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WARNING: This may get a bit topical and some descriptions may be similar to recent IRL events. Please don't bring said situations up in replies; Regardless of your opinion on any similar events, this is a suggestion, not a political stance.

I've noticed that Guilds are - in some ways - similar to the modern idea of Unions. So, I thought, "What if Guilds can go on strike too?". I checked the Planned Features page, and didn't see anything specifically about them, so I decided to create this as a starting idea of what they could end up being.

Guild Strikes
Guild Strikes are events that occur when Dwarves are unhappy with some part of their work or lives. They can only take place after a Mayor or Baron is elected, and when enough dwarves in a guild have an issue with one or more things.
During a strike, Dwarves will refuse to work on specific labors or jobs. Some dwarves in a guild will not participate in the strike, but striking dwarves will begin to dislike them, and the dwarves that DO work and DO have sympathies with the strike will produce lower quality goods.

Strike Types
Here are a few ideas of how some strikes could take place. These are only some ideas for how Strikes could work, and these will likely not be all the ways a strike can happen if they are put in-game.

Workless Strike - The typical strike, without any other affects than dwarves refusing to do jobs that relate to certain labors.
General Strike - The typical strike, but on a larger scale, with more than one guild taking part.
Sit-Down Strike - Dwarves will actively get in the way of the work by occupying workshops and refusing to allow others to use it until the strike finishes.
Hunger Strike - Dwarves will refuse to eat or drink until the end of the strike; some may die.
Occupance Strike - Dwarves will enter the rooms that are owned by authority figures and refuse to leave.

Strike Demands
Each strike will choose one or more demands depending on their need from the striking dwarves.

Less Work - If you have been forcing Dwarves to work to the point of being unable to socialize, they will want to have to work less overall.
Meeting Place - If you have not made any sort of area to socialize, Dwarves will strike for an inn or some other area they can socialize with others.
Workless Days - If you have been forcing dwarves to work almost nonstop, they might ask for 1 to 2 weeks of vacation each season.
Better Meals - If enough dwarves do not have proper meals, they will strike for proper meals.
Public Workshops - If dwarves are sad they have been unable to practice a craft, they might strike for a 'Public Workshop' that dwarves can access and use when they have no labors to do.
Better Furniture - If dwarves have nowhere to sleep or store their belongings, they might strike for proper bedrooms and furniture in them.

Lying about Acceptance
You will be able to accept the demands of a strike in a similar fashion to a petition. When they are accepted, they have a time limit to when they must be completed. When you do not complete it, though, there will be a large amount of stress, and a good chance for things to... escalate.

Listening to the Strikers
When you listen to the striking dwarves and give them what they desire, they will get a boost of happier thoughts and will be able to start working again, potentially delaying even a tantrum spiral. However, some dwarves will dislike Strikes and demonize the strikers.

Escalation
What if you ignore the strikers and lie about accepting their goals too much? Well, then the dwarves may begin to riot for change. Dwarves riot when they think strikes don't do anything, and the more riots happen, the faster that dwarves resort to them. Like Strikes, there are a few types of Riots, as well as a final type that can lead to the destruction of a fortress.

Riot Types

Occupancy Riots - Dwarves will enter the houses of authority figures and mess the place up, destroying and upturning furniture.
Precise Riots - Dwarves will destroy items and workshops that relate to their labor, such as axes and carpenter's workshops for woodworkers.
General Riots - Dwarves will destroy any workshops or structures until they are incapacitated or the strike is over.
Resource Riots - Dwarves will destroy resources that relate to their labor, such as metal bars, wooden logs or crafts.
Exodus Riots - Dwarves will leave the fortress and take up occupancy at another site until you do what they want you to do, not just accept.

After a few riots, the dwarves may stop rioting. This does not mean the danger is passed; it means that the final type of riot will soon occur without proper preparation and de-escalation.

Uprising - Think French Revolution with Dwarves. Rogue military dwarves may assist the uprising, Some dwarves will assist the uprising and others will resist it, and the main targets will be those in power. Nobles cannot be elected during an uprising, and if all nobles are killed during an Uprising, the fortress will be forcefully retired. In Legends Mode, the fortress will have created a new civilization after the uprising, and all the holdings of the fort will leave the claim of their civilization as well.

Please tell me what you think of the idea!

You know those boring traps where you make the entire enemy army fall into a pit and watch them drown?

Well, now, I have created an idea for a more fun alternative!

The Escape Hall is where you put the entirety of the enemy army into a pit, and then sloooowly fill it with water. However! You allow them to escape... if they can make it out of an obstacle course! Cage Traps, Monsters, Spiked Balls, Spikes, and dwarves with arrows!
Want even MORE fun? Swap the water with magma, and make the escape have a direct trapdoor to the circus! Perfect place for some more FUN!

These would be small structures created by Dwarves and Humans in Warm and Temperate coastlines. They are often somewhat close to a town, the distance ranging from three to seven days. When found, a single dwarf will be there, as well as a pack animal and a small chest full prepared fish. The structure has a small wooden dock, a building with two rooms (dining and bed), and either a basement located at the back of the structure of a storage shed located near it. The basement will hold bins and valuables; the shed will hold basic iron tools. Both of these will be locked, requiring you to break it down, pick the lock or ask/"ask" the fisherman for a key.

Occupants:
Fisherdwarf/Man
Rideable Animal

Loot:
Prepared Fish
Unprepared Fish
Furniture
(Basement) Bins, Gems
(Storage Shed) Iron Tools, xIron Toolsx

Dangers:
Oceanside Wildlife
Fisherdwarf/Animal

This is an idea that stems off of the idea that Magic will be tied to Spheres.

If this is the case, unique plants could be generated that correspond to some of the spheres. These plants would be able to be manifested via people who concentrate magic into a small enough area, and allow that magic to be concentrated in a stable way. However, only 5 to 30 Magic Plants will be generated per world, some having the potential to have the same base sphere.

Each Magic Plant would have a few basic stats.

Allied Color: These are the colors more likely to be chosen for the plant.
Warring Color: These are the colors less likely to be chosen for the plant.
Allied Structure: These are the structures more likely to be chosen for the plant.
Special Affects: Each type of plant has a certain affect. A sphere has two to four unique abilities that could potentially show themselves inside the plant, but all magic based plants have the ability to boost its corresponding magic's affects when eaten.

Here are a list of possible structures, with examples in the real world of them:

List of Plant Structures:
And here are some examples of how some spheres could be classified.

Fire:
Blight:
Metals:
Nightmares:
Theft:
Writing:
Please, critique or add onto the idea as you all see fit.

I'm thinking of making a detailed Apocalypse Event/Entity suggestion in the Suggestions forum, but before I begin to sink large swathes of my free time into the project, I'd like to know how the community feels about the possibility of anything that can create near-extinction to total-extinction events. I'm not going to be making anything that totally destroys a world, or anything that lasts TOO long in the grand scheme of things.

Hello! I'm currently planning on destroying 17 different fortresses, hamlets and monostaries and collecting all the usable materials for usage in fortress mode. Is there a way I can do this safely without having to risk my character being killed while I set up a fortress?

I've been searching my worlds for Dungeons for quite a while now, but I have yet to find a dungeon in the 20+ town keeps I've explored in the newest update. I've even looked through one of my world's structure list, and out of the nearly 700 structures, not a single dungeon. Have dungeons been removed?