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Works perfect, thanks!

Hi - is there a way to retrieve a seed from a previously generated region? I'm toying around with world generation and would like to continually generate worlds until I find an exact match for what I'm looking for. I'd rather not hassle with writing down every seed as I go.

Would it be possible to setup a mod so that zombies begin sieging the fortress after the first year or two? Preferrably LOTS and LOTS of zombies that are relatively easy to slay but relentless in their approach. I think this would make for a fun scenario, but I don't know enough about modding to make it happen.

Dang. That punishment system for mandates really needs to be worked out.

Or does it...? Where else can you get this kind of entertainment? When I tell people about Dwarf Fortress who have never played, the hammerer always gets a laugh.

Ahh, so steel warhammers are a bad choice 

Thanks for the suggestions. I have a magma pipe, which runs down many z-levels. I haven't explored around it too much other than digging a channel to run it closer to my fort, but I don't recall seeing obsidian over there. Is obsidian typically found near magma pipes as well as pools?

So I have a pretty fun scenario going. My dwarves are in their second year (coming up on 3rd), and I've built an ad-hock fort into the side of a narrow mountain passage. I'm using the Orc mod, so my main strategy so far has been to design the fort to turtle up when the siege happens. In my last game, the orcs showed up right after the first new year and quickly destroyed me. This time I have two drawbridges running through the granite mountain wall (and tons of supplies), so I should be able to just order everyone inside, throw the switches, and ride it out until my military is strong enough to put up a good fight.

I found a magma pipe right out of the gate using the cheap trading depot hack, and I have a forge and smelter attached to it's outflow. The problem is, I've only found enough hematite to make about ten pig iron bars. I have five miners that are all at or near legendary skill level just utterly decimating the first four z-levels desperately searching for ore. All my wrestlers are elite champions and such, and I would love to get them geared up to take on the Orcs, but the resources to make lots of steel just don't seem to be there. Does anyone else run into this issue often? Are there any good alternatives to steel weaponry? I'm having a lot of fun on this map and want to play it out to the end, but I'd also love to rain some hell down on the Orcs.