LET´S PLAY DWARF FORTRESS
We´re in the world of Usnuspbuzong, an old world created 1150 years ago. All races have grown and expanded all over the land, and destroyed most of the mythical creatures of the world. Vampires, and most other monsters that have tormented the sentient races, are now a nightmare of the past.
But not all are dead. 11 dragons were created with the world, and ever since they´ve destroyed cities and killed any hero who dared face them. Two of them were slain long ago, while young. The other nine have lived, and they became full fledged adults more than a century ago.
On this world there are also two bastions of evil. Two dark fortresses filled with goblins, their monstrous allies and some men, dwarves and elves of bad heart. These fortresses hold some prisoners, and are led by a demon each. The last two major demons on the world.
Defeating the dragons will take a strong warrior, a band of armed men, and a lot of balls.
Defeating the demons will take whole armies, which we won´t raise as an adventurer. We´ll need a stealthy hero able to sneak past thousands of goblins and trolls, yet still strong enough to face a demon.
These are our challenges in this world (locations marked with little red squares next to names):
1-defeating the dragons
2-defeating the demons
3-saving the prisoners in the dark fortresses
Files for the legends viewer, for cartographers:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/iw146x1t4t3es3b/Dwarf_Fortress_0.40.23.7z
It´s been long, very long since the last threads, but there´s more to come. Not many marathons, thought.
https://twitter.com/uristmcop
Some of the biggest updates are the climbing ability (handy as fuck), jumping (also handy as fuck, specially combined with climbing), advanced stealth mechanics taking smell, sound and cones of vision into account, and a completely revamped combat system that allows to recreate a Jackie Chan movie. Party controls are also improved and you can handle companion´s inventory and give some orders.
On top of that and as the biggest thing: THE WORLD IS NOW ALIVE. Everything happens and keeps happening during play: wars begin and end, armies roam the land, camp and attack cities, people rebel against enemy occupation, kings hold councils to decide the destiny of kingdoms, etc.
Crossbows have also been nerfed, so an untrained kobold with one won´t look like a machine gun anymore, and wood/bone tip armor is way less effective against armor.
In this world in particular, there´s no vampires. No werewolves either. That means that the only way to become stronger than normal or achieve immortality is to become a necromancer.
CHARACTER CREATION TIME
-From where in the world do we start (in general)?
-What´s our challenge?
-Human, elf or dwarf?
>>280994179
Southwest
Defeat a demon and take over his fortress in the name of beard
DORF
I seriously do not know how to play this game for the life of me, but I really want to because a lot of my friends do but they're assholes and will not teach me how. Does anyone have a beginners guide or something?
>>280994580
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Quickstart_guide
>>280993472
It's really nice to see you, OP. I was in almost every thread when you did this last.
Had an adventure save where a dragon was the only notable thing in the world. Accidentally stumbled upon it 20 minutes in, and killed it by hurling a dagger at it's face. Then a goblin killed me with an arrow not two minutes later.
>>280994580
Youtube and the Wiki are your best friends.
>>280994580
This taught me how to play. It's not as hard as people make out, it's just got a lot to it.
>>280994769
forgot my image
>>280994382
Done.
Next step, skills. We´ll need:
-stealth, because no way we´re fighting our way through 10.000 goblins
-one weapon skill (two if ranged - we need a close up weapon)
>>280994580
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page
There´s two quickstart guides, the one for fortress mode and the one for adventure (what we´ll play here). Check out the thread in /vg/ too, it´s a very friendly community as long as you bother to check the wiki before asking something
>>280994769
Pleasure to read of old adventurers. Those threads were pretty fun, I still have all the images saved.
How old was that dragon? Young dragons are easy game. But here they´re adults
>>280994832
That book is pretty much outdated though, the wiki is enough to get started.
Does Therapist work with the latest version yet?
>>280995017
Yes, check the posts in the forum thread for the 40.24 compatible version.
>>280995009
Yeah, the book is just the wiki put in order
>>280995017
Not sure. Haven´t played fortress in some time, it´s so time consuming.
Most other applications are updated, though, so most likely
>>280994832
wouldn't that be dreadfully out of date now?
>>280994887
Full hammerdwarf. And I imagine it was pretty young, I rarely let my worlds generate too long
>>280995107
Thanks, you're awesome.
>>280994887
Lots of points into ambush, dodge, striker and kicker. We'll be the Divine Fist.
>>280995148
Dragons take 1.000 years to become adults. Still, they´re mostly crystal cannons
I´m not sure a hammer is the best weapon for stealthing around. It takes awfully long to kill somebody, and we need quick action if we´re gonna sneak through so fucking many enemies.
I´d recommend something cutting for quick beheading or spears to fuck up organs, but let´s see how it goes.
About other skills: do we go full stealth tank, or sacrifice points in combat in exchange of being able to climb properly and jump far away?
Knapping.
>>280995441
full tank. Moving is for people who can't fight.
