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[Sky Icewind]

It was in a pretty early cave, I had no idea what it was. I noticed it had some "dead bodies" around, unmoving, so I sent in a few novice miners to scout and clear a way thinking "Sweet, free loot!"

They came.

They ran through the tunnels.

They used a shoe to cave in a baby's skull.

Were it not for a few legendary miners that were in the tunnels at the time, the fortress would have been surely lost.

Note to self, forget weapons and armor, just draft high skill miners into your army, one can single handedly defeat a cave ogre and a few zombies.

[PaleBlueHammer]

You believe you met the circus.

Heheheheheh.

[Sky Icewind]

Well there was a very nice looking sword in there...

Obviously after this escapade though, I sure as hell am not going to try to get it.

[itg]

Well, once you get that sword, you won't have to worry about ogres and zombies anymore.

[Eisenritter]

Well, once you get that sword, you won't have to worry about ogres and zombies anymore.

GET THAT SWORD NOW! 

[acetech09]

Well, once you get that sword, you won't have to worry about ogres and zombies anymore.

Right. This. Removing the sword will obliterate the zombie problem. Fight your way to it.

[smjjames]

Well, once you get that sword, you won't have to worry about ogres and zombies anymore.

Right. This. Removing the sword will obliterate the zombie problem. Fight your way to it.

You will however, *suddenly gets dunked in magma*

[Sky Icewind]

Nice try guys, but now I know what happens >:c

Even if I wanted it, I couldn't get it due to my military sucking and being equipped with copper.

I seem to have an infernal curse.

I bring an anvil on embark, find absolutely nothing besides low end metal, not even iron.

I don't, I get drowned in the stuff, but the caravans NEVER bring one.

[MrWillsauce]

Marksdwarves should be able to deal with the zombies even if you can't get metal bolts; you just need enough of them.

[smjjames]

I've never actually had the demon fortress thing myself though. Have read about it on the wiki though.

[Sky Icewind]

I'm just amazed at how much this taught me about how weak babies are.

A cloth shoe.

Not even thrown.

Instant kill.

[MrWillsauce]

You could also just make tons of wooden cages and mechanisms, then lure all of the zombies into a corridor of cage traps.

[itg]

I'm just amazed at how much this taught me about how weak babies are.

A cloth shoe.

Not even thrown.

Instant kill.

It's more a combination of how weak skulls are and how strong shoes are. It's not uncommon for a falling sock to cave in a dwarf's skull.

[Agent of Avarice]

You could also just make tons of wooden cages and mechanisms, then lure all of the zombies into a corridor of cage traps.

This. Easy, cheap, highly effective, and of course you could always use the undead as live practice for your future military dwarves. Alternately dump the caged monsters in a pit, add goblins.

[Sky Icewind]

That's a cheap tactic, cages are too OP.

I'm a real man's overseer.

Clearly the only solution is a complicated and possibly fatal system that involves re-routing the local river down into the cave.