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[Heavenfall]

But if I do this, how can I collect the goblin tears?

[Haus Party]

Grates in the ground near the entrance.

[Lord Darkstar]

Well, if there are any wall destroyers, they won't be able to get in.

Of course, you can build a very dwarfy impenatrable fortress by just tunneling into natural rock, creating pits a couple of levels deep, and building a draw bridge on the interior (fortress) side of your tunnel entrance, linked by a lever in your interior. When attackers or siegers show up, pull up the bridge. It will form a wall that prevents airborne invaders. The pit will block all non-flyers.

If you want to get your miner out of the pit, you give him orders to dig an access tunnel from the bottom to the surface or entrance tunnel, just on the outer side of your tunnel.

Done. As long as you don't have any OTHER entrances to your fortress, and you don't break into caverns, you are safe and snug. Put grates over your water inflows so nothing nasty swims in, and you stay snug, and can control access into and out of your fortress.

In the future, when goblins are smart and can bridge pits and knock down drawbridges, then we will need water traps and what not. But currently, this is enough.

[Retro]

I'm not sure I understand.  How is this any different than walling your fortress off?  Here's a better idea.  Dig down.  Remove stairs.  Build walls in place of stairs.

It's less focused on the impenetrebility and more on how cool it is to break the hell out of physics. I used this once to lock a dude away in a room in a succession fort as a mystery for later players, but it's not really any more practical than your average defensive methods. It's just neat.

Well, if there are any wall destroyers, they won't be able to get in.

Fortunately, these don't yet exist.

[Hokan]

It's impenetrable unless they can fly.

[bdog]

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              S
              S
     === _____S
~~~~~X>XX~~~~~S
     X<XX     S
XXXXXX>XXXXXXXS
      <       S
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X - wall
>, < - stairs
S - map edge
=== - lowered bridge connected to lever inside
_ - constructed floor menacing with spikes, traps and other fun for invaders or imigrants also trade depot
~ - magma ofc

no fliers, no building destroyers, no fun because its too safe ^^,