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Simply a translation error. What we have labelled a "year", they call a single day. Yes, seven dorfs can build a fort in a single day. They're DORFS DAMMIT.

What is the most dangerous plant in Dwarf Fortress?

Quote from: Putnam on November 14, 2014, 05:58:05 pm

I don't think including dragonbreath in the conversation is really necessary

Uh, mentioning dragon fire is not necessary in a discussion about a material whose sole purpose in the game would be protecting dwarves from fire.....?

I just see it as a really dorfy substitute for cloth. Whether or not it's an insulator for fire situations could be fun, or Fun, or not. But it wouldn't have to be an insulator. I don't see many dragons in my forts anyhow.
That said, asbestos boots plus a nice hot magma floor could be hilarious, especially if the dwarf isn't wearing asbestos in the rest of his clothing.
Urist McMagmaforger was embarrassed about not wearing clothing recently....

I had a three month old baby arrive in a migrant wave once, without parents or siblings. He took an immense amount of time to crawl from the edge of the map to the fort, then took to wandering around the entrance, which was only a few sets of stairs from the dining room, where he spent the rest of his time.

After checking his relationships, I left him be, and I could have sworn that he ate and drank in the dining room just like any child. Perhaps the other dwarves fed him, perhaps he helped himself, I have no idea.

Only a month or so before he turned one and became a child, he was outside when a werebeast arrived. I did my best to send everyone downstairs, and the baby wandered through the forest of traps around the entrance, doing as he pleased. The werebeast attacked... then there was blood everywhere, and the baby went downstairs. I thought for a moment he had killed the werebeast, but actually when I checked the reports, he had just lured it into the trappy area by being young and fat and juicy, and just when it attacked, it had turned into a human and been stonefall trapped and died. Bang.

Best kid ever. Someone threw a party on his first birthday and I gave him his own room and bedroom, something I rarely if ever do to dwarf children. He deserved it.

Quote from: latias1290 on November 04, 2014, 10:32:57 am

For some strange reason, the coins did not show up in the list before I started trading, but now that I'm done, they do.

Sounds like a hauling problem.

Quote from: latias1290 on November 04, 2014, 10:32:57 am

On side note, the broker didn't go to the depot after several minutes of doing nothing while the depot requested a trader, and after a while I decided to allow anyone to trade.

Broker laziness is pretty standard; enabling anyone to trade is a real time-saver. A skilled trader is overrated anyway; sure he can get the best deal from the caravan, but since the caravan's profits influence future caravans, getting the "best deal" is often counterproductive.

That said, it helps to have a broker who knows the price of everything, one who doesn't even give you prices in the trade window makes life really difficult.

Had a dwarf suddenly inherit a barony in another site other than my present fort. Now I have a baron who doesn't even technically rule over my fort.

Is this known and intended behavior? I don't quite care for having a noble I didn't even expect.

This happens frequently. His barony got conquered, and he inherited the title. I've currently got four. And they all just got promoted to duchys, which means they need three armour stands each instead of one, and better rooms, and more chests... All four of them. I've seen evidence that it doesn't stop there, plenty of people end up with more and more of them, then the king or queen....

The elves will tell you exactly how many trees is too many, I find it's usually 100 trees. I find so long as I'm careful not to cut as many in the year in question, they're fine. Trees in the underground don't appear to make as many logs as trees on the surface, so if I need to cut, I cut on the surface for that year.
I don't know why people don't like elves, they bring me bears to train for war, camels for milk, and other exotic things, like persimmons. They make short jokes though, which are a bit annoying.

Player strikes the leopard in the keys with his right hand and the severed part sails off in an arc!
Player: "Crap, where did my K go?"

To look at it, press "K"... Oh, wait... Um...