Let's Play Dwarf Fortress: Syndrome Conundrum
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Th crop industry is incredibly small compared to the meat industry. The majority of food in Reveredtour takes the form of prepared meals, which are mostly made out of various types of meat such as elk bird liver and buck maggot heart. The farms are only kept up because I need them for booze. They couldn't sustain the entire fortress over any period of time. I could potentially scavenge food from the caverns, but that's risky, unreliable, and bound to result in even more idiotic death when a forgotten beast shows up.sharpshot said:
You don't need mods to play Dwarf Fortress. I don't actually use any mods made by other people. The only reason I mod in my own stuff is because I find it entertaining in a weird way. But the game is just fine without mods.DracheX said:
But if you are looking for mods, this [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=13.0] would be the best place to find them.
If you guys think this is bad, you should have seen Townbrush.txt...
Didn't you end up quarantining your quarantine area, Kraken?
Didn't you end up quarantining your quarantine area, Kraken?
Yes. If you want to know why every forgotten beast freaks me out, read the end of that. A syndrome from a long dead forgotten beast suddenly activated and started killing everyone.General-Veok said:
I tend to hide myself underground so I can close off the entire fort from archers for percisely this reason. Then I build an enclosed area on top and add a roof.
My own fort is slowly collapsing due to a blood or extract plague. I might end up having to abandon at some point.
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but you don't need to feed your entire fortress off of a small farm plot, you just need to keep them from starving to death until you bring in a harvest from a larger farm.
Get down there and start turning every possible square into a farm plot! Its better then just dieing. This is Dwarf Fortress! Losing is Fun, but Surrender makes you an ELF!
Get down there and start turning every possible square into a farm plot! Its better then just dieing. This is Dwarf Fortress! Losing is Fun, but Surrender makes you an ELF!
This might actually be your best bet. To make sure everyone gets in side safety draft them into the military so you have direct control over them. Then issue a move order. Undraft them and get to work. Not sure how your supposed to keep them from going outside and getting killed once they do. Unless you have a way to seal up the entrance. Also if you set all the items on the dead dwarves outside to forbid it should prevent people from going out and getting killed looting stuff.sharpshot said:
If you decide just to bum rush the goblins see if you can make some rock swords. They aren't great but it's better than fighting with your bare hands.
Chapter 60: From the journal of Goden Ducimtathtak
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5th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
This is one of the worst situations imaginable. About half the fort has been injured in some way, and everyone is just crawling around trying to get help. Furthermore-
Ugh....I thought only the gods plagues could make you vomit this much. Good thing the well is located in the food stockpile, otherwise myself and the other dwarves would surely have been dehydrated by now.
I'm still not sure what to do. Any order I give is being ignored because everybody is to hurt or terrified to do anything right at the moment.
6th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Oh thank the gods, the goblin crossbowmen appear to have run out of bolts. This means they are no longer capable of shooting at the dwarves from below. I can end the lockdown. However, most dwarves are still too terrified by the mere sight of the goblins to do any work. Still, it's better than staying locked up.
9th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
So when we built the hospital we didn't exactly plan for such a large number of patients. It's not something we can fix at the moment either since any attempts to build while the goblins camp out on the shoreline fail. Fortunately our most skilled doctor, Rowan, was not injured during the attack so he can tend to all these patients.
...of course, he would pick now to go on break. He had to step over wounded dwarves to reach the meeting hall, and he still considers this a good time to go on break.
12th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
In order to ensure that patients do not starve to death, I've reassigned some haulers to exclusively tend to the patient's needs. Of course I'm not letting them preform any medical procedures, because even if I a constantly vomiting, I'd rather keep this bolt lodged in my chest than let a dabbling surgeon take a look at it.
16th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
The goblins are still sitting on the shorelines occasionally chucking a rock at a passing dwarf. Though they know that we will not risk letting them back in they continue to stay, most likely because they are aware that their mere presence is disrupting Reveredtour. This was a victory for them, as much as I hate to admit. Though they lost soldiers, they've done an enormous amount of damage to Reveredtour. And their attacks won't stop here either. No, they will continue to beat upon us until there is nothing left but of Reveredtour but crumbling ruins. I can't allow that to happen. As soon as they leave, I shall begin preparations to combat their inevitable return.
17th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Wolfe, you are a piece of crap. Not only did you fail to properly operate the lever, but as soon as I assign you another critical task, you decide to go on break. The dwarves here have horrible work ethic. You'd think horrible death being just a few yards away would be enough motivation for someone to move their break back a few weeks.
19th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
We are quite fortunate that Yara no longer appears to be interested in Reveredtour, and is instead content to merely roam through the local areas of the abyss. Perhaps he has proclaimed them to be his new hunting grounds. Regardless, so long as he does not attack us I see no reason to attack him at the moment. The abyss contains some valuable resources, but none that would help us in our current situation. Barring of course the holy metal...but that is strictly forbidden.
