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I think that there are a few pro's and cons with this way of creating things. First there is how much stuff you would need just to have a functioning kitchen, which would mean you'd have to embark with a bunch of different things. This won't amount to all the much, but when you try to have a fort with more than just a kitchen it would leave you dependent on either finding ore quickly.
As for wear on tools, I'm all in for it. It's something we've been needing so that forts don't just run on the same 4 pickaxes through the whole however many years you want to insert here that they have existed. There should be ways to take care of them though, such as mentioned above mill stones (Giving them more than flavor). Scholars discovering things could tie in at some point, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
A combination of building and zone would be a good way to implement this, having said building being less than what they are currently, but with you being able to have the things in the zone to improve the workshop. Or you could ditch the workshop, that fine too. Either way, having all the tools that a work area can have shouldn't be necessary, it should improve the quality of said products though. For example, having just a way to heat the metal and an anvil you could in theory make a sword. It won't be a very good sword and you'd use quite a bit a fuel making it, but still, it's there. Not that it will do much else.
Small differences though such as between slicing and boning knives though should probably matter less, having the bigger things should be more important, with smaller things being for the perfectionist. (Which we'll probably all go for)

If I remember correctly cloaks protect the tail, however that means that if you want to use anything other than cloth or leather to keep your tail you have to make adamatine cloaks, which will wear out. You can add something that covers the same as cloaks or (Haven't looked into it) make some sort of leggings that protect the tail as well.

I was just browsing the internet looking for interesting things, trying to find a game to get interested in. Months go by with me occasionally finding something and then getting bored of it or dissapointed by the over hype. Well, then I ended up on DF because it was on some list (Can't remember exactly what list). So I took a look and tried it out. I got a hell of a lot more than I expected to, with more details than I ever though possible with today's technology. DF is amazing.

The first update is almost ready, I just need the get the language done along with the creature file. I already know what I'm doing for both of them so it's just me needing to find the time to actually write it, it should be ready by tomorrow.

The idea of adding expansion packs that players can pick and choose from is brilliant (Not sure why nobody has thought of this before.) I would recommend having themed expansions like you seem to be doing, the heaven and hell expansion (Just what I'm calling it for now), adding other genre's would mean that players who like certain things in the mod don't have to also get the things they don't like. The only issue may be if for example somebody wants to get a large amount or all (Totally would be me) of the expansions. I would also recommend having having the packs and then also having larger packs that have more of the smaller packs packaged in it, in ways that they complement each other without having the same themes. (^I may have explained this badly or misinterpreted what you are saying, so sorry if I got the wrong idea XD)

I can't help but notice that after a recent update that the mod has stopped working as intended, the work seems to be inhabited by bumblebees; dragonflies, dragonfly men, giant dragonflies, fireflies, firefly men, and a few other random creatures that I can't remember. It seems to work on and off, I've been trying to fix this myself but I can only occasionally get it to work. Also I keep checking the error logs and it keeps telling me things about metals being missing, which I checked and they are there. Lastly the krakens and kappa keep saying that they are missing their tissues and tissue thickness, which is a problem. <Not sure if that's furry fortress' fault or DFs, but it's an issue that I don't seem to be able to resolve. Do you happen to have a way to fix this? At least a way to fix all the bumblebee's that seem to rule the world. (Also a side note, you misspelled the plural of samurai, katana, along with probably a few other Japanese words, as far as I know they don't have plurals on most of their words.)