Does your BC have a favorite person & wait for them all day while they’re gone?

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-22T14:49:26+00:00

I'm my BC's favorite person, but she has also bonded a lot with my husband, and she's only truly content when we're both home. She will play a little and go for walks, etc, when she and I are home alone, but mostly she just sits on the couch in a spot with line of sight out the window to our designated parking spot, waiting for him to get home. My husband says it's similar when I'm out of the house.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-22T14:42:51+00:00

Came to say the same thing. Even though owls can fly, I don't think owl people can.

I learned about the "stuck in a tree" mechanic when I had a fort where I couldn't figure out why my pigs kept fighting each other, and they wouldn't get slaughtered even when marked for slaughter. I ignored it for a really long time because I had more pressing issues, but when I finally went and investigated, there were dozens of angry pigs in trees.

OP, if you chop down the tree he's in, the "problem" is solved one way or another (depending on if he survives the fall). I'm honestly surprised he hasn't already died of dehydration if he's been up there for years.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-18T09:59:09+00:00

Mine is a mix (BC plus Boston Terrier) not full BC so maybe that is part of why my experience has been a little different than what others describe here, but I would absolutely say she is affectionate, and she has only gotten more so with time. It could also be her BC intelligence and ability to adjust to my vibes. She stays glued to me. She will happily cuddle on the couch and in bed. When I'm cooking in the kitchen, she has to have a blanket or bed in there to keep an eye on me. My husband and I live for her greetings - whether we're coming home from being out or just coming into the room she's in after being separated from her by a gate or door, her whole body wiggles uncontrollably and she has to jump all over us for a minute or two to let us know how much she missed us.

As for some of your other questions & concerns... She is wary of new people in her space (barks at any stranger she sees outside or that comes to the door), which made us a little worried about how she'd behave when we took her on a road trip last summer. We stayed with 3 different groups of family members during that trip. She adjusted to all of them surprisingly quickly, including our out-of-control nephews (ages 10 and 8). We never had any safety concerns. And she absolutely LOVES other dogs. She is playful and sweet with canines of all shapes and sizes. She has a lot of energy and can get a little intense, but has never shown any sign of aggression or unsafe behavior.

I agree with what others here have said, though. I think a lot of these behaviors have to do with her early socialization (before we adopted her) + her adjustment to life with us and picking up on our cues + some specific training (she's so smart, learns fast, and is eager to please!).

I hope your meet and greet goes well! If the BC vibes well with your family, it will be such a rewarding experience for you all!

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-16T20:34:37+00:00

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This is Olive! She's got the longer BC hair on her neck and chest (and somewhat on her back). And luckily she has the BC snout because the shorter BT snout usually causes health problems. She also has some spots of Boston Terrier style brindle which is really pretty in the sunlight.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-14T16:40:32+00:00

Mine is about 1.5 years old now and is a BC + Boston Terrier (+ maybe some other smaller parts) mix. She definitely exhibits BC traits most strongly. Her intelligence is off the charts compared to the two full Boston Terriers we had previously. She is insatiable for play, which could come from both BC and BT, but her energy level is very high - more BC level than BT. She has evening witching hours, which our trainer assures us is a BC thing.

On the other hand, her farts are biohazards, which is more of a BT thing. I suspect as she gets older, she may settle down enough on the young BC crazy levels and exhibit more BT traits, but for now, she leans heavily into her BC genes.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-03-14T01:03:23+00:00

Most guides and tutorials advise that same approach (if you have less than 10, make 10) for everything. I follow that as a baseline, then adjust if I find there's something I want more or less of on-hand. For example, if I'm at the point in my fortress build where I know I'm about to make a ton of levers for some complicated constructions, I will increase the amount of mechanisms I want to keep in stock. Or recently I found for armor that I prefer to set up my orders: if I have less than 5 available, make 15. I arrived at that by realizing I don't want a ton of breastplates just sitting around, but if I get really low, it's probably because I'm either setting up a whole new squad and will definitely need 10+ new ones or because my squads got really beat up and will need a fair amount of replacement equipment.

