Razorcrypts--a DF AAR

[MadImmortalMan]

The board could be better with the width of the pictures.

[MadImmortalMan]

The engravings don't lie.

[Jaron]

[Solmyr]

The first two goblins seem to be named after STDs.

[MadImmortalMan]

fahdiz commemorates that poor guy getting fired with a statue and Ed commemorates the statue in a wall engraving. Languish: Assholes since 2003.

[Ed Anger]

 

[Razgovory]

Is Dwarf Razgovory okay?  Don't let him get eaten by Dwarf Vampire Berkut.

[MadImmortalMan]

Is Dwarf Razgovory okay?  Don't let him get eaten by Dwarf Vampire Berkut.

He's fine. Here he is planting some crops. As you can see, he can take care of himself.



As a side note, the dwarves have totally and completely solved the food production problem. Our stockpiles have food stores: 3138, drink:460. The only thing we have at zero is fish, because all the water on the map is frozen year-round. Didn't stop the Mountainhomes from sending us a plethora of fishermen though. 

Lots of the dwarves who now have other careers started as fishermen. Solmyr, Eddie teach, Tim and Jaron all were.

[Jaron]

Is that some kind of cruel joke? Exiling Fishermen to remote corners of the world where they can no longer fish?

[Tonitrus]

I am surprised DF doesn't have ice fishing...dozens of dwarves huddled over little holes drilled in the ice. 

[MadImmortalMan]

15th Limestone 115, Early Autumn

After the party, Tonitrus did some excellent business with the humans, picking up a lot of wood to keep the furnaces running as well as several new types of human booze. They gave us a good deal this time. Perhaps they are grateful for our aid against the goblins. He is now a legendary broker/Appraiser too.

Tonitrus has an idea to excavate the roadway and add some traps to enhance our defense. It sounds good, so he's off to do that with Admiral Yi as soon as the caravan's business is done.


14th Timber 115, Late Autumn

Alarm! Another goblin ambush is upon us.

They charged up the newly-built causeway, setting off traps.



The Crystalline Hides come charging down the causeway to eliminate the remaining threat, but the foolish goblins that managed to avoid the traps in the first place can't keep their concentration with the dwarves bearing down on them and they all wind up in traps anyway. The Hides never have to swing an axe.



I think sbr is a little disappointed that his squad didn't get bloodied this time. 


15th Timber 115 Late Autumn


The caravan from Stizashkogan has arrived along with another liaison.  This time the ambush came before the caravan?


Nope.



Sound the alarm! Oh no, they've got Wags surrounded already! he must have been out for a stroll in the clear crisp lung-slicingly cold air when they arrived, and now he's vulnerable. There will be no siege or waiting for traps to take the gobbos. There's no telling what dwarves might be the quickest to be able to respond, so we activate all squads and order them to attack.

Now a second ambush squad of goblins appears just to the south and begins shooting at Wags! Time is of the essence.



Run!


Wags is running, bleeding, toward the gates as several armed dwarves are already charging down the causeway to save him.



Perhaps thinking to involve the newly-arrived caravan's guards in the fray, Wags takes a left turn rather than bolting straight for the door. Katmai, Queequeg and Legbiter are now tumbling into the goblin lines.




Once the majority of the goblins are engaged with the military and the caravan guards, including all the archer goblins, Wags turns south into the hills with two goblin spearmen chasing him. He deftly loops back north keeping them out of the fight for a time, and when he finally reaches sight of the causeway, the plain is littered with dead goblins. Wags has been wounded in the arm, leg and head, so hopefully he will be on his way to doctor Viking shortly. Seeing the carnage before them, the two spearmen give up in despair and flee.


The battle was epic. Dwarves able to respond were: Capetan Mihali, Brazen, Jacob, lustindarkness, KRonn, Ed Anger, Kleves, FunkMonk, Pedrito, Malthus, Peter Wiggin, Octavian, vonMoltke, stjaba, Razgovory, Alcibiades, Faeelin, Josephus, Queequeg, Legbiter and the entire contingent of caravan guards from Stizashkogan.

Casualties suffered: 2 caravan guards dead, Wags injured.

I'm sure many commendations will be awarded today. Katmai is dubbed with a new cognomen.




Legbiter's combat style seems to be stab-then-twist.




Here is a transcript of the action from the perspective of Queequeg: http://i.imgur.com/nDu5A.jpg

Notice, he got promoted to Hammer Lord half way through and then celebrates at the end with a bit of triumphalism by biting a goblin's nose off.

[PDH]

I am surprised DF doesn't have ice fishing...dozens of dwarves huddled over little holes drilled in the ice. 

Dwarves would try to build ice-huts made of granite, and that wouldn't do well on the ice...

[MadImmortalMan]

I am surprised DF doesn't have ice fishing...dozens of dwarves huddled over little holes drilled in the ice. 

I'm sure they could channel the ice, but our lakes are frozen all the way to the bottom. 

[MadImmortalMan]

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[Jaron]

Is Jaron's duck okay?