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[Ktalyx]

When I abandon my fortress, aren't the dwarves supposed to die? When I visit my old fortress they are still there.

[Nighthawk]

I also have a question!

I know that animals can be trained in Dwarf Fortress mode, but what about Adventure? Is there some way to befriend a wild animal, or some place to purchase one as a pet? If not, that should really be added as a feature....

[vipre01]

I also have a question!

I know that animals can be trained in Dwarf Fortress mode, but what about Adventure? Is there some way to befriend a wild animal, or some place to purchase one as a pet? If not, that should really be added as a feature....

Simple answer, no, but supposedly there's a plan to implement mounts and livestock for your adventurer's "camp."

[dpg]

edit: the last 2 hours I was building up a new human, let him wrestle his way up to legendary, tried a few things to raise weaponskill, bought some nice stuff... then thought that swimming would build up agility nicley... then the fucking pool froze. At least I found a couple ways to improve..

Question: What am I doing wrong?
I recently started playing Adventure Mode. The latest release of the Lazy noob pack.
At first I started as hero, spent my points in str/agi/endu/toughness/a little in spatial/misc (I tuned down all the irrelevant skills such as musician, linguistics, etc)
For skills I chose swordsman/armor/shield/dodger/fighter/swimmer

Pretty straight forward.

The adventure started out fine, I did a couple quests, hired a couple mercs and set off into the distance.
I then got brutally murdered by a goblin crossbow man I didn't even see on screen. His bolt ripped through me, stunning me and then finishing me off.

I tried the same skills with exactly the same outcome. 4 - 6 quests, then sudden death after beeing unable to hit some Sahdowmonster for a couple turns.

I then tried demigod, invested the points in a similar matter and was, once again, this time a little later in game, slaughtered by a shadowmonster with a copper dirk. One turn I'm fine, next turn I'm in pain, bleeding, next turn I'm dead.


I know dying is a part of this game and I have no objections to this. Bus this seems kinda weird. Even in easymode (dmigod) with a sword (even more easy).

I noticed that I had big problems with hitting an enemy, most of them dodged, even on ground. I also noticed at some point that I hada shitload of crap in my hands. Does this have a negative effect on fighting (I promptly "p"ut them in my backpack)? I wasn't overloaded though and wore pretty decent gear in mostly all of my games until now. (at least I wore everything I found and didn't drop any vital armor piece)

So... am I missing something? Should I consider doing only certain quests from certain sources (fort/town/... if it even matters?), should I hunt wildlife or raise my skills in any other way?

As far as the basics go, I read the wiki articles, I am allways doing aimed attacks wich are easy/square or are marked as opportunistic (I think those are the, at least in LNP, attacks marked with a light blue exclamation mark).

cheers x

[sirquote]

edit: the last 2 hours I was building up a new human, let him wrestle his way up to legendary, tried a few things to raise weaponskill, bought some nice stuff... then thought that swimming would build up agility nicley... then the fucking pool froze. At least I found a couple ways to improve..

Question: What am I doing wrong?
I recently started playing Adventure Mode. The latest release of the Lazy noob pack.
At first I started as hero, spent my points in str/agi/endu/toughness/a little in spatial/misc (I tuned down all the irrelevant skills such as musician, linguistics, etc)
For skills I chose swordsman/armor/shield/dodger/fighter/swimmer

Pretty straight forward.

The adventure started out fine, I did a couple quests, hired a couple mercs and set off into the distance.
I then got brutally murdered by a goblin crossbow man I didn't even see on screen. His bolt ripped through me, stunning me and then finishing me off.

I tried the same skills with exactly the same outcome. 4 - 6 quests, then sudden death after beeing unable to hit some Sahdowmonster for a couple turns.

I then tried demigod, invested the points in a similar matter and was, once again, this time a little later in game, slaughtered by a shadowmonster with a copper dirk. One turn I'm fine, next turn I'm in pain, bleeding, next turn I'm dead.


I know dying is a part of this game and I have no objections to this. Bus this seems kinda weird. Even in easymode (dmigod) with a sword (even more easy).

I noticed that I had big problems with hitting an enemy, most of them dodged, even on ground. I also noticed at some point that I hada shitload of crap in my hands. Does this have a negative effect on fighting (I promptly "p"ut them in my backpack)? I wasn't overloaded though and wore pretty decent gear in mostly all of my games until now. (at least I wore everything I found and didn't drop any vital armor piece)

So... am I missing something? Should I consider doing only certain quests from certain sources (fort/town/... if it even matters?), should I hunt wildlife or raise my skills in any other way?

As far as the basics go, I read the wiki articles, I am allways doing aimed attacks wich are easy/square or are marked as opportunistic (I think those are the, at least in LNP, attacks marked with a light blue exclamation mark).

cheers x

No one can escape death, that's what makes this game unique. 

Its really about playing to find out how you die.  Truly

[Knigel]

He's right. You're not doing anything "wrong", it's just how the game goes, though it might be wise to use sneaking to avoid being killed from off-screen. Also, just because someone isn't on your current screen doesn't necessarily mean they're not in you character's view: try [l]ooking around, varying the z-level and checking what might not fit on one screen (in broad daylight the ends of your view often end up off-screen).

[shlorf]

What's a good way to end a fort that i mainly made to produce high quality steel and adamantine equip for my dorf adventurer?

