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Awesome, yeah, DF Mon seems to be what I’m looking for, if a little out of date. Hope it works ok with latest versions. Thanks!

An old version of the game used to do that to me all the time. One method that was sort of effective was to attack a stuck dwarf, calling off the attack when the first soldier gets somewhat close. It's tricky because you don't want the attack to actually occur but the solider needs to get close enough to scare the stuck dwarf into movement.

Greetings-- been playing DF for ages but been on a hiatus. Came back to check out "new" features like the tavern and library. Got Tavern and Temples up and running no problem. Established the zone for a library but none of the furniture or bookmaking elements are available for crafting. Bookcases, scrolls, etc. Am I going crazy? Found one bug report saying something similar (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=9206) so I re-downloaded the PyLNP 0.43.05-r10 in case my files went bad but no change. Here's my save file if that's helpful: http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13196

(P.S. After a red dragon melted most of my residents I have her in a cage while I level up my animal trainer. Gonna be fun.)

Any ideas?

What I haven't figured out is how to mass-unforbid the ammo after the fact so that it can be melted down or what-have-you.

I usually "D">>"B" reclaiming from one corner of the map to the other.

I have a bit of an exotic pet obsession. I have tons of cage traps around and purchase any animal the elves have for sale. All those cage traps have also resulted in numerous goblin and troll prisoners. I collected all those invaders in one cage in a locked room (door & wall grate) and once it had gotten to 50 creatures, set up my archers a few Z levels above for some live target practice. A dwarf pulled the lever for the cage and they all came spilling out into a hail of bolts.

A few of those nasty creatures fell but I quickly learned a hard lesson about the token "buildingdestroyer" + trolls. Trolls and goblins were EVERYWHERE. My military were a few floors up and stuck among the panicked citizens fleeing for safety.

Suddenly, the dozens of pets that are usually idling in my meeting area came charging down the stairs. The Rattlesnakes bit and wrestled. The Black-Crested Gibbons scratched and whirled around Goblin Spearmen. My pair of Giant Monitor Lizards alone were visions of death as I watched them tear six Trolls apart by themselves. Not one animal was hurt and my tardy military finally arrived to finish off the job.

I had no idea. I've locked the Lizards up in a breeding room. I shall have more of them, please.

Anyone had an unusual, non-war-trained pet fight like that?

Never had that happen before. Poor guy arrived with no legs. Great military experience so must be an immigrating veteran of some distant war. Hope one of my busy dwarves stops to haul the guy in from the edge of the map.

To train my archers I've got a room of cages connected to an outside lever. I channeled out the ceiling, up a few Z levels. Activate a wall grate to close off the room, pull the lever, and the archers have their fun.