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Yes, but the "NO TRADE" in the neighbouring civilisations screen looked like there wouldn't have been any caravans to begin with.

It would be awesome against goblin invaders and titans though.


Them bursting into flames would be even better, but that scorching scenario was over too fast to do anything but to watch in horror.

I thought that I was getting a bit bored with my fortress and the normal icy settings, so I increased the temperature maximum in the world gen to 150. (I already know what happens if you increase it to 1000... burning grass, burning trees, burning wagon, burning dwarves - oh my!  )

The world generated looked quite promising, since most of it was coloured yellow.

So, I found a neat little spot and was fascinated by a yellow "NO TRADE" exclamation behind every civilization, except the goblins. I thought: "hey, wonderful! A real self-sustaining fortress without diplomats pestering me with their annoying trade talks!" and pressed e for embark.

As usual, I brought my copper nugget, anvil, some live stock, some kittens and the wagon.


Right.

Things looked fine, though the murky pools were empty right away. Dwarves gathered some shrubs, the woodcutter got his wooden training axe, and the production of the pick was well on the way - until it started to rain.

The effect was quite spectacular. First, the kittens bled to death, then most of the dwarves, then the yak bull assaulted my expedition leader before they melted away as well. I can only assume that they got hit by boiling water and were cooked to death. Or it was acid rain. Very classy, very 31.01ish.


Alright. Do you think that living in such a place would be actually possible? You'd have to bring along at least one pick, of course and start digging immediately, before the rain hits. I guess that any yaks or water buffalos or whatever wagon carriers you got would be in trouble if the caves are too deep down; and the plant gatherers and wood cutters as well. How about 1 pick, 1 anvil, and a bunch of plump helmets? Dig a hole, break down the wagon, gather a few handful of shrubs, rush everything inside and seal the entrance with one of the wagon's logs to keep the cats inside. You'd need a weather forecast if you want to build a little shed for aboveground farming, but even that should theoretically be possible with fast reactions and burrow setups: "it started raining" -> "oh damn, everything to burrow 'inside'!!!"

The pick is more important, because you won't be able to mine the metal ores without one. No metal ores = no battleaxes.

For some reason I cannot seem to make robes. Am I supposed to be able to? Clothier's shop has the options:
[...]
bag
robe <--- ?
image

I'm assuming you meant "rope" there.

Looks like togas and robes are mutually exclusive. Maybe replace the robes with dresses, since they should also cover quite a lot.

Do farmed plants grow on glaciers? I don't normally embark on the freezing biome types. If they can't grow plants either, the lack of non-grass vegetation on mountains shouldn't be a problem.

No, you can't grow plants on ice. I don't know what happens if you happen to scratch away the multiple z-layers full of ice though.

You also can't grow aboveground plants in Tundras, and they're fair game for embarking.

200 plump helmet spawns
200 pig tail seeds
200 strawberry seeds
etc.


There is a problem with the nudist colony, and that is that a naked dwarf is much more susceptible to wounds. Let's say, for instance, that your flock of geese goes berserk at the milker dwarf who is walking past to haul a cow to the workshop.

The well-dressed dwarf's glove will protect his hands; the nudist might sustain irreparable nerve damage and annoy you from then on by blinking the health status icon until he dies.

If you want your dwarves to stop justice-ing each other, I recommend a jail.

If you want your dwarves to stop justice-ing each other, I recommend to disband your fortress guard/sheriff/other fascist police squad you might have set up right now and to destroy your jails. Who gives a damn if the fascist oppressors nobles get unhappy thoughts for being ignored.