>>280994685
>>280994769
>>280994832
>>280994887
Thanks Anons, I appreciate it. Have an image.
>>280995378
>>280994887
Recreate Jackie Chan, goddammit!
>>280995553
Have you entered goblin fortress before? They´re fucking ravines all over
>>280995623
Next character we go full kung fu
>>280995441
STEALTH MARTIAN ARTS CHAMPION
I PROPOSE WE CREATE DWARVEN KENSHIRO.
>>280995770
Hm well, which Martian arts are we talking about? Watercolours? Sculpture?
Next character will be full martial arts.
For now we going in hammerdorf.
Here is the character, with some min maxing because this gonna be hard.
Name?
>>280996018
> no fist of the north star; dwarf fortress edition.
You dun goofed.
>>280996018
Megacock
>>280996018
Christofurious the Beard
>>280996059
Next one, next one. It´s my first run in some time and I´ve never gone too weaponless. Let´s do a test run. Next we can try to go fight a dragon in full Fist of the North Star mode
>>280996018
Hammerdone
>>280996018
>hammerdwarf
>shield
You dun goof'd m8.
Hammers are 2handed
Our inventory
>>280996329
No they aren´t. And if they are, they can be wielded with hammer no problem
Hell, you can even wield a spear, a shield and a crutch in the same hand
>>280996407
With the power of the bismuth waifu, we will clobber evil.
>>280996407
Yes they are. Maces are onehanded.
And you can't do that anymore in 40.xx
Also, we´re a manly female dorf. I always forget the icon shows what you change to when pressing the button, not what you currently are
>>280996567
I insist.
What do we do? Should we try some mission first and hunt down some food, as a warm up, or head up straight to the goblin fort?
>>280996718
Head North [x].
>>280996718
Wouldn't hurt to warm up
>>280996718
Go outside and see what's up.
>>280996807
>>280996825
Our location is the X. The fortress is somewhere in the circle. Pretty close up.
If anybody knows how to use the legend viewer, feel free to get the files from first post and take a look around. It´s always nice to have somebody finding the interesting shit around as we go
>>280996825
Are we using namefag now?
>>280996974
I vote we should move closer to the tower near the beginning of day 2, but the moment we see anything EVIL we run like fuck.
Day 1 we should be procuring additional foodstuffs and/or better equipment.
>>280997036
I left mine on from a /tg/ thread.
Sure, why not though?
I've never really had a problem with namefags. Anonymous is nice and all but sometimes I'd like to keep track of a conversation.
>>280997036
Why not
OK, turn of events. We appeared in a fort, and they´re fucking mazes, so I tried to quick travel outside. I accidentally found a deep underground road leading somewhere from the fortress.
Should we follow it, or try to reach the surface? and go on with our plan?
>>280997263
Travel underground til on half food reserves then leave.
>>280993472
>using a decent tileset
>using a pleasant color scheme
>good world choice, good goal choice
You da best, OP. Was looking forward to this.
>>280997193
Ah, I see I find myself in the company of an elegan/tg/entleman, I presume.
>>280997193
If we're doing namefagging, sure thing.
>>280997263
Follow the road.
>>280997437
We follow the underground road.
It´s a pretty boring road, just a straight path (with a lot of turns) dug straight through the rock, sometimes passing through an underground lake.
After some walking, we arrive at another dwarven fort.
I think that´s all we´re going to find if we keep going. Try to find exist from this one up?
>>280997542I just picked Ironhand in the LNP, but thanks
>>280997701
See if any of the dwarves have anything worth trading.
>>280997701
Is there a reasonable possibility for loot to be further ahead?
I've no experience with DF but it looks interesting as fuark.
>>280993472
Welcome back OP.
>>280997701
Yeah go to the surface.
>>280997701
>>280997779
Hm, well we DO need better stuff, but we don't really have anything to trade yet do we?
>>280997941
Nothing stopping us from having a look at what items are available. Afterwards we can go burninate the countryside for loot.
>>280997701
>I just picked Ironhand in the LNP, but thanks
I actually didn't notice you used Ironhand, I thought you were using the one from the OP map screenshot (looks like default). I take my previous statement back in that case.
Not that I care though, keep going.
>>280997779
Even if they do, we don´t have anything to pay with.
>>280997842
There may be a big ass expansive underground cavern connected to the road somewhere, but for now it seems to be artificial connections between underground forts
>>280997857
>>280997941
Yep. The surface is our best bet. Let´s see if we can exit
It seems the fortress is built inside this cavern. Or maybe further down the road.
Should we venture into the cavern?
We also seem to have travelled quite a lot. ÇWe´re already close to goblin land
It seems like you have to be extremely autistic to play this game.
>>280998227
> venture into the cavern
FUCK NO. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS PLACE RIGHT NOW.
>>280998227
Sure, let's check out the cavern.
>>280998227
Look for a way out. Goblin mobs might be a bit much at this point.
Does going under a bridge, starting to drown, and going out really fast still cheese your stats to massive levels?
