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[Agent_86]

I've got a forgotten beast just hanging out on the other side of a wall keeping my dwarves safe from the caverns... causing a flood of cancelled job spam.  But he can't access the tunnel, he's just sitting on the other side of it... preventing my dwarves from moving past.

What do?

[Rallan]

If you've got a pretty decent military, tunnel into the cavern from somewhere else and sally forth to kick its ass.

If not, you may want to consider building some new stairs/tunnels/whatevers so you can reroute around the problem area.

[Agent_86]

If you've got a pretty decent military, tunnel into the cavern from somewhere else and sally forth to kick its ass.

If not, you may want to consider building some new stairs/tunnels/whatevers so you can reroute around the problem area.

I've tried sending my miner down there, but he won't get close to the thing...  and I can't dig another tunnel through the cavern without it attacking my miners.

[Agent_86]

If you've got a pretty decent military, tunnel into the cavern from somewhere else and sally forth to kick its ass.

If not, you may want to consider building some new stairs/tunnels/whatevers so you can reroute around the problem area.

I've tried sending my miners down there, but he won't get close to the thing...  and I can't dig another tunnel through the cavern without it attacking my miners.

[Agent_86]

O.o what the hell... why'd it copy my post...

[Pan]

Rocks fall, FB dies.

In other words, cause a cave in on it.

[Oliolli]

Or, assuming it isn't magma-proof, pump the cavern full of magma.

[Agent_86]

Only problem with those ideas is... I can't get my dwarves close enough to it to do a cave in, and I haven't pierced the magma sea yet (though I've hit a lot of semi-molten rock).

[zehive]

Or, assuming it isn't magma-proof, pump the cavern full of magma.

this guy is thinking like a dwarf.

[Ieb]

How about making a burrow around the parts of your fort you want everyone in at, assigning everyone there(or putting up an Alarm) and if you still have people afraid to head up due to the FB that can't get to them in any way, recruit 'em and station them within the burrow?

Soldiers don't get scared of anything. Hopefully though the FB isn't close enough to some ledge for your recruited idiots to think "I can take him" and charging down at it.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Don't cave in immediately above it then!  So long as there are empty rooms (floor+ceiling) in the way, a cave-in a few z level above will tear through them and kill it anyway.

[Oliolli]

The dwarfy solution would be to dig empty space beneath it (with a floor still under it) down to the magma sea (or HFS) and a massive tower above it, reaching for the top of your map, from which to drop the block.

[Agent_86]

Oh crap... in trying to dig around him I ended up opening up my fort to this Fiend...  my two recruits were slaughtered...  I'm screwed.  >.<

[Lagslayer]

First, pause the game and remove your weapon and armor stockpiles (this will be important). If your dead recruits' weapons and armor are not forbidden, then forbid them (we don't need lemming dwarves right now). Then, before you unpause, turn off all labors (removes mining and woodcutting issues) and recruit everyone. Give your miners their picks as weapons (because there is no stockpile, they will drop their weapons at their feet then immediately pick them back up to fight with). Try to gather up everyone, and near where your weapon and armor stockpiles if possible. Arm them with anything you have available. Now hope for the best.

BTW, what kind of FB is it?

[Agent_86]

Some kind of cave alligator with deadly secretions.  Though it doesn't really matter anymore... all my dwarves are dead already.