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- Dwarf Fortress in the grip of a hostile takeover by the Gnomes of IKEA
- Dead within 20 seconds – what a few wereelephants on the loose do to a fortress
- The end of an era! Tarn and Zach have finished the last of the crayon rewards!
- And here's a back cover to go with my previously posted boxart!
- Can anyone tell me what "The Fell" might be in this age? I can't seem to find anything in legends about it.
- Smallriver #3 — ☼ The Wall is (almost) Done ☼
- DFHack 0.47.05-r3 released
| Dwarf Fortress in the grip of a hostile takeover by the Gnomes of IKEA Posted: 04 Sep 2021 08:01 AM PDT
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| Dead within 20 seconds – what a few wereelephants on the loose do to a fortress Posted: 04 Sep 2021 03:31 AM PDT
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| The end of an era! Tarn and Zach have finished the last of the crayon rewards! Posted: 03 Sep 2021 05:47 PM PDT
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| And here's a back cover to go with my previously posted boxart! Posted: 03 Sep 2021 07:46 PM PDT | ||
| Posted: 03 Sep 2021 04:46 PM PDT
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| Smallriver #3 — ☼ The Wall is (almost) Done ☼ Posted: 04 Sep 2021 02:37 AM PDT
I haven't sent any news from Smallriver since last winter, and we're now at the beginning of the next one — winter of 76 —. The last couple of months have been pretty hectic.
We tried to focus on the finalization of the perimeter wall, letting only a few people to keep working on the mining and food industries. Things were going pretty well until a dozen giant keas came out of nowhere. For all their bird-like looks, the giant keas are actually reptilian in nature and seem to have a natural dislike for dwarves. Their monstrous cry echoed throughout the whole plain, frightening the hell out of everyone. All those who were working on the wall ran away, until our marksdwarves succeeded in killing one after shooting around a hundred bolts all over the place. The other giant keas somehow managed to evade all of their arrows and fled. Luckily, no dwarves were hurt, but we should expect them to come back at some point.
While everyone was getting back to work, three kobolds tried to infiltrate the outpost. These are very sneaky creatures, but they were noticed soon enough. One of them was hurt by the military and thankfully they all escaped before they could do any harm. I didn't know there was still an existing kobold civilization left, it's really surprising that they haven't been wiped out yet.
All these events have made me realize that the military aspect is becoming alarming. We have started training a few marksdwarves: we might be able to successfully fight against savage wildlife in a few months eventually, but there is no way we could beat more serious enemies as it is. We'll need more soldiers, more training, more weapons, but also metals since we don't have any yet. I'll make all this a priority for next year: we are now so close to finishing the wall that I'm not willing to divert any dwarven resources from it.
Indeed, the wall is almost done now, despite some dwarves who decided to retire from the job because of the giant keas attack. There are two stone layers, an archery tower in each corner, and a circular walking route around the perimeter of the wall. Surprisingly, there were no injuries during the construction, though there have been a few close calls. All that remains is to finish the southern part: we are waiting for the river to freeze solid — which should only be a matter of days — so that the dwarves can cross it and finish the job. Once done, we'll have a decent defense in case of goblin attacks or any other violent encounters, as well as a reasonably safe outpost. Kogan tells me that the defense will be weak, and that flying or swimming opponents will be able to get in. I can't say I disagree entirely, but I feel that's the best we can do for the time being.
One of the metalsmith's sons who arrived last year, aged 5, created a work of art out of rock salt stone and the bones of a recently killed giant kea. He turned these materials into a pretty nice crown. I must say that I am quite impressed by what he achieved at such a young age. On the crown is depicted Mon Mellowpassion, a female human abducted in the year 38 by the lumbering troll Ura, who then turned her into a lumbering troll herself. It's a pretty well-known story among our people. The crown is rather heavy, and I'm not sure about its practical worth, but it's nice to look at. This artefact caused quite a bit of excitement in the community, and it is certainly our most elegant piece of dwarven craftsmanship so far, so I decided to place it into the temple, where people can admire it all year round.
There is one last occurrence I want to record here: a huge wave of new migrants arrived a few weeks ago. There were so many of them that I didn't have time to greet them all. I immediately had a number of new beds built for the new arrivals, then I asked them to help the others finish the wall. As soon as things have settled down, I hope to spend some time with them, get to know them better and give them suitable jobs.
Our current population is now about forty-nine dwarves, up from the usual fifteen that we had a few months ago. Something about this small outpost just feels permanent now, like we will all be here for a long time to come. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Sep 2021 12:19 PM PDT Download here: https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases/tag/0.47.05-r3 Release notes:
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