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[Kishmond]

Which should I put at the bottom of my pit for maximum splattage?

[drone1230]

I think that the answer is quite simple: use both.

[Klisz]

Menacing lead spikes!

[utunnels]

I think that the answer is quite simple: use both.

LOL

Yeah, why not.

[Tarqiup Inua]

You misspelled "platinum"

[Astrid]

You misspelled "platinum"

Bah, what you want is rubber wood!

[Akura]

I don't think the material of the floor means anything. If it did, that would be... interesting.

[Vattic]

I don't think the material of the floor means anything. If it did, that would be... interesting.

Amusingly it does matter as the game simulates collisions with the floor using the same code as for weapon attacks. Imagine it beating the creature with a huge block of whatever the floor is made of.

[Astrid]

Yep, the heavier the material of the floor, the deadlier the impact. That's why a slade floor can kill at the same fall height where a rubberwood floor would leave a dorf unscratched.

[PatrikLundell]

So, isn't Featherwood lighter than rubberwood?
But obviously, you should skip the spikes and make the "floor" out of magma... Even more powerful if it's a magma flow, in which case I think the victims will magically disappear, never to bother you again.

[Astrid]

Magma is boring, it doesnt leave any bodys to be 'admired'.

Dunno which of those two woods are lighter.

[PatrikLundell]

(Un?)fortunately, neither dorfs nor caravans appreciate your morbid taste in decorating the scenery, although I admit I initially tried to show invaders what happens when you mess with my dorfs. The caravans were not happy...

I don't actually use magma initially, since I embark in areas devoid of useful metals, and thus need the goblinite, and I think the dorfs crave loincloths as well. When the caged invaders have been stripped, however, I do the boring thing of dipping them. Since I've discovered the skewed dwarven ethics, I also leave bodies of slain "sentients" to rot in an accessible pit, in the hope of being able to get some masterworks goblin bone greaves (I've had that, although I'm not sure it was masterworks), or, even worse, dwarf bone greaves (actually, since dwarven undead and necros cannot be pitted, there is a greater chance of the appearance of the raw material, but I don't know if the dorfs will balk at that level of morbidity).

Edit: Featherwood has a density of 100 vs 490 for rubberwood, according to the wiki.

[Durin01]

Maybe the dorfs and caravans don't......but Armok does!

[Revenant342]

For bonus points, put it next to your meeting hall separated by glass windows.  Then your dwarves can all get lovely, sweet PTSD. 

[Klisz]

Magma is boring

Burn the heretic!