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[Oliolli]

In later waves of attacks, elves will ambush while riding war animals. Sometimes the animals will be revealed before their riders (or the opposite if the elves are bowmen). This applies even if the elf is riding a war elephant or a war giant badger.

Fighting elves is so awesome, that I have them set up as a permanently hostile enemy in most worlds I gen now.

How? this is exactly what i want to do for my next fortress!

Presumably with whatever makes goblins hostile.

[Kibstable]

On my third(ish) fort I had about 20 dwarves, only a door and a drawbridge for defense, and already under attack from goblins. I saw some animals just outside my door standing on the drawbridge, well I didn't want the goblins to stop me having all those cool looking animals, so I let them in... 

What I should have done was pull the drawbridge lever and splatter all those animals and their hidden elven riders against the roof, but no...
Lesson learned.  I don't think I will ever get all the blood off the walls and floor in that fort.
I still cant believe I had goblins and elves attacking me before I had made a weapon.
That fort is saved until I'm sure I can exact a just revenge.

[AWdeV]

I'm certain you can make a custom reaction to take any wooden object and make charcoal.  Or, for that matter, specify "any wooden weapons" or "any wooden armor" but then you might burn your own training spears if they're laying about.  "Any wooden furniture" would let you burn tables, chairs, beds, barrels, and bins as well, because things like bins, barrels, and buckets are technically furniture.

Dang, I should've checked this thread for an answer before I started my new game. Idyllic place, with a volcano. I picked a civ that was at war with both elves and humans.

[Person]

In later waves of attacks, elves will ambush while riding war animals. Sometimes the animals will be revealed before their riders (or the opposite if the elves are bowmen). This applies even if the elf is riding a war elephant or a war giant badger.

Fighting elves is so awesome, that I have them set up as a permanently hostile enemy in most worlds I gen now.

How? this is exactly what i want to do for my next fortress!

Presumably with whatever makes goblins hostile.

It's probably the babysnatcher tag.

[Dave1004]

I like the elves. I always trade with them, and maintain peaceful relations.

They bring lots of good items...Food, alcohol, seeds, animals; - The stuff I really need. Never fought with elves, and I've been playing for a long time.

I also don't like magma. Never used a pump or magma workshop in my life. I've never built a big structure, only dungeons.

I give mercy to captured enemies, by letting them die with honor in the dungeon. As a final note,

I'm a human, not a dwarf >_>.

[franti]

Elves make short jokes, which is mean, but I like having them around. They bring wood, cloth, booze, food, and awesome animals.
As for calling them sissies, I have to say they're probably more hardcore than the Dwarves are. Can you imagine playing a fort with no digging, weapons, traps, or walling yourself off?

[Forumite]

They also fight with wooden weapon and armor, that takes serious guts...

[Tlc2011]

@OP: I guessed what happened before i clicked the threadname
@Thread: Going to guess that the dude chopped down fifty-bazillion trees

[thehippopotamus]

I prefer embarks that start at war with elves... I remember my first elven ambush, i was horrified to see my best military dwarf caught outside and alone right next to a war tiger, to my surprise he somehow managed to kill the tiger and hold off the entire ambush without dieing or even being seriously injured while my reinforcements rushed to his aid, 100 arrows must have been fired at the plucky little guy. I think he was a proficient dodger and he had quality iron armor which is always nice. The more *fun* the better in my opinion, which incidentally is why i started playing the genesis mod, play it now if you haven't!

[franti]

I made a mod for the game that changed Bow into Longbow and Shortbow, and added an Elven War Bow only usable by elves that was stronger than both. Changed arrows into Bodkin Arrows and Broadhead Arrows.
A skilled Elven Archer with an Elven War Bow could put an Oaken Bodkin Arrow through a Bronze Mail Shirt. Made them a bit more threatening.

[CaptainBadwheel]

Well its a moot point now.  Last battle I had with them even my low rank sworddwarfs in plate went though them like a locomotive through a field of anorexic hippies, to say nothing about the three axelords. There's now a lake of blood that won't go away and my fortress is nicely stocked with some pretty high quality clothing. Too bad my dwarfs don't wear clothes.

[Necro910]

I also don't like magma.

You...

Monster

[Tevish Szat]

I'm certain you can make a custom reaction to take any wooden object and make charcoal.  Or, for that matter, specify "any wooden weapons" or "any wooden armor" but then you might burn your own training spears if they're laying about.  "Any wooden furniture" would let you burn tables, chairs, beds, barrels, and bins as well, because things like bins, barrels, and buckets are technically furniture.

It would be nice if you could mark wooden objects for burning like you mark metal ones for melting...

I have enough trouble with goblin ranged siegers, though I suppose that if I knew elves would coming, I would build my surface defenses to minimize shooting gallery type straightaways, in favor of a maze of twisty high walls -- or at least something that becomes that with the change in status of a few key bridges blocking the straight paths.  I'm shuddering at the dwarfpower required to build so much though.  Jobs will cancel, masons will be perforated.

[Varnifane]

You burned your ...