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[Aaarrgh!]

I know, it's a momentous time for every DF player - creating his or her very first killing machine *sniff*. Anyway, I present this to you for peer review and advice for improvements. It's a pretty simple cave-in principle, with one variant for for surface use, the other for compromised corridors. They're even FB-unfriendly!

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[AutomataKittay]

Not bad, you only really need one linkage for the red mechanism, the bottomost support, pull it and the rest'll follow! At least if all of the supports are constructed, I've never used a dug one. Bridges don't support things so you don't need to link them up to make it work, but it does makes for good containment trap, or making sure that your target's not running away.

If something manage to survive all that cave in, it's probably going to survive being drowned, but you like to make sure, just in case?

The FB trap's pretty simple, nothing to comment, other suggesting possibly having an obsidanizer for renewing upper block for reusable designs.

By the way, congratulation on your first planned deathtrap!

[i2amroy]

The only serious piece of advice I can give is to always make sure that you have a solid layer of stone beneath any cave-in trap. Else it'll carry on happily downwards through the swimming pool, the dining room, the farms, and anything else that has the misfortune to be beneath it until it hits solid ground.

[AutomataKittay]

The only serious piece of advice I can give is to always make sure that you have a solid layer of stone beneath any cave-in trap. Else it'll carry on happily downwards through the swimming pool, the dining room, the farms, and anything else that has the misfortune to be beneath it until it hits solid ground.

Definitely this, I always forget to consider this when advising cave-in traps because it's a habit for me nowadays. At least when it comes to aboveground construction, I always skip a level so my surface project don't caves into the residency

Even just a solid wall under the trap should work, I've stopped cave-ins with constructed walls under the thing. As long as the walls stays supported.

[Aaarrgh!]

The only serious piece of advice I can give is to always make sure that you have a solid layer of stone beneath any cave-in trap. Else it'll carry on happily downwards through the swimming pool, the dining room, the farms, and anything else that has the misfortune to be beneath it until it hits solid ground.

Just stone, or will sand, clay etc. stop it also?  Eh, *shrugs* I always start by digging deep to make room for stuff like this in the first place - I don't believe in temporary forts, and like leaving space for the future.

[AutomataKittay]

The only serious piece of advice I can give is to always make sure that you have a solid layer of stone beneath any cave-in trap. Else it'll carry on happily downwards through the swimming pool, the dining room, the farms, and anything else that has the misfortune to be beneath it until it hits solid ground.

Just stone, or will sand, clay etc. stop it also?  Eh, *shrugs* I always start by digging deep to make room for stuff like this in the first place - I don't believe in temporary forts, and like leaving space for the future.

Full tiles will do the job, even constructed walls, as long as it's supported beyond the cave in area.

[Aaarrgh!]

By the way, congratulation on your first planned deathtrap!

I just wanted to add...stuff like this is what makes me smile, so thank you. Now, off to kill some dorfs orcs!

[FrankyPlaysGames]

This is a cool design, mind if I steal it ?

[HorridOwn4ge]

I suggest putting cage traps on the bottom to capture whatevers still alive, that way you wont use any water.

[goblolo]

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Damn, I didn't got anything! How this should work??
As I can supose, orggs will step on pressure plate and watch distant collapse/waterfall?

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And shouldn't it work like:


Or orcs are supposed to make a few steps before plate triggers sups/floodgates?

[Aaarrgh!]

Damn, I didn't got anything! How this should work??
As I can supose, orggs will step on pressure plate and watch distant collapse/waterfall?

The trap is operated manually with levers. When a creature steps onto the trap, the retracting bridges of either side trigger to trap them there, and the supports are collapsed.

As to cage traps, wouldn't they be crushed by the tons of rock falling on them?

Oh, and feel free to use my design, it's not like I can stop you :-).

[AutomataKittay]

Damn, I didn't got anything! How this should work??
As I can supose, orggs will step on pressure plate and watch distant collapse/waterfall?

The trap is operated manually with levers. When a creature steps onto the trap, the retracting bridges of either side trigger to trap them there, and the supports are collapsed.

As to cage traps, wouldn't they be crushed by the tons of rock falling on them?

Oh, and feel free to use my design, it's not like I can stop you :-).

Cage traps should be fine if it's on top of everything. It probably will be crushed if it's between or under plates, though.