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I plan to run a brand new succession fort once the new version comes out.

It will be based off my mod, which will be made for the new release. This mod is pretty hefty, but it will only add some civs, creatures, a megabeast and possibly some assorted items. The mod, which I have informally called the Paranormal Mod was made to include several animals/creatures/beings that I have seen in culture, movies, books, music etc. The reason its called the Paranormal mod isn't from the presence of ghosts and such, its because the most inspirational stuff is that from mystery/horror films and music and entertainment that focuses on the psychedelic images, visions, and some of the most creative monsters ever.

The fortress itself is geared toward military and the Dwarf-Kull War. The Kull are massive orcish monsters (inspired by a fantasy novel) that have always had conflict with dwarves. They rival the goblins in malice, but far surpass any human in toughness and brute strength. Although their numbers are not great, they still manage to fight off massive invasions. Along with their massive Magnetar mounts (inspired from music video, Dark Ambient genre), they aren't the easiest to bring down, oh and their steel/iron armor doesnt make it easier. These dwarves have been sent with their first leader to establish a military base just north of one of the Kull's largest cities.

As for the fortress itself, it is geared toward military and little else. Try to keep the spirit of the game, as I want this to be a military based focusing on Kull destruction. The fortress will have miners, a small wood industry, a strong smithing industry, a crafting sector (to increase migration) and everyone else is a military\farmer\doctor. Eventually it will take on the Boatmurdered mentality, where its the "miners military and the guys keeping them alive."

I would really like to keep this idea, but its still preliminary. The actual first year will not be played until a couple weeks after the release, to let me make the mod and find a good site. Please feel free to start reserving turns, and also make suggestions as to what features you would like (keep the theme of the fort in mind as well as fps problems that may arise).

Reserves:
1- madjoe5
2- rykue
3-killaconcarnage
4-Lazareth
5- madjoe5
6-TheHunger
7- Sulvor
8- x2yzh9
9- Defiance
10- Duelmaster409
11- Viprince
12- Jetsquirrel
13- Wiiking
14- ajar
15- gumball135
16- dwarfcarpmantis
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Is there something specific I should add to an entities abilities, birth rates, etc that would make their siegers more numerous. I see the modding involved that can make them stronger, but that isn't as interesting.

I imagine a huge month long ordeal. Waves and waves of goblins march into the main entrance, under continuous catapult battery, walking into the main area, where crossbow dwarves fire in from above, melee units hold them off as long as they can and any minor event can push the tide of battle in either direction. Massive 10+ squad (or 5ish squads of many more goblins) sieges put this fortress in nearly perpetual lock-down. Wounded are piling up, and the front line is thinning out. Bolts are running low, food is being rushed to the scene continuously, as champions may die of hunger the battle is so long.

This is what I want.

So is there any way to make a siege have more units or more squads? Contrarily, is there a way to reduce the time in between each siege, so they occur more often, say once or twice a month?

Is there any benefit to making wood blocks over raw wood?

All my carpenters are legendary, sitting in the statue garden, getting fat as my stockpiles are full of extra bins, barrels and beds. Is it worth having them convert them all into blocks? Aside from the experience, better constructed buildings and the ability to stack them in bins, is there any other benefit.

Note: I don't create crafts from wood, nor do I need any more wooden furniture. I use most of the wood in burning to spur my potash industry. Will the blocks still be burned like that?

I have been looking around on the modding forums for a while and now I want to try it for myself. I am going to add my own custom civ/entity into DF, but it seems that almost everything has been done.

I want to make a whole new civ, one that hasnt been done before, is creative and fits with the theme of DF (dwarvenly and "fun"). Any suggestions as to what civ(s) I should make, what they're like and general things about them.

I promise to upload the files for them when I finish.

Anyone know a simple utility that lets me heal my dwarfs. A recent siege left several wounded that jus sit there and no1 is going over to help them. All of them are thirsty, but no1 is bringing water despite my buckets and well.

I just need something that heals them without all the fancy modules that come with Companion (tried it and it didn't work on my comp for some reason) and other such things.

Im running 40d#.

I have a great map here, (hfs, magma pipe, chasm, brook) and I also have the primative civ mod installed. The problem I have is that the magma pipe is directly in the way of my main entrance and most of the trading parties that come by walk RIGHT next to the pipe, alerting the fire imps. Then, they stupidly try to attack it/ run into magma for safety, which always gets them killed.

What would you do to stop the onslaught? What should I do to prevent future attacks, wildfires and trade parties winding up dead? My plan is either to drain the brook onto the pipe, but I've never done such a thing and might screw up badly. Alternatly, I might just build walls around it, which is kinda of costly, time consuming and builders are in danger.

I think that the clothes, armor, weapons, ammo, etc that dead enemies drop should be considered part of your fortress wealth and not have the brackets,"()", around them. I suggest this because that in the act of killed said enemy, you did the job (in this case your military/trap killing him) that was required to get the goods (loot in this case). Its no different that killing stray cattle and having their bones/hide/meat count as your own workings. Even if the item are unusable, they still are YOURS and they were not traded for.

Its like an equation:
Work+ Materials (or goods)= Item w/ no brackets
Item+ Trade Partner= Item of near equal value and brackets
and
Work (this case fighting)+ Materials (unit's inventory)= Item w/ brackets?
In real life, most, if not all, civilizations considered loot as a trade good (sorta). Most notably, the Vikings (amoung other barbarians as well) considered their spoils and those of others to be equally theirs as any crop they could grow or crafts they made.

I just think that the tons of clothes and armor left behind by hostile units should be considered your goods (even though they weren't crafted their) because they were taken by force rather than trade.