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1) Two Weeks + leftovers the last person left you is your max limit for time in real life. No limit for years in game but a year minimum. Sunday of the week after is deadline for file extraction; if you can't give us the file, you're skipped. (twist #1)
2) You must dwarf yourself at the next migration wave that arrives. Those who wish to watch and want to be dwarfed may do so, but players cannot. This gives the allusion that the new overseer has no idea what he/she is walking into (twist #2)
3) You are ONLY allowed to tell anyone about anything listed below in your updates. (twist #3)

<More may come up as time progresses>
- If most dwarves (over 50%) are killed, its important enough
- If an artifact is made, it is under the overseer's discretion to reveal it to us
- If all of our booze runs out, its important enough (dwarves will know when there is no booze)
- If there is no food, its important enough (dwarves will also know when there is no food, although not as fast as they no the beer is gone)
- If there is an occurrence where most dwarves are effected (miasma, flies, or anything that can has mass effected the populace (including mass draft)), its important enough
- A migration wave is important enough, but numbers and who is in it is not important enough. The exception is for the migration wave your dwarfed self arrives in, in which case you'll know how many came with you and what they do (what else are you going to do in that long voyage to Mineforest?).
- Childbirth is only important enough if your dwarfed self or your dwarfed self's wife gave birth
- Seiges and Megabeasts are only important enough if most dwarves are killed (see above)
- Tantrum spirals are NOT important enough unless it follows the most dwarves are killed rule (see above)
- Floods are only important if it follows the most dwarves are killed rule
- Captured animals and tamed animals are NOT important enough unless they untrain themselves and kill most of the dwarves (see above)
- Clown cars are VERY MUCH important enough (everyone can hear them coming)
- Discovering metals are only important if most of the workers or soldiers are using them.
- Soldiers that are drafted aren't important enough, unless its your dwarfed self, but the act of making a new squad IS important enough
- Megaprojects are to remain unannounced until completion. Until then, if your dwarf is working on it, its a "mysterious large construction"
- The changing of seasons are only important when snow melts or ice freezes the water.
- Non-artifact masterwork items are not important enough, neither is the industries you create.
- Things your dwarfed self do can be listed but not explaining what he is doing specifically (ex: "I worked at the mason's workshop today, made some nice furniture and the like", really meaning: My dwarf made some tables and chairs)
- Growing up is not important enough, no matter how many grow up at once
- Death of animals are important enough if there are enough killed at once (at least 50% of the total population OF SAID ANIMAL, like 3/4 sheeps are butchered today)
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS MANAGER, you can ignore construction-based rules
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS A SOLDIER, you can ignore combat/death in battle rulings
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS BROKER OR TRADED AT THE DEPOT, you can reveal everything traded.
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS MAYOR/EXPIDITION LEADER, you can reveal as much information as you want (this is unlikely to occur since dwarfed self has to be appointed in your time playing).
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS HAMMERER/CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD/SHERIFF, you can reveal any information that has to do with justice
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS CHEIF MEDICAL DWARF, you can reveal any medical based information (wounds, healing, hospital status)
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS BOOKEEPER, you can reveal shortages of anything and items stocks
- IF YOUR DWARFED SELF IS NONE OF THE ABOVE, then you can't explain things in detail
- Newly appointed nobles are up to the current players turn if they wish to reveal who the new noble is. However, newly appointed mayors or expedition leaders are important enough to be said

****NOTE****
You can ignore the "important/not-important" rules IF you do not write anything. However, some turns will require small updates

4) When you pass on your save file, you don't tell the next person ANYTHING as a heads up or as a recommendation. You make it as if you as overseer disappeared and left no instructions behind or any warnings. (twist #4)
5) Non-overseers can give advice ONLY, if you had a turn, you can't reveal anything. (twist #5)
6) Observers cannot give any spoilers of what happens if they look at the save file; and that means:
7) Only the current overseer can look at the fortress THAT HE IS TAKING OVER. No one can look at the new file, and no one can look at the previous ones if you're taking over.
8 ) All you know beforehand is:
- You're a dwarf <insert profession>
- Your family (more if they were with the migration wave, less if they already existed at the fortress)
- The fortress was formed through a bet to the king that "Highmax" could have a fortress last here until the year 20 (help him make his goal!)
- Your migration wave information
- Your starting gear
- Your migration waves CARRIED equipment
- Its hot
- Its a grassland
- You're really far north
- "ere the leopards get hungry"
- The name of the fortress (Minefield)
- The local civs that ARE hostile (only by race (as if we didn't define them that way anyway))
- The current king
- The NAME of the previous overseer ONLY (no professions unless you're related (check family screen))
- You're in the middle of Armok knows where
9) If you are playing, if your dwarfed self dies, you may re-dwarf yourself but under a different name and you can choose anyone in the next migration wave
10) If you are playing an a dwarfed person dies, but it is NOT you, then they cannot be re-dwarfed. This means that if you die, you stay dead.
11) To start out, the original overseer MUST NOT dwarf as the expedition leader (for those who wish to recreate this)
12) Anyone who breaks these rules will most likely have their turn skipped.
13) Placing notes are allowed ONLY if your dwarfed self has at least a novice reading skill

