This also means that when you plan out engineering projects involving redirecting the flow of water, you don't have to wait until there is no water flowing so that you can do your digging/building while it's safely dry, so as to not risk drowning your citizens.
You can just order floodgates and dams built right from the get-go. They'll happily swim out there and build them, provided you've placed a path.
Ah.
It's important to keep in mind that beavers aren't dwarves. Not only can they all swim, they *enjoy* it. So instead of building bridges across streams, all you need to do (and all you should do) is build a stairs down into the water, a path along the riverbed, and a stairs on the other side.
This gives your citizens a mood bonus from having wet fur. Which is not, you might think, a penalty.
In #DwarfFortress, I'm tidying up after the recent elven ambush and maybe working out how to lose fewer dwarves to the next one.
In #DwarfFortress, an elven ambush has arrived just as I was re-building the entrance, which has led to some dwarves' being stuck outside. Let's see how saving them goes (and whether the invaders manage to get run over by minecarts).
My #DwarfFortress game is in a calm patch between sieges, so I think we'll be tidying up this evening.
Do you like #scifi and/or #fantasy, space operas, #adventure #books in general?
Once upon a time I was trying to get the maximum value out of an #Audible credit and discovered the Black Ocean series by J.S.Morin (who is also a #DwarfFortress fan!)
I *highly* recommend this listen. Its available as a "books 1-16.5" omnibus and there are *more* series when you're done with that one.
The narrator? Mikael Naramore. Truly incredible. Voice talent: 10/10. Recommend on all levels.
Esmulrakust faces its first goblin siege. It was built for this, though, so maybe it'll do better than Keskalokil did.
It's a bit late, but I think I can fit some #DwarfFortress in before bed.
Len
Ben Harris
Shannon Prickett
Mitch
Michael T Babcock