User:HebaruSan

Preferred Tileset	Kein for its blend of tradition and innovation
Playing Version	v0.31.04
Platform	Mac

I'm a programmer (personally and professionally). I like roguelikes (ascended one barbarian in Nethack) and try to work on them, but don't have anything impressive to show you.

Reasons for Playing Dwarf Fortress

• Open-endedness
• Watching my designs play out
• Appreciating its complexity and intricacy

Future Goals and Aspirations

Wiki

• Simulate social networking sites' "Like" buttons without spamming/vandalizing categories all over the place.
• Rewrite Dwarven physics in the in-character voice of a dwarven physicist explaining it to us backward humans, attributing the "discrepancies" not to differences in physics, but to the advanced state of dwarven knowledge. Superior dwarven science has unlocked the secret of explosion-less item annihilation and perpetual motion machines (maybe they're related!).
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Things that belong toward the top of WantedPages (good content could live there) and will appear there by virtue of being linked here:

• World map
• Decoration Industry
• Arms Industry
• Keep

In-game

There are several canonical Dwarf Fortress scenarios that I have yet to try or achieve.

• Find "Hidden Fun Stuff" and avoid spoilers until I do
• Kill, rather than capture, a megabeast
• Tame a Giant eagle
• Provoke war with the Elves
• Lose to invaders, then reclaim
• Abandon, then visit as adventurer

Streamlined bait-based drowning chamber with looting tray

Inspired by Lumpy McUglyFace's drowning chamber and Quietust's obsidian factory.

Side view:

       _______
       ░.§D.¢░    Bait animal, hatch cover at stairs
    ___┼____<%%   Pressure plate (not shown), entrance door, bridge, stairs up, screw pump (right to left)
.g.▲░░  _____%%≈░ Floor grates, internal access, screw pump (left to right)
░░░░░ ▲░≈≈≈≈≈░░░░ River

When a goblin enters to attack the animal, a pressure plate sets the trap in motion.

1. Entrance door sealed shut.
2. Hatch cover to upper floor sealed shut.
3. Pumps activate, water fills the chamber.
4. Time passes.
5. Pumps shut off.
6. Bridge retracts.
   1. Water falls through grate to river.
   2. Corpses and loot land on top of grate.
7. Bridge re-extends.
8. Hatch cover opens.
9. Door opens.

Advantages:

• Bait animal is safe and therefore doesn't need to be replaced.
• Looting tray allows safe retrieval of narrow giant cave spider silk items, at your haulers' leisure.
• No important items in the chamber means dwarves won't get in the way.
• No way for invaders to get into your fortress.
• No manual intervention required.
• Bridge over river affords quick and easy drainage.

Challenges and risks:

• Pressure plate placement; should go outside to allow entire interior to be bridge, but then the timing is very delicate.
  • May need to put the plate just outside the door and add a delay.
• Automation is hard.

Ideas for Challenges

Simulate 9/11

Build a pair of very tall, identical towers, using supports, and collapse them both. Two variants:

1. Make the links between the walls and the floors tenuous, and simulate "pancaking" as magma ("jet fuel") causes them to weaken and give way.
2. Controlled demolition with thermite.

• BONUS: Fill the towers with goblin cages and release them all just in time to be crushed.

Megaplumbing

Sanitation is one of the primary concerns of city planners, yet most dwarves have no place to use the restroom. Yours will!

Build a giant white stone toilet that flushes, including bowl, tank, handle, and seat. Deviate from realism as little as possible. Use it to dispose of hostile captives.

GauHelldragon already did this! Further suggestions:

• Don't flood the whole map.
• Emulate real toilets' mechanism for stopping flow and refilling the tank automatically.

Turnover

A mysterious poltergeist in your region takes an unorthodox approach to avoiding overcrowding.

1. Construct a large suicide chamber or many small ones, capable of liquidating a whole fortress's population.
2. At the start of each migration wave, execute all of your residents and let the migrants take over a vacant fortress.

• Since your population is always new, there is not enough time to build up high levels of skill.
• On the other hand, relationships would also remain relatively shallow.
• Special care must be taken to protect incoming migrants since wiping them out now causes the whole fortress to fail.
• Keeping the fortress secure while it's empty has to be balanced against allowing the migrants to enter. Bridges controlled by indoor and outdoor levers may be one approach.

• BONUS: Try to time it well enough to reduce your population briefly to 1 incoming migrant!

Fortresses

Recalling memories of fortresses is fun. Here are some of mine.

Region 1 (Name lost to the mists of time)

Population	7 dwarves, probably; can't imagine this one getting immigrants

I believe I abandoned this fortress after getting a basic sense of how to play and an understanding of this fortress' non-viability, then started Region 2 in the same world.

