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Well... keep in mind that realistic battles would have to take into account a ton of factors. Stuff like the arms and armour of either army and fortifications.

well thats just it, if the merchant sees a profit in something then he will do it. Currently we have no overall trade system between the cultures. What things are worth should depend on its value, how perishable it is, how rare it is in other places and so forth.

So if a merchant brought some turtles and you traded gold rings for them which he then sold for a big profit a few towns over. He would be more likely to bring some turtles with him in the future.

Also, if the fortress broker made a contract with the merchant to deliver X number of turtles at a certain price then that merchant would be bound to bring those. But to transport them he would add extra wagons so they would not take up space needed for other things.

Technically a ballista is a torsion powered crossbow used by the romans to throw spears and small rocks.

What we have in DF is more akin to a giant siege crossbow.

Adding new layers to the sky should be easy. There is nothing but open sky up there.

New underground layers might be tricky. If it has the seed info I don't see why it could randomize up some more stone layers.

We should get a weight allotment then. I should be able to order an entire caravan worth of turtles if I wanted to. And I have on occasion since turtles are a good way to keep bone carvers working. The amount of wagons a merchant has access too depends on how successful he is with you and other places. If you have good past relations its likely that merchants would add wagons to their caravan just to fill out a big order for you.

Also, for finer custom control over trade shipments, we should be able to change the order of things on the list. Instead of having to dig through the list to find "magnetite" in the middle. It would be great if I could move it to the top of the list.

Thats nothing. I visited Malaysia once and when I left the plane took off the scariest runway ever.

I swear the plane didn't tip skywards AT ALL, the runway just ended as a sheer cliff!

that works too. All you need is a a big enough net sling for the catapult and you can throw anything.

What exactly do you mean by dynamic in this case?

Add extra world space to an existing fortress if you find that its too small?