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[Sappho]

One of my dwarfs had a baby, then died in battle. Somehow the baby escaped and crawled back into the fortress, leaving her an orphan. For a while dwarfs would occasionally give her water or food, but over the past month or so, none of them have helped her. She's starving and thirsty and only 5 months old, and not going to make it to her first birthday so she can feed herself. I have idle dwarfs just standing around looking at her. Is there anything I can do? Any idea why this is happening?

[Mitchewawa]

That's hilarious. I wouldn't worry too much about the baby, they aren't useful workers at all, even when they grow up. The only ones I care about are the ones which make artifacts, and only because of their legendary rank.

Check to see if the people have feed/recover job.

[Sappho]

One of the dwarfs just watching her starve is a nurse, whose sole task it is to bring people food and water. She's been idle for a while now. Must be a bug I guess.

[ThatAussieGuy]

I have idle dwarfs just standing around looking at her.

Sounds like the dwarves have a death pool going.  I'm guessing they're betting socks on when she'll croak.  What?  Why's everyone looking at me like that?

[Sappho]

I'm kind of hoping she'll tantrum before she dies. Can babies tantrum?

[Oliolli]

I'll bet 2 pig tail socks she dies at the age of 6 months.

[MonkeyHead]

I would make some baby fight room. Add beasties one at a time with increasing size... If it takes down a groundhog, it cant be bad.

[Sappho]

Well, she died. Now I've got a new problem: I've selected two dwarfs to start the military as crossbowdwarfs. They have bows, bolts, quivers, and leather armor available. There is a barracks and an archery range. But when I set them to train, it says "cannot follow order." Any ideas? The whole military system has changed a lot since when I last played (ages ago).

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Do you have multiple targets in the same archery range? As in several targets all designated from one.

[Angel Of Death]

You just LET her die like that? You're a monster. The only humane method is euthinasia. By wooden spikes and a drowning mechanism.

I think you may have your crossbowdorfs in an active squad. If you have them in an active squad, they don't follow orders.

[Sappho]

There are three targets designated from one target. How do I get my dwarfs to train crossbows? From scratch, I guess, since I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. And why is the new military so unfathomably complicated?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Yeah, you need to make sure archery ranges only contain one target, otherwise they don't work.

I think the best method found was:
T = Target
C = Channel
W= Wall
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The channels are there so any bolts that miss don't break, each target is it's own archery range.

[Sappho]

Ok Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

The channels are possibly un-necessary.

[Tiruin]

From what I've heard, the mother is the responsible one in feeding/taking care of the baby. If she dies then hope the baby is nearing childhood.

Also, did you make sure that the archery range has a straight (no channels in between) path to the shooter? They need a clear and unobstructed path to shoot.