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[i2amroy]

Kobold eggs shouldn't ever become a food source due to them being intelligent beings. You might be able to swing it by changing the ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_XXXX options to ACCEPTABLE in the dwarven entity, though.

Kobolds will just count as pets though, and won't actually count as citizens.

Dwarves become lovers and then after spending enough time socializing with each other will eventually get married. Depending on whether or not you have an area available for the party you will then either get a message saying that they are getting married and they will throw a party (which functions identical to any other, i.e. all it is is a bunch of dwarves standing around talking) or you will get a message that they are married and decided to forgo the celebration.

[Ianflow]

I assume this means since Kobolds must be married to mate, it means I might have to give them no eat or no drink, or both, to make sure they become fast friends, and eventually mate
I also wonder if it means Kobolds could hold a wedding party

Thats it, I am modding

I might have to make a kobold wedding mod, where the lovely couple has to go off to another civ for a bit and steal something
Okay that is just silly

Is it advised I turn on elven/human diplomats?
Also, will they still be butchered (just not used)?
When you say won't actually, will they still be able to work in any form?

[shmelse]

Edit: Solved myself, am idiot. Yay!

[Garath]

human diplomats are there in any case. You can add/turn on a trade representative which acts the same as your liaison for ordering stuff. Elf diplomats whine about trees (mushroom trees count too) and give you more opportunities to insult elves

[Telgin]

Kobold eggs shouldn't ever become a food source due to them being intelligent beings.

I haven't tried kobold eggs in particular, but I know when I ran a modded fort of griffons who laid eggs, they'd merrily eat their own eggs without any funny ethics being set.

[adam35413]

How effective are Marksdwarfs in combat?  I currently have a squad of 7 marksdwarves where only 1 is actually practicing.  I am curious if it is worth the effort to try and get them to practice/get better as opposed to just switching them to axes or hammers.

[Sutremaine]

In melee combat? They're about as effective as a dwarf with a nerf bat, though if they have a copper crossbow eventually they'll get a deathblow in. Note that the effectiveness of said nerfbatdwarf will vary immensely -- if the dwarf is fresh out of the danger room, they'll be significantly less effective than a dwarf who's been training naturally for years and (with squadmates) can beat a blind cave ogre to death. (One of those dwarves was later attacked from behind by a crundle and got her ear smashed through her masterwork steel helm. Oh RNG.)

In ranged combat? They're pretty good. Either a rain of bone and wood bolts or a few well-placed shots with metal ammo will incapacitate enemies enough for your melee dwarves to swoop in, or for attrition to make them retreat.

[adam35413]

So what I'm hearing is I need to actually train them.  Sigh 

Panic Room?  Is this a more 'effective' way to train military?

[Garath]

not panic room, danger room
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Danger_room

it's a bit of an exploit

[LordBaal]

No, is not as long you have a bald dwarf on a wheelchair running your fort

[adam35413]

Any recommendations for helping increase the number of Marksdwarfs actually training?  I have read in other threads that "Soldier (No Activity)" can be common, so I am not sure if there are other remedies I could try.  All the dwarfs have crossbows, but I do think they were short on bolts so I have been making copper bolts.

Does making one bolt = a bundle of 250? 

[Garath]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Bolt

Each job will produce a stack of 25 wooden bolts from a single log, or a stack of 5 bone bolts taking a single bone from a stack. Metal bolts require Weaponsmithing (not Metalcrafting) and a Metalsmith's forge or Magma forge, creating a stack of 25 bolts from a single metal bar.

so, metal also 25 bolts. You're better off making wooden or bone bolts in the beginning, or at least untill you have metal to spare

[adam35413]

Ah, I should have RTFM(wiki).  Thanks.

Any recommendations for haul time improvements?  My main fortress resides a couple Z levels down from the surface and spans 5 or so Z levels right now.  My Magma industries are located approximately 100 Z-levels down, so the result is currently most my dwarfs spend their time hauling metal down to the stockpiles which takes a long time.  I imagine this will be less of a problem eventually as all the metal ore hauled down there and I get more dwarves.  Is the only recourse to create more wheelbarrows?

[Boltgun]

You can assign 3 wheelbarrows per stockpile but if you make several piles with 3 each, that will increase the number of ores brought down at once. Once finished you can delete the small piles and use a big one instead.

Otherwise you can use a minecart, that'll go faster but the process of digging the track can be a tad complicated for a one way trip.

[i2amroy]

Kobold eggs shouldn't ever become a food source due to them being intelligent beings.

I haven't tried kobold eggs in particular, but I know when I ran a modded fort of griffons who laid eggs, they'd merrily eat their own eggs without any funny ethics being set.

Interesting. I was unaware that ethics didn't apply to eggs (though I'm not sure why I would be surprised that they didn't ).