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I love vampires as an addition but they're way too common.  That's not really terrible since they're a pretty minor nuisance, but I could see Toady toning their frequency back in future releases.  As more threats to your fort are developed, particularly in the Army Arc, I'd expect to see less of specific threats (ie vampires) to accommodate a greater diversity of challenges.

Yeah my latest untamed wilds embark has been great.  My archer towers are ALWAYS shooting something.  ALWAYS.

I've got at least two vampires in my fort.  One's sealed behind walls of gabbro, the other I allow to roam about.  He's had a few stern "talking-tos" with the hammerer, but otherwise he's helping keep my population a little more under control. 

Oddly enough, he's also been systematically knocking off members of the fortress' guard.

So my magma forge-workers seem to get a little choked up on random smoke plumes, then they die.  Should I just pump the magma into a more controlled environment or is something else going on here?

Lots of kills, but all local animals.  He was a hunter before getting drafted.  Doesn't have a real long history of associations.  Pretty sure he's just a dude who likes crowns.  I suppose with the way worldgen gives migrants histories, this makes sense.

OBVIOUS VAMPIRE IS OBVIOUS

Edit:  After some time in a cell, this crown-lover became very hungry, thirsty, and tired.  I think he just really really likes crowns.  Weird.

Yeah my military is armed with dog bone bolts for the time being...

I ran DFProspect way too late after I set up my latest fort, and realized I've only got a tiny smattering of tetrahedrite and a dash of aluminum.  I'll keep building it up for a good while; trading and melting goblinite for metal, but without a thriving metal industry I feel rather naked.

What do you do with metal poor forts?