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[doublestrafe]

Sadly, the monster slayers didn't see it that way. They killed her, and left her corpse in the bedrooms to rot. Thanks, guys.

[Schmaven]

Started a 0.47.02 fort to see what all the fuss is about. So far the only new problem is getting the aquifer to be wet enough to support a well.

Two slayers have been slain already, due to some rather unfriendly blind cave ogres. The ogres are both named and caged now. They used up all my cage traps, though, and allowed a third blind cave ogre into my fort. And somehow, she's just no !!fun!!. Right now she's chilling in the rough sleeping quarters I carved out, wandering aimlessly through children playing make-believe and dwarves walking around her to haul beds into place. No sign of aggression, and no one seems afraid of her. Really hope it stays that way.

Maybe she saw what happened to the aggressive two and decided not to repeat what they did?

Sadly, the monster slayers didn't see it that way. They killed her, and left her corpse in the bedrooms to rot. Thanks, guys.

Oh that's just cruel.  Those monster hunters have no sympathy...

In 1 of my forts, I just unburrowed the citizens from a 1 year long magma/dragon/bronze colossus incident in a reanimating biome.  On the way up to repair the magma moat, one of the builders was attacked by the reanimated severed head of one of the more stressed dwarves.  A couple of the guard squads haven't yet re-armed with all maces, so there are more reanimating parts than usual in the halls.  It made for a good combat log report at least:

Mengilid's head bites the Dwarf in the upper body, bruising the fat through the x*pig tail cloak*x!
The Dwarf hacks Mengilid's head in the head with his <silver battle axe>, tearing apart the muscle!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
Idenetas, Woodcutter: I must withdraw!
Idenetas, Woodcutter: I was attacked by the dead.  I am not upset by this.
Idenetas, Woodcutter: I must withdraw!
Idenetas, Woodcutter: I must pray to Zefon.  I'm uneasy

I commissioned a statue and specified it to be to a hystorical figure "Zefon" to find that:

Zefon is a deity of The Perplexing Works.  Zefon most often takes the form of a male dwarf and is associated with the sun, fire, volcanos and mountains.

Now that is a dwarfy god if I ever heard of one.

[Naryar]

After a few years and one year of military training, I've started to raid enemy settlements (and kobolds because fuck 'em). First experience with raiding other settlements in DF, too. I am at war with elves too, as well as the obvious goblin hostility. I've got a dozen beak dogs from goblins, a few books, a few artifacts, some useless crap, and a bunch of giant animals from elves. Nothing extremely interesting, apart from giant wolves and giant bears, which I sadly cannot train for war. Repeated raids seem to train soldiers pretty decently, too.

I've lost... 3 dwarves ? but now that I literally send 9 lords/masters at settlements, they cannot resist me and I just curb stomp every fight. They are mediocrely armed and armored, but they do excellently in battles anyway. I've completely destroyed a local necro tower. It was fairly underwhelming.

The elves sent a small ambush squad at me. They surprised two of my weaponsmasters outside. Unsurprisingly, the weaponsmasters trashed them. Though they still seem to get fairly strong negative thoughts out of seeing enemies die ? (insert Khornate rant about lack of bloodlust in my soldiers here) I guess raids don't harden soldiers.

Oddly enough, I haven't gotten a single visitor. Apart from the usual caravans here and there. I've got a small temple, tavern, library, two guild halls now, but no visitors. Weird.

No werewolves or any sort of attack yet, other than those 5 or so elves. No forgotten beasts, surprisingly enough ?! Well, I'm at 50 dwarves and just put my popcap at 90. I expect more to come... if migrants come.

[TillyII]

I just saw my chef break the space time continuum and create a raw mussle
'roast,' while i was watching my military spar.

