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Diary of Thikut “Porkroll” Mafolustuth, Stonecarver, Militia recruit
- 1 Granite, 101:
Almost a year has passed since we struck the earth here at Roomtheaters. The comforts of the old Mountainhome, Luckclasp have almost completely faded out of memory. All which remains is the strain of one of the hardest winters I can recall. Despite that, the time has passed quickly. We have made ourselves quite busy trying to establish the settlement. Between the madness of Inod Ustuthuzol (poor bastard), the battle with the Troglodites, the constant influx of new faces, and all the work being done on the fortress, it has been hard to keep track of it all.
I have made it my New Year’s resolution to begin keeping a journal.
- 12 Granite, 101
A pair of Elven merchants from The Squashed Clearing have arrived to establish trade relations. The dwarven children, dripping with curiosity, eagerly rushed a pair of wooden bins filled with the Miners’ bounty of gemstones to the trade depot, to catch a glimpse of these strange, pointy-eared creatures. Nomal Ducimottem, the fortress Broker caught them at the last second and hissed at them to leave the wooden boxes downstairs. The Elves are known to be touchy about the use of wooden implements.
Rumors swirl around about Elven caravans bringing exotic animals to trade. Trained war elephants, tamed lions. Sadly, this group only brought a porcupine and a wolf with them. In fact, they didn’t bring much of practical value at all. To keep them happy, we bought everything that looked fermentable, along with some strange wooden puzzle boxes and toy boats for the kids. Hopefully next year they will bring a breeding pair of trained war rhinoceroses.
- 19 Granite
Dolomite has been discovered in and around the caverns. This flux stone a crucial step towards the establishment of a steel industry, and the equipment of a state-of-the-art military force. Glory to the miners!
Hopefully I will get my hands on a ☼masterful☼ steel battle axe by the year’s end.
- 2 Slate
A convoy of migrants has arrived at the fortress. 15 in total, a good number of them skilled in various trades. The riches we’ve traded to keep a couple scraps of food in our pantry must have given them the impression we’re sitting on a dragon’s hoard and living in luxury over here. Just wait until they see the living accommodations! I’ve seen bathtubs in the Human tenements which are more spacious than these fucking dorms.
Population: 38
- 14 Slate
The mood has been sombre in this place ever since we settled here. With every waking day there is little to look forward to but work. The explosion in residents has made the need for better housing more apparent than ever. So we decided to kill two birds with one stone. We will raise our spirits by founding Banikuvel Rigoth Iteb - “Hexbear, the Craft of Posts” - a new tavern. Our current block of dorms will eventually become an inn for visiting guests, while new housing for permanent residents will be built deeper into the Earth, in a more defensible position.
- 23 Slate
Alath Nebelber has given birth to a baby boy right on the floor of the new tavern.
Population: 39
- 1 Felsite
Stukos Uzolakur has become a professional Furnace Operator, by smelting the fortress’s very first batch of STEEL BARS. Craftsdwarves throughout the fortress are lining up to get their hands on this cutting edge material, but supplies remain very limited. Until supplies can be increased, it will be used only to create munitions for the militia.
- 13 Felsite
The metalsmiths have delivered us our first batch of steel swords and battle axes.
- 28 Felsite
Dodok Oddomuthir, an Armorer, has been taken by a fey mood and has immediately begun work on a strange construction.
- 5 Hematite
Dodok Oddomuthir has crafted Leshalkivish Ashok, a sleek silver high boot! She offers it to the Square Gates.
It menaces with spikes of silver.
Seriously? One boot? Not even a pair? Well, at least we have a legendary armorer now.
- 12 Malachite
Summer progresses slowly. The metalurgists and smiths continue to produce steel armaments, and we have begun training with their new shiny weapons. Progress on new dorms below the cavern layer inches along. Moods are rising somewhat, but there is still a lot of dissatisfaction among the fort.
- 20 Malachite
Construction has begun on a temple dedicated to the Demonation of Guards, a popular religious tendency among citizens of the fortress.
Dodok Oddomuthir, legendary armorer, is forging several ☼Masterpiece☼ steel mail shirts.
- 25 Malachite
10 More immigrants. Trappers, milkers, and butchers.
Population 49
- 28 Malachite
Kib Ethadedem, Leatherworker, has given birth to a boy
Population 50
- 14 Galena
After checking to make sure there were no troglodites, the doors to the cavern were opened. All of a sudden, troglodites appeared. GREAT! Time to try out this new steel battle axe.
…
Zulban Vosutnish, Performer has been found dead.
Limul Asnakuth, Child has been found dead.
- 19 Galena
Pure madness has ensued in the caverns for several days now. Thirteen troglodytes, one TROLL, and two dwarves lay dead. Another troll roams the caverns as dwarves rush to gather cave spider silk. Two human monster hunters patrols the cavern.
- 1 Limestone
Autumn is here. Recent events have proven that we are not yet capable of dealing with major threats, and we need to be careful. If it were not for the Human monster hunter, who sacrificed his life defeating the troll, we could have been in big trouble. The caverns will remain shut until we have some sparring experience under our belts.
