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[Darkening Kaos]

     I'd like the next male migrant you get, Meph.  Shove him into the Blacksmith career and make all the stuff, for the mountain-home and for sale.
     Name him Urist McKaos.

     Thanx.

[Dorsidwarf]

Oh noo, poor Dorsi getting beaten around!

Clearly the poor soldier simply can’t fight worth a darn without the rune blade she’s named for ;p
Knight would be a cool specialisation for her but go with whatever the colony needs are when you get there

[Mephansteras]

Got a nice large update for you. Would have been up yesterday, but I couldn't connect to the forums.

Spoiler: Now, where were we? (click to show/hide)

Ah, well, that's good. Soon we can start kicking this fortress into high gear!


Um...Dorsi? When did you get out of bed? And why is that thing attacking us? I didn't see an invader notification...


Dorsi!!


Ok. Uh, everyone else, get ready to defend while it smashes the gate down. We do go through a lot of those, don't we?


I was going to wait to do this until the new tower was finished but...Mushroom, time to armor up!


I was just expecting you to fight it, but, yeah, lead it to the others. Let's kick this thing and go save Dorsi!


Beat down commencing.


Oh, Mushroom is doing the rescue? Good start, Mushroom, I approve.


Back safe and sound in bed. At least she has another soldier to help her out when she's back up and on patrol. Going from Fight to Bed to Fight wasn't working out that great.

Spoiler: New work orders (click to show/hide)

With Mushroom on patrol duty looks like our miner needs to help out with the building for a bit. Once the tower is done we should probably see about getting him his actual profession.


The Frostsnaps are blooming. Choppy! You have real work to do!


Herbalist workshop, at long last.


He did it! Choppy actually got to be an herbalist! And we have a healing tonic, which I imagine Dorsi has been asking for since becoming a soldier. Only one, but we will make a lot more once the healing herb crop is done growing. And those frostsnaps will keep blooming periodically.


Speaking of our soldiers, let's get some better equipment going. These fights are getting any easier.


Daily Report. So close! I imagine we'll have the wealth we need easily for tomorrow.

Spoiler: No rest for the weary (click to show/hide)

Work on the tower is going well. Sappho is also expanding our farms out, which will help a lot once we start getting crops from them in a few days.


Dorsi is back on her feet, and looks like the two soldiers are discussing the state of the settlement's defenses.


Man, our trapper sure is messy. Why is all that stuff just lying around out there? I'm pretty sure we have plenty of storage.


Oooh, now this is a trade I'm happy to make. Wooden swords are quick and easy to make, and we don't have the leather we'd need for bronze armor. This will help quite a bit!


Current job situation. Also, we have a lot of unhappy people in the fort right now. We really need to get a weaver so we can have more comfortable beds for everyone (plus bandages and leather and...lots of stuff). A cook would also help morale quite a bit. We need more people!

Spoiler: Nightfall (click to show/hide)

Dorsi showing off her spiffy new Iron Pike. That thing has an attack power of 20 compared to her old Stone Maul's 11. Major upgrade!


Wow, we just blew past the wealth requirement for tomorrow! Having all that new gear from the blacksmith must have helped more than I expected.


Speaking of our Blacksmith, she just unlocked the secrets of Steel! It'll be a while, still, but this opens the way for Dorsi getting a proper Knight promotion at some point.


The fields are looking good. All planted and our new crops going well. Sappho's green thumb helps a lot with speed, I've noticed.


A pet vendor. Huh. Wouldn't mind a sheep for later on, but for now those are all way too expensive to even consider.

Spoiler: A Visitor! (click to show/hide)

So here we finally get to officially choose our final Settlement Aspect. As we're going for a Fortress, the choice is pretty easy.



For Glory!


It'll take a while for us to actually get the hearth upgrade, though. Choppy needs to really level up as an herbalist, which we'll need a Weaver in order for him to even do. And beyond that we'll need more soldiers and at least one Level 3 of each type.

Choppy will also need an apprentice at some point so he can move on to a proper Battle Cleric.

Still, we now have some concrete goals to work towards.

Spoiler: Dawn (click to show/hide)

As expected, we get a new migrant today.


