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40d Talk:Gem cutter

2008-03-05T01:41:53Z

Hellome: New page: Whats the difference between a large gem and a cut gem? If they're different, how do you get one over the other, and is one more valuable or useful?

Whats the difference between a large gem and a cut gem? If they're different, how do you get one over the other, and is one more valuable or useful?

40d:Export

2008-03-03T00:16:02Z

Hellome:

'''Exporting''' is when goods your dwarves have made or captured are traded to the outside world via [[caravan]] trade, in exchange for the goods offered by the caravans. Any object your dwarves make can be traded (except legendary artifacts{{Verify}}), but it is obviously sensible to trade out useless [[crafts]], made in bulk [[stone]] and captured clothes and weapons your dwarves can't wear.

The total value of exported goods can be seen on the [[status]] screen, if you have a [[broker]] with novice or better in the [[appraiser]] skill. Exporting a large value of goods is believed to attract larger caravans in future.

Trade [[Liaison|representative]]s will negotiate export [[trade agreement|agreements]] with your [[mayor]]. When the caravan returns the following year, they will pay a higher price for the requested goods.

Certain goods can be banned from export by your mayor.

40d:Mayor

2008-03-03T00:14:28Z

Hellome:

{{Noble
| noble=Mayor
| quarters=Decent Quarters
| dining=Decent Dining Room
| office=Decent Office
| stands=1
| racks=1
| chests=2
| cabinets=1
| arrival=
* 50 population
* Election
| function=
* Meet with [[Liaison]]
* Leadership
* Listen to complaints
}}
When the population of a fortress reaches 50, the [[Expedition leader]] becomes the Mayor.

After a period of time, the fortress's dwarves may elect a new Mayor, who will demand the rooms accordingly. The former Mayor will revert to the job they had previously and will no longer require those rooms.

The Mayor will listen to complaints of the other dwarves - this will give them a happy [[thought]], while giving the mayor an unhappy one.

The amount of [[friends]] a dwarf has may be the main factor in his election to the office of Mayor.
It is still possible for a dwarf with no [[social skills]] to be elected over a dwarf who has them.

A mayor might sometimes impose a ban on the export of certain goods. Full effect unknown.

[[Category:Nobles]]

40d:Purring maggot

2008-02-28T10:38:38Z

Hellome:

The purring maggot is currently the only creature that can be [[milk]]ed. You cannot embark with purring maggots, because they are classified as vermin.

Purring maggots have been caught in animal traps with meat for bait.

If you find a map with purring maggots and domesticate them, be sure to keep them in an area away from most of your dwarves, because like all vermin, some dwarves find them disgusting.

40d:Liaison

2008-02-28T03:37:53Z

Hellome:

'''Liaisons''' are emissaries from different civilizations that will sometimes accompany traders to your fortress. They can have different names ([[Humans]] will send a '''guild representative''', dwarves will send an '''outpost liaison'''), but their functions are the same. They will ask your [[expedition leader]] or [[mayor]] ''only'' for which goods you would like sent with their next caravan (for a higher price), and inform you of the goods they would like you to sell to them the next time, which they too will pay extra to purchase.

Liaisons often set off traps in your base, and can be killed from them. This hasn't made anyone angry yet, oddly.

If your leader is dead, then you must assign a new one using the {{k|n}} screen before the liaison arrives or he/she will leave without a [[meeting]].

Make sure to turn off all labor for the dwarf who needs to meet with the liaison, even the 'harvest all order', because your leader tends to walk away from the meeting and liaisons will eventually get [[insanity|depressed]] or go [[berserk]] if they do not get their meeting. This also causes a message saying "A trader went away unhappy" although it's unknown if this has any current in-game effect.

The meeting can take place before, after and even "during", that is, between, trading sessions.

The meeting usually consists of 8 screens with breaks, the breaks giving your leader a welcome opportunity to walk away from the meeting. Don't think you are done until the liaison confirms it and says farewell!

Oddly enough, liaisons don't need to eat, drink or sleep. There is a statement from one of our mayors on this:

Ironblood: "This damn human thingy keeps following me around, suckling on me when I pause for too long. I think it's a foreign custom, but I dare not emulate. He's all disgusting and clean. Though his clothes are almost completely rotted off..."

[[Category:Trade]]

40d:Bone meal

2008-02-26T23:27:32Z

Hellome: New page: Unknown if available yet. Appears under stockpile options for food.

Unknown if available yet. Appears under stockpile options for food.