- 3 Limestone
No one has seen Asen Rashducim, Stonecrafter, in over a week. We fear the worst.
- 11 Limestone
It turns out Utesh Holdfaith, the Human trollslayer is still alive, despite losing the ability to walk and being trapped in the cavern for weeks. He has been welcomed back into the fortress, as another Human monster slayer, Spibsa Atemodda slips through the gate to take his place. Meanwhile, a Dwarven caravan has arrived.
Expedition leader Cog Itebirid meets with the outpost liaison. Discussions remain strictly about trade. We’ll try to get some turkeys next year. They breed quickly and provide a good source of food and leather.
We purchase all the subterranean seeds we can, along with a variety of foodstuffs to prepare for the winter and keep our dwarves from going insane eating nothing but plump helmets all year.
- 14 Limestone
Fan favorite background music track “Strike the Earth” plays for the first time
- 15 Limestone
Sigun Lisidlokum has been taken by a fey mood and claimed the carpenter’s workshop!
She says she wants logs, silk, and cut gems. We have all of that shit already. Oh well.
- 14 Sandstone
Sigun Lisidlokum has begun a mysterious construction
- 19 Sandstone
Sigun cas created a legendary hazel wooden splint… neat.
- 25 Sandstone
She is now cranking out ☼Masterpiece☼ wooden beds
- 27 Sandstone
More immigrants. Population 56
- 28 Timber
Oh shit, we don’t have a craftsdwarf workshop. No wonder why those rock mugs never got made lmao.
- 6 Moonstone
After a year of on and off training, the four core members of the militia have gained enough experience to begin sparring directly with one another using edged weapons
- 22 Moonstone
Human monster slayer Spibsa Atemodda was bested in combat by a Giant Cave Bat. RIP.
- 24 Moonstone
Metalsmith Stukos Uzolakur withdraws from society. He has claimed the metalsmith’s forge. He begins working secretly.
- 28 Moonstone
He creates an artifact copper bed! He is now a legendary blacksmith.
- 9 Opal
Moses Amalastesh, Engraver, has given birth to a boy! Tholtig Likotustuth, Trapper, has given birth to a girl!
- 15 Opal
The Denomination of Guards demands a temple complex and high priest
- 28 Obsidian
Well, I never got a ☼Masterpiece☼ battle axe, but I’ll settle for this ☼Masterpiece☼ armor.
Outcomes
Though we suffered a few losses, the population has grown from 23 to 58
We now have a LEGENDARY armorer, blacksmith, and carpenter.
Steel production, while not automated, is online. I left 36 bars of steel for the next player.
The militia was culled to four members, but those members are clad in steel and capable of sparring.
The save can be downloaded from https://matapacos.dog/bearmurdered/bearmurdered102.tar.xz
Recommendations to next player
Dig deeper
Military can use expansion now that we are shitting masterpiece steel armor. I culled it initially because I prefer for dwarves to train and become attached to high quality weapons. Also a handful of of iron / copper weapons are forbidden but might prove useful in an emergency.
The only steel armor produced so far is helms and chain mail. Leg protection would be nice, and SHIELDS, which take TIME to train with (but beware, not all dwarves are strong enough to use weapons like axes effectively with one hand. Maybe just give the swordsdwarfs shields)
Fortress needs better defenses. I tried to dig in a way where partitions can be built (including above and below the new housing area), but no drawbridges gates have been built.
There is an active petition to expand the temple to a temple complex
Stockpiles are not streamlined at all
The hospital is effectively non-functional. It needs a couple chests for storage, a bucket, a source of fresh water, operating tables, and soap. Soap is more difficult to produce than you might imagine.
Choose a dwarf and give them a nickname
Just poking around looking at the children, discovered that I relate to this child.
On a more serious note, for whoever succeeds this year, pay attention to the kids. We have some infants developing antisocial urges because they’re experiencing trauma and other inconveniences, this can become a big problem if left untended.
EDIT: I would HIGHLY recommend either taking children off of chores in the labor menu, or at the very least keeping them from things like hauling refuse, burying bodies, and cleaning. We don’t want them to get formative bad memories, that’s how you end up getting ticked off all the time.
Making a bunch of crafts like toys and stuff is a good idea. I don’t remember who it was but someone was repeatedly making ☼masterful☼ stone mugs in the craft workshop. Children will pick up items like toys and figurines and carry them around, getting happy thoughts if they are well crafted.
I gotta say, I have NEVER seen these monster hunting tourists do ANYTHING useful in the past. This pair of humans were truly GOATed.
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Give me a sec to do some housekeeping and I’ll ping people.
Screens
Banikuvel Rigoth Iteb - “Hexbear - The Craft of Posts,” the fortress tavern (You are actually able to create the name “Hexbear” as a compound using dwarven grammar in the game! How crazy is that?)
Staging area built near the entrance to the cavern
“Luxury” dorms - top level
“Luxury dorms” - access level (there is a bottom level which mirrors the top)
Added a couple kanbans to the industrial level, nothing fancy
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Ilun Kinem!