Those dogs are tamed. We advance a little more, as there seems to be some noise, and OH FUCK
CAVE TROGLODITES ARE ATTACKING OUR BRETHREN ANIMALS
WHAT DO WE DO?
>>280998259
Looks like, but actually it hurts autistic people. Too chaotic.
You just need a little patience with the controls and getting used to the graphics.
>>280998515
[x]Kill troglodyte
>>280998515
Rush to the aid of our four-legged friends! Those Trogs shall know the fury of our hammer!
Try to get out of the underground through the quick travel screen (keep trying to ascent in dwarven fortresses)
>>280998515
Can we take em? If doge is domesticated, find it's owner.
>>280998515
Dude no, we need to stay the fuck away from this place.
It's only a matter of time before Skullfucker the Forgotton beast flies up from some unexplored area of the caverns and rapes our face.
>>280998779
They're strays, aren't they?
That´s a lot of troglodytesIt means we have more chances to hit somebody each time we wave our hammer
All these animals are tamed. The owners must be somewhere.
Also, the only way to go is either another half a day trip through the cavern to the starting location, or straight through where the troglodytes are. Unless we want to try our luck in the cavern.
Vote now. Fight, go back, cavern.
>>280998889
UristMcOP said they look tamed. I was thinking a traveling party/settlement would be nearby.
>>280999012
Fight! To arms, brothers!
>>280999012
FIGHT
>>280999012
Fight, troglodytes are weak.
>>280999092
>>280999092
See the thingy in the up left corner? That´s a compass. The symbols mean different things, the color of the letter shows distance. Green letter, close. We´re close to an underground dwarven fort to the North, so it looks like we have to go into the cavern (or down the road, which probably turns North again very soon)
>>280999012
fight and then take a walk down Troglodyte Lane
>>280999012
Fight! Break every single one of their bones!
>>280999012
Vote for suplex Troglodyte.
>>280999329
thanks friend
HERE WE GO
>>280999305
Meant to thank Urist.
>>280999536
BASH THEIR HEADS IN
>toady will never release source code
>people will never get to implement proper user-friendly UI and mouse support
I mean I managed somehow, but only after countless hours on wikipedia, while getting spoiled half of the cool shit.
SECOND
>>280999665
Give them a right walloping!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND
>>280999760
Can you interact with the dogs at all once the fight is over?
Besides cast murder on dog.
THEY EAT OUR ANIMALS, WE EAT THEM
>>280999760
MAIM THEM
>>280999621
>never ever multithreading
>never ever 3D render
>never ever "lightweight version"
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
>>281000160
How does the combat even work? Are you picking what to do or does shit just happen?
>>281000160
Crush it's crotch. You can do that right?
>>281000282
You can either pick what to do or let it choose the best option automatically.
>>281000160
on to the next one
-J McZ rapper dwarf
>>281000160
Trogs are humanoid right? Can't sell pelts/skins I guess. Were they carrying anything?
The other ones weren´t even hostile, they were just chilling in their cave. We leave them there and go to the ramp a little to the north, carved into the rock.
After a lot of going up, we show up here.
>>281000282
I´ll walk you through the next so newbies get a sample
>>281000473
Nope
>>281000554
>I´ll walk you through the next so newbies get a sample
Thanks dude.
>>281000554
>goblins
Kill them all.
>>281000554
disturb their nasty degenerate ritual and FUCK THEM UP
>>281000554
You seem a bit parched OP. Why didn't you drink the trog blood?
We are aboveground!
>>281000654
They´re friendly. That´s a market. They´re only selling wood pieces and telling stories of monsters and shit, though. Nothing useful.
One of them talked about a human vampire. Legends viewer didn´t show any, so many it´s a new one
>>281000282
I don't know exactly how the combat system works now but when I last played you select an equipped item, hammer, shield, crutch, handbag, that sort of thing. Then you pick a creature to target, and you get a list of available targets on that creature, head, upper body, right hand, left eye, back molar, ect. You're told how accurate your hit will be and how much damage it will deal. So if you get a tricky strong shot to the head it's likely to miss but will probably kill if it hits while a very accurate grazing shot to the leg is almost guaranteed to hit but won't deal much damage. As the fight goes on the the fighters get more damaged their defenses lower and more damage can be dealt, for example if you break someones shield arm they'll be unable to block ranged attacks anymore or if you break a leg they'll fall over and be unable to dodge melee attacks.
>>280994580
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzGCQV5NRt0
I watched this series
It's retard-proof, everything gets explained in detail, and after about 4 hours i was able to build a little self-sustainable fort
>>281000554
Not a vampire yet, OP?
you seem to lack practice.
FUCK YEAH DWARF FORTRESS LP
hope i didn't miss much
Wait
Were the fuck even are we now
Also, night´s falling. I think we should sleep with the merchants, otherwise we risk getting eaten by night monsters
Somebody checking the legends? We need to know where the hell we are
>>281000902
We always go vampire. It´s losing the fun
>>281000812
Can you make crippled enemies surrender if they have the mental capacity to?
