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[Sting_Auer]

I have 3 dwarves, which just happened to be my miners, who have very good physical stats.


super dorf 1: Mighty, quick to heal, rarely sick.

Super dorf 2: Incredibly quick to heal, very slow to tire, very agile, quite durable, rarely sick

Super dorf 3: Quite durable and slow to tire, but quite clumsy.


Pretty lucky right? These were originally my miners, but I saw these stats and immediately made them my military. They are armed with only obsidian swords for right now, but once I get some fuel, it's iron and silver all the way.

[Karnewarrior]

Giving a clumsy dwarf a sharp object may not be the best plan...

[Girlinhat]

Actually, this is normal.  Your miners will raise their stats while mining.  My miner, a random starting 7, is now strong, quick to heal, and never tires.  Mining and Woodcutting especially will boost your stats a lot.

My advice though, remove their mining labor, it interferes with military uniforms, and assign them a pick as their weapon, it's listed as exotic.  The mining skill is a weapon skill, just like "axe user" and "spear user", though they'll probably show up in the military as wrestlers or recruits, they'll actually be legendary weapon users.  A steel pick can smash through armor and cave in skulls very very easily.  Plus, it means they already have weapon skill, you don't have to train them from scratch.

[Sting_Auer]

Actually, this is normal.  Your miners will raise their stats while mining.  My miner, a random starting 7, is now strong, quick to heal, and never tires.  Mining and Woodcutting especially will boost your stats a lot.

My advice though, remove their mining labor, it interferes with military uniforms, and assign them a pick as their weapon, it's listed as exotic.  The mining skill is a weapon skill, just like "axe user" and "spear user", though they'll probably show up in the military as wrestlers or recruits, they'll actually be legendary weapon users.  A steel pick can smash through armor and cave in skulls very very easily.  Plus, it means they already have weapon skill, you don't have to train them from scratch.

But I need miners.


These are my only 3 miners.

[Girlinhat]

Well, you said you immediately made them your military.  Pick a side dude and keep your horrible web of lies in order!

[Sting_Auer]

So I breached the caverns and immediately walled off the area. Now only flying things can get into the cavern section of the fort, but they can't get into my actual fort due to a door system I put in place a short ways up the mineshaft down.


There's a troll just outside. Should I take it on with my now 4 military dwarves with well-crafted obsidian swords? Or should I get some armor first?

EDIT: His description says he is weak.

NINJA EDIT: I have them as military and miner. If I need some killing done, I give the military a command. They seem to carry their swords and picks around with them anyway, so they don't need to go somewhere and grab their swords.

[TheIcelandicManiac]

But I need miners.


These are my only 3 miners.

!!MIGRANTS!!

[Girlinhat]

Remove the sword, let them use their picks.  Chances are, they're legendary miners or nearly there, while their sword skills are 0-2 at best.  Picks are powerful, powerful weapons.  Embrace your dwarven heritage!  Drive your pick into the skulls of those who would disdain you!

[Sting_Auer]

But I need miners.


These are my only 3 miners.

!!MIGRANTS!!

Once I get my next migrant wave I plan on setting a few people as miners.

Only problem is that all three of them are near legendary miners...


oh wait. -facepalm-

Okay, unassign mining as their job, equip them with iron picks (which I am working on getting right now) and use them as my military. Replace lost miners with migrant cheese makers and swimmers.


NINJA EDIT: One of them is legendary, the other 2 are close. As soon as i get some migrants to replace them as miners, I will equip them their picks.



Can I get some advice on whether or not I should attack the troll?



EDIT AGAIN: too late. the troll got bored and left.

[Lectorog]

Can I get some advice on whether or not I should attack the troll?

Do it. There's no reason not to. You have a legendary soldier. It will almost certainly die.
If not... Trolls are great sources of Fun. Have your migrants go play with it!

[Girlinhat]

Trolls aren't very tough if you've got some weapons.  They'll rip apart civilians, but an armed soldier can kill a troll pretty easy, especially a legendary miner armed with a pick.  He's very likely to one-shot the troll in the head.  Same with blind cave ogres and other scary creatures.  With armor, they're not even worth worrying about.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Test it in the aren...wait, you can't assign mining skills.

[Lectorog]

Trolls aren't very tough if you've got some weapons.  They'll rip apart civilians, but an armed soldier can kill a troll pretty easy, especially a legendary miner armed with a pick.  He's very likely to one-shot the troll in the head.  Same with blind cave ogres and other scary creatures.  With armor, they're not even worth worrying about.

My near-legendary military trio went to fight a pair of blind cave ogres a few forts ago. The sword-dorf got killed immediately. The axedwarf and hammerdwarf occupied the two by getting slowly beaten to death over the next few months. I avoid underestimating cavern creatures.

Also,

Test it in the aren...wait, you can't assign mining skills.

Isn't the military skill pick user or something like that?

[Acperience]

Trolls aren't very tough if you've got some weapons.  They'll rip apart civilians, but an armed soldier can kill a troll pretty easy, especially a legendary miner armed with a pick.  He's very likely to one-shot the troll in the head.  Same with blind cave ogres and other scary creatures.  With armor, they're not even worth worrying about.

My near-legendary military trio went to fight a pair of blind cave ogres a few forts ago. The sword-dorf got killed immediately. The axedwarf and hammerdwarf occupied the two by getting slowly beaten to death over the next few months. I avoid underestimating cavern creatures.

Also,

Test it in the aren...wait, you can't assign mining skills.

Isn't the military skill pick user or something like that?

nope, mining=pick skill

[Sting_Auer]

CRAAAAP!



I had my 4 military dwarves chasing an elk bird, and 4 more showed up! I told them to go back to the fort, but they wouldn't run away!



Then I made the stupid mistake of canceling their orders. my legendary miner was butchered, and another soldier is badly wounded and can't move. I'm mass producing some beds right now so that I will have extras just in case someone else gets injured.