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[franti]

I have a nice little fortress protected by several bridge traps, and on a hill above it I carved out an area and installed Fortifications as a perch for Crossbowdwarves to kill off invaders stuck a the bridges. I want to put a balista up there, but I have three problems:
1) Can balista fire down z-levels?
2) Can balista fire through Fortifications?
3) I've built balista ammo before, but the dwarves never seem to fire it. They just say "out of ammo".

[SpiralDimentia]

1. Yes, but if the bolt drops below the initial zlevel it becomes harmless.

2. Yes.

3. you have to go to the siege shop and queue ''assemble wooden ballista bolt'' for a wooden one, or craft a metal arrow head at a metalsmith's forge, then queue up the appropriate type at the siege workshop.