropriate military honors, and may Armok give him a better fate in his next life.

11th Felsite:  Tested the killing room with four goblin prisoners today.  The stone traps performed poorly, so I sent Momuz up to kill all of them.  In reflection of his achievements, the Baroness has granted Momuz the title "the Mighty Speakers," though I'm not sure how this reflects his killing ability.  Upon checking the battle site, I noticed that Momuz had not put away that damned spear as I told him to, and had instead lodged it in the torso of a goblin.  I immediately forbid the weapon, and forced him to use a sword as I told him before.  He had no objections.

18th Felsite:  The Baroness has mandated the construction of rose gold items, a mandate which I can easily handle.

25th Felsite:  I activated the killing room again, this time stationing Sibrek outside in case the traps didn't properly murder everything.  As Sibrek took the initiative and buried her fancy mace in the heads of each and every prisoner freed before the traps could kill them, I considered removing the traps altogether and just letting the champions rip and tear goblin guts.

1st Hematite:  Summer!  Another guard has ended up with a broken arm, and I'm sure Sibrek is to blame.

10th Hematite:  A human diplomat arrived today, with no caravan in sight.  Wonder what he wants?

12th Hematite:  Apparently human diplomats are trained for speed, because the caravan finally arrived.  I sent Goden out to relieve them of all of their goods in a peaceable fashion.

15th Hematite:  I sent Sibrek up to the killing room again.  I'd honestly rather have her breaking their bones than those of our guards.  The diplomat complemented us on our fortress, then departed.  The Baroness was as confused as myself.

"The Balor" was reelected today, but with the Baroness's help I've prevented him from retaking his former power.  The Baroness has granted Sibrek the title "Grooved Voice," perhaps in order to make it a matching set with that of Momuz.

Goden bought everything the humans brought, save their oversized clothes and armor.

26th Hematite:  The sunberries aren't being planted, leading me to believe they require a certain location.  I decided to take up farming in the interests of better understanding such things in the future.

15th Malachite:  I removed some of the cage traps at the entrance and replaced them with weapon traps.  We have too many prisoners as it is.

23rd Malachite:  The mayor mandated idol construction, and I'm glad for it.  The more reasonable the mandate the less likely a good dwarf will end up dead.  A dwarf was reported as being very secretive, and claimed a Mason's shop.  I'm sure he'll make something good.

25th Malachite:  Datan, the secretive fellow, started working today.  I removed the majority of the stonefall traps in the killing room, as they were worthless.

6th Galena:  Datan finished his project today, a fine chalk cabinet.  I also sent Tosid up to kill the last two prisoners.  After he shot them to death, I decided to decommission the killing room for the time being.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/84e32b58.jpg)

The lower level of the new wall is finished.  I considered connecting it to the old keep, but decided not to waste the stone or time.

18th Galena:  Shortly after meeting his last mandate, the mayor ordered crystal glass items today.  I'm not sure what he's thinking, but maybe he forgot that WE HAVE NO SAND.  So unless he's planning to hire a wizard to conjure the stuff, it's not going to happen.  I considered jailing him preemptively, but I don't believe the Baroness would revoke his position simply because he's incapacitated.

1st Limestone:  Autumn has arrived, and I performed a bit more work on the old entrance.

5th Limestone:  A section of the old gate collapsed, knocking out at least a dozen dwarves.  Despite this, only Flyingdwarf suffered any injuries.  Oddly enough, even though he suffered moderate injuries over most of his body, as soon as Flyingdwarf regained consciousness his wounds instantly closed and he appeared uninjured.  I considered putting him into the military, where his healing abilities would be more useful, but thought better of it.

9th Limestone:  For Armok's sake!  The Tax Collector mandated adamantine items today!  I'm not sure what gives the tax collector the power to mandate anything, but I'm thinking we need to order a new one from the Mountainhomes.

14th Limestone:  The dwarven caravan arrived today.  Noticing the shoddy state of our armor supply, I hope they brought plenty of steel goods.

20th Limestone:  I had Goden trade away any copper armor I could find and buy all of the steel armor the caravan brought, along with everything else in the caravan.  Goden's ability to instantly calculate the value of something is nothing short of legendary, and I'm happy I reappointed him. 

