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"Ringleaders" (and edit: "commanders" and "bosses" too) with hugeass armies are always decked out in high-quality gear, in my experience. In fact, I fought three in a row last time I played.

Leaders, chiefs, and overlords not so much. I believe the distinction is that ringleaders are the big cheese of all the bandit camps in the region, not just a single camp. But I could be mistaken, I'm just guessing. It may also have to do with relative success, or, more likely, the size of the band they hit ya with (and by extension, your group of followers).

Edit: Yeah, it's definately the success that determines their bling (and personal army). I was wondering why I never see pimped out humans; most likely because they're not immortal like goblins and elves are. Longer worldgen = stronger bandits.

It only recently dawned on me that Orange is not a color in DF. Why is Orange not a color in DF? WHY!?

Out of those, REAL dwarves use magenta.

Quote from: Sroge on December 25, 2011, 07:10:00 pm

I don't have any bamboo, so if uncaged it'll starve to death before I can train it, and it's just sitting in my animal stockpile...

It will also starve to death if you don't uncage it - being in a cage doesn't prevent animals from needing food.  Butcher it before it starves, at least you'll get some food out of it that way.

Grazers only need food if you tame them. As long as the panda maintains a savage mentality, it will never starve to death, caged or not.

However... if it came with an elf caravan, then it's probably already tame. Go with the butchering.

Judging by the patchnotes mentioning of the Hammerer being an appointable position, I think it's safe to assume baronobles are fixed in the next release.

Is there be a way to check legends mode on a world when I have a fortress running on the same world? Otherwise I'll have to wait until it's 'finished'(which shouldn't take long anyways  )

I do have mods installed, but I'm unsure as to whether they would affect this.

You could also make a copy of the region folder, abandon the duplicate fortress, and check legends that way.

Just checked out the save, I totally want in on this. I'll take spot 39 on the waiting list if ya don't mind... although I'll be very impressed if the fortress lasts anywhere near that long...

Gloopy - Miner/Engraver - Dungeonsmith - Extremely Paranoid
Preferrably a new dorf fresh off the migrant wave or somethin' like that, if that can at all be helped.

Also, might I suggest disabling hauling labors for all of the dorfed? Helps cut down on unfortunate accidents.

Quote from: Loud Whispers on December 23, 2011, 01:05:25 pm

Quote from: MagmaMcFry on December 23, 2011, 01:04:18 pm

But how can you remove the obsidian afterwards?

Dig. Dig dig dig.

No, think about it: If you have a multiple-z-level obsidian cast acting as a dam in a lake, how can you remove it? If you remove the top first, you can't reach the bottom, and if you remove the bottom first, the water shoots through the hole and balances out. In any case, a dwarf making a hole into the dam will very quickly get washed away as soon as he's finished.

Aye, there's no way to completely remove the rock once you put it there. However, if you just remove the top layer, no one on the surface will be able to tell the difference.

Anyways, sculpting the obsidian before dropping it in is definately the best way to go.

Well, there's the alternative: capture the ducks with cleverly placed cage traps and tame them. Then have them butchered alive.