**This space is left for save files**

Mineforest: Ignorant Fortress Part 1

Highmax's Save
Shadowhammer's Save
Exodius' Turn
Apiks' Turn

Minefield: Ignorant Fortress Part 2

Btw, temporary easter egg:

Through an age old thread, a sucession fort was created. Its name was dubbed Necrothreat, and from it, a special mod was created. Filled with thread zombies and Thread Necromancers (AKA Threadromancers), Haxxors and Trolls, this fortress has seen hell and rose from it. But as ages went on, so did the decay of greatness; for Necrothreat began to crumble, and soon, it was overrun. The first chapter can be found here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=19244.msg3564784#msg3564784

The end of Necrothreat caused Armok to weep, and his tears were so innumerable, that he flooded the world, and then created a new world. There, he took all who had died from Necrothreat and brought them back to start again. Given a shortened tale of their end from a messenger of Armok by the name of James, they begun their work again to fight and protect the world from the Threadromancers and their ilk. The second chapter of Necrothreat can be found here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=120751.0

Unfortunatley, little word has been heard from Necrothreat, and thus, an alternate world was made, years into the future, where Necrothreat II was abandoned, and held untold riches and secrets that no Fourmite, Haxxor, or Gamer has ever dreamed of. Many have tried the task to reach the home of the last bastion against the thread zombies, but all have failed... Then one day, a Haxxor came into the world, and his dream was to plunder Necrothreat for his own gain. And here is his story...

The following is the supposed end of the first Necrothreat:

And just like Troy, Necrothreat shall fall... Thus begins the final chapter of Necrothreat I, the last bastion against the Thread Necromancers. And thus by through the eyes of a decapitated head, the battle is lost. Slowly the walls begin to crumble, and the great and mighty fortress falls into disarray. The enemy awaits those mad enough to seek refuge in the outside, hungry for flesh other than their own kind. They wait in the shadows and murder those foolish enough to rescue the falling fortress. Highmax, the "Guardian" of Necrothreat, rallies those for a final push for escape, as hopeless as it seems. BFEL, The Handless Cripple, Master of "Unhanded Combat", Highmax's lieutenant, distributes the last of the weapons to the last of the citizens. The beasts that howl in the depths shriek in joy, for their bonds loosen in each coming day. Apiks visits the burial site of her husband whose name she took as her own and swears she will return one day to bring his body back to their homeland when she escapes. The children live in fear and cry from the doom lingering overtop of them. The Haxxors sharpen their skills and blades as they prepare for the pillaging of the fortress' goods, the raping of their women and the slaughtering of anything that moves. The trolls rally to take the fortress and spread their twisted ideals to the world. NAV leads the people to prepare for their escape, if one is found possible. Sprin begins to incinerate all documents and experiments that were made and written. The High Lord Threadomancer, Ur, smiles in his own plane of existance. Though he may not have mortal flesh and lead the final assult against the forces of Necrothreat, he played his part in their defeat easily. Each misfortune was his doing. And now his revenge on all fourmites for his death in his mortal shell. Highmax climbs up on top of the tower and screams to the world a war cry so loud, the Elves of Glidesnarls thought they were being attacked again and prepared to fight. Highmax turned to the people he served and spoke a speech to prepare them for their final escape:
"People of Necrothreat! I can see the fear and pain in your eyes. The zombies outside are ready to tear our walls down and you fear they will. I say that I don't fear that it will happen. I KNOW it will happen. We will escape this condemned fortress and never look back. We were the last fortress able to hold up to the Thread Necromancers. We have failed, and the zombies will begin to overwhelm the rest of the world. But I will not die in this forsaken land. No, I will die in that infernal Dark Tower fighting my way up to put an end to all this. I will die fighting. I will kill each of the zombies here so you all may flee. I will take the strongest men and women here and we will hold the line as the rest escape. No songs will be sung of the fall of Necrothreat. There will be no evidence of our colonizing of this forsaken land. It will be as if Necrothreat never existed. The zombies will never know who we were, nor will they know what happened here. Let us prepare for our final journey. Do not fear the setting sun, bask in the glory of the night. That is when we will leave, under no moonlight or starlight. We will release the the evil spirit body of the vampire and the werebeast and send them out first. Then we will rush out as the zombies are distracted eating them. Those with me will kill any that come after us. If we make it out alive, we will burn the entire fortress to the ground and collapse the tunnels. No one gets in, and everything inside will be sealed away. All I have to say is WE WILL ESCAPE! WE WILL SURVIVE!"