My Fort - Claspwish:

The Military:




"10/02/2020 09:23:00.080: The militia commander charges at the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.086: The axedwarf looks surprised by the ferocity of The militia commander's onslaught!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.088: The militia commander collides with the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.088: The axedwarf is knocked over!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.089: The axedwarf stands up.
10/02/2020 09:23:00.091: The militia commander misses the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.194: The axedwarf strikes at the militia commander but the shot is easily parried by the Ħiron battle axeĦ!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.244: The militia commander misses the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.347: The axedwarf strikes at the militia commander but the shot is deftly parried by the Ħiron battle axeĦ!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.397: The militia commander strikes at the axedwarf but the shot is blocked with the *iron shield*!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.499: The militia commander strikes at the axedwarf but the shot is blocked!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.552: The axedwarf strikes at the militia commander but the shot is deftly parried by the Ħiron battle axeĦ!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.553: The militia commander misses the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.603: The axedwarf misses the militia commander!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.655: The militia commander hacks the axedwarf in the right foot with her Ħiron battle axeĦ, lightly tapping the target!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.657: The militia commander charges at the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.660: The militia commander collides with the axedwarf!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.662: The axedwarf is knocked over!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.713: The axedwarf stands up.
10/02/2020 09:23:00.772: The militia commander strikes at the axedwarf but the shot is easily parried by the *iron battle axe*!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.777: The axedwarf misses the militia commander!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.880: The militia commander hacks the axedwarf in the upper body with her Ħiron battle axeĦ, lightly tapping the target!
10/02/2020 09:23:00.883: The axedwarf attacks the militia commander but She jumps away!
10/02/2020 09:23:01.134: The axedwarf stands up.
10/02/2020 09:23:05.901: The flying (bronze bolt) strikes the cavy sow in the lower body, tearing apart the muscle and spilling her guts!
10/02/2020 09:23:05.905: An artery has been opened by the attack!
10/02/2020 09:23:05.908: The cavy sow is propelled away by the force of the blow!
10/02/2020 09:23:05.968: The cavy sow's right front leg skids along the ground, bruising the muscle!
10/02/2020 09:23:06.069: The cavy sow slams into an obstacle!
10/02/2020 09:23:06.473: Φzum K√bukokang has created a masterpiece raw mussel roast [10]!
10/02/2020 09:23:09.031: Solon M÷rulzatthud, Hunter cancels Return Kill: Could not find path.
10/02/2020 09:23:31.206: Iden Avuzgasol, Fish Dissector has given birth to a boy.

[Superdorf]

My but that's a lot of excavation. 

[TillyII]

My but that's a lot of excavation. 

its going to be 4 levels deep with a set of tunnels leading to caverns and candy. There will also be a church for the grave yard outfront that will serve as the forts temple.

[Demonic Gophers]

The third migrant wave brought Orderpuzzles up to 40 people, with nobody exceptional among them.  Then, at the start of the next season, I got a siege.  I zoom to the announcement location and find a squad of fiends on hand - intended to be a late game enemy.  My military consisted of four people, none of whom had even started sparring yet, so this was a very unwelcome surprise.  I hastily put a dozen or so more people into squads, hoping I could at least get them all armed before the enemy arrives.

Then I unpause, and the invaders instantly leave.  No more siege sign, no trace of the enemies.  Shortest siege ever.

Oh well, at least I've got some squads organized now.  Hopefully I can get some of them trained before real trouble shows up.  The walls just became a higher priority, too.

[Urist McVoyager]

So I've started the fort of Dangerwheel, which is going to be a small military encampment of 200 dwarves with 150 of them being warriors to raid and conquer the nearby civilizations, and I've run something odd. It's probably a bug but I find it amusing enough to call it a feature. One of my guys had the dream of ruling the world. So naturally I made him the expedition leader. I'm not even done with my first Spring and I already have two hillocks linking themselves to me. In the last major version I played I could go through several years without this happening at all, so I figure this is a bug. But I'm going to play it off as those two hillocks having heard that we're going to conquer the world and deciding to hitch their stars to us.

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

[Minstrel]

While building a bridge over a major river I made a small mistake and had to designate some dwarves to remove some constructed upward staircases. I didn't pay attention and this caused a small collapse, the debris flinging 3 dwarves into the river valley below.

Now, one died almost immediately, another started treading water and the third one... was an accomplished swimmer and seemed fine. My main stairwell into the below ground fortress was nearby, so I just diverted a tunnel into the canyon wall near the hapless dwarves, hoping to rescue them in time.

