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[rainpeltstar]

This is just an idea, and it's probably been done before, but what if body parts/corpses were dropped from a great height (Like 20 z-levels) onto the heads of intruders during a raid? I have yet to experiment with this, but I think it would be very effective.

[Catsup]

you can already do this by linking a route and minecart stopping body parts over the fort's entrance at just the right time when you're under siege. But i dont think this is an effective type of defense since there'll be a million hauling jobs after.

[Tomcost]

I agree with the above. Altough doing it just for ˇˇFun!! is ok. Another option to drop them would include a retractable bridge.

[Miriage]

I like to drop my refuse and corpses on pitted enemies. Not only do they get beat up by falling dead things but the also have tp put up with miasma.

[i2amroy]

You guys are thinking too small!

The best way to recycle parts is to create a pit with controllable necromancer LOS. Then you drop all of your parts into there along with any enemies. Viola! Much more dwarfy then simply dropping them.

[Larix]

Do items actually accelerate when falling? I was under the impression that creatures accelerate, but items fall at a fixed speed. Thus, dropping an anvil from a 20z-high tower on someone sitting 120z below the surface would do the same damage as one dumped from a hatch directly over their head (and a cavy skull totem would be almost as deadly), it would just take longer to arrive. I had great success dumping a hundred unwanted totems on the dwarf caravan from a hatch directly above the depot: three dead traders, several others maimed. And the caravan instantly packed up and left. Hooray!

[Tomcost]

Do items actually accelerate when falling? I was under the impression that creatures accelerate, but items fall at a fixed speed. Thus, dropping an anvil from a 20z-high tower on someone sitting 120z below the surface would do the same damage as one dumped from a hatch directly over their head (and a cavy skull totem would be almost as deadly), it would just take longer to arrive. I had great success dumping a hundred unwanted totems on the dwarf caravan from a hatch directly above the depot: three dead traders, several others maimed. And the caravan instantly packed up and left. Hooray!

Well, at least you weaponized skull totems. Now do the same with lead crafts

[Psieye]

Do items actually accelerate when falling? I was under the impression that creatures accelerate, but items fall at a fixed speed. Thus, dropping an anvil from a 20z-high tower on someone sitting 120z below the surface would do the same damage as one dumped from a hatch directly over their head (and a cavy skull totem would be almost as deadly), it would just take longer to arrive.

Items do fall at fixed speed, but you went back to applying real-world physics after acknowledging it's not applicable to dwarven physics. Judging from 'test subjects' falling at various heights, how far objects fall DOES influence how hard they hit what they fall on. Sure it'll hit at the same fixed speed, but the physics doesn't care about fall speed when calculating damage.