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meowmix

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i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« on: April 03, 2011, 12:29:07 pm »
whats the best way to kill 100 dwarves without causing a tantrum spiral?
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2011, 12:32:20 pm »
Drop a bunch of puppies twenty z-levels into the middle of your dining room so all your dwarves will get used to death. Then place 100 dwarves under a reaised bridge and lower the bridge.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2011, 12:44:14 pm »
ugh the only animals i got are my goose that lay adamantium wafers. would my dwarves get used to death without the spiral if i just dropped the 100 dwarves down 20z levels into my dining room instead
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2011, 12:52:04 pm »
It's worth a try.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2011, 12:53:31 pm »
whats the minimum number of z levels i need to ensure death by falling?
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2011, 01:00:14 pm »
I think 15. 10 would result in massive injuries and almost certain death, but 15 will guarantee kersplosion.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2011, 01:03:58 pm »
would it work if i created an open magma chamber 1 z level below my dining room and drop the floor beneath the dwarves i choose to kill off?

or do my surviving dwarves only get the "used to death" thing when the killing occurs on the same z level.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2011, 01:10:46 pm »
Put them all into a chamber, flood it with 7/7 and see who surives long enough to learn how to swim. Those may life.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2011, 05:01:21 pm »
Quote from: Urist Imiknorris on April 03, 2011, 12:32:20 pm
Drop a bunch of puppies twenty z-levels into the middle of your dining room so all your dwarves will get used to death.

Better: Build the butcher shops there. If you've a hunter there will be constant death in that dining room (more about that topic on the bottom of this wiki entry). And since you're at it,  make a waterfall for mist generation.

Kill the dwarves that arrived at your fort with the last immigration wave, so there won't be too many social relationships. OR maybe all the previous waves, then the new guys can put the corpses to rest (they won't care, they didn't know them anyway ::)) and start the fort all over. Put the old population in your horrible execution device or on your tower and immediately kill/drop them as soon as the new wave arrives.


How to keep your dwarves happy

Prepare enough coffins.
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2011, 05:05:57 pm »
Wait, you have a goose that lays adamantine wafers? What?
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2011, 05:18:21 pm »
Quote from: SpiralDimentia on April 03, 2011, 05:05:57 pm
Wait, you have a goose that lays adamantine wafers? What?

i  modded those goose into my game so that i would have unlimited metal. doesnt matter now though cause apparently a tantruming dwarf broke my trap levers when i wasnt looking and my game already auto saved itself, so my fortress got overrun. i really gota turn that auto save off...
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2011, 06:41:47 pm »
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Quote from: SpiralDimentia on April 03, 2011, 05:05:57 pm
Wait, you have a goose that lays adamantine wafers? What?

i  modded those goose into my game so that i would have unlimited metal. doesnt matter now though cause apparently a tantruming dwarf broke my trap levers when i wasnt looking and my game already auto saved itself, so my fortress got overrun. i really gota turn that auto save off...

Or periodically back up your saves, like I do....
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2011, 11:01:50 pm »
Or enable automatic backup
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2011, 11:09:05 pm »
Or play like Armok intended and take the consequences on your beard!
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Re: i need to decrease the population of my fortress by 100
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2011, 01:18:01 am »
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