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[Kofthefens]

Don't you just love all these FB threads? (And artifact threads, of course)

But here is a devil. Really, a fortress destroying devil.

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[Elifre]

Don't you just love all these FB threads? (And artifact threads, of course)

But here is a devil. Really, a fortress destroying devil.

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Composed of -steel-!? 

Close your fortress, use magma, drop a mountain on it, or be prepared for !!FUN!!.

[clockout1]

That thing is terrifying.

What does the dust do? (dust transmits syndromes, right?)

[ayoriceball]

This is why you should read legends mode first.

[Kofthefens]

I walled off those caverns. May have been one of the fastest walling offs ever. Soon, though I shall create some epic device of awesomeness.

[clockout1]

I walled off those caverns. May have been one of the fastest walling offs ever. Soon, though I shall create some epic device of awesomeness.

Weaponize this horrible monster! 

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Only candy could kill this beast. Or obsidion. Or ice. Or the old DG hissyfit, Rocks fall and everybody dies.

[Mitchewawa]

Deadly dust is the same as cave-in dust, lock it in a room with some kittens and it will kill itself.

...oops I broke the tension.

[Spish]

And it likes to dance apparently.

[Loud Whispers]

I walled off those caverns. May have been one of the fastest walling offs ever. Soon, though I shall create some epic device of awesomeness.

Weaponize this horrible monster! 

This is the best solution.

[Cellmonk]

Pour salt water on it! Kill it with salt!

wait, this is dwarf fortress, where nothing ever rusts...

[Loud Whispers]

Pour salt water on it! Kill it with salt!

wait, this is dwarf fortress, where nothing ever rusts...

Steel doesn't rust anyways... So how would you know? :d

[Cellmonk]

Pour salt water on it! Kill it with salt!

wait, this is dwarf fortress, where nothing ever rusts...

Steel doesn't rust anyways... So how would you know? :d

Merely throwing in some carbon doesn't make iron rustproof. You need some chromium for that.

Here be da proof

[Loud Whispers]

Pour salt water on it! Kill it with salt!

wait, this is dwarf fortress, where nothing ever rusts...

Steel doesn't rust anyways... So how would you know? :d

Merely throwing in some carbon doesn't make iron rustproof. You need some chromium for that.

Here be da proof

How do you know those aren't iron? :p

[Gizogin]

Clearly the best solution is to weaponize it, but to effectively do that, you need to find out what it's capable of.  I recommend making a trap for it, which can be done by excavating a room, placing a piece of furniture in it, building a drawbridge to allow the room to be opened or sealed off, then connecting it to the cavern where the FB is. 

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+.hhh.+
+.hhh.+
+++b+++
+.hhh.+
+.hhh.+
+.....+
+.....+
+.....+
+.....+
+.....+
+.....+
+..C..+
+++++++

+ = wall
. = floor
b = bridge (one tile long, raises up)
h = channel (so the FB cannot destroy the bridge)
C = cabinet
Before you trap the FB, however, make sure to set up any drop-chutes or other apparatus, as you won't easily be able to after trapping it.  Then, when everything's set up and you've captured the FB, send in a kitten or several to see what the dust does.  Also, you may want to set up some side tunnels with other methods of testing it, which you can connect with the same bridge and channel setup as in the trap.