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[46852]

I've got a possessed mood on my blacksmith, and he has normal blacksmith and normal engraver skills. Blacksmith is listed first so I guess he's gonna do some metalsmithing stuff... but he's not taking over any workshops? I built all metal workshops, even the magma ones. Could it be so that he needs a magma forge, and it needs to be hooked to magma before he takes it over? I have only 2-3/7 depth magma below it, and it's raising slowly. He's gonna get insane before steady level 4

[locolan]

I have only 2-3/7 depth magma below it, and it's raising slowly. He's gonna get insane before steady level 4

He's possessed. You'll be happier with him insane than not getting any skill in blacksmithing.

[dragon0421]

Do you only have the magma versions? Sometimes you need regular stations.

[46852]

Do you only have the magma versions? Sometimes you need regular stations.

I built both the regular and magma versions. I just somehow have to test if it matters that the magma forge doesn't have magma access (yet). Can anyone confirm that is the reason he doesn't claim the workshop?

[forsaken1111]

Build every other workshop you don't already have, you can deconstruct them later, but sometimes they want oddball workshops.

[Firnagzen]

Yes, it needs to be active.

[zooeyglass]

also, if he claims a magma forge and the magma level then drops below 4, it'll cancel his mood and he'll go nuts i believe. so be careful about that! potentially v dangerous.

[46852]

also, if he claims a magma forge and the magma level then drops below 4, it'll cancel his mood and he'll go nuts i believe. so be careful about that! potentially v dangerous.

I kinda figured that'd happen, so I put a double safety door on the forge, and indeed, he did go berserk

So it definitely was the magma forge he wanted, and 4/7 magma constantly under it.

[zooeyglass]

also, if he claims a magma forge and the magma level then drops below 4, it'll cancel his mood and he'll go nuts i believe. so be careful about that! potentially v dangerous.

I kinda figured that'd happen, so I put a double safety door on the forge, and indeed, he did go berserk

So it definitely was the magma forge he wanted, and 4/7 magma constantly under it.

did you add the double safety door once he had first claimed it? or before he did? i suppose in the future if you suspect a moody dwarf is waiting to claim a magma-powered workshop you've yet to build, wait until the magma is 4/7 steadily before building it...but then again, that might be too late for urist mcmoody.

[Rowanas]

Between fire imps, grass fires, dwarven torches, booze bombs and failed moods, I think I'm ignoring magma for ever.

[Skorpion]

But it's so worth it!

And hell, a fire imp attack even saved my fort from a bezerk champion. After a siege, he was friends with both the casualties and aquired a flashing red arrow, the only thing keeping him going was taking joy in slaughter lately.
So I put him in his own squad and put him offline to calm down. A satisfying sparring session didn't help, but then a fire imp attacked a cook.
He was activated and intervened, smacking it down quickly and improving from miserable to content in the process.

[buzz killington]

But it's so worth it!

And hell, a fire imp attack even saved my fort from a bezerk champion. After a siege, he was friends with both the casualties and aquired a flashing red arrow, the only thing keeping him going was taking joy in slaughter lately.
So I put him in his own squad and put him offline to calm down. A satisfying sparring session didn't help, but then a fire imp attacked a cook.
He was activated and intervened, smacking it down quickly and improving from miserable to content in the process.

Every dwarf could learn from this lesson!

[Albedo]

Magma is a powerful tool - it's like any such, you just have to pay attention when using it, plan well and not get sloppy or lazy with it. 

also, if he claims a magma forge and the magma level then drops below 4, it'll cancel his mood and he'll go nuts i believe. so be careful about that! potentially v dangerous.

I kinda figured that'd happen, so I put a double safety door on the forge, and indeed, he did go berserk

So it definitely was the magma forge he wanted, and 4/7 magma constantly under it.

So sad. I thought you were going to say you locked him out until it stabilized.

If you go down a level and look at the magma, you need to look for depths less than 4/7 splashing around.  If even one 3/7 blips under the workshop for an instant, it shuts down.  Only once those are all gone will a magma workshop not crap out and cancel all work orders - and, in this case, cause the death of a dwarf.    Could have been a beautiful save.

More pointless deaths. So DF.

[46852]

More pointless deaths. So DF.

I also had a fortification carved as a safety magma drain on the edge of the map on that very same fortress.

I learned in a horrible way that doesn't work with magma.

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