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[Monk321654]

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*

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.
It's partially a genetic trait, partially an ethnic one.
Some dwarven gene strands simply don't have a dwarven beard gene on the X Chromosome, while others do.
Sometimes Female Dwarves are permitted to shave for no good reason, other times they're expected to keep the beards like everyone else.

Why are skulls so fragile?

[acetech09]

Armok would be bored if they were durable.

Why does a pond filled with 6/7 water still be filled with 6/7 water after dumping your entire fortresses' stone supply in it?

[tahujdt]

Why does a pond filled with 6/7 water still be filled with 6/7 water after dumping your entire fortresses' stone supply in it?

For the same reason that you can put the entire stone supply on one square in the first place.

[misko27]

The Tragic lack of Questions make me sad. 

How Are dwarves aware of certain things from across far distances (i.E., Know that cat they've never seen and that just adopted them are dead, or that relatives are dead) But cant tell that gobins are right behind the corner?

[acetech09]

It's all in dwarven telepathy. All non-evil entities have a telepathic link in the quantum sphere that lets their brains interact. Evil creature's brains are different. Their internal quantum foam structure resonates on a different spectral sub-frequency that negates any telepathic abilities.

Why do I know how that works?

[Monk321654]

It's all in dwarven telepathy. All non-evil entities have a telepathic link in the quantum sphere that lets their brains interact. Evil creature's brains are different. Their internal quantum foam structure resonates on a different spectral sub-frequency that negates any telepathic abilities.

Why do I know how that works?

Obviously, you're a dwarf.
Or at least a tall one.

What happens when you drop the entire mountain into Hell (Using the special Slade Mining Technique)?

[MaximumZero]

It turns into flat land.

Why can't we truly set up our dorfs upon embark? We can pick skills and the stuff they bring, but we can't customize their looks, likes, dislikes, relationships or families. What gives?

[Monk321654]

It turns into flat land.

Why can't we truly set up our dorfs upon embark? We can pick skills and the stuff they bring, but we can't customize their looks, likes, dislikes, relationships or families. What gives?

The idea behind it is that they're not just something created right on the spot.
The idea is that they're a team of seven selected by the queen/king to go make a new outpost.

How do you make something from Chicken Leather?

[acetech09]

With great difficulty and care.

Why are dwarves the only creatures that can successfully rock a turkey leather thong with style?

[Blizzlord]

Because only dwarves are in the Mood.

How come no dwarf worships Armok like they do with other gods?

[GoombaGeek]

Because only dwarves are in the Mood.

How come no dwarf worships Armok like they do with other gods?

Because Armok would explode them into a fine mist if they started building temples to him instead of killing things.

Would sufficiently large dwarven water guns, when sprayed in below-freezing conditions, cause instant killing of whatever they hit?

[tahujdt]

Yes.

What would happen if a dwarf invented a magma super soaker?

[Blizzlord]

The dwarf would use it on itself, taking suicide and unfortunately destroying the device.

[tahujdt]

Why can dwarves build a computer out of nothing but large quantities of axles and gears, but cannot build a wall because there is a piece of thread there?

[WellBredMutt]

Why can dwarves build a computer out of nothing but large quantities of axles and gears, but cannot build a wall because there is a piece of thread there?

Because computers are brainy and undwarven things that are only built because a command came from on high. But the honorable task of creating a military defense wall of fine stone requires perfection.

Why can 99 dragons occupy the same tile as long as only one is standing?