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I get confused with the 'F' key.
If for example the item is. ([Large Copper Dagger]) does that mean I have claimed it? Or is it without the brackets?
much maligned is the spiked ball. It also has 3 attacks and copper spiked balls are just as effective as copper discs, silver spiked balls regularly cause heads to crack even through helms.
2 iron serrated discs and 2 spiked silver balls in a trap, making it a field of 5 deep will kill a lot, and what passes through will be seriously injured.
Personally, after this field I have 3 rows of upright spear traps with copper or glass spikes, then a row of cages and again 2 rows of upright spears. After that I tend to make a pattern alternating cages, spikes and weapon traps. A 20 tile long corridor in this setup will kill anything. Most likely, you wonder about the spikes.
I assume you use some cages too, to get sparring dummies and leaders have a habit of getting trapped, making the rest of the squad hang around, most likely jamming a lot of weapon traps. The next squad runs right over it. By setting some cages (I actually start with some spikes at the entrance, then cages spikes alternate untill I get to weapon traps way in the end) with spikes around, you trap 2, 3 or more, then kill the squad with the spikes. Next squad gets to the next row, gets trapped and killed. Now all cages are full, spikes on repeat and anything that gets past the spikes gets chopped and smashed by the spiked ball/serrated disc combination. If anything gets through, my militia (non-danger room, all natural) can probably deal with it (2 marksdwarf squads, 2 mixed with axes, hammers and swords, 1 lasher squad, 1 recruits/wrestlers squad).
It was in fact so effective that I made 2 new entrances to the fort with different traps, fewer traps or whatever, because nothing was coming through
The good thing about the spikes is that they also affect goblin demonic leaders and titans
I have no idea why trifle pewter even exists since fine pewter and bronze are better than it in every meaningful respect.
This is because Toady likes realism, and, in the real world, ley pewter, which has a high lead content compared to more valuable pewters, is commonly used to practice working soft metals and for cheap items like "lead" miniatures.
Right, lay pewter is fine since it has a different composition and uses lead. I'm talking about trifle pewter.
There is no situation (moods excepted) in which you would ever have a reason to make trifle pewter.
It does not have a unique color (same as tin, zinc, nickel and billon).
It has a worse material value than bronze and fine pewter although it is made from the same materials.
It requires more fuel per bar than fine pewter.
Out of curiosity, what would you change to make trifle pewter more worthwhile?
It was a macabre mood. He used flying squirrel remains.
It says it is weak and small in it's description, IDK if that helps.
WTF??
They are elves, humans, dwarves, goblins or animal people who turn into an animal-like monster during the full moon.
However, it is possible that the phase of the moon will change and it will transform back into a person before it even reaches your fort.
Huh, I just took it in course that you didn't know that miller's name just by looking at him. You knew he was a miller because ofthe color of his tilehis attire, and perhaps tools of the trade. When you strike up a conversation, he introduces himself. Interesting to note that they're now historical figures.
Thanks for breaking the fourth wall, Grieger. Thanks.
That's actually kind of brilliant - when you put it like that, not only does DF Adventure mode suddenly make sense, but you realize all other RPGs don't. It's going to ruin my immersion every time I see a new NPC's name over his head in any other game - wait, how would I know his name? I haven't even talked to the guy yet.
well, got a screen now from someone with 10 single copper bolts in his quiver, if my word isn't enough, could you send me to a good image storage thingy whatever it's called?
ah, found one with 4 stacks of 5 bone bolts and 3 one bolt stack of copper bolt(s)
Alrighty. So, because I really don't need anything from the outside (I just buy booze and such if running low) I can pretty safely ignore the meeting and just go with the normal priority levels. Then, a bit off-topic question: how many times can you raid an elven caravan before they send their forces my way? If it's something like once, I could use those pointy-eared bastards as a pretty decent starting boost in my upcoming evli embark.
What does this mean? What should I do?
wood isnt the best source of fuel.... when you embarked, was there "flux stone" near all that other stuff (soil, deep/shallow metals and all those things). If yes, let your miners dig around and see if you can find bitominous coal or lignite. Both can be smelted into coal (b. coal is better then lignite, but both are in my eyes better than wood), which will speed up your industry
And your mayor mandates goods and materials he likes. You can find about his preferances by loo(k)ing at him and pressing Enter
Nice! I would totally wear an earing made from the bones of a flying squirrel
I suggest a variation on the Grand Goblin Melter:
http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2424-grandgoblinmelterdemo
Instead of magma, use water. Once the water reaches 7/7 on the far side of the trap, the bridges retract, letting the drowning goblins fall however many z-levels you like. The water can get filtered from the goblins using grates (so the water falls further, and the goblins smash on the grates), the water gets pumped back up to trap-level, and the corpses and clothing are available for pickup.
This might be safer than any other fall trap design, because the fall isn't available to fliers if they don't trip the pressure plates.
Note also the rows upon rows of weapon traps on the far side of the fall trap, for those who are fast enough to trigger the trap but not get caught in it.
I have no idea why trifle pewter even exists since fine pewter and bronze are better than it in every meaningful respect.
This is because Toady likes realism, and, in the real world, ley pewter, which has a high lead content compared to more valuable pewters, is commonly used to practice working soft metals and for cheap items like "lead" miniatures.
