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Just wanted to post that the OP made me laugh

Yes in support of flexibility!

Doesn't matters where you hooks it up, as long as it's all mechanically linked. I've had pumpstacks driven by underwater gears, or by gears on top of the stack itself. Or from the arse-end of one of the pumps. And once even driven from the pumpface, though I don't remember how that worked out

If they're mechanically coupled ( needs more power for each additional part) then you can hook the power up anywhere on it! Well, as long as you observe the basic principle of connections.

That's corrected. As two people asked for it, I also add the "animate/inanimate + hostile/friendly" proposition.

Yeah, I think it's also the most primitive way things can be identified currently. Does it moves? Does it want to hurt us? I'd not classify undeads under inanimate, because they moves and clearly have intent. Though to be fair, they could just as easily be inanimate for want of living

Traps could be considered hostile inanimate, so can be magma and poisons. Really a lot of stuffs could be, since it does harm, but have no awareness/intent.

There could be better way to systemize things, but those binaries are very easy to 'get' and rather suitable with how creatures in-world reacts.

Won't the pipe eventually cool over, as the magma above gets supported and plugs the gap? Eventually?

Not always if water's coming in at really bad angles ( cavern overhang over magma pipe, through intercavern passengeway, etc ), it's rare, though.

It should normally, eventually seal over, but those other events can happen and end up with eternal rockfall.

Quote from: AClockworkMelon on November 22, 2012, 10:15:47 am

According to the wiki vampires get their alcohol from the blood of their victims, so as long as their victim has had some recently they'll get what they need from them.

Where in the wiki does it say that?  I see this in the vampire entry:

Under uses:
"However, vampire dwarves are still alcoholics, yet cannot drink anything but blood; the resulting job performance penalty from the "can't even remember the last time he/she had some" level of alcohol withdrawal significantly reduces the usefulness of vampires"

and under bugs:
"Although vampires don't drink anything except blood in the Fortress mode, they still suffer from alcohol withdrawal, which slows them down. Bug:5189 "

Toady did mentioned that vampires are supposed to be able to delay or prevent the withdrawl by drinking from dwarves. Though I believe he admitted that it might be bugged, and that was a few versions ago, IIRC.

Don't know current situtation though!

You always get first two waves of migrants, regardless of isolation, I believe. And yes, wealth at relatively low level is pretty easy to acquire, each log is worth around 3, plants around 2. Making booze multiplies value, so does turning log into anything, like barrels.

What's difficult is having high production output that seems to lure everything and their dogs in. Few thousands wealth aren't really much for pretty undeveloped fortress, even just chopping and farming.

Does the encrusted item add to the weight of ammunition/weapons ever? Probably not in any noticeable amount, huh?
I suppose you could try to mod in 30lb gemstones, encrust them onto ammunition, and shoot people with bolts with big ol' rocks attached to them. It would be quite Dwarfy.

Decoration's weightless, unfortunately, otherwise it'd be abused in way you described

Is accepting donation an investment? I dont get it, to investn dont you have to first put some money in?

It is, indirectly, you're investing into the system that the currency circulates through when you uses the currency. And the donators would view it as an investment to ensure that the creator is being kept well and encouraged. Instability of currency exchanges and price values can reflect similar kind of trust investment as stock market can, however the risk is massively spread and fairly minor with stable system.

You don't necessarily have to put your money into a system to invest it, but to have some value in the system using it