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[joeybowling]

ok so i was thinking " i hate all of the scary things that keep getting near my dworfs and i also hate how the dirty goblins keep escaping from the iron grasp of my military might" so i built the super box all the way around my map but with one Lord of the ring style black death gate lined with marksmen it seems to work out well but any other cooler ways to protect my dworfs and kill my foes would be neat

[CinnibarMan]

That. But with magma.

[the great fool]

dig a six tile wide trench seven Z-levels deep around the entrance, then build a retractable bridge crossing the gap. connect the bridge to a lever inside a locked room, keep a dwarf in the room at all times just to pull the lever quickly (have shaft for food and booze) when the Gobs come knocking pull the lever and watch them fall into the pit o' despair.
(results work best when Goblins/Elves/Humans...etc. are on the bridge when it retracts)

Happy dropping 

[joeybowling]

ok ok so WITH my wall of doom i will dig a pit of doom that leads to the magma sea of doom.... PERFECT

[Lord Darkstar]

You could double up on your approach.

Have an approach that is channelled so it only has a 1 tile wide approach. Put easy to dodge weapon traps (ie, weapon traps loaded with only 1 training weapon) on the approach. Channel out your deep trenches on the sides. Non-trap avoid attackers will dodge the traps and fall down into whatever you want them falling into. Magma, spiked flooring, real traps, whatever. Now you only need your lever puller for trap avoid attackers and flyers (presuming your bridge is a drawbridge that blocks the only way in).

[sockless]

Build a giant platform several z levels above ground, then make it have a giant reservoir of magma and floodgates/floor hatches connected to levers with channels of magma going to them. Set these up so that when levers are pulled, a certain floodgate opens up and drops magma onto the enemies.