All 12 of my dwarves are starving because...I think I've encountered a glitch with seeds, because there aren't any.
Now, I chose "Play Now!" instead of planning, but I KNOW you still get seeds. There isn't even any seeds from eaten Plump Helmets.
WHERE ARE THE SEEDS?!!?!
...But before that, my fort's only doctor/woodcutter got his left leg mauled by a black bear, which he wounded horribly because there's pools of bear blood and dwarf blood EVERYWHERE.
I made a migrant with novice combat skill into the militia commander and sent him after the bear.
He ripped the bear in two. With his bear hands. Must've been helped by the doctor hacking at it with his axe.
I also made an irrigation system. A bad one. A very bad one. I almost drowned the hospital. Where the mauled doctor is sleeping/starving because THERE'S NO FREAKIN' SEEDS. I IRRIGATE FARMS WITHOUT DROWNING ANYONE AND THE SEEDS JUST UP AND VANISH.
First off, your dwarves are awesome.
Secondly, plant gathering.
Yeah, I'm doing that...hope Doc doesn't die in his bed...his injuries are yellow but he's not getting better. C'mon, doc. It's only ONE leg.
No, my dwarves can't be awesome. They're scared away by a fox. That nulls any awesome they may have. I sent Urist McRipsbearsinhalf (militia commander) after that fox and he chased it all over the map like a Tolkien Benny Hill. He never caught it.
When I say blood is everywhere, I mean blood is everywhere. There was blood in places that bear didn't even get near. I think the dwarves are tracking it around. The well is surrounded by blood. Pools of blood are all over the place. I really don't think this is how blood is supposed to work.
for seeds I think you might have to process the plants in the farmers workshop now. doing so still leaves you with the plump helmets, they just take the seeds out.
I still get seeds from brewing, and from cooking. But maybe the disapear to vermin now?
Anyway, My entire fort perished to 6 goblins. I'm pretty sure I understand barrows and military. The reclaim should turn out quite nicely.