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Hi all. I suddenly want to start a game with old 0.28 version, that brought me into DF. Anyone is up for this?

We have a newly-generated vanilla world called The Domain Of Portent, 200 years old:
and I'm ready to embark somewhere you guide me to!

So, everybody is welcome signing for turns and dorfing for start team. Also you can point us the place where to strike the earth!
EDIT: We've embarked to south-eastern volcano nex to river.

Old version can be downloded from http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/older_versions.html
and also I kindly ask for some must-have patches and stuff that we probably need.

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Dorfed people:

• Peregar, Founder and fisherdwarf
• FireCrazy, miner
• Jovus, stoneworker
• Proto, woodcutter

Turn list (in case someone else wants to play)(current, done, skipped, waiting):

• Peregarrett, year 201

Dwarven empires spread, fall, reborn, prosper or drag on a miserabliness, but the only thing remains the same. The Dwarven Madness.
It can has various symptoms - from the uncoverable berserk attack to the compulsive ideas of having a clear glass window at the corner of your room. Sometimes it results in quite curious item made, but it’s still not a close to normality.
So, to study this strange decease an Sanitarium has been built. Actually, not built yet, but will be for sure. Seven brightest psychologists chose the lone island for a clinic where any dwarf can have his treatment, contribute to the medical studies and - we’re sure - get his madness healed!

So far we have a number of possible procedures that can ease the attacks of madness. They are:
•Diet. Raw plants diet, fish diet, non-alcohol diet, diet of special element.
•Labor therapy. Making useful or useless stuff, fulfilling tasks, passing physical tests of whatever purpose.
•Animal therapy. Petting an animal, looking after it, training it. From biggest so smallest ones.
•Nature therapy. Swimming in the open water, breathing the fresh sea air, or to the contrary, spent days in the depths of earth. Having sun baths, or snow baths.
•Shock therapy. A lot of options, but each case should be carefully discussed.
•More to invent!

Each dwarf receives his own chamber, and a proper treatment based on his personality. Every symptom, treatment and so on is put into each dwarf’s medical file.
Fortress population is divided into three categories: Doctors (embark team + a few of migrants), Security and Patients. Contacts between them should be minimized since we can't be sure that madness isn't transmited between dwarves, and every suspicions of madness falling on doctors or security leads to medical investigation and probably putting them under treatment.

First seven dwarves will have various psychology-related skills and diagnostic skill, and are considered to be Doctors. Dwarves with military skills join Security, other are Patients.

Dorfing list:
Doctors:

• Peregar, Head of Sanitarium (peregarrett)
• Brother Cerebrum, Traditionalist (psychomantits)
• Archmage Joe, Doctor, Chief of Psychology, Crazed Conspiracy Theorist/Pyro. (Remuthra)

Security:

• Casser, The Mad One (InsanityIncarnate)
• Vendix (chaosgear)
• Nix with big mace (NRDL)
• Zulgar Ilradesor
• Momuz Mengamost
• Mosus Lusatguzul
• Sakzul Dodokostath

Patients:

• Litlbear (CaptainLambcake)
• Derpislava Sodelakun, last survivor from Autumnalshield (☼!!Troll Fur Sock!!☼)
• Bobnova (Bobnova)
• Zan Etollokum

Children:

• Domas Erushtaron
• Onget Ustuthes
• Thotlig Ducimotol
• Zasit Sarveshnugreth

Hell, since previous thread was long dead, let's start another one!

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Some of official letters:
The Rules:
Each player is to create a trap or obstruction to "screw the next player over"
 - Your trap may NOT deliberately destroy the fortress.
   ~ Obviously, the damage dealt by traps will eventually lead to the downfall of the fortress, but your individual trap
       must be one that the other players can recover from.
   ~ Examples of acceptable traps: Flooding the food stockpile; letting a titan or siege loose in the fortress.
   ~ Examples of unacceptable traps: Collapsing the entire fortress; Executing every dwarf; Lava flooding the WHOLE fortress
   ~ There's a very fine line between what traps are severely damaging, and what traps are game ending.  Use your best judgment
       as to where that line lies.
   ~ Your trap may NOT involve editing the raws or otherwise modifying the game.
   ~ FPS traps are allowed but discouraged since they tend to make the game less fun in the long run. 

 - You must set the next player in line a challenge.
   ~ Make the challenges difficult, but possible.  For instance, don't make the challenge "make 10 chairs", and also don't make it
       "build a 90 z-level adamantine tower", the purpose is to give the next player something to do and to avoid any "slow turns".  If
       the challenge is too easy or impossible it won't be entertaining.  You must draw the line of what's doable and what isn't.
   ~ You must issue a reward should the challenge be completed in time.  The reward can be anything, be creative!
   ~ You must also issue a punishment should the challenge be failed.  Once again, be creative!
   ~ Your may NOT counter-act a challenge/reward/punishment set by another player.
       For instance, if player A is rewarded with a ceremonial burial chamber, you may not take it away.
   ~ Only the player that ISSUED a punishment may reverse it.  If the punishment is that a specific dwarf is exiled, he may only
       return to the fortress if the person that exiled him allows it.  You may also offer rewards that undo punishments set by
       yourself.
   ~ Rewards and punishments are carried out by next player(s) in line.
   ~ Please do not feel pressured to carry out a punishment or reward.  Punishments are carried out by the community as a whole,
       so if you don't have the time to carry out a punishment or reward, just say so, so that future overseers can finish it up for
       you.

