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so what should I make with th copper?

Doy you have silver? No? Make warhammers and armor. Armor first.

on the matter of metals- My metalcrafter forged an artifact silver spear. What does this mean?

It'll be sharper than normal, but would still be best used as a bludeoning weapon. Of course, that same military that insists on slapping enemies with training swords will try and stab the spear through +iron armor+.

Quote from: Angel-of-Dusk on May 03, 2011, 06:24:08 pm

You might wana worry about that cat infection going on in your fortress

I have 3 cats. One of them just died from a snake bite.

I hate trappers, so I need to use cats. Don't worry, I throw kittens down a volcano once the population gets too high

Then how do you make cat totems and kitten leather waerskins and stuff?

Urist would demand ungodly ammounts of doors be made, and thus driving the price of doors down to cheaper then a box of name-brand cerial.

What would Urist do if he discovered the secret of how the stonecrafters create the Tardus-like pots?

Shame on you if you actually need what's in this spoiler.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Tardus is from Doctor Who. It's a little blue police box in which is impossibly large on the inside relative to the outside. (Also it can fly, turn invisible, travel through time, bend space... But we're just talking about the fact that it's so much larger on the inside...)

Nothing. Any adventurer can achieve the same result with any XXrat leather bagXX.

What would Urist do if he discovered how to use fire without killing himself and everyone in the area?

Quote from: Jeoshua on May 02, 2011, 12:28:08 pm

Or!

You could use this opportunity to rebuild dwarven civilization.  Those migrants will still breed, and after setting up a decent fort, you could use the dfmode tricks to "retire" it.  Then start another one.

The Dwarven Race needs YOU!

how do you retire a fort?

Some utility or another.

Hmm, wolves. Won't be a problem! Murky pools? Meh, I have swimming skill!

When you dodge into the space over a murky pool, you are stunned and are doomed to wander around unless you can find a ramp.

 

I want a reaction that creates one unit of dwarf bones and injures the dwarf's bones. It's part of a creepy civ I;m working on, and I'll just use dwarves for now to test it (probably).

All I know is that I would need to have the reaction create a unit of dwarf bones and an inorganc material that boils at room temp and has an appropriate syndrome. What I don't know is how to have that syndrome work.

Ideally, an occasional Extract Bones job wouldn't harm a dwarf, but one dwarf running Extract Bones/R would have serious health problems quickly.

Anyone know syndromes enough to help?

Quote from: Urist Imiknorris on May 02, 2011, 03:18:22 pm

Quote from: Necro910 on May 02, 2011, 01:31:47 pm

Quote from: Chessrook44 on May 02, 2011, 01:30:28 pm

Dude, how many dwarves really manage to live to old age in your fortress?  In ANY Fortress?

Sure their military may eventually be able to turn away sieges, but you get ONE noble who loves slade...

"Urist has set a mandate!"
"Urist mandated slade beds!"

:3

Urist has been crushed under the collapsing ceiling.

Urist McConsort is throwing a tantrum!

Urist McFriend is throwing a tantrum!

A dog has been struck down!

The spinning tantrum spiral strikes the fort in the population, jamming the anger through the farms!
The fortress is having trouble making enough food!
The spinning tantrum spiral strikes the fort in the morale, jamming the dwarves through the lengendary dining room!
The tantrum spiral strikes the fortress in the magmapipe, jamming the magma through the living area!
The fortress has been struck down.

Hmm...Nope, if you took off all of your cloth "armor," there should be no obstructions to wearing armor.
Try 'r'emoving your armor from your backpack.