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I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange mood|mysterious]] [[Dwarf Fortress|construction]]!
Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
The critical question is this: do elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
"Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess."
Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
[[Booze]] does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
Wait, you're MAKING animals? —''Torak'' At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows. —''Spiders Everywhere''
"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..." --[[Toady One]]
(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter. --Sowelu Very fitting to dwarves, I must add. --Sean Mirrsen
[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded. --[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
"[B]oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats." --[[Toady One]]
"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example." --[[Toady One]]
"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!" --[[User:Savok|Savok]]
"What happened in 1048?" "Jreengus occurred."
Making rock instruments isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds --Shandrunn
The cyclops I was quested to kill had a thousand year history of badassery, and all of that without the leg it lost in the Year 3 (a dwarf bit it off... I should probably deal with that). --[[Toady One]]
[FIREIMMUNE] makes them think that [[magma]] is safe but doesn't actually make them fireproof. This can lead to some rather interesting results.
Endok Cerolneth has begun a mysterious construction! Endok Cerolneth, Planter has given birth to a girl.
"Incendia sunt socia vestra, armaque vestra, fortesque Montis Domi." "Magma is your ally, your weapon, the strength of the Mountain-Home." --Eita
"Stopped people from giving quests to kill themselves." --[[Toady One]]
"...And I simply doubt we have a need for 7 fishery workers. On top of that, a second soap maker. The hell IS soap?!" --Zero
"This is a terrible pun. All craftsdwarfship is of the poorest quality." - [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=21449.msg239558#msg239558 Soup_alex]
"The default mental state of a dwarf is madness. Sanity is a temporary condition - a PRIVILEGE you have to EARN!" --[[User:Fedor|Fedor]]
"Why get normal cats? I buy lolcats in the embark screen. Much more fun to engrave about them." --Yanlin
"Dwarf Fortress taught me it was okay to make a suit out of my neighbour's skin, as long as I gave it a name."
"Got rid of world gen crash during succession after death of prolific long-standing position holders with inbred descendants" --[[Toady One]]
"There was a typo in the siegers' campfire code. When the fires went out, so did the game." --[[Toady One]]
"Hey, what does that flashing red and orange text mean? What? Why is there smoke everywhere? Oh god, are those BABIES on fire?" --[[User:StrawberryBunny|StrawberryBunny]]
"It's never 'just a game' when you're losing." --George Carlin (if he played Dwarf Fortress)
Not that building a bridge out of soap makes much sense to begin with anyway.
Note that while you cannot milk larger animals yourself, civilizations can still milk animals "off screen" for your benefit.
Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions. "There! Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins."
"Litast Idenudesh, baby, is throwing a tantrum! Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has lost consciousness. Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has bled to death."
Bug 000780 [adventure mode][crime] - town guard becomes a criminal after getting an adventurer's stolen weapon stuck in his body
"Udib Toblumaid, Axedwarf, cancels sparring in Barracks: too insane." [[User:Ben jamm1n|Ben jamm1n]]
Kosoth Cilobonol, Bone Carver cancels Drink: Unconscious.
Sizir the Snail of Bait is a deity of The Fresh Towers. Sizir most often takes the form of a female dwarf and is associated with jealousy.
Sibrek Tanbim likes Limestone, Tin, Smoky Quartz, the color crimson, bolts, scepters, anvils, and rock blocks for their lack of quality levels.
There are 5 articles in category Lore: [[Armok]], [[Cave Adaptation]], [[Elephant]], [[Philosopher]], and [[Vomit]].
There is nothing to catch in the magma pipe.
Bug 000563 [dwarf mode][justice] - mayor ordered himself beaten for failing to make crystal glass objects
If cow cheese is made from cow's milk, what is dwarven cheese made of?
Bugs are opportunities to cause unprecedented amounts of destruction. --Zorgn
"You know, Urist, you've got a mind like an +Ash Trap+."--[[User:Destor|Destor]]
'''Zander J:''' "Is there a way to stop immigration without setting the population cap?" '''Yanlin:''' "Magma."
An animal trainer just suddenly stopped working and hid himself in a workshop. He's probably going to make a wardog out of rock and goblin skulls.
Bug 000597 [creatures] - flying creatures give birth in midair, leading to tragedy.
'''Urdim Kutamèrith, Pump Operator, has created Rakusttenshed, a Glumprong blowgun!''' Urdim, you are a freaking idiot.
<Forkez> I don't get the game, but I do get that tunnels flooded with water is a bad thing.