>>281000934
This is the first thread since the hiatus shortly after SYDWE and a couple more. Last one was the double wielder two axes dorf in a tiny world with 1000 titans, I think
>>281001006
eat and drink something
>>281001006
Rest with merchants overnight. Go hunting in the morning.
>>281001006
I'm going to have to hit the hay. Good luck, and maybe I'll see another of your threads.
>>281001116
If you can talk to them you can.
>>281001246
I always warn in the twitter in OP
Found our current location. We barely moved.
We´re the blue circle
>>281001128
oh okay thanks.
What's the mission at the moment? I like to get stronk and go Minotaur hunting
>>281001871
We´re heading to the East, to infiltrate the goblin fort and try to kill the demon who leads it.
Right now we have an urgent problem, though.
Our water is frozen. And we have nothing to make a fire and light it up.
The river is also frozen, so we can´t drink from there either.
I tried to take down some wild animal to drink the blood, but they´re too fast.
What do we do?
>>281002083
i'd say look for flammable material, keep close to the river while you look, kill some animals if you can
>>281002083
You can make campfire if you press g
>>281002083
Sneak up to them and then bash their heads in.
>>281002258
Oh fuck, I was using the wrong key. Thanks
Fire done. Now we can melt our ice and drink
>>281002334
Also a great idea for next time
Midday.
We´ve crossed the dessert, and arrived a road. There seem to be settlements farther East
>>281002401
Travel to warmer climes? The cold breaks even the greatest warriors.
Except nords.
>>281002649
Travel east
Recruit a party
We keep going East and arrive to a little hamlet.
I believe we´ll be able to arrive to the dark fort tomorrow, if we leave at dawn.
We´re out of water and almost out of meat, too. Should we keep going and hope for the best, or stay around and spend the rest of the day refueling?
>>281002649
>We´ve crossed the dessert
Also, yes, visit the settlement and see if you can get a quest for something nearby.
>Forgetting everything and starting from scratch again
Now I remember why I stopped playing this game
It seems they´re in the middle of some conflict
>>281003052
refuel
>>281003227
can you ask them what's going on without losing your head?
>>281003227
is the army marching on the dark fort?
>>281003329
No idea. There´s a new conversation system, old RPG style, and I´ve still not wrapped my hear around it
>>281003524
Nope. They´re going to Equalok.
>>281003642
Look for someone not engaged in combat or a leader of some sort.
Nothing. There´s fucking nothing to be hunt on this damn wasteland, and the rivers refuse to unfreeze.
We couldn´t find any supplies, and the townsfolk don´t seem to have ay to give either.
Continue East, or keep trying?
>>281004132
None of them are fighting, but the leader isn´t here. It´s just a little hamlet
>>281004312
continue east
>>281004312
if at first you don't succeed give up and try something else
>>281004312
kill everyone in the hamlet
FINALLY WATER!
Going East was our salvation.
There´s also bunnies around, but we´re not stealthy enough to get in hammer range
>>281004772
THROW HAMMER
Now we have a little problem: We can´t swim.
But thanks to the new jump mechanic, we spring a little and keep on our way
>>281004894
We´re not very experienced in that either
>>281004963
well the only way to GET experienced is to throw hammers at bunnies don't you think
Damn, this has gotten slow.
We finally found something. An alligator turtle will provide us food to keep going, and we refill our waterskin in the river.
We keep going East. The goblins are just there
>>281005434
appreciate nature as you walk
>>281005434
lets get to this demon
Thoroughly.
But another problem comes up.
There´s nobody else here. We´re in goblin land now.
And we´re sleepy.
But if we sleep alone, there´s a huge chance we´ll be attacked by boogeymen.
Do we keep looking for a cave (which might be inhabited by something nasty), or sleep here?
>>281005839
The cave, it should not end here.
>>281005839
Cave
>>281005839
Cave.
We´re very close to our destination, but the closer we go, the bigger the chance goblins ambush us while sleeping
>>281005839
climb up a tree and take a nap at the topand then slip and slide down to death
>>281005839
never give up
>>281006035
>implying goblins could beat your mighty hammer
Nigga just roll over in your sleep and it will solve the problem.
>>281006190
They can kill us while we sleep.
Anyways, I don´t see any cave, so I fear that´s what we will have to do.
Let´s climb a tree at least. With some luck it´ll be safer
>>281006276
>dwarfs
>climbing trees
That's new.
We easily climb to the lower branches and find a nice spot. Let´s cross our fingers
>>281006408
We a high quality ultraterrain dorf
>>281006048
>climb up a tree and take a nap at the top
Boogeymen don't give a shit whether you're on a tree or not.
>>281006675
But most of them don´t fly, and neither do goblins. We´ll ave a better chance at fending them off if they attack
>>281006675
>>281006780
wait, the boogeymen are real?
>>281006780
FUCKING SNEAKY BASTARDS
>>281006963
FUCK
>>281006963
OMG PANIC
>>281006963
aww
what are boogeymen?
