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==Generating Peasants== | ==Generating Peasants