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goblin abmushes, sieges etc.

human abmushes, sieges etc.

elf abmushes, sieges etc.

titans, forgotten beasts, megabeasts

demons

magma

necromancers

undead

tantrum spiral

loyalty cascade

giant mosquito invasion

[WealthyRadish]

81. Don't put your military off duty to haul crap to the trade depot.

[misko27]

82. Absolutely harmless animals that manage to enter the fort can cause entire fort to grind to halt, especially if you have a central staircase.
83. Gremlins are either absolutely harmless, or completely terrifying, depending on availability of doomsday levers, or those that can be used as such.
84. If a executed-by-dropping Goblin prisoner survives, and you don't notice, Fun will be had.
85. Vampires have a taste for legendary dwarves, the more useful the profession, the better. Same with Fell moods.
86. Deadly FB blood can be used as a absolutely wonderful method of animal control. Unless your dwarves are naked, in which case it is a wonderful method of dying quickly.
Also, I Ask that FPS death be added to contest options.

[Hanslanda]

And levers. FPS death and levers are both common causes of death to a fortress.

[Toxicshadow]

87. Learned today that muddy water can fall down stairs, down 5 levels to the main part of the fortress, flood everything(and usually create lots of !!FUN!!), while you're out telling your woodcutter to chop every  tree on the map and making sure he doesn't get killed doing it.

[RenoFox]

88. A goblin weaponmaster, even after a 3 z-level drop is a severe threat for up to 30 mediocre warriors.

[LumberingOaf]

2. Do not underestimate goblins led by demons.

Addendum: Demonic diplomats can be just as dangerous when they thoughtlessly walk fire all over your mossy floors.

89. Glumprong wood may be a cool purple colour, but it most certainly is not worth the risk to acquire in the early stages of a fort.

[Mimodo]

90. Switching out of DF does NOT pause the game.
91. That tree you designated to be cut was the last thing between the fortress and the forgotten beast wandering the caverns
92. Do NOT EVER EVER EVER combine the above two. The result is about 5 dead dwarves, and some lucky-ass smith who i believe, from looking at the logs, somehow managed to kill this bastard with his bare hands

[ledgekindred]

93.  Don't try to clean up forgotten beast extracts, blood, etc in your fort.  Wall it off and burn it with magma.  Otherwise you will wind up with a "Recovering Wounded" cascade until you abandon the passed-out and bleeding dwarves to the magma. 
94.  No matter how awesome the dwarf is, sometimes you just have to suck it up, make the sacrifice and build some slabs.

[Alloran]

95. Just because you breech the caverns above the ground floor of them doesn't mean you shouldn't wall it off. There are things there that can fly.

[MasterShizzle]

96. Build and place coffins BEFORE your dwarves start dying off. That last goblin ambush is a lot more serious when Urist McRedShirt's fetid corpse is clogging up your front gate with miasma.

97. Designate some coffins for pets as well: that Pet Giraffe corpse that refuses to get dumped isn't getting any fresher either.

[Sutremaine]

98. Mine carts placed on a stop on a ramp will roll away. Track stops can only be placed on flat track.

[HavingPhun]

99. Don't build a quantum garbage dump with stairs, legendary soldiers like to wander down there and have every limb be broken by stones then die from dehydration

100. Don't think like a dwarf.

[HavingPhun]

So whats next?: 200 things you learned the hard way. FORTRESS EDITION

[misko27]

101. Military dwarves are always on duty. Unless their hungry.
101. Hammering =/= Execution.
103. Dwarves will sleep in non-room beds, regardless of use. Even if it is in a vampire kings servant den. Or the hospital.
104. Strange mooders are impervious to hunger, thirst, and sanity. Prepare accordingly.
EDIT: Fixed, was not paying attention.

[HavingPhun]

201. Military dwarves are always on duty. Unless their hungry.
202. Hammering =/= Execution.
203. Dwarves will sleep in non-room beds, regardless of use. Even if it is in a vampire kings servant den. Or the hospital.
204. Strange mooders are imperious to hunger, thirst, and sanity. Prepare accordingly.

Ummm... I think you skipped a couple of numbers. But thats ok.