I bet this is the video Sseth is referencing when he say "Adventure mode, or: I want to play as a horseshoe crab man."

@badgoogler8281

3 жыл бұрын

“Empires rise and fall just because someone left a necronomicon in the public library.” - Sseth Tzeentach

Ok, not gonna lie, a friendly necromancer kicking a zombie's hand off then reviving it as a temporary ally to attack its previous owner sounds badass. Toady, if you are reading this, make that happen.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

I want that so bad!

I feel like the necromancers were just so bewildered by a Horseshoe crabman just walking into their tower which is protected by an army of zombies and the dude just read some times and took a few than skiddaled Necromancer: Well that was strange

@bananarama711

3 жыл бұрын

"What a nice young crab man"

Me: I want that slab so, dwarven warrior with years of training at warhammer usage, wrestling dodging and blocking should do just right, "barely comes out alive" Krugg: I want that book *yoink.* Done!

26:36 *"RETURN THE SLAB OR SUFFER OUR CURSE!"*

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty much what we're workin' with.

@Bluemilk92

6 жыл бұрын

You stupid dog, you made me look bad

@Bluecho4

5 жыл бұрын

Horseshoe Crab!Eustice: "What's your offer!"

@defensivekobra3873

5 жыл бұрын

YOU SHALL NEVER TAKE THE BLIND LORD YOU HETHENS

@azmanabdula

5 жыл бұрын

Kruggsmash The mans a god The mans a god

Dude I noticed how great the digital art is. Don't you think I haven't noticed. Cause I sure have.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, bruh. A lot of these were colored by Mrs. K and she's NEVER done any digital art before. She did very well!

@kyokyoniizukyo7171

6 жыл бұрын

Kruggsmash Its gorgous!

@darnchacha1632

5 жыл бұрын

It's *Masterwork* quality

@suzumes6738

5 жыл бұрын

All the craftsmanship is of the highest quality. It menaces with spikes.

"A devious creature.. ahhhhh" (hovering over king cobra man to bait us with slithering badassery) "Yup I think I got it. Horseshoe crab man."

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Such an evil being!

@remainingknight8339

6 жыл бұрын

Kruggsmash Honestly I believe that a Horseshoe Crab man would be more horrifying than a King Cobra man. giphy.com/gifs/horseshoe-crab-ZSc5FVgUz3NUk

@dustov

5 жыл бұрын

I lolled

@user-rw3kw7wx7e

5 жыл бұрын

They are pretty terrifying though images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100609162260/fallout/images/6/66/MirelurkCA.jpg

@MrHocotateFreight

5 жыл бұрын

I thought I was having a stroke. I looked away before the final. Choice, and when the art came up, I though "uuuh that's not a king kobra"

If you use pigtails to make paper and get some books put together, Uthra might write some books concerning the secrets of life and death, since that's something he knows about. That having been said, the best way to make use of necromancers is to capture an enemy necromancer in a cage (which I don't believe inhibits their ability to raise the dead) and position them somewhere where you can safely dump corpses for them to raise that can then be released. Undead armies are Fun of course, but they don't compare against well trained dwarves or *VAMPIRE DWARF ARMIES*.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

SO many things to try! Next episode is gonna be fun methinks! I just hope little Uthra doesn't die in the first few moments, lol.

@desmabritton7613

5 жыл бұрын

~forshadowing of the nazusheb~

@TidBitOf

5 жыл бұрын

Just Finished Honeystoker. Love this comment thread.

Damn, Uthra's story seems a bit like Greek tragedy thus far. I am looking forward to seeing how it ends.

Apparently you need to have containers in your library to store your scrolls. Might help with getting those scrolls copied.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, I did put a couple in there towards the end but still nobody touched the scrolls :( We'll figure it out, no worries!

It seems impossible to keep a "short fort" to a single episode, but I'm NOT complaining.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it doesn't go much longer than two parts, lol!

Now that I think of it a horseshoe crab man IS quite ominous looking, hahahah.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, y'know I chose it b/c it is such a silly animal... ...but those eyes...

@SprayedToTheBone2

6 жыл бұрын

I just googled what a horseshoe crab is, a horseshoe crab man is something that would give you nightmares.

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

6 жыл бұрын

+SprayedToTheBone2 They are the oldest evolutionary form still alive. The fucking things are more ancient than non aquatic life.

@Rainlights13

5 жыл бұрын

@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 he be a heckin Kabutops!

