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Scenario:

It is the first year and your dwarves are busy working. Unbeknownst to them, there are two parties on the way to the fort. One party consists of highly trained goblin assassins with some kickass armor. The other party consists of an elven caravan containing mostly useless crap.

Would you-

A.) Want the Goblins to win and try your luck at, somehow, defeating them (or outsmarting them)?
B.) Want the Elves to win and hope that they bring you something that can benefit you?

Oh yeah.. Come up with your own answers if the ones I posted don't do it for ya.

GO!!!.

why would you need rain for a farming plot anyway (to return to OP). Either you can farm it or not, since rain won't make muddy stone.

Don't the crops need to be watered?

What was your longest running fort (If you don't know, go by memory or make something up. I like reading about this stuff for whatever reason...)? What were it's moments of greatness and how did it fall? Mine lasted about 15 years and fell apart do to general corruption.

P.S.- Yes... I suck at Dwarf Fortress (Although "suck" is a relative term in this case...).

That Armok has sent you rain is a sign of great destiny. You have been chosen to shed blood in his name for all eternity.

Go forth and fullfill your role! Please Armok and become a god amongst men!

It's kinda weird that you said that 'cause I'm in the process of building a military training facility right now...

Who's the God of Luck?

Make rock crafts out of the stone; they're lightweight, and sell for much much more.

Good idea.

The more you buy, the more wagons will come in the future.

And record a macro to select a bunch.
I use enter, down arrow x12

*facepalm* Macros... OF COURSE!!! Thanks a bunch!!!

I find it funny that the magma just sits there and doesn't do anything (unless you make it do something). I think that there should be a random chance that the mountain explodes, spewing hot magma all over your dwarven settlement. To make stuff more FUN, the poisonous gasses could suffocate nearby dwarves as well. Luckily, the dwarves can protect themselves by living in their obsidian "volcano shelter" for a few months (or years).

Also, the volcano could erupt when you are playing in a different region causing a small change to the environment. A region near the erupted volcano, for example, could have a harder time growing crops because the sunlight is blocked by the volcanic smoke.

On the plus side, volcanic ash could be a better fertilizer for certain plants (but could kill other plants).

As a side note to Toady, I understand that implementing a feature like this would probably take a LOT of time, but I think it would be AWESOME if you did.