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[ScreamingDoom]

So, I had this idea for a Dwarven Gas Chamber for executing those who vex me. My initial ideal was to have 3 z-levels: the first level held a water cistern with a gate connected to a lever that would flow out down to the second z-level which would hold the gas chamber proper. This room would have the chained gas-victim in the center and surrounded on all sides by metal grates. Below the grates would be a magma pool. The water would drop down from above, drain through the grates, then create steam which would scald/suffocate the victim. As an added bonus, the drop of the water from above should also provide a nice waterfall which onlookers (through the window) and the victim can admire.

The problem, however, is that according to the wiki steam is no longer lethal and hasn't been for a long time. I thought about changing the design to try and drop something that can burn from above down into the magma, but the wiki doesn't say if smoke is lethal or not.

Failing that, I suppose it could be a Dwarven Steam Room instead. Dwarves with towels!

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= is wall
~ is water
G is gate
# is grate
^ is glass window
L is lever
m is magma

Z-level 1:
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=~~~~===
=~~~~G
=~~~~===
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Z-level 2:
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=#####=
=##@##=
=#####=
==^^^==
L

Z-Level 3:
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=mmmmm=
=mmmmm=
=mmmmm=
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[nirodragon]

If the water drops fast enough, it'll be the combination Drowning Chamber + Obsidian Factory.  Fatal and profitable.

..........

I'm building that now.

[ousire]

If the water drops fast enough, it'll be the combination Drowning Chamber + Obsidian Factory.  Fatal and profitable.

oh. hell. yes. you need too keep us up to date on how that works!

[Zangi]

Dwarves can suffocate in smoke.

[Volfram]

You could always make a miasma chamber.  It isn't lethal, but it does cause a bad thought, and enough of those will make the victim go insane or melancholy 

[nirodragon]

If the water drops fast enough, it'll be the combination Drowning Chamber + Obsidian Factory.  Fatal and profitable.

oh. hell. yes. you need too keep us up to date on how that works!

Working on it now.  THe name generated for my fortress is Buryfences.  Seems somewhat appropriate.

Dwarves can suffocate in smoke.

Now, the question is how to intentionally ignite a bunch of stuff in the right place and have it burn long enough to kill the bitchy noble "criminal" via suffocation.

You could always make a miasma chamber.  It isn't lethal, but it does cause a bad thought, and enough of those will make the victim go insane or melancholy 

So, basically trap them in the refuse pile and have a hunter and butcher working nonstop? 

[ousire]

If the water drops fast enough, it'll be the combination Drowning Chamber + Obsidian Factory.  Fatal and profitable.

oh. hell. yes. you need too keep us up to date on how that works!

Working on it now.  THe name generated for my fortress is Buryfences.  Seems somewhat appropriate.

the name somehow makes sense in the weird and twisted way that DF works

[Marko]

making smoke is easy! All you need is magma and coal. You'll have smoke coming out of your keister for a year and a half with just one stone of coal!

[Smew]

Or an iron bin with lignite in it, light it with magma and enjoy the smoke.

[WhatDoesThisLeverDo]

Oh no, I can see this somehow ending up in the news, and in congress when trying to get games like this banned.

"Is it true you constructed gas chambers for the use of exterminating people simply because you didn't approve of them?"

"What else is a dwarf to do?"

GUILTY.

[Smew]

Oh no, I can see this somehow ending up in the news, and in congress when trying to get games like this banned.

"Is it true you constructed gas chambers for the use of exterminating people simply because you didn't approve of them?"

"What else is a dwarf to do? Should I have used Magma instead?"

GUILTY.

Fix'd.

[Zorgn]

Oh no, I can see this somehow ending up in the news, and in congress when trying to get games like this banned.

"Is it true you constructed gas chambers for the use of exterminating people simply because you didn't approve of them?"

"What else is a dwarf to do? Should I have used Magma instead?" They're only elves...

GUILTY. IT'S AWWWWRIGHT!

Fix'd.

Fixed.

[Wild Goose]

Speaking of the steam room, do Dwarves get any kind of thought from steam?

Oh man, too bad we can't do anything mechanical with steam, and can't do much with power yet.  Steampunk Dwarves would be pretty awesome.

[death]

Oh no, I can see this somehow ending up in the news, and in congress when trying to get games like this banned.

"Is it true you constructed gas chambers for the use of exterminating people simply because you didn't approve of them?"

"What else is a dwarf to do? Should I have used Magma instead?" They're only elves...

GUILTY. IT'S AWWWWRIGHT! DEATH TO HIM. AND THAT RANDOM NOBLE OVER THERE! "So. We're having elf tonight?"

Fix'd.

Fixed.

Fixed. Elf stew FTW!

[ThtblovesDF]

Oh no, I can see this somehow ending up in the news, and in congress when trying to get games like this banned.

"Is it true you constructed gas chambers for the use of exterminating people simply because you didn't approve of them?"

"What else is a dwarf to do? Should I have used Magma instead?" They're only elves...

GUILTY. IT'S AWWWWRIGHT! DEATH TO HIM. AND THAT RANDOM NOBLE OVER THERE! "So. We're having elf stew again? "

Fix'd.

Fixed.

Fixed. Elf stew FTW!

*Fixed