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[EggFibre]

I've recently had wave after wave of immigrants with unneeded skills, and I need some efficient ways to get rid of them. What horrific or ingenious methods have you guys used to dispose of 'em.

I've personally put some into 'suicide squads' and send them off to fight random beasts. Two were just kicked to death by a camel. I also have some Giant Scorpions skulking around, so theyll be my next 'targets'.

Anyway, tell me your stories.

[Kilroy the Grand]

Well, I did complete a mod that makes a cloud that rots off the flesh from dwarfs. GREAT for training surgeons!


Put this one in inorganic_metal.txt

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[INORGANIC:PARALYSIS]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
   [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:fog of paralysis][DISPLAY_COLOR:3:0:0][TILE:'*']
    [SPEC_HEAT:409]
   [IGNITE_POINT:11440]
   [MELTING_POINT:9999]
   [BOILING_POINT:10000]
   [SOLID_DENSITY:1346]
   [MAT_FIXED_TEMP:10025]
   [IS_STONE]
   [STATE_NAME:GAS:constricting fog]
   [STATE_NAME:GAS:constricting fog]
   [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:DARK_BLUE]
   [STATE_COLOR:LIQUID:DARK_BLUE]
   [STATE_COLOR:GAS:DARK_BLUE]
   [NO_STONE_STOCKPILE]
   [SYNDROME]
 [SYN_NAME:mark of the plague]
      [SYN_NAME:paralysis fog poisoning]
      [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
      [SYN_INHALED]
      [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:1000:PROB:100:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:START:0:PEAK:60]
      [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:1000:PROB:100:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:FAT:START:0:PEAK:60]

and this one in reation_other.txt

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[REACTION:MAKE_POISON]
   [NAME:make poison]
   [BUILDING:CRAFTSMAN:z]
   [REAGENT:A:1:BOULDER:NONE:NONE:NONE]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:PARALYSIS]
   [SKILL:STONECRAFT]

Just remember to add the reation to the dwarf entity

[Armeleon]

I don't know is this would count as 'horrific.'  Twisted, yes, but horrific? I don't know.

What I usually do with all my immigrants is assign them to a certain area of the map and have them build a huge tower.  Preferably several Z levels high.  I then have them lock each other in small cages and drop them off the top until there is only one left, and I let him languish by himself until he hopefully goes insane and is there to greet the next wave of immigrants.  Then the cycle repeats.

[acetech09]

I just strip all their titles, and assign them to 24/7 hauling duty.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I equip them with two copper shields and use them as a meatwall. They usually end up doing significant damage to the enemy because dual copper shields own.

[lanceleoghauni]

I use them as slave labor. masons, the lot of them, and stone detailing.

[Saint]

I put them in the migrant wash room where water is pumped in and forces them down drains that drop them around 50 z-levels into a canal where the water flows into the lake, river, stream or brook.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I either draft them into masonry/stonehauling, put them into a squad that dies next siege/giant badger attack/etc, or just dropm them a dozen z-levels.

[Ross Vernal]

They enter the military, become part of the Hauling Bitch Squad, become part of the general population with Masonry and Hunting enabled as well as hauling, or become part of the Keep The Lonely Miserable Forgotten Beast of Shirt-Murdering Anguish alive industry.

High skilled workers get put right to work in their industry of choice.

[RAKninja]

i put all of my immigrants to work in one way or another.  i need about a hundred more.

[Girlinhat]

I've grown fond of dual-shield squads.  They get high shield user skill, block twice as many attacks, and the "misc. object user" skill counts for shield bashes.  Copper is the heaviest armor material, making for good blunt shield strikes.  Cheap to make, effective when backing up your archers or hammers, and do a lot of damage on their own, they're a pretty fantastic choice for heavy sieges.

[krisslanza]

I look at how many I get, and if it's double digits or around 20, I weep and cry.

[acetech09]

Too bad I'm the mountainhomes in my current fort - those dual-copper-shield squads sound pretty useful.

[Fedor]

What do I do with my migrants?

I train them up, of course.  If there's one thing I love, it's finding a no-skill, nameless dwarf with a special preference or good attributes and making a Legend out of him or her.

Not everyone gets personal attention, but lack-luster dwarves aren't a problem either; I always need hands to haul.

[Mr. Argent]

Depending on their skillset/traits, turn them into farmers or soldiers. Sure, i lose crops due to inexperienced harvesters earlier on, but later on operations become far faster in return.