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The ULTIMATE moat.

I found a hidden extra magma vent near my fort, so what I'm building is a 3x3 moat around my fortress- 3x3 on ALL SIDES- and then pouring either magma or water into it, I haven't decided.

Both have a learning curve of, well, let's just say it's not exactly sledding territory.

Another post gave me the idea- Why not build a completely airtight fort save for a trade depot, even if you want that? Even then that can be an island floating among the water. You could C long bridges to the edge of the map after making a bowl-like structure to hold the water of your fort in (Although, gobbies can get in that way, too.) This way it's even get-in-able even in adventurer mode!

As Written by Godok Thalnor "Squint"
Granite 21, 1871
As I travel through the ancient ruins of Delristbar, I feel my archeologist's intuition speaking to me as I pass the tombs- Doors that lead straight to rock walls. This is strange indeed, since it is obvious that the walls are finely engraved, but all the tombs are in the same manner, even the present lord's. Tomorrow I shall fetch the miner and carefully dig our way into one such tomb.
Granite 22, 1871
With care the pick was swung, the engravings covering the floors and walls. Each one has a tale to tell (Although I'm not quite certain on the signifigance of two overlapping squares), but what was most interesting of all was the coffin in the center.
Once the miner has struck the rock thing, it wasn't like hitting another wall- There was an air bubble within the what I've been told is obsidian, the hole holding the somewhat-preserved remains of a long, long dead dwarf.
Granite 23, 1871
After we managed to get over the smell, I instructed the miner to dig out around the corpse. He mentioned, casually, that the stone around the dwarf was slightly different from the obsidian. This could mean that the dwarf was buried, but perhaps the magma flowed into this room after a grave had been made for him?
Granite 27, 1871
Extraordinary! I discovered, from the engravings, that each dwarf was given a burial, before 'becoming one with the rock once more'. This meant filling the room with magma and letting it cool. In most cases this would have done away with the body, but in this case it would appear someone used an almost-magma-safe stone in building the coffin. This is an excellent leap forward for dwarven history!
Granite 28, 1871
Tragedy. I'd discovered a lever while my mining companion continued to carefully dig out the room. My curiousity got the best of me, and, well, soon he joined our unknown companion amongst the obsidian.
Tomorrow I shall return to our capital with his belongings and my condolences for his family.
Granite 29, 1871
I found a chamber filled with odd purple mushrooms. Tonight I shall try some for dinner before leaving.
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I cAn TAste MagMA

1. Run reigonal prospector
2. Create a new world
3. ?
4. Profit

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Originally posted by Hypcso:
<STRONG>Oh Oh, I just thought of an even more ironic fate for our mayor friend. Replace the skeletal carp with a spike pit full of zinc spikes.</STRONG>

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As amusing it would be, I don't HAVE any zinc, so that kinda defeats the purpose.

Also, I can't stop imagining a berserk dwarf axing a whole bunch of blacksmiths while screaming "YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL ZINC!".

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