Noteworthy Occurrences

• Took a while to figure out how to get my dwarves to do things. They idled while I learned keystrokes.
• Miner got stuck somehow after falling in a hole.
• Fortress layout was partly outdoors, partly wide-open non-defensible underground area.
• Ran out of trees. Then found a bunch more after discovering the existence of Z-levels!

Region 2, Dumatdodók, "Roughnessclasp"

Settled by The Cloudy Salves Created wealth 452,441☼ Population 94 dwarves 156 animals Deaths 18 dwarves 6 dogs Artifacts Cabinet Throne Leather vest Braies Ring Bracelet Leather skirt Nobles Dungeon Master (surface river) Military 11 Marksdwarves (main article) After running out of food due to not assigning crops to be grown, I set this fortress aside to start Region 3 rather than watch everyone chase rodents and starve. Later returned to it with more expertise, got food from a caravan, and managed a full recovery. Still have the in-progress save game, but stopped playing it after losing substantial progress (city walls) to a crash. Features Captive-drowning chamber, extensively used Elaborate invader-drowning entrance, never tested Flat layout (most things on 2 Z-levels) Marksdwarf towers with Archery targets and sleeping quarters underneath Passage dug under river Dug out and flooded an underground area with an above-ground river to allow underground fishing and to see if it counted as a tower-cap-enabling "underground river" (it doesn't) Celebrities First legendary miner, Domas Dastotganad First legendary mason, Îton Momuzimik Pair of legendary bone carvers, Urist Inethnulral and Goden Sazirzatam Noteworthy Occurrences Learned the wonders of cage traps Elven caravan stopped coming after one was lost to an ambush

Region 3, Sherikunib, "Perplexedrag"

Settled by The Scholarly Salves Created wealth 318,379☼ Population 71 dwarves 46 animals Deaths 20 dwarves 7 dogs Artifacts Mace Barrel Mug Floodgate Spear Nobles Dungeon Master (surface river) Military 8 Marksdwarves 1 Macedwarf (main article) Celebrities Bomrek Thobdolush, Macedwarf and Captain of the guard Features Thick forest, two aboveground rivers Flat layout, everything on 1 Z-level Very rigid grid of 7x7 rooms 3x3 workshops in each corner Attempted to site related shops and stockpiles near one another ╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬ ║WWW.SSS║SSS.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.SSS║SSS.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.SSS║SSS.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ┼.......┼.......┼.......┼ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.SSS║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.SSS║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.SSS║WWW.WWW║ ╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ┼.......┼.......┼.......┼ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║WWW.WWW║ ╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬═══┼═══╬ First well with cistern Aboveground castle Archer platforms atop walls 3 ballistae 2 catapults 1 trade depot Enclosed farm field Drawbridge over channeled open-air refuse pit

Region 4, Mountainhome Stâkudîton Zustashizkilgostaban Bëmbul, "Machinehall the Ancient Intricate Arch-Construct of Mechanisms"

