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Yeah but these were dwarves with "No job". And only my inside was inside the burrow.

This makes sense. If I'm not mistakened the Siberian Tiger roars only after making a kill. I don't know why they'd do that but maybe it's to warn other tigers in the area so they can share.

But this also applies to other animals, they all communicate. Birds make noise constantly, dogs bark for all sorts of reasons and so on.

Perhaps the sound of birds could be a warning when it starts and stops rather than a constant reminder.

You leave a city, go towards a forest and get "You hear birds in the distance."; after you enter the forest, "Birds chirp loudly all around you."; and when you approach a camp or some dangerous creature you get "The forest here is eerily silent.".

I just looked up blight and it does sound like something out of a nightmare. Also, to try to prevent the American chestnut trees from going extinct they want to introduce a genetically modified strain into the wild which is even worse.

I like this idea. It'd be nice if you could define some zones where dwarves should always be unarmed and others where they should always be armed(caverns, outside, taverns, etc). You could have weapon racks around where they could pick up a weapon.

On the other hand, dwarves are always drunk, especially in this release, so is it really a good idea?

Quote from: Deboche on January 19, 2016, 03:24:02 pm

Also I believe whatever's on a raising bridge(the part that disappears) gets shot up into the air but if there's a floor or wall above it, it disappears. I don't believe it can be weaponised to throw stuff at enemies though.

What about having small bridges scattered around the area siege usually comes, with few dozens of anvils or other heavy stuff dumped on it and linked pressure plates in front of them? Heavy metal rain, anyone?

First I tried using it as a catapult because I thought the objects would be thrown in the direction the bridge raised. It all went up into a sort of mushroom cloud.

Then I built walls around it and a roof but I didn't leave any space between the bridge and the roof and all the items disappeared.

I gave up on the final attempt because at some point I tried channeling over a FB that wouldn't move to drop several stones on it and it did nothing. I think throwing normal items at enemies is not very effective.

When this was suggested previously, it also included stuff like using wood and kindling and the fact that kitchens should also require fuel. At some point, lighting will be implemented and perhaps also heating which will also produce smoke.

This raises a few questions. Will chimneys essentially become a long shaft at the top of which you build fortified walls so the smoke clears out?(which would be kinda boring and pointless) Will caverns have their own atmosphere and so be able to disperse smoke? Will smoke be weaponizable like water is now?

Both of these have been around for a while, I remember having both in .40.

For the dwarves stuck in trees, find a way to build floors that will get to them. If that doesn't work, you know what to do to that tree.