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So, I've been looking around on the wiki for some information on this, but I'd like some clarification.

Right now, I'm inclined to think that you can become a necromancer while you are already a vampire or werebeast.  Is this true?  If it is, do you still keep the benefits of being a vampire or werebeast (i.e. do you still heal during the full moon?).  If you are a vampire who becomes a necromancer, do you still thirst for blood, and do you have to breathe?

Basically, I'm just wondering what effects the combinations of Necromancer + Vampire or Necromancer + Werebeast give you.



On a side note, why don't adamantine objects/weapons ever appear in world generation? (Although, I did read somewhere that adamantine swords could be found underground...)

I think I may have found a potentially useful exploit.  Normally, whatever item(s) you store inside a flask retain their weight and slow down your adventurer.  However, what I've found is that items stored inside a flask, which is stored inside a backpack, don't affect your adventurer's movement speed.

Anyone ever heard of this before, or know if I'm mistaken/misinterpreting something?

So, what got me thinking about this is that Dragons (as well as Giants, and other mega/semi-mega beasts) don't seem to do much in Adventure Mode.  Sure, you can go hunt them down in their caves and fight them, and all the poor, helpless villagers will cower in fear of a dragon located halfway across the world.  But ultimately (in Adventure Mode, at least), all these beasts ever do is stand around and sleep inside their lairs for years on end, waiting for an adventurer to kill them.

Why not allow the player to take control of a (semi)megabeast, in a new game mode?  Allow the player to scroll through a list of available monsters and beasts that exist in the world, and choose one to play as in a new, Adventure Mode-like game.

For example, a player could control a Dragon, who lives in a lair/cave.  They could hibernate to pass the time, waiting for adventurers to show up to attempt killing them.  They can go outside to hunt, attack villages & forts.  They could gradually build up a hoard at their lair.  The ultimate goal could be to survive as long as possible (since megabeasts are very long-lived).  Other activites, such as expanding their lair, finding a mate, fighting for control of territory with other megabeasts, etc could be implemented.  There would also be differences depending on what beast you are playing as (i.e. dragons breathe fire, rocs fly, bronze colossuses don't need to eat, etc.).

Of course, this idea could use a lot of fleshing out, and I'm not entirely sure how difficult it would be to implement.  But I, for one, would love to be able to play as a (semi)megabeast, rather than being limited to civilized races.

So...I created a new world, found a good (safe) embark site, and was planning to build an above-ground castle for my dwarves.  So, I set up a custom stockpile w/ everything enabled but refuse/corpses, set up some workshops, garbage dump, built more wheelbarrows, etc...all above ground.  I ordered trees to be cut and channels to be dug.

Even though I have hauling enabled for all dwarves, a valid and accessible stockpile, and no items forbidden, only ONE of my dwarves (a miner) is hauling anything to the stockpile.  The rest of the dwarves just stand around with the "No Job" message on the units screen (except for my woodcutter and other miner, who will cut trees/channel, but also refuse to haul).

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?  Why aren't they hauling wood and starting supplies to the stockpile?