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[trib]

Dwarf babies can read as soon as they're born. Mom was in the library; gave birth. Baby began to read. I do not know if reading increases any skills, but the thought of little dwarf babies reading at their mother's teat breaks the stereotype of dwarves not caring for intellectual pursuits.

If I knew how to include a screenshot, I would.

A scholar from birth! He will bring great knowledge to the dwarven kind.

To include a photo upload it to an image hosting site like imgur.com and then left click on image and select show image and copy the image adress then just use [.IMG]<url here>[./IMG] without the periods. It also has to be a direct adress to the image, url should end in .jpg or other image file format.

[Dunamisdeos]

Post it note art is most educated art

Spoiler: A baby of academics and wisdom (click to show/hide)

[Pvt. Pirate]

@trib, this could be influenced by their discipline skill.

[Insert_Gnome_Here]

I wonder whether the threat of starvation could... gently persuade... dwarves to learn to swim

[TD1]

Huh, not a bad idea. Still, it's probably easier on happiness levels just to make a pit filled with water in the main hallways, with some tiles being 4/7 and the rest 3/7.

Granted, I've never tried it, but I assume that would work.

[trib]

@trib, this could be influenced by their discipline skill.

That and many other factors I think. Somebody on the subreddit had a theory that it's happiness based, but that doesn't explain why some of them stayed a long while after partially flooding their rooms, but it does explain why the mayor, with his pimped out bedroom, was one the last to try.

Further goes to show just how complex creatures our dwarves truly are.

[Sanctume]

I wonder whether the threat of starvation could... gently persuade... dwarves to learn to swim

I did a science on this.  Babies do not gain swimming skill until they turn into a child. 

Setup, works great with aquifers. 
7x7 room.
1 with screw pump to flood it. 
1 door, lockable on demand, with grated-channel into aquifer outside for extra drain. 
1 lever-linked flood gate into a grated-channel for draining. 

Simply get dwarfs in there (military moms) or just burrow alert. 

Just need a dwarf to be outside to do the pump water into.  6/7 works great with 1 7/7 moving about. 

The swimming skill gains around 3 levels from 0 within a season, approximately 3,000 swim exp.

Edit: yeah, mother with baby results in baby with no swim skill.  Child or adult gain swim skill. 

Child also starts gaining some endurance, (maybe str and agi) stats.

Edit 2: Found my notes.
Swim Chamber.
Start.
(Child) Ioni Swim Level 0: 80/500. 6th Sandsone, 237, Mid-autumn.
Stats: 555/1811 Str. 989/1992 Agi. 958/2205 Tou. 1963/3908 End. 545/1545 Rec. 1034/2068 Dis.

End.
(Child) Ioni Swim Level 3: 1.9k/2.6k. 19th Sandsone, 237, Mid-autumn.
Stats: 559/1811 Str. 993/1992 Agi. 958/2205 Tou. 1967/3908 End. 545/1545 Rec. 1034/2068 Dis.

Result. 11 days of swimming in 6/7 water. 
Strength+4 gain towards max Str stat.
Agility+4 gain towards max Agi stat.
Toughness+4 gain towards max Tou stat.
Endurance+4 gain towrads max End stat.
Recuperation+0, no gain.
Disease Resistance +0, no gain.

[Bumber]

Another method is to have them ride a minecart through water.

[FantasticDorf]

Doesnt the water pressure push them through the grates? Im not quite brave enough to attempt this without putting some fail-safes around.

A picture of it in action would be mighty instructive since it sounds very good for weeding out inadequate haulers with poor stats.

[Sanctume]

water pressure does not seem to push dwarfs down below a floor grate. 

Kinda funny though that they treat the grated aquifer drain as water source because they are thirsty being locked in the 6/7 flooded room.  But after unlocking the the door, they beeline to the booze pile.

[gentgeen]

This matches my experience in a real-life pool party. Get out of the pool, go get an adult beverage.

[Pesi]

According to my seed-stockpile, any number of seeds can fit in a single bag, and any number of bags can fit in a single barrel.
I mention this because years ago this was not so, and the wiki still says there's a limit on the most recent seed page.

[snow dwarf]

According to my seed-stockpile, any number of seeds can fit in a single bag, and any number of bags can fit in a single barrel.
I mention this because years ago this was not so, and the wiki still says there's a limit on the most recent seed page.

Huh this requires !!science!!

[Pvt. Pirate]

Huh this requires !!science!!

this always make me shudder and i think of suffering dorfs...

[Lenny Zicree]

built a floor to the edge of the map, one above ground level -- and that wound up splitting invaders from wildlife. animals would only appear 'upstairs'.   didn't run that fort too long, but hey.