>>281006963
After 6 pages of getting mauled, he gored us in the head with the horns, broke the skull and pierced the brain.
NEXT CHARACTER
We said a full Jackie Chan dorf to kill dragons, right?
>>281006963
A worthy death.
>>281007148
That was anticlimatic. Do the Jackie Chan, get a ladder or a bench and kill dragons
>>281007148
yes, we shall nickname him Ip-Dwarf
>>281007148
Jackie Chan time
>>281006963
Well, shit.
>>281007148
Jackie Chan
>>281007126
Some weird insectoid creature that appears at night and attacks lone travelers who sleep in the wild. They´re small and not that dangerous, but they attack in big numbers, and one of each few is actually strong enough to break you some bone.
Only way to avoid is traveling with somebody or sleeping in some place (a house, a cave, whatever). Sleeping at the beach is also safe
JACKIE CHAN DORF INCOMING
>>281007126
If you sleep or stay out at night they get you.
>>280993472
>There will never be an MMO or large party Game where you and fellow dwarfbros can chill in the cavernous halls of your own making
>>281006780
>But most of them don´t fly
Are you forgetting that they can climb just as you can?
I need a couple minutes. Meanwhile, everybody check out the map on top and decide which dragon we want to go for
>>281007745
Climbing is a skill. Low skill results in falling after going up just a little, so going up high enough is safe against poor climbers.
Only one boogeyman attacked, after all. Don´t they always spam three at the same time, minimum?
>>281007723
Multiinsanitythe guy who functionally played Fallout new vegas with 10 people from /vg/was hammering the fuck out of dworf a few weeks ago in an attempt to niggerrig a multiplayer functionality in.
Fucking hilariously bad when it comes to fun aspects though, especially considering everything has a turn-based style movement/attack combat and a lot of attacks/moves take a differing amount of "steps".
>>281007860
kill the last female dragon
>>281007860
We could try to kill the last female dragon in the south west to make sure they go extinct.
>>281008125
>>281008148
Yeah, kill the whore.
>>281008125
>>281008148
Female it is. Let´s get go character creation
>>281008024
Wouldn't it make more sense to everything have independent GCD? or is multi not that godly at coding
>>281008323
I mean, human, elf, dorf? Only punches and kicks or also wrestling? Some weapon in case punches and kicks aren´t enough to kill a dragon (I think wrestling is, but not sure about the other two)?
Martial arts masters are fun as hell to play as. You don't even need a weapon. Just a shield to prevent headshots and breath weapon hits.
>>281008465
Whatever works best for this build.
>>281008024
if only he would do RoTK XI, my life would be complete
>>281008465
wrestling, can we kill a dragon with a choke hold?
>>281008592
No idea, I almost always go archer+spearman. This guy seems to know his shit, so we´ll take a shield >>281008519
>>281008646
Yep, that´s the easiest way
Important: Will we face the dragon alone, or bring a party with us? If alone, we can min max with the points from the social traits so we´re stronger
>>281008465
Human is best for wrestling.
>>281008731
Even if it sounds a bit boring then I would say human to go full Jackie Chan, if no one else has a problem with this.
>>281008342
There wasn't much information on how he did it, but people who wouldn't have finished their steps would be frozen from any further action until their steps had finished, so as soon as someone made a move that did enough to finish their stepcount, they were able to move again.
the game stopped functioning once 4 people tried to strangle eachother in a circle on the same steps
>>281008838
lets take a party to avoid death by boogeymen again?
>>281008881
>>281008884
Do we put most points on fighter and some on strike/kick, or vice versa? Or even on all?
>>281008972
We just need one guy for that, and we can get one guy without much social skill. But if we want a big band, then we need a lot of social, or it´ll take forever until we do enough deeds to recruit a big party
>>281008986
lots into kick lets do that illegal karate kid finisher on a dragon
>>281009108
just 1 companion is perfect
>>281009135
I´m just not sure how the mechanics work for this, and where should we put the points to maximize the effect
>>281009108
Then let us keep one guy around.Chris Tucker or Owen Wilson?
OK, I did a balance.
Name?
>>281009324
owen, so we can uno mas? after each dragon kill
Lacking suggestions, I default
>>281009850
i like it, let the kickening commence
And we got a sidekick.
We have a spear with us. Keep or drop?
>>281009850
Nothing wrong with that.
>>281010064
If our kicks and punches are good enough than drop that shit.
>>281010064
give it to for glory and death guy
>>281010064
Keep for now and sell for other useful things
We´ll keep the spear to sell, but not use it in combat.
We´re on the red X. The female dragon is on the circle, slightly out of the map. The way there is heavily populated, mainly by dwarves, but then there´s a sudden change and it´s goblin territory. The dragon lives right next to a goblin fort, so we gotta be careful
LET´S COMMENCE THE KICKENING
>>281010427
Try to find a stepladder in our travels.
