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[MaximumZero]

They're hoping to come back after a few millenia and mine the oil.

What does Troglodyte taste like?

[acetech09]

Tastes like gremlin.

What does gremlin taste like?

[Blizzlord]

Tastes like Troglodyte. (ad infinitum)

Considering that On the origin of dwarves answers many of our questions, could it be considered canon?

[Facekillz058]

Sure?

Why cant my children seem to fight off goblin snatchers, but when a steel titan rolls around my infants break its legs and overall give it a slow and painful death?

[jaxy15]

As children, dwarves are naturally scared of the color green and hold back against the goblins.

How do dragons breathe fire?

[Blizzlord]

A gland in the dragons belly produces a fluid which boils when it leaves the pressure of the dragons body. The gas then proceeds to ignite when it makes contact with oxygen, producing a flame about as hot as 2500°K.

Why do dwarves use an anvil when the floor below them would do just fine?

[Broseph Stalin]

Do you have any idea how hard it is to swing your beard at a bar of metal when it's laying on the floor?

If dwarves (and all creatures) reproduce via spores why aren't all dwarven women constantly pregnant?

[Graknorke]

Do you have any idea how hard it is to swing your beard at a bar of metal when it's laying on the floor?

If dwarves (and all creatures) reproduce via spores why aren't all dwarven women constantly pregnant?

Due to their indoor nature, dwarves need to familiarise their body with the spores of their partner through at least a day of being within one Til length, to ensure no dwarvern women give birth to forgotten beast spawn.

Why can't craftdwarves be told which kind of craft to make?

[Komra]

(ACK Ninja'd-
It's hard enough for the regular cells to find their way to the egg- random air currents take even longer. Spores also get stuck on clothes and burn up in the fortress magma waterfalls.)

The craftsdwarves' union has attained the right to full creativity in their work. It's lucky that we can even determine the material used in some cases.

Why are there no dwarven classrooms or teachers?

[Megaman3321]

(ACK Ninja'd-
It's hard enough for the regular cells to find their way to the egg- random air currents take even longer. Spores also get stuck on clothes and burn up in the fortress magma waterfalls.)

The craftsdwarves' union has attained the right to full creativity in their work. It's lucky that we can even determine the material used in some cases.

Why are there no dwarven classrooms or teachers?

Because the dwarven hivemind negates the need for such things.

Why can waterwheels power themselves?

[acetech09]

Waterwheels are not simply wheels with paddles. They are living organisms that metabolize water. When you give it a fresh current of water, it uses some of that energy to turn the axle faster than the water current, thus generating what appears to be perpetual motion.

How can a 7-deep 1-tile pond be nothing but ramp?

[Graebeard]

Waterwheels are not simply wheels with paddles. They are living organisms that metabolize water. When you give it a fresh current of water, it uses some of that energy to turn the axle faster than the water current, thus generating what appears to be perpetual motion.

**Slowclap**

[Komra]

Unlike solids, liquids can only stack up to 7 portions on a given tile. However, water and lava share solids' ability to stack regardless of terrain and horizontal space constraints.

If cave adaptation works due to sensitivity to air currents, why doesn't it help dwarves to overcome non-adapted invaders by "reading" nearby motion?

[Corai]

It does. Dwarves fight better underground when fully cave adapted.


How does one boulder make four blocks, OR one wall? But the same 4 blocks makes four walls.

[tahujdt]

How does one boulder make four blocks, OR one wall? But the same 4 blocks makes four walls.

Because dwarves will cut down the boulder bit by bit looking for the perfect bit of stone, but they use blocks just as they are.

Why do female dwarves not have beards?

Spoiler: My answer DO NOT READ IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY (click to show/hide)

They do, they just grow them in a "different area". *wink wink*