I lined up all of the able-bodied soldiers in front of the killing room and began performing armor inspections.  Now that we have more steel plate there is no reason any dwarf should be wearing copper.  I ordered all remaining copper armor and weapons to be melted and replaced with iron or steel.

8th Sandstone:  A miner and his dog tore a thief to shreds while building a road.  Fun fun.

21st Sandstone:  I ordered all of the ore and gems to be excavated in the lower levels.  We need more iron bars.  I also ordered all copper bars to be converted into bronze, as it is superior in every way, particularly in armor and weapons.

9th Timber:  Migrants!  Two of them!  I expected more, but I guess these two will do for now.  I set one to cooking and the other to furnace operating.

1st Moonstone: Found several good veins of hematite and limonite, and ramped up smelting activities in the hopes that I can update the armory before my term ends.

17th Moonstone:  Goblins!  Another siege has arrived, one group from the east and the other from the west.  I ordered all dwarves within the walls and the bridge withdrawn.  The western group contained several crossbowgoblins, but our champions massacred them from the walls.  I extended the bridge and sent the military out to take care of the stragglers.  Only three escaped.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/1fd8aafd.jpg)

The second group reached the fortress a short time later, and as they had no ranged support I sent the military at them in melee formation.  Tosid engaged the pikemaster leading the group in single combat and suffered no injuries.  The second group was annihilated, and none escaped.  No dwarves were injured.  In light of their exceptional performance the Baroness has given titles to several champions, as follows:  Sigun Wheelsstops the Windy Brush, Bembul Daggerglad the Full Bane of Drink, Tosid Landschamber the Contest of Wringing, and Zaneg Helmfuture the Blockaded Cover.  Hail these legendary champions, as they protect us from the green hordes!

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/aeecb7b0.jpg)


19th Moonstone:  A hauler has been given a beating for failing to craft the adamantine items mandated by the tax collector.  I had hoped he would survive the beating, as the guard on duty was wielding a silver weapon, but unfortunately the hauler bled to death moments later.  I have decided that, should I be reappointed administrator, I will put an end to the tyranny of this tax collector so that no future dwarf will suffer under his mandates.  As my term is almost up, however, I cannot punish him immediately.

The mayor's mandate also ended unfulfilled, but jail time was his only punishment.  A relatively light sentence this time.  Ironically, Mistem the former mayor has the unfortunate distinction of not only being a political rival of "The Balor," but also the only glassmaker in the fortress.  I admit to laughing at this twist of fate, journal, as Mistem should be none the worse following his short stint in prison.

26th Moonstone:  Perhaps wishing to make up for the severity of the tax collector's mandate, the mayor has mandated construction of one door.  I ordered ten constructed.  The Baron Consort has also banned the export of bracelets.

6th Opal:  An engraver gave birth to a girl today, and a planter claimed a clothier's shop with a fey look in his eyes.

15th Opal:  The planter known as Mosus completed his project today, which was revealed to be a fine rope reed toga.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/a32df7c8.jpg)

22nd Opal:  Mistem's prison sentence ended today.  I designated construction areas for the east to west road.  Another baby girl was born.  Sibrek never did drop that mace, and still refuses to despite being legendary in its use.

1st Obsidian:  The Baroness gave birth to a girl today!  And we struck another vein of iron ore!  I'm not sure which is the better news.

7th Obsidian:  The Marksdwarf Ast has been acclaimed as a legendary marksdwarf, and so I assigned him to hammer training in the event he runs out of bolts.

1st Granite, Year 67:  Well, journal, since I was reappointed I believe my organizational skills are now legendary.  I placed orders for all of our armor needs, although we have run out of fuel for the time being.  Hopefully my successor will be able to continue the work I have started, and bring our military up to the proper level.  In the event that I have another chance to manage this fortress, I will no doubt find new and more interesting problems to solve!

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%202/3f9f9147.jpg)

The Save:  http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=715

So yeah, we're out of fuel, but I've calculated all of our armor needs and placed the proper orders.  If the spam regarding lack of coal becomes too much, you can always just suspend the jobs in the workshops.  The last of the goblin junk is still being picked up, but I think we have more than enough trade goods to buy out all of the caravans this year.  Most of the champions who aren't crippled are legendary in several different weapons, and there have been no further sparring accidents since I switched them to silver weapons.  A few guards are slowly healing, and they'll need to be switched off of steel axes once they're back on their feet.