Necromancers don’t sleep, but doctor forced him to, so he can’t wake up. My best guess how to fix it is retiring and unretiring fort. Nvm, he is fine. They woke him up.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes yes. I actually removed the hospital zone between scenes and that seemed to do it.

i love your interpretation of what a horseshoe-crab man would look like, but i imagine uthra as just a regular dude with a horseshoe crab on his face like a headcrab lol

I find it funny how I go into a video titled "secrets of the necromancer" and you're talking about keeping it simple and showing people "how little you can live with in this game". Even if the title spoils it, it's still a very fun act and great for RP, thank-you for that.

The arrow pointer is great too! You keep finding more and more ways to improve your videos!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I just kinda suddenly thought of it while editing and threw it in there. It probably was a good move, eh?

Best regards from Japan! Great artwork! Intriguing plotline! Good work!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Hope your trip is going well :)

@Leverquin

6 жыл бұрын

konnichiwa nippon!

The horseshoe crab art is A+

Maybe those scrolls could be bound into books? Not sure, but it could be a possibility.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

I have no idea. Worth a try, right?

@pauliusthemad3498

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@IchthysdeKilt

6 жыл бұрын

I did a library fort once trying to get my dwarves to learn the secrets on their own (never worked out) but iirc scrolls are the complete form and should be readable as is. Sometimes they're stored on bookshelves, sometimes in chests, in case you don't have one or the other in the library. Perhaps by dropping them prior to retiring the Blind Lord they became foreign property and won't be touched? Do they show up in your stocks?

@russianbear0027

6 жыл бұрын

Kruggsmash the scrolls are readable, the parchment can be bound into a book. Check if any of it is owned I guess for good measure.

Dude, this is my favorite fort now. I would love a part 2. Heh, I would love this to become a short series

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Uthra IS quite the character, eh? I *really* hope he lives through the fort's next few moments..

I used the Oblivion tile set and it just works when showing people the game. D's, Y's and L's are so hard to remember what they are when casually looking. IMHO

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

You get used to it!

I noticed the tree creates holes thing in my last game and decided from now on to make sure the first level is always a level or so lower than I normally dig them out to try NOT to have the hole problem.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Probably a fantastic idea! I Guess I'm just a poor planner :p

@callisto8413

6 жыл бұрын

Doubt it - you cities look like cities. Mine look like ant hills.

@krystynab4591

6 жыл бұрын

If you cut trees first and then dig under the first layer - you wont get these holes. They are left after a tree is cut if no sollid wall is under the tree trunk

@MrClickity

6 жыл бұрын

Either method will work but it's a lot quicker and easier to just start the fort's entry hall with 2 downward ramps. Though you can build right under the surface if you want to cheese the game a bit. If you channel an area down from the surface, the game will now count the pit you just dug as outdoors and above ground. It stays that way even if you build a roof over it. This allows for some helpful shenanigans: you can now grow aboveground crops without actually building above ground (aside from the floor/roof) and you can keep your refuse stockpile safely inside without creating miasma. A word of warning: it might take awhile to completely roof off the room so it's best to leave it unconnected to the rest of your fort until the roof is complete. Otherwise, it's a pretty huge vulnerability.

The art gets better every episode. That book at the beginning is beee-you-tiful!

@migarsormrapophis2755

6 жыл бұрын

I love Uthra's design, particularly his little robe.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. The book at the beginning is actually a crayon drawing that I ran through an online "vectorizer" and it ended up looking pretty cool, huh?

@migarsormrapophis2755

6 жыл бұрын

It did indeed, Krugg. Love ya!

Loved the D&D, but you playing dwarf fortress is the best thing in the world Edit: love the arrow

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude :) Real glad you liked the arrow. Guess it's workin' out pretty well!

@MooseRouse

6 жыл бұрын

Kruggsmash yea, I’ve been more then a little confused watching DF videos, so it helps if you just point things out Also, the idea of a group of dwarves basically worshiping a animal-person sounds like a really good series idea, maybe conquering the world under his banner?

"yes.. a devious creature..." deadass thought you were talking about the kea man option on the screen at first fghfgt

So uh ... you scholars seem to like discussing the "the screw" and "reproductive behavior." That sounds like some particularly "scholarly" discussion. ; ]

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Awww yeah.

@DeepInsideZettaiRyouiki

5 жыл бұрын

Especially for satanist and mason scholars.

The new art is awesome!!! And the editing is well improved. Great episode.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tox :))

16:43 very cool serpent man

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely. That was one of my bro, Joe's pics.

How have i not discovered this game before...

Killer episode Krugg! I like the aesthetic change to your tileset, and the art is super top notch. Really cool to see a library in action, I was curious what those were about. Dude, the amount of work that went into this is staggering, and inspirational. Needless to say I enjoyed this a lot.

