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[Aslandus]

They found out there was no dental in their health plan

Is it a bad idea to drain a river into a cavern?

[Chaine Maile]

Depends on what is in the cavern. Usually, no.

Why can't we make 7/7 tiles of Milk, Blood, Booze, Venom, Vomit or Ichor?

[pisskop]

Because then dwarves would find a way drown in it.

Why can't dwarves engrave constructed walls?

[Aslandus]

Dwarven architecture is far too sturdy to engrave, natural stone is ten times softer...

Why do sturgeons flee from dwarves?

[IndigoFenix]

Because dwarven sturgery is horribly unhygienic.

Why do injured dwarves drink water instead of booze?

[Baffler]

They can't get their own drink, so the dwarves responsible for giving them drinks give them water out of selfishness.

How do zombies with their everything torn and broken move?

[Aslandus]

They don't the world shifts under them and makes it appear that they are shambling, when they are actually tumbling.

How do birds hover in the sky for months on end?

[Arcvasti]

Thermals from magma/forest fires.

Why can goblins dodge several tiles into thin air when ninjaing out of the way of a particularly complex weapon trap with pits on both sides?

[Tacomagic]

Thermals from magma/forest fires.

Why can goblins dodge several tiles into thin air when ninjaing out of the way of a particularly complex weapon trap with pits on both sides?

For the last millennium, Artulan Soulscourge, king of goblins, has been slowly guiding the evolution of his people by gradually splicing rabbit DNA into their genome.

Why did 95% of my fortress suddenly decide it was a good idea to starve themselves to death by ineffectively fighting an errant cave crocodile for 9 months?

[Aslandus]

That cave crocodile said some really mean things about Urist McCult Leader's mother, and his entire following had to have a part of it

Why do dwarves think frozen milk is different than normal milk?

[Spectre Incarnate]

Why do dwarves think frozen milk is different than normal milk?

It reminds them of the birth of the great frost giant god Ymir, who suckled from the primeval cow Aušumbla at the dawn of time. After Ymir's death his flesh became earth and created maggots and from these maggots was born the blood god Armok and his chosen people the dwarves!

(Aside from adding in Armok, that's real Norse creation myth.)

Why are baby dwarves born with preferences for things they've never heard of yet?

[Baffler]

The dwarf doesn't actually know they like these things so much. The player, as an omniscient deity, simply knows what they want before even they do.

Why do elves do so well in worldgen, while dwarves and humans always get massacred by the goblins?

[Quartz_Mace]

The dwarf doesn't actually know they like these things so much. The player, as an omniscient deity, simply knows what they want before even they do.

Why do elves do so well in worldgen, while dwarves and humans always get massacred by the goblins?

Elves breed like rabittses.

Hoe does a Hammer Lord swing with enough power to play golf with a Goblin's head?

[flabort]

Why does my mass of bee-hives only yield honey once or twice a month, when I have around a hundred or so hives?

[GenericOverusedName]

Hypercompetition for flowers?

Why don't my dwarves care about the dead miner rotting at the bottom of the well?