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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#176: Aug 20th 2012 at 1:09:07 AM

-_- if you don't label your levers i will reach through the screen and feed you to my chihuahuas.

Who watches the watchmen?
Azaram Smiter of Typeaux Since: Jan, 2001
Smiter of Typeaux
#177: Aug 20th 2012 at 1:46:12 AM

Ha ha, can't threaten me like that, I'm not actually playing. grin I just redownloaded the game (It's been a long time... (/GLaDOS)) and haven't even unzipped it. Last time I played, carp were still the worst possible thing to run across. I just wanted to be dorfed, and die either heroically or sillily...ly.

edited 20th Aug '12 1:48:45 AM by Azaram

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#178: Aug 20th 2012 at 2:14:22 AM

Hey my dogs are hungry. >:3

Well my dorf self TuefelHundenV got posessed and went stark raving mad. He is now known as Mr. Fwible.

And now hes dead. I am going to do the write up tomorrow.

edited 20th Aug '12 3:09:44 AM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
JimmyTMalice from Ironforge Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#179: Aug 20th 2012 at 3:15:52 AM

When I get hold of the fortress I'm going to make loads of levers that aren't labelled. It'll be your job to figure out what they do!

They do nothing!

edited 20th Aug '12 3:16:08 AM by JimmyTMalice

"Steel wins battles. Gold wins wars."
Azaram Smiter of Typeaux Since: Jan, 2001
Smiter of Typeaux
#180: Aug 20th 2012 at 3:56:22 AM

[up][up] The Many Deaths of You. tongue Karma's a bitch, when you threaten to feed innocent tigers to the ill-tempered land piranha. Heehee...

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#181: Aug 20th 2012 at 4:34:23 AM

Oh he was already nuts by that point. Wrapping up the last of my tasks and making my basic notes. Another big write up tomorrow. Also I am going to be sending Fishicles the save as well.

edited 20th Aug '12 4:44:18 AM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
fishsicles An Ex-Troper from Down The Curtain Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
An Ex-Troper
#182: Aug 20th 2012 at 4:53:36 AM

Stark raving madness on the first turn?

This fort is a keeper.

Not nearly a good enough singer for the Choir Invisible, and the Basement Room With A Synth Invisible is much less prestigious.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#183: Aug 20th 2012 at 5:24:34 AM

Ok going over my notes. Location in general is good. River has food and is good water source. Need more wood. Got quite a bit done including a basic kill drop trap and fort seal. Had a few deaths. Sponges are pests, Wolverine people suck. We have gobos. Multiple confirmations of goblin snatchers and thieves. Need roads. Small narrow river.

Sleeping now cause I am finally tired. Write up will be tomorrow.

edited 20th Aug '12 5:25:57 AM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#184: Aug 20th 2012 at 5:47:43 AM

Its funny how we judge a fortress as a keeper because of insanity on the first turn.

Still, it could have been worse.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#185: Aug 20th 2012 at 11:13:59 AM

stats

Fort started in 125 year is now 127.

Total Population is 68 Dwarves. 60 Adults, 8 Children.

Number one Job is Farmers. Number two Job is Rangers Number three is crafts dwarves

We have 60812 in created Wealth we have 81276 in Imported Wealth

Who watches the watchmen?
JimmyTMalice from Ironforge Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#186: Aug 20th 2012 at 11:35:25 AM

Can I be added to the list of players? I asked a few pages ago.

"Steel wins battles. Gold wins wars."
fishsicles An Ex-Troper from Down The Curtain Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
An Ex-Troper
#187: Aug 20th 2012 at 11:51:51 AM

[up] Sorry, I must have missed you. Edited in.

Not nearly a good enough singer for the Choir Invisible, and the Basement Room With A Synth Invisible is much less prestigious.
Muramasan13 Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#188: Aug 20th 2012 at 12:05:59 PM

I am not on the list of dorfed people. This is amiss. I also asked for a turn on the first page.

