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[Proteus]

Has anyone tested if weapons traps (and/or mechanism powered upright spears/spikes) work underwater?

A forbidden beast entering my fortress through my well (thereby moving through 2 underwater fortifications, fortunately only 1 military dwarf and 2 war dogs were killed)  brought me to the idea, that maybe traps/lever driven upright spikes might be a measure to avoid enemies (especially swimming invaders) entering through your channels/wells (I know, forbidden beasts are trap immune, but they should be affected by moving upright spears/spikes. And normal eapon traps would still be a nice thing against swimming mounts of invaders, like cave crocodiles, or normal critters).

So has anyone tested if they still work if submerged?

[Sphalerite]

All traps work even if submerged.  Oddly enough, even pressure plates work when submerged to detect swimming creatures.  And you should still be able to hit swimming trap-immune creatures with spikes underwater.

[Proteus]

This is great, everything I hoped for

Is there any danger of poisonous blood from forgotten beasts poisoning my wells, if I kill such a beast via spikes underwater in the channel to the well?
(The one I mentioned for example had blood which caused rapid rot...fortunately the only bloodspatters from killing this beast landed on the wall, and none on the floor, which is why only 2 soldiers and 2 dogs were affected [one soldier could get saved by emergency surgery])

[Hans Lemurson]

It is my belief that wells have magical purifying properties which let them turn any water into drinkable water.