quick question here, regarding these settings,
[INVASION_SOLDIER_CAP:90]
[INVASION_MONSTER_CAP:45]
it seems these do not exist in premium, instead the solider cap is set up according to waves of enemies? I am unsure maybe I missed these settings. for now they remain at default.
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"Our greatest curse, our greatest blessing. All that industry kept pushing us deeper - and one day, they say we went too far. Udul Forkcanyons the Gaunt was what we wrought for all our efforts - our own devastation. The Gaunt, his hunger insatiable, drawn from hell by the miasma of our works: Swamfloor was lost, and the few lucky enough to escape the fiend's onslaught ended up either in the hillocks, too drunk and traumatized to warn anyone, or, a few of us, into the woods.""Iden Floorloves, the king out of the ashes, he lead us to a new path. We learned from the elves and their peace with nature. Their lives of luxury and relaxation. It took some time, but then we had it: The New Ways."The first year,
Del the Vegan led us to this warm-weather forest full of tropical fruits, and helped cultivate a thriving ramie plantation and subsequent cloth industry.
The second year,
Minway the Peasant worked to furnish us with large bedrooms, and defended us against many violent threats including fearsome elephants and undead sieges. Things got a little wet, for sure, and blood was spilled. But only in defense!
Now, thanks to the work of these others, the fortress can properly grow past these early stages. It is I,
Salmeuk the Ranger, who will lead these fellows into the 102 year of this world, seeking to equip ourselves against the coming threats and outsider interventions, as our adherence to The New Ways of Iden Floorloves (The King out of the Ashes, sacred he be) has provoked many neighbors into total war.
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Del, our commander of militia forces, has agreed to merge his squad with my own, and we shall be referred to as Forest Guardians, and so named we will fight for the right of life for all living creatures, and other willful spirits of nature. Our training will consist of wrestling and close combat, and later crossbow accuracy drills, should we find metal to properly equip ourselves with sharpened bolts.
First order of business? Proper fortifications and a surface enclosure. We need more cloth, and the wild animals are aggravated.
Second order is to discover the caverns and search for pasture. Should the stockade be overrun, we might need to retreat our animal companions below and feed them on the great fungal mats.
Perhaps, then, we can consider individual bedrooms, and other industries. Or we could run our own animal sanctuary, collecting and rehabilitating aggressive wildlife..
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The end of granite, the first month of spring, and
we are assaulted by two enraged animals. First, a giant moth flew right into our chambers and killed one of our pigs. This was not good, at all, and the moth was taken care of after a few enraged tavern-goers kicked it to pieces.
Second, a giant black mamba slithered into our courtyard, chasing
Estan the Carpenter through the woodpile while she screamed for her life. Then, she recalled her training, and turned to fight.
Eshtan carried an iron short sword and was strong and agile - would she prevail?
The fight was exceedingly quick, with the mamba landing numerous enveonomating bites while Eshtan fought back with kicks and punches, as her sword had become tangled in the black, coiling flesh of the giant snake. At one point she kicked out one of the creature's fangs, large as the palm of your hand, with the loose tooth sailing through the air.
Eshtan's vision blurred as the venom took effect. It was not long before her central nervous system failed, and the mamba seized her by the skull and shook her lifeless.
Kivish the Recruit arrived just in time to see Eshtan's death. The mamba now chased a stray yak towards him. Kivish raised his spear - struck home! Knocking loose the second fang of
Acridbuster the Giant Black Mamba. However, through some infuriating magical persistence, the Mamba remained able to strike, and Kivish was bitten and pumped full of venom. Kivish lost hold of the spear, yet fought on with the knowledge death was in his veins.
It was here that I,
Salmeuk the Guardian of the Forest and Protector of The New Ways, arrived on the scene. I watched as Kivish was crushed to death by the mamba, and I saw that horrid creature slither into the walled orchard to the south, where it coiled itself around a tree branch, resting and recovering.
Using my training and experience, I snuck close to the dozing snake and leapt forward off the wooden palisade, reaching up and hacking into the snake's face, destroying one of the eyes.
My copper axe struggled against the steel-muscled foe and remained lodged in the creature's skull. Calling upon all my strength, I yanked free the axe and struck again and again.
Acridbuster died, but only after many swings finally cracked the braincase. I was covered in blood and leaves and snake bits, and horrified at my own violent actions. Yet what choice did I have, with this terrible creature eating friends right before my eyes?
Walls would prevent interactions with these agitated creatures, and save us from causing harm and violence. Priority was to increase their height and prevent climbing beasts from reaching the top.
As much as Acridbuster the Snake's remains would be worth good money on the market, it was against
The New Ways to sell or profit from death. As it stands the giant snake's corpse will be preserved as an artifact to honor the god of death,
Vakun, whom a majority of the fortress worship.
A solemn end to Granite, indeed. Two dead with 11 months to go. but on the horizon - migrants! 19 new souls!
Quick, hide the bloodied corpses, we're supposed to be peaceful types.===
don't mind my ostentatious titling, it will only get worse should my pawn survive further combat
I gotta say - these animals are vicious and
varied. its like someone fed the entire captive population of the san diego zoo combat stimulants and let them loose on the streets.
I'm unsure if the ability of the mamba to inject venom despite losing both fangs is a noted bug, or if it was merely the fact that the fang was knocked loose on the same round of combat as the envenomation and thus still had the proper organ to do the biting. .
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