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[Elvin]

I've had some cases where my prisoners have given birth, while still in the cages. While I don't know if you can capture children, I know you can certainly have children in cages.

[ed boy]

I've been fighting off a seige of about 40 orcs by using a series of drawbridges to split them into groups of two or three then dog-piling them into oblivion with 27 unarmoured unarmed legendary wrestlers. Unfortunately, one of these wrestlers had his left arm lopped off. He looks like he's going to live, but I was wondering how effective amputees are in the army.

[silhouette]

well ild put it on fortress guard if you have it or can.

[Skorpion]

Limb amputees don't recover. If they survive the blood loss, they generally don't get up.
Either put him in the fortress guard to make up numbers, or wall him in to let him die.

[Jack_Bread]

I've had some cases where my prisoners have given birth, while still in the cages. While I don't know if you can capture children, I know you can certainly have children in cages.

I meant in adventure mode.
Sorry for not clarifying.

[SirPenguin]

Prisoners are almost always children. Upon reaching adulthood it seems they are integrated into society

[Jake]

Two related questions:

1) Can crossbows fire at enemies occupying a z-level below the wielder if there's a clear line of sight, ie from a tower?

2) Can melee attacks be made through through fortifications if attacker and defender are standing right up against them?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Two related questions:

1) Can crossbows fire at enemies occupying a z-level below the wielder if there's a clear line of sight, ie from a tower?

2) Can melee attacks be made through through fortifications if attacker and defender are standing right up against them?

Yes and no.

Does the elven blasphemy of no wood products extend to obsidian short swords?

[Grek]

Does the elven blasphemy of no wood products extend to obsidian short swords?

Yes.

[Skorpion]

Why would you try and sell those to the elves anyway?

Let them be content with skull totems, stone crafts, and gem-encrusted goblin clothing.

[Hortun]

Alright, I was going to craft some adamantine armor and weapons for an adventure mode dwarf and leave them in my abandoned fort. I was going to make a few iron or lead bins to put them in, but I'm not sure how to ensure that they're placed in those bins. I know how to make specialized stockpiles, but not how to designate certain bins to certain piles.

[RurikGreenwulf]

Hi everybody this is my first reply in here
And I want to know if the water in channels evaporates?

[rophl]

When my most recent migrant wave arrived (taking me up to 64), my dorfs suddenly decided that picking their crops was passé, and now leave whole fields to wither away.
I have ~10 idlers constantly, and the withered crops are put in the refuse pile almost as soon as they wither, so it's not a lack of dorfpower.
Halp?

[Adbor]

Alright, I was going to craft some adamantine armor and weapons for an adventure mode dwarf and leave them in my abandoned fort. I was going to make a few iron or lead bins to put them in, but I'm not sure how to ensure that they're placed in those bins. I know how to make specialized stockpiles, but not how to designate certain bins to certain piles.

Highlight the stockpile with Q and find "max bins" variable. Change it to the amount of bins you need and dorfs will bring them if they're available.   
   

And I want to know if the water in channels evaporates?

As far as I'm concerned, no.

When my most recent migrant wave arrived (taking me up to 64), my dorfs suddenly decided that picking their crops was passé, and now leave whole fields to wither away.
I have ~10 idlers constantly, and the withered crops are put in the refuse pile almost as soon as they wither, so it's not a lack of dorfpower.
Halp?

Make sure the Standing Order "everyone harvests" is enabled, fields are reachable, you have space in your food stockpiles.

[rophl]

yep, all those things are fine, they can reach the fields because they're dumping the withered plants, plenty of stockpile space and barrels, standing order is fine, they're just not picking the stuff up. They also won't pick up rocks that have fallen a z level after being deconstructed, but masons will happily use them to build with.

water in channels still evaporates if it's outside, check with K