So, I'm playing and stuff, building up my first wave of gear on my shiny new fort that has iron for the first time in forever. I'm getting set to forge some steel weapons and iron shields, when I get a message:
"The forgotten beast Aban has risen! He is a gigantic skinless alligator. He undulates rhythmically. Beware his fire!"
'Oh, no problem' I think, 'I have a wall set up down there, he can't get through'
My dwarves go about their business, smelt a few pig irons, etc. when I get a storm of messages.
"Urist McPrissypants cancelled job: Store item in stockpile. Interrupted by Forgotten beast."
Why? Because they can see him over the wall, through a one wide space. My problem is, now I'm stuck. I have gear, but only full armor without shields. Even if I raised a military using the stuff I've already forged, they'd get obliterated by fire and beat on it uselessly with their fists. I have Beak Wolves at my gates and it's late autumn, so I'm not getting dwarven assistance this year, and not only will my dwarves not wall off the area they can see through, they won't get close enough to wall off the staircase!
"Why not forge more?" one might ask. My forges are on the other side of the crossing, with no other way through to them. Any attempts to forge anything lead to more sissy-lala job cancellations, and even worse, my only spare anvil is being used in a suspended building that no-dwarf want's to finish! Argh!
So, Bay12, A) should I open my doors in the caverns and let the !!FUN!! in, B) build a billion traps, or C) just dig around it? (Hint, C is totally... um... let's see, reverse psycology... C IS TOTALLY NOT A GOOD ONE TO PICK, DON'T PICK C AT ALL!)
UPDATE: The caravan managed to squeeze in right at the end. I had enough for an iron buckler and a bronze pickaxe, which I'm now giving to my miner in combo with some of the other gear I've accumulated. Hopefully my dwarf-style lightsaber will put an end to this menace!