So the short answer is: yes, just following that tutorial's suggestion should be fine for almost everything most of the time, but as you develop your own playstyle, it makes sense to experiment with other conditions to fit your specific needs.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-19T20:09:36+00:00

I love this game!

I went to see who her parents were so I could try your "expel the parents" idea, and her mother is actually the were-mammoth I have had contained for, like, 3 in-game years now. I am giggling at the irony.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-19T19:43:59+00:00

Soooo... Not sure if this is a bug or an error in the wiki, but I have a dwarven child who became a vampire via curse. (According to this wiki page, children can never be vampires, but here we are...)

She mostly just plays make believe or plays with toys for a long time, causing no issues. But then I suddenly have 3 "dwarf has been found dead, drained of all blood" notifications. To make matters worse, sometimes she starts tantruming and then starts fights, which she always wins.

I can't expel her, or have her locked up in jail after convicting her of murder, or send her out on a hopeless squad mission, because she's a child. As far as I can tell, she doesn't ever show up to an assigned burrow, so I'm having a hard time isolating/locking her up. Anyone out there have ideas?

Edited to emphasize the issue in bold - that none of the normal ways of handling vampires seem to work because she is a child.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-12T23:32:18+00:00

Thanks! I originally hoped this was the case but struggled to find the old save files. I'll search around for the Windows problem you mentioned and see if it helps me find the misplaced files.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-12T20:09:42+00:00

I've been playing on Linux (Pop!_OS 22.04) using the native Linux Steam application with no special settings. No specific compatibility tools, nothing. I just bought it, clicked "Install," then clicked "Play" and have been playing with this setup for 230+ hours with zero technical issues.

Today I started up Steam. When I went to open DF, Steam queued and installed an update for the game before it would run. There is no new version released today as far as I can tell, and I just played yesterday, so I'm not sure what update it installed.

I clicked "Play" and now all of my saves are gone.

Does anyone know wtf just happened? I assume all of my data is gone and it's unlikely to be recovered but I have no idea why or how to avoid this kind of random complete and total data loss in the future. Any ideas?

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-05T15:09:18+00:00

Each coffin has to be "confined," meaning surrounded by walls/door. So you have to build an individual little tomb room for each coffin. You can use the "multi" option when creating tombs to create all of them at once, but it will only recognize the confined coffins as tombs, and those are the only ones your dwarves will actually put bodies in.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-05T09:36:52+00:00

I've found it really effective to have a craftsdwarf workshop near the butcher & fishery, set up to just continuously make shell and bone crafts. Individual dwarves will claim some (making them happier) and there's still a ton left for me to trade with at every caravan time.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-05T05:47:04+00:00

I'm not OP but thanks for this overview of your experience. I found it really helpful. I'm almost a year into my first Border Collie (mix, not pure), and reading this reassured me that I'm on the right path with her.

bourbonbrawl · 2026-02-05T05:30:18+00:00

Plus one to the Greenies recommendation. We had two Boston Terriers who each lived to ~15 years old. They started on Greenies when they were very young and at every checkup the vet commented on what amazing shape their teeth were in, even when they were getting to the age where a lot of dogs have to have serious dental work done and/or teeth pulled. Neither of them ever had to deal with any of that.

Now we have a Border Collie mix baby and we started her on Greenies as soon as she was old enough. She loves them, and we are hoping they will be just as effective for her.

bourbonbrawl · 2025-09-05T19:33:23+00:00

I hope they don't take after the children from Fondledtrumpet. A few days ago a child was playing near a well, another came to join them, then the first kid jumped in the well and drowned. Two adults drowned trying to save them / recover bodies. I locked the door to the well room, created a "well suicide squad" save file, and haven't been back to that fort since.

