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[Splint]

Ah. So you went with a more human method over the stuffing them ina room with a bunch of livestock then and HOPING they don't emo themselves to death.

Human method! HUMAN METHOD! I rage at such an insult, and my teenage dwarves could easily destroy such pitifully unprepared and useless creatures like humans, and without resorting to ranged weaponry, questionable training practices, or traps. Besides, dwarvish ethics specifically says that torturing for fun or knowledge is unthinkable - that's human thinking. Heck, that's goblin thinking, and we slaughter goblins

I thought you cannot have metal image decoration?

Apparently you can, as my weapons, armor, and clothing have plenty.

Edit: I love how you didn't notice the only kills with that sword were other dwarves

Well, I meant humane, not human. And define torture for fun. I think !!SCIENCE!! counts as legal torture for the overseers' (our) amusment, even if the goal is to see what happens when I have x do y. typically x makes y explode or something.

And humans aren't useless. They bring shit that dwarves can actually use, unlike certain tree huggers who shall remain nameless.

[NinjaBoot]

Ah. So you went with a more human method over the stuffing them ina room with a bunch of livestock then and HOPING they don't emo themselves to death.

Human method! HUMAN METHOD! I rage at such an insult, and my teenage dwarves could easily destroy such pitifully unprepared and useless creatures like humans, and without resorting to ranged weaponry, questionable training practices, or traps. Besides, dwarvish ethics specifically says that torturing for fun or knowledge is unthinkable - that's human thinking. Heck, that's goblin thinking, and we slaughter goblins

I thought you cannot have metal image decoration?

Apparently you can, as my weapons, armor, and clothing have plenty.

Edit: I love how you didn't notice the only kills with that sword were other dwarves

Well, I meant humane, not human. And define torture for fun. I think !!SCIENCE!! counts as legal torture for the overseers' (our) amusment, even if the goal is to see what happens when I have x do y. typically x makes y explode or something.

And humans aren't useless. They bring shit that dwarves can actually use, unlike certain tree huggers who shall remain nameless.

Hey, don't bash them too badly, they bring the occasional exotic beast to train/butcher.

Last time they brought me an Elephant, horray for 190 meat!

[Splint]

Hey, don't bash them too badly, they bring the occasional exotic beast to train/butcher.

Last time they brought me an Elephant, horray for 190 meat!

This is true. Had a fortress saved by giant leopards they brought me once. Giant Leopards are some tough sons a bitches too, a pair spotted soem gobos after being trained for battle, rushed them, took several bolts and a spar wound, decimated three squads of goblins down to 2-3 guys left each single handedly. Then they promply keeled over from blood loss. The best part: They had already given birth to 8 cubs.

And for my lastest news, A genisis fort by the name of Spearbreakers just got a loan of stuff from the dunedwellers. AKA I ripped down the depot and took thier shit.
My military has a squad armed with sun gold pikes, and a mace squad led by a guy with a sun gold morningstar. it's as if I made him all superior.

Also my best soldier.... Turned out to be a domple caste. To the unaware, Domple = dumb even by DF standards. And yet he still fought off a bunch of giant capybaras. Alone. Although i did mak a rather large expenditure at embark on some metor-metel gear just for him.
And a Sand Lion neutered a racoon.

And appearently my queen is a domple. How the fuck....

[Garath]

This is true. Had a fortress saved by giant leopards they brought me once. Giant Leopards are some tough sons a bitches too, a pair spotted soem gobos after being trained for battle, rushed them, took several bolts and a spar wound, decimated three squads of goblins down to 2-3 guys left each single handedly. Then they promply keeled over from blood loss. The best part: They had already given birth to 8 cubs.

did they give birth while fighting? That would be great

[Farmerbob]

I learned something today.

This was an experiment.  I am satisfied with the !!Science!! preformed today, but won't be repeating this one.

Never mod your dwarves to have fire breath.

It ended badly.

1.  They could kill themselves by running into their own cloud of fire.
2.  Other dwarves are not fireproof.
3.  I had a monkey sneak into my food/drink stockpile, which was next to my wood stockpile.  Picture how this ended.

