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[Putnam]

Yes, and the question deserves to be answered.

[PigtailLlama]

Well if you put it that way:

If ladders get implemented as a solution to the picking corundum, does that mean we have to build higher walls thanks to siegers carrying ladders on intent of scaling walls 1 or 2 z-levels high?

[Witty]

If (and that's a big if) ladders are added for fruit collecting, it's even less likely that they'll be utilized outside of that the function for a while. The time and code needed to get siegers to properly use such a thing is well outside the scope of the coming release.

[DG]

Potential ladders is one step closer to possible clean sheer-sided pits the OCDers have been (mostly) patiently waiting for.

[dwarfed one]

Next I'd like to allow dwarves to pick growths from trees, which of course will require some kind of stepladder or other tool if the fruit is a z-level above the ground.

I'm instantly imagined a goblin with stepladder going to my fortress walls.

[Inarius]

I'm instantly imagined a goblin with stepladder going to my fortress walls.

That's what I thought, too.

[cephalo]

Standing on the top rung of a step ladder is extremely dangerous. I'm sure the dwarves don't care at all.

[Dirst]

Standing on the top rung of a step ladder is extremely dangerous. I'm sure the dwarves don't care at all.

This is a Dwarven stepladder.  It has four parts, and all four of them are top steps.

[Valtam]

Are ladders also useful for engraving second floor's walls in that 3x3 radius?

[smjjames]

Are ladders also useful for engraving second floor's walls in that 3x3 radius?

That would definetly be a future potential application.

[Knight Otu]

Are ladders also useful for engraving second floor's walls in that 3x3 radius?

That would definetly be a future potential application.

But unlikely for the next version, I'd say. With such a specific focus for the feature, it's most likely that'll only work for harvesting tree growths.

[Mr S]

Right. But can I make them of lead? Can't wait till the first time a tantruming fruit worker bowls through the meeting area wielding what's effectively a bundle of lead pipes.

Second !!FUN!! idea. Line your entry road to the trade depot with wooden ladders. Really piss off the elves.

[CLA]

Will dwarves use backpacks to carry fruits, too?

[PigtailLlama]

I'm instantly imagined a goblin with stepladder going to my fortress walls.

That's what I thought, too.

And then I imagined one of my dwarves kicking the ladder off the wall, falling into the pit he just jumped over to get there...

[cephalo]

And then I imagined one of my dwarves kicking the ladder off the wall, falling into the pit he just jumped over to get there...

Oh yes. Stepladders are one the most dangerous tools. In the real world, more injury and death by ladder than any other tool. (I recently attended OSHA training at my workplace.)