Ah, well.

edited 20th Aug '12 12:06:54 PM by Muramasan13

Smile for me!
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#189: Aug 20th 2012 at 12:15:55 PM

Mura: Fixed on the dorfed end. Send a pm requesting to be put on the list for a turn to Fishicles.

Save sent to Fishicles

edited 20th Aug '12 12:54:44 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
fishsicles An Ex-Troper from Down The Curtain Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
An Ex-Troper
#190: Aug 20th 2012 at 2:31:02 PM

Yeah, it is better to PM me for turnage than post, since it might be eaten by my business otherwise.

Not nearly a good enough singer for the Choir Invisible, and the Basement Room With A Synth Invisible is much less prestigious.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#191: Aug 20th 2012 at 11:29:56 PM

2nd Journal Series of TuefelHunden V

Year 127


27th of Slate

I have executed the Migrant who had masterminded the rock scheme. She was known as "Feel Good Rock" She carried her child into the Sudden Hard Impact Tower "aka the SHIT Box" with her. Since no dwarf could pry the child from her arms we let them go into the chamber and locked the door behind her. We piled rocks over the hatch and pulled the lever. She was severely injured in the initial barrage. The device has a draw back of projectiles flying from the speed of the hatch opening. We need to build a object hut on top to contain materials for executions.

Next we added items from the donated caravan. Ranging from bins of items to weapons and armor. She received a fatal injury to her spine and suffocated to death. Her child survived the ordeal and is limping about injured. Her body will be dumped into the river at a convenient point.

The test and execution has led me to change some aspects of the design. I have started the diggings for the quarters 10 levels below the main hall. After initial quarters are dug I will begin digging mines to exploit the mineral wealth of the area.


6th of Felsite

The dwarf known as Feel Good Rock will buried. I had decided I have done enough to prove that order should be maintained. Her injured child is wandering the fort. I have decided to help give the child food and water. If the child ever wants revenge I will get some crossbows with a couple bolts and we will meet in an empty field and have out our issues. If the child tries to have me assassinated I will drop them into the river and drown them.

It is ironic I would consider drowning the child for attempted assassination because the father fell into the river and drowned while battling Wolverine people and now "sleeps with the giant sponges". Or perhaps knew he was going to be executed for his part in the rock assassination attempt and drowned himself instead.


14th Felsite

The drowned father of the executed mother and the child has risen as a ghost. The river was too swift for us to retrieve his body so he has come back. He quietly haunts the exteriors. His face is blue and bloated from having drowned and he stares with bored dead eyes. We are all unsettled by it. But he is content to merely stare. I will order some slabs created to put him to rest. I do not need any complications from him haunting the fort. While I feel no pity over his death as he was one of the participants in my attempted assassination I cannot leave his spirit to roam the fort in the event it becomes hostile and disrupts any plans or deals we have in the workings.

26th Felsite.


I was crafting bone bolts for our hunters when this hum started inside my head. IT was dull and low at first. Then it has grown to what must be a roar. I am shocked no one else heard it. Then suddenly it stopped and was replaced by a whispering. The voice is smooth as silk and harsh as coarse steel rasp in my mind. Images of things that could be, are, and will be smash together and fly apart into new forms. I see images of working with my hands and the materials I need. I must do this. I must have them. Bars...Metal. Gems...shining. Cloth...string. Not just any string but the finest string. This possession will surely drive me mad if I cannot make these glorious images of things and take it from my mind and into reality.
19th Malachite

THE HUM IS BACK AND IS SCREAMING IMAGES OF THE BLOOD THIRSTY GOD INTO MY MIND. I FEEL MY MIND BURNING, TEARING, WEEPING, AND SHRIEKING. THE LAUGHTER OF HUNGRY GODS IS MY MUSIC! THEIR LAUGHTER MY VOICE! THEIR HUNGER MY DOOM! (The rest of the journal is nothing but drawings of unknowable shapes of impossible creatures. The images are painful to view and bring head aches if looked up too long. Accompanied are a series of strange symbols drawn in what appears to the blood of the writer. The writing is strange and alien and leaves feeling ill at ease in trying to decipher their form and meaning. On the last page of the journal there is one final entry. It is written as if by a child with clumsy hands rather then the hands of a crafts dwarf.) i am become Mr. Fwible tinker of worlds.


