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[Eschar]

It's an enthralling finding.

[pisskop]

A light aquifer makes a great waterfall for your central staircase, so long as you dont fall into the trap of building so shallowly on the ground floor to cause it to flood.

[Leonidas]

It takes a long, long time for untrained unarmed dwarves to punch a draltha to death.

[Leonidas]

Merchants, their guards, and their animals are all very good at dodging falling rocks.
Edit: But it is possible to corral them into a limited space and carpet bomb them with rocks.

[Schmaven]

Just about to embark in a 75 year old world and looking at the starting 7, a number of them are 85 years old.  Rather than a year of birth, they are described as being "one of the first of his(her) kind".  The primordial dwarves, descended from Armok I assume. 

Here's hoping for some cool artifacts!

[martinuzz]

Your starting 7 are not drawn from historical figures, they are randomly generated.  So yeah, with short history worlds, you will see dwarves born before the beginning of time.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Your starting 7 are not drawn from historical figures, they are randomly generated.  So yeah, with short history worlds, you will see dwarves born before the beginning of time.

But, also, in general, historical figures existing in year 1 are not all babies. Many are born in a Time before Time.

[Moeteru]

Minecarts record kills in their descriptions!
I guess it's not that surprising given that the same is true of hand-held weapons, but it still makes me extremely happy.

[Naturegirl1999]

Minecarts record kills in their descriptions!
I guess it's not that surprising given that the same is true of hand-held weapons, but it still makes me extremely happy.

Question, how would a Minecraft kill someone?

[Leonidas]

Question, how would a Minecraft kill someone?

Minecraft? They get obsessed with the game. They neglect relationships and personal hygiene. They lose their job, turn to drugs. Oh, wait.

Minecart? With pure kinetic energy.

[Bumber]

Question, how would a Minecraft kill someone?

By giving them a rage-induced heart attack after a creeper blows up their house.

[Naturegirl1999]

Question, how would a Minecraft kill someone?

By giving them a rage-induced heart attack after a creeper blows up their house.

Question, how would a Minecraft kill someone?

Minecraft? They get obsessed with the game. They neglect relationships and personal hygiene. They lose their job, turn to drugs. Oh, wait.

Minecart? With pure kinetic energy.

Yes, minecart. It seems my IPad thinks minecart isn’t a valid word

[Leonidas]

Yes, minecart. It seems my IPad thinks minecart isn’t a valid word

Even guided minecarts can kill if a dwarf is standing underneath them when they roll down a ramp. And free-rolling minecarts make excellent weapons. Load them up with something heavy, like water, and smash them into the enemy. Then there are the more elaborate setups that involve hurling things out of minecarts, but I've never tried them.

[muldrake]

Minecarts record kills in their descriptions!
I guess it's not that surprising given that the same is true of hand-held weapons, but it still makes me extremely happy.

I refuse to use minecarts because they so gratuitously kill kitties.  The kitty kill count is not something I can excuse, no matter how useful these devices might otherwise be.

[Moeteru]

I refuse to use minecarts because they so gratuitously kill kitties.  The kitty kill count is not something I can excuse, no matter how useful these devices might otherwise be.

Surprisingly I haven't had a single minecart-related cat death yet, despite being overrun by the things. It probably helps that I keep them in a pen/pasture zone quite far away from danger, and that I only turn on the minecart grinder when I've got the "Stay Inside!" civilian alert active.
A couple of diplomats and visitors have been accidentally splattered, but that isn't really a problem. The main problem is all the negative thoughts (and traumatic memories!) from cleaning up chunks of disintegrated goblins. I think next time I'll just go back to good old fashioned magma as my first line of defence.