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[rocksolid142]

It was an important item of trade in the Roman Empire and was used as a medicine in China although it is highly toxic. It was also used as a fly poison and to poison arrows... Orpiment presented problems, however, such as its extreme toxicity..

etc etc

so yeah, i just made a magma furnace out of a poisonous rock... hope they didnt implement that in the game..

[Zorgn]

Now, make mugs of this and trade them to the elves.

[BonSequitur]

Most of us have found several small clusters of this very pretty purple rock called "pitchblende." As purple is the colour of royalty, this is my favoured material for constructing noble thrones, furniture, and floors.

Some of use have also looked up "pitchblende" to find out that it is, in fact, uraninite. That only made me happier to use it for building furniture for nobles...

[Awayfarer]

Most of us have found several small clusters of this very pretty purple rock called "pitchblende." As purple is the colour of royalty, this is my favoured material for constructing noble thrones, furniture, and floors.

Some of use have also looked up "pitchblende" to find out that it is, in fact, uraninite. That only made me happier to use it for building furniture for nobles...

I made a kitchen out of pitchblende not long ago. I'd like to think of it as a sort of primitive microwave.

[Kate Wissen]

See now when I look at those poisonous rocks and metals then look at the Future of the fortress page: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=30026.0 under venom, I see contact poison. Bwahahahahaha! Lead poisoning, here we come.

[Slinkyfest]

See now when I look at those poisonous rocks and metals then look at the Future of the fortress page: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=30026.0 under venom, I see contact poison. Bwahahahahaha! Lead poisoning, here we come.

Oh dear... I have buckets of lead, because I needed lead items... I made of them and they are currently being used for healthcare for about 1/4 of my fortress who were wounded in the last siege... *gulp*

[ArkDelgato]

Symptoms and effects

The symptoms of chronic lead poisoning include neurological problems, such as permanent and temporary reduced cognitive abilities, or nausea, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia, metal taste in the mouth, excess lethargy or hyperactivity, chest pain, headache and, in extreme cases, seizures, comas, and death. There are also associated gastrointestinal problems, such as constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, poor appetite, weight loss, which are common in acute poisoning. Other associated effects are anemia, kidney problems, and reproductive problems. It has been shown to cause permanently reduced cognitive capacity (intelligence) in children, with apparently no lower threshold to the dose-response relationship (unlike e.g. mercury.)

Look's like dwarves are BORN with lead poisoning, so no big deal

[Slinkyfest]

Hrrm... that reminds me I need to have my well-water checked...

[Qmarx]

Symptoms and effects

The symptoms of chronic lead poisoning include neurological problems, such as permanent and temporary reduced cognitive abilities, or nausea, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia, metal taste in the mouth, excess lethargy or hyperactivity, chest pain, headache and, in extreme cases, seizures, comas, and death. There are also associated gastrointestinal problems, such as constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, poor appetite, weight loss, which are common in acute poisoning. Other associated effects are anemia, kidney problems, and reproductive problems. It has been shown to cause permanently reduced cognitive capacity (intelligence) in children, with apparently no lower threshold to the dose-response relationship (unlike e.g. mercury.)

Look's like dwarves are BORN with lead poisoning, so no big deal

[MuonDecay]

Hey, just wait until you check out cinnabar.

The Romans used to send convicts to work in the cinnabar mines as a form of death sentence. They would die a slow, excruciating death of descending into insanity and horrible neurological seizures (in between and during long, back-breaking mining shifts) before eventually expiring... by which point they had likely been praying for death for quite some time.

It brings warm feelings to my heart ^^

[Warringer]

Most of us have found several small clusters of this very pretty purple rock called "pitchblende." As purple is the colour of royalty, this is my favoured material for constructing noble thrones, furniture, and floors.

Some of use have also looked up "pitchblende" to find out that it is, in fact, uraninite. That only made me happier to use it for building furniture for nobles...

You know what would be cool? Using pechblende to create a simple nuclear pile to create your own magma!

[Yanlin]

I prefer to make my buckets out of microline. The water heats itself up.

[Pixelfish]

I have a tax collector who keeps demanding I make him realgar furniature. I got annoyed and wanted to find out what it is. Its apparently arsenic.

How appropriate for him, being his other interests include adamantium.

[LegoLord]

I prefer to make my buckets out of microline. The water heats itself up.

How?

[LegacyCWAL]

Hey, just wait until you check out cinnabar.

The Romans used to send convicts to work in the cinnabar mines as a form of death sentence. They would die a slow, excruciating death of descending into insanity and horrible neurological seizures (in between and during long, back-breaking mining shifts) before eventually expiring... by which point they had likely been praying for death for quite some time.

It brings warm feelings to my heart ^^

Yeah, the Romans were quite...ah..."inventive" when it came to killing people