"If you give a dwarf a fire, he will be warm for a night. If you set a dwarf on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
"Since the Elves said they won't let me cut down any trees, I bought 50 of their logs instead."
Do not make a trading race that breathes fire. I REPEAT, DON'T!! EVER!!
Dwarf Fortress: Because burning elves are funny.
The carp has drowned.
There's one thing a dwarf needs, and that's stones. And alcohol... and magma... but mainly stones.
"I swear to god once I saw a dwarf who was labeled as being Strong, Very Agile, Very Tough... and ''Clean''. But it was probably just a bad dream."
Urist McRandy has been ecstatic lately. He brought somebody to bed lately.
"Dwarven children kidnapped and incorporated into goblin society might sh... shave." --Toady One
Bug 000871 [projectiles] - babies fall to death when born on stairs
Bug 001031 [adventure mode][inventory] - a merchant pack animal caught at an old dwarf site during adv mode was wearing a full set of clothes
"[[Magma]] solves everything. [[Fire]] just ruins the [[booze]]." -sonerohi
You can't yet strangle people with the exposed guts, though I suppose that's now within reach. --[[Toady One]]
Look, there are roving clumps of sentient lava outside, ... This isn't going to get better. --PTTG??
...and the only surviving dwarf is a noble who has mandated the construction of crowns and clear glass items to the empty halls. --PTTG??
Adil Idenlocun is conflicted: "When possible he prefers to consume purring maggot, Dwarven ale and Dwarven syrup. He absolutely detests purring maggots."
"I had to leave just before I tested the dwarf with the boiling gold blood." -- Toady the Great One
Urdim Zatinod has been quite content lately. She has lost an annoying friend to tragedy lately.
I added two levers. One opens the magma. The other sets free all the cats. --Someone in Headshoots
"As Manbaspecut, Human Merchant is stricken by melancholy!" "Muskox has gone stark raving mad!" I think something is wrong with the human caravan...
"Somebody needs to build an active volcano inside a fortress inside an active volcano." --Boksi
It has stats. It can be killed.
Bug 000432 [dwarf mode][items] - Bones pop out of coffins.
Thanks. I wish I had known that about three forts ago.
If I ''remembered'' what the damn lever did, I'd ''pull'' it! <...pulls lever anyway...>
Sarvesh Ralrubal likes olivine, olivine and olivine.
"So let me get this straight. We managed to destroy a dwarven civilization while only managing a single town??"
Kara Mase, the Glory of Amusing: Engraved on the wall is an image of a dwarf and an elf. The dwarf is committing a depraved act on the elf.
Once saw a water skin with red beryl spikes. I still wonder how you would drink from that.
Watching a kobold thief be chased by batman is very satisfying.
Kol Tölunimush has been ecstatic lately. He killed somebody by accident while sparring recently. He took joy in slaughter lately. He has lost a lover to tragedy lately. He has witnessed death. He had a satisfying sparring session recently.
There was kind of a violent explosion of boiling human blood when I was testing a human vs a magma man in the arena... it was a little weird, but I guess that's okay. --[[Toady One]]
Mew? Chop!
"If Dwarf Fortress geology is to be believed, then the Earth's core is made of microcline and demons."
'They're firing arrows at us! Quickly! Raise the babies!!' -Urdim McSquadLeader, mother of 8
It started raining, then all my dwarves outside started bleeding to death. On inspection their upper bodies were missing.
It seems that a fresh recruit given a crossbow and a quiver with ammo in it will opt to run up to the enemy and bash them with the crossbow.
Bug introduced in the latest version: Firemen can have their flames severed. These flames then just lie around the place.
You stab Iron Man in the right leg from behind with your adamantine short sword, breaking away a piece of the gas and shattering the iron! The Beak Dog is caught in a burst of Iron Man gas! Beak Dog vomits into the Iron Man gas.
Urist McDairy, Milker cancels store item in stockpile: handling dangerous creature
Ildomushat, Fish Cleaner, cancels Clean Self: Could not find path.
Losing is [[Fun]]!!! --The Motto of Dwarf Fortress
I hate walking under dwarven archways. You never know how many mechanized crossbows they have hidden underneath those damn things.
"Bibo ergo sum. I drink, therefore I am." -- Dwarven Philosopher
This is a menacing iron spike. This object menaces with spikes of iron.
Kogsak is a deity of The Helpful Diamond. Kogsak most often takes the form of a dwarf and is associated with fortresses.
The Forgotten Beast pushes The Wrestler in the head, bruising the muscle, driving the skull through the brain, and tearing apart the brain! The Wrestler has been struck down!
Goblin Chops at the Diagnostician in the right leg, damaging the muscle! Urist McHouse is Unconscious!
Limul Itebdesis, trader has been Possessed. Limul Itebdesis, trader has created Stodir Isethlolor, a Mortgage-Backed Security!
The heart wound ended up being a guy getting shot in the arm, dropping his crossbow, running over to the opposing line, and jabbing his stack of bolts into somebody's chest.
Giant mole has stolen a preserved prepared giant mole lung! ''"Hey, I want my grandfather back!"''
"You must construct additional barrels!" - [[User:Speed112]]
