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Earthquake from a tectonic plate shift?  Didn't know it was possible in Dwarf Fortress, then again...

Quote from: Goblins on January 08, 2016, 06:35:26 pm

I have just arrived to my newest fortress.  Things are started to look great!  In fact, it has rained elf blood three times in the past five minutes.  Surely this is not a sign of this fort's bright future?

Future's so bright, ya gotta wear a raincoat?

Raincoats are for elven scum!  In other news, our water supply is great with all this rain.

Uh oh, the goblins showed up before I could finish my new weapon traps. This should be interesting......

Edit: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! A goblin just got gelded by a copper mace in a weapon trap! This game is the greatest.

Mind if I sig this?

I admit to doing the meat exploit, selling back the starting meat and fish and then buying 1 unit of each of 30 different 2gp meats to get the free barrels.

I have never heard of this... I like it very much!  Doesn't seem too exploity - just smart.

After seeing no active thread on the subject, I have become obligated to create a thread where people can share their !!Dwarf!! embark profiles.  When you are about to start off a new fortress, what seven dwarfs do you pick for the creation of the new Mountain Home?  Is it a group of military dwarfs ready to combat the undead?  Or do you cast off cheese makers to the settlement for a challenge?

To start this off, I will share my own embark profile.  It is pretty basic due to the fact that I only use this profile to go into relatively easy embarks with no enemies nearby.  This profile is great for quickly building a fortress before the goblinite harvest sieges begin as well.  It goes as follows;

Miner One
Proficient Miner

Miner Two
Proficient Miner

Carpenter
Proficient Carpenter
Adequate Wood Cutter

Mason/Architect
Proficient Mason
Adequate Building Designer

Engineer
Adequate Mechanic
Adequate Siege Engineer

Farmer
Adequate Grower
Novice Herbalist
Proficient Brewer
Adequate Cook

Leader/Noble-to-be
Adequate Leader
Adequate Speaker
Adequate Appraiser
Adequate Record Keeper
Novice Organizer
Novice Persuader

I like to have two miners because I like to get the fortress built fast with as much stone gathered as possible.  Once the fortress becomes large enough, the beginner miners are usually legendary, which then I start the iron mining.  You will notice that there is no crafting dwarfs because I just convert all of the migrants into furnace operators, craftdwarfs, etc. once they come in.  The engineer is great for making a rudimentary defense system while waiting for iron to make iron traps. An all-round leader is needed so that I can assign him to be the broker, manager, and the bookkeeper.  Later in the fortress three dwarfs will be assigned to the task to ease the stress.  It should be noted that some items need to be gotten rid of so that there is enough points for everything.

If I ever have points that are not reassigned yet, I put magma proof stones in like orthoclase so that making the first magma forges is easy.  Items like wheelbarrows that can easily be produced at the start of the fortress I get rid of and spend the points on something else.

I have been attacked quite a few times by goblins and have racked up quite a few goblins.  The only thing is, I am unable to put them down into the pit.  I cannot even strip them!  I've been doing everything right; I have the hatches above which are forbidden and the stockpile set as well.  I am able to pit all the animals but no goblins.  What am I doing wrong?

I have also tried to strip the goblins but when I hover over them with -k- all that shows up are their bodies.  No clothing or anything.

Hello!

I've just become interested in modding and I am trying to find a tutorial that is step by step.  The ones that I found on the wiki would vaguely describe how to do something, and then paste the whole entire code down expecting me to know what everything was.  I basically need an in-depth tutorial that guides me along the process on how to create a creature/object/etc.

Also, would there be a place where all the different words and codes are defined?  A dictionary of sorts?
 

Hello!

I've always wanted a world where there are all the races around me, including a tower.  There also needs to be relatively flat cavern layers; meaning no huge hills that make it confusing.  A lava chute would be cool too, but not required.  Lots of iron of course!  I want to fight through hoards of enemies. 

Also, I am not sure on how or where to put the information once I receive it.  Anybody able to tell me how to show me another post that says how?  Thanks!