Welcome, Urist McKaos!


Heart of a Crafter, I see. Well, good thing you are going to be a Blacksmith, huh?


Fortunately we had a hammer already made and waiting for you. Now off to the forges like a good apprentice.

I expect our current Blacksmith will move on to being an Engineer once McKaos gets high enough level to take on all of her important duties. For now, though, he's limited to making a few bronze items and probably doing the bulk of our smelting.


And there we wrap things up for the session. The tower is nearly complete, so we need to decide what projects to focus on next.

We're in pretty good shape at the moment. Our biggest limitation is people to actually put into all the classes.

For the next session I think I will focus on getting the interior of the fortress finished up. We have more rooms to make and furnish, and we'll need to get our miner upgraded to his official Profession.

Any suggestions or requests other than that?

[Dorsidwarf]

I've never played Stonehearth, so I was real worried when I saw dorsi on the ground, ahah!

I imagine that when she's hurt bad from now on, the other guard will lock her in the tower so she cant sneak off and pick fights with the wildlife.

[Mephansteras]

Hehe. Yeah, I'm not 100% sure on how it works but I think we have a reasonable amount of time to rescue a downed person before they die. Death is very possible, though, especially if things start to go wrong and we end up with lots of people knocked out at once. At least based on what I've read.

[mightymushroom]

Yea I helped. 

Andwyn Belltower? Any relation?

[Mephansteras]

Yea I helped. 

Andwyn Belltower? Any relation?

I think you're free to decide that, since no one has claimed that character yet.

[Mephansteras]

I have an update for this, but probably won't be able to post it until tomorrow.

[Mephansteras]

Spoiler: Keep'n on keep'n on (click to show/hide)

Sappho continues to do good work for us in the farms. She just keeps getting better and better.  When we have a cook we'll want her to start planting wheat, but without a way to mill it or use the flour there isn't any point just yet.


We made some fancy tall fire braziers for the entrance tower. Just because we can.


Eh, I don't see any need for clay stuff. We have plenty of wood and stone for such things.


Oh, good! We need way more people to do all the jobs that need doing.


Wow. Those amazing stats and your goal in life is to be a regular old worker? No. Sorry, lady, but that dream is not going to last long. But you can keep it for a little while, plenty of stuff to do around here while I figure out who needs to do what jobs.

Spoiler: Please, stop (click to show/hide)

Seriously, Dorsi, please stop fighting monsters without telling me about. And you're supposed to have Mushroom with you! Where is she?

Also, that thing has a lot of health and two friends. This is not going to go well.


Yeah, not so well.


A bit late there, Mushroom. You too, Trader. Those suits of armor would have been really nice before the rock monster showed up!

But, yeah, we still want them.


Ok, Mushroom, this isn't working. Why don't you try and fall back a bit. Maybe heal.


Ouch.

Now what?

Spoiler: Well, we can't just leave them (click to show/hide)

Ok, so, what if we just have everyone try to rescue them. Maybe enough people running around will give us a chance.


Hmm...well, kinda. We moved them a few feet, but this isn't going so well. And we're taking a lot of hits trying.


Ok. Well, we have some more wooden swords. Maybe if we have some soldiers go out and fight them while other people do the rescuing?


Blacksmiths, we have lots of metal. Get working on more equipment!




Our new recruits. At least for now.


Oh, hey, someone managed to got Dorsi! Good job!


Poor Mushroom is still out there, though. Ok, soldiers, get out there and do your job!

Spoiler: Um...guys? (click to show/hide)

Choppy would really like to do some saving, but they're really menacing out there. Like...scary as all get out.

Interesting that they have no interest in breaking down the gate, though.


Where are those soldiers? This isn't working!


Um....guys? Guys? You ok? You seem a bit....stuck.


We got her! Took a while, especially with the new recruits all bugged out.

I tried giving them orders, changing their jobs back. Nothing. Their poor AIs seem to be broken.

Spoiler: Night falls (click to show/hide)

All this blacksmithing work has at least gotten Urist up to speed a bit more.


Choppy has been tending the wounded. He can do a lot more now that we have proper medicine.


