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[dimescion]

I embarked on an area that has high level river that falls down 6 z-levels where it winds around and comes near to where it was before. I channeled through the cliff to create a moat around my fortress but now dwarves keep falling into the area I channeled and drowning. since they all get pushed to the same place I forbid their clothes and corpses but for some reason dwarves keep falling in. The moat blocks off some map access so I tried to make a bridge over it, but they keep cancelling it's construction. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if this is a bug.

[Quietust]

Channeling makes ramps, and dwarves will walk down ramps to cross a shallow body of water even if doing so will cause flowing water to push them over the edge of a waterfall.

[dimescion]

Is there any way I can fix this after the fact?

[Viking]

You could put walls around one side of the moat. It could take a while but that would do it.

[dimescion]

thanks

[Viking]

I ended up having to do that with a fort I made perched next to a nice waterfall myself. :p

[brainfreez]

you could always tame a carp and put it in your moat for extra security !

bonus points for having a wild carp in the moat .

mega bonus for having magma instead of water and wild magma crabs in your moat !

ultra insane bonus for having the magma moat with wild magma crabs in your dining hall !!

[Garath]

heh, you must have started recently since there were lots of "help my dwarfs commit suicide jumping off a waterfall" a few versions ago