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Stairs act a little weird. Think of it like they're split in half. Upwards is one half jutting out of the top of a tile. Downwards is another half jutting out of the bottom of the tile.

So for a functional stairway you need a downward stair originating from the Z-level above, and an upward stair jutting out of the floor on the Z-level below.

I think making the area a channel will get rid of naturally mined stairs. Or maybe adding a floor or something.

It didn't work. It could require a new world gen to take effect. I don't know though.

[ November 29, 2007: Message edited by: Lightning4 ]

Although I can confirm I have had the same bug once. I had one mason I was training up to legendary. I got him to legendary, and I know for a fact his shop was perfectly accessable (maybe, anyway). He refused to use that shop at all. I can't remember if I ever got him to use that shop, since I eventually deconstructed all of them to re-work the area they were in.

And limestone? Just find some magnetite. Then you can start making steel. Lots and lots and lots of steel.

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Originally posted by BurnedToast:
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I've never seen material preference make a difference. AFAIK the only evidence is adamantine is liked by all dwarves, and adamantine stuff comes out higher quality - I tend to think that is a feature of adamantine though and not preference.

I admit I have not thoroughly tested it, but I've never noticed dabblers churning out -quality- items or anything else unusual ever.</STRONG>

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Actually, I think the preference thing is true, albeit difficult to get a good bead on it. I was training up a selected armorsmith, and noticed he was making peculiarly good quality iron armor for his skill level. I looked and sure enough, he likes iron. It's probably not a very big bonus.
Dabblers might have some sort of prevention since they cannot make anything above no-adjective quality normally. It might only kick in when they become a novice.

Though then I bet they'll be obsessed with some other tree then.

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Originally posted by Koji:
<STRONG>Playing as kobolds is a million times harder than playing as anything else.

1) They can't wear much in the way of armor. I modded in that they can wear leather armor and helmets, and even then, they're practically defenseless.

2) They can't use shields. Yeesh.

3) They are small and don't have dwarven damage reduction.

4) They can't use any bludgeoning weapons. Skeletal monsters walk all over them.

5) They ONLY eat meat and bones. It's possible to provide a meat-based agriculture, since they can eat bones if they have to, but it's not easy.

6) No dogs or cats--no cheap food/fortress defenders.

It's the most challenging thing I've ever undertaken. I encourage others to try it, particularly if you're a bit bored with how easy DF gets once you know all the tricks.

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All of those can be changed.
Though I guess it'd take away from the fun. But you need some benifits to offset the extreme negatives.
Lack of farming is pretty impossible. At least give them that. Otherwise you have to survive from mostly gathering since livestock would be hard to come by.

I give mine a speed bonus, since they're supposed to be agile thieves and stuff. Not as much as elves but quite a bit.

They can use all bludgeoning weapons. Removing the tags just means they cannot make any of them, but you can still set kobolds to be macemen and if you have any lying around from sieges or dead traders they'll pick them up.

I think I've had kids almost hit legendary grower before they grow up.