All I want is a major river next to a volcano with flux, sand and bituminous coal.
Do not taunt magma.
I bury my pets in gold coffins and my nobles in wood coffins. Pets before people, I say.--[[KingAuggie]]
[the cavern] is basically like the surface, except underground
The fortress' randomly generated name was "Greatestfailure".
"You stab the Human Thresher in the mouth with your large copper dagger, tearing the left cheek!" "The large copper dagger has lodged firmly in the wound!"
"The best way to determine how dangerous a fortress is, is to make only one dwarf with the burial job, and nothing else: the lower his social skills, the more dangerous the fortress is - [[User:Rhenaya|Rhenaya]]"
"Before retiring in the evening, heed my words and give yourself to volcanos" - Ted Usmokatra, law-giver
Upon coming of age, about 8, Urist McYoung Made an artifact, became mayor and promptly mandated the construction of slade goods.
Dwarf Fortress: You've already lost.
A sober fortress makes even a mental hospital seem like a pleasant place to live.
A typical Dwarven nightmare consists of running out of booze or getting a beard lopped off in an accident.
There are two ways of dealing with goblins in a tree. One is by marksdwarves. The other is by flooding the world with magma.
Portal and Dwarf Fortress share a mystical trend. It is !!Science!!.
The were-capybara is only one of the myriad lunatic monsters that terrorize the living. -- Threetoe
The only time I ever saw the stupid thing fly, was to cross the aqueduct, to the beer hall. -- Fredd
(On artifacts) I got a flint door, called The Noiseless Odors. -- Nyxalinth
So apparently she became queen before becoming a twilight freak wife. Fascinating. -- Samuel
The zombies in a necromancer's tower became suspicious after the necromancer failed to age -- Toady One
Got a few barrels of beetle ichor and duck blood, gave some pig cheese in exchange. Made a present of three coffins to the queen.
I'd have to look back to see if it wants the physical or metaphysical id on the corpse. -- Toady One
The Sasquatch corpse has lodged firmly in the wound! The goblin has been struck down!
[22:57:46] <Dik_> How do I wash myself up from blood? [23:06:20] <Dik_> How the fuck do I get out of the river?
No, you're not getting that leg back. In fact, that creature over there is going to pick your leg up and beat you to death with it. You won't respawn.
My refuse pile just woke up and ate my dwarves, who in turn got up themselves and started eating the other dwarves.
{{Bug|2264|link=yes}} - Adv. Mode travel (near oceans) teleports player underground and turns them into an underground creature
{{Bug|5921|link=yes}} - Biting dwarves in minecarts infinitely increases combat range
Fort flooded. So that's what an aquifer is. -- Exelixi
Axedwarf looks surprised by the ferocity of Spearmasters onslaught. Spearmaster charges at Axedwarf. Spearmaster stabs axedwarf in the left eye with his +Adamantine spear+, lightly tapping the target.
In 4, the Castle of Fortune of the Tombs of Gold constructed the Hell of Taxing in Entrancedcrafts.
I also got started on jumping. My first jump was off by a factor of 100, so I flew against a cliff and blew apart. I'm still working on it. -- Toady One
Mukca: Seek this place and kill Cenäth Certaindrives the giant. Knowing no mercy, Cenäth stole Fisher berry wine!
We shall build a tower so tall, we will mine the very stars themselves!
Ingish Såkzulbomrek, Miner cancels Report Crime: Dangerous terrain.
You have struck limonite! Oddom Nishdanman, Furnace Operator cancels Smelt Limonite Ore: needs limonite.
{{Bug|4753|link=1}} [Creatures]: Rodent men have no skin
{{Bug|0040|link=1}} [Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Items]: "Dwarf cancels Make Cloth Item: Needs 10000 plant cloth"
{{Bug|5531|link=1}} [Creatures]: Legless animal men can kick
{{Bug|1588|link=1}} [Creatures]: Creature with 1 eye and 2 eyelids
"This is my reward for not letting us all die. I have to deal with the Nobility." -- Captain Ironblood, the mayor of Nist Akath
The king of my dwarves appointed a visiting merchant's yak as the general of the army while I was trading. -- [[Toady One]]
I'd like to think they bonded over their sinister ancestors (or the strange childhood coincidence of having younger siblings gobbled up by different werebuffalo in the same year).
They just walk around without a head until they realize that they should suffocate. -- Urist Da Vinci
Most of yesterday I spent trying to be robbed by bandits, but they kept looking away from me and forgetting I was there. -- [[Toady One]]
Today's success was to have a crying mother spit on me and call me a murderer. -- [[Toady One]]
You monster! Killing too many children at once will make everyone sad. You need to kill them slowly so nobody notices.
Dwarven... "Child Care": It's like regular childcare, except with more dogs, and less care.
You: How have things been? Tulon Tunlikot, Mayor: Well, let's see... we've got the army on the march, beasts, bandits and bone-chilling horror.
{{Bug|6722|link=1}}: Manager climbs a tree instead of going to office when management jobs are assigned
{{Bug|5971|link=1}}: Fat dwarves eating causes lag
{{Bug|6817|link=1}}: "Behold, mortal. I am a diving being."
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Berserkenstein:

BISHIEDORF [[User:KoboldInDisguise|KoboldInDisguise]] 12:21, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Whoever made this, I adore you. [[User:Pariah|Pariah]] 22:00, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
: Seconded. This is amazing. --[[User:HebaruSan|HebaruSan]] 23:55, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

"The limp blueness of ... clapping"? Am I reading that right?--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 22:24, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

:Or "The Limp Blueness of Cla(i)ming"? Dunno, but whatever the title is, it's random as always. --[[User:Haspen|Haspen]] 09:59, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

::Looks like "The Limp Blueness of Claming" to me. --[[Special:Contributions/93.173.188.85|93.173.188.85]] 13:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Wait... Isn't this thing a picture... of an engraving... of [[Boatmurdered|Cheese]]? --[[User:Fluff|Fluff]] 21:54, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

"On the wall there's a detailed image of Urist Stonedrawer with cow cheese. Urist Stonedrawer is eating cow cheese."--[[Special:Contributions/190.139.218.44|190.139.218.44]] 22:50, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

:Shouldn't it be "the cow cheese"? — [[User:Calculator|Calculator]] ([[User_talk:Calculator|talk]]) 04:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

This is great. I love it! [[Special:Contributions/121.170.250.64|121.170.250.64]] 13:29, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Who is the original artist? I remember seeing this on the DF forums quite a bit and now it is on reddit. I want to give the guy some credit. It says, "RAN '07" in the pic but I'm guessing that guy has moved on from the community by now. --[[User:Berserkenstein|Berserkenstein]] 18:09, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

File talk:DF Cheese.jpg

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Berserkenstein:

v0.31 Talk:Thief

2011-01-26T04:29:35Z

Berserkenstein: /* Caged Kobold */

Goblin master thieves are missing - IIRC they are armed differently. Other noteable diffs? In 40d there were Kobold master thieves too, right? --[[User:Birthright|Birthright]] 22:23, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

==Kidnapping bug==
Had DF crash right after receiving alert of a successful kidnapping. Is this a known bug? Has anyone else had this happen? --[[User:Zombiejustice|Zombiejustice]] 01:59, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It crashes if your attacking a enemy who walks off the screen [[Special:Contributions/85.118.156.10|85.118.156.10]] [[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]]
: I'm unsure if this bug still exists... I'll have to wait until I am attacked tonight and then follow them off the map again. --[[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]] 17:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

==Caged Kobold==
I was looking at my stockpiles, and I noticed a cage with a kobold thief in it. How did it trigger a cage trap?