It worked and both of them made it to the tunnel and fortress.

Unfortunately... I dug the tunnel below the river surface and not above it. The poor saps where now trapped in a fortress slowly filling with water. Fortunately, the miners where with them, so I managed to quickly dig up an escape route to the surface.

I started making some temporary quarters on the surface and immediately below it, while also drawing up plans to divert the water from the stairwell for long enough to build a wall or door and then start the process of draining the main fortress.

After all, wouldn't rescuing your fort like that be the best story?

But, somewhere, I made a mistake and accidentally made it... even... worse. Five more dwarves died, people got depressed and I'm throwing in the towel. Screw the old fortress. I'm digging a new stairwell around it and starting a better one below. Then I'm going back to building that bridge because I really, really like this valley.

[Urist McVoyager]

I'm in my second autumn and this is the second year in a row the outpost liaison has asked said they want to make me an official land of the kingdom. I'm assuming that's code for Barony because of those two hillocks who decided to tie themselves to me. I haven't figured out how to do anything with them yet. One's tiny and doesn't have any histfigs, and the other has about 60 people but belongs to an entirely different civ, so the game only gives me the option to raid them. I don't actually have soldiers yet, I'm just building up my fort and getting ready for mass production of gear for troops.

[TillyII]

Update on claspwish:

Cyclops topples over our long standing wagon of 6 years. Had his eye lid severed off in the fight by a dwarf swordsmaster; dies a gruesome death upon the mountain side. Dwarves? No regrets. furthermore, the dwarves encounter a goblin ambush sieging the fort and immediately go for the eyelids while hacking the first goblin they had seen to bits..