20th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Finally, the goblins are retreating. They must have run out of supplies, otherwise they would have no doubt maintained their position. They shall return though, and with greater numbers. I don't know how long it will be until that happens, but we must start preparing immediately
Unfortunately, I found out that Zuntir bleed out today. As one the original founders and a long term friend I am sad to see him pass away, but there is no time for grieving at the moment. We must stay focused on building our defense otherwise more dwarves will meet the same fate.
21st Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Dammit, Solon was found dead in one of the beds this morning. Her wounds were worse than anyone realized. With so many dwarfs requiring medical attention, the ones with life threatening injuries are going unnoticed. There's little I can do about this either but hope for the best. At the very least the chances of other dwarves dying goes down when one dwarf passes away. That's one less dwarf to distract a doctor who is actually working at the moment.
27th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Okay, we have serious problem. Well, to be more specific we have another serious problem. One I didn't see coming. It seems that during the course of the invasion, all of Momuz's pet octopre were killed by the goblins. This might seem like a minor issue, but it has resulted in Momuz becoming incredibly upset.
And soldiers don't tend to handle stress well...
I've advised all dwarves to stay away from him until he regains his senses. He hasn't done anything yet, but even the most innocent of actions could send him into an uncontrollable rage. Fortunately, there is nothing the military needs to attend to at the moment.
...fuck.
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5th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
This is one of the worst situations imaginable. About half the fort has been injured in some way, and everyone is just crawling around trying to get help. Furthermore-
Ugh....I thought only the gods plagues could make you vomit this much. Good thing the well is located in the food stockpile, otherwise myself and the other dwarves would surely have been dehydrated by now.
I'm still not sure what to do. Any order I give is being ignored because everybody is to hurt or terrified to do anything right at the moment.
6th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Oh thank the gods, the goblin crossbowmen appear to have run out of bolts. This means they are no longer capable of shooting at the dwarves from below. I can end the lockdown. However, most dwarves are still too terrified by the mere sight of the goblins to do any work. Still, it's better than staying locked up.
9th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
So when we built the hospital we didn't exactly plan for such a large number of patients. It's not something we can fix at the moment either since any attempts to build while the goblins camp out on the shoreline fail. Fortunately our most skilled doctor, Rowan, was not injured during the attack so he can tend to all these patients.
...of course, he would pick now to go on break. He had to step over wounded dwarves to reach the meeting hall, and he still considers this a good time to go on break.
12th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
In order to ensure that patients do not starve to death, I've reassigned some haulers to exclusively tend to the patient's needs. Of course I'm not letting them preform any medical procedures, because even if I a constantly vomiting, I'd rather keep this bolt lodged in my chest than let a dabbling surgeon take a look at it.
16th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
The goblins are still sitting on the shorelines occasionally chucking a rock at a passing dwarf. Though they know that we will not risk letting them back in they continue to stay, most likely because they are aware that their mere presence is disrupting Reveredtour. This was a victory for them, as much as I hate to admit. Though they lost soldiers, they've done an enormous amount of damage to Reveredtour. And their attacks won't stop here either. No, they will continue to beat upon us until there is nothing left but of Reveredtour but crumbling ruins. I can't allow that to happen. As soon as they leave, I shall begin preparations to combat their inevitable return.
17th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Wolfe, you are a piece of crap. Not only did you fail to properly operate the lever, but as soon as I assign you another critical task, you decide to go on break. The dwarves here have horrible work ethic. You'd think horrible death being just a few yards away would be enough motivation for someone to move their break back a few weeks.
19th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
We are quite fortunate that Yara no longer appears to be interested in Reveredtour, and is instead content to merely roam through the local areas of the abyss. Perhaps he has proclaimed them to be his new hunting grounds. Regardless, so long as he does not attack us I see no reason to attack him at the moment. The abyss contains some valuable resources, but none that would help us in our current situation. Barring of course the holy metal...but that is strictly forbidden.
20th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Finally, the goblins are retreating. They must have run out of supplies, otherwise they would have no doubt maintained their position. They shall return though, and with greater numbers. I don't know how long it will be until that happens, but we must start preparing immediately
Unfortunately, I found out that Zuntir bleed out today. As one the original founders and a long term friend I am sad to see him pass away, but there is no time for grieving at the moment. We must stay focused on building our defense otherwise more dwarves will meet the same fate.
21st Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Dammit, Solon was found dead in one of the beds this morning. Her wounds were worse than anyone realized. With so many dwarfs requiring medical attention, the ones with life threatening injuries are going unnoticed. There's little I can do about this either but hope for the best. At the very least the chances of other dwarves dying goes down when one dwarf passes away. That's one less dwarf to distract a doctor who is actually working at the moment.
27th Galena, 1055, Late Summer
Okay, we have serious problem. Well, to be more specific we have another serious problem. One I didn't see coming. It seems that during the course of the invasion, all of Momuz's pet octopre were killed by the goblins. This might seem like a minor issue, but it has resulted in Momuz becoming incredibly upset.
And soldiers don't tend to handle stress well...
I've advised all dwarves to stay away from him until he regains his senses. He hasn't done anything yet, but even the most innocent of actions could send him into an uncontrollable rage. Fortunately, there is nothing the military needs to attend to at the moment.
...fuck.
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