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never heard of temperature related deaths, magma and being encased in ice aside.

Fun fact: When DF says "Burning"...

Urist McDwarf has died in the heat!x7

The Princess Bride pt. 1

'Buttercup' princess cancels ride: Interrupted by Human thief.
The Human thief strikes the princess in the head bruising the fat!
'Inigo' Human swordsman cancels sail: Interrupted by 'local fishermen'.
'Buttercup' princess cancels flee: Interrupted by shrieking eel.x14
The Human wrestler punches the shrieking eel in the head bruising the fat!
'Vicini' Human thief cancel gloat: Interrupted by dread pirate.
'Wesley' Human dread pirate cancels climb rope: Job item lost or inaccessible.
'Inigo' cancels individual combat drill: Impatient.
The dread pirate strikes at the human swordsman with the +Steel rapier+ but the shot is blocked!x19
The human swordsman strikes at the dread pirate with the <<☼Steel rapier☼>> but the shot is blocked!x23
'Inigo' cancels lose: Not left handed.
'Wesley' cancels lose: Not left handed either.
The human swordsman strikes at the dread pirate with the <<☼Steel rapier☼>> but the shot is blocked!x10
The human swordsman misses the dread pirate.x3
The dread pirate strikes the human swordsman in the head with the hilt of the +Steel rapier+  bruising the fat!
The spinning rock misses the dread pirate!
The dread pirate punches the wrestler in the lower body but the attack is deflected by the rope reed fiber tunic!x3
The dread pirate grabs the wrestler by the upper body!
The dread pirate has collided with an obstacle!x2
'Fezzik' Human wrestler cancels fight: Unconscious.
'Wesley' cancels drink interrupted by: What in the world is that thing!
'Vicini' Human thief has been struck down!
'Wesley' cancels escape: Dangerous terrain.
'Vicini' Human thief has been found dead.
'Buttercup' cancels escape: Interrupted by realization.
'Humperdink' human prince cancels doubt self: Never wrong.
'Buttercup' cancels explore fire swamp: Dangerous terrain.x2
'Wesley' cancels watch for ROUSes: Doesn't believe in them.
'Wesley cancels not believe in ROUSes: Interrupted by ROUS.
The ROUS bites the dread pirate in the right shoulder tearing the skin and bruising the fat!
The ROUS shakes the dread pirate by the shoulder!
The dread pirate brakes the grip of the ROUS's right front tooth on the dread pirates right shoulder!
The dread pirate grabs the ROUS by the upper body!
The dread pirate throws the ROUS by the upper body with his right lower arm!
The dread pirate stands up.
The dread pirate stabs the !!ROUS!! in the upper body with the +steel rapier+ piercing the lung!
The dread pirate stabs the !!ROUS!! in the upper body with the +steel rapier+ it is run through!
The ROUS has been struck down.
'Wesley' cancels escape: Interrupted by human prince.
Everyone cancels fight: Interrupted by 'Buttercup'
The count strikes the dread pirate in the head with the hilt of his *Steel rapier* bruising the fat!
The dread pirate loses consciousness.

^^ Not if the astronaut has a gun.

It largely depends on what armor the enemy is wearing. A European broadsword would go right through a fully armored samurai and out the other side (this vulnerability to stabbing weapons is one reason why the Yari i.e. spear was popular with the peasants) but a katana would go through many types of European armor like nobodies business.

As for spears in fantasy the main reason we don't see much of them is because they don't make good weapons for climatic duels. Legend of The Five Rings uses yari though, there are orcs using spears/pikes in LotR, and the Drasnians in the Belgariad are famous for their pikemen.

Well I started by reading stories like Headshoots. Then I started playing, mostly I asked my brother whenever I had questions and used the wiki otherwise alternately, "I wonder what happens if..." "Your settlement has crumbled to it's end.". (Note: I started out by playing 40d and was fully equipped when I switched to 2010.)

Okay. Good I'm cool with having him sit working forever taking up no resources.

So I found my first vampire, caught the little err... "darling" sucking one of my carpenters dry, and he finished before I could save the poor dwarf. So I locked the vamp in his room and installed a chair so that he could eternally look after my fort, well the dwarves eventually found the body and when they did I convicted the vamp. My question is if I appoint a law-man, will he care about the locked door in his pursuit of great justice? Or will he kindly leave the prisoner alone as long as the door is locked?

On a totally unrelated note, my methods of vampire detection have recently improved.

Clearly he is a time traveler.

Dark Dwarven Fortresses are Dark Fortresses conquered by Dwarves.