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[Melissia]

Hm.  I hope indeed that smooth walls can hold back tunneling invaders.  Or at least a water magma moat.

[dr_random]

My fort is safe and secure. As dwarven stuff should be.
With interlocks.
Doors.
Locking contraptions.
Many levers.
Mechanical traps.
Extra toddler day-care and guard rails all about.
Hard hats for everyone.
There's been activity putting up warning signs. And yes, the form to apply for OHSAS 18001 certification has been filed.

So the refuse pile is going to be a hazard? Biohazard measures have been implemented but if this new stuff is going to turn it into a massive sleeping undead army right behind the finely crafted andesite door this place is doomed. What about the partial stuff? Would they raise in pieces?
I have another dump outside on top of my keep tower and gangway. It is supposed to scare intruders away and because good dwarves don't let anything go to waste. In a sense of "not be wasted", er, you know what I mean.
Do the dead also animate outside?

This calls for a new job profession: Dwarven Undertaker!

[Xen0n]

My fort is safe and secure. As dwarven stuff should be.
With interlocks.
Doors.
Locking contraptions.
Many levers.
Mechanical traps.
Extra toddler day-care and guard rails all about.
Hard hats for everyone.
There's been activity putting up warning signs. And yes, the form to apply for OHSAS 18001 certification has been filed.

So the refuse pile is going to be a hazard? Biohazard measures have been implemented but if this new stuff is going to turn it into a massive sleeping undead army right behind the finely crafted andesite door this place is doomed. What about the partial stuff? Would they raise in pieces?
I have another dump outside on top of my keep tower and gangway. It is supposed to scare intruders away and because good dwarves don't let anything go to waste. In a sense of "not be wasted", er, you know what I mean.
Do the dead also animate outside?

This calls for a new job profession: Dwarven Undertaker!

Not sure, but I've heard that any part with a [GRASP] (e.g. hands) or [HEAD] part attached to it can be raised.  That tower used to get butcherable bones from goblin gibs may be your downfall.  Look out for Thing!

[Zorae]

My fort is safe and secure. As dwarven stuff should be.
With interlocks.
Doors.
Locking contraptions.
Many levers.
Mechanical traps.
Extra toddler day-care and guard rails all about.
Hard hats for everyone.
There's been activity putting up warning signs. And yes, the form to apply for OHSAS 18001 certification has been filed.

So the refuse pile is going to be a hazard? Biohazard measures have been implemented but if this new stuff is going to turn it into a massive sleeping undead army right behind the finely crafted andesite door this place is doomed. What about the partial stuff? Would they raise in pieces?
I have another dump outside on top of my keep tower and gangway. It is supposed to scare intruders away and because good dwarves don't let anything go to waste. In a sense of "not be wasted", er, you know what I mean.
Do the dead also animate outside?

This calls for a new job profession: Dwarven Undertaker!

Not sure, but I've heard that any part with a [GRASP] (e.g. hands) or [HEAD] part attached to it can be raised.  That tower used to get butcherable bones from goblin gibs may be your downfall.  Look out for Thing!

It would be amusing if anything made from bone got re-animated. Massive piles of bone bolts/crafts becoming enemies and attacking would be even more problematic than mass pitting areas. Heaven Armok help any poor dwarf wearing bone armor.

[Melissia]

Oh damn.

Imagine an artifact bone crossbow decorated with bone, engraved with bone, and with menacing bone spikes... with bone ammunition... being raised?

[Moska1167]

The dead will walk.  Corpses must be burned.  The Long Night falls.  Brace yourselves.  Winter is coming. 

[Xen0n]

The other problem with necromancers is raising all the carp / badgers / gorlaks that naturally die over the map without your knowledge.

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The dead will walk.  Corpses must be burned.  The Long Night falls.  Brace yourselves.  Winter is coming.

Oh man, you just convinced me to hold off until the next update to do my special embark:
Cold forest biome, bring 5 wolf pups (modded to be war-trainable) and only using the starting 7.  End goal is a stone above-ground fort (with some crypts) and a 10-z high ice wall covering the northern edge of the map.

[NRDL]

If only Toady would implement Other monsters.

[ohgoditburns]

Water reactors not working.

2 layer aquifers completely solve this problem.

[Zorae]

Hm.  I hope indeed that smooth walls can hold back tunneling invaders.  Or at least a water magma moat.

Even better, move your fortress to the bottom of the magma sea. Lets see the invaders tunnel through that.

[Xen0n]

Hm.  I hope indeed that smooth walls can hold back tunneling invaders.  Or at least a water magma moat.

Even better, move your fortress to the bottom of the magma sea. Lets see the invaders tunnel through that.

A Goblin Bucket Brigade!  Curse them!

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The idea of Goblins with access to water-bucket technology is scary    Imagine them making a moat around your fort to try to starve you out.

[dr_random]

My fort is safe and secure. As dwarven stuff should be.
...
So the refuse pile is going to be a hazard? Biohazard measures have been implemented but if this new stuff is going to turn it into a massive sleeping undead army right behind the finely crafted andesite door this place is doomed. What about the partial stuff? Would they raise in pieces?
I have another dump outside on top of my keep tower and gangway. It is supposed to scare intruders away and because good dwarves don't let anything go to waste. In a sense of "not be wasted", er, you know what I mean.
Do the dead also animate outside?

This calls for a new job profession: Dwarven Undertaker!

Not sure, but I've heard that any part with a [GRASP] (e.g. hands) or [HEAD] part attached to it can be raised.  That tower used to get butcherable bones from goblin gibs may be your downfall.  Look out for Thing!

It would be amusing if anything made from bone got re-animated. Massive piles of bone bolts/crafts becoming enemies and attacking would be even more problematic than mass pitting areas. Heaven Armok help any poor dwarf wearing bone armor.

Oooh! Animated armour! That sounds really interesting. Those wiggling, fidgeting bodyparts also. I'm beginning to miss the dwarven priest.
Suggestion: In the face of these severe changes, I advise that every dead dwarf should be laid to rest in full gear to fend for him/herself in the afterlife. Bring your big locks for the tombs in case you don't practice burial by fire...
Which leads me to the question: What happens if a loaded sarcophagus is discharged to the everburning fires of the magma sea? By means of collapsing floor maybe? Do we still get a ghost?

[Girlinhat]

It deconstructs like any other "furniture" and the corpse drops out, que ghost.

[Necro910]

My fort is safe and secure. As dwarven stuff should be.
With interlocks.
Doors.
Locking contraptions.
Many levers.
Mechanical traps.
Extra toddler day-care and guard rails all about.
Hard hats for everyone.
There's been activity putting up warning signs. And yes, the form to apply for OHSAS 18001 certification has been filed.

So the refuse pile is going to be a hazard? Biohazard measures have been implemented but if this new stuff is going to turn it into a massive sleeping undead army right behind the finely crafted andesite door this place is doomed. What about the partial stuff? Would they raise in pieces?
I have another dump outside on top of my keep tower and gangway. It is supposed to scare intruders away and because good dwarves don't let anything go to waste. In a sense of "not be wasted", er, you know what I mean.
Do the dead also animate outside?

This calls for a new job profession: Dwarven Undertaker!

The correct way to remove bio-hazardous waste is to incinerate it.

Mhm.

[Girlinhat]

I'm expecting someone to mod in a crematorium immediately, which takes your common un-butherables like goblins and elves, and destroys the corpse