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So, y'see, I had some Master Marksdwarves I was training up. I decided to cross-train them in hammers, so they'd get some crossbow-smashing skill and level their armor/shield use a bit. However I let them get all the way to Legendary Hammerdwarves.

Since "military dwarves stick to what they're best at," even if I switch them back to crossbows they'll just spar in the barracks and hit each other over the head with them all day. When they go on duty they won't engage the enemy at range or indeed, pick up any ammo.

They're still pretty kick ass, but I want my marksdwarves back. Is there any way to trick them out of their hammering fixation? I miss my rampart snipers...

I've also seen the word "dweomer" in more than one unrelated place.  It seems to be both singular and plural.  As far as I can tell it's just a pretentious way of saying "dwarf" or "dwarves" (or "dwarfs" if that's your thing).  Any idea where the heck that came from?

The only time I've ever seen that word is in the D&D spell "Analyze Dweomer." It wasn't for interrogating dwarves

It was used for analyzing powerful enchantments... interesting because said powerful enchantments were never really referred to as "dweomers" to begin with.

Anyway, I vote "dwarves."

"Bearing?"

Or should I say, "funboat."

I embarked on a site with a chasm... upon arrival I discovered that the chasm was open to the surface. My wagon was parked RIGHT NEXT TO IT. I drafted my woodcutter, to whom I had gifted some combat skills just in case, and stationed him there while my other dwarves hauled ass and cargo to a safer location.

Then, just as I was digging an entryway, I was formally ambushed by three troglodytes... and a giant cave spider. My dwarves fought bravely but were quickly webbed and eviscerated.

FORTRESS FAIL

Don't know about #1, but IRL magma becomes lava when it emerges onto the surface of the earth. They're basically the same thing, only magma = subterranean and lava = surface.

I added the [trAINABLE] tag for gorillas, so I'm planning on making an army of war apes

I have a quick question about how dumping works. I was going to figure it out by experimentation but I figured I'd ask first.

Let's say I want to dump rocks in one pile by my mason's workshop, and butchered chunks in a hole deep in the earth.

I disable the pit dump, enable the rock pile, and mark a bunch of stones for dumping. The dwarves will begin hauling rocks to the pile.

Now, if I disable the rock pile and enable the garbage pit, I can imagine the dwarves will either
(a) Continue to haul rocks to the rock pile, as it was the one that was active when the dump job was created,
(b) Dump the rocks in the pit, because it's the only dump that's active now.

I guess it's a question of when the pathfinding occurs... when the job is created or when the dwarf takes on the job...??

If it's (b), is there a (better, more reliable) way of differentiating my dump zones as described above?