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I really like that general idea, especially if it were affected by your mining as well; namely, the more you dig out the greater the possibility the atmosphere of the location would shift towards a more evil alignment.  However, on the other hand it would be interesting to have ways of re-sealing breached tubes or strengthening those seals and "purifying" the region either in adventure or dwarf mode; the thought of building a DF version of Watcher's Keep to contain some great evil is intriguing, and the thought of a powerful enough hero or civilization driving back those monsters and sealing them again is equally interesting.

This also fits in to some things I'd like to see as far as the &&& go; there should be multiple tiers so to speak of them, much like regular beasts, semi-megabeasts and megabeasts.  The third category would be demons almost godly in strength and abilities; this of course could also tie in to the thickness of the spoilerite...thickness can either be a good thing or a very, very bad thing depending on what actually lurks below it.  It's also possible those very powerful ones would be more interested in mastery over the civilization rather than its extermination; right now, they seem to be basically bestial in dwarf mode except for human/goblin leaders.

Shoot, I can't predict what it'll look like in ten months, let alone ten years.

Fortress mothers and worldgen mothers are very different.

That's true...I think you'd have to adjust the child cap in the init to make your population more comparable to the worldgen.  It is kind of cool to have two huge dynasties forming in my fortress, though.

He might want clear glass...or a regular type of gem.  Either that or you don't have enough for the artifact.  Beyond that, no idea.

Actually, if you kept playing successive games of Fortress Mode long enough for dwarves to have children and grow up wouldn't they eventually take over the world through sheer numbers?

I've always found the redcap to be an interesting supernatural creature, especially since it's a castle-specific monster who murders travelers in order to keep itself alive.  Abandoned human castles where evil acts occurred, those located in or near evil regions or alternatively abandoned goblin citadels would all be potential sites where they could reside.  Furthermore, they don't really have a clear origin story so there's plenty of room for in-game myth and legend to cloud their history.

I honestly start off with six peasants and one dwarf with a point in appraiser.  The savings go in to bringing more supplies and skills are learned on the job.  The drawback is it can take a little longer to get your industries up and running but you'll have plenty of food/drink; another upside I like is that it will delay the arrival of ambushers because your created wealth will be lower relative to your population, which makes it easier to get a military up and running and/or traps if you're short on weapons-grade metal.