I have this idea for a fort, the magnificent seven.
Basically, I set my pop cap to 7, raid some necros for necro books, and set up a necro-fort. With these seven, I then capture something like a cave dragon or hydra breeding pair, and utilizing the amazing framerates I get from small populations (around 140 FPS on a current fort with 30 dorfs, and a QSP) I breed and grow an army of these creatures to full size. In the mean time, I'll probably train them all up to legendary in every skill or something.
So aside from general advice, I have a few questions:
1. Is raiding immediately and just not setting up a farm feasible? How can I get my dwarves to read the books/slabs before they all die?
2. Is sealing my dorfs underground and trapping the fortress liason to prevent the popup he makes possible?
3. Are raised creatures hostile to necrodwarves? Or would my dwarves be vulnerable to their own creations?
4. Anything essential I should worry about doing before all my dwarves are necromancers?
5. What happens when/if one of my dwarves dies? Do the other dwarves raise him? If so, how do I prevent hauntings?
6. are there any good ways to increase the probability of actual dragons showing up?
7. Are giant elephants particularly rare?
8. Besides glass, what are some good ways to keep my dwarves productively employed for a thousand years?
I also have other thoughts involving HFS, but clowns are bad for framerates, so I think I'll leave those for later.