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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / A newb's first seige
« on: February 03, 2013, 06:07:50 am »
So, I had everything going well. Production was good, housing was being done and my military had 4 dwarves. I had traded a bunch of rock crafts to the caravan for some steel bars since I didn't know how to make any, and was about to put it to use. Armok had other plans for me as I got a message, "The dead walk. Hide while you still can!".
Now, I have never been in a seige, as my longest fort of about 20 died to a single honey badger and a small cave-in, and the rest of my forts got abandoned out of boredom. So I decided to put a quick wooden wall in front of the staircase leading to my fortress, and set my military to quickly go and take out the two necromancers (one was a fish-cleaner, the other a fishery worker). They were working their way to them, and a couple stray hunters took out one of the necromancers and some zombies before being overrun.
I checked back over to my fort, and the woodworker was chopping down a tree, so I had to un-designate them which I forgot to do before, and then he goes to another just off to the side. After he started to get to work he put the wall up (on the wrong side as usual) so I left him there and checked on my military.
I could not find them, so I assumed they were dead, and went back to my fort. My two guard dogs I had chained up were making short work of any corpse that got too close, but I knew that when the necromancer showed up and started resurrection they would be screwed. I then saw something at the bottom of my screen, "Ushrir Dallithzefon has become a militia commander. It took me a second to register, and that's when i noticed he was ASLEEP IN A BED.
(i didn't think to start a document until now.)
I quickly checked the units list, and the necromancer wasn't there, so I assumed the commander managed to kill him. But not before resurrecting my 3 deceased soldiers
Now, we go down to the fortress, where a bone carver went berserk and stopped everyone from getting their beloved plump helmets
People started running everywhere, someone or something stole a mail shirt (i'm guessing that was outside, where my soldiers died) and he strangled someones dog to death. He then tried attacking an infant in it's mothers arm, bruising it's arm. The baby tore his ear open and bruised his leg.
I made a gem-cutter into militia captain and sent him to kill, and he started to fuck up the bone carver.
Now there is 11 undead left, 3 of which have armor and iron weapons. My militia commander is getting pissed off, everyone underground except for five are happy, only two are unhappy, my trapped woodworker is picking berries trying to survive, I'm too scared to break down the wall lest the zombies get in, and all my livestock are scattered around the map.
I'll update with the outcome of the siege.
Now, I have never been in a seige, as my longest fort of about 20 died to a single honey badger and a small cave-in, and the rest of my forts got abandoned out of boredom. So I decided to put a quick wooden wall in front of the staircase leading to my fortress, and set my military to quickly go and take out the two necromancers (one was a fish-cleaner, the other a fishery worker). They were working their way to them, and a couple stray hunters took out one of the necromancers and some zombies before being overrun.
I checked back over to my fort, and the woodworker was chopping down a tree, so I had to un-designate them which I forgot to do before, and then he goes to another just off to the side. After he started to get to work he put the wall up (on the wrong side as usual) so I left him there and checked on my military.
I could not find them, so I assumed they were dead, and went back to my fort. My two guard dogs I had chained up were making short work of any corpse that got too close, but I knew that when the necromancer showed up and started resurrection they would be screwed. I then saw something at the bottom of my screen, "Ushrir Dallithzefon has become a militia commander. It took me a second to register, and that's when i noticed he was ASLEEP IN A BED.
(i didn't think to start a document until now.)
I quickly checked the units list, and the necromancer wasn't there, so I assumed the commander managed to kill him. But not before resurrecting my 3 deceased soldiers
Now, we go down to the fortress, where a bone carver went berserk and stopped everyone from getting their beloved plump helmets
People started running everywhere, someone or something stole a mail shirt (i'm guessing that was outside, where my soldiers died) and he strangled someones dog to death. He then tried attacking an infant in it's mothers arm, bruising it's arm. The baby tore his ear open and bruised his leg.
I made a gem-cutter into militia captain and sent him to kill, and he started to fuck up the bone carver.
Now there is 11 undead left, 3 of which have armor and iron weapons. My militia commander is getting pissed off, everyone underground except for five are happy, only two are unhappy, my trapped woodworker is picking berries trying to survive, I'm too scared to break down the wall lest the zombies get in, and all my livestock are scattered around the map.
I'll update with the outcome of the siege.