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Second set of photos make me think of a zerg hive cluster.

An unnamed dwarves account of the abduction.

So if Meph has demonstrated successfully that you can make a building (the arbalest) fire at things, then what about building based turrets? Or for that matter, building based turrets that need to be powered to work? Seems like a bunch of clockwork turrets would be sufficiently gnomey, and perhaps they would be far superior to the mobile dwarven counterparts.

Excellent turn, and finished in record time! It looks like Silvergoose is slowly edging back from the precipice, gradually being talked down from the suicidal leap it was once seemingly committed to. I have to admit, the best games that I ever have are usually the ones where you are on the brink of total defeat and manage a complete rebound. Also, nice to see someone else appreciates Starcraft 2 (and now I have a strong urge to play through the campaign again).

On another note, dorfing people has been nearly impossible since the beginning due to a string of....setbacks. I will pick up the save, dorf everyone who requests it/has requested it, along with all the overseers, as well as providing some screenshots of the fortress/dorfed players. This way overseers can have !!fun!! and not worry about such trivialities. That is, if no one objects.

Grimmash's turn is next and no one is signed up beyond that so let me know if you are interested.

I see no problem with weaponizing magma.

I have had markers resurrect close to 100 corpses before..which proceeded to kill all my drakes and then rampage through my fortress. It's quite scary when your not prepared for it. Even then I couldn't help but appreciate the crossover. Dead space was a fantastic game. I just hope you don't add brethren moons.

On a separate note I saw a discussion regarding feedback on mephs magic/religion system. Honestly, I think it's very well balanced as is. Praying probably shouldn't be that productive; reserve it for times of desperation or the arrival of particularly talented priests. Even then, in old forts (10 yrs) it does become almost useless to pray due to the fact that you pretty much have everything through trade or industry. The more advanced religious reactions become way more useful in old forts though due to buffs and such. So I propose that if you want more people utilizing religion systems then you could add more buffs. Short term perhaps and limited to the dwarves who get caught in a burst of prayer. Since you can't add good feelings maybe you could make it so burst of prayer gives dwarves the same good thought they get from waterfall mist. Basically something slow and minor but absolutely a god send for mildly to completely unhappy forts. Think of it like a bunch of people attending church and feeling invigorated and empowered afterward. Not magic but psychology.

Regarding magic I personally don't use mages due to play style choices (I prefer legions of rifle dwarfs). However one class that's almost essential is the healers. You can never have too many of those guys both in hospitals and in squads. Perhaps in my current game I will develop a squad of various mages for feedback purposes. My only concern with employing them is the aoe attacks hurting nearby dwarves.

4maskwolfs turn is ready.

Pi_age: did you say you called the legion? I'm curious as to how they worked out. I had never done it before or really seen them in action with the exception of a few fortress dwarves here and there.

Mensrea, are you just generally opposed to cycling overseers?  I'm just curious.

No, I just prefer to see different takes on the game, both playwise and story wise. Not that I would object to other overseers taking another turn, its more of something I would personally refrain from. That being said if any former overseers want to sign up please do.