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[Urist Da Vinci]

While investigating changes to the game files, I noticed that forgotten beasts which shoot webs (which in 31.25 did nothing due to a bug) now should spray webs properly in 34.xx. They (but not other forgotten beasts) are also [WEBIMMUNE], so the webbed cage trap trick won't work on them.

In theory (but not proven/tested yet) we could make forgotten beast silk clothing. Setting up a silk factory is left as an exercise to the reader.

[Baron Baconeer]

Dwarf fortress: When making clothes from giant spiders isn't enough.

Hello. Would you be interested in buying authentic +Three-eyed Skinless Therapod Trousers+?

[Montague]

Would forgotten beast silk be worth anything?

Any unusual properties, at least?

[Rushmik]

Could always trap one in a small room of fortifications with a well timed bridge raise or something. After that it's the weaver's job to grind some dodge skill!

[Urist Da Vinci]

Would forgotten beast silk be worth anything?

Any unusual properties, at least?

It looks like the forgotten beast MULTIPLY_VALUE hasn't been set, so probably worth very little.

Material properties should be same as generic silk for FB/Titan webs.

However, should you encounter a HFS creature with webs, treasure them. They have this in the raws:

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[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MAT_FIXED_TEMP:10040]
[HEATDAM_POINT:NONE]
[COLDDAM_POINT:NONE]
[IGNITE_POINT:NONE]meaning that their silk would be fireproof and magmaproof.

[simonthedwarf]

could you make magmaproof clothes out of it?

[Mitchewawa]

Not only could you make magmaproof clothes, it would be real easy to cover dwarfs from head to toe in this silk with just a robe, mittens, socks and hood. All we need to do is cover a vampire in this stuff and drop him in the magma sea and watch him fight all the fire imps.

[Talvieno]

Okay, let's go magma diving! Beats the hell out of scuba diving.

pun intended... I am bad.

[malimbar04]

Holy armok that sounds awesome. I want a fireproof outfit made from a legendary giant 3-eyed something or other!

[Loud Whispers]

The clothes are fireproof, the dwarf is not. Remove the fat first :3

[Nil Eyeglazed]

FBs should have an additional benefit over GCSs-- they are immortal.  Whereas a GCS silk farm has a limited lifespan, after which you have to catch another GCS, assuming a second ever wanders through your map, a FB silk farm can run for forever.

However, it's pretty hard to get a captive FB, and I'm not sure about building a silk farm around them-- GCS silk farms typically rely on the GCS pathing through locked stone or metal doors, and (most?) FBs are building destroyer 2 to the GCS's BD1.

[MaskedMiner]

The clothes are fireproof, the dwarf is not. Remove the fat first :3

Wasn't the "Lack of fat makes you fireproof" thing fixed?

[Talvieno]

The clothes are fireproof, the dwarf is not. Remove the fat first :3

Wasn't the "Lack of fat makes you fireproof" thing fixed?

That's what I was thinking...

[miauw62]

The clothes are fireproof, the dwarf is not. Remove the fat first :3

I tought i read that that was fixed too D:

[NinjaBoot]

Well, at least the clothes won't burn in magma..