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[Gentlefish]

Well. In all honesty, they are

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[MobRules]

.. turns out there was a HOLE in the roof of my first Z-level underground, and the goblin had fallen in from above. HTF did that hole get there?!!

If you dig the roots of a tree completely away and then fell the tree afterwards then it will result in a hole where the tree has formerly been.

Aha, that would be it then. This is the first time in forever that I've embarked in a heavily forested area.

And you can get such holes even in built stone walls. A group of trees just loves one area I filled with walls and keeps spawning there. And felling each of them makes a hole inside granite block walls because tree roots are apparently strong enough to replace those walls. -.-

That's good to know.

Perhaps my next fortress will have a less bloody end. Or at least a different bloody end.

[Thisfox]

.. turns out there was a HOLE in the roof of my first Z-level underground, and the goblin had fallen in from above. HTF did that hole get there?!!

If you dig the roots of a tree completely away and then fell the tree afterwards then it will result in a hole where the tree has formerly been.

Aha, that would be it then. This is the first time in forever that I've embarked in a heavily forested area.

This is why I've taken to paving over the areas where there's a dwarf tunnel directly beneath, and to keeping all of the fort at least two z-levels downward. And yet to this day I have the occasional random hole materialise, and entry for the local were-population.

[NeatHedgehog]

Constructed another trade depot between two bridges so I didn't have to have a main line straight into my main tunnel to receive caravans.

Forgot to tear the old one down.

Dwarven caravan showed up, went to the first one, turned right around and left.

Good thing I have (mostly) armored my military, have plenty of silver hammers, and excessive food stores. Could have used some upgrades, though.

[Bearcoon]

The day i Realized that you had to TELL your dwarfs to come inside During a siege

[Magnus]

Sent out my best marksdwarves to fight the enemy!
Without ammo.

Had my apple picker survive an encounter with a  werebeast!
Brought him inside for healing.

Spent ages trying to figure out why my dwarves wouldn't haul corpses out from the fort!
I'd forgotten to lower the drawbridge.

Ordered iron bars at a premium from the traders!
Later found out you can order iron ore for much cheaper.

[Goblins]

Made an aquatic fort.

[Knit tie]

Made an aquatic fort.

How?

[Astrid]

Made an aquatic fort.

How?

Easy. Build it below a source of water and then let the water flow inside...

[Silverlock]

Frequently, the challenge lies in not making an aquatic fort.

[Gregor Samsdwarf]

If you equip them dorfs with "indiv. choice, melee" most of them will choose for themself the nicest weapon they can find, instead of one they can handle 

It goes without saying that a swordsdorf with a *steel mace* doesn't have the best chance of survival 

[xana55]

So I just saw a dwarf strangling the crap out of a wolverine while it was biting and shaking him about by the leg... did... did he have it up above his head with just the head hanging down and ripping his leg to shreds?

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Weremouse attacks, my dwarves are so diciplined that they continue their outdoors jobs while the animals in the pastor get slaughtered, my military is rushing to get it. I have a squad nearby but they are not armored fully and I don't want to risk it.
Military gets there after 3~4 dead dwarves and several severely injured.

A few months pass and of course someone turns, kills a dwarf and is beaten to death by several dwarves just as my military gets to it, 4 more injured.

Population of 73 down to 67.
Oh and there is a forgotten beast hidding in a pit.
I'm debating on just fuckering around with this fort now before everyone dies.

[Thisfox]

Weremouse attacks,....
A few months pass and of course someone turns, kills a dwarf and is beaten to death by several dwarves just as my military gets to it, 4 more injured.
... before everyone dies.

Everyone who was there when the fort weremouse turned, put them in a room, lock the door, and build a wall across the door. Everyone else will do fine without 'em, so long as you leave the forgotten beast where it is, and when the month is up, if no one turns, you can let 'em all out. If someone turns... well, there are always migrants, you don't need to ever let the remaining weres out. I often have a few walled off rooms, each with a different type of were, walled in forever. They don't need feeding.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

That's just it
It's been several months and half my fort was there at each attack.

Also the FB is just wandering around the pit, that is now being filled with water and dead dwarves.

Ya the fort is retired now, it was about to fail