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[Pilsu]

I think this would require some re-working of the vermin in the game to work without driving players crazy, and there should be some reward for volunteering to put up with them. 

Killing vermin you've learned to hate when you're about to flip out could be very cathartic. And not in the medical sense. It would protect your fort from fistfights and dwarves going berserk

Nailing fairies to walls should be it's own reward! Healing drinks are so cliché, even if "fairy dust" is obtained by drying and grinding them into powder

[LegoLord]

Well, it wouldn't necessarily need to be healing.  It could be something like a powder that temporarily allows a magician to animate an inanimate object, for example.

[Pilsu]

I see no reason why it'd do that unless fairies are made of wood and rocks themselves

[Jimmy]

Could be an extract that glows in the dark, since they have those tags. Dab it around for underground lighting.

[Felblood]

Could be an extract that glows in the dark, since they have those tags. Dab it around for underground lighting.

Ooh! Glow-in-the-Dark paint!

It could be valuable for trade and nobler rooms, or just a handy dye for deep mining clothes.

[LegoLord]

I see no reason why it'd do that unless fairies are made of wood and rocks themselves

Well, I was just pulling a semi-random example from nowhere.  They could just be an ingredient, like a magic source or something, should something like that be done at all in DF.

[Haven]

Hmm... I'd like to see some kind of fae dust go into a salve of sorts. Not a sort of 'LOL HEAL POTION' sort of thing, but rather something that can help wounds beyond standard medical care, like removing the need for a splint or something. Would help give a reason to stay in the happy areas where they live.

[Pilsu]

Well, I was just pulling a semi-random example from nowhere.  They could just be an ingredient, like a magic source or something, should something like that be done at all in DF.

You can squeeze asspullium out of anything you want but I'd prefer there's a tangential connection between the effects. For instance, while I don't like lavish amounts of fairy magic and other nonsense, I couldn't argue against fairy dust glowing or even making you float or weigh less

[Neonivek]

I'd prefer there's a tangential connection between the effects

Well if they are a magical source they could be one of pure magic that needs to be dirrected.

Anyhow if you want Faeries to be some sort of healing potion then how about their fairy dust is actually an anti-bleeding mixture.

The connection? Well it is about as connected as Shrimp and they are apperantly one of the best in the world.

Though realistically if Fairies can be distilled into a magical mixture it should be connected to their sphere, and their sphere is definately not life.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

I bet fairies taste good.
Munching fairies and pixies is very dwarvish.

[Simmura McCrea]

Well, I was just pulling a semi-random example from nowhere.  They could just be an ingredient, like a magic source or something, should something like that be done at all in DF.

You can squeeze asspullium out of anything you want but I'd prefer there's a tangential connection between the effects. For instance, while I don't like lavish amounts of fairy magic and other nonsense, I couldn't argue against fairy dust glowing or even making you float or weigh less

On the topic of fairy dust making things weigh less - possibly it could be used for lightening bins so you could trade more at once or armour so soldiers could move faster or stones so unskilled haulers could move them faster.

[Granite26]

Coat objects with fairy dust as a job from the Alchemy Shop?

[Pilsu]

That would be pretty useful, especially seeing talking no longer gives strength in the next version.

How do you make it stick though? Paint? Mix it into the metal itself? Should it glow faintly?

[LegoLord]

Animal fat, just like the cavemen did with their paintings.  Only they used stone and animal blood, not pixy dust.

[Grendus]

That would be pretty useful, especially seeing talking no longer gives strength in the next version.

How do you make it stick though? Paint? Mix it into the metal itself? Should it glow faintly?

If we're talking alchemy lab, there's probably an 'alchemical' way of putting the dust into the metal.

I'm still leaning towards faerie blood being used as a medicine or salve though. Not a healing potion, kind of like Neosporin - just makes the wound heal cleaner and faster.