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If I send a squad out with orders to demand surrender or conquer does that squad stay there or do they come back?

Best Christmas present ever!!

So hey I initially planned on being part of this thread but then life got in the way and I forgot. Recently though I have gotten back into DF and I realized that I had a character in this thread by the name of Greatjon Umber!!!!! So I read through it and saw that my guy killed a beast and even named his weapon but he died. Any chance I can get re-dwarfed? Also, how did he die?

ame: Greatjon Umber(Lets see if any of you get the reference)

Occupation: Soldier of any type in the main squad (Preferably somebody with +85 strength but if not just give me your strongest available)

Any child must be given the last name of Umber. All Umbers join the military. The current head of the family will always have the name of Greatjon Umber. The oldest living child of the Greatjon must be called Smalljon. If the oldest living child dies it will move on to the next oldest Umber of the main line. They MUST all join the military. If the Greatjon dies the Smalljon becomes the Greatjon etc. If the Umber is not the Great or Smalljon he will be called the thirdjon, forthjon, fifthjon etc.

Heyy. Got back from summer break and this fortress looks good you can put me n the waiting list and dorf Greatjon if you have somebody with military skill with 85+ strength if not i will wait

Less quote pyramids please

Anyway, it is going to be some time before this gets started in earnest. We have housing to finish and the death pyramid, and some tombs as well. Can't have them intersecting. Gringotts (which needs a new name, by and by) will probably intersect some of the mines, though. They are quite extensive.

Anyway, minor updates here and there. The first housing complex contains 68 homes and needs only a roof. This will alleviate a lot of unhappiness. Rooms are 3x3.

What you need now is a circus master no circus is complete without one of those!

Quote from: jrrocks1 on April 13, 2016, 10:10:30 pm

Quote from: Dunamisdeos on April 13, 2016, 10:07:04 pm

The Sloppy Jester is now operational!!!

This glorious tavern has 6z worth of maniacal party-and-dining worthy space. She contains a 4-still brewery with a storage area for barrels, 13 rentable rooms, an attached 5z-tall granary, a 10x11 dance floor, and 2 levels of dining space with both a party terrace and party balcony on the 5th floor.

It even has a loft space for extra town storage.

Currently the Main Tavern Floor and the dining hall directly above (seen here with open view down to the dance floor) are all that are operational. The Party balcony has not yet been finished.

Does a jester currently work at the sloppy jester?

If Erin Quill got some cotton paper I think he'd make an origami jester for you. One with full automation and great AI*, too!

*Erin Quill accepts no responsibility for anyone dying at the hands of his cotton paper robots. Especially if they mention anything about a certain Cave.

How much alcohol will Greatjon have to give you for it? "grumbles in annoyance"

One day I will build a major construction without a major accident to accompany it. On that day I will have truly defeated dwarf fortress.

Part of the tavern roof collapsed with a miner on it, flattened a guy 4 stories down by punching through the granary, knocked out another miner and vaguely stunned a guy on the bottom floor when 2 people smashed through the roof right next to him. None of these folks were forumites.

Perhaps most importantly, two barrels of fine fruit booze were destroyed by falling beams. Perhaps even MORE importantly, construction remains on schedule and the zones for our new drunkhouse "THE SLOPPY JESTER" have been designated.

You destroyed the booze!!!!! Who let you design buildings?

Quote from: Onyx Discforge on April 13, 2016, 12:54:52 pm

Quote from: Dunamisdeos on April 13, 2016, 12:08:26 pm

Anyway, we do have a LOT OF GOLD now.

I demand super heavy gold shields (not actually sure how heavy gold is in dwarf fortress).  Can't have Onyx running for her life in the middle of a distraction, now can we?  And hopefully the idea of giving bling to the least useful human will be enough to discourage attackers, as they would think that the actual army would have "better" weapons and stuff.

Gold is flexible and relatively soft. If your shield is thick enough for it to be made of gold and still work as an actual shield, then you A. may as well have just sold the gold and gotten better metals, and B. have a problem known as NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE (as in, you will not be able to get to your death to run away from it). Also, they will likely never stop dragging on the ground, because you won't be able to lift them.

Other than that, sounds like a great idea!

Put wheels on the shield, Dwarven !SCIENCE!