First Journal of TuefelHundenVI

7th of Galena


I TuefelHunden VI am now acting overseer of the fort. My cousin who came before went stark raving made after being possessed by a spirit of crafting. Our experts believe it was his inability to find a skein of thread that drove him mad. Which is ironic. The pointy eared plant fondlers traded us thread months ago before we kicked them out of the fort. He has been wandering the fort in a disheveled state calling himself Mr. Fwible tinker of worlds. It is believed this is the name of the spirit who drove him mad and he has taken it's name as his mind shattered.

He seems harmless enough meandering the main hall level. Though no one sees him eat or drink he still takes his rations to the chow hall and sits with the orphaned baby and talks to him. The child seems at ease with him and he has made no signs of being outwardly hostile. We (a quick council of the nobles and myself) have decided that we will let him continue. We figure he is not long for this world.


11th Limestone-

The dwarves assigned to watch Mr Fwible have reported that his condition has led to his death. For some time he was discovered to be helping feed and give drink to the orphaned child. Then he suddenly stopped wandering and sat on the floor by the child. He refused to move and no one was inclined to force the issue. He sat there rocking gently back and forth talking to the child. He was reported be heard chanting Mr Fwible is sorry over and over a few hours before his death. He died of thirst. The child is now very distraught and refuses to eat. This will likely not end well for the child. My cousin has been buried as has the dead mother Rock Feel Good. Sadly we are unable to recover her husband’s body from the river or the body of another fellow dwarf who fell in and drowned.


17th Limestone

A fey mood has struck. For a while we feared he may go the route of my cousin did, but it seems the dwarf in question found the materials needed and scuttled off to the jewelers shop. The dwarf is working feverishly chanting in some unknown tongue as the sound of his industry can be heard. What he is crafting no one knows. The council and I hope it is something useful.


21st Limestone

The Fey mood dwarf came out of his work shop with strange gleeful look on his face and presented us an artifact. The Artifact made is "The Acrid Domain". A bloodstone Animal Trap. This is a bloodstone animal trap. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with tapered baguette cut bloodstones. While the item is of some value it is sadly of little use to imprison pests in such a fine cell. We can perhaps pawn it off on the next dwarven caravan. 22nd Limestone

The orphaned child has starved to death. He took drink but not food and has moved on from this life. He is buried next to my cousin. A strange scrap of cloth was found in his possession. It appears to bear symbols like what was written in my cousin’s journal after his madness struck. There appears to be a translation scrawled in fire smudge under the symbols. "Paradise awaits, join us." I had the scrap burned in a torch just in case some malign influence lingered on its tattered filthy threads.

What a bloody tragedy. All for an accident. It is believed that my cousin had already become insane from his ordeals at Water Burned, the Capital, and the Swamp of Rotting Filth Rain. By the time he got here he had become the psychotic leader that executed a dwarf for pitching rocks into a ditch he had mistakenly designated as a drop off point for dumping excess stone. He was then dumb enough to be standing in the spot while they were hurling stones around. What the Grokking hell cousin. You fucking idiotic maniac.


20th Sandstone

We have received more migrants. Quite a few this time. Our population is sitting around 45+ dwarves. I have started finding tasks for them to do so they don't stand around the dining hall all day.

Our lethal drop pit is nearly complete. We will soon have a method to drop our foes 11 floors to their deaths and a hopefully satisfying body part explosion. I can't wait to see how it works on the first foolish gobo to wander over the bridge. I have also toyed with the idea of opening it up and casting the wolverine woman we caught in a cage trap at the entrance into the pit from edge to see if it works.

