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I, honestly, don't think this sort of consideration to fluff is necessary.  If the player comes in contact with a rare metal then there should be a price for their greedy digging, that's a given.  Now, whether that price is hoards of dangerous creatures or something different(original), is the question.  Or nothing, I suppose is an option, if it's such a rare event.  Of course, if it WERE to be something, I could see it being an expensive statue that you can't sell.  and when there are the most dwarves or beings near the edge of the map (to coincide with goblin ambushes) it will awake and cause terror from inside your fort. or maybe when it has a blood covering or something.  just a thought.

I believe war animals have been nerfed quite a bit (probably because having war bears was too cool to actually be useful)
try traps or actually putting out a sizable army, individual training works fine to buff up their skills.  Otherwise, glad you're having fun losing.

He only wants to be your friend.

huh, strange resemblance.

What about meteorites with non-megabeast procedurally generated creatures inside? I think strange alien creatures not necessarily more dangerous than your average cave... thing would be an interesting addition.

I can see the average mist monster being pretty alien.
what I was thinking is that the meteor (when it hits) would spray residue of a random ore around and then would sit in the ground for two or three years before "hatching".  that's when you realize that all your weapons are useless except those made out of the ore that came with the meteor.  maybe even a new ore.

usually, what i do, is I just go to a pond on the map, dig a large room next to it and flood that room, putting a door in the breach when is finished (this can also help so that fighting dwarves don't nose dive into the pond and drown).  You sort of have to eye it for the size of the room compared to the amount of water in the pond, but you can always make the room bigger or just farm in a small section of it.  The residue from the average sized pond is often big enough to (when entirely cultivated) feed a strong 40-50 dwarf fortress, but probably not enough to supply all their booze, so keep in mind other sources.

elven caravans often come with several barrels of cloth. This is usually my main source for cloth, but silk is harder to come by.  I usually just hoard it and only use cloth.

is he requesting anything else?
check the items in the workshop and see if he has already collected stone.  If so, then there is another material that needs to be collected.  or he could be requesting blocks.