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[FuzzyZergling]

You can't carve one out from a down stair, but you can [ b ]uild an up/down stair [C]onstruction.

[Dr. Hieronymous Alloy]

Can you carve a down stair out under an up stair and get an up/down stair?

Can you carve an up/down stair into just a down or just an up stair?

[Farmerbob]

Can't remember this -- can you carve a down staircase into an up/down staircase later? What about an up/down staircase? Trying to decide whether to build my storage rooms above or below & which would allow for best later expansion. Thanks!

You can build a constructed up/down staircase onto an existing down stair.

You can remove up ramps and stairs using the d -> z for dug or d -> n for built.

[Farmerbob]

Can you carve a down stair out under an up stair and get an up/down stair?

Can you carve an up/down stair into just a down or just an up stair?

1) No

2) Yes, you can make an up/down into just a down by d->z and removing the up stair, or by deconstructing the up/down constructed stair and rebuilding it as a down or an up stair.  You might have to build a floor under a deconstructed up/down that you turn into an up.

[Halo]

What happens to a water wheel and pump if the river they're using freezes during the winter?

[evileeyore]

What happens to a water wheel and pump if the river they're using freezes during the winter?

They stop working.

If they were under water and that water roze... I'm not sure if they deconstruct or not.

[Jhoosier]

I need leather, and quick.  My leatherworker used up all the leather in the fortress sewing leather images to train up to legendary, and now I need to make enough masterwork leather cloaks to kit out  my military.  I've requested leather from the dwarf liason, but it's not enough.  Any idea what animal has the highest gestation rate?  Puppies?  Between forgotten beasts and voracious cave crawler mounts trapped from sieges, I have more than enough meat, so food is not a concern.

[Farmerbob]

I need leather, and quick.  My leatherworker used up all the leather in the fortress sewing leather images to train up to legendary, and now I need to make enough masterwork leather cloaks to kit out  my military.  I've requested leather from the dwarf liason, but it's not enough.  Any idea what animal has the highest gestation rate?  Puppies?  Between forgotten beasts and voracious cave crawler mounts trapped from sieges, I have more than enough meat, so food is not a concern.

Can you send hunters out of the fort, or is it too dangerous?

Dogs work nicely if you build up a big enough base population, and they don't graze.

[Jhoosier]

I've got everything a few tiles in from the map edge walled/channelled off, so danger isn't a problem.  We just don't get too many animals passing through.  Capybara, horses and the occasional alligator are chopped up in the weapon traps, but it's not nearly enough, and the distance thing comes into play when I send out the military to kill animals.

I've got a fair number of dogs, despite butchering most of the females early on in a bid to keep the population down.  Shouldn't be too hard to start up the population, though I was hoping for a better option.  Puppy cloaks for everyone, it seems!

Has it been suggested that larger animals should produce more than one leather?  Hard to see an elephant providing the same square footage as a kitten.  Would be nice to tan a puppy skin and get one leather, while adult dogs give 2 or 3.

[AutomataKittay]

I need leather, and quick.  My leatherworker used up all the leather in the fortress sewing leather images to train up to legendary, and now I need to make enough masterwork leather cloaks to kit out  my military.  I've requested leather from the dwarf liason, but it's not enough.  Any idea what animal has the highest gestation rate?  Puppies?  Between forgotten beasts and voracious cave crawler mounts trapped from sieges, I have more than enough meat, so food is not a concern.

Have as many non-grazers as you can, unless you're playing .18 or earlier, then buy EVERY animals you can find from elves and human traders. I don't know why dwarves never bring in anything extra that I see in embarking screen. Let them breed explosively, being sure to reserve at least two adult males ( Only need one, but just in case ) and ten or more adult females, up to 49 in total for each specie. You'll have a lot of cookable stuff after, but you can trade meals away 

Alternatively, make cage traps, trap every critters, modify your save raw so PET_EXOTIC is PET and tame them, breed and butcher them up.

[Evaristo Carriego]

after a while they end.
they are magmaproof however.
but walls (NOT fortified) should work.
or caveins if the first thing don't work.
they are actually magma proof.
but not obsidian proof.

That helps, thanks.

[The Grackle]

What happens to a water wheel and pump if the river they're using freezes during the winter?

They stop working.

If they were under water and that water roze... I'm not sure if they deconstruct or not.

They don't deconstruct.  They just sit there until the water thaws. 
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If I turn down the chance to appoint a baron, will the mountain home ask again?  Or is it over forever? 

[Kay12]

I need leather, and quick.  My leatherworker used up all the leather in the fortress sewing leather images to train up to legendary, and now I need to make enough masterwork leather cloaks to kit out  my military.  I've requested leather from the dwarf liason, but it's not enough.  Any idea what animal has the highest gestation rate?  Puppies?  Between forgotten beasts and voracious cave crawler mounts trapped from sieges, I have more than enough meat, so food is not a concern.

This is exactly why I tend to import a lot of leather, cloth etc. I'm not an experienced player but it always seems that I have more than enough stuff to trade away.

Then my own newbie questions:

* How much slacking should be tolerated? I wince whenever I have over 10 idlers although I think I'm overreacting because my fortress, as I already mentioned, is well-off.
* I had another question as well but I forgot it on the way... sorry

[shadenight123]

What happens to a water wheel and pump if the river they're using freezes during the winter?

They stop working.

If they were under water and that water roze... I'm not sure if they deconstruct or not.

They don't deconstruct.  They just sit there until the water thaws. 
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If I turn down the chance to appoint a baron, will the mountain home ask again?  Or is it over forever?

it's forever they ask.
and forever it is.
point is, until you do appoint one...the liaison leaves with the merchants, or at least it's what i read happens. but who wouldn't appoint a noble!??!? XD
if you appoint your mayor as one, you just need for him a tomb. usually the rest is covered up already.

[Farmerbob]

What happens to a water wheel and pump if the river they're using freezes during the winter?

They stop working.

If they were under water and that water roze... I'm not sure if they deconstruct or not.

They don't deconstruct.  They just sit there until the water thaws. 
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If I turn down the chance to appoint a baron, will the mountain home ask again?  Or is it over forever?

They will ask again.  I always turn them down the first time, then look through my dwarves for dwarves who like materials and items that won't be terribly hard to make, and the next time they ask I choose a dwarf that is appropriate