Bay 12 Games Forum

I like the idea of toys leading to skills. As far as the nursery idea you can already accomplish something pretty similar by making a burrow for just the children.

I don't really like the idea of choosing migrants, or rather having direct control or who shows up or if they show up. Part of establishing something like a fort is having people just showing up and expecting to be part of it. Maybe  you could give input to your outpost liason when they visit, in a fashion similar to choosing your imports. If you don't want migrants just build a wall and don't let them in.

those villagers only get the honey from the cliffs because they don't have craftsdwarves to make hives out of stone for them

or a giant beakless falcon that shoots fireballs out of the hole in its face, as was my case

Some races should have the option to open doors or grasp, if they would realistically be able to. I know people might not think it would be fun to fly around as a bird or or an elk or whatever, here's why I think it would be fun:

Sometimes I want to see what an old fort looks like without reclaiming it, if I'm a bird, I can fly to my fallen fortresses and see what state they're in, who's moved in, etc. For things like fish I think the whole underground rivers idea would first have to be implemented (and expanding on THAT idea, there should be 'pits' on the surface that cause some surface rivers to waterfall and continue underground) Certain things like monkeys, ravens, rats can steal items from people. It may sound silly, but just think you could also spawn as a goblin, or a mummy, maybe you'll raise the dead in your ziggurat, let them loose, and start a zombie apocalypse? I think there would be more to do than people would first think.

I really like the idea of a miners skill affecting whether or not they notice damp or warm stone.

"Urist McSuicide has penetrated an aquifer!"

somewhere in dfstories.com is a story of a bronze colossus getting its head knocked off by a thrown rabbit in adventure mode.

yes you should have to grow up, and possibly die of old age too.