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[Heron TSG]

Well, I remembered this topic again, and just in time it seems!

Thank you very much, shaostoul! I'll be looking over the recent suggestions, but I'd like to remind you guys of the Eternal Voting button at the bottom of the OP. We'll be in the top 50 as long as we have 10 votes!

I'll probably add in sentient celestial beings, herds, stampedes, Chasm-forming quakes, and whatever else you guys put in. (now start already!)

[Heron TSG]

More ideas please!

[chinkeeyong]

It would be funny if your miner could accidentally unleash a woolly mammoth or sabretooth frozen in the ice in colder regions. It would be like the mini version of HFS.

[Foa]

Like Ice Age 4, hidden worlds.

[Aldaris]

It would be funny if your miner could accidentally unleash a woolly mammoth or sabretooth frozen in the ice in colder regions. It would be like the mini version of HFS.

Only in good or evil frozen areas, in regular they would just be frozen to death, in good they'll live but might still be angry, in evil they'll come out as zombies/sleletals, but it sounds cool.

[Pyrophoricity]

I was thinking about road side shrines, nothing to fancy, ranging from a single tile to a 3x3 square. They could easily tie in other things and would help diversify roads a bit.

Also, maybe animal lairs; currently many animals enter the map and walk to the other side. Maybe some animals could congregate around certain spots, maybe a small cave or a mountain top.

[Byakugan01]

I think that having "eyries" for giant eagles might be interestings-mountainous areas/ledges where there are inordinate numbers of the creatures. This could be extended to any other kind of flying animal.

[Byakugan01]

May I suggest taking away the generic blue coloring for swamp water, and making it semi-transparent? You would see rippling in the water and such, but it would obscure what is below the surface-though you might see general hazy shapes. This would also allow you to see the riverbed. For that matter, multi z-level rivers would also be interesting. Making the color reflect the current weather conditions on the surface (cloudly, raining, clear sky, snowing etc) would also make it more interesting. This might end up in the init options though. Still, it would make bodies of water far more interesting.

Also, I would like to mention actual ocean tides (high/low), tidal pools (may fill up with trapped fish, other creature, and barnacles growing on rocks below the high tide line as features which would make the oceans in specifc more interesting. Adding in kelp forests and coral reefs for tropical regions-the former of which could contain kelp (cookable but not brewable), sea urchins and otters, and various kinds of fish. Kelp is often visible at the surface, by the way, and grows VERY fast, so this should be represented. This would also provide a good way to train swimming, by assigning dwarves to collect in the shallows, and then assigning them to collect stuff from the kelp forests.

 Coral reefs could serve as a source of coral, but more importantly as a way to get crabs, shrimp, and loads of vermin fish. They could also provide places where reef-dwelling sharks can congregate...providing a way for you to obtain that sharksin leather your count wants.
And even more meat. And of course, shark skulls!

 Then there are oyster reefs. Exactly like it says on the tin, these are places where oysters are abundant enough to form whole reefs. Along the same lines, mussels may be able to form similair reefs along the shore.

 Sunken ships could provide a free artifact or two, and may be able to provide wine or oils, along with metal bars and the like. Coins may also be present in them. Could also serve as a way to get otherwise unobtainable goods.

Edit: kelp forests are generally temperate features, I believe.

[Heron TSG]

I'll sift through and add stuff again later when i have more time, but I think there's a problem with transparent water. In ASCII, it'll just look like two symbols on top of eachother, which would be incredibly confusing.

[chinkeeyong]

skeletal fish should never be spawned in vanilla

[Byakugan01]

Why not? To be honest, even skeletal sea serpents and whale pods are on the pathetic side once you have a good military up and running. The fact that they end up "frozen" in the water on ocean maps doesn't help (they'll only move again if a dwarf/other creature gets close enough to them).

Edit: If black sand is meant to mean iron sand, I'm pretty sure that black sand is generally a result of basaltic rocks being eroded-Hawaii, for instance, has black sand beaches. Just something to keep in mind.

[Luke_Prowler]

How about kudzu? a fast growing plant that can strangle your crops and cover the entire region if left unnoticed.

[Byakugan01]

Kudzu is only like that in the U.S., however-because there, it is an invasive species. In it's native region, I would bet that it gets kept well in check by other plant species, insects, herbivores and diseases. Incidentally, pretty much anything invasive in one area will not be as pervasive or destructive in it's native habitat. Hmmm....perhaps introducing plant diseases instead? No plant in its native environment would end up covering the landscape, but crop diseases are a real problem for farmers.

[chucks]

Kudzu is only like that in the U.S., however-because there, it is an invasive species. In it's native region, I would bet that it gets kept well in check by other plant species, insects, herbivores and diseases. Incidentally, pretty much anything invasive in one area will not be as pervasive or destructive in it's native habitat. Hmmm....perhaps introducing plant diseases instead? No plant in its native environment would end up covering the landscape, but crop diseases are a real problem for farmers.

I live in Atlanta, and kudzu is a G.D. epidemic down here and has been since its introduction.  IIRC, the only means of controlling it are aggressive gardening, grazing livestock, and a few odd bacteria and fugi.

Still, the idea of vine like plants that can cover and engulf landscapes and structures is solid.  Throw in some poisonous varieties (poison ivy, poison oak, etc), and you've got a very dwarfy idea.

[SirHoneyBadger]

For that matter, throw in some dwarf-eating varieties.

Giant venus-flytrap heads, tentacular tendrils, and big scary poisonous thorns.

Gives dwarfs a better reason to carry around all those axes.