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[saltmummy626]

I was under the impression that fortifications were unclimbable. Instead what I got was a goblin siege scaling my smoothed walls, and then hauling themselves up over the fortifications at the top and then my military doing the same thing in the opposite direction, leading to the death of 2/3 of my fortresses population. I looked around and found that apparently you can't grab a hold of free hanging floors, so I put floors over my fortifications only to find, to my horror, that putting a floor on top of the fortifications only made climbing them easier. So, is building an overhanging balcony over the outside of my walls the only way to keep invaders out then? Other than putting a weapon trap on top of each wall segment?

[Bumber]

Yes. See: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User:Bumber#Climbing_Safety

[PatrikLundell]

The other alternative is to roof everything over, so even if they climb, they still can't get in (and won't climb, since there's nothing of interest up there).

[Khalari]

Not to mention roofs are dwarfier. Who wants that ugly sun beating on their heads?

[zilpin]

Yes. See: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User:Bumber#Climbing_Safety

@Bumber, you should probably add your illustrations to the Climber entry or Moat entry or both.

Note that those entries contradict each other on smooth walls & fortifications, so if you've done science you may want to update them.

[Bumber]

Yes. See: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User:Bumber#Climbing_Safety

@Bumber, you should probably add your illustrations to the Climber entry or Moat entry or both.

Note that those entries contradict each other on smooth walls & fortifications, so if you've done science you may want to update them.

I missed the Moat page back when I updated Climber. So much wrong with those last two points.

Unfortunately, I seem to have somehow forgotten my wiki password.

Edit: The entries have been updated.