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[thatkid]

It's actually very easy with uniform management and ensuring squads are always same-caste.

Just set "exact match" for all uniforms, and then go to.

[Icee77]

1. Kills. Once someone arrives in the fort, drop them in the arena. Surround them in harmless creatures and time hoe long it takes to kill them. Then, according to their time, put them in that caste. The shorter the caste, the better off they are.

[Stone Wera]

And casting by lowest God worshiped doesn't seem like a very good idea, either. Why not go through legends and rate the Gods by number? Add up the Worship Score^TM, and caste each Dwarf by their score? Favored Gods would have negative numbers, while heathen Gods would have positive numbers (add or subtract a point if they are pious or casual worshipers (depending also on how favorable the God is)). The lower the score the better.

[Ladde]

Just trowing it out there the mod Genesis have castes.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=52988.0;topicseen

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stone Dwarves: Stone dwarves are the most frequent caste of the mountain dwellers. They have thick skin and muscles and they almost lack pain receptors in these tissues. Also their bones are hard and heal quickly, so the frequent cave-ins they cause is not a big deal for them.
Jade Dwarves: Jade dwarves has announced their caste by themselves. They do not possess magical powers or twisted bodies, actually they are common dwarves. But their learning abilities and mental stats make other dwarves' to look like idiots. They carefully pick new members of their caste and share their knowledge and secrets with them. They often take roles of nobles and scholars.
Obsidian Dwarves: Obsidian dwarves have a spirit of an ancient origin. They are great metalsmiths and furnace operators.
Shroom Dwarves: It is said that if you eat too many mushrooms and drink too much mushroom wine, your baby will be a Mushroom dwarf. These guys are extremely cheerful, sometimes even maniacal and crazy. They cannot learn as fast as other dwarves, but they can give births to multiple babies and they mature very fast. Their lowered vision doesn't stop them from trying to get anywhere you do not want them, just to see what's up with that place.
Moss Dwarves: It is said that Moss dwarves can live anywhere. While it's not totally true, they can be good settlers in savage areas. They do not catch diseases as easy as other dwarves and their flesh heals at a lightning speed, making them easier to survive in location with a constant outside threat.
Steel Dwarves: Steel dwarves are rarely born to a family which was blessed by a god. They take longer to mature, but they always become great heroes and strong leaders. Nobody saw a sick steel dwarf either, it looks like they just ignore any disease they encounter. Their body emanates power, and even deep wounds regenerate magically fast.
Aspid Dwarves: It's unknown what caused the appearance of Aspid dwarven caste. Some say they were some cultists worshipping a great snake god, some say they were affected by a forgotten beasts' poison. In any case, nowadays it's possible to meet dwarves which bear the mark of the snake.
Gloomers: It is said that gloomers are born to a family which was cursed by a god or an ancestor spirit. These bold beardless dark skinned abominations are paranoid and malevolent. Their body is weaker than of a dwarf, but they cannot conduct a disease. Sometimes dwarves say that gloomers are possessed by spirits of dead Giant Cave Spider. They rarely make friends and are doomed to be outcasts of the dwarven society.

...but you probably already know this.

[Number4]

He doesn't want really different dwarves, he just wants to differentiate between the already existing dwarves for some reason or another to make sure some are "nobles", some "commoners" and some "slaves". Think Indian castes, where your caste of birth stays with you for life, your children, their children and several generations downwards despite no significant difference. The DF term "castes" and the RL term "castes" are distinct things and he wants the RL one.

[Ladde]

He doesn't want really different dwarves, he just wants to differentiate between the already existing dwarves for some reason or another to make sure some are "nobles", some "commoners" and some "slaves". Think Indian castes, where your caste of birth stays with you for life, your children, their children and several generations downwards despite no significant difference. The DF term "castes" and the RL term "castes" are distinct things and he wants the RL one.

"He doesn't want really different dwarves"... what? Do we really know that?
What if he didn't knew about the Genesis Mod?

And what says that you can't use the castes to segregate, nobles, commoners and slaves?
Like Stone Dwarfs could be all Haulers and/or Miners. Steel Dwarves are made for being the Military caste, they excel in it.
Etc.
I just threw it out there for use.

[Tharwen]

Yes! Yes! Discriminate on race!

Mod in cotton and make them all farmers only!

Make separate burrows down the centre of the corridors that the 'pure' dwarves don't walk on!

Get shouted at for depicting a real-life situation too closely!

[Dutchling]

Burrows don't restrict movement, otherwise it would be a great idea

[LemonFrosted]

He doesn't want really different dwarves, he just wants to differentiate between the already existing dwarves for some reason or another to make sure some are "nobles", some "commoners" and some "slaves". Think Indian castes, where your caste of birth stays with you for life, your children, their children and several generations downwards despite no significant difference. The DF term "castes" and the RL term "castes" are distinct things and he wants the RL one.

"He doesn't want really different dwarves"... what? Do we really know that?
What if he didn't knew about the Genesis Mod?

And what says that you can't use the castes to segregate, nobles, commoners and slaves?
Like Stone Dwarfs could be all Haulers and/or Miners. Steel Dwarves are made for being the Military caste, they excel in it.
Etc.
I just threw it out there for use.

Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: I'm not looking for different kinds of dwarves as much as I'm looking to discriminate based on arbitrary criteria for the fun and challenge of it.

That said, yeah, Genesis mod might come into play for a future attempt, since it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

[Number4]

Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: I'm not looking for different kinds of dwarves as much as I'm looking to discriminate based on arbitrary criteria for the fun and challenge of it.
That said, yeah, Genesis mod might come into play for a future attempt, since it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

Aaaand I've got a sig quote.

[LemonFrosted]

Thanks for the suggestion, but Number4 is correct: [...] it would be easier and more predictable to just be a racist.

Aaaand I've got a sig quote.

My first unfair out of context quotation! I feel special. :-D

It's also hilarious.

[Ieb]

You could add another trait to separate dwarves further.
Artifact-creators. They are people touched by the gods themselves, they deserve the highest of luxury for the rest of their lives, after successfully finishing an artifact they will never again work for the rest of their life.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Except in their chosen field, if they feel like it.

[BodyGripper]

I am very interested in these ideas.  I've tried some things similar to this, but never gotten around to really making them happen.

[thatkid]

I am very interested in these ideas.  I've tried some things similar to this, but never gotten around to really making them happen.

I've done something similar as well, however around the 50th mark in my population around 60% of the fort would forever be frozen in place spamming me with error messages because they wanted to haul items that were outside of their burrow, or haul items from inside their burrows to somewhere outside their burrow. Either way it was hell, and a lot of people died of dehydration just because they were too stupid to think "Why would I want to help those poor unfortunate plebeians in the slums find something to eat when I can keep all this fine cat tallow roast to myself?"