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I always assign them their own bed in a separate room, then deconstruct the bed that they're resting on. Another dwarf will haul them to their own room. Then just lock the door, and wait for them to wither away.

If the dwarf with the spinal injuries is in the military, you may need to set their squad's options to "Sleeps In Room."

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I wish for an army of robotic attack squirrels with laser beam eyes.

Quietust, I find your avatar appropriate. It's none other than Q who managed this feat of replicating the epic bug!

Um, excuse me? Check the first page.

French. Then I might get above a B- in my French class.

Would you rather be kidnapped by a Tentacle Demon or by Michael Jackson? Zombie Michael Jackson?

Haha, no worries. When I first started playing all of my fort layouts were pretty random and messy, too. I'm guessing that you're relatively new because I haven't seen you around before.

After you design a dozen fortresses, some habits start to grow on you. For instance, all of my designs are centered around a "cross" layout (as you can see from my screenshots.) I guess that has to do with my personal obsession with symmetry.

I'll just share some general rules of thumb that I find helpful.

-Always make hallways three tiles wide. This will cut down on traffic later in the game, and save FPS since your dwarves don't have to re-path so often.

-Put stockpiles one Z-level above or below their respective workshops. This will minimize walking distance, so your dwarves can crank out goods much faster.

-ALWAYS leave one or two empty levels between major floors, "buffer" levels if you will. It will save you the trouble when you find out that your magma pipeline needs to go through your dining hall.

-Design fortresses around a central 3x3 shaft of Up/Down stairs. It will minimize walking distance so a dwarf can get anywhere in the fort in a timely fashion.

Maybe I'll take some screenshots of the MASSIVE 71x71 castle I'm working on. Later.

Sorry if it's a tad big.

If you like it, you can check out my other comics in the link in my signature.

One would think that Cacame like stone, magma, booze, and gore. He doesn't exactly strike me as a typical fluffy-headed, plant loving elf.

Granted, you can no longer feel your hand. At all. Then it starts acting on its own and throttles you.

I wish that someone will start to make jokes that are actually funny.