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Well, my idea was that the mecha-using race would be a very isolated civ (at most 2 civs per world), with a low population cap. The mecha would be extremely rare and the species it would be a part of would appear only in savage forests (a la Überwald/generic mad scientist country). The mechs themselves would appear as 1 in 4500 (that's total chance of mechs, each variant would be 1 in 450000) of the species' population.

So your chances of ever encountering one of these, even in legends mode, is pretty much zero. And the adherents are probably a greater threat, even to the mecha (which have a [THOUGHT] token and in some cases [NERVOUS]).

So far my variations involve flamethrowers, freeze rays, railguns and laser cannons, along with back-mounted versions of the latter two and shield generators and jetpacks. Sound fair?

Yeah, they're functionally identical in most cases.

What do you think about sock-o-mancers? They use an interaction to spawn seventeen !!socks!! (socks made from material with an ignition temperature below 9500 Urist) near their enemies. Too much like traditional DF, maybe?

Dear Over *smear as one of the undead's fingers has fallen off whilst writing*

We ~n't have any way to get in to your fort. We may be morticidal, but we like to have a chance at acquiring brains to eat. And none of this stereotypical moaning nonsense. None of our limbs rot off, so why should our vocal cords?

Undead #17

Nope.  To reach "Truly Dwarven" level, you have to colonize HFS with a force made entirely of Childcare Graduates, cast a fortress of Obsidian down there for your people to live in, and then leash domesticated Dragons at your entrance to keep those nasty Elves away, while trading Mermaid-bone chalices to the outlying lands (if you're not the Mountainhome by now, you haven't passed Proficient level yet!)

But isn't "dwarven" supposed to mean insane? All of those things you just mentioned are very rational and quite practical things to do.

I'd prefer just enhancing my capabilities with a computerized mind, hooking that up to some nanobots (containing flammables and sparkers), because I'd have to worry less about the program making an accident. Although I would first try the VR thing so doing it in real life will feel even more fun (along the lines of "Hah, those suckers are setting things on fire with their minds in their minds, while I'm doing the real thing". It's not really the most rational way of viewing things, but that seems like the most likely emotional reaction).

Did you add a biome tag? [ALL_LAND] is one, I believe.