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[davidc]

I'm a newb, but I was expecting to get a cavern a lot earlier, then the one that I got was crazy. 

Interesting anyways, no content really, I just wanted to share my excitement! 

[PatrikLundell]

Yes, you can sometimes get horrible caverns that are so incredibly high, and you can have thick embarks. You may want to verify whether it's the first cavern, though, or if you've managed to bypass it. That can be done, at least to some extent, by looking at the flora and fauna.

[wierd]

If the trees are all scary red bloodthorns, consider holding off on DIGGING DEEPER for the time being.

[PatrikLundell]

On the contrary! Finding the red juice means you can power your power hungry workshops.

[GhostDwemer]

Psychic dwarven farmers can always tell you where the caverns are. Just ask them where they can build a large farm plot.

[Sanctume]

Make a bridge with a chasm on both sides.  Put a bearded sentry there that only says, "You shall not pass."

[Akoto]

As someone who loves to build natural cavern fortresses, I envy you.

Make a copy of that save and share it with me!

[Fleeting Frames]

These pop up sometimes with massive elevation differences between borders of underground regions. I recall one example was el 1 ocean, el 100 shrubland(embark), el 400 mountain.

Empty space's not really useful - though grand to look at in visualizer, but you can make one serve as drop pit I suppose. Give all dwarves some dodge training, make everywhere a catwalk and watch them plummet to their doom at the slightest threat.

[Akoto]

These pop up sometimes with massive elevation differences between borders of underground regions. I recall one example was el 1 ocean, el 100 shrubland(embark), el 400 mountain.

Empty space's not really useful - though grand to look at in visualizer, but you can make one serve as drop pit I suppose. Give all dwarves some dodge training, make everywhere a catwalk and watch them plummet to their doom at the slightest threat.

One of my favorite forts is on another computer stashed somewhere. I think I told you about it. It was this massive chasm under a glacier, going all the way down to livable land at the very bottom. I built bridges going from side to side of the chasm, gradually making their way down to the city. It was really cool. From a design point, I think empty space can be fun.

[Dunamisdeos]

You should make the entrance to your main fort require a passage over a bridge that rests at the very top of those caverns.

Failure to pass means a 50z+ plummet.

[Salmeuk]

These pop up sometimes with massive elevation differences between borders of underground regions. I recall one example was el 1 ocean, el 100 shrubland(embark), el 400 mountain.

Empty space's not really useful - though grand to look at in visualizer, but you can make one serve as drop pit I suppose. Give all dwarves some dodge training, make everywhere a catwalk and watch them plummet to their doom at the slightest threat.

One of my favorite forts is on another computer stashed somewhere. I think I told you about it. It was this massive chasm under a glacier, going all the way down to livable land at the very bottom. I built bridges going from side to side of the chasm, gradually making their way down to the city. It was really cool. From a design point, I think empty space can be fun.

That sounds awesome, you should upload it to the map archive if you get the chance. Sounds horribly thematic.

[Itnetlolor]

These pop up sometimes with massive elevation differences between borders of underground regions. I recall one example was el 1 ocean, el 100 shrubland(embark), el 400 mountain.

Empty space's not really useful - though grand to look at in visualizer, but you can make one serve as drop pit I suppose. Give all dwarves some dodge training, make everywhere a catwalk and watch them plummet to their doom at the slightest threat.

One of my favorite forts is on another computer stashed somewhere. I think I told you about it. It was this massive chasm under a glacier, going all the way down to livable land at the very bottom. I built bridges going from side to side of the chasm, gradually making their way down to the city. It was really cool. From a design point, I think empty space can be fun.

That sounds awesome, you should upload it to the map archive if you get the chance. Sounds horribly thematic.

Does the nobility have their own homes suspended way up high to plummet to their doom enjoy the view?

[Dunamisdeos]

These pop up sometimes with massive elevation differences between borders of underground regions. I recall one example was el 1 ocean, el 100 shrubland(embark), el 400 mountain.

Empty space's not really useful - though grand to look at in visualizer, but you can make one serve as drop pit I suppose. Give all dwarves some dodge training, make everywhere a catwalk and watch them plummet to their doom at the slightest threat.

One of my favorite forts is on another computer stashed somewhere. I think I told you about it. It was this massive chasm under a glacier, going all the way down to livable land at the very bottom. I built bridges going from side to side of the chasm, gradually making their way down to the city. It was really cool. From a design point, I think empty space can be fun.

That sounds awesome, you should upload it to the map archive if you get the chance. Sounds horribly thematic.

Does the nobility have their own homes suspended way up high to plummet to their doom enjoy the view?

They should be constructed in such a way that the removal of a single tile will cause it to plummet.

This is the best fort.

[Akoto]

In that particular fortress, all of the bridges part in two, retracting in opposite directions. You have to cross so many to get down to the city, a lever pull can pretty much cut off any invasion -- if the traps don't off them first!

As for my nobles, I'd never rig them with deadly rooms. Never, never. We're home to the monarch, after all!

[wierd]

with the stresses of rule, what leader can be faulted for confusing the emergency escape lever for the soothing shower lever?