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[Casp]

If I wanted to sprinkle magma on my soldiers to burn their nerves and fat and make them fireproof and painless...

How would I go about that?

[WoobMonkey]

I don't recall which thread it was, exactly, but somewhere on these fora is a how-to on creating magma mist in sufficient quantities to melt fat, but not so much as to set beards on fire.

Happy hunting!

[FrankMcFuzz]

If I wanted to sprinkle magma on my soldiers to burn their nerves and fat and make them fireproof and painless...

How would I go about that?

Inb4 "Your settlement has crumbled to its end"

[GavJ]

wait what? Is this actually possible (to survive it long term)?

[WoobMonkey]

Yes, but it requires a great deal of care.  The secret, as I understand it, is to expose your Dwarf(s) to just enough magma mist to melt the fat, without starting a fire.

[Lielac]

wait what? Is this actually possible (to survive it long term)?

YUP!

[Stalker]

This game can be so dark sometimes 

[FrankMcFuzz]

This. Sounds. Impossible.

It may have actually happened to a few of my corpse dumpers recently, but I doubt I could replicate or prove it.

But I killed 6 dwarves doing it, and that wasn't even INTENDING to do it, so OP, you're out of your miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind!

[Abadayos]

Certainly sounds like an interesting idea.

I too remember seeing a thread about how to do it nowt hat I have read this one but I have no idea where it is, been a while

[EpicOrange]

The magma bath, or mist, would be to burn the child to remove all the fat, thus making them flame-retardant.  It's the burning fat that mostly hurts a flaming dwarf, the stuff melts and hurts.  Controlled burning and removal can be used to make a dwarf slightly more flame-resistant, and more importantly, char off things like facial features and skin.  These are not dwarves.  These are weapons.  Their appearance is not to be related to anything natural or good.  Think of the Immortals in 300.  And ideally, there would be no workshop.  If there was, it'd be a craftsman shop, to fulfill any stoneworking, woodworking, or boneworking mood.

I think it's this thread

[Ramaraunt]

Conduct experiments, for sciiiiieeeennnce!!!!!!!

I reccomend you repare some slabs first.

[Quietust]

It was possible back in version 0.31, when the only thing magma did was heat things up. In 0.34, however, it's pretty much guaranteed to instantly set stuff on fire...

[nzybwnb]

Back in 40d, I once saw a dwarf in steel boots run through a single tile of shallow magma without taking damage.

I have never yet been able to replicate this.

[forsaken1111]

OP sounds insane but you have to admit, this is exactly the kind of logic a dwarf would apply to the situation.

Small doses of magma to build up an immunity.

[Xob Ludosmbax]

I remember this being discussed in the Dwarven Child Care thread; first mention here.  Searching the thread may yield more results.