Pings
@radiofreeval@hexbear.net - we wouldn’t be here without you.
People who expressed interest in taking a turn (chronologically):
@abc@hexbear.net
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
@Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net
@Doubledee@hexbear.net
@context@hexbear.net
@Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net
@CommieCretzl@hexbear.net
@Parsani@hexbear.netAmbiguous:
@ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net
@AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net
@booty@hexbear.netObservers:
@Sickos@hexbear.net
@PaulSmackage@hexbear.net
@Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net
@Owl@hexbear.net
@Awoo@hexbear.net
@Des@hexbear.net
@EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net
@Wake@hexbear.net
@starlight32@hexbear.net
@Parsani@hexbear.net
@onoira@lemmy.dbzer0.comI guess @abc@hexbear.net was first after me, followed by @ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com. First who speaks up gets to go next.
Ooh. I didn’t think we’d get to me so quickly and I’ve been cursed with a busy weekend/week!
I’ll try to download the save & make some time for it tonight and tomorrow/tuesday with a Wednesday deadline for posting (unless work is catastrophically busy), but if @ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com wants to take my place, I’m fine with being moved down the list!
Edit: I already downloaded the save and have gotten as far as Slate & am committed at this point to seeing Year 102-103 through. Expect a new thread of developments and tragedies by Wednesday at the latest, maybe sooner. (Still giving myself that deadline because I, admittedly, stopped working while on the clock to play what was supposed to be like 30 minutes tops but wound up being two hours.)
My schedule is not looking much better. Honestly, I think posting on wedgieday is a good deadline for the foreseeable future
All good - I already made some progress so I’m not gonna give it up this far in!
Alright then, I guess to make this official, abc is up, followed by Wugmeister. The order stands, however if @Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net and @Doubledee@hexbear.net don’t show up, it goes straight to context. (though ultimately abc decides in the next thread).
In the previous thread, I think we settled on a one week deadline (if it takes a couple extra days it should be fine as long as we know progress is being made). My turn started on the weekend so I got to finish it pretty quick. You have a whole week though.
I haven’t set up any public file uploader, but I can host/mirror the saves if they get sent to me.
I’m here, I just didn’t want to skip anyone so I figured I’d stay out until it was closer to my turn.
I’m still hyped
Hope everything’s alright comrade, looking forward to the report of all the FUN!
Work has been hell but the fortress has not been abandoned!! Will probably be posted later tonight or sometime tomorrow at the latest; I just need to finish out the months of Opal & Obsidian and write up the post which I’ll probably get done in the wee hours of the morning.
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please put me down as an observer.
I’ll be unavailable for a while at the end of the month, but I can go whenever else
you can put me on Observer status lol. i loved reading Boatmurdered.
maybe if we do another run with a new fort sometime i can dive in but my performance anxieeeeety
Add me to the observers ping list, please, I don’t want to miss a minute!
can i pls be added to the observer ping :) i don’t know the first thing about dwarf fortress but the threads are fun to read lol
I can take the next open turn!
If no one above you in the list claims it in 24 hours, it’s yours.
I just want to be pinged to see the progress lmao
Aw, screw it, queue me up at the end of the list if you think my turn will come some time after next weekend. I can play some dwarf fortress and refamiliarize myself with it. What version of the game are we on, does it matter?
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Gotcha. I mean I’m one of those weirdos who paid for the game years ago when it was entirely free, so that’s no problem for me cause I bought the steam version immediately, but is it possible for people to participate on the free version in any way?
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I would like to subscribe to the dwarf observers news letter.
Please add me to the observers list. This is too good to miss.
You can remove me from ambiguous, I intended to say I was interested.
you definitely commented before me on the main thread, want to take year 5?
I don’t really mind what year I get. If you’re ok with it then sure.
Not that I don’t have full faith in our glorious expedition leaders, but things might be headed towards fun at that point. So yep, go for it.
I think the biggest issue is gonna be happiness. We can pretty much indefinitely lock ourselves inside but if the earliest leaders don’t set up what’s necessary to manage happiness then we’ll have a problem.
I’ll take the 5th year
Dear gods, what have I committed to?
I might have over-did it. You don’t have to write an entire novel. :)
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Yeah I was floored at how quickly steel is rolling in. I need to download the files and take a better look around.
RadioFreeVal started me with like 60 iron bars and several discovered seams of coke! All I needed was flux. The mineral geology is very rich.
Did the disappeared dwarf ever get discovered? I didn’t catch that in the notes, but that is kinda ominous.
nope
Probably got got in the caves. Or water. Both are frequently culprits for disappeared people.
Just look for a big cloud of miasma
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those down stairs on z 34 that open up over the cavern will be a path up into the fort for flying creatures, i think
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This can be done by hitting B-N-F (build->construction->floor) and building a floor over the down-stairs. It looks like the up-stairs have already been deconstructed. Alternately, they could be channeled and grates could be placed there.
I think hatches could do the job fine too, just place them down and lock them. I frequently use hatches secure tunnels into the deep.
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well shit. lmao