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Originally posted by BurnedToast:
<STRONG>A few versions back I drowned every caravan and killed every merchant prince (or whatever I got) for something like 4 or 5 years and didn't get sieged.
Maybe it's fixed, or maybe you need the baron or something... but I've never heard of anyone getting sieged by the humans at all so I doubt it. I think human sieges just have to wait for armies to be working.</STRONG>
I remember Toady saying in the Dev log that he had humans sieging with soldiers mounted on horses. So maybe you need a certain population/the correct noble for them to siege?
Well, they brought trolls. They smashed through our doors without too much trouble at all. Now, the entry hallway is flanked by two rows of fortifications:
code:
BBBBBBBB
BBBBBBBB
------BB------
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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D.g.g............D
D...g............D
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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................X = Fortification
D = Door
B = Barracks
Well, all hell broke loose when those trolls came through. Whatever military was there was butchered, and soon goblin archers were shooting through the northern fortification and picking off resting and sleeping soldiers. Trolls found their way into the barracks and began smashing our remaining soldiers. Amazingly, we were able to fend off the hordes with wrestling. The casualties were so high that I abandoned the fort, however.
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Originally posted by THLawrence:
<STRONG>I've tried dropping things on dwarves and it doesn't effect them. I was dropping them from 2 or 3 stories above and they didn't even stun him.</STRONG>
... 
Understandable, I suppose. Odds are it won't hurt any other creatures either.
The design:
(Z-level above)
(Z-level below)
Hmm... two z levels instead of one is a good idea. I'll need to make a building outside of sorts... but it might work.
[ February 19, 2008: Message edited by: Gaulgath ]
Stone fall traps? No. These are murder-holes.
code:
.,..,.,..☺D..,.☺D.,.,
o o
.......g.gg..g..g.gg
D = Dump
g = goblin
o = falling rock
Theoretically, these dumped items count as thrown. These should be able to hit and cause damage to any creature mis fortunate enough to come under one of these dwarf-powered traps.
The main advantage these have over stone fall traps is that they don't have to be manually reloaded by a mechanic. Plus you can use them whenever you want. Human caravan coming? Well they can safely arrive in your indoor depot safely. Elven caravan coming? Bombs away!
Plus you could throw down things like chairs and corpses at enemies for comedic effect!
This should all work, right? I'll have to do a test in one of my forts and report back with the results. Wish me luck.
[ February 19, 2008: Message edited by: Gaulgath ]
Gaulgath has been struck down.
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Originally posted by Tyrving:
<STRONG>This thread rocks.</STRONG>
I think it's absolute schist.
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Originally posted by Tayrin:
<STRONG>Artifact armor and weapons can be used in Fortress mode:
</STRONG>
By Armok! That dwarf must be a complete tank in combat.
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Oh, and Gaulgath... I just noticed something. Your claiming to have engraved a Masterpeice Baywatcher... I've never seen that engraving in DF
"This is a masterfully engraved rendition of a Bay 12 Games and toads by 'Gaulgath.' The toads are laughing."
...sorry, couldn't resist.
