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[TakiJap]

The Shire! With dwarfes! Lots of Smelters, forges and destruction!

[Keilden]

And Pubs!!

[4bh0r53n]

do wooden chairs float, if so we have "Watermountain", the Nations favourite dwarven water park. Rides include the Long drop:

code:

 
h=chair
~=water
# = stone
        
H    h  <- chair loading point
H####X########
H
H
H##~~~~~h~~~~
H###########~
H###########~
H###########~
H###########~
H###########~
H###########~~       <- chair unloading point
############~~~~~######

the dwarves sit on the chair, then the floodgate underneath them is opened, the dwarves then have no choice but to ride the river down to the unloading point (a floodgate blocks the river for long enough to cause the river to flood to the height of unloading then it closes (would be easier with flotation switches but hey))the dwarf then jumps off and goes back to his job, and another chair is set to build on top of the floodgate

Or the whirlpool:

code:

  
symbols = (same as above)
################
#######~########
######~~~#######
#####~~~~~######
####~~~~~~~#####
###~~~~~~~~~####
##~~~~~~~~~~~###
#~~~~~~X~~~~~~##
##~~~~~~~~~~~###
###~~~~~~~~~####
####~~~~~~~#####
#####~~~~~######
######~~~#######
#######~########
#######X########

Chairs are dropped in by the same method as described above and then when there are 4 or 5 floodgates, the middle floodgate opens and drops them all into a lower chamber (which has to have enough space to get level 1 water everywhere)(the current water level is regulated by the bottom floodgate)(should be about 4 or 5)

[Keilden]

Is that supposed to be a themepark or a torture chamber?

[4bh0r53n]

Oh, i forgot to introduce the yearly "running of the elephants":

code:

  
E= elephants
.=stone floor
#=stone wall
X=floodgate
@=dwarves
S=statue
C= Crossbow dwarf
########XXXXXX##################
EEEEX...........................
EEEEX.........@........@........
EEEEX....@......@.S.......@.....
EEEEX......C@......@........@...
EEEEX...........................
################################

The whole area is designated a statue garden so all the drwaves like to go there frequently. You have the north floodgates open at first (only way to get to main bt of fortress with the other rides XD) then when sufficient dwarves are there (or one decides to call a party) you open the floodgates holding the elephants back and close the ones leading out to the fortress.

the dwarves then have to run the length of the tunnel while being chased by a horde of rampaging elephants which are provoked to charge by that one crossbowdwarf.

[Keilden]

Again is that supposed to be a themepark or a torture chamber?  

[4bh0r53n]

bit of both XD

if they like elephants and water, its a theme park, if they are hydro-phobic and Pachydermata-phobic (think thats right) its a torture chamber

[Abyssal Squid]

Dwarven Hyatt

code:

#...######################...# 
.............................. 
.............................. 
.............................. 
#...##########D###########...# 
#...##########.###########...# 
#...##.....W....F##.ccc.##...# 
#...##cTTc.#H.S.B##.TTT.##...# 
#...##cTTc.D....H##.TTT.##...# 
#...##cTTc.#H.S.B##.ccc.##...# 
#...##.....W....F##.....##...# 
#...#########W#W###W#D#W##...# 
#...########      #.H.H.##...# 
#...##FBHBF#      W.....##...# 
#...##.....W  >#  #.S.S..D...# 
#...D..S.S.#  <#  W.....##...# 
#...##.....W      #FBHBF##...# 
#...##.H.H.#      ########...# 
#...##W#D#W###W#W#########...# 
#...##.....##F....W.....##...# 
#...##.ccc.##B.S.H#.cTTc##...# 
#...##.TTT.##H....D.cTTc##...# 
#...##.TTT.##B.S.H#.cTTc##...# 
#...##.ccc.##F....W.....##...# 
#...###########.##########...# 
#...###########D##########...# 
.............................. 
.............................. 
.............................. 
#...######################...#

Bedrooms center on an atrium, allowing light to enter for non-dwarven visitors, and attached to the bedrooms are private dining rooms.  There's a spiral staircase in the middle of the atrium just for the hell of it.

Elsewhere in the hotel is a swimming pool complete with diving board, a dance hall, a microbrewery, and a kitchen staffed with experienced and creative chefs who use locally-grown organic produce.

[4bh0r53n]

and yet another Idea by Abhorsen:

Unfortunately my road will deliberately go through a mountain so for the comfort of our ground dwelling friends, the mountain will be mined completely, until it is flat with the height i am building the road....

Introducing MOUNTO-GONE:
The one true way to deal with those troublesome mountains:

code:

 
m= mountain
# = land
_ = Road
@ = Dwarven architect
M = Mounto-gone workforce
        m
       mmm
      mmmmm
     mmmmmmm
    mmmmmmmmm
   mmmmmmmmmmm
  mmmmmmmmmmmmm
 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm_______@_________MMMMMMMMM
###########################################
And presto, No mountain:
__________________________________________
##########################################

 

[Leprechaun]

That's actually not a bad idea! If you had far too much time on your hands, I guess you could level the whole mountain and build your entire fortress hidden underground, accessible only through a tiny mound with trees growing over it to hide it. And whenever a caravan came, a section of the floor lowers to become a ramp leading in.

You'd need either a lot of cheats or a good player with no life at all whatsoever, but it would be pretty cool.

[4bh0r53n]

... or 20 legendary miners (which i currently have on my existing fortress)

[Slartibartfast]

It would actually be pretty cool to level the whole thing and turn every single tile into a road. (No need for setting up a place for dwarves to live  

[puke]

Pave the Planet:
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/1380/pave.html

[Keilden]

Dwarf Luxury Beach Resorts!!!

[4bh0r53n]

and another

code:

  
C=Coffin
X=floodgate
_=tomb area
#=stone
~= underground water source
________C______
########X######
######## ######
######## ######
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

now you only ever need 5 tombs...

build the tomb so that the coffin is placed on top of the floodgate, when the coffin is filled, open the floodgate and the coffin drops into the ocean/ underground river/ underground lake.