That is kind of badass, I must admit. I've had scorpion guards in forts but I never noticed one grabbing an item to use as a weapon, let alone becoming attached to one. I want this scorpion.
GDS can use crossbows if they nab bolts and crossbows off someone.
Impressive for a creature without thumbs.
So far, in my fort, the walls are being extended, the miners are looking for ore (all we have so far is tin and silver, neither are good for armour, which we need badly) After a migrant wive the military has doubled in size, we now have two axe wielding psychos slaughtering icewolves while the masons work on the walls (the 2nd axe came from a caravan, bismuth bronze of low quality, but better than making the poor sap wrestle wolves).
I'm also building a slightly winding path leading into the fortress (with double-thick granite walls
), so invaders are faced with corners when they try to enter (since I'm using only melee military, and no traps or siege gear, and no locking down[invaders always have a path inside the fort],a few corners do a lot in evening the odds against bowmen, and the 3-wide path helps handle swarms of goblins from becoming too overwhelming)\
Update: (edited in to avoid 2x post)
The elves came, pointy eared bastards, I offer them a trade with them at a modest 300db profit, not too bad, they refuse... Okay, how about a 500 profit?
Refused again, and they arent willing to trade anymore... I NEED that wood, we have 35 dwarves and 5 beds, no buckets, only about 5 bins, I am getting my armok-damned wood! if the elves won't accept a profit, they will settle for a loss then, the wood is mine, as is all their cloth, buckets, splints, crutches, and booze, and a badger they brought with them because, hey, why not. They might attack now, but elves are the least of my concerns on this ice-wolf infested tundra, in the summer it's so cold their blood freezes, nothing grows here above ground, the caverns are crawling with giant toads and troglodytes, dealing with the damned elves would be a day off for my military at this point, at least they only attack with wooden weapons, not sharp teeth and claws.