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[ToxicFrog]

While expanding my living quarters a few Z above the bottom of the map, my miners broke through into a demon pit. Instantly four tentacle demons leapt out and began the slaughter. There was no warning of any kind - the pits weren't surrounded by adamantine (although the far wall of them intersects an adamantine vein), so the first I knew of it was seeing the messages:
* We have broken into a peculiar chamber through the base of the mountain
* We have struck adamantine! Praise the miners!
* <<miner and long list of pets>> have burned to death!

Is this normal?

[userpay]

My understanding is that there is some time to allow for walling off the area.

[DwarfMan69]

Don't wall it off. Losing is fun!

[Christes]

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Yes it perfectly normal - pits are not normally completely surrounded by adamantine.  Have fun

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[Blucher]

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From what I understand, the demons are spawned moments after the dwarves breach the pits.  There are a lot of them too, like 30+ demons, all hidden, and they immediately begin wandering/pathing around looking for little dwarves to kill.  If the miner happens to be in a spot next a demon, it's usually a dead miner...

I don't believe there is any warning time, though that is a good idea.  Any time you may have before getting owned is up to luck.

[Christes]

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In my experience it usually takes a small amount of time for the demons to get going.  If you have a long shaft dug toward the pits, and have a good mason handy, you can probably wall it off before the demons make it out (at the cost of 1 miner).

But if the pits are right in your living quarters, you are totally screwed unless you have an awesome military right there on duty.

[ToxicFrog]

@Christes, Userpay: no grace period at all - as soon as I closed the announcements, the carnage began. I'm just going to rewind a month or so - I have some cool mechanisms going in this fort that I don't want to lose untested.

[Blacken]

Is there an end to the HFS? Can you kill them all?

[Puzzlemaker]

Is there an end to the HFS? Can you kill them all?

Generally.  As long as you have a good military.

Of course, I was against

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Toad Demons 

So it wasn't as hard for me.

[Blacken]

Oh good. I've got 40 champions (half axedwarves, half marksdwarves) in steel plate (some with adamantium axes, from before I rewalled), so I feel confident in opening up that puppy and saying HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.

[DarkAvenger]

the pit I broke into was a few levels above where the pit actually was, and there was no "up" staircase for any demons to get in soo I gracefully mined around it to get the adamantine. I was planning on sending all my military in to kill as many demons as possible while I seal the the pit off with adamantine.

But my Champion in full adamantine suit went bezerk before that and pretty much owned everyone.

[Deon]

Just don't wall the area off after the demons start pathfinding. It will lead to multiple pathfinding rejection and will KILL your fps.
This is how they get you even through walls...

[Dadamh]

Oh good. I've got 40 champions (half axedwarves, half marksdwarves) in steel plate (some with adamantium axes, from before I rewalled), so I feel confident in opening up that puppy and saying HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.

Heheh.  Post a report on how that goes, won't you?