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Yeah, I know. But a liaison? Just arrived?

Did he arrive through the cavern layer? If so, that would explain it...

Quick question: are individuals dwarves only taken once by a strange mood or can it happen more often? For example, let's assume I have a dwarf that is both weapon- and armorsmith. After the first mood, he becomes Legendary in one of the two. Can I get another strange mood that turns the other skill also into Legendary?

I was just checking out the object testing arena for the first time. Fun stuff! I was hoping to do some !!SCIENCE!! with bone (bows & ammo) but I can't find bone weapons or ammo in the lists. Am I missing something or is bone not in there? If not, why? Any special reason for the exclusion?

So to summarize:

+ Urist stays in battle/on duty instead of running back to the dining room for food/booze
That means they gain experience faster and might sway a fight in your favor by just being there

- Food is owned and cannot easily be removed if a dwarf decides not to eat it (for whatever reason)
Sources of miasma in your fortress, clutter
- Both backpacks and waterflasks/skins have to be produced - labor could be used otherwise
This is obviously more important for early forts. Once you have 100+ dwarves, you won't even notice it

My own fortress design is very efficient. There is not a lot of distance between the dining hall and any other parts of it. So i might just leave my military without both of them. Or just with waterskins...haven't decided yet. thanks for the feedback guys!

It seems like some dwarves have two different personalities. I just had a migrant who

"is completely put off by the idea of friends" AND "has a tendency towards forming deep emotional bonds with others" at the same time.

Anyone else confused? Let's hear from your schizophrenic Urists!

Hmm...that seems pretty stupid to me. That means that if you want all of the civs as part of your game, you have to pick a spot right in the middle between them. With a coastal embark, for example, you lose 2-3 civs every time. That narrows down your embark options quite significantly. I think the game should just check whether there is a land connection between two civs and that should be enough.

Btw...is there any way to check whether kobolds are counted as my neighbors for a specific embark location?

I just saw the notes for it. Looks awesome. How exactly can I set priorities for jobs ingame now?

hey guys!

did the 2014 update introduce new ways to collect food? i remember that bags in town or butchering an animal were the only ways before. i found a prickle berry bush but they still don't seem to be harvestable. anything else? i use vanilla btw