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Just took down an FB but it cost me. Several dwarves including half my squad of swordsdwarves died of infection. I tried to throw together a soap industry but they all died before I could get my first bar out. On the bright side the rest of my dwarves are taking the losses in stride.

Okay so I finally decided to start using macros. While I'm in game everything seems to work as you would expect. The macros all seem to record, save, load and play fine. However once I exit the game and load it again the macros are gone. According to the wiki the macros are supposed to be saved in the data/init/macro folder but there's no folder there. In fact I did a search for a file or folder with the name "macro" in the dwarf fortress folder and didn't find anything. Am I missing something?

Edit: Okay, I figured it out. I had to manually create the "macros" folder for it to work. For whatever reason the version of DF I downloaded didn't have it.

My current fort is protected by a passageway with an array of 2x5 spiked wooden/glass ball traps. They're more effective than you might think. Also don't be afraid to trade for metal. 4 or 5 bars of steel per trade may not sound like much but after a couple of years you'll have enough for 10 weapons. Leather armor and steel weapons are enough for an adequate squad. I've taken out FBs with less.

the candy is still there  . breach the 1st layer of candy and youll have enough for 1-2 dwarfs. thats all you will ever need.

What has the world come to when the blue stuff is more common that copper?

Hmmmm.. Can deadly dust pass through fortifications?

I'm not entirely sure. I remember one of the FBs was spewing out something all over the place but it never seemed to pass through the fortifications. It may have been that it just wasn't close enough. It's worth noting that in this situation the FBs don't go out of their way to attack through fortifications with their special abilities or anything, at least not that I've seen. You could try using several layers of fortifications just to be safe.

I was testing out a theory on a new type of forgotten beast trap involving a small room with a retractable bridge blocking the entrance. One of the walls had carved fortifications so that my marks-dwarves could attack any trapped forgotten beasts without fear of reprisal. I chained a donkey up inside the room to entice the FBs inside, walled off the entrance to my main fortress, then pulled the lever.

Immediately, not one, not two but three FBs darted inside the room and started chewing on the donkey. I quickly pulled the lever and the retractable bridge extended, sealing off the room's entrance. The FBs were trapped. I threw together a small squad of marks-dwarves and sent them down to the adjacent room where they immediately started firing on the FBs with their iron bolts. It took a bit of time but the FBs eventually succumbed to the hail of bolts and my marks-dwarves went from dabbling to skilled by the time they were through. Like shooting fibs in a barrel!

I am not amused...

I wrap myself in the bear skin and run back to the forest yelling "BEHOLD! I AM THE GOD OF WIND! FEAR MY POWER!"