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[Hangatyr]

A countess decided to grace my fortress with her presence. Nothing had been made in preparation for her arrival so I ordered a few new rooms to dug out and new furniture to be made then forgot all about it.

A while later the countess reminds me of the situation by tantruming and destroying a door. Checking her profile shows that she has had to sleep on the floor, a mandate was ignored, angered by lessor's pretentious something, having to have a meeting in an ugly room and aged a year without a tomb. The only positive thought was that she was satisfied at work. Perhaps I should try to speed things up a bit I thought? No, the furniture is on its way and the rooms are dug out. It will just be a little while longer.

Two tantrums later the countess goes berserk and starts to chase a fishery worker. She doesn't get very far tough before she runs into the army's only female member, a hammer champion. The champion is shortly joined by two fortress guards  and the three of them proceed to bash the countess to paste.

Now I have to see if I can make her consort go the same way.

[andrea]

give a dining room to consort, as soon as he enter, close the door. he will die.

[AlienChickenPie]

"Why, Mayor, this room is awfully narrow and I can't imagine what the fortifications are for."
"Didn't I tell you? Your room doubles as a ballista range. Have fun now."

[E-mouse]

Ballistae are a little expensive...

You can try setting up spike traps in a room all hooked up to the same lever nearby, then marking the lever only usable by the noble you want dead. I haven't done this myself so I don't know how many spike traps are good to set up so your noble doesn't get out of the way before they go up (or how many spikes in each trap are necessary), but this is a good way to get rid of friendlies as long as you can make any spears or spikes. Reusable, too!

[Duke 2.0]

 What is more expensive: One stone/log, 4 logs and a few minutes of one dwarfs time, or countless metal bars/logs and mechanisims used to make spike traps?

[Foa]

Ballistae are a little expensive...

You can try setting up spike traps in a room all hooked up to the same lever nearby, then marking the lever only usable by the noble you want dead. I haven't done this myself so I don't know how many spike traps are good to set up so your noble doesn't get out of the way before they go up (or how many spikes in each trap are necessary), but this is a good way to get rid of friendlies as long as you can make any spears or spikes. Reusable, too!

Ballistae aren't expensive, it is how retarded you are that is expensive.

I suggest a simple set up, a lever, a hatch, and dangerous area to put it over, like an arena, or simply a pond, filled with feral fish.

[Dragooble]

how about you try the exploit that sleeping dwarves trigger traps?
put him in a room with a lever and a door.
make it so the lever shuts the door.
have a serrated disc trap on the floor.
when he falls asleep BAM he gets sliced in half. just keep in mind that the noble might fall asleep on the lever not the trap.

[Foa]

how about you try the exploit that sleeping dwarves trigger traps?
put him in a room with a lever and a door.
make it so the lever shuts the door.
have a serrated disc trap on the floor.
when he falls asleep BAM he gets sliced in half. just keep in mind that the noble might fall asleep on the lever not the trap.

I prefer cage traps, so I can manage them, sell them, or use them to entertain the arena folk.

I mainly use a tower of doom ( a large sacrificial tower to fall into his domain ) .

[Milskidasith]

Why do people think it's such an AMAZING idea to build so many spike traps? Just build a small room within a room and have the noble pull the lever. No chance of escape without impalement.

[Kanil]

Ballista are the best. You can line up several nobles and get rid of all of them for one ballista bolt!

[Foa]

Why do people think it's such an AMAZING idea to build so many spike traps? Just build a small room within a room and have the noble pull the lever. No chance of escape without impalement.

Shouls think about the non-spikie rooms, unless the noble gets drag to his room that has been rigged with deadly beasts to fight Urist McDefenseless, and you then send it his bloodied room to your god's dwellings.

[Walliard]

Another option is to set up a cave-in chamber, with a noble-exclusive lever controlling the support.

[Milskidasith]

Why do people think it's such an AMAZING idea to build so many spike traps? Just build a small room within a room and have the noble pull the lever. No chance of escape without impalement.

Shouls think about the non-spikie rooms, unless the noble gets drag to his room that has been rigged with deadly beasts to fight Urist McDefenseless, and you then send it his bloodied room to your god's dwellings.

Err... I'm assuming this was defense for my idea (your general lack of a coherent point made it hard to figure out). It's simple. Set the lever on repeat and forbid the door. Eventually the noble attempts to leave the room... and then gets impaled by the spikes on the way out.

[LegoLord]

Why do people think it's such an AMAZING idea to build so many spike traps? Just build a small room within a room and have the noble pull the lever. No chance of escape without impalement.

Shouls think about the non-spikie rooms, unless the noble gets drag to his room that has been rigged with deadly beasts to fight Urist McDefenseless, and you then send it his bloodied room to your god's dwellings.

Err... I'm assuming this was defense for my idea (your general lack of a coherent point made it hard to figure out). It's simple. Set the lever on repeat and forbid the door. Eventually the noble attempts to leave the room... and then gets impaled by the spikes on the way out.

Er, no.  He can't pathfind, so it could be ages before he did that.  It would be simpler to have a one-tile room with a spike trap in it, with a locked door, and have a dwarf outside pull the lever.

[Eatnobles4breakfast]

You all have equaly boring and difficult plans as mine...
I've never tested it out, but i have a 10 long bridge out over the lava with a lever at both sides
the noble goes and pulls the far lever and the brodge disappears beneath him before he can escape...!
it might take 2 bridges to asomplish if it dosn't work, but the noble should fall into the lava...