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[PDF urist master]

i'm not sure if someone has thought of this idea before. basically, you take the spider farm idea, and you put weapon traps all over it. then lure the demons into the trap area. the spiders will start spraying demons with webs, allowing them to take some nasty damage. i want someone to test that idea in their fortress. mine does not currently have the necessary resources. i don't plan to use this on goblins because it's kind of unnecessary. but feel free to do so. i need to know if it's effective or not

[BoredVirulence]

Should work on all but the webbers. If I remember correctly, any unit capable of webbing is immune to it. So it would work well to thin out some of the dangerous ones. Then perhaps a marksdwarf gauntlet to take out / maim the remaining webbers, as we all know are a nightmare for melee dwarves.

In fact, it might be a nice idea to have a few cage traps for your zoo. Maybe try using a cave-in dust trap to capture a webbing clown. After all, surely that is the best silk.

[Loud Whispers]

I heard somewhere about a forumite who made a spider turret that shot webs at fliers (causing them to plummet onto cages below/die violently) if my memory serves me well. That seems to be more of a trap than a turret.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

I've made this with cage traps instead of weapon traps. It works very well.

[PDF urist master]

the problem with cage traps is that in a demon invasion, they only work once. still, i'm putting it in consideration. it's such a simple idea. i'm not sure why don't see anything about this on the forums