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[Belteshazzar]

While playing one of my other favorite Rogue-likes (Crawl Stone Soup) I realized how great it would be if I could just open up some kind editor and simply build my own layouts and dungeons and populate them with handpicked creatures, treasures, traps or even plots. Then send them to other players as a kind of 'challenge' to send their lone adventurers, parties, or even small armies through.

Then I realized that Dwarf Fortress appears to be inexorably inching closer and closer to dropping the tools to do exactly that into the filthy little hands of a non-coder like me. Yet I wonder, is something like that actually 'planned'? The ability to control, design, and arrange the contents of an embark site to our specifications using in-game tools. Then save and distribute them for the *FUN* of the masses? Randomization is can range for hilarious to terrifying to downright depressing, but sometimes it feels good to overcome a challenge 'someone' took care to design specifically for my *FUN*.

[Exlo]

I suppose if this was implemented, the only difference would really be having more control over what you put in a dungeon. As of now, though, I'm perfectly content with setting them up in Dwarf Mode. However, I would like to see us experiencing dungeons with Dwarf Mode rather than just adventure mode. ( I think this sort of thing will be possible when the Army Arc rolls around, though. )

[DrDada]

Id love to see something like an editor for room/building/dungeon/site layouts that will then be used during world generation.
People could make a room that will later be used in buildings in the city or specify that its a throneroom, a temple or a room in a crypt etc. You could also create whole castles/thief hideouts,dungeons or just interesting unique places like ruins from a lost civilization.

[SuicideJunkie]

A save feature for the arena, plus constructing buildings in it?