>>281010427
can we sneak our way to the dragon or are we going to have to leave a trail of kicked in corpses? fuck it lets kick something to death, jackies feet first for blood
>>281010643
Does such a thing exists in this game? Could we make this a personal challange to kill something with it?
>>281010804
They exist in Dwarf Mode at least, lets your dwarves pick tree fruit.
We arrive to a marketplace right as the night falls.
I estimate one more day of travel. Probably w´ll have to sleep again on the way so we don´t arrive as it falls again.
>>281010643
Are stepladders already in?
>>281010781
We have no stealth skill. Anyways, I was talking figuratively. There´s some land between the dragon and the goblins, they´re just very close
>>281010804
It´s getting added as part of the fruit picking arch, but I´m not sure we´ll find that anywhere. Not even sure it´s already in
>>281010907
No idea where to find one in adventure mode, but they exist.
Crossing mountains. Almost done
>>281011446
Nothing happens?
>>281011589
Not at all.
It´s an old world. Most interesting creatures are already dead.
We´re through.
We lost the companions at some point, when they decided hunting a wild animal would be more interesting than following us. Luckily, we were pretty close to some hillocks, and have found refuge right as the night begins to fall.
We´ll pass here the night, and in the morning keep going. We´re pretty much next to the dragon´s lair... might arrive before midday if we leave at sunrise
>>281012186
Faggot companions don't what a friend they have in Jackie Chan.
>>281012186
Don't we need a training montage before fighting the dragon?
>>281012440
We´ll come across something on the way, I guess
>>280995571
But that's not what a dwarf looks like in DF
Good luck Jackie!
>>281007386
>>281007496
I can't be the only one who thinks of Berserk when reading this
No water, no food, and we need training.
COW MOOSE KICKING TIME
>>281012826
Oh well. It broke off, then escaped. Shit´s fast
>>281012826
Aw yeeeeeeee
Fuck you cow moose
Got a fox! Second try
>>281013095
Jackie Chan found his first prey!
>>281012930
Be glad he didn't kick you. Hoofed animals are death incarnate.
Got food!
>>281013095
Time to make a fox fur scarf
It escaped and ran away, but bled out shortly after.
Let´s butcher it and have lunch
>>281013249
>Pinch throat
>It splits in half
Oh my goodness.
Doesn´t look like we can drink his blood. Well, we can, but does nothing. I´ve tried cooking the fat, but still we can only lick it, not drink
We gonna die of thirst soon if we don´t find water
Anxious as fuck.
We managed o take down the moose. Still can´t drink blood.
Somebody check the wiki or whatever, we need emergency water
>>281013618
>>281013964Drink piss
>>281014038
Not implemented.
We also don´t know where is the lair. I´m looking for it in quick travel mode while looking for unfrozen rivers, but can´t find any lair
>>281014179
Oh hey, melting and drinking snow still works. Just seems to be half as effective for whatever reason, so it takes two sips until you see it taking effect.
We´re saved. Now it´s just looking for the dragon
>>281013964
Rivers, brookes, snow and ice is all I'm finding on the wiki.
>>281013395
What tileset/texturepack/whateveryoucallit are you using? I played this some time ago, but the one I went with didn't look as good as this does.
>>281014902
Ironhand.
We´re sleeping until dawn. We´re on the region, but the damn lair is forgotten and we have to stumble upon it
>>281014326
For future reference, plan your travels carefully.
Travel along rivers, and look beforehand if you can avoid crossing rivers.
Drink regularly, and refill your waterskin whenever you can, including snow (fill waterskin, interact with campfire). Even better, find a second waterskin and carry it with you.
Keep a few dozen units of food in your backpack, and if you fall below a certain threshold (which you've just decided on arbitrarily), you get out of quick travel and kill the next animal you find.
I´m getting tired of looking for the dragon lair. We need somebody who can handle the legends viewer and find more exactly where it is, I just can´t find it
Now again, there´s a goblin fort just there. Let´s go and kick some ass now, or keep looking for the dragon?
>>281015338
I do all of that, although crossing rivers is no problem for me. Specially since jumping
>>281015502
It's ass kicking time
>>280993472
man toady is the best. The guy's dedicating his life to his work of art for what's mostly a pittance
Alright, here we are.
Do we enter carefully, sneaking around? Climb the thing up and try to enter from the top? Or just walk through the door fists blazing?
>>281015649
He must really love doing it.
I wonder if the game will ever reach a stage where he could call it "finished" or if he'll just work on it until he dies and that will be the final version.
I have more fun just watching these scenarios play out and all the ridiculous things happening than trying to learn all of it.
>>281016006
Sneak first, gauge the situation
>>281016006
Jackie would sneak in.
>>281016080
I think if he's approaching death he'll surely make it open source. At any rate threetoe might outlive him and continue it
Really honestly think there shouldn't actually be that much more to do in ten years or so, and he can indeed call it 'finished' at that point. Unless he goes really deep into the realm of dwarf AI, or in-game microbiology, or something
We carefully sneak in.
