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MenacesWithSpikes

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Adventure Mode Noob: Where do I find armor/companions?
« on: May 13, 2011, 09:39:54 am »

One uninhabited fort after another.

Seriously, I can't even find one fort that's actually inhabited by a civilization.  Lots and lots of empty ones, though.  And plenty of thriving towns.  Just no forts.

Any suggestions for when you can't find an inhabited fort anywhere?
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Re: Adventure Mode Noob: Where do I find armor/companions?
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 09:47:45 am »

You could always try hiring peasants and training them up. Bandit camps work for some quick armour, or if you're a dwarf goblin ambushes.
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Re: Adventure Mode Noob: Where do I find armor/companions?
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 01:46:27 pm »

On forts: Your world history is probably too long and they've all starved as currently insufficient food gets delivered to forts.

On armor: bandits are good if your character is a human, otherwise check out some local ruins or alters and sneak around looting the bodies of dead goblins dwarves and elves.
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Re: Adventure Mode Noob: Where do I find armor/companions?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 06:29:47 pm »

This will probably tell you most of what you need to know, including the fort problem:

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Adventure_mode_quick_start

Almost everything else will be in the reference guide.