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[Blaze]

My latest fortress already has all the dwarves it currently requires, but always has an influx of new immigrants. So I've been thinking up a method on how to watch them "become useful" with minimal resources used on them.

1. If I surround an exit with lava and walls will the heat be enough to set clothes on fire?
2. If #1 does not work, will a magmafall trap be sufficient to light them on fire?
3. Will dwarves on fire still continue to their squad destination if I lock the door behind them?
4. Will the fire spread to the enemies or surrounding flora upon contact?
5. Will wrestling with enemies cause the fire to spread to them?
6. If it doesn't work out, will it at least be interesting to watch?

[Village_Idiot]

1:probably not, but it depends on the natural temperature of your biome, in a scorching biome which doesn't set anything alight yet, it might be enough to tip it over the edge
2:yes, but they will likely die instantly
3 they will continue with their usual business, but they will be dead very, very fast
4 you can set grass alight, and I think enemies too, but you have to be in their square
5 I don't think the dwarf will last that long, but it should theoretically do this
6just burning grass will usually clear out the invasion, and the burning is very nice to watch, but without going up Z-levels it can be rather short.

[NW_Kohaku]

You know, you can always put out the metaphorical "No Vacancies" sign by going into your init file and dropping your max population if you really don't want more dwarves. 

Maybe not as fun as murdering the people you don't feel like making useful, but it IS less work.

[zwei]

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   ___
   _I_
  #~~~#
...óI....

_ - floor
I - support
# - wall
~ - magma
ó - lever


Will cause cavein with magma mist and large magma puddle - will kill everything in 10 tile radius.

Denitelly glorious suicice for whoever pulls it.

[zwei]

(huh, why is this autoquoted in new post, messed up edit-post function?)

[Hyndis]

There's always a need for more haulers and more spear catchers.

[Satarus]

A dwarf on fire will continue about his buisness until he notices he is injured.  Then he will go for rest as normal.  If he is too injured to find a bed, another dwarf will come and collect him. 

Have fun!

[o_O[WTFace]]

A couple of miners managed to drop 1/7 of magma on their heads earlier while I was trying to punch through an aquifier.  They got some injuries and managed to set my barracks on fire before dying.  Within a minute most of my fort was just a cloud of smoke and blood would randomly splatter on the walls.  Judging by my experiences, it would work if you use very small quantities of magma and use some beds outside of your fortress to lure both the enemies and the suicide bombers there.  It would be much easier just to use the magma or fire directly though

[UristMcGunsmith]

This is going to end terribly hilariously and you have no one to blame but yourself.

[NW_Kohaku]

Ah!  You could set up little bedrooms outside all around the map (might have to dig into some soil to put the beds out there), and forbid them.  Then, you can set up some unlinked levers outside for the condemned to play with, while you lock the doors to your fort.  After that, when the seige comes, have your condemned ignite themselves, and unforbid the beds near the incoming seigers, and let your blazing dwarf-bombs run towards them.  (Or, you know, just make them wrestlers, and activate them and send them into the enemy lines.)

[Scruga]

Can dwarves actually take magma and fill a pond with it using iron buckets?

[HungryHobo]

Is there any way to set balista bolts on fire and then fire them without setting the operator or siege equipment on fire?
(including with modding)

[kotekzot]

Is there any way to set balista bolts on fire and then fire them without setting the operator or siege equipment on fire?
(including with modding)

You can change your dwarves' temperatures so that they are not damaged by magma and store the ammo with an iron bin of burning lignite. I doubt it's possible to reliably set a flying arrow on fire, though, because i don't think temperature is calculated every step, and unless you have enough heat sources (as well as the arrow being easily-enough heatable) it will most likely not increase in temperature at all or sufficiently to do burning damage.