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My embark has evil weather that does nothing but knock dwarves out for a week and then make them dizzy for another couple of days. I spent so much time avoiding it for fear of husks, and now I just ignore it. But my duke just got really unlucky and got a dose of it just as a couple of mosquito man corpses were approaching. Guess he didn't demand that tomb for nothing after all.

Operation: Cement Pond proceeds slowly. I've kept my population at 80 and that's kept my FPS at 40, but it also means I don't have that many workers. Considering returning some of my militia (currently 25) to civilian life, since I've now walled off the entire border in preparation to pave it over with obsidian. I've already completely ignored one siege. I'll need to keep the marksdwarves, though, as flying undead are ridiculously common.

Two years later, my master macedwarf still refuses to use a weapon and is now calling herself an Elite Wrestler.

I have walled off the entire map 5 paces from the outer edge in anticipation of paving the edge in obsidian in its entirety. There is only one way to the edge, which is at my fort entrance in the north. I'm in the process of clearing the edge of trees and debris. At one point I uncovered five separate goblin ambushes around various points of the map, and to my shock my military was able to deploy from the fort and kill all the goblins without any civilian casualties. Apparently, when dwarves only have one direction to run, they can actually manage it pretty well. I've since set my troops to patrolling in a big loop around the perimeter.

I only have the vaguest of notions how I'm going to manage this obsidianizing project. It's going to involve timing, since the magma is just going to run off the screen. This is going to be fun.

Quote from: FrankMcFuzz on April 14, 2014, 06:20:46 pm

I, honestly, believe that if it doesn't have a functioning brain it shouldn't get back up. "Remove the head or destroy the brain" Stick to true zombie lore, Toady!

I don't mind the divergence from the "true zombie lore" (though the true meaning of that statement is debatable).  Mainly because I've gotten burned out on the whole zombie thing and find it rather refreshing when a new spin is put on it.  Though I must admit, I find it hard to believe that the same severed head can continue to attack my dwarves after it has been hit with a steel battle axe twelve times.  There should at least be a point where maximum mutilation is reached and the body part is simply in too many pieces to be a threat anymore.

The pile of masterfully minced Urist McDeadguy pushes the Axedwarf in the head, tearing the muscle, jamming the skull through the brain and tearing the brain!

One of my Mace Lords, who has been standing guard and sparring in front of my fortress for the last nine years, has laid down his weapon and is insisting that he is a Wrestler. He is Accomplished in wrestling, whereas he is Legendary +21 with the mace. The military menu says that he does in fact have his mace, which is patently not true. I'm considering assigning him to muck out the zombie pit.

Actually, cage traps are the best, if you make enough of them. The thing about cage traps is that you might be able to catch the necromancer(s) alive, which would be a HUGE boon to your fort, as you can use them to build an unparallelled archer training facility.

How does anybody manage without an aquifer? Admittedly they can be a bit awkward if there are thralls breathing (or not, as the case may be) down your neck, and you're doing a single-pick challenge or forgot to pack a pile of alunite or something, but outside of that they're incredibly convenient sources of infinite water, power, and fun. What's not to love?

Successfully domesticated giant wrens. Good eatin' on one of them. Once I had a clutch of fully domesticated hatchlings, I butchered the earlier generations so they wouldn't breed any more untamed birds.

'Siegfried' Äsberdan, Animal Trainer, is throwing a tantrum!