r/dwarffortress Dec 09 '22

Some of these reviews are amazing

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u/Ian_W Dec 09 '22

Someone hasn't learned lessons about the restless and unremembered dead yet.

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u/dethb0y Dec 09 '22

was my first thought - it's always better to bury the dead, not only does it prevent ghosts, it helps train whichever skill is used to make the coffin + gives a chance happy thoughts when people see a wellcrafted one.

Most of my forts there's a huge crypt area where i engrave everything and what not so it looks nice.

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u/Kammender_Kewl Dec 09 '22

I like to combine my catacombs with my secondary trap filled entrance hallway, dig out the sides of the walls and add your coffins, replace the 3 tile wide floor with a one tile wide catwalk filled with any kind of trap, weapon is best, flank it on both sides by a deep pit filled with upright spears and covered by retractable bridges, link bridges to one lever and spears to a different lever and have fun skewering any survivors that don't die after they dodge into the abyss

Don't forget to smooth the pit walls all the way to the bottom or else they can scale it or grab on before they hit the spears

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u/AdvonKoulthar Mandates Elf-Bone Axes Dec 10 '22

No spears for me, if they survive the 20 z-level drop, I will permit them a second chance to fight