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Ok. Here I go. Ill post how things are going.

I'm about to embark in a terrifying, scorching coniferous forest. It is my first evil aligned embark, and also my first scorching embark. What can I expect and what should I have to watch out for?

Before an embark, it lists the civilizations which are nearby. I have noticed that some of them have dotted lines next to them. I have also noticed under civilizations menu, that some civilizations weren't listed on the embark window (my last fort died in part because I didn't realize there were goblins 'til it was too late).

1. What do the dotted lines mean?
2. Is this a glitch? If not, why is it like this?

I was wondering about the relative effectiveness of glass corkscrews, spikes, giant axe blades, and spiked ball trap weapons in relation to their wooden and various metal counterparts.

Whip it good.

I was wondering if it was possible to pressurize water so much that it would shoot up into the air, kind of like a fountain. Beyond water coming up through the well to flood your base.

It turns out the first rock layer was an aquifer too. I give up, it isn't worth the hassle. I might continue if I could pump the water out of that layer, but I'd have to do even more work on the upper aquifer. I had a backup plan to do a cloth economy instead, so I guess I'll do that.

I'll give it a try and tell you how it turns out.