Poor Dorsi. She spends a lot of time recuperating in bed.


Still out there. We're getting much trapping done for a bit. Especially since our trapper was one of the recruits.


Who are still stuck. I was hoping maybe meal or bedtime would fix their AI, bit no such luck.

Spoiler: While I admire your sense of duty... (click to show/hide)

No, Dorsi! No! And you don't even have your pike! What are you thinking??


Gave her the order to just defend the Fortress Doors. Since the rock guys aren't coming in, she should stay put.


Oh, hello, what's this? I guess rocks and undead don't like one another! That's handy! Maybe our problem will solve itself.


Hey, Mushroom is back up! Good. You two can watch them duke it out while you recover more health.

Spoiler: Something to Prove (click to show/hide)

Looks like Undead > Golems. Good to know. At least they are all beat up now.


Mushroom. Please, No. Do not go rushing out to fight the things that beat the snot out of the thing that crushed you.


Ugh. Fine. Maybe you can win. If nothing else I think undead leave or get weaker once dawn comes anyway. Dorsi, make sure you get in there too, we don't need a repeat of last time.


I am not filled with confidence, I must say.


Hey, you got one!


But there are still three of them. I think that attempt was a failure. Get back behind the fence, everyone!

Spoiler: Why didn't I think of that earlier?? (click to show/hide)

Well, so much for the 'Run Away!' plan. Time for another rescue mission.


Dorsi at least has her pike, but she doesn't have enough health to really be doing this. Maybe she'll buy enough time for someone to bring Mushroom back, though.


Well, kinda.

In good news I finally thought to save and reload the game, which got out three recruits unstuck. Help is on the way!!


Which we're going to need. Don't worry, Mushroom, we'll save you!


The cavalry arrives!

Though, honestly, I'd have preferred it if you'd picked up some better weapons.

Spoiler: We live to see another day (click to show/hide)

Sadly, no new settlers for us yet. Pity, we could really use more people. Especially since we'll need to keep a few more soldiers around. The difficulty took quite a leap!


Doris getting better and better! She can be a Knight soon, which'll be nice. At least, once we get leather for making proper armor. We really do need a weaver.


I somehow missed taking a screenshot of it, but after a nasty fight we managed to kill all the undead.

Sappho, meanwhile, has continued to work hard to feed our people. I guess a sturdy fence keeps her feeling safe enough to work despite the monsters. Commendable, really.


Final tally for the day. We're all alive, but things could be better. For one thing, about half the town is hurt and unhappy. We'll need to keep at least a few of the soldiers on duty at least until Dorsi and Mushroom have most of their health back. I think our latest settler can stay a soldier. Those stats are just too good to pass up.

I put our Trapper back to her old job so we have plenty of pelts to turn into leather later. I think Eyla will move to being our Weaver once we don't need her on soldier duty. Her Spirit is just too low to make a good soldier.

Also, our Miner seems to have lost his job. Maybe the mod needs to be updated. Oh, well, not really a problem. I want to build some walls on our flanks anyway. The fewer spots monsters can show up (and our soldiers silently run off to fight) the better.

[mightymushroom]

Yikes That was not my finest hour. How much longer until we get some proper armor? Did we even equip the bronze stuff?

[Mephansteras]

I'm not certain. I'll have to check once all of the soldiers are up and about to see who's using what.

[Dorsidwarf]

Dorsi feels like she’s a waste of space when she spends ages lying in bed recuperating, so she has to fight everything to prove herself, but she gets beaten up in the process and has to spend ages in bed recuperating. A vicious cycle of broken noses.

[Darkening Kaos]

     Can we make metal gates/fences just to make it even more difficult for the mobs to get in, or at least have it take longer?
     I guess it might be more related to how much ore we have and the types of defences we can make from it.

[Mephansteras]

Hmm, I don't recall if there are. I'll have to check.

My current plan is to put up some solid walls on both sides of us so that enemies have to go at the gateway tower to get to us at all. We'll see how that works.

[Dorsidwarf]

I’ve never played stone hearth, but is it possible to restrict your colonists to areas? If so that might help the wildlife-bashing issue with the soldiers