'Death Explained" Yeah good luck with that buddy

Watching this year's after publication, it's interesting to see how much you've learned (and taught) about the game. Great short fort

You're the Bob Ross of Dwarf Fortress

Doing more things like finding out the inter workings of DF is actually really nice. I agree with what you said earlier in the video as when I look things up facts sometimes become skewed? I can never find the answer i'm looking for and i'm not experienced enough in DF to play through it and get my answers. Loving these types of forts, easy get away from all the Goblin bloodshed. Good stuff Kruggsmash.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

The sheer amount of thing in DF creates such a beautiful confusion in us. It really is what makes this game seem so realistic in my opinion- you never goddamn know what to expect!

I can't believe you got into the Necromancer fort! Man I've tried that a bunch of times. Once I wound up smothered by sentient skin...not killed. I just kept being muffled and thrown to the ground...by sentient skin. It was freaking horrifying.

The new colours are great - makes it really easy to see what’s going on. Might need to borrow these for my own game. Anyway, massively entertaining stuff like always!

I really like the pallette you made! Much more pleasant to look at.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

I actually snagged it from someplace online. I take no credit!

don't mind me...just a crabventurer, chillin' up a tree.

Oh wow, Kruggs, this tileset is amazing. Looks more vivid.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude :) Bot it and the colors i'm using are in the description now if you wanna try.

@Cephalos666

6 жыл бұрын

uuUUUuuu :3 definitely gonna give a shot.

Krugg everytime: i juuusssst do one episode. Nah damm it one season. One more. Lets make an epic saga ;)

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, dude. I got a problem :)

@noahmiller8042

6 жыл бұрын

shush no you dont

@ArchNoodels

6 жыл бұрын

Episode 17: I should really think about moving on to the next fort soon. Episode 34: Well it's been a grand adventure and we have built a mighty fortress, so NEXT episode will be the final episode!

Everytime I see Kruggsmash make a new adventurer character I get honeystoker flashbacks.

> a little office for the necromancer "The necromancer is: IN"

Spoooopy llama head! Beware the rolling of once what was fluffy! OoOOooh! o3o

@kruggsmash

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, slapping against your ankle! AUUUGHGAHGH!

Krugg you should bring in a bunch of random animal people each episode and evry time it becomes part of the blind lors government necromanceers

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Rofl, the crustacean senate of Tradehoof. That would be hilarious.

I'm in love with the way your tileset looks now! We must achive the necrodwarfs!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! I have a link to it in the description as well as all my new colors. Give it a try!

I just love your intro so much

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Chriswk210 made the music so I give him full credit. You can check out his other work on Fiverr.com.

Thank the gods i can finally have that authentic Krugg tileset :D Also a really good episode! The new colors look way more natural and better looking in my opinion!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Ohh, glad you liked the changes, buddy!

This channel is pure gold.

@Derinma

5 жыл бұрын

Or adamantium.

I love your new tileset. It's much better to read. I'm using it on my game now.

That intro was amazing!!! So good. If that animation might be easier or quicker to make, you might be able to do your roleplaying that way. I still like the handrawn style more for that though, but it might be worth a try if it wil create a more managable workflow.

Great episode, I’ve been waiting for my DF fix way too long … I like your improved tile set and colors , except for the doors. They need some more detail to make them look more doorlike. Also like the arrow, it helps a lot. Can’t wait to see the conclusion of the necromancy experiment.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked most of the changes, buddy :) Yeah the doors aren't fantastic but that's only b/c they're made of wood; stone doors look a bit better. The wooden door icon is used for other things too so it's a little difficult to make it look TOO much like a door.

Brilliant, as always. Understand the point of cutting, and it helps, but beware not to overcut :)

I, for one, welcome our new magical crab overlord!

Omg yes. I also like the thought of having a Necromancer Horse Crab become a lord over his army of scribes that produce a vault full of necromancing books. Tho I think the undead will attack anything thats not its creator :/ So maybe separate them out and use undead as an outside force?

Awesome video man! Best dwarf fortress video I have seen! :) Maybe the scrolls can be bound into books?

he moves. btw i love your idea to make necro fort. i wish that is in game, like making everyone to become were/vamp edit: go leave fort and take adventurer you will see how cool is play as blind.

That was fun! I like the changes you made to the tileset, it is more recognisable now. Personally I'd still prefer pictures over letters (so I know what it is without you telling me a "U" is a human lol) but you do a great job describing what is going on so it works out. :)

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the changes, buddy!

