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Quote from: Ironfang on January 01, 2017, 12:00:59 am

I offered to the dwarven caravan a pile of cloth and goblets worth 2.5 million (approximated from created wealth) . Then I looked at exported wealth after the caravan left.

It did not count the 2.5 million in offerings, just the 12k I used to buy stuff with.


At least my fps will benefit.

And your way ahead of the game on that aspect of attracting the monarch.

       -Meanwhile, in the mountain homes-
Dwarf Noble: Your majesty, the tributes from the city of Earthrule have arrived. 
Dwarf Queen: Ah good, where are they? Show them to me.
    -10 dwarves walk in, each carrying a masterwork golden goblet-
Dwarf Queen: By Armok, look at these beautiful treasures. These goblets will be the centerpieces of my dinning room.
Dwarf Noble: These ones? They're just the first few they carried in.
Dwarf Queen: What? there's more? Take me to them.
   -They walk outside, and her jaw drops at seeing the massive pile of uncountable treasures-
Dwarf Queen: Sweet Armok!
Dwarf Noble: The merchants said they lost three dwarves to exhaustion trying to carry all of them. They were all loose for some reason.
Dwarf Queen: How many master metalworkers must have labored to make all these in within three years.
Dwarf Noble: Well, the records say these were all made by a 13 year old girl in around one year.
Dwarf Queen:...........

Quote from: Ironfang on December 30, 2016, 02:25:44 pm

I always thought dwarves were paid with alcohol.

Dwarves aren't paid with alcohol, alcohol is a basic dwarven right.

Dwarves have rights? I wish I knew that before the whole, flooded stockpile incident involving the ice.



But from what I am seeing, the solution you are looking at being a good boss and rewarding effort. In reguard to the economic principles, you first have to look at economics in a more historical sense. Even then, it is complex due to the fantasy nature of the game. Even in an academic setting, economics are known as a very "soft" study. No offense to economists, to do such an undertaking is respectable. But programming something of such volatile and variable nature would be a tremendous undertaking, requiring not only an economist, but a few historians. Proper economic behavior will likely only occur properly after DF produces sentience.

I always thought dwarves were paid with alcohol.

If you have the gold in surplus, start with decorating the tombs. Then cover the tip of the pyramid in gold, maybe make an eye.

This is pretty historically close to the real pyramid construction.
You had workers, not slaves build it. While you did have a high mortality rate, they were still workers. And what did the Egyptians pay their workers in?

Alcohol.   

Make sure to store the bodies of the lives stock inside the pyramid, to have mummies. I also suggest filling the place with cats.
In fact, I think I might want to play pharaoh fortress myself. 

I won't elaborate further to not spread the nightmare.

Back to normal news, an Ettin tried to attack my fort.
She walked into a weapon trap filled hall and enjoyed 6-7 pages of low quality swords and cross bows chopping her up piece by piece.

Also, I did notice something very interesting. In the same fort, made in a small 30 year old world, I got a High Master Blacksmith who had two sons, but no wife, and the sons had no listed mother. They didn't even have each other listed as siblings.

Is this normal? 

Don't worry, it could be worse.

Count yourself lucky you aren't imagining it in anime style.

Quote from: Thisfox on December 29, 2016, 04:27:57 pm

Quote from: YetAnotherLurker on December 29, 2016, 09:34:02 am

Zefon Eminiseth, Stray Hydra (*Trained*) has given birth to triplets.

Congratulations.

....There's a mental image which won't leave.

Human Diplomat: "So, is it true? have your people been able to tame hydras?
Dwarf Noble: "Aye lad, and we got 'em to mate too"
HD: "Unbelievable!"
Dwarf Animal trainer: "Sir! The hydra's just about to! Do you want to be there?"
DN: "Sure thing! And you too!"
*they arrive to where the hydra is*
*hydra's panting, biting multiple XXwooden pillarsXX that bear many many old marks of such punishment*
HD: "I can't believe it! How many eggs does it lay at a time?"
DAT: "None"
HD: "What?"
*a spray of hydra blood from the hydra's lower body hits the human diplomat in the upper body!*
*The human diplomat is knocked backwards!*
*Zefon Eminiseth, Stray Hydra (*Trained*) has given birth to triplets.*
DN: "Aren't they pretty?"



Human King: "So, how was your travel to dwarven lands?"
Human Diplomat: "Never piss off the dwarves, they have an army of hydras"




Dwarf Cook: "Another baby hydra meat roast coming up!"

I am adding that last part as my sig, that cool?