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Yes, but those things will then proceed to burn as normal fire, thus preventing the map looking like you embarked on black sand desert.

@Gwolfski: Where are you engraving that, though?

Hm. A corner ramp teleporting cart diagonally to the wall end of pushoff ramp at bottom end wouldn't work both ways... However, that diagonal checkpoint (surprising to me!) can be useful, such as when combined with the retracting bridge over valid ramp you mentioned. At least the "ramp measure" bit should further eliminate alternate hypothesis.

I'll definitely go back to that spiral some day. Though today is not that day.

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Surprising bit on the 2z per step track. I'd have assumed it hits the wall and stops, thanks!

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When speaking of bridges over track, another bit worth mentioning is raising drawbridges (you probably already know, but it fits here :p):
Legend: ╝ Track/Raising Bridge

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A cart pushed south will go
↓ south if the raising bridge is lowered,
⊗ stop like hitting a door (raised bridges don't act as walls for ramps) when bridge is raised
← Go west if bridge is marked and then unmarked for deconstruction

This can make for two-way toggled track with emergency exit in case of fun, as well as make for more compact minecart-system overseer-triggered levers.

Semi-related, mid-air floating workshop unpassable tiles (same tile type) act as untracked floor for carts as far as friction goes.

It isn't. 43.03 does have dfhack-r01 out, as well as twbt updated though.

.04 does start running into dependency crashes and worse, 64-bit madness and new build environment, which will probably severely mess up dfhack when Toady One releases a more permanent 64 bit version.

Well, in my experience with goblin retreats, human pits and elven towns, not necessarily.

I'd personally like picks for squishy killing, myself, but my turn is a while away and Archereon does have valid points in how he finds swords cool :p (reason enough for current overseer, for change - see next overseer(there is always change))

I meant more that before a necromancer gets tired he has his new minions take over the fighting, so no fear of overexertion.

Does the fortress have any morningstars for macedwarves?

As for the citizens' milita, I take it you outfitted them with maces, given the map?

Weaponize the corpses. The invaders come in, are shocked to see dead demons, then burn from the heat.

Of course, after killing the clowns it begs the question of "against what"?

Alternatively, use them to prevent freezing water perhaps.

War training someone you're not sure you can keep trained....What happens if it goes wild?
Well, can't be worse than pitting necromantic half of citizens against non-necromantic half, can it? n.n°

Ah, DF ‼science‼ projects....

Iirc swords are general-purpose weapons with 2 slash and 2 blunt attacks, but I see occasionally people building squads of them with specific squads present. Is it because of thematics, previous skill in the weapon or something I'm missing here?

Necromancer military acts a bit differently, hm. Not much need to worry about getting tired *gestures*, so optimizing them for initial/single target takedown seems like an untested idea.

As for taverns, I guess the main tricky thing would be to ensure that some are not overfilled while others go dry; perhaps using two-necro burrows/overlapping taverns to cater to each other - could also encourage marriages

Micromanagement heavy to set up, however.

As for the top layer of adamantine veins, I've certainly seen ones that are just 1 thick - so digging first up/down stair would release the hounds of hell. "Protecting" against mishaps is pretty trivial though with necromancers not needing to eat or drink to live, if one thinks Battlefailed could possibly die to some clowns.

Safe ways to enter the fortress....You mean, besides the airlock design sanctume set up?

Could also put a minecart to jump through a wall or fortification on the surface if they are unmanned, though a kea would probably steal it. Alternatively, two pressure plates followed by drophole of retracting bridge/hatch combo, second plate set to trigger on citizens, with meeting zone on second bridge. If quick-response trapavoid trap is desired, putting a nested bouncing minecart into only way in could work (dwarves get bonus to dodging carts, so they'll probably survive or explode).

Can't comment on FTW; have not tried it myself beyond accidental punctures for cavern flooding. Surface trenches to dodge into might work at smaller FPS cost, but it might be tricky to dig them without seeing the undead on surface....hold on, aren't we a submerged necromancer tower? I'm not sure flooding the world is really necessary for casualty-free ridding of undead.