#firestones

Currently I am running a game of Dwarf fortress on my blog. The game follows a soon to be dwarven citadel known as Firestones the Ageless. I’ll post live updates here of the fortress and attempt to try turn the game into more of a roleplay like story on my blog.

So for those who don’t know what Dwarf fortress is here is what you’ll need to know: 

The game is effectively a fantasy world simulator in which you build up a dwarven citadel from nothing; think the sims but more intensely realistic and set in a fantasy setting. It’s almost easier to just think of it as a story generator or roleplay type game. I’ll also try to leave out some of the stranger or more technical parts of the game to filter out the uninteresting stuff. 

The sheer complexity and amount of content in the game is quite something else. One of my favorite examples is the fact that combat in the game isn’t done by a single health stat, rather the game simulates the entire muscular-nervous  system. Because of this, the game can be played in a fairly roleplay like fashion, even if you don’t know the exact way the game works, simply because the game probably can accommodate whatever wild requests people here might have.

Information about naming Dwarfs:

Naming Dwarfs and having seeing them interact with the fortress and others within the fort can be quite a lot of fun. If you want to see your oc or blorbo appear then simply send in requesting a dwarf to be named and any associated traits you want them to have. Note: Dwarfs are stupid and tend to find themselves in unfortunate situations (Dying), this is all part of the fun and shenanigans of the game, I would very much advise not getting too deeply attached to the dwarfs.

For requesting various traits for a dwarf you can send stuff like personality traits, interests and profession and gender. Unfortunately specific physical attributes can be quite hard sometimes as dwarfs that migrate to the fortress tend to all be from the same dwarven civilization and tend to have a lot of similar features, such as eye colour or hair style. You can chose any sort of profession for your Dwarf, as long as it mostly fits into the fantasy/medieval setting (only exception being magic doesn’t exist). I’ll do my best to curate the dwarfs roles and jobs to fit whatever requested.

In addition to that if I see a dwarf that I think is particularly interesting I’ll post about them and see if anyone wants to name it. (Or actually just when I want names because I suck at thinking of interesting names.)

A few other notes if you are sending in an ask:

Dwarfs can only be male and female sadly, however this only affects the pronouns used for them and whether they have a beard or not. You dwarf might have a family, you could even ask to have a family and name them all. If you want me to mention you in posts where your dwarf is relevant please mention in your ask, I’ll do my best to try remember to do so.

If you want to send in an ask about anything to do with the game or suggests for where the fortress should go then my inbox is always open. The idea of this fortress is that it’s run as a communal thing where I attempt to facilitate a lot of the game, like a GM in DnD.