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[Telgin]

how good is an artifact leather buckler? My best leatherworker just finished making one out of badger leather, some granite blocks an a couple of logs(Sadly was a possession, so not legendary, though he's only a bit away from it though)

From my understanding the material of a shield doesn't affect its effectiveness in combat, so it should be quite good, being an artifact.

Well, that's assuming that being an artifact affects a shield's chance of deflecting an attack, which I think it does, but I'm not sure.

[Garath]

thats true, but it makes a very poor shield bash weapon

[Tiruin]

thats true, but it makes a very poor shield bash weapon

To clarify for those new here, the material used in making the shield affects its 'bash' power.

Iron/Bronze>Steel>Copper>Silver

Not including the quality of the shield. Artifacts should be on the top-priority on your list as it has a higher deflection modifier. I guess that means you block more now that you have an artifact shield.

[JasonMel]

Does anyone happen to know for sure if forbidden items can give happy thoughts to dwarves near them?

I have seen no evidence that items lying on the ground give any happy thoughts at all.  Dwarves only seem to get happy thoughts from items if they are constructed as buildings, and not if they are lying on the ground loose.

Then what's the point of having preferences for things like earrings, etc.? Is it strictly a boost to the maker's item quality probabilities during crafting?

[Telgin]

Probably.  I suspect that at some point in the future there will be more use for things like that.

In the meantime you could add the display case mod and put things like earrings and amulets on display.  Especially artifacts.  Then the dwarves will be happy about admiring them.

[greycat]

Does anyone happen to know for sure if forbidden items can give happy thoughts to dwarves near them?

I have seen no evidence that items lying on the ground give any happy thoughts at all.  Dwarves only seem to get happy thoughts from items if they are constructed as buildings, and not if they are lying on the ground loose.

Then what's the point of having preferences for things like earrings, etc.? Is it strictly a boost to the maker's item quality probabilities during crafting?

Nobles who like earrings may issue a mandate to have some made.  I think they may also occasionally mandate that you can't trade any away.

Back in 40d, when the Economy kicked in, dwarves would also purchase things they like in shops, and bring them back to store in their rooms (either lying on the floor, or in a chest if they had a chest).  Presumably, when the new version gets an Economy, something like this will probably happen again.

[Ferozstein]

Is there any way to provide macedwarves with training weapons? I can equip my hammerdorfs with feather wood crossbows in a pinch, but there seems to no "weak" weapon for the mace skill I can think of.

[Telgin]

Two options:

Adamantine maces or feather wood crossbows and no ammo.

Depending on what you're trying to do, the crossbows with no ammo is probably the easiest and best option.

[Ferozstein]

Crossbows with no ammo train the hammerdwarf skill, not macedwarf. Seems that candy maces are the only option...

Meh, I'll just ignore maces. Much less hassle.

[Jaylow]

what is the use of making meals  in the kitchen ?
also do they rot away?

[Telgin]

Crossbows with no ammo train the hammerdwarf skill, not macedwarf. Seems that candy maces are the only option...

Meh, I'll just ignore maces. Much less hassle.

Whoops.  I didn't even realize there were separate skills for the two.  Adamantine maces are probably the only option you have without modding, but I agree that just making hammers is probably easier.  From what I gather there is little difference between the two.

what is the use of making meals  in the kitchen ?
also do they rot away?

To my knowledge, stockpiled food doesn't rot away, including prepared meals.  Meals have much higher value than their constituent components and provide happier thoughts.  Apparently a skilled chef can buy out caravans with a few dwarven syrup roasts, or at least they could at one point.

[greycat]

Meals have much higher value than their constituent components and provide happier thoughts.  Apparently a skilled chef can buy out caravans with a few dwarven syrup roasts, or at least they could at one point.

Still can.

[monk12]

Re: Training Maces

Sparring injuries are much less prevalent than they were in the bad ol' days of 40d- in fact, I'd go so far as to say they are virtually nonexistent. Go ahead and just equip them with combat-ready weaponry.

[Telgin]

That's also true.  The only reasons I can think of to equip dwarves with training weapons these days is to train them by beating on prisoners or for giving to the captain of the gaurd.  In the latter case there's probably no need to go to a lot of hassle for the weapon, but for training on prisoners I suppose it's a different matter.

[tryrar]

what's the best way of speeding up candy production? putting a small stockpile of raw candy next to the craftsdorf shops? Or putting a craftsdorf shop next to the forges exclusively for strand extraction?