Settled by Truestrike the Courageous Loyal Rock-Band of Beards Created wealth 3,359,388☼ Population 170 dwarves 480 animals Deaths 25 dwarves 32 dogs Artifacts Piccolo 6 Bracelets 2 Mechanisms Toy axe Blowgun Leather shirt Harp Right gauntlet Animal trap Trousers Crossbow Idol Leather face veil Bed Left gauntlet Nobles Dungeon Master (surface river) Duke/Duchess Duke/Duchess Consort Philosopher Tax Collector Hammerer King Consort Queen (deceased) Military 2 Champions 14 Marksdwarves (3 Elite) 1 Speardwarf 1 Hammerdwarf 1 Axedwarf 1 Swordsdwarf 2 Macedwarves 11 Royal Guards (main article) I got ambitious and carefully customized the fortress and party Names before embark. Machinehall was built in two phases: Complex I: Single 32x32 room Workshops along the walls Stockpiles in the middle Kinked entry passage with fortifications for marksdwarves Well and waterfall in one corner Complex II: 17 15x15 levels, with a helix ramp in the center Planned waterfall in the center of the ramp (never tested) Each level dedicated to a specific industry or activity Unfortunately, these complexes are not close together, and the transition is taking a very long time. Currently most dwarves in Machinehall can be found walking in the long tunnel between them. Queen Saga Eventually, Machinehall grew enough to attract the interest of royalty. After an artifact mechanism was used in a drawbridge, Queen Lorbam Äkiltosid arrived and proclaimed her demands for the finest, most lavish accommodations imaginable. Plans for such were drawn up immediately, and work began. Not fast enough for Her Royal Highness, however; with each passing day, the indignity of her condition weighed upon the noble monarch, until finally one day it was all too much. Lorbam Äkiltosid, Queen has gone stark raving mad! She wandered aimlessly, overcome with despair. Where had she gone wrong? Surely road value is an excellent way to choose where to live! Eventually, the Queen threw herself into Machinehall Complex II's 17-level dry waterfall. Lorbam Äkiltosid, Queen has died after colliding with an obstacle. And her subjects mourned. Or at least I assume they will; the loss of the Queen prompted me to save my game (and not come back to it yet). Other Events First Tax Collector Mandated items made from unavailable materials. Innocent craftdwarf was blamed, charged, and executed! Some time later, the Tax Collector was found starved to death in his locked quarters. First production of glass and soap. Dug out most of bottom Z-level without finding magma pipe. Celebrities Mayor Ïteb Zasurrïth Legendary Record Keeper Legendary Appraiser Legendary Organizer Undefeated in all elections since founding Big fan of iron and doors First legendary mechanic, Bim Suvasbomrek Decided she was Machinehall's de facto matron Built her an office/dining/bedroom complex using her favorite materials First legendary stonecrafter, Ustuth Inethurol Creator of many excellent native gold mugs Legendary Bone Carver, Led Tizötdodók Creator of a continuous stream of masterpieces Features Champions patrolling edges of map Wall around roughly 100x100 area above ground for safe forestry Museum containing artifacts and two captured Megabeasts 5-target archery practice hall with captive-release area near targets Low-income housing district in sandy area to handle Dwarven economy Spiral wall entrance, never tested Maximizes length of path per surface area occupied Overlooked by fortified marksdwarf tower Level 0: ...........ggg.. ═╦════════╦┼╦═╦═ .║........║.║X║. .║.╔════╗.║.╠═╝. .║.║....║.║.║▲.. .║.║.╔O.║.║.║... .║.║.║▲.║.║.║... .║.║.╚══╝.║.║... .║.║......║.║... .║.╚══════╝.║... .║..........║... .╚═════════┼╝... ................ Level 1: ················ +++++++++++·╬╬╬+ ·+········+·╬☻╬· ·+·++++++·+·╬╬╬· ·+·+····+·+·+▼·· ·+·+·++·+·+·+··· ·+·+·+▼·+·+·+··· ·+·+·++++·+·+··· ·+·+······+·+··· ·+·++++++++·+··· ·+··········+··· ·++++++++++++··· ················ Pit under drawbridges, never tested 26 tiles long 9 Z-levels deep 'Bait' tunnels with war dogs, unsuccessful Exotic pet collection Rhesus macaques Groundhogs Jaguar Elk One-humped Camel Deer Housing in a spiral pattern Please forgive resemblance to onerous historical symbols; goal was merely to maximize density and minimize distance from doors to center. If it's any consolation, I think theirs were clockwise instead. ║θ.║θ.║θ.║.┼..║..┼.┼..║..┼. ║..║..║..┼.╠══╬══╣.╠══╬══╣. ╩═┼╩═┼╩══╝.║.θ║θ.║.║.θ║θ.║. ...........┼..║..┼.┼..║..┼. ╦═┼╦═┼╦══╗.╠══╬══╣.╠══╬══╣. ║..║..║..║.║.θ║θ.║.║.θ║θ.║. ║θ.║θ.║θ.┼.┼..║..┼.┼..║..┼. ╬══╬══╬══╣.╠══╬══╣.╠══╬══╣. ║θ.║θ.║θ.║.║.θ║θ.║.║.θ║θ.║. ║..║..║..║.┼..║..║.║..║..║. ╩═┼╩═┼╩═┼╝.╚══╩┼═╝.╚┼═╩┼═╝. ..........X................ ┼╗.╔═┼╦══╗.╔┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦ .║.║..║..┼.║..║..║..║..║..║ .║.║.θ║θ.║.║.θ║.θ║.θ║.θ║.θ║ ═╣.╠══╬══╣.╠══╬══╬══╬══╬══╬ .┼.┼..║..┼.┼.θ║.θ║.θ║.θ║.θ║ .║.║.θ║θ.║.║..║..║..║..║..║ ═╣.╠══╬══╣.╚══╩┼═╩┼═╩┼═╩┼═╩ .┼.┼..║..┼................. .║.║.θ║θ.║.╔┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦┼═╦

Adventure

Sometime between Machinehall and Blockedbridge, I created a world in which to try Adventure Mode. The framerate was very slow and I was unable to find anything to do. I wandered through an Elven settlement talking to its residents, but none of them seemed to be the quest boss I wanted to meet, and I had no way to locate him. I decided that if I wanted a single-character questing experience, I could go play Nethack or Crawl instead, whereas Dwarf fortress mode is far more novel and interesting. Perma-saved.

