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I can't make earthenware articles out of sandy clay anymore. It still counts as a clay for the purpose of making colored bricks. I made several earthenware statues and some earthenware bricks, then it simply stopped working. It isn't forbidden. I now have a ton of the stuff lying around, because the collect clay job didn't cancel, while the pottery jobs did.

These poor giant skinks just can't catch a break. They never attack anyone, never hurt anything, they are about as timid as a regular skink. And yet, everything in my fortress wants to murder them.

 I just had five dwarves gang up for a serious skink beating session. They stomped the poor thing into oblivion before I could even send my military over to finish the job so they could get back to work hauling logs.

How do you go about it? is there a good way to find the right person for the job? Is it true that having a tavern keeper will cause drunken fights and alcohol poisoning? No, really, have you personally seen it happen or is this just another DF forum rumor that people keep spreading without any proof?

Masterwork has a very active developer who works hard to squash any bugs, and listens to player input to achieve balance. It's not perfect, but then neither is DF itself, as you mention. It is one of the older mods, and has been under active development for a long time, so it is pretty stable and balanced. IMHO, this latest version is the best yet. The previous version was a bit too "and the kitchen sink.. no wait, TWO kitchen sinks!!" The latest version has some of the more "steam-punk" elements stripped out. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Pros:
*The caverns. Oh wow, the caverns. Just wait until your first breach, I won't spoil it. Keep going and look at them all, though.
*Simplified leather and wood. Just four kinds of leather, and only a few types of wood VASTLY cuts down on stock screen nightmares, and boosts FPS somewhat.
*Dwarfier pets. Specific, dwarf themed animals for you to raise.
*More challenging enemies. More races, including more playable races, some quite evil.
*Greatly expanded workshop options, with custom workshops for each playable race. Make things from blocks to save on stone!
*Overall, better "late-game" options to keep your interest up longer. You won't feel like you've achieved everything the mod has to offer for a long time.

Cons:
*Requires dfhack, so will always lag behind the latest DF release somewhat.
*A lot of new things to learn, if you consider that a con, and not a pro, but then what are you doing playing DF in the first place?

Wow. This is a very useful feature that I had not even noticed. Managers just became a whole lot more practical for me!

One of my original seven, Rakust Stakudonul, the chief medical dwarf of the dwarven Town of Adlogem (pop. 100), just had a polite discussion with local rivals and now I have to build a royal suite. I really had not planned on becoming the mountainhome. Well, he likes statues and shields, so no real problems there. It's only my third year! Oh well, I can still order things from the humans.

Given enough idle dwarves with the "clean" labor enabled and access to the tiles in question, they should get cleaned eventually, which I believe is actually safe to do. If you have dfhack, you can always do it the cheesy way and just "clean all" which gets rid of contaminants instantly.

Otherwise, you can wall off the contaminated area. Many famous fortresses have had 9 out of every 10 tiles contaminated by some sort of vile stuff. You could also leave a path into your fortress, blocked most of the time with a raising bridge, and try to get invaders to path through the stuff. Might be a bit tricky.

Artifact weapons give an x3 "to-hit" modifier, and maces are actually pretty good weapons, they can break bones and pulp heads even through armor, especially the iron armor most goblins are going to have. You got yourself a keeper, there! I once got an aluminum artifact mace. Not so good, hehe.