Our interior water access is complete. We now have water access from inside the fort for our use. This will be handy during sieges.

I have ordered a short bridge built over the river to facilitated gathering of plants, food, hunting, and other supplies from across the river.

I also have ordered up more tables, chairs, and beds to fit our increased population’s needs. Thankfully I have had more mundane tasks at hand then dealing with conspiracies and mad men.


21st Sandstone -

I overheard from two dwarves drinking. Mention Jaguar and Giant Eagle. I was on my 10th pint when I overheard two dwarves talking over their own barrels of booze. They were discussing a new farm plot idea that I had failed to consider. They talked about how instead of harvesting plants from the surface we make a surface garden to grow things like whip vine. Personally I thought they might be crazy. But they argued back and forth about the radical idea of a surface garden in a desert. They would lose their minds if they saw our Caged giant Eagle and Jaguar.


8th Timber

The new member of the council the newly appointed book keeper informed me that we were expending a vast number of crossbow bolts for a shockingly low successful hunt rate. At her insistence I interviewed several of the hunters. Apparently some full tries to kill one of the two giant sponges in the river by uselessly shooting it full of bolts. I could only shake my head. I could yell, shout, and berate the hunters but in my heart I knew they would do it anyways. Unless we can find a way to kill the sponges they will continue to blow whole quivers of bolt fire on sponges. They must be related to Rotpar.


15th Timber one dwarf drowns in river after being knocked into it.

The hunters have reported a skirmish with the wolverine people. They slew two of the beasts and wounded a third who fled the area. One dwarf was knocked unconscious and fell into the river where he drowned. These wolverine people are wearing my patience thin. Once we get metal production underway I would urge a military campaign against the beasts every time they trespass our land.


16th of Timber

The caravan has arrived as has our Liason. The man seemed relieved that my cousin was no longer in charge and that I did not make any non-standard threats of violence while drinking. He informed me to my Chagrin that we needed roads or the riches laden trade wagons would not come near the fort. We have too many problems for me to deal with roads for the time being. I agreed we would get them in soon. We traded for a variety of materials and unloaded gear.


1st of Moonstone

BY ARMOKS MOSSY STONES! The damned Wolverine people have invaded again. This time a troupe of about 6 or 7 of the bastards. To make it worse they are lingering on the map and a giant tick wandered in to join the party. Whats next. Wait Don't answer that.


16th of Opal

I have decided to engrave slabs for all of our slain and dead so that we might better know of their untimely death and their time at the fort.


Author note: I wanted the slabs for the descriptions.

23rd of Opal

We have put the ghost to rest and laid out slabs for everyone. The "assassins" were pardoned after the fact and their names cleared. Everyone felt so much better about the issue we threw a party and drank ourselves stupid.


5th Obsidian -

Our Resident Metal Smith was taken by a fey mood and soon began working feverishly at his forge muttering like the last dwarf taken by such a mood. Here is to hoping for something interesting.


8th Obsidian -several births

Great. More dwarven children underfoot there were several births almost back to back. I just know this will lead to bad things. Damned rock topplers messing with my workshop. —- 14th of Obsidian -Snatcher

I was right gods damn it I was right. The children brought snatchers. Snatchers are also thieves and spies. You can bet we will have Goblins on our doorstep before too long. But the pitfall kill trap is ready for them. Let the gobbos come and die screaming.


17th of Obsidian

Second Artifact This is a lead toy hammer. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encircled with bands of cushion bauxite cabochons. This object menaces with spikes of bauxite and gold opal. One the item is an image of horrors of twilight in lead.

This artifact is mildly unnerving. It is supposed to be a child's toy yet it is menacing and bears such a foul image on it. I hope this is not a symbol of things to come.


