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Magnumcannon

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Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« on: January 08, 2015, 09:08:59 pm »
Sometimes, when a migrant wave arrives, they bring some kids with them. Sometimes, they bring too much...

I just started a new fortress and my first migrant wave of 10 dwarfs brought 6 of those booze-suckers with them. I'm in need of haulers, farmers and masons, not leeches, so... is there any way to get rid of those pesky booze-sinks?
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2015, 09:13:26 pm »
Well, you can always use burrows to arrange an, ah, unfortunate accident. There's also designs on the wiki for adult-only doors, which you could use to segregate the children for easy magma-ing. Or, if you want, you could alter the RAWs so that dwarves have [CHILD=0], which means they pop out of the womb fully formed, and I think it'll effect currently living children, by making them instantly adults. Or, if you're using Dwarf Therapist, there's an option to allow you to assign jobs to kids without messing with the RAWs at all.
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2015, 09:17:14 pm »
Accuse them of crimes, and chain them up in !FUN! places. It's for the good of the fort...
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2015, 09:24:48 pm »
But children can do farming and hauling jobs, if they like.
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2015, 09:25:25 pm »
My favourite is to bury them alive.

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Dig a ramp down with a onew tile 'cave'. Burrow the child into the cave. Floor over the ramp.
When they die, stick a slab there, and they're still in a sort of grave for style points.
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2015, 01:03:12 am »
Dwarven Child Care is a real thing now. It's a pain to get going but you can't beat the dividends. It can even give you a fair bit of amusement.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140588.0
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2015, 06:08:13 am »
I already atom-smashed them to oblivion guys. Thank you  :D
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Re: Consider me a horrible person, but kids are annoying.
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2015, 08:45:18 am »
When I was younger and more cruel I used to dfhack magma on top of the less wanted migrants. It did fuck up temperature issues, though.

Now when I saw fishery workers in my migrant waves I merely say "meh", and immediately eventually get them either a better job or a Future Soldier title. Or better titles such as Trap Tester, Crocodile/Carp Bait or the always good Useless Migrant.

Seeing one die is still "oh, he's useless" though.
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