It´s empty. There´s a ladder going up and another going down. Which one?
We still have two companions. Let them follow? Tell them to wait? Tell them to leave?
>>281016449
Well, I derped. There´s no way down, just up, and it´s all empty anyways. Let´s keep going for the main fort, should be close already
>>281016449
Head up. If the companions won't get in the way then take them.
>>281016630
Goblins tend to be all on the roof of their towers
Now this looks interesting.
The compass says that the fort is to the North, though. Let´s take a quick look and be on our way
>>281016890
Be careful Jackie!
>>281017027
This is one weird building.
I have no idea what it is. Looks like a tomb, but it´s oddly empty.
Let´s venture down, or head North for goblins?
>>281017169
I'm interested in this place.
>>281017169
Any engravings? Don't hang around long, head on north.
It doesn´t even go down. Those are only up stairs. Which is nice, because then the space is limited.
It´s all empty corridors with some statue here and there. This is the first thing I find, a throne.
>>281017169
>head down
fuck no
it's a massive fucking tower of slade
you're wandering around in satan's cock
it can only lead to bad places
>>281017358
Sit in the throne
And this seems to be the end
>>281017360
What could possibly go wrong?
Oh, that one ladder also could go down.
I arrived to this room. It has levers.what do
>>281017710
You gotta try all of them.
>>281017710
You know what to do
>>281017710
Pull.
Them.
Most of the doors are locked. This one wasn´t.
It´s filled with high quality weapons.LEVERS
Holy fuck so many levers and weapons
The levers open the rooms. All of them are empty.
>>281018013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6F9FPNmny0
>>281017920
Anyone else getting a goldilocks and the 3 bears feel?
>>281017710
Just so you know, slade towers are where the demon thrones are housed. Usually at the top, I think.
>>281018154
Can´t find any way to the top, though.
Are there hidden doors in this game? I don´t remember so, but I haven´t found any way up
>>281018130
>This room
>If Mimics are ever added
That would be beautiful.
>>281018154
Oh, and we did find a throne at the highest accessible level. But it was empty. Nobody to be found
>>281018469
LETS GTFO ITS GETTING TOO SPOOKY
This is getting good.
>>281018469
Did you push every lever?
>>281018659
Did so.
Place is empty.
There´s also no other goblin location to be found. I think this is it. It´s deserted.
I say bounce and go find something else to kill
Agreed. We´ve been walking for too long.
But we got a guaranteed fight just there. A necromancer tower, in the coast.
What a spoopy experience.
>>281018983
Do it. Fuck Necromancers.
>>281018983
ITS KICKENING TIME
>>281018983
>Necromancer tower
We ARE spec'd for reading, right?
>>281018983
Go fuck that nigga up
Almost there
>>281019131Nope
Night falls just as the tower starts to enter our vision.
We move to the beach, have some dinner and prepare to pass the night.
>>281019391
Oh well I guess we'll have to let our fists do the reading
>>281018469
Dunno what to tell you. The one time I found a demon's throne room he had already been slain moments earlier by his wife.
>>281019391
>Raiding a Necromancer tower
>Unable to read a damn thing
We are going to get mauled to death by corpses and severed limbs with no chance for a decent reward
We have arrived to the necromancer tower.
We have no idea what´s inside. Most likely necromancers. And a shitload of undead that will bash us to dead no matter how Chan we Jackie.
What do we do (after eating and drinking)? Front door, or attempt to climb up the tower and test if there´s another entrance?
>>281019825
A worthy death for Jackie Chan.
>>281019710
Did you get some hot succubus sex?
>>281019883
Lets go in feet blazing!
>>281019883
Front door no one expects that!
Oh fuck, one of the undead was at the door and has detected us.
Run in and fight? Get away and kill it alone? Attempt to climb out of reach?
Undead are dangerous as fuck. They don´t feel pain, don´t give a fuck about most injuries, and are pretty fucking strong
>>281019883
Climb up
OH FUCK HE´S NOT COMING ALONE
>>281020162
CLIMB UP WHAT? TOWER OR TREE?
>>281020114
Put your foot through him
>>281020256
Tower son, get the lead out
>>281020114
Get away
>>281020256
SCALE THE TOWER, NIGGA
THIS SHIT HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE WINDO SOMEWHERE, RIGHT?
>>281020256
HOLD A DEFENSIVE LINE
ERECT A WALL
A WALL MADE OF YOUR FISTS
>>281020256
SPRINT URIST
SPRINT
>>281020256
Run!
They´re fucking fast, too. Pretty much running speed.
We have to sprint in order to get out in time, then gracefully jump onto a nearby tree.
Zombies cannot jumpright?
What now?
>>281020491
Would it be possible to jump around to the tower ?
We didn´t jump gracefully enough and didn´t manage to grab onto the branches. We´ve fallen down to the ground, fortunately uninjured.
Now is it: climb up another tree to asses the situation, or engage emergency mode and circle the tower to climb its back in an all or nothing maneuver?