Also, the fact that the Baron Consort has banned the export of bracelets may be a problem, as some of our trade goods are bracelets.  Might want to be careful with that, as if you export to many he may go berserk and end up killing a lot of useful dwarves directly or indirectly.

Also, sign me up for another turn, please.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 09, 2008, 07:23:22 am

okay i just got back and im going to take a little siesta so ill download the save and add mook for another turn,like he wanted,and maybe finish the turn in a day,if im lucky.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Heron TSG on December 09, 2008, 09:29:45 am

This sounds like fun... does it matter if you aren't too good at the game? if not, i want to take a whack at it  ;D

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 09, 2008, 01:12:24 pm

okay Barbarossa i added you and im almost done with spring,it will be a while before i get it done though,with only 10 to 20 fps,at a good time.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 09, 2008, 06:33:52 pm

aLmOsT mY tImE hAs AlMoSt CoMe OnCe AgAiN1!1!1!

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 09, 2008, 07:24:43 pm

not for a couple days at this rate :D

*edit*okay its official my life sucks,thunderstorms have knocked out my pc and i am using my old one,which is so old it has windows 95,so im going to skip my turn,and go to the next person,i will try and update the list as often as i can,but i dont know when i can get a new pc.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 10, 2008, 12:42:34 pm

looks like its my turn again. so the save i should be getting is Mooks right? just need to get home from school and i will get started.

grabbing it now. probably wont start tonight but definitly be done by monday unless the gods will against it(like they seem to be doing to everyone else).

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 11, 2008, 09:04:03 am

man i should pay attention to the posts more often,that Viprince guy,i almost missed him.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: flabort on December 12, 2008, 12:52:10 pm

ouch, that's worse than my computer not being able to run this save.

but i had found windows 95 ran pretty fast for me...

when it was new.

but in all fairness, i managed to see the fortress before my computer shut off and lit a cigarett. pretty @#$! complicated. not one you'd find me managing to run without stress.

but, losing IS fun...

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Heron TSG on December 12, 2008, 08:38:18 pm

hehe, i may have to redo my turn a few times... or have the next guy revert to a previous save. a good dwarfking i am not.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Viprince on December 12, 2008, 09:00:06 pm

Quote from: Flyingdwarf on December 11, 2008, 09:04:03 am

man i should pay attention to the posts more often,that Viprince guy,i almost missed him.

Its alright mate If i had paid more attention myself should of sent you a PM or something of the sort to comfirm further. No harm done anywho :)

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 15, 2008, 01:25:51 pm

So how is the Fortress going Akhier

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 15, 2008, 02:48:13 pm

he probably wont post how its going till he gets done,builds suspense an all that jazz.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 15, 2008, 06:44:07 pm

that or frustration from going from 30 or so fps down to 5 or under then having the power go out when saving thus currupting the save. this is all followed up by loading my backup from my thumbdrive and starting over only to find that hey the fps took another hit and pausing and holding . is actually faster. i am sorry to say but until my computer gets a few fixes done i will not be able to do it. skip me because this will not resovle within a reasonable time frame! i only get on the internet by the grace of the fact we use the computer im on only for this so it was off. at a later date i may want another try but hey thats life.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 15, 2008, 08:06:52 pm

The FPS never went above 20 when I was playing, but never went below 10.  I'm thinking the massive amounts of stone and food we have are one of the reasons it's so slow, hence why I've been trying to build random aboveground structures to use up some of it.

I would recommend that the temperature and weather are turned off if the FPS is too low, simply due to the fact that neither have any bearing whatsoever on the fortress.  All of the ponds have already permanently dried, and we have no magma to burn dwarves.  That might boost the FPS by at least 5 or so.

I've also noticed that massive work designations slow things down alot (designating the entire bottom level to be engraved.  I think I undid that.) The mining on the lower level is almost complete, so once it's finished things might speed up a bit.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Heron TSG on December 15, 2008, 11:12:33 pm

the time for my reign (of terror?) is drawing nigh!  ;D

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 16, 2008, 03:51:23 am

when i was playing i know we had ALOT of stone,but then again that happens to any fort four or five years old,and having about 100 dwarves add to it with the path finding,so unless you have a monster of a pc i don't see how anyone could run it over 20-40 fps.