So excited for more DF! Also, the new text and color palette looks great.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the changes! Welcome back, buddy!

AFAIK scrolls can be put in libraries (and presumably read?). I think I've had scrolls in a library before. I know there's a bug where books/scrolls can get locked into a job that never gets finished. Forbidding and unforbidding 'em should fix it if that's the case. I've never messed around with necromancy myself, so I dunno any more than that. Scholars discussing stuff will train the relevant skill for them. They also 'discover' topics, and can write books about them, if you've got writing supplies in the library. Visiting scholars will indeed occasionally run off with a book, but they'll also write books for you and leave them in the library (in my experience you get more than you loose). Anyway, a great return to form! Looking forward to see what happens in Tradehoof next time. Thanks for the episode!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips, brother. I'll have to try that out next episode!

My favorite part was when the necromancer ressurrected a llama head xD

like the art of the slab. Also liked the vid

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, was a cool slab alright. Joey's art right there :)

The tile set is looking great! Also, your drawings are even better, Idk, maybe the way you're doing the colours, maybe it's just cleaner since it's digital? Your stuff is by far my favorite on youtube right now.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude! I drew everything and colored some of them but my ever-supportive wife, Mrs. K colored a bunch as well.

@josealvim1556

6 жыл бұрын

Well, kudos to her, I read somewhere it's her first time with digital art. It looks really sharp :D

Yes do more I love the horseshoe crab people!

Seeing the last picture of this video without context, and it's gotta be the most nonsensical thing you've ever seen, like the scrawlings of a madman, but if you've watched the episode, it makes total sense XD

Great man! episode 2 needs to happen, this horseshoe crab needs a real throne to oversee his undead minions from.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, it's a-comin! I just REALLY hope Uthra doesn't die in the first couple moments of next episode, lol.

"I thought I locked the doors". If there's something IN the door, the door is considered open.

That snakeman art is badass!

i think if they were all necromancers too they undead wouldn't bother them

LEts celebrate! 0.44 came! LET them dwarves Strike Goblin FORTS! and Elven trees!

I really hope Toady and Threetoe watch your videos for ideas, modifications, and bugs, etc. You show what is going on with such detail, I can't help but think what you show in your videos is the "point" of what they sought out to accomplish. They are making a fantasy simulator with emergent world/game mechanics, and your videos put a spotlight on where it is working and where not so much. Little details regarding the transfer/maintenance of ownership properties regarding those scrolls, and dwarves innate indefinite respect of ownership are these that should be tweaked to improve verisimilitude. Even the omnipresent knowledge of a books existence without it being publicized -- that you pointed out -- are details I hope the Devs hear about and take note of. I have been waiting to learn more about libraries for some time now, and I and I am excited you are starting to investigate them. Let's hope what issues you find get tacked on their bug list before the next release coming up. As always, excellent work! I am proud to be a Patrion supporter.

I'm liking it.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude :)

AMAZING !!

Be me, necromancer. Just another day chilling with my fellow scholars, hear scuffle outside look out window, see deformed adventurer chased off by our zombies, go back to tea and writing. Hear doors slamming and people screaming, door slams open and crab guy rushes into the room shoves me aside from my books and slab records, call for my zombie guard as he proceeds to throw all of my biographies into his bag, my zombie comes into room and attacks crab, crab instakills zombie with a rock and skitters out the room. ... I spilled my tea on my robes ):

excellent as always

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks dude :)

That remind me I once had two migrant dorf that were necromancer. I made them scribe and scholar and restricted them to the library hoping that they would spread their knowledge but it never happened... In the end I just used them in combination with my crossbowdwarves for training (reanimating targets) or fort defense.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Migrant necromancers? Wow, never heard of that before. Hrmm very interesting.

@valentinfelix1708

6 жыл бұрын

It happened only once though. At the time, I looked on the wiki and the Bay12 forums but nobody reported that it could actually happen (although, I did not post anything about it either...)

@Areanyusernamesleft

6 жыл бұрын

Valentin Felix, one of the fundamental truths of this game is if you cannot think of a military application for something... you are doing it wrong. ;)

@valentinfelix1708

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but undead mechanics are broken (some reanimated part cannot be killed, I had a fort in a reanimated biome once but I had to save scum very extensively to avoid losing my 3 legendary+5 hammerdwarves with full masterful steel armor and silver warhammers to a single camel hair) so for now, I'm playing with magma. I think ToadyOne said that this issue will be fixed in the next release so I might dare experiment with undead again soon.

Straight away, I love the color changes!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude! I should really have done that sooner, eh?

