Hi! I've had a few suprising events in my last fort and I couldn't find answers to all of them here and in the wiki, hence this post (and my registration on the forum). Here goes:
1. Can a forgotten beast spawn anywhere above the first cavern? I have a mining level (with `digexp diag5` in *dfhack*) which covers the whole level, and is located 1Z above the cavern. I'm positive that there was no open connection to the cavern; there used to be one (and up/down stair breaching into it) but I've since destroyed it and placed a floor on this spot. Yet it seems like a FB spawned in the mining level and got killed by the nearby dwarves. It also didn't generate any pausing announcement; I noticed the corpse and blood after receiving a bunch of "horrified" messages;
2. Can moss prevent passage on a ramp dug in soil? I have a drowning corridor which lead to a trash compacter (and then to my bait, i.e. dwarves), and nothing (i.e.: neither dwarves and invaders) went inside. I had to check with dfhack's pathable utility to find that the obstacle was a fine looking ramp, only dirty I guess (mossy). I built stairs next to it and all's good now;
3. If 2 is a YES, can the same thing happen on stairs dug in soil?
4. Is there a delay after a mayor ends an export ban for which you have to continue respecting it? My mayor had a ban on figurine exports, and the ban was dropped while the traders were present, but before I moved the banned goods to the trade depot. A dwarf still ended up in jail because he had violated a trade ban. I'm sure there was no other active trade ban. Was my mayor just being a douche?
5. How can I see what made a now deceased dwarf suddenly lose it in my fort? My legendary hammer lord was happy, with a very stable personality (can handle stress, not afraid of fights, love people, etc.), but after a tiny fight with some elves she completely lost it and started killing everyone in my fort (actually around 7~8 dwarves, but these things escalade). I went into legends (thanks dfhack) but it lacks details. I guess she could've been carrying a child in the fight with the elves, or maybe she lost someone important, but I can't see any details in the Dead/Missing menu.
That's it for now!
BTW this game is completely insane and fantastic! The other day I was explaining to my wife that I had built a big underground "swimming pool" to git rid of unhappy dwarves (40 or so), because I couldn't expell children. It actually worked really well! Everyone left was much more happy afterwards!