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[flame99]

Well, due to Newton's Third Law, whenever an object is pushed, it pushes back. Denser materials have more things in less space, and therefore can push back harder. Therefore, less dense objects can't push as hard. Something falling into the ground is like the ground punching that thing, and because of this, objects which are less dense, and therefore weaker, can't punch as hard.

Why do dwarves apparently run on troll physics?

[Nidilap]

Problem, DF player? It's because we're still technically in Alpha, so the physics are gonna STAY wonky until beta (10 years, or so).

Slightly related to the last question, what are DF players called? We've earned fandom title, so we should have some title amongst ourselves, yeah? Maybe Urists...

[Nico2167]

Slightly related to the last question, what are DF players called? We've earned fandom title, so we should have some title amongst ourselves, yeah? Maybe Urists...

Uristers? Dorfs? Dwarf Fortress players?

Why does my militia commander grow attached to a F****** ashen training sword (and even bestows it an epic name) instead of the masterwork steel sword I made just for him?

[Nidilap]

Because he wasn't raised training with REAL weapons. You wasted your time with elven weaponry, so stop complaining about The Elven Master Sword. Next time, train your men with Iron and Steel.

How do the Raws work? I wanna make my own race, but I don't know what to do.

[Mr Space Cat]

How do the Raws work? I wanna make my own race, but I don't know what to do.

Th wiki could help with that. There's also the modding board, complete with a small questions thread so you don't have to make a new thread every time.

...I can't think of a question to keep the thread going. Why can't I think of a question? Someone else continue the chain of questions or something.

[Runehunter1212]

...I can't think of a question to keep the thread going. Why can't I think of a question? Someone else continue the chain of questions or something.

Okee Then.


Why is it, that when I burn their caravans, murder their diplomat(yay for DFhack Diplomat Fix!), and trade them a stick, do the elves not siege me, yet when I so much as let a goblin that was lurking around at the edge of the map so much as stab a Human caravan merchant, do they go and siege me? Damn Elves and their no-f***s-given-fridays.

[Dwarf4Explosives]

Because, in your world, Elves have not spent enough time around dwarves to become irrational, merely mildly unhinged. Humans are naturally unhinged, and the presence of dwarves pushes them over the edge much faster.

Slightly related to the last question, what are DF players called? We've earned fandom title, so we should have some title amongst ourselves, yeah? Maybe Urists...

Uristers? Dorfs? Dwarf Fortress players?

Psychopaths? Sociopaths? Sadists?

How can a creature consisting entirely out of "nothing" material kill a bronze collosus?

[Nidilap]

Suffocation.

Do dwarves decorate their gardens with garden humans?

[flame99]

No. They decorate their gardens with actual corpses of dead gnomes.

How have gnomes become alcoholic, despite not having a civilization present to make alcohol?

[Grim Portent]

No. They decorate their gardens with actual corpses of dead gnomes.

How have gnomes become alcoholic, despite not having a civilization present to make alcohol?

If you were a tiny person living in a world where everything wants to eat you and you live under a hedge wouldn't you want a pint or two to take the edge off?

Why do kobolds not take language classes?

[Nidilap]

They don't need it. Their language is so simple, they are raised to learn all of koboldish before maturation.

Why can't I have an army of Kobolds? I'd feed em, take me for walks, and let them have as much loot as they want!

[fractalman]

They don't need it. Their language is so simple, they are raised to learn all of koboldish before maturation.

Why can't I have an army of Kobolds? I'd feed em, take me for walks, and let them have as much loot as they want!

You can.  you have to grab a mod or make your own, though.

Still...why CAN'T we have an army of kobolds come and politely haul away all the xSOCKSx they're so fond of without going stabbity stab all the time?

[Bumber]

Where do the original seven dwarves, invaders and merchants come from, and why is there never any mention of them in recorded history?

They're from the future.

Still...why CAN'T we have an army of kobolds come and politely haul away all the xSOCKSx they're so fond of without going stabbity stab all the time?

[Nidilap]

Still...why CAN'T we have an army of kobolds come and politely haul away all the xSOCKSx they're so fond of without going stabbity stab all the time?

Pre emptive strike is the safest way to go for kobolds, they're trying to be Romans.

When the next DF build comes out (post 31.11), will adventurers begin in areas appropriate to their race? Eg, Humans in Towns, Dwarves in Mountainhomes, Elves in Forest Retreats, Goblins in Dark Forts etc.

[pisskop]

WHY U NO ASK QUSTION ABOUT BEARDYDORFS?  U NO HAVE CURIOUSITY ABOUT WHY THEY CAN MAKE ONE FULL WHEELBARROW OF SIMPLE LOG?