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Silverwing235: typo and things

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typo and things

24.224.43.89: /* Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really? */

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Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really?

24.224.43.89: /* Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really? */

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Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really?

24.224.43.89: /* Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really? */

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Design Constraints: Which skills do I need, really?

DPhKraken: Modern bag terminology

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Modern bag terminology

139.30.9.61: Mason doesnt make any sense, because only makes building of some buildings faster. Stone Carver will make the stone furniture.

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Mason doesnt make any sense, because only makes building of some buildings faster. Stone Carver will make the stone furniture.

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 Skills for your initial dwarves determine how quickly they will work early on, what industries you are able to start with skilled workers, how well you can defend your dwarves early on, and what the quality of various goods they produce will be, and possibly many other considerations. This page considers in detail how you might go about choosing skills for your starting dwarves, and examines the multiple competing perspectives from which you can make that decision.
-The items that your dwarves bring with you can be tailored a number of ways. There are trade-offs to cheaper and more expensive alternatives, and reasons why you might choose either. This section explores the nature of these trade-offs and the reasons for making a decision. It also looks at optimizing goods brought in more general contexts.
+The items that your dwarves bring with them can be tailored a number of ways. There are trade-offs to cheaper and more expensive alternatives, and reasons why you might choose either. This section explores the nature of these trade-offs and the reasons for making a decision. It also looks at optimizing goods brought in more general contexts.
 Starting builds can and should vary based upon a number of other variables. [[embark#Choosing_a_Site|Where you choose to settle]] will dictate what raw materials are available, and thus require different skill sets to utilize, not to mention different threats from native wildlife based on [[biome]], [[surroundings|savagery]], and [[surroundings|alignment]]. Which dwarven civilization you chose will restrict the materials with which you can start. Making choices about these variables is not part of a starting build. What you choose for skills and items because of these choices is part of your starting build, and so some general guidelines about different environments is given last.

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 :''For an explanation of the interface for starting out, see [[Embark]].''
-A '''starting build''' is a personal strategy for choosing the initial supplies, equipment, and [[skill]]s of your initial seven dwarves when starting a new game in [[fortress mode]] (see [[Sample Starting Builds]]). The skills and items which you assign to your dwarves will have a large impact on life in your new fortress, especially in its first year.
+A '''starting build''' is a personal strategy for choosing the initial supplies, equipment, and [[skill]]s of your initial seven dwarves, when starting a new game in [[fortress mode]] (see [[Sample Starting Builds]]). The skills and items which you assign to your dwarves will have a large impact on life in your new fortress, especially in its first year.
 This page attempts to provide a discussion about how and why you make the choices on what you bring with you. This page is not an explanation of the mechanics of doing so, see the [[embark]] page for an explanation of the interface itself. This page assumes you have already made certain decisions, such as where you plan on settling, and that you are looking at the [[Embark#Prepare_Carefully|Prepare Carefully]] screen.

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-:''This is not a tutorial, a FAQ, or a new player's guide. This is a mildly advanced theoretical treatment for someone ready to take the plunge and make all the decisions about their own fortress. The following are intended for beginners:''
+:''This is not a tutorial, an FAQ, or a new player's guide. This is a mildly advanced theoretical treatment for someone ready to take the plunge and make all the decisions about their own fortress. The following are intended for beginners:''
 ::*[[Quickstart guide]]
 ::*[[Main:From Caravan to Happy Dwarves|Beginner Flowchart]]

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 *[[Brewer|Brewing]], [[Cook|Cooking]] - A skilled brewer produces [[alcohol]] more quickly. Likewise, a skilled [[cook]] prepares [[prepared meal|meals]] more quickly (and more appealingly). However, most food can be eaten raw, and your dwarves can exist for a time on water.
 *[[Mechanic]] - If you want traps, and most people will. Also needed for most machinery. Mechanisms sell for a high price as a bonus.
-*[[Architecture|Building Designer]] - Mandatory for some buildings and constructions, but skill only improves speed a tad and increases structure [[value]].
+*[[Mason]] - Mandatory for some buildings and constructions, but skill only improves speed a tad and increases structure [[value]].
 *[[Appraiser]] - you will use this whenever you trade with a caravan. Without it, the game won't tell you how much anything is worth, making trading difficult. It's almost always recommended to start with a dwarf with Novice (1 pt) Appraiser skill.
 *[[Clothier]], [[Leatherworker]] - At least one of these skills will be necessary to supply your dwarves with new [[clothing]]. Articles of clothing count as [[finished goods]] with quality modifiers, and clothes can be traded easily (either before or after your dwarves wear them).

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 *[[Carpentry]], [[wood cutter|Wood cutting]] - [[bed]]s can only be produced from [[wood]] (rare [[mood]]s aside). This skill is also quite useful for producing [[bin]]s and [[barrel]]s.
 ** It's best not to assign carpentery and wood cutting to the same dwarf. Doing so creates a bottleneck early on, when carpentry is your only reliable industry.
-*[[Stone Carving|Stone carver]] - to fashion dwarven [[furniture]] from stone, and build [[building]]s and [[constructions]] from stone.
+*[[Stone carving]] - to fashion dwarven [[furniture]] from stone, and build [[building]]s and [[constructions]] from stone.
 ** Due to the vast supply of loose stones, masons can be easily trained by [[repeat]]ing jobs at a mason's workshop.
 *[[Grower|Growing]] - your farmers' work echoes throughout so many other tasks, it's stunning.

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 You can also easily plan on making all or most of the booze you'll need. [[Plump helmet]]s can be bought at embark and brewed at a still, as can [[wood]] for making barrels (which are also required). Buying just a few units of each booze will be enough to hold you over until you can brew-it-yourself, and at worst your dwarves can drink water (and get unhappy [[thoughts]]) at first, but they'll get over that.
-Bringing [[leather]] lets you make [[Container|bags]] and leather [[armor]], which are both fast, immediately useful and a nice savings. Bringing [[thread]] would let you weave cloth to make sacks and [[rope]]s - but that might be less critical and more involved than some other DIY items. Just because you "can" doesn't mean you should, or really will have time to - but it's always an option!
+Bringing [[leather]] lets you make [[bags]] and leather [[armor]], which are both fast, immediately useful and a nice savings. Bringing [[thread]] would let you weave cloth to make sacks and [[rope]]s - but that might be less critical and more involved than some other DIY items. Just because you "can" doesn't mean you should, or really will have time to - but it's always an option!
 Bottom line, '''''any''''' finished good can be made if you've brought the raw materials, but most of them are not essential like the above, and thus you can generally wait until you find suitable resources on site or buy them from [[caravan]]s.

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 *1 Grower/Brewer
 *1 Mechanic/Carpenter
-*1 Mason/ Judge of Intent 1/Appraiser 1
+*1 Stone Carver/ Judge of Intent 1/Appraiser 1
 This is not the be all end all, of course; it all depends upon your location, your goals, and what you consider fun.

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