DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Favorite use for an underground river?
« on: May 12, 2008, 06:52:00 pm »(Apologies in advance for the wall of text...skip reading it, if you like. =) )My most recent and most stable fort's area has a N/S-running river on its east edge. My fort is set into a hill on the west edge of the map. I've spent the past game year digging a tunnel underneath my fort from the west edge of the map to the west edge of the river's wall. I had to pump several ponds empty to do so, but now that I'm at my moment of truth, I know I can make it worth it, but...
I've thought about digging a new complex below the river's z-level filled with crafty grates and switches and hatches that would allow me to put a giant automatically drainable/refillable pond over my dwarves' heads--which would be, if I'm not mistaken, an impenetrable siege defense.
---
What do you folks like using rivers for? Other than drowning nobles and cats.