Region 5, Rifotsazir, "Blockedbridge"

Settled by The Merchants of Closing House Rules [ZERO_RENT:YES] Created wealth 8,435,373☼ Population 214 dwarves 126 animals Deaths 5 dwarves 7 dogs Artifacts Leather thong Tower-cap armor stand 3 Scepters Mace Chain mail Flute Red flash opal table Harp Door Bracelet Coffer Weapon rack Earring Braies Chain Idol Nobles Dungeon Master (underground river) Duchess Duke Consort Philosopher Tax Collector Hammerer Military 27 Champions (main article) I used the site finder, with the only search parameter being the presence of a magma pipe, then carved the bottom Z-level into 5x10 chunks without finding one. However, I did eventually notice some Frogman bones in my stocks. Sure enough, these had sunk to the bottom of an undiscovered underground river. I also got tired of under-building squalid hovels for my gloriously wealthy tribesdwarves, so I turned off rent. My long-term plan is to build better and better housing, and as they move into it, knock out the walls between older rooms to upgrade them. I might try enabling rent again in future versions if it becomes possible to undercut rents with a housing supply glut. Much of the created wealth is due to micro-management of Strange moods; virtually all artifacts were made from native platinum, raw demantoid, aluminum bars, platinum bars, giant cave spider silk, sasquatch leather, giant cave spider chitin, star sapphires, and clear diamonds. When the Dungeon Master finally arrived, her hood was decorated with an image of Blockedbridge's prized legendary mace. Apparently she was a fan. Aquifer Prequel My initial plan was to dig this fortress under a human town, so I selected a site with one. The site finder courteously warned me in the strongest possible terms that there was an aquifer at this location, which could seriously hinder my progress. This warning fully indemnified the site finder as far as I was concerned; however, I had never seen an aquifer before and succumbed to my curiosity. We arrived in the town and began digging at its center. Five levels of ramp and side-passages were designated in a fit of optimism. Two levels down, the dirt gave way to water, and the remaining designations became a cruel joke, taunting their creators. After a brief attempt to pump out enough liquid to allow further descent, we returned to the surface, re-packed the wagon, wished the human townsfolk well, and set off for the mountains, where dwarvenkind belongs. Stockpile Fun and Reclamation Blockedbridge got off to a promising start, with the initial layout carved and all the industries ramping up. Then the brewer cancelled his task for lack of an empty barrel. There were plenty of barrels around, but they were all full of food. This seemed to be the result of a stockpiling error; there was a food-and-drink pile but no drinks-only pile, and so the kitchen outstripped the still and used up all the barrels. A plague of thirst swept the fortress, and as attempts were made to restart ale production, one of the fortress's most beloved legendary denizens perished. This was deemed an appropriate occasion for fun; all attempts at survival were forgotten, and Blockedbridge focused on leaving a good-looking corpse. The entrance was sealed, trapping a human trade delegation inside with the dwarves. Several new butcher shops were hastily erected to slaughter all the remaining animals. An engraver of legendary skill was sent to the tombs to chronicle the ongoing tragedy in stone. One by one, thirst overtook them all, in some cases while they were carrying another's remains to the cemetery. As soon as news of Blockedbridge's fall reached the mountainhomes, a band of dwarven warriors set out to revive it, confident that they could succeed where the previous crew had failed. They found an unoccupied, ransacked, but otherwise safe fortress and set to work restoring it. They were very careful to designate a substantial drinks-only stockpile. This group welcomed many emigres from elsewhere, and today Blockedbridge is a thriving dwarven metropolis. Of the trapped humans, some later died defending Blockedbridge, several rejoined their countrymen upon their next visit, and one remains to the present day. Notable Features No water until underground river was found Minor injuries became death sentences Wall around entire map makes the surface safe for dwarvenkind Exterior patrolled by Champions Ramp under wall to tunnel for Wagons Central ramp down to (previous) trade depot location 3-tile wide hallways going north/south/east/west from center Up/down stairs in hallways every 20 tiles Tower-cap farm 8-catapult training center feeds stoneworking shops Embassy Suites: ...╠═════╬═════╣ ...║♫....║....Æ║ ...┼..╤╥.┼..θ..║ ...║√....║....π║ ...╠═════╬═════╣ ...║√....║....π║ ...┼..╤╥.┼..θ..║ ...║♫....║....Æ║ ...╠═════╬═════╣ ...║♫....║....Æ║ ...┼..╤╥.┼..θ..║ ...║√....║....π║ ...╠═════╬═════╣