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Lure, kill ASAP w/sharp objects

17 (15.6%)

Wall/fortify off, hope they don't come out

44 (40.4%)

Dogs are expendable!

4 (3.7%)

Cage them

27 (24.8%)

Other (specify)

17 (15.6%)

Total Members Voted: 109

[gtmattz]

I prefer to cage them and put them on display.

[Jyppa]

Step 1: Drain pipe of magma down to magma flow. 250 pumps are sufficient to accomplish this in about two dwarf weeks. Store drained magma in tank directly above magma pipe for fast refill.
Step 2: Breach pipe at second lowest level, position marksdwarves on edge.
Step 3: Urist McSniper took joy in slaughter lately.
Step 4 (optional): Proceed to construct self-sustaining iron fortress inside magma pipe, including necessary amenities like extensive farming, dining room waterfalls, obsidian factories, garbage disposal facilities and magma falls/trade depot. Wait for elves.

[Maulrus]

I'm a pretty huge noob (is there a way to get magma flowing down an external tunnel without going to the top of the pipe and channeling the square on the edge of the magma?), so I didn't know of the dangers/how to deal with fire imps. I just kinda let them be. Well, my first migrant wave passed right by the pipe and got torched. In trying to get the bodies, the rest of my dorfs were torched as well (by the time most of them had died though, I'd already flooded my fortress with magma for the lulz). I haven't played a magma map since :c

[expwnent]

Quietust: how did you prevent the cave-in from killing the magma flow tiles on the bottom z-level?

Er, I didn't? Cave-ins don't kill the magma flow tiles.

After all this time it was that easy? Gah! That's what I'm doing from now on, then.

[Teferi]

Step 1: Save and exit.
Step 2: go to the Raw files, specifically creatures_subterranean.txt
Step 3: find and remove the [FIREIMMUNE] tag
Step 4: Profit.

[atomfullerene]

I once killed off a fireman and a few magmen by dropping water onto the top of the pocket and trying to hit them with the resulting obsidian.  It was pointless but fun. 

[Rotten]

Well, normally my fire imps sleep in the bottom of the pipe. I decided anyone badass enough to sleep in magma was worthy of living next to my fortress.

However, the Giant Cave Spider didn't.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The GCS slaughtered a migrant wave, moved over to the pipe and started webbing the imps. An Imp tossed a fireball and lit the surrounding forest on fire. The GCS (a normal one, not skeletal) JUMPED INTO THE FIRE and killed two imps before burning to death. Another was exiled from the pipe by the other imps and wandered to close to some marksdwarves. 3 left.

[Aspgren]

I have this thing for putting creatures in cages.

There's no reason NOT to keep them alive. Who knows the next time I want to set fire to something? Like a booze barrel in a nobleman's bedroom.