The crowd wept and cheered at the same time. The thoughts of impending doom were all around now. The eyes of the head keep on staring, and the mindless look on it turns into a fiendish grin. The face forms into the face of Ur. Suddenly the walls collapse, and the hordes of the undead charge. The Thread Necromancer is freed by his undead allies and turns to the graveyard and corpse pile. He laughs as those who aided in the rising of Necrothreat rise again to bring its fall. His laughter fills the halls and the vampire spirit body of Mastahcheese returns from his binding in the caverns and the werebeast is released. Apiks screams as she sees her husband run towards her, pickaxe in hand. The pickaxe hits its mark with deadly skill and kills Apiks upon striking. Her body is then reanimated and the two once lovers were reunited in death. BFEL runs into the raging werebeast. The hulking were-rodent grins savegely and the handless cripple fights the beast in single combat. But alas, BFEL is slain, but not without mortally wounding the Were-Capybara by biting its juggular and smashing its skull with his savage kicks. Mastahcheese the vampire spirit body now free is met by Sprin, and the two slay eachother with ban-hammers, striking eachother in the skull at the same time. Sprin's nurse is killed in turn by the Apiks couple after watching her boss get his head smashed open. Highmax, "Champion" of Necrothreat, charges towards the Thread Necromancer, slaughtering endless hordes of the undead. Twenty two he felled in his path to the Thread Necromancer. Unable to defend himself after being stripped of all his posessions, Highmax slays the Thread Necromancer by severing his lower body. Highmax turns around, only to see the newly arisen Were-Capybara zombie; the original one. Highmax charges with his blade in hand. The werebeast smacks him aside, and then devours Highmax alive and whole. NAV, though not a warrior, grabs Highmax's sword and charges towards the undead-werebeast, letting out a warcry that sounded like screaming in fear. The were-beast goes to bite down and kill NAV, but the brave and foolish fourmite steps on the beasts lower jaw and stabs Highmax's blade into the roof of the beasts mouth. Letting go of the blade, NAV, with strength never seen before, tears apart the jaws of the undead beast with his bare hands, killing it instantly. NAV takes the blade and tries to free Highmax but he was too late. Several ribs were impaled into Highmax's chest, and though he still drew breath, he was dying.

"Take the survivors and flee... I'm done... Keep my blade, and may it serve you well..."

Highmax, the self proclaimed champion of Necrothreat died. NAV screamed in sadness and began to slaughter the zombies around him in an insane rage. Highmax was dead. Apiks was dead. Sprin was dead. Everyone was dead. Only he remained. Thirty six he killed before the Apiks couple arrived with the legendary dead: Toady One The Great. NAV took the blade and decapitated the Apiks husband and took the pickaxe, quickly shattering the skull of the Apiks wife. Toady One the Great had a grin most devious. He was but a skeleton after being drowned and being one of the first to die. He then pulled out a sword made out of the bones of those unburied and the two fought. NAV fought hard and bravely, but he was not a warrior, and had his arm ripped off and his legs severed from his body. Toady One then laughed. He spoke without lungs, made sound without a voicebox, and laughed with the vigor and darkness of demons. NAV looked up at this horror as it brought its sword down into his heart. NAV, the last of the fourmites, was killed. Thus ends the last chapter of Necrothreat. Through the fear brought by Ur through a severed head, the league is broken. Even Armok wept on this day, as it rained for a hundred days, flooding the world and reshaping the world underneath. He put forth his sorrow and his thoughts of this doomed fortress that the world had gained new living beings, made to make Armok laugh and forget his sorrow. And those that died in Necrothreat were reborn, ready to start anew and to begin the second chapter of Necrothreat...

Special thanks to the following for making The LOLmod Possible:
Apiks
Talvino
Sprin
BFEL
Mastacheese

For those who wish to try their OWN LOLmod Adventure, or want to join up on our current chapter of Necrothreat, everything you need is here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=120751.0