Sort of a question/sugestion hybrid, but:
So, adventurer mode! I remember you once mentioned that fortress and adventurer mode would become more and more similar with adventurer mode skills and all that. Maybe giving the king the ability to mandate quests or something, and then you'd choose a dwarf and send him out to complete whatever task the king wanted him to (stealing an artifact, killing a dangerous beast, assassinations, delivering a message, etc), having the option to leave said dwarf to the AI's care and sending him out, or taking direct control of him as an adventurer, leaving your fortress to the AI's care, and then taking control of things again after you come back.
What are your thoughts on this Toady, and what you have in mind regarding the possible fusion of fortress and adventurer mode?[/b]
Also:
Currently a creature's size is a rather controversial thing, since a Titan, while still being quite tall, is only 3 times and a half bigger then a dwarf, which is kinda odd when you see all those myths about titans and them being big as a mountain and stuff. I realise the possible issues that messing with the size tag could cause, like making incredibly huge things like titans invincible and all that, though it'd make things sorta more realistic since a champion, while incredibly well trained, woundn't be able to just wrestle a bronze collosus to the ground and beat it to death, at least not alone, making combat a bit more interesting and making ranged weapons more useful. What are your thoughts on the matter, Toady?