[MythagoWoods]

What's a good way to start out skill/stat wise for a Peasent?  While I know Hero/Demigod make it easier... this is Dorf Fortress and I like starting as a Peasent!

I typically start with points into Agility, Strength, and Toughness and skills I put points in Ambush, Fighter, Armor user, Shield User, Swimmer, and some kind of weapon (usually sword).  However with this set-up I manage to find new and interesting ways to get killed on my way to my first quest, usually in the way of a wolf or swarms of Boogiemen.  I even keep the wiki up for reference and ideas and I still find new and interesting ways to die. :\

[Nighthawk]

Okay... I know you can tan hides with a scraper, which I assume is made with those rocks via knapping skill, but I can't find a rock! I find plenty of pebbles lying around, but those apparently don't work. I'mm wondering if those "small blunt rocks" exist at all. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[minno]

Okay... I know you can tan hides with a scraper, which I assume is made with those rocks via knapping skill, but I can't find a rock! I find plenty of pebbles lying around, but those apparently don't work. I'mm wondering if those "small blunt rocks" exist at all. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

If you see something on the ground like "__ pebbles", then when you [g]et it from the ground it will be a "small __ rock".  Also, I assume you're using a mod, since it's impossible to tan hides or make scrapers in unmodded DF.

[The Strangla]

What's a good way to start out skill/stat wise for a Peasent?  While I know Hero/Demigod make it easier... this is Dorf Fortress and I like starting as a Peasent!

I typically start with points into Agility, Strength, and Toughness and skills I put points in Ambush, Fighter, Armor user, Shield User, Swimmer, and some kind of weapon (usually sword).  However with this set-up I manage to find new and interesting ways to get killed on my way to my first quest, usually in the way of a wolf or swarms of Boogiemen.  I even keep the wiki up for reference and ideas and I still find new and interesting ways to die. :\

Hiya, Here is my startup approach in peasant mode. 0.31.18.   

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stats: I drop everything to Very Low except str, agil, toughness, endurance, recup.  I drop focus to Below avg.  I think this gives 55 points to spend in total.  Agil to Superior and then share remainder out amongst the remainder.

Skills: I dump my skills into a single offensive skill.  Basically, I do not buy this swimming skill thing.  My adventurers generally die via a hammer to the head, a drowning here or there (for the most part avoidable) is not worth the skill for a peasant.  I generally will put my skill into a single sharp weapon, axe or sword.

Combat: The idea behind spending all skill points into a single offensive skill is basically that if you are going into a combat as a peasant expecting to survive many rounds you are likely to already be dead.  I would say the average peasant has approx 5 rounds to seriously dent an opponent and the amount of skill points you have to start out just wont buy you a life saving defense.  Ie. my approach is a good offense is the best defense.

When in combat, try to avoid undirected attacks.  Use 'A' instead of walking into your opponent.  Look at your opponent first and look for an easy or easier target on a weapon hand.  If the strength of the attack is too low, or the weapon limb is too hard to hit, retreat and look for a better attack in the next round.  The approach is basically to dis-arm your opponent first.  An alternate approach would be to dis-leg your opponent.  I personally lean towards cutting arms off first as any armed opponent still has a chance to do some mutilating damage.  Although dearmed opponents can still damage you, i.e. bites / kicks etc the pressure is off a little.

Movement / quick travel: Basically, be patient.  If there is a town that you can reach by nightfall, go to it rather than your target campsite.  If you do get caught out at night, with a high enough speed, and in the absence of rivers between you and nearast town, it can be possible to outrun the bogies.

Optional skill buffing tactic^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hexploit?  Once you've cut an opponents arms off or otherwise disabled limbs use A to put some wrestling moves onto them. Grab the throat and place a strangle hold onto your opponent.  You do not need to spend any points on wrestling.  Make sure you have disarmed your opponent before trying to strangle.  Once you have placed the strangle you can walk into your opponent to repeat the strangle hold, eventually they will die from suffocation and you will have practiced your fighting and wrestling skills in the meantime.  It relatively quickly increases willpower and str also.  If there are lots of opponents around and you have strangled an opponent you can either let them be for a bit or hit them with a killing blow to avoid embarrassment later.

[Knigel]

Okay... I know you can tan hides with a scraper, which I assume is made with those rocks via knapping skill, but I can't find a rock! I find plenty of pebbles lying around, but those apparently don't work. I'mm wondering if those "small blunt rocks" exist at all. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Do you have an unsharpened rock in each hand?

[Nighthawk]

Aha!

That was it. I just needed a rock in each hand. Thanks for the tip, Knigel. Now Urist McKnapper will have no trouble tanning hides.



And I have ANOTHER question. Sorry to seem like an ass asking all of these, but I need an answer to this one.
If you're playing as a dwarf, is there an specific way to activate martial trance? I've done it a few times, but it happened automatically. Is there any requirement you need in order to activate it?

[minno]

If you're playing as a dwarf, is there an specific way to activate martial trance? I've done it a few times, but it happened automatically. Is there any requirement you need in order to activate it?

I think you need to have a lot of enemies near you, and you may need to be surrounded.  I'm not sure exactly what the cutoff for "a lot of enemies" is, but I think the lower limit is 3-4.

[Nighthawk]

It's actually a really cool feature, being able to destroy large groups of enemies when you're in trouble. One of the many perks of being a dwarf, eh? Thanks for the quick answer.