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[Corneria]

I killed the first forgotten beast to turn up at my latest fortress with a single un-trained dwarf.

How? Wardogs.

Gaseous winged quadroped too. Dogs mauled it down to yellow health on all body parts and a single lash from my dwarfs whip decapitated it.

This was good since my conventional armed forces were chasing a wounded giantess around above ground.

I don't know if this is just me, but my wardogs seem to handle FB pretty damn well.

Yeah. That's why.

[Chilton]

Retracting Bridge + Pit of Magma

Anything else?

Magma doesn't always kill FB's  And if you have or create magma channels for your magma forges, smelters, etc, then your smiths might get a nasty suprise someday.  It's a good choice for just about everything else though, provided that you don't live in an iron poor region and need the goblinite.

Thats not the point - Its a Pit. Of Magma. With no way out. Dump it so its submerged in Magma, then either leave it there, or dump Water on it. Hmm?

[Garath]

Extra points to Frogwarrior, I just saw his magma landmine defences, and they are able to kill nearly anything except for magma safe FB, including dwarfs, if not careful

[ansontan2000]

You know, this thread reminds me that I haven't seen Necro910 in a while. Cries for magma have been oddly absent and it's starting to get to me. I keep expecting him to jump of of somewhere with a nether-cap bucket full of the stuff. D:

Erm, he was banned.
Rerailling in 3, 2, 1

[Trepach]

How do your archers get bugged, out of curiousity?

I was going to train an army of archers, but after my dwarfs sreach 50, they forget how to load up ammo. Even in the beginning of a fort, they wont get more than one stack of ammo at once.
I like to use traps, but I like them more if automated. Many of the FB's can swim and/or fly. In case I dont have magma, and if ballistas wont work, I'm thinking about a spiked room, sealing it by some water behind a destructible floodgate or door. The retracting bridges have lag anyway.

[flamoot]

Legendary miners can sometimes do the deed if it's made of a favorable material.

Once my miner chopped the head off an FB that terrorized its way up to the ground floor

[Farmerbob]

Here's a link to a setup for a large collapsible bridge:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=87165.msg2369781#msg2369781

[Trepach]

Here's a link to a setup for a large collapsible bridge:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=87165.msg2369781#msg2369781

How do I make the FB to get on the platform before destroying the bridge leading to it? Will the FB ignore the bridge if a higher priority bait is in place on the platform?

[Elifre]

Legendary miners can sometimes do the deed if it's made of a favorable material.

Once my miner chopped the head off an FB that terrorized its way up to the ground floor

Most of my military usually consists of Legendary +5 Miners for just this reason. That and it's incredibly dwarfy.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Necro's banned? Damn. He was my idol. The dwarf who always had a bucket of magma up his sleeve. May he rest in pieces.

Anyway, my favourite strategy:
Tempestium/Incendium ballista arrows + Fortifications + dedicated siege engies + locked doors= !!FUN!!

[peskyninja]

If you have dwarfs you have an army! Just dogpile him.

[Trepach]

You wont want to dogpile a poisonous FB, the dwarfs are not expendable. Someone said ballistas are not effective enough.
I'm asking about a way to make a FB trap.

[jamesadelong]

Necro's banned? Damn. He was my idol. The dwarf who always had a bucket of magma up his sleeve. May he rest in pieces.

My thoughts exactly. What happened?

[Loud Whispers]

Necro's banned? Damn. He was my idol. The dwarf who always had a bucket of magma up his sleeve. May he rest in pieces.

My thoughts exactly. What happened?

Terrible, terrible joke.

[Azure]

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How do your archers get bugged, out of curiosity?

I was going to train an army of archers, but after my dwarfs reach 50, they forget how to load up ammo. Even in the beginning of a fort, they wont get more than one stack of ammo at once.
I like to use traps, but I like them more if automated. Many of the FB's can swim and/or fly. In case I don't have magma, and if ballista's wont work, I'm thinking about a spiked room, sealing it by some water behind a destructible floodgate or door. The retracting bridges have lag anyway.

But that's the point... They only haul approx. 25 bolts/arrows/darts anyway. Check your ammunition page to see how much is allocated to each squad. Then start making a ton of bone and wood bolts(Treefarm remember?) so that you have enough ammo for extended engagements. You'll use around 400 per mid-sized engagement per squad so you can run dry quickly. Marksdwarves need a rank of accomplished or higher to shoot through fortifications at range and they get derpy about reloading when there is low ammo stores and they're in the lower skill levels.