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My modding experience is very limited - So this topic will start out as an idea/suggestion topic, before I gather enough skills/free time to move on.

The idea is simple: I want to create a race/civilization with more flavor than the vanilla dwarfs.Below is my idea thus far:

North Dwarf aka Viking Dwarf
- Learn swimming a bit faster than their vanilla counterpart.
- Has an all-male berserker caste that flip out occat...err, all the time. (Effect untested)
- Different ethic and religion sphere than vanilla dwarf.
- They use bow instead of crossbow.
- They don't get the breastplate, but their Beardhelm, Metal Lamellar Armour, Splinted Gauntlet and Greaves can get your whole body covered in plate-level armor nicely.

-Population based noble, which can be a good thing or bad thing.

Future Release
- Language
- Special cuisine

If future DF version allows it:
- Cremation (as Funeral)
- Ship Burial (and ship in general)
- Runestone
- Ring Fortress in worldgen
- Skald
- Shapeshifting dwarfs and turn-to-stone-in-the-morning-dwarfs
- Drinking horn


Other Entity In Planning
The Mist Dwarf - Stempunk Dwarf
Wandering Troupe (Human/Multi-racial civilization that wander around...if that is possible.)
Rome-themed Human
Gladiator-themed Human
Aztec elf and Celtic elf

I just lost my second legendary axelord to a goblin arrow...The arrow cut open his throat after piercing the wolf leather cloak.

My 70+ population fortress only has a handful of military dwarfs...due to the hardship of acquiring metal to make armor (It is a surface fortress, I tried dig underground, but yet to find any usable metal/ore). So I want my chosen few warriors to be armored to the teeth.

Here is my squad 1 uniform design:

HEAD: (Leather) Cap, Metal Helm, Hood, (Sometimes) Mask
Upper Body: (Leather) Cloak, Leather Armor, Mail Shirt, Breastplate, (Sometimes) Leather Robe
Lower Body: (Leather) Trousers or Leggings, Chain Leggings, Greaves
Gloves: Gauntlet
Foot: High Boots

I am not sure how Size/Permit/Layer works so I am uncertain whether above configuration is valid or not. I have an arsenal dwarf assigned and my military dwarfs will pickup the equipments...just not the full set I assign them with. They always end up not equipping breastplate, or greaves, or wearing the equipment with less desirable material (i.e. Bronze gauntlets when a Steel one is available).

So what is the best possible armor layer/layout to cover every possible body parts with best possible protection? Also, does leather types affect the protection offered by leather armor/clothings?

Another unrelated question: My first legendary dwarf...also my Captain of the Guard, has a spear lodged into her chest while fighting some goblins. She survived, but now she is bedridden for years and never truly recovered. Is this a bug? What should I do to make her 'functional' again?

(She doesn't seem to be crippled since she went to the hospital by herself after the battle.)

So I appointed a Sheriff, and check his requirement. I found out Sheriff require a cabinet, so I build one.But then I can't assign the cabinet to anyone. Is this a  bug or something？ Other container or bed/chair/table works just fine, but not the container.

I've tried remove building and rebuild the cabinet, re-loading the game, replace the sheriff, etc, and it still won't work.
Note that I still can mark the cabinet as barrack etc, but not able to assign it to specific dwarf.