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[Pukako]

So I finally breach the caverns that I've been avoiding....

Suddenly, "terrifying screams, etc", and a flock of demons appear at the base of a tube of shiny stuff.

Don't I normally have to actually mine into the adamantine for this to happen?

[ChairmanPoo]

Yeah, but it happens. There are also reports of hell open to the outside world.

[Pukako]

And after all that, 4 salt spectres leap out, scare a leatherworker who kills one with an iron pick and then runs away, and the Worthy Roofs kill the rest.

That's all.

Not all that terrifying.... Still, glad to know it's as normal as anything else in DF...

[synkell]

you're lucky its only 4. could have been 40 or 400.

[Angel Of Death]

you're lucky its only 4. could have been 40 or 400.

Or 400,000.

[Funburns]

I wonder...

Could it be that those four demons were roamers (ie., they came in from the map edge) instead of a legitimate circus? When hell is cleared, the map edges keep spawning demons in small groups as if they were cavern or surface creatures. Perhaps you never had the scripted 100+ demon spawn wave because the tube had been open to the caverns all along. Do you remember if you had some unusual lag right after you embarked? It wouldn't be a sure sign, but it could be corroborating evidence.

[Malibu Stacey]

map generation can get horrendously bugged. Like this for example http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3798

I have embarked on Slade mountains with hell immediately open. It tends to be on the boundaries where biomes meet in my experience that the terrain generation gets confused. If your embark is all one biome you shouldn't see this sort of thing in theory.

[Shootandrun]

Spoiler your title. When talking about hell, always put spoilers. Don't break the fun of people who don't know.

[Sarvesh Mossbeard]

Seriously people still think Hell is spoiler-worthy?
The Hidden Fun Stuff has been around forever. Adamantine is common as hell now.
People who are starting to play probably has read lets play

Hint:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Darth Vader is Luke's Vader.

[lanceleoghauni]

It's more a tradition than a rational reason, and honestly, the word "Hell" should be spoiler'd not just a spoiler tag appended to the title.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Adamantine is common as hell now.

*rimshot*

[Jeoshua]

Hint: Darth Vader is Luke's Vader.

It can't be true! NO! IT CAN'T BE!!!

Next you'll tell me Leia is his sister.  pffft.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And for the record, it was Boatmurdered what ruined the surprise for me.

[EveryZig]

Perhapse the number of demons is based on wealth? I once carved a fortification into the side of non-adamantine rock to look into hell (in a bugged map), and there was the screams message, and then eight or so demons appeared (and wandered around the caverns killing bug-bats because my (still quite early) fort was closed off from it)

[BurnCruise]

Had an embark where i received that message (screams, yadda yadda yadda) right after the map loaded. No cave ins or anything, and when i went to go check what caused it, nothing was visible.

[Pukako]

Okay - was not aware of what actual bit of FUN we were hiding from the new players, but

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

FUN

it is.

Anyway, various demons of salt, snow and soot are spawning and collecting down there, but aside from killing my FPS, aren't managing to do too much.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Has anyone ever gone down and paved over the Eerie Glowing Pits before, and if I try it, do I have a chance?

The hardest part would be building a staircase down through the 20 or so vacant space levels without the little masons running away.