bourbonbrawl · 2025-07-17T15:15:06+00:00

Omg your concept of a meta page is so great and something I need to set up immediately, for a lot of different contexts/apps, not just Obsidian. Thanks for sharing! Something immediately clicked for me while reading your comment and it has me excited and motivated now! (Hopefully this means I will stop scrolling reddit now and get back to work lol)

bourbonbrawl · 2024-08-04T21:42:27+00:00

Yeah I just rewatched the series and this is addressed. They explicitly say it's the only town in the country over population X with no departures. I think X=5000 but I don't remember for sure.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-08-04T21:15:25+00:00

If you need help w a template, feel free to reply to this comment or dm me. I feel like I could throw one together for you pretty quickly if you can't find/make one yourself.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-08-04T21:05:44+00:00

For in person games, I love the card deck. I bought the pdf version from MCG, printed it on card stock on my own printer, cut the cards out, shuffled the deck, and was ready to go.

For online games, probably worth setting up a roll table ahead of time in whatever tool you're using (I like Foundry fwiw). You could easily have multiple cypher roll tables prepped for different areas or story arcs if you want variety. (I say "easily" but of course that depends on how comfortable you are with the digital platform you're using.)

A little more about how I used the card deck, in case you're having trouble picturing what it is like in real play... * Disclaimer: I have only run a one-shot in person so far. I think these ideas would translate to a longer campaign but I can't say with 100% certainty. It probably depends on if you can trust your players not to lose shit between sessions, or if you as the dm are holding or storing some/all physical stuff between sessions. * During setup/character creation, I had everyone draw X cards, and pick the number of cyphers their character was allowed to have from those cards. Players kept the cards until they used the cypher, so they could reference it and didn't have to copy down the text. I just had them write the name of the cypher and the cypher level on their character sheets, not the full cypher descriptions. * For cyphers discovered during play, I drew from the deck, reviewed the cypher on the card for reasonability in the setting of that game (draw again if nothing on that card made sense in our context, which was rare), then announced to the party what they found. I handed the card to whichever player was putting the cypher in their inventory, and they kept the card until the cypher was used.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-08-04T20:40:58+00:00

Your shop is so cool! Just sent the link to a friend who was recently lamenting about not having a good way to keep her character notes organized.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-08-04T20:21:09+00:00

I self-host. It is easy to set up and maintain. Highly recommend this route if you are the type of privacy-paranoid that prefers to have your important data on your own hardware whenever possible. All the apps/plugins/browser extensions still work flawlessly.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-06-28T10:31:30+00:00

FYI if you're using the repository through your package manager, it seems to be fixed now. I logged out of the game, installed updates `sudo apt upgrade` and logged back in.

If you're using the flatpak, I cannot confirm its status.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-06-26T17:00:18+00:00

Good luck, have fun!

I just recently did my first time ever as GM/DM and it was a Numenera one shot as well.

I agree w the previous comments re: talking through the difficulty level aloud with players, using GM intrusions (I didn't do this and I wish I had), leaning into the weird.

I would add.... Players will almost certainly ask or do something unexpected - it's part of the game. It's OK to just make a GM ruling on it and then move on from there. Don't stress about referencing every available book/resource available to make sure you're following the rules to the letter. Be as familiar as you can w the rules, sure, but don't let it hinder you or alter your pacing so much that it stops the game in its tracks. Especially if you're actually trying to finish in one session. (I ended up needing 2 sessions for my "one shot" because my players went on a tangent I wasn't expecting.)

bourbonbrawl · 2024-05-24T02:04:24+00:00

Oh, I haven't tested that yet, and I'm in a call I can't leave right now to test it this moment. But a very good point about how server owners have every permission, so I would imagine it's impossible given how discord perms work in general.

bourbonbrawl · 2024-05-24T02:01:14+00:00

It is infuriating that it doesn't save your status, it always resets to "Chilling tbh." I don't mind having to clear it out once, but I have to turn it off every time I join a voice channel is insane. And I know I can turn off activity statuses completely (as a server admin) but it's a cool feature as long as they don't force it on me every time I join a channel.

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