11/02/2020 07:28:10.816: Wagon toppled by A araita Nifi CΦthutha, Cyclops.
11/02/2020 07:28:39.895: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:28:39.946: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the lower body with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing the fat!
11/02/2020 07:28:39.947: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.072: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the upper body with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing the fat!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.073: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.123: A araita Nifi CΦthutha, Cyclops: Our time in The Portentous Realms is so brief...  Begone fear!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.173: The cyclops strikes at the Swordmaster but the shot is blocked!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.225: The Swordmaster stabs the cyclops in the right lower leg with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing the fat!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.226: The Ħiron short swordĦ has lodged firmly in the wound!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.276: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.326: The cyclops charges at the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.327: The cyclops collides with the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.329: The Swordmaster is knocked over and tumbles backward!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.330: The Swordmaster stands up.
11/02/2020 07:29:10.380: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.431: The Swordmaster attacks the cyclops but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.431: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.533: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the right upper arm with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing the fat!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.585: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.686: The Swordmaster stabs the cyclops in the lower body with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing the muscle and tearing the spleen!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.688: The Ħiron short swordĦ has lodged firmly in the wound!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.738: The cyclops strikes at the Swordmaster but the shot is blocked with the *iron shield*!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.790: The Swordmaster pulls on the embedded Ħiron short swordĦ.
11/02/2020 07:29:10.791: The Swordmaster gains possession of the Ħiron short swordĦ.
11/02/2020 07:29:10.844: The Swordmaster strikes the cyclops in the left upper arm with the pommel of her Ħiron short swordĦ, fracturing the bone!
11/02/2020 07:29:10.846: The force bends the left shoulder!
11/02/2020 07:30:36.612: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:30:37.065: The cyclops charges at the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:30:37.067: The Swordmaster jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:30:37.169: The Swordmaster misses the cyclops!
11/02/2020 07:30:37.674: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:30:37.926: The Swordmaster misses the cyclops!
11/02/2020 07:30:38.380: The cyclops strikes at the Swordmaster but the shot is blocked with the *iron shield*!
11/02/2020 07:30:38.684: The Swordmaster attacks the cyclops but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:30:38.937: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:30:49.767: The Swordmaster misses the cyclops!
11/02/2020 07:30:49.919: The cyclops misses the Swordmaster!
11/02/2020 07:30:50.626: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:30:51.181: A araita Nifi CΦthutha, Cyclops: I have improved my fighting.  That was satisfying.
11/02/2020 07:30:51.333: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:30:51.334: The swordsdwarf stabs the cyclops in the eyelid with her (steel short sword) and the severed part sails off in an arc!
11/02/2020 07:32:37.719: The swordsdwarf slashes the cyclops in the left lower leg with her (steel short sword), tearing apart the fat!
11/02/2020 07:32:37.723: The (steel short sword) has lodged firmly in the wound!
11/02/2020 07:32:38.176: The cyclops strikes at the swordsdwarf but the shot is blocked with the *iron shield*!
11/02/2020 07:32:38.933: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the right lower arm with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing apart the skin!
11/02/2020 07:32:39.236: The cyclops strikes at the swordsdwarf but the shot is blocked!
11/02/2020 07:32:39.693: The swordsdwarf scratches the cyclops in the right upper arm, tearing the fat and bruising the muscle!
11/02/2020 07:32:39.694: The force pulls the right shoulder!
11/02/2020 07:33:12.447: The cyclops misses the swordsdwarf!
11/02/2020 07:33:12.448: The Swordmaster misses the cyclops!
11/02/2020 07:33:13.054: Fath Thunenaban has created a masterpiece granite sh∞stsak!
11/02/2020 07:33:13.055: The swordsdwarf attacks the cyclops but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:33:13.460: The cyclops attacks the Swordmaster but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:33:18.144: The cyclops strikes at the swordsdwarf but the shot is blocked with the *iron shield*!
11/02/2020 07:33:18.196: The swordsdwarf attacks the cyclops but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:33:18.801: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the left hand with her Ħiron short swordĦ, fracturing the bone!
11/02/2020 07:33:18.803: An artery has been opened by the attack, a sensory nerve has been severed, a ligament has been torn and a tendon has been torn!
11/02/2020 07:33:18.804: The force pulls the left wrist!
11/02/2020 07:33:20.214: The cyclops attacks the swordsdwarf but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:33:20.468: The swordsdwarf attacks the cyclops but She jumps away!
11/02/2020 07:33:23.291: The cyclops misses the swordsdwarf!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.196: A araita Nifi CΦthutha, Cyclops: I've been wounded.  That's very annoying.
11/02/2020 07:35:10.398: The swordsdwarf stabs the cyclops in the upper body with her (steel short sword), tearing the muscle and tearing the right lung!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.401: The cyclops is having trouble breathing!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.754: The cyclops misses the swordsdwarf!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.755: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the right hand with her Ħiron short swordĦ, fracturing the bone!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.756: An artery has been opened by the attack, a motor nerve has been severed, a ligament has been torn and a tendon has been torn!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.757: The force twists the right wrist!
11/02/2020 07:35:10.908: The cyclops gives in to pain.
11/02/2020 07:35:11.110: The cyclops falls over.
11/02/2020 07:35:12.922: The swordsdwarf slashes the cyclops in the head with her (steel short sword), tearing apart the muscle, fracturing the skull!
11/02/2020 07:35:12.924: A tendon in the skull has been torn!
11/02/2020 07:35:12.924: The force pulls the neck!
11/02/2020 07:35:13.127: The Swordmaster slashes the cyclops in the head with her Ħiron short swordĦ, tearing apart the muscle, fracturing the skull!
11/02/2020 07:35:13.128: An artery has been opened by the attack!
11/02/2020 07:35:13.129: A tendon in the skull has been torn!
11/02/2020 07:35:13.132: The force bends the neck!
11/02/2020 07:35:15.102: The swordsdwarf slashes the cyclops in the head with her (steel short sword) and the injured part is cloven asunder!
11/02/2020 07:35:15.103: An artery has been opened by the attack!
11/02/2020 07:35:15.104: A tendon in the skull has been torn!
11/02/2020 07:36:00.165: Feb ErushnolΩth, Swordmaster: Death...  I am not upset by this.[/b][/u]