*edit*also to clarify,mook you don't want to be skipped right?

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 16, 2008, 12:39:43 pm

*sigh*
its not the game or the stuff in the game its the computer which is misbehaving. if it was just the game there is alot of stuff to do to make it work faster.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 16, 2008, 03:33:22 pm

I'd rather not be skipped if possible.  It'll give me a chance to make a few more FPS boosting modifications to the fortress and finish my masonry project on the upper level.

  My PC doesn't really have any trouble running the fortress, so I would probably be able to finish within three days.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Heron TSG on December 16, 2008, 11:49:49 pm

i'd like to be taken off the list, (or at least have a massive delay). going to be busy for a few weeks.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 17, 2008, 03:46:01 am

okay Mook, and Akhier i was kinda pointing out that late game is always kinda slow.

also i will take barbarossa off like he asked.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 17, 2008, 07:16:38 pm

I'm almost finished with spring.  The fortress really is hard to dent, though.  As the elves have started threatening me for deforesting the area, I think it might be a good idea to make an enemy of them.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Balor Kartain on December 18, 2008, 11:22:53 am

Actually i dont believe its the increadable amount of stone and such that are causing the fortress to run slow. 90% of the time pathfinding is what causes a fortress to drop FPS. Unfortunatly with the way the fortress is designed there is no way to prevent this without completly overhauling the tunnels, rooms, and hallways.

Who needs stupid elves anyways, besides they are a good supply of +elf skull totems+ when you go to war with them.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 20, 2008, 08:16:51 pm

i wont be here for the next day,so if mook finishes tomorrow i wont be able to update.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 20, 2008, 08:42:38 pm

I'm at the end of Autumn at the moment, so I should finish late tonight or tomorrow.  The Tax Collector has mandated adamantine again.  I'm trying to think of a quick way to kill him so he stops that.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 21, 2008, 02:07:18 am

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Journal of Cerol "Mook" Onuliklist:

1st Granite:  Good news!  And also very strange!  As I was packing away the last of the administrative documents in my office and preparing to turn over power to the next in line I received word that I wasn't going anywhere.  Apparently there had been some problems with my successors, and I was to stay on for one more year.  This doesn't bother me at all, as I still haven't brought our military up to speed or finished the upper level.

3rd Granite:  I reorganized the guilds again, once I noticed that my previous turn had left job duties in chaos.  I used a military structure to organize all of the guilds into squads, since it was just easier to tell who went where when looking through my notes.

An elven diplomat arrived today and spoke with the Countess.  The meeting was brief, but apparently he threatened us about our deforestation efforts.  Now I don't know who made the elves the nature police of our fortress, but I'm not going to leave our soldiers in leather and copper armor just because elves are partial to the trees.

There were alot of complaints about unemployment, so I believe most of my efforts this year will be involved in solving this.

10th Granite:  The elven caravan arrived today.  I decided to welcome them by ordering many of our excess puppies and dogs slaughtered to free up cage space and provide us with leather and bones.

12th Granite:  While walking through the courtyard my shoes became caked in vomit.  As I like these shoes I decided to order the second floor covered over, so that we don't have dwarves pouring their lunches all over the grass.

16th Granite:  As I feel my organizational skills have reached their peak, I traded jobs with Skid.  He will now be the fortress manager, and I will be the trader.  I tried my hand at trading with the elves, and bought everything they had.  It's not like we're short on stone crafts here.

17th Granite:  Akhier discovered a child snatcher today, and promptly tore it in half.  The lads don't seem to want to pick up snatcher bags, which means we still have a lot of them all over the place.

22nd Granite:  Another snatcher.  This time the three closest dwarves ganged up on him and tore him into a few pieces.

24th Granite:  An ambush!  I mobilized Nish and Ast, as I realized sending out our whole military for anything less than a siege is wasteful.  The traps took care of a few of them, but the two champions still managed to get their fill of slaughter.

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3rd Slate:  Migrants!  And not a noble among them!  This brings our population up to 120.  We are now considered a County by the monarchy, and I need to get to work upgrading the rooms of the Countess and her consort.

12th Slate:  Another snatcher appeared today.  A woodcutter split him from crown to chin while a passing marksdwarf put a bolt or two through him.

18th Slate:  Another snatcher was chopped up by a woodcutter.  The woodsdwarf guild is becoming quite good at soldiery.

