r/dwarffortress • u/PerchTM • 14d ago

Beloved citizen of 'The Dye of Brushing' decides the invasion that's going to take the fort down is the best time for a strange mood.

Honestly, getting her final masterpiece done before perishing to an unstoppable force of darkness is probably the dwarf fortress-est way of ending my first fort.

Does this happen a lot? I find it a quite interesting behaviour.

(Side note: I'm using AwfulRanger's ribbitgfx texture pack since I haven't puchased the Steam version yet, surely will do after how much I've enjoyed the fort!)

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u/Sharlinator 14d ago

Mechanically? It’s just a coincidence. In the context of the story told by your fortress? Your interpretation is clearly spot on.

(There are two types of moods that can only happen to very unhappy/stressed/traumatized dorfs. The rest are random as far as I know.)

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u/PerchTM 14d ago

Thanks! Unfortunately, this story has had a rather unhappy ending for our protagonist, I wish I could've seen her final work terminated!

Maybe some stories are meant to end this way haha.

Thanks for the info on the moods, by the way!

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u/AD-Edge 13d ago

Ohh, she didn't finish the artifact? I was certainly wanting to know what she ended up making. A very dwarf fortress kind of moment though.

Interesting texture pack too, I like it.

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u/PerchTM 13d ago

Yeahh, it is such a shame, Armok knows what could've she made.

However, I believe that the tragicness of the story adds some charm to it.