18th of Obsidian

Our brave Hunter Momuz encountered a thief and wounded him in the guts with a bone bolt. The thief has fled to the wooded hill top trying to hide from the hunter and his friend.


20th of Obsidian- After hunting the goblin intruder for two days the two hunters finally brought him down. When we examined the body there were several bone bolts found in the body. He had taken multiple hits to the arms, legs, chest, guts, and a fatal wound to the spine.
25th of Obsidian

In honor of our first enemy slain in combat with one of our dwarves we have engraved a slab for the little bastard so we know who killed him and the blow that felled them. Only enemies slain in dwarf on enemy combat should get an engraved slab. I will put the dead enemy display across from our grave yard and memorial hall to improve morale and let the others know we aren't taking this laying down.


26th of Obsidian

The Council has stated a need for sentry animals to be placed outside to detect thieves, snatchers, and enemy ambushers. A friend of mien once made little animal forts that had hardened draw bridges that raised to protect a watch animal in a small fort. They would watch from the fortifications and would be protect from above and below by bridge mechanisms to keep them from being shot to death by archers. Cats or dogs are the preferred sentries as they are reasonably self sufficient or will eat any food dropped in for them.


30th of Granite

Finally my time as the acting overseer is done. There is still much to do. This place had a bit of a rough start but we are reasonably well off we could go quite a ways.

We need to produce more food for both eating and making booze. The hunters are too stupid to not waste bolts on sponges so an alternate method may be required. Additional fish prep shops may be in order. We also need roads to the entrance so the wagons from the N/E can reach us. We need a much bigger workshop room and stockpile rooms. The living quarters need to be dug out more and have beds placed in them. We could use more tables and chairs of course maybe some artwork around the place.

The start of the mines has gone well and my successors should find good spots to dig for ores and minerals. The kill pit is ready we need to put up a way to block off the tunnel with a switch so enemies can't stumble out wounded and bleeding.

Here is hoping for no Rotpars or his ideas in the fort.

edited 20th Aug '12 11:31:47 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
Azaram Smiter of Typeaux Since: Jan, 2001
Smiter of Typeaux
#192: Aug 21st 2012 at 1:50:00 AM

Build a catapult or ballista and kill those obviously extremely dangerous marauding sponges!

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#193: Aug 21st 2012 at 2:57:55 AM

They live in a river.

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Azaram Smiter of Typeaux Since: Jan, 2001
Smiter of Typeaux
#194: Aug 21st 2012 at 3:59:40 AM

And? Use bigger rocks. Or fire. More fire fixes everything. If it doesn't fix it, you didn't use enough fire. Use ALL the fire! :D

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#195: Aug 21st 2012 at 6:01:20 AM

[up]Good sir, I believe you just stole my catchphrase.

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#196: Aug 21st 2012 at 12:39:53 PM

Tuefel V is dead, long live Tuefel VI!

You seriously built a bomb-drop execution chamber? Awesome.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#197: Aug 21st 2012 at 1:20:57 PM

I built a small one....for now. Yes I built a object drop execution tower. It works best with weapons, armor, and bolts and arrows. We could feasibly use one as a weapon against invaders. Might be a pain to set up though.

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ShadowDimentio Your Best Friend from the Underground Since: Jun, 2012
Your Best Friend
#198: Aug 21st 2012 at 1:26:31 PM

So we're going to beat our enemies by dropping pennies on their heads? I like this plan.

A friendly flower, and your best friend. He has a knack for funny faces.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#199: Aug 21st 2012 at 2:29:44 PM

Pennies. I dropped a piece of armor on someone and it killed them. I am talking dropping arrows, armor, weapons, dead bodies, rocks, and statues on our enemies.

On the sponges. The water won't burn and the catapult can't hit them UNDER WATER! We could feasibly drop rocks from a platform on them.

edited 21st Aug '12 2:30:44 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#200: Aug 21st 2012 at 2:33:52 PM

the water won't burn

Dammit that's two forts in a row.


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