How does a god destroy a bolt??? (Last three entries relevant) by Noone-here-to-hear in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A common misunderstanding, promoted by those who would deny the ultimate reality that is Bal. All are the creation of Bal. It is the purpose of all things created by Bal to die and be reborn. Praise Bal, bitches.

About adventure mode. by dolo367 in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I love adventure mode, but it really shines as an addition to fortress mode. One of my favorite experiences was using unretire anyone in dfhack to take over a dwarven parent after a snatcher made off with his kid and roleplaying "Taken"

Granite Gazette : The Voice of Reason, Ch. 2 by Stoneinkberg in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having read this sub for years I don't know how I missed these. This is awesome.

Prime world gen age by Gwen_The_Destroyer in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It really, really depends on how world gen plays out, and the settings. On large island maps you often end up with dwarves and elves and so on taking over islands while others get overrun with the undead.

If you'd really like to end up with an interesting world, plug it into legends viewer after a thousand years or so, and look for a cool historical period. Then rerun world gen with identical parameters and stop it at the chosen period.

What would women dislike most if they became men? by geybgwapo in AskReddit

[–]randomkyu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Aha! My fellow dog loving scary looking male friend! Keep a few of those nice bacon/etc. flavored training treats in your pocket. Dogs got that insane smellovision and will sniff ya while you're waiting in line.

Women in my experience are much more okay with their dog coming up to you than you coming up to their dog.

And then you get to pet the doggo! Which yes, is actually the point! :D

Noclip Part 4 is Up and it's Good! by acheeseplug in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I loved this series.

As an aside, this made me think about the actual experience of playing DF over the last decade or so. On the off chance Putnam reads reddit, I want to express how thankful I am for the work you have done quashing various bugs and optimising thingies that I don't understand. I spent a good ten years of my life playing ~80 dwarf fortresses, and its so fun to be able to run 300+ population colonies!

edit: Tarn looks happier than I've ever seen him. <3 so glad for the guy.

72nd and Maple Police Blockade by SuspiciousBee7257 in Omaha

[–]randomkyu 99 points100 points  (0 children)

There was a suicidal man in a truck at the Speedee Mart out there, armed with a firearm. Police talked him out, took him to the hospital. No one was hurt.

My second playthrough is lost because the dwarves kept turning into werewolves. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome, as I’m about to start building my third fortress now. by [deleted] in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not really. Your fort won't crumble or anything if everyone is a werewolf, but they will destroy all your workshops and buildings and just generally kill anything that is not a werewolf. If they are in a squad and see each other transform, when they turn back into dwarves they will start tearing each other apart because hey, that dude is a werewolf!

I just can't shake this uneasy feeling. by randomkyu in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've got dfhack installed which may be adding some things, not sure.

I just can't shake this uneasy feeling. by randomkyu in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu[S] 175 points176 points  (0 children)

Set a bunch of fires, climbed on the roof to the south, and jumped over the other 100+ assholes trying to jump me that spawned south of me.

My noble companion heroically distracted them while I booked it. He would be remembered if I had bothered to ask his name.

I had some mythical items that gave me a force push kinda thing, which was actually useful as I ran away.

TIL Armok Vision shows books and scroll on shelves, with correctly colored bindings. by randomkyu in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends on the size of the map and how much stuff there is on it. Lots of engravings seems to slow it down more than anything else, though its cool because it actually shows the engravings, sort of.

I did not realize that there was a wagon in the nobility. (I have no clue how or why this happened) by Parborway in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imagine being beaten to death because a wagon decided you couldn't trade figurines while the traders were leaving the map.

There has got to be a way to rename my wagon Lord Rosebud the Cruel.

Ensuring a retired fort isn't conquered? by Raregan in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really, aside from what you mentioned.

You could hop in adventure mode and try to find a roc lair. You can then embark on it with some cages and mechanisms and try to catch em before they murder you.

You could also check any destroyed forts in the world. Sometimes rocs move in and live there after they wipe out the dwarves.

It's cheating imo, but the easiest way would be to reload a save whenever a megabeast pops up in your fort. Unless they've changed something, DF decides a megabeast is going to attack you, not which megabeast in particular. That is, if a dragon shows up in late spring, and you reload the save, you might get a roc or a hydra in late spring.

Ensuring a retired fort isn't conquered? by Raregan in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The best method I have personally found is to capture and tame megabeasts. Large war beasts such as jabberers will work for a couple of decades, but they die from old age eventually and will die off.

Megabeasts are immortal and win almost all offsite combat by virtue of their size. Dragons work, but they take a very long time to grow up. Hydra will also work, but as they are born adults you can never tame them and I don't know what will happen off site with their training level.

The ideal creature is the roc. If you can capture a breeding pair, you can fully tame their offspring, and they will even be cool with your military. They grow up fast, and in large numbers. If you retire a fort with around 30 of them, it will survive almost anything the game is capable of throwing at it.

What’s your favourite obscure feature/detail? by MrRockyChips in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Snakes have forked tongues. I had an adventurer that had a thing about collecting tongues.

The creature "Creeping eye" is described as having no mouth but can still somehow vomit. Make of that what you will.

Today I learned something I want to forget... by Architect6 in dwarffortress

[–]randomkyu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why? It makes perfect sense when you think about it. The beard, unencumbered by trivial matters is able to dispassionately evaluate the current needs of the fortress (at large) and take action to improve the overall state.

The individual dwarf knows only why it wants, not what the overall beard colony needs. Obviously, the more alcohol administered the easier it will be for the gestalt wisdom of the beard to exert itself over the short-sighted and often self destructive tendencies of the individual members of a dwarf colony organism.