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[Iados]

my bridge-of-death design:
D=door, + = floor, X = wall, - = open space,

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+           +
+ ----------+
D++++++++++D fort
+ ----------+
+           +

Naturally the bridge has 5 cage traps and a weapon trap with 10 large serrated green glass discs.
I place the dwarves on the "fort" area. I wait for goblins to enter...
RESULT: 10 splattered dwarves on the pit, 3 dead goblins, 7 alive goblins.

*FACEPALM*

[FuzzyZergling]

outdoor plants need soil

that's a problem.
*facepalm*

You can try building then removing a floor, which should reset the floor to the biome's natural floor, which is usually dirt.

[TolyK]

outdoor plants need soil

that's a problem.
*facepalm*

You can try building then removing a floor, which should reset the floor to the biome's natural floor, which is usually dirt.

huh, that should work.
now to get to a dirt-topped volcano 

[Samuel]

You know the tantrum spiral is beyond stopping when the captain of the guard himself goes berserk...

[Lamphare]

outdoor plants need soil

that's a problem.
*facepalm*

You can try building then removing a floor, which should reset the floor to the biome's natural floor, which is usually dirt.

in my case its andesite
*facepalm*

[Samuel]

I've got a dwarf who's spent the last few days trying to pick up a crossbow. He's clearly in denial about not having arms anymore.

[Poindexterity]

made enough crossbows and bolts for my entire fort to arm themselves, just in case.
the enemies got in and we surrounded them,

did i forget to make quivers?
yup.
all massacred.

[GamerKnight]

made enough crossbows and bolts for my entire fort to arm themselves, just in case.
the enemies got in and we surrounded them,

did i forget to make quivers?
yup.
all massacred.

THATS WHAT I KEEP DOING WRONG!!!

[Urist McBusDriver]

any level fine for swimmers
3/7 for pathing even if swimmer though

Is 2/7 good enough for washing the stuff off dwarves?

And, is there an FPS penalty for having one tile of 3/7 and another tile of 2/7 or 4/7? I think the moving water costs processing time...

[TolyK]

any level fine for swimmers
3/7 for pathing even if swimmer though

Is 2/7 good enough for washing the stuff off dwarves? Yes

And, is there an FPS penalty for having one tile of 3/7 and another tile of 2/7 or 4/7? I think the moving water costs processing time...Yes, "ripples" are not good.

in bold.

[kluger]

The front entrance to my fortress is protected by a drawbridge without a moat.  When the drawbridge is down, my dwarfs have easy access to the surrounding territory.  When the drawbridge is up, enemies have to access my fortress only by traversing a series of long hallways each protected by a ballista.

About 4 years in, without having any raiding parties, I get my first goblin siege.  Awesome!  Time to test out my fortress' defenses!

Urist McLeader:  RETRACT THE DRAWBRIDGE!
Urist McPesant:  Wait, did he say RETRACT the drawbridge?
Goblin McLasher:  Do you know what would make a better defense than a retractable drawbridge?  ANYTHING! HAHAHAHAHA!

Luckily (luckily?), before the first whip strangled my first dwarf to death the game crashed so I can still claim that my defenses are impenetrable!

[phoenixuk]

My usual method of disposing of captured hostiles is a channelled pit, in which i place all the cages, connect em up to a lever, line up my archers above and release the targets. They can't get out of the pit as the stairs are hatched, so my archers just get to cut them down, occasionally stopping to reload, drink, have a snooze, etc...

The last goblin assault i faced i captured some 15 goblins. So i load them all into the pit and connect everyone up. Archers get ready, lever pulled, and it's a bloody arrow storm. 10 Crossbowdwarves, 15 moving targets, glorious.

Except, i forgot to link one of the cages. So as the dust, blood, vomit and bolts settle, we see a single goblin pikeman, in his cage, naked, cold, and coated in every kind of unimaginable gore, all of it from his erstwhile former colleagues. He's still down their.
We can't finish him off till i clean that pit, it's revolting. But don't worry, his turn will come.
Till then he can sit in his cage, dripping 14 different types of goblin blood, vomit and who knows what else, quite possibly mentally unhinged after watching all of his murderous friends get turned into piles of goblin mush with bolts sticking out of them.

That'll teach em to kill my new recruit wrestler.

[Keldane]

Phoenixuk, it is stories like yours that make me think that Dwarf Fortress is actually triple-distilled cruelty absorbed transdermally through our fingertips whenever we play. It simultaneously inspires and terrifies me. I feel very sorry for any goblinoid alien race that attempts to attack Earth, knowing that there may be DF players in strategic positions worldwide.

[Scaraban]

Phoenixuk, it is stories like yours that make me think that Dwarf Fortress is actually triple-distilled cruelty awesome absorbed transdermally through our fingertips whenever we play. It simultaneously inspires and terrifies inspires me. I feel very sorry for look forward to any goblinoid alien race that attempts to attack Earth, knowing that there may will be DF players in strategic positions worldwide.

Fix'd

[TolyK]

fish are friends, not food.