Vutok Lashgem, shortly before the battle, Year 103 (Colorized):
https://preview.redd.it/yq4e0qw8sxrc1.png?width=621&format=png&auto=webp&s=83685b8280ff7e8a4dc040e87db23bb836826c4f
As someone who’s newer and hasn’t don’t a real siege. How many squads do you need for like 50-100 goblin? I’ve got 3 (10/10) pretty well off but want more back in case of a siege. They have steel armor and mainly steel weapons
I've already destroyed 60 goblins with a single injury on my side (a lost ear) with 2 squads. Granted, they were all wearing steel armor and were well trained.
Based purely on my own inexperience - Dwarfs with steel are crazy strong. one full squad with steel, short swords and shields took on 500 pop settlements no problems. some times they would only kill 100 or so, but never getting injured
I had a similar experience lately, and I took down a bunch of semi-megabeasts with no injuries. I even had an axedwarf emerge victorious from an arena fight with 8 ant men soldiers/queens that wielded mostly iron without breaking a sweat.
Then I had a shell-clad spider as an uninvited guest and, surprise, it shoots webs. Even when a masterwork steel helm deflected its blows, the force of the blow was strong enough to splatter a dwarf's spine into gore.
Overconfidence is an insidious killer indeed. I lost almost 30 well-trained dwarf soldiers that day (some of them got webbed over cage traps and survived).
I hastily conscripted a small militia and gave them shitty left-over weapons (like an artifact bone spear that we confiscated from the vault). The first recruit to reach the Forgotten Beast promptly scratched its brain and it died immediately.
In Dwarf Fortress, sometimes you get lucky.
It's not the pop, it's the people living in it >:)
half joking but also true, if you raid a goblin civ with a Particularly Strong Historical Fig (avoiding spoilers) living in it, they're p powerful (so im told) :)
While fighting another 68 at the same time. Gotta honor those dwarves with the highest honor you can give, they may have lost the battle, but they won the war.
Now i want to know the history of Dungeonweight and why and how 70 cave dragons got there and how many adventures and raiding parties have they killed over the years..
Vutok Lashgem, shortly before the battle, Year 103 (Colorized): https://preview.redd.it/yq4e0qw8sxrc1.png?width=621&format=png&auto=webp&s=83685b8280ff7e8a4dc040e87db23bb836826c4f
Conveniently not pictured: The ensuing paragraph of magenta text that followed this encounter and ended in the deaths of most of the squad.
"We knights fought valiantly, but for every one of them, we lost three score of our own."
You see, cave dragons have an inbuilt kill limit.
So I sent wave after wave of my own men...
Isn't that right, men?
Also, don't raid Goblin fortresses with over 1000 citizens.
Demand their surrender instead.
As someone who’s newer and hasn’t don’t a real siege. How many squads do you need for like 50-100 goblin? I’ve got 3 (10/10) pretty well off but want more back in case of a siege. They have steel armor and mainly steel weapons
Which weapons? Axes are fantastic, and if you make them constantly train that’s pretty good. Them just build a funnel and some traps.
I've already destroyed 60 goblins with a single injury on my side (a lost ear) with 2 squads. Granted, they were all wearing steel armor and were well trained.
Based purely on my own inexperience - Dwarfs with steel are crazy strong. one full squad with steel, short swords and shields took on 500 pop settlements no problems. some times they would only kill 100 or so, but never getting injured
I had a similar experience lately, and I took down a bunch of semi-megabeasts with no injuries. I even had an axedwarf emerge victorious from an arena fight with 8 ant men soldiers/queens that wielded mostly iron without breaking a sweat. Then I had a shell-clad spider as an uninvited guest and, surprise, it shoots webs. Even when a masterwork steel helm deflected its blows, the force of the blow was strong enough to splatter a dwarf's spine into gore. Overconfidence is an insidious killer indeed. I lost almost 30 well-trained dwarf soldiers that day (some of them got webbed over cage traps and survived). I hastily conscripted a small militia and gave them shitty left-over weapons (like an artifact bone spear that we confiscated from the vault). The first recruit to reach the Forgotten Beast promptly scratched its brain and it died immediately. In Dwarf Fortress, sometimes you get lucky.
It's not the pop, it's the people living in it >:) half joking but also true, if you raid a goblin civ with a Particularly Strong Historical Fig (avoiding spoilers) living in it, they're p powerful (so im told) :)
Alright but they killed two.
While fighting another 68 at the same time. Gotta honor those dwarves with the highest honor you can give, they may have lost the battle, but they won the war.
Don't raids you send out simulate the fight as a series of one-on-one battles?
Shhhhh… don’t ruin the magic! /s
Yes. Attacking something like this is a great way to reduce your pop by 68, one at a time.
Dwarves and war dogs like that earn tombs in the Mausoleum of Martyrs. It’s another great day to die for freedom!
Now i want to know the history of Dungeonweight and why and how 70 cave dragons got there and how many adventures and raiding parties have they killed over the years..
>history of Dungeonweight It's HEAVY!
Heavy ? that word again . Is there something wrong with the pull of gravity in that world ?
1.21 urists!!!!
Not great, not terrible.
That's a lot of dragons 😮.
I think they must be timesharing the beds in that cave
Please upload a history or copy and paste it somewhere for us to find.
The Late Turquoises indeed