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[Waylon]

Sure, getting more dwarves is nice, but what if I'd like to house some humans?
After a fortress gets a high enough value, a few humans might be enticed by tales of riches to hop a ride on the next immigration wave. They could work a bit differently, maybe they don't work as hard, but consume less resources. Naturally quicker than most dwarves and can carry more. Maybe more mental stability?

And while humans are too particular about the standard of the fortress, it takes a lot of conditions to get Elves to migrate: A bare minimum of tree destruction, an even higher fortress value, a large enough population, and maybe humans. They too would work differently.

The Humans and Elves could have their own neighborhoods, like Chinatown or something.

Just an interesting idea.  What do you guys think?

[Align]

Ghettos for the other species. Yes, that sounds extremely dwarven. I fully endorse this idea, let's try it at once!

[LrZeph]

can we hook them up to a mass uhhhhhh "registration" device, preferably with poorly constructed pieces and lava?

[Neskiairti]

Woooo.. neski likey..

[Overdose]

I'd see the elves as more hippy, tree hugging requirements (not exporting or dealing in things they don't like, such as animal/wood items to anyone, and keeping a small limitation on what items you do make and keep locally), and humans would be more industrious and money seeking (wealth generated by exports and luxury items).

It'd be even more fun if you could raid/pillage caravans passing through your area (especially if they aren't coming to visit you in particular, or are part of a warring civ) and get chances of gobbos coming to join in on the fun as "Allies" who don't actually live in your fort, just nearby, and have a mutual agreement with to keep out of each others hair as you both do your dirty workings so you can kill them if they step out of line.

[Mephansteras]

At the very least, I'd like to see immigrants of whatever races are part of your civ. So, if you have, say, a human town that the dwarves conquered at some point and a decent population of humans living there, we should be able to get human immigrants as well as dwarves.

Immigrants of different civs, including refugees, would also be nice.

[Boatmurderer]

...with the skills that would go with those races. Get a Human Weaponsmith? Say hello to flails and scimitars!

[Cavalcadeofcats]

Elven immigrants could help clean up after battles, or clean up after nobles after matters take their inevitable course!

[Walliard]

Elven immigrants could help clean up after battles, or clean up after nobles after matters take their inevitable course!

OM NOM NOM NOM.

[Waylon]

I mean, you could have Goblin ghettos too.

[Mephansteras]

Goblin Olsmo kills goblin Thob in a brawl. An elf wandering by stops to look. "Hey, you gonna eat that?"

[anyar]

I'd see the elves as more hippy, tree hugging requirements (not exporting or dealing in things they don't like, such as animal/wood items to anyone, and keeping a small limitation on what items you do make and keep locally),

rofl, this put an image of elves chaining themselves to trees and protesting outside the nobles bedrooms and the trade depot.

[shadow_archmagi]

I'd see the elves as more hippy, tree hugging requirements (not exporting or dealing in things they don't like, such as animal/wood items to anyone, and keeping a small limitation on what items you do make and keep locally),

rofl, this put an image of elves chaining themselves to trees and protesting outside the nobles bedrooms and the trade depot.

But... they'd get the trees all bloody!

[Overdose]

The Elven Quarter Representative has proposed a '2-year import/export ban on Wood Items'.
The Goblin Quarter Representative has proposed 'imprisonment of all Elves'.
Mayor McDwarf cancels Accept/Deny Elven proposal: Too busy accepting Goblin proposal

[Mephansteras]

Of course, all of these thoughts really depend on there being some racial ethics or even just holdover ethics from a different civ in place. Right now, the game treats all individuals under the rule of a given civ as having that civ's ethics. So any elves living in a dwarven stronghold would be fine with cutting down trees and making groundhog bone bolts.