When the will of Armok manifests ( lemmy.world )

A story I love sharing from an older version of the game and unfortunately the only one that I kept track of as I was left stunned at the result.

A forgotten beast Cyclops decided to pay my dwarven city a visit, so I sound the call to seal the city as I let the hunters act as a vanguard to get my dwarves inside. Unfortunately, the cyclops makes quick work of them and I only just started getting my military in order after getting my iron production started.

So here I quickly assign one of the early recruits to the role of Captain of the Guard, in the role of delaying the foul beast while I scramble to get a militia going to drive it off.

Little did I expect for this single dwarf to not only stand up to the cyclops in single combat but brutally kill it too.

I know cylcops are fairly low on the danger scale, but still to watch and read the logs as this greenbeard dwarf digs into a forgotten beast like I am reading a God of War fanfic was glorious.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/16e878ab-fc43-431a-a9dc-7b40c01ec15e.png

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cb8a6388-df16-4d0f-8846-f2a06df500ec.png

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a321c888-ed31-419a-8a3a-30859252d489.png

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e1767a2c-7a8f-44c4-bc96-6b116198a13e.png

PyroNeurosis ,

Nice! Which tileset is this?

JayEchoRay OP ,
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It was quite a while ago and I currently have too old a pc to get back in

Had to do some reading and it was the Meph's Tileset, but was discontinued on account of profiting off the use of assets without creditation.

https://archive.org/details/dwarf-fortress-47.05-meph-tileset-v-5.5

Seems like a link to the archive of the tileset although I am not too sure how to apply it as recall just utilizing the Lazy Newb Pack settings at the time.

8263ksbr ,

What a hero! He did his duty, when the call for arms was given.

JayEchoRay OP ,
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To be fair, the farmer should also be given some credit for taking a hit and evading others to provide distraction for the Captain to get stuck in.

Cyclop's poor judgement to not focus of the greater threat to its demise

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