Thank you for this.  I laughed so hard for about two minutes that I was having a hard time breathing.

[Garath]

however, after all the science with rapid breeding dragons, fire breathing cats and other such things, it should not have been a surprise. Animal tamers that tame a dragon are notorious for either becomming fire proof or being burned to ashes.

edit:

What the? Two of my dwarfs are having a drink with elves at the trade depot? Back to work! You're gonna feel my wrath! go test the magma trap in the baron his bedroom!

[Splint]

This is true. Had a fortress saved by giant leopards they brought me once. Giant Leopards are some tough sons a bitches too, a pair spotted soem gobos after being trained for battle, rushed them, took several bolts and a spar wound, decimated three squads of goblins down to 2-3 guys left each single handedly. Then they promply keeled over from blood loss. The best part: They had already given birth to 8 cubs.

did they give birth while fighting? That would be great

Not while ighting, but mid-charge. Does that count? the cub scampered off to the well while momma went to go kill goblins. Shame momma din't come back.... She fucked them goblins up.

[malimbar04]

Had a minor strand herself on a floating piece of wall. She, by instruction, dug out the area below her and broke a bunch of parts. Sadly, I'm excited about this, as my doctors are only dabbling in any skill. They have a guinea pig!

And they're not taking any chances. The dwarflady has been diagnosed several times now, and is soon going to be a mummy with allt he thread sewn into her.

EDIT: as I'm looking at my military, I find out that 5 of my dwarves have an infection. Huh? that's... strange. Some of those don't even have injuries that I know of. Well, time will tell if anything happens.

[Splint]

Not even 1st winter. I must have been in its way, because a minotaur is already at my fortress.

I have four soldiers available, the best one being the rough equivalent of the smartest kid with downs syndrome. (Who knows the movie quote I just did?)

I pray my dwarves can beat such a bastard animal.

[bombzero]

EDIT: as I'm looking at my military, I find out that 5 of my dwarves have an infection. Huh? that's... strange. Some of those don't even have injuries that I know of. Well, time will tell if anything happens.

are you in a cold/swamp biome? i have had similar experiences with each, im presuming frostbite for the cold, and disease for swamps.

[malimbar04]

EDIT: as I'm looking at my military, I find out that 5 of my dwarves have an infection. Huh? that's... strange. Some of those don't even have injuries that I know of. Well, time will tell if anything happens.

are you in a cold/swamp biome? i have had similar experiences with each, im presuming frostbite for the cold, and disease for swamps.

never freezes here, and I don't THINK it's swampy. I have one layer of soil, errr... peat and sandy clay. I have lots of trees too... uh oh, let me make copy of the world, abandon, and check this out.

... no. I'm Tropical Shrubland with a northern tip of Mountain.

Though if peat is bad... that might explain why my wells are still stagnant water, even though they were carved out and had water pumped in.

[CaptainBadwheel]

I modded in a reaction for borax-based laundry detergent and the world promptly ended.

[FearfulJesuit]

What did you need it for?

[Phantom of The Library]

I learned something today.

This was an experiment.  I am satisfied with the !!Science!! preformed today, but won't be repeating this one.

Never mod your dwarves to have fire breath.

It ended badly.

1.  They could kill themselves by running into their own cloud of fire.
2.  Other dwarves are not fireproof.
3.  I had a monkey sneak into my food/drink stockpile, which was next to my wood stockpile.  Picture how this ended.

Thank you for this.  I laughed so hard for about two minutes that I was having a hard time breathing.

Aaaaah, I remember when I did this, except they were made of bronze too, and could fly, and didn't need to eat, sleep or drink, but promptly fell asleep after two months never to wake up again.

[krisslanza]

Triggered a gobbo ambush, didn't think it was too bad... then another, okay I think I'm - oh wait, a third with Lashers. I slowclapped, and listened to the screams of my fortress dieing.

And I never even finished the town proper, or got the walls set up or anything in four years! Goooooblllliiins!