Is there a way to equip specific items to a specific dwarf?
In my case I want to give my Countess an artifact cape.
Make uniform of clothes and cape. Put countess to a one-person squad based on that uniform (if one can put nobles to squads.)
Is there a way to randomise your dwarves on the embark screen if you don't like the ones you've rolled, or do you have to abort, find the site again and so on?
There is no way. You can only rename them and rename their professions at embark.
Where would you find your first cavern? I've been reading on them and dug out almost a whole layer (layer -12) and I haven't found a cavern.
If worldgen settings make nice caves (like
[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:73]
[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:73]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:4]
[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:4]
And are using near minimum between-caves distances
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:5]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:1]
[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:2]
You'll get caves 1 about -7 to -14. (default quickworldgen settings can give like: caves1 on -18 to -23. caves2 on -39 to -43.)
Magma sea typically on -31 to -65 range. (And I have seen a magma-less volcano.)
Just make three exploration shafts down from the surface to find caves. Then can build floor on top of stairwells you don't want from surface.