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[Cephas]

I played around with the tower and found it a smashing success for the tamed animals. Sadly, attempts to drag anything else around results in a rapid release. I would like to say that tiny animal pieces falling around the ground is much more fun than butchery.

I read the other chasm idea, but it really seems like an insane amount of work that has to be repeated every time. If it takes enough effort, I might as well just drop a bridge on them and build more cages in my spare time.

Edit - I didn't consider building the cages up there. That sounds much better. I'm going to try something like this...
Assuming that blank spaces are the pit / open space, + are floor, '!!' are the cages and > is the down stair.

+++++++
+!!+!!+!!+
+           +>
+           +>
+!!+!!+!!+
+++++++

Edit again - Nope. Didn't work in the slightest. They eat me.

[Flaede]

I played around with the tower and found it a smashing success for the tamed animals. Sadly, attempts to drag anything else around results in a rapid release. I would like to say that tiny animal pieces falling around the ground is much more fun than butchery.

I read the other chasm idea, but it really seems like an insane amount of work that has to be repeated every time. If it takes enough effort, I might as well just drop a bridge on them and build more cages in my spare time.

Usually if you build the cages next to the dropoff they don't escape before being tossed. Usually. Make a trap or two next to the exit. And only designate one at a time for dripping.

[Langdon]

I was happy to find there were no more wagons in 2010.

Note that wagons will come back eventually, once Toady fixes some bugs with multi-tile creatures.

[Flaede]

I was happy to find there were no more wagons in 2010.

Note that wagons will come back eventually, once Toady fixes some bugs with multi-tile creatures.

And then - giant turtles?

[RCIX]

I'm a bit confused by the DF2010 magmawiki article on Pipe sections; it says that you both can't and can build them. And i checked a carpenter's workshop, and i can't build any there.

[Flaede]

I've had no problem making htem. THough admittedly, I've been making metal ones at the forge.

[DDR]

Given a giant cave spider on the opposite side of a gap from a cow, I thought the cave spider might try to web the cow and give me Free Stuff. There are but five tiles separating the creatures.

However, natch. Is this not a viable way to get thread in 2010?

[Flaede]

Given a giant cave spider on the opposite side of a gap from a cow, I thought the cave spider might try to web the cow and give me Free Stuff. There are but five tiles separating the creatures.

However, natch. Is this not a viable way to get thread in 2010?

Same as in 40d. They have to be able to path to the creature they are webbing. Someone did an excellent setup with an imp that danced between different paths which swapped with each other when it got close to actually crossing them. It was a pretty amazing piece of work. If I remember rightly, there's even a known max limit to how long the path can be.

[moosecow]

Are crutches ever assigned to an injured dwarf so that they may walk again? My dwarf took an arrow to the left leg and now he's unable to stand.

[Flaede]

Are crutches ever assigned to an injured dwarf so that they may walk again? My dwarf took an arrow to the left leg and now he's unable to stand.

check his health screen, has he been diagnosed? There's an order to these things, and all the steps must happen in order, it seems.

[moosecow]

check his health screen, has he been diagnosed? There's an order to these things, and all the steps must happen in order, it seems.

Yes, he got diagnosed, cleaned, some sutures, now he just rests eternally. No crutches given. The doc/nurse's seem to believe he's good to go.

edit: hospital is fully stocked also

[DDR]

Hm, I think I can rig up a couple of pressure plates... just as soon as I re-cage him. Thanks.

[RCIX]

I've had no problem making htem. THough admittedly, I've been making metal ones at the forge.

I looked at all my workshops, and i can't see any "pipe section" type items to build. Odd...

[NRN_R_Sumo1]

Do civilian dwarves use backpacks to eat from if set to be equipped with them?
Same question for water skins.

[Creamcorn]

I didn't feel like this was important enough to make a new topic about.

Anyway is it normal for a dwarf to craft a copper nugget drum and become a legendary engraver (he use to be adequate) from it? Either way though, I have a pretty darn useful dwarf now.