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[CaptainArchmage]

Do the caravans now bring us news about the surrounding area?

With the length of time the release has taken so far, I don't think it matters if Toady implements refugees moving through our fortress now.

[Zavvnao]

Will merfolk ever show more signs of sentience in future releases such as small tribes/clans or kingdoms that trade or war with landwellers? And would their ever be anything like the selkies from Ireland?

[Valtam]

Will merfolk ever show more signs of sentience in future releases such as small tribes/clans or kingdoms that trade or war with landwellers? And would their ever be anything like the selkies from Ireland?

As soon as Toady begins to mess with meaningful stuff to do at the sea (see: ships and navigation) then I'm pretty sure that sea dwellers are going to have a huge overhaul. Right now, sea titans have no shrines (surely no worshippers as well) and that could change as soon as we get there, given that animal people worshipping is up too to that point.

[hermes]

Daily devlog and Footkerchief smiting questions left and right?  Ahh, just like the old days.   

[smjjames]

Do the caravans now bring us news about the surrounding area?

With the length of time the release has taken so far, I don't think it matters if Toady implements refugees moving through our fortress now.

He pretty much said in the 12/19 devlog that we would hear news from the caravans.

[Sizik]

You know what I'm looking forward to?
The background map on the main Bay12 page, when it shows all those little provinces everywhere.

Pretty sure those are all made with the current version.

Edit: they're from v0.31.01.

[Cobbler89]

They could just as easily have chosen an active player fort, and that'll really matter around the time we get to the player-controlled inns and taverns. Right now you'll probably just hear about any nearby camps from the caravan.

I have a feeling this may have been asked (but no time right now to dig into the thread, I apologize), but... Will refugee camps share any common framework(s) with hill dwarf sites as far as relating to and communicating with your fortress? (Obviously the content of the relationship and many of the actions you could take with it will be vastly different, but inasmuch as they're both nearby sites that will affect fort mode, I'm curious if they're on the same foundation somewhere down underneath.)

[Footkerchief]

They could just as easily have chosen an active player fort, and that'll really matter around the time we get to the player-controlled inns and taverns. Right now you'll probably just hear about any nearby camps from the caravan.

I have a feeling this may have been asked (but no time right now to dig into the thread, I apologize), but... Will refugee camps share any common framework(s) with hill dwarf sites as far as relating to and communicating with your fortress? (Obviously the content of the relationship and many of the actions you could take with it will be vastly different, but inasmuch as they're both nearby sites that will affect fort mode, I'm curious if they're on the same foundation somewhere down underneath.)

Camps are also sites, and they presumably belong to a parent civ like hill dwarf sites, so that implies a ton of commonality.  Once you can meaningfully communicate at all, your choice of recipient will probably be limited only by where the messenger's willing to go.

[PigtailLlama]

With refugee camps settling near forts, would that mean that now there is a chance that the thieves encountered in fortress mode could be members of this camp trying to feed his/her family? Can we send an army to make the camp move elsewhere by force if problems from it continue to persist?

[misko27]

With refugee camps settling near forts, would that mean that now there is a chance that the thieves encountered in fortress mode could be members of this camp trying to feed his/her family? Can we send an army to make the camp move elsewhere by force if problems from it continue to persist?

Armies aren't being touched yet, and I believe that kobolds are still the primary thieves.

[Footkerchief]

With refugee camps settling near forts, would that mean that now there is a chance that the thieves encountered in fortress mode could be members of this camp trying to feed his/her family? Can we send an army to make the camp move elsewhere by force if problems from it continue to persist?

Armies aren't being touched yet, and I believe that kobolds are still the primary thieves.

Yeah, you can't send any kind of armies out.  Thieving hasn't changed that we've heard -- it still depends on the ITEM_THIEF entity tag, not on more complex motivations like feeding one's family.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Two quick, unrelated questions.

 1. How were goblins running away from themselves?
2. Do you have any plans to do something with the refugees on the fringes of dwarven settlements and the like before the next update?

[smjjames]

Two quick, unrelated questions.

1. How were goblins running away from themselves?
2. Do you have any plans to do something with the refugees on the fringes of dwarven settlements and the like before the next update?

Greened them for ya, I'm also curious on what was up with the goblins.

[Footkerchief]

2. Do you have any plans to do something with the refugees on the fringes of dwarven settlements and the like before the next update?

Do something like what? 

[Helgoland]

Giving them stuff to do: Goals, schedules, everyday activities... The works.