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Author Topic: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...  (Read 1040 times)

KenboCalrissian

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Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« on: October 14, 2009, 05:33:30 pm »

I seem to have accidentally atom-smashed my Duchess - and I don't mean "accident" in the figurative sense, she just happened to be standing in the wrong place when I closed up my fort for a siege.

This being my first fort, I really wanted to play around with the nobility as much as I could rather than kill them off.  So, will I ever get a replacement Duchess?  Do I need to arrange an "accident" (figurative sense) for the Duchess's bitch-boy (figurative and literal sense... tantrummy little whiner... her kids were ecstatic, you'd think he'd be happy too) before I'm considered for a replacement?
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Derakon

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Baroness...
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 05:37:52 pm »

To my knowledge, the only irreplaceable nobles are the monarch (king/queen) and the liaison. Everyone else will come back, though you'll get a second consort when the new Baron(ess) arrives.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 05:38:35 pm »

my suggestion would be to kill off all your nobles, as your duchess dying was clearly a sign from Armokk for you to ritualistically purge your blue bloods.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 05:49:14 pm »

Yes, do be sure to get rid of her consort.  When the new pair arrive, he will still be there and he will still be making demands.

I guess Derakon's reply answered a question of mine, about losing a Liaison.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 08:51:07 pm »

I sense a new challenge fort idea: 50 consorts!  Gotta please them all!
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 09:06:15 pm »

I sense a new challenge fort idea: 50 consorts!  Gotta please them all!

A veritable harem, in fact.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2009, 10:08:34 pm »

But half might be male and half might be female? Implications...
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KenboCalrissian

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 10:37:16 pm »

Considering all they do is spit out babies and demand I make more freaking battle axes...?

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2009, 08:01:56 am »

Accidentally?

Yeah, right. Like the mountainhome will believe THAT.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2009, 08:21:40 am »

I sense a new challenge fort idea: 50 consorts!  Gotta please them all!

Hehehe. Sounds like a worthy challenge. Please, be so kind to make a seperate thread for it :)
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2009, 11:35:34 am »

50 consorts of the same gender as the noble.
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KenboCalrissian

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2009, 11:51:44 am »

I won't do it with my current fort since I'm already close to my population cap (and not receiving immigrants anymore... The last wave was only 5, and that was almost two years ago, and before that was a long drought too.  I know I'm not at 200 yet, so maybe my civ is dying).  But it sounds like there's actually a lot of interest for this, so maybe I'll set up a second install and try it.

I have to get back to work, but check the stories thread later and I'll have something up for it then.

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2009, 12:01:04 pm »

Accidentally?

Yeah, right. Like the mountainhome will believe THAT.
They paid good money to have you do that to her. They need to know you guys are professionals.
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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2009, 04:40:59 pm »

I AM the Mountainhome; they'll believe what I want them to!

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Re: Ooooops, squished the Duchess...
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2009, 06:09:05 pm »

Ack, to get fifty consorts, you need to wait through fifty immigration waves. I.E., fifty years. Do you have the patience for that?
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