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My metalsmith is in a fey mood, demanding shining metal, shining metal, rough gems, shining metal, not far from a stockpile of some 200+ metal bars, mostly copper and iron.  He sits in his forge ignoring it.

No mods, pop cap set to 30, invaders off, map revealed.

<_< not a huge issue since I'm just building someplace fun to explore, but it's irritating all the same.

1) I reached a similar but slightly different conclusion on on the fire.  Those aren't constructed tiles - they're actually roads.  I tested it a little and I'm pretty sure my theory is right.  I won't reveal it now since the dwarven engineers are busy preparing their report to Rith

2) Which drawbridges?  The ones near the depot don't have channels dug out under them - at least I don't think so.  We don't need them anyway, between traps and an elite military.  I'm not even sure the bridges are hooked up to a lever that raises them =/.  Last time, there weren't hooked up to anything.

What I meant was construction of any kind, be it road, floor, etc.  But now I know better.  I suppose the moral of the story is to give multi-tile objects plenty of leeway to navigate hazards.

And as for the other comment, I thought I saw on a screenshot from Keldor's siege that the south drawbridge was blocked from approach by an empty channel...  after looking back this isn't the case.  I try to use channels as a backup for bridges when constructing defenses, so that in case dragonfire or or a building destroyer takes the bridge out, they still don't have access to the fort.

18 Hematite 310: Disaster!  One of the human wagons has mysteriously caught fire, but is still heading straight for the depot!  There's booze there!

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I can actually explain this one, since I've seen it before on one of my other maps.  I was new to dealing with magma and, instead of risking accidentally flooding my fortress with magma, channeled some out on it's top level and simply built my forges on top of that.  I then walled off some of the remaining area to create a protected outdoor depot.  Due to the direction the caravan came from, though, it pathed over the tube connecting the magma tube to the reservoir under my forges (I'd placed ramps around it to make pathing easier).

In short, wagons ignite when pathing ground that has magma directly beneath it.  I'm not sure if this happens with normal ground or specifically when there's dwarven construction involved (as per your roads), but the next leader may want to redirect the caravans, either building a raised bridge over the warm stone road (the safest), or forcing the caravan off to the side (over the unfilled portion of the former magma tube.  Four tiles to the east and you should be fine.

Also:

You are aware that when your drawbridge is raised, it gives the invaders huddled around it a fantastic view of the room right beneath it, correct?