22nd Slate:  A dragon!  I mobilized our entire armed forces, only to discover that the dragon was trapped between the channel on the upper level and a few trees.  I sent all of the melee dwarves back, and had the marksdwarves pepper it will bolts.  No one can claim a direct kill, but Zuglar made the shot which put out both of its eyes and its throat.  Too bad we couldn't catch it, the Dungeon Master needs to earn his keep.

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8th Felsite:  The Countess mandated the construction of two toy hammers today.  I like the Countess.  She makes mandates that are reasonable, and which actually help the fortress.  I personally crafted the toys for her.

8th Hematite:  The Dungeon Master wants a clear glass window in his room.  I'm not sure if he heard from The Balor, BUT WE HAVE NO SAND.  I contemplated constructing a drowning chamber in place of the window, but the Dungeon Master has been generally helpful, and we have enough plate and cages to avoid the Hammerer's wrath.

Morul, one of the many children wandering about, has become an adult.  I placed her in the Mason's guild.

9th Hematite:  The Count Consort refuses to let us sell nickel silver items.  I don't think we have any, but I'll keep it in mind.

A human diplomat arrived today to meet with the Countess.  He complemented the fortress, then departed.  Again.

14th Hematite:  The human caravan arrived today, and it provides us with a chance to unload all of this goblin garbage.

The Countess has come to me and spoken regarded the extravagant rooms myself and several former leaders have.  She believes this would not be a problem, except for the fact that our rooms are better than those of most of the nobility in the fortress.  Out of respect for the common sense possessed by the Countess when she chooses her mandates, I agreed to dig out another residential level and relocate all former leaders and lesser administrators to inferior rooms.

17th Hematite:  Nish, a farmer, has wrested mayoral power from the hands of The Balor.  As the Balor had at least one ridiculous mandate pending, I welcomed the chance to relocate him to another room.

27th Hematite:  A kobold tried to walk past a war dog near the entrance.  Urist, one of the guards, finished him off as he was fighting with the dog.  Maybe the fortress guard is actually capable of killing non-dwarves after all.

10th Malachite:  I tried my hand at trading with the humans, and I believe I'm getting better at it.  Afterwards I met with the guild representative.

The new mayor mandated the construction of shoes.  Finally, a sane leader!

14th Malachite:  A siege operator began babbling today, perhaps from the lack of work.  It seems I made the mechanists guild a bit too large.  He dashed into a mason's workshop and began work on something almost immediately.

18th Malachite:  The operator created a fancy armor stand, which I have placed in the Count Consort's room to placate him.

28th Malachite:  I scheduled the goblin prisoners from this year's ambush for execution, with Ast as the executioner.  The Count Consort decided to pull the lever, but neglected to lock the door behind him as he ran away.  The result was a humorously benny hill style chase scene around the killing room until Ast was able to finish off the last of the goblins.  In exchange for saving her husband, the Countess has given Ast the title "The Bandit of Feed."

23rd Galena:  I finally got around to finishing the agreement with the humans.  The second floor of the courtyard has been floored over completely now, and vomit projections have dropped by 60%.

15th Limestone:  The City Liaison and the dwarven caravan arrived today.  I ordered everything not bolted down sent to the depot so we can clean up this place.

18th Limestone:  Another band of kobolds, more kills for the woodcutters.

24th Limestone:  Another kobold.  This one had his arm broken and fell into a cage trap before bleeding to death.

15th Sandstone:  The Tax Collector imprisoned a wood burner for failing to meet a demand which I was not aware was pending.  Nevertheless, the sentence is a mere 20 days and it's preferable to a beating.

8th Timber:  I vaguely recall buying out the dwarven caravan a month ago, and they finally packed up the last of the trade goods today.  Our armor problem is mostly solved, although we still need some boots.

18th Timber:  The Tax Collector mandated adamantine items today.  I introduced him to a starvation chamber, and locked the door on my way out.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%203/a2c4781e.jpg)

The Countess mandated maces, and I once again thanked her for being reasonable.  As our military has been bolstered from the migrants earlier this year, the maces will come in handy.

20th Timber:  Another mason went loony, and we found another vein of hematite.

27th Timber:  The Countess mandated toy hammers, and I set to work as the loony began work in a mason's workshop.