"11/02/2020 09:22:30.016: The miner bats The flying ({silver arrow}) out of the air with the (copper pick)!
11/02/2020 09:22:30.167: Φrith Umrilkad⌠l, Miner: In the midst of conflict...  I laugh in the face of death!
11/02/2020 09:22:30.219: Atu √sbugobum, Goblin Bowman: In the midst of conflict...  I am not scared!
11/02/2020 09:22:30.419: Φrith Umrilkad⌠l, Miner: I slept in the grass.  No, that's not annoying.
11/02/2020 09:22:32.322: Φrith Umrilkad⌠l, Miner: I must withdraw!
11/02/2020 09:22:36.332: The weather has cleared.
11/02/2020 09:22:36.633: Φrith Umrilkad⌠l, Miner: I must withdraw!
11/02/2020 09:24:59.684: The Axe Lord hacks the goblin bowman in the left lower leg with his *iron battle axe* and the severed part sails off in an arc!
11/02/2020 09:24:59.937: The goblin bowman falls over.
11/02/2020 09:25:58.668: Atu √sbugobum, Goblin Bowman: Gruesome wounds!  Begone fear!
11/02/2020 09:25:58.669: The goblin bowman loses hold of the ({troll fur right glove}).
11/02/2020 09:25:58.671: The Axe Lord hacks the goblin bowman in the right lower arm with his *iron battle axe* and the severed part sails off in an arc!
11/02/2020 09:25:58.926: The speardwarf stabs the goblin bowman in the neck with his *iron spear*, tearing the muscle and tearing the upper spine's nervous tissue through the XX({cave spider silk robe})XX!
11/02/2020 09:25:58.928: A tendon in the upper spine has been torn!
11/02/2020 09:26:53.380: The goblin bowman loses hold of the ({iron bow}).
11/02/2020 09:26:55.897: The goblin bowman misses the Axe Lord!
11/02/2020 09:26:55.898: The goblin bowman loses hold of the x({giant jaguar leather low boot})x.
11/02/2020 09:26:55.899: The goblin bowman loses hold of the x({sheep wool sock})x.
11/02/2020 09:26:55.950: The Axe Lord hacks the goblin bowman in the right foot with his *iron battle axe* and the severed part sails off in an arc!
11/02/2020 09:26:57.668: The speardwarf bites the goblin bowman in the left eyelid, tearing the skin through the XX({cave spider silk robe})XX!
11/02/2020 09:26:57.670: The XX({cave spider silk robe})XX is ripped to shreds!
11/02/2020 09:26:57.670: The speardwarf latches on firmly!

[Demonic Gophers]

The one-second siege at Orderpuzzles was shortly followed by three fiendish snatchers.  Fortunately, they took off at the first sign of armed opposition.  My soldiers chased down two of them, attacked them until they passed out from exhaustion, and then beat them to death, but even steel blades couldn't kill them quickly.  Fighting an army of these guys ought to be exciting, especially once I get the interactions set up for the more powerful castes' magic.

In early winter I got another siege, this time from an enemy that's actually supposed to show up early.  Several of my squads had started training properly by then, and they went through the intruders like a ☼steel battle axe☼ hitting warm cow butter.  Part of the difference was improved skill, but most of it was that hitting these guys in the face with a steel axe or sword actually kills them.

Orderpuzzles is up to four artifacts now: a bronze war hammer, a steel armor stand, and a couple of crafts.  No problems providing materials yet.  The steel production facility is in full operation; I've got coal, limestone, and two types of iron ore on site, so supplies are plentiful.  The metalworking sector will need a little more expansion to properly handle imported ore for precious metals and specialty alloys.  I've also begun construction of defensive walls on the surface.

The overly generous reservoir that will eventually supply the wells is filling faster than it evaporates... I think.  Might need to start storing up water in the inflow chamber and releasing it in bursts.

[Urist McVoyager]

I just had to send a squad to beat the outpost liaison to death because my civilians kept treating him like a wild animal. No one else was missing, so I know he wasn't a monster in disguise. No loyalty cascade so far, thankfully. It was just damn annoying seeing cancellation spam from Outpost Liaison, and watching my guys run for the stairs then back away because he was on the other side of them.

Could this be related to me turning down barony status twice?

[Robsoie]

We got a goblin poet visiting our fortress.
The dwarves kindly and politely told him evil murderous demon worshipping gobs aren't exactly welcomed