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Savok: moving content to Challenges

2008-06-14T19:56:06Z

moving content to Challenges

2008-06-11T07:16:54Z

<insert material> Fort: Getting a bit silly here. :)

2008-06-10T14:47:20Z

Master Of One

2008-06-09T14:39:01Z

This. Is. SPARTAAAA

2008-06-09T13:47:44Z

This. Is. SPARTAAAA

2008-06-09T08:36:54Z

This. Is. SPARTAAAA

2008-06-09T08:36:28Z

This. Is. SPARTAAAA

2008-05-17T15:19:26Z

grammar and markup fixes

2008-05-16T21:00:44Z

alphabatised list, added hunter-gatherers. fiddled with 'humanlike fortress' to not be so "lawlz I'm 13 years old"

2008-05-14T19:12:01Z

<insert material> Fort: - Added glass challenge

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	Construct an above-ground fortress made entirely out of glass. Bonus points for not using magma, constructing your fortress under water, or using [[clear glass]] exclusively. No stone may be used. Metal may only be used for creating stuff that cannot be made out of glass.		Construct an above-ground fortress made entirely out of glass. Bonus points for not using magma, constructing your fortress under water, or using [[clear glass]] exclusively. No stone may be used. Metal may only be used for creating stuff that cannot be made out of glass.
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		+	'''Soap'''
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		+	Cleanliness is next to godliness! Soap is in the form of "bars", and so can be used as a building material just like any other type of bar. Show those elven traders just how much you despise their philosophies by building your trading outpost out of stuff derived from dead trees ''and'' dead animals. Too many cats? Build with cat tallow soap.

	== Jack Of All Trades ==		== Jack Of All Trades ==

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	Note: Since all dwarfs start with all hauling activated then that's fine- alternatively you could limit the peasants to hauling duties and only allow dwarfs with military skills into the military...		Note: Since all dwarfs start with all hauling activated then that's fine- alternatively you could limit the peasants to hauling duties and only allow dwarfs with military skills into the military...
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		+	== No Traders ==
		+	Whenever someone tries to trade with you, destroy them in the most unhumane way possible.
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		+	Ideas;
		+	:*Drop them into a chasm/pit via a retracting bridge.
		+	:*Cause a cave-in.
		+	:*Attack them with seige weapons.
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		+	Try to come up with imaginative ways of destroying the traders! --[[User:AlexFili\|AlexFili]] 10:47, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

	== Outcast ==		== Outcast ==

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 You should forbid the use of gold and silver, the making of crafts, and the smoothing of walls or any other task that makes your fortress "beautiful."
-You shouldn't create chainmail or plate armour. <!-- why? --Savok --> <!-- because spartans don't wear chest armor. you should definately watch 300, it's like Dwarf Fortress on crack! --AlexFili --><!-- from what I've read, 300 isn't an accurate depiction of Spartan life. However, this challenge build is based on 300 --Savok -->You should only brew wine.
+You shouldn't create chainmail or plate armour. <!-- why? --Savok --> <!-- because spartans don't wear chest armor. you should definately watch 300, it's like Dwarf Fortress on crack! --AlexFili --><!-- from what I've read, 300 isn't an accurate depiction of Spartan life. However, this challenge build is based on 300 --Savok --><-- Alright, fair point, 300 was based from a graphic novel, but many similarities between Spartans in 300 and in real history are present. --[[User:AlexFili|AlexFili]] 10:39, 9 June 2008 (EDT) -->You should only brew wine.
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta#Society Read more about the real Sparta]

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 == This. Is. SPARTAAAA ==
 At least 50% of your dwarves should be military 100% of the time, and train in spears, shield use and [[wrestling]]. All other dwarves are "helots" and shouldn't be given any skills &ndash; they can be pressed into the military during times of war, but given no equipment or at most a bare minimum of inferior weapons.
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 You should forbid the use of gold and silver, the making of crafts, and the smoothing of walls or any other task that makes your fortress "beautiful."
-You shouldn't create chainmail or plate armour. <!-- why? --Savok --> <!-- because spartans don't wear chest armor. you should definately watch 300, it's like Dwarf Fortress on crack! --AlexFili --> You should only brew wine.
+You shouldn't create chainmail or plate armour. <!-- why? --Savok --> <!-- because spartans don't wear chest armor. you should definately watch 300, it's like Dwarf Fortress on crack! --AlexFili --><!-- from what I've read, 300 isn't an accurate depiction of Spartan life. However, this challenge build is based on 300 --Savok -->You should only brew wine.
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta#Society Read more about the real Sparta]

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 You should refuse trade with caravans, instead attacking them if possible.
-Whenever a messenger appears, promptly enter aggressive negotiations and throw them down the well screaming; "THIS IS SPAARRTAAAAA... (kick)".
+Whenever a messenger appears, promptly enter aggressive negotiations and throw them down the well screaming; "THIS IS SPAARRTAAAAA...".
 You should forbid the use of gold and silver, the making of crafts, and the smoothing of walls or any other task that makes your fortress "beautiful."

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 == Humanlike Fortress ==
-Pretend your a filthy above-ground dwelling humie.
+Pretend you're a filthy above-ground dwelling humie.
 * Build a town wall.
 **Only hovels and farms outside the town walls.
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 *House your workshops according to profession, not conveinance.
 *Build warehouses for stockpiles, and set guards outside them.
-*Create a keep, with it's own wall, barracks, treasury, etc.
+*Create a keep, with its own wall, barracks, treasury, etc.
 *Create a market square.
 *Create a main street from the town wall to the market square and/or keep. Well-paved blocks, statues and decorative shubbery are a must.
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 [[Traps]] and moving [[bridge]]s are forbidden, [[farming]] must be accomplished by hand.
 == Master Of One ==
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 == Outcast ==
- * No [[skill]]s
+* No [[skill]]s
 * One [[pick]] and no other supplies

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	Start on any treeless map and make everything that you can out of wood. That means no underground forts, though you may destroy hills and such. You lose points for bringing wood at the start.		Start on any treeless map and make everything that you can out of wood. That means no underground forts, though you may destroy hills and such. You lose points for bringing wood at the start.
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		+	'''Glass'''
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		+	Construct an above-ground fortress made entirely out of glass. Bonus points for not using magma, constructing your fortress under water, or using [[clear glass]] exclusively. No stone may be used. Metal may only be used for creating stuff that cannot be made out of glass.

	=== Dieting Dwarves ===		=== Dieting Dwarves ===