@GalegHelross

6 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20. I still think the cyan is too in-your-face, though.

you can turn the parchment into books or scrolls by making scroll rollers or bookbindings and then making books/scrolls at the craftsdwarf workshop. You only need stone or wood to do it.

The new color-in stylr is cool aswel!

I have been playing around with necro forts for a week now and yes fortress mode dwarfs will only read quires or books(written on quires are made into books, but that is not needed for them to read it). It also helps to only bring a single book with the secret on so that your dwarfs don't waste their time reading normal books. Once you do have a necro quire/book in your library your dwarfs will race to read it. For your current paythrough you can make some quires at your fort and store them where you can find them, uninsall your necro slab and put it nexto the quires, then make an adventurer at your fort with a point in reading and writing , read the necro slab and then write a few manuals untill you get the secret.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Oooh, looks like we got some testing to do. Thanks for the ideas, Jason!

@jasonmaert5253

6 жыл бұрын

Just a warning that yo will run into a few small problems with a necro fort and then one real bugger of a problem. Namely the your necro dwarfs will never eat and drink normally and yet still will get massively distracted by not having eaten or drunk anything. After about a year of being a necro a dwarf will be so distracted by not having eaten/drunk that they will move and work like a snail and gain no skill xp. You can still get your necro dwarfs to drink by using tavern keepers(which will have them working far faster and be able to skill up again for a few months) but they have a tendancy to kill your dwarfs if left unsupervised and it is extremely haphazard just who a tavern keeper will serve. It might be possible to work around this by making small 2 or 3 necro dwarf squads and then using empty taverns, locked doors and swapping the inkeeper job between them to more reliably to get your dwarfs to drink but I have not tried yet.

Lmao the second you picked a horseshoe crab man I was like, "fuck me, this dude is gonna have to draw that."

dude. i almost dropped my dumbbells on my head when you said "horseshoe crab man" you could've killed me!

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Rofl! Glad you liked it :p

It continues!

19:25 i had the same exact thing happen to me during a zombie raid as well, i was in a haunted forest and it absolutely wrecked me. deja vu

When dwarves are carrying heavy things that prevent them from running from danger, you can forbid the heavy objects and they'll drop them immediately.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's a mod thing. It doesn't work in vanilla.

Seems like this is the video that marks you transition from your former self. The color pallet, art, voice, and mannerisms are all indicative of your later work. You've improved a lot these past 18 months.

I'm amazed at how easily you got the books and slab back to the fort--typically, I need to fight my way through a mob of zombies, which often times crashes the game for getting too "target-rich." It looks like there's a difference between adventurer-mode necromancer characters and fortress-mode ones--in adventurer mode, a necromancer character is completely ignored by the undead. What happens if you bring an adventurer to move the scrolls into the library? In fact, you might want to remove all the scrolls that are *not* necromancer books, so as to increase the chances of your dwarves reading them.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Dude, fun fact- I started new worlds TWO times before this one and did a bunch of recording but both times the audio was all jacked up. Both those other times were MUCH easier than this one for some reason. I didn't think it'd end up being easy at all! Hrmm, i'll have to try this. Good ideas, Mr. U :)

Completely worth watching if only for the depiction of a horseshoe crab man.

A shoe filled with coins... Now that's dwarfy

boy I can't wait

I like the new arrow, but I feel it is slightly too large sometimes. Then again, that lends a comical feel which is kinda good so... *shrug*

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Hrmm, thanks for the input :)

"You bearded bastards" I fucking love it

liking the visual changes, not bad

"It does not appear to be a good elf hand..." ROFL

Horseshoe crabs ain't got no bones to heal.

EEEPPPIIICCC INTRO!

I like the new colors of text.

Good video! Needs more of that other guy in your prior Grotto vids.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Ew, no.

Fort Idea: A monument to the gods a Statue as tall as possible,the settlement is only there to build it in the heartlands of the empire,no permanent settlement (though a temple city or worshippers settlement off to the side would make sense) The first 7 Dwarves are all architects and Masons and they are here to build the Collosus,bonus points for making it out of metal can make it a quarry out of which the collosus emerges,or cutting it out from a mountainface (and adding some mountainface of oyur own), would be cool if you decided what to build based on the description of what the god is supposed to be like for that religion,so if he is a god of homes and fortresses make the statue hollow and with barrack space stuff like that

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Soon..soon.. That's actually a very similar idea to what I had in a future fort :) Great minds!

The first 3 notes at 0:40 gave me severe Katawa Shoujo flashbacks

Nice work.

@kruggsmash

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, bruh.