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So far, no progress on getting Momuz to GIVE US HIS SECRETS write about necromancy. On another subject however, a werepanda showed up.


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The story here is that the thing killed a cow, but reverted to human before I could even raise the gates, then began running in circles. Upon seeing a brewer in the open that was gathering fruit to make wine, he attacked them, at which point the brewer began beating the poor sod to death with a chalk scepter.


(This, by the way, went on for 8 pages.)

The militia then arrived and began setting upon the thing with pickaxes and arrows. And, as it turns out, I had previously assigned the dwarf who would become mayor to the squad, so he ALSO ran out of the fortress and began punching him, all while the brewer was continuing to bop the guy on the head with a stick.


(The "hammerdwarves" are actually miners, in this case.)

I assigned the necromancer to the militia for !!scientific purposes!! but the werepanda died before he could reach the rest of the squad, so I didn't get to see if it would work.

So yeah. I'll continue keeping you guys updated.

EDIT: A forgotten beast showed up, wandered around for a little bit, then left.

Well, so far, our friendly neighborhood necromancer has done absolutely nothing except sit around the bar drinking and reciting poetry. He hasn't even entered the library yet.

On another note, some merchants arrived, went to the trade depot, only for their wagons and goods to spontaneously pop of existence, while the merchants themselves ran out of the fortress terrified of something. Presumably, Momuz was angered by the presence of the traders, and set upon their wagons with telekinetic force. And by that I mean I have absolutely no idea what happened. Apparently Winterfurnace's trade depots are self-contained black holes, because several of the traders just vanished as well.

...This is going to be one of those forts, isn't it?

UPDATE: The wagon itself is listed under "Missing" in the units list.

Alright, I am... incredibly confused. So, my fortress was doing pretty alright, and a wave of migrants arrived... I looked through them and saw this:





I'm... honestly not sure if this is an intentional feature. I'm aware that necromancers can, shall we say, "visit" your fort, but aren't they supposed to... I don't know, have a pseudonym or something? Is this a friendly necromancer, whose undead allies will assist us with researching biology or something?

Looking through his relationships, he seems to be a completely normal dwarf, with family and, for some reason, apprentices, but he is without a doubt a necromancer, and is represented with the trademark pink N.

If anyone has any idea whats going on here, please let me know. I'll update the thread if there are any further developments.

Quote from: Prop42 on December 23, 2015, 05:26:21 pm

(words from prop)

I've had a couple of troubles with beds as of late, and have some advice that might help you.
If any other dwarf is doing something on top of the bed (especially children inexplicably playing make belief on their parent's bed), they will not sleep in it. Also, if they get too tired/walk too far to their bed, they may just give up and nap on the ground.
Might not apply to you, but that's what I know.

The funny part is, he walked all the way to their bed, and then just gave up after plodding around their room for a bit. There weren't any children, and there wasn't anything else in the room, he just couldn't deduce how beds worked, and walked around in a circle for 5 minutes.

Dear Urist McEngineerleader,

Use a wheelbarrow to haul the stone, you masochistic fuck. We have 20 of them already, not being used, and you're insisting on hauling each individual pebble down 15 flights of stairs, and then complaining about it. Stop it. Its annoying.

Sincerely, your tired and annoyed overseer who is getting tired of your shit.