>>281020703
All or nothing nigga
>>281020703
Climb its back.
>>281020491
FIND A WAY TO SCALE THE TOWER
IF YOU TRULY INTEND TO PUNCH OUT THE NECROMANCER, IT'S YOUR ONLY SHOT
Oh fuck I think all those symbols are zombies
THEY´RE COMING
BACK OF THE TOWER HERE WE GO
>>281020703
Dont die without atleast getting a good kick in on something
>>281020851
CLIMB!
>>281020851
Don't worry we want no trouble
RUN AND JUMP
CROSS YOUR FUCKING FINGERS
IT´S TIME TO GRAB
>>281020990
goddamn this is some ninja action
>>281020990
KUNG-FU GRIP, ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!
>>281020990
Come on Jackie. U don wan no trabble. Punch some fuck like the fist of the fucking north star.
>>281020990
What about the companions?
>>281020990
Is it even feasible to frontal assault these places in adventure mode? Can you have enough companions that it wouldn't be miserable?
SHOW THEM YOUR REAL POWER!
>>281021141
It's been done before.
>>281000934
We failed to grab anything.
>>281021141
Highly unlikely, given that the necromancers will keep raising the undead. You´d need a massive amount of crossbows in order to kill everything fast enough, and it´d be mostly for the slight chance of killing everything between one of the bolts and the necromancer.
Usually you become a vampire first, because undead don´t attack undead
>>281021265
>strongest odor: death
PANIC
Lessons of the day:
Climbing is great to pass over obstacles
Climbing is cool as fuck and can save your life
You need more than three points in climbing or you´ll be falling all the timeClimbing is slow as hell and not an adequate escape route when enemies are in close range
>>281021497
Should've brought a stepladder and a baby.
no
not like this
>>280993472
hey OP are you really good at world generation?
ive been trying for over a month to generate a good(preferably 3x3) fortress site that:
a) is on a terrifying biome
b) has the reanimation effect present (everything that dies reanimates as undead regardless of where it is)
c) has AMPLE amounts of resources (iron, steel, flux stone, farmable soil/clay, adamantine, etc.)
d) World contains plenty of dragons/titans/megeabeasts/semibeasts
e) World contains other flourishing civilizations that havent been annihilated (mostly so i can be sieged and trade)
f) World size should be small or medium (Pocket is too small, larger worlds take a long time to gen) with not a lot of water (the OP image has too much water for my tastes)
g) embark is in an area with dangerous creatures (i managed to gen a world with the above parameters but the only creatures i ever saw after 3 years were the animals that immigrants brought
all i want is a terrifying as fuck undead embark that still has resources to become a powerful fort, i'm more interested in heavy military management than resource management (hence why i'm not just doing a terrifying glacier)
i can't gen worlds for shit, and the bay 12 forums are full of arrogant people, someone help me please
>>281021497
>>281021625
You're probably just gonna have to retry a lot, other than the obvious things like setting world age to young and resources to very high. A terrifying jungle or savannah would probably work all right for you.
>>281021497
>THE SLIPPERY HILL
OH MY GOD
HAHAHAHAH
>>281021625
download perfect world and read the advanced worldgen wiki
>>281021497
>not one punch or kick
Disgraceful death.
>>280993472
HOLY FUCK IT'S URIST MCOP
I MISSED YOU
I vote for a highly acrobatic lasher dwarf next
>>281021497
Fug
>Dragon's Dogma goes free2pay
>nothing gets done in Dwarf Fortress
What a shit day.
Urist, I followed you for a long time,but please use Taffer instead of shitty graphic sets
>>281021587
Yep. Would probably have saved the day.
>>281021625
Sorry, I have no idea how it works.
>>281021871
Yeah, it´s been quite meh today. Just a lot of running around without really finding anything interesting.
I´ll fiddle around a little on my own, maybe mark the actual location of some interesting places, and keep it all neatly filed for next thread.
Which I don´t know when will be, but eventually.
>>281021953
I´ve had a lot of stuff to do. Still have, but I´ll be doing threads every now and then now. Check out the twitter in the first post, I always post in there about 20 minutes before I´m making a thread.
>>281022006
Sorry, but party´s over for today. I have to go now.
Maybe someone else wants to take the lead. There´s still a lot of stuff to explore and new features to try.
Hopefully I´ll open some other thread this same week.
Thanks for reading, and sorry for the lack of happenings!
>>281022234
not liek you can play it anyhow
its jap only
>>281022345
Thankyou!
>>281022336
>using anything but mike mayday's
>>281022336
>non graphic tilesets for playing with /v/
Taffer is my favorite set, but that´d leave out of the game everyone who doesn´t play DF and half the people who don´t play with ASCII sets.
And now I leave. Good nights everyone!
>>281022553
Thanks for thread, even if it was not so great this time.
>>281022345
Thanks m80, I'm glad to see you're back
>>281022345
Thanks OP
Next thread when?
>>281022553
Good night OP, I'm glad you are back.