3rd Moonstone:  The loony created a fine chair he calls "Releaseworry."  I'm not yet sure what to do with it, so I've placed it in storage in case we become a duchy.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%203/086ae961.jpg)

13th Moonstone:  Another kobold was dismembered by a woodcutter.  They appear to be coming more frequently than goblins this year. 

I just received word that a second kobold is now lying in several parts outside of the fortress.

The Countess gave birth to another child today.
Royal family:  4
Royal Guard: 0

I'm thinking of assigning the Fortress Guard to Royal Guard duty if I can.  It may reduce justice-related deaths.

15th Moonstone:  Two ambushes!  And both of them far from the fortress!  In addition, a kobold and two snatchers were sighted.  The military was too slow to save a metalsmith and a woodcutter, but all of the invaders were killed or driven off.  Tosid, a marksdwarf champion, has been given the title "the Moist Bowels" following this attack.  I'm sure this is the Countess's way of alleviating grief over the native deaths, because I can't stop laughing.

Nish was given the title "the Sunken Strap of Base."  A woodcutter, Datan, was given the title "the Confident Indignation of Oars" to reflect his prowess at killing kobolds and snatchers.

Speaking of snatchers, another was just discovered and murdered by vengeful, looting dwarves.

20th Moonstone:  An engraver gave birth, counteracting our population drop and bringing us back up to 120.

21st Opal:  I decided the Tax Collector looked too pathetic, and starvation is no way for a dwarf to die, so I let him out.  The room was originally designed to drop him to his death anyway, but that function seems to have misfired.

4th Obsidian:  We have captured another snatcher in a cage trap.  Were it not for the fact that snatchers are so weak, I would force the Tax Collector to fight it.

1st Granite:  The Lantern mural I began on the top level remains unfinished, but I have begun digging out the rest of the residential shaft and some of the industrial shaft.  We still need a few armor components, but I have tasked those and we have enough materials to complete them. 

Skid felt himself legendary as an organizer, so I gave The Balor his job to allow Skid some time off.  There are almost no trees in the area now, but as long as the military grows no larger we should need very little charcoal to get by.

I now intend to take a much needed vacation from administrative work.  Perhaps I will use this time to hone my stonecrafting and record-keeping skills a bit more.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/takokasa/Succession%203/5c662e82.jpg)

The Save:  http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=745

We just need a few boots, shields, and gauntlets, and then our military will be properly outfitted with steel or iron gear.  This year was fairly boring aside from the last ambush, and I think the only issue now facing the fortress is how to keep unemployment down.  The FPS has increased from 20 to 30 for me, so either the guild system helped a lot with pathfinding woes, or something else is going well.  Food production is a bit muddled right now, as the cooks are cooking the plants rather than the meat, thus leaving the brewers with nothing to brew.  I would recommend that my successor begin catapult training or decrease the size of the mechanists guild, as they still complain a lot about unemployment.  I built cage traps all over the map to give them work and to provide early warning for ambushes.  The miners are also running our of work a lot due to the bottom level having been mined out, so they need busy work, or different jobs.  Same with the engravers.

I started using chalk as a building material, because we have more of it than we'll ever need.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Viprince on December 22, 2008, 04:19:08 am

You can skip me I am very busy at the moment and lack interest in DF for the time being.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Flyingdwarf on December 23, 2008, 12:50:43 am

sorry but its just one thing after another,my brothers birthday,taking my cat to get spaded,among them,so now that im back i will update.

*edit*you know what, never mind i quit unless someone wants to play this because i have lost interest in this,dwarf fortess i mean its good and all but it need to be enjoyable not like you're playing a rock{AKA:a unbeatable fortress.}so unless someone wants to play it, it is dead to me.

Title: Re: The ages of death,bloodybrain the awe-inspiring brain, a Succession game
Post by: Mook on December 23, 2008, 07:17:25 pm

I have to say I agree.  At this point only HFS would have a chance of killing Bloodybrain, as all of the native wildlife is now extinct and any megabeasts can be soloed by a single champion.  Even if a siege somehow wiped out the entire military the only people who are friends with the soldiers are other soldiers and the nobles, and all of the common dwarves are strong enough to easily kill a berserking noble.

Unless someone can think of an interesting new direction to take the fortress, I think this succession has more or less run its course.