 - You may not destroy the mega construction of another player (unless you are given permission by the
    player that constructed it) or take away the possessions of another player.

 - You may not change the Custom Name or Title of another player's dorf you may only change that of
    unclaimed dorfs, and of course your own dorf.
   ~ The exception to this rule is to change the "Overseer" title to "Former Overseer".

 - Post frequently!!! I really can't stress this enough.  Even if you simply post to say you can't
    update! Just give us a sign of life so we know you haven't forgotten that it is your turn.
   ~ You have a window of approximately 1 week between the end of the previous player and your first post.  If you fail to post in
       that week YOUR TURN WILL BE SKIPPED!
   ~ If you know in advance that you will not be able to meet the once a week quote, please notify me so we can discuss your
       turns postponing, or the expansion of your posting quota.

 - Include deaths and dorfings in your updates This isn't so much a rule as a request. It'll make it a lot
    easier to keep track of who's dworf is doing what, as well as who needs re-dorfing if you could post what's happening to
    individual dorfs in your updates.  It doesn't even have to be in character, a simple list at the end of an update will do!

The Dorfs:
Color-code:
Alive Zombie Dead Ghost Status Unknown Non-canon Dorf In need of Dorfing
Active Punishment / Reward Inactive / Expired Punishment / Reward

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Owner:	Dorf Name ant title:	Dorf Skills and Requirements:	Dorf State, Achievements, Punishment, Reward, etc.:
peregarrett	Peregar	Mechanic/Architect	Killed by swarm of antmen, raised as a ghost
	Peregar II	Hunter
tomio175	Tomio	Expedition leader	Reward: Gets a shelter full of supplies for whole his family.
MrWillsauce	Mrs Willsauce		Legendary miner
werty892	Werty	Militia captain	Killed during zombie invasion. Entombed
	Werty II
BFEL	BFEL
Scruffy	Scruffy	militia dorf	Killed by goblin zombie, entombed
chaosgear	chaosgear	Hunter, when it's safe

Punishments and Rewards are applied to the player, not the dorf.

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Turn list:
Color-code:
Waiting Finished In progress Skipped Non-canon spin-off

• peregarrett: Turn 1 (save)
• tomio175 : Save
• MrWillsauce
• werty892
• BFEL
• melkor: Save
• MiceMiceMice
• Lightningfalcon
• Scruffy
• chaosgear
• vyznev

Just found the book of Edward Gorey - here and got an idea.
Let's materialize EVERY death it describes. Say, you nickname the dorf Amy and then you kill it by making it fall from stairs. Making proofpics and post here. Be creative!

Also, alternatively, you can follow Creature Feature 'A Gorey Demise' song - here. It's even more dwarfy, I think.

So, do you like the idea?

If you know something like that, feel free to suggest.

Hi all. I'm trying some tests with interactions, but failing, so let this thread be Interactions Study Class.

here's what I tried - an interaction that transforms all dogs into cats. Should work at any biome - this part copypasted from generated resurrection interaction.

[INTERACTION:TEST_REGION_INTERACTION]
[I_SOURCE:REGION]
[IS_REGION:ANY]
[IS_FREQUENCY:100]
[I_TARGET:dog_m:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_REGION]
[IT_AFFECTED_CREATURE:DOG:MALE]
[I_TARGET:dog_f:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_REGION]
[IT_AFFECTED_CREATURE:DOG:FEMALE]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:dog_m]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:CAT:MALE]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:dog_f]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:CAT:MALE]
What have I screwed here?

I got some questions.
I take a tame dog and transform it into another creature through CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION, or just set of CE_ADD/REMOVE_TAG.
Will resulting creature remain as a domestic animal?
If that creature is creature of entity your're playing with, will it become member of your fortress, do jobs and such?
What should that creature's raws have to allow recruiting them into military? INTELIGENT, CAN_SPEAK/LEARN, EQUIPS or anything else?

The goal is to transform tame animals into fully qualified squad, with ability to give orders.

Hi. My fort is almost 100 dwarves large, but I never got mayor elected. So I looked at Nobles menu and noticed that Expedition leader position can be replaced! Like any appointable position, say, manager or broker.
I replaced it and left it vacant. It worked.
After I unpaused, some random Urist became mayor. But I still can replace it with any dwarf I wish...

I think that's something wrong with them. Is it feature, or my bug? vanilla raws, world genned at 34.06