One of your dwarves may have knocked it unconscious on a cage trap. --[[User:Berserkenstein|Berserkenstein]] 04:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)- Berserkenstein

==Overwrote Job: Kidnap By Clean Self (?)==
I just got this confusing announcement: 
"OVERWROTE JOB: Kidnap BY Clean Self" 
The only reason for cleaning right now seems to be the slaying of the goblin ambushers by my military, but they wouldn't want to kidnap anyone, would they? --[[User:Doub|Doub]] 18:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
::Also got this message. A few frames later, a goblin thief was discovered by a stray horse foal. --[[User:Zombiejustice|Zombiejustice]] 02:34, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

== Important concept ==

This could be considered a bug, too, but children inside a snatcher's bag are (as of 31.03) totally invincible. This means that you can use extreme measures to kill the snatcher without harming the child. A few dozen z-levels work fine. --[[Special:Contributions/97.121.191.10|97.121.191.10]] 23:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
: And what about an atom smasher? --[[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]] 17:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

== Bad Thought ==

Did anybody check that there is actually a bad thought generated from having your child stolen? Parents in my fortress didn't bother at all

== Dwarven Master Thief ==

This article needs to address or link to a page addressing the seemingly useless "Master Thief" dwarf immigrant which cannot be assigned to your military and cannot be assigned any laborers.

:To my understanding that was a bug in .13 that has been fixed in .14. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=66696.0] --[[User:Nahno|Nahno]] 16:01, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Thief

2011-01-26T04:28:54Z

Berserkenstein: /* Caged Kobold */

Goblin master thieves are missing - IIRC they are armed differently. Other noteable diffs? In 40d there were Kobold master thieves too, right? --[[User:Birthright|Birthright]] 22:23, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

==Kidnapping bug==
Had DF crash right after receiving alert of a successful kidnapping. Is this a known bug? Has anyone else had this happen? --[[User:Zombiejustice|Zombiejustice]] 01:59, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It crashes if your attacking a enemy who walks off the screen [[Special:Contributions/85.118.156.10|85.118.156.10]] [[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]]
: I'm unsure if this bug still exists... I'll have to wait until I am attacked tonight and then follow them off the map again. --[[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]] 17:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

==Caged Kobold==
I was looking at my stockpiles, and I noticed a cage with a kobold thief in it. How did it trigger a cage trap?

One of your dwarves may have knocked it unconscious on a cage trap. - Berserkenstein

==Overwrote Job: Kidnap By Clean Self (?)==
I just got this confusing announcement: 
"OVERWROTE JOB: Kidnap BY Clean Self" 
The only reason for cleaning right now seems to be the slaying of the goblin ambushers by my military, but they wouldn't want to kidnap anyone, would they? --[[User:Doub|Doub]] 18:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
::Also got this message. A few frames later, a goblin thief was discovered by a stray horse foal. --[[User:Zombiejustice|Zombiejustice]] 02:34, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

== Important concept ==

This could be considered a bug, too, but children inside a snatcher's bag are (as of 31.03) totally invincible. This means that you can use extreme measures to kill the snatcher without harming the child. A few dozen z-levels work fine. --[[Special:Contributions/97.121.191.10|97.121.191.10]] 23:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
: And what about an atom smasher? --[[User:Djsmiley2k|Djsmiley2k]] 17:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

== Bad Thought ==

Did anybody check that there is actually a bad thought generated from having your child stolen? Parents in my fortress didn't bother at all

== Dwarven Master Thief ==

This article needs to address or link to a page addressing the seemingly useless "Master Thief" dwarf immigrant which cannot be assigned to your military and cannot be assigned any laborers.

:To my understanding that was a bug in .13 that has been fixed in .14. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=66696.0] --[[User:Nahno|Nahno]] 16:01, 28 September 2010 (UTC)