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[Psychoceramics]

if seasons remove coverings, then why do I have kittens with twice their weight in blood, water, vomit and mud coverings roaming around my fortress?

[Quantum Toast]

A washdwarf would operate at a wash pit, a special kind of workshop, and could clean clothes somewhat using water.

I suppose the wash pit would require a water tile the same way magma forges require a magma tile?

Or extending that forge comparison, maybe there could be two versions; one that uses direct access like that, and one that can be put anywhere but needs water brought to it manually.

[Puck]

I created something I was posting about a few months ago. Basically, there's one access to the living quarters, and we assume every dwarf has their own apartment. So EVERY dwarf will path through here sooner or later. (added bonus: they WILL path through here when they are on fire)

we have Floors Downstairs and Channels in the following diagrams:

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FDDDF
FCCCF
FCCCF
FDDDF
One z level below we got Walls too:

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WUUUW
WFFFW
WFFFW
WUUUW
sooo you designate that whole thing as a pond, and let the bucket brigade fill it up to 3/7. Designate the floors around the pool as restricted area, so dwarves will go through the water as much as they can. I think non-swimmers will not be able to carry items through or something, at least I get SOME job cancellations from hauling jobs inside the living quarters, but in the end they all get completed.

Either way. Dwarves start to learn swimming over here, slowly. I havent tested whether or not it saves them when they are burning, but I certainly think so.

About coverings being cleaned upon season change: has anyone tried keepin a dirty dwarf outside for one full season/year?

[Psychoceramics]

A washdwarf would operate at a wash pit, a special kind of workshop, and could clean clothes somewhat using water.

I suppose the wash pit would require a water tile the same way magma forges require a magma tile?

Or extending that forge comparison, maybe there could be two versions; one that uses direct access like that, and one that can be put anywhere but needs water brought to it manually.

Yeah! And then we can have dwarves migrate in with the 'Water Carrier' Skill at Normal and nothing else!

[Beanchubbs]

Having a washdwarf profession would make a use for soap finally aside from making awesome soap fortresses. Maybe you could use the design that I made in the first post and have a designation of "shower" on it. You could have it so that when dwarves shower, they get a good thought from being clean or whatever. It would also be pretty easy to convert my design to being able to have the "showers in a long line so each apartment can have one. That would be great if they'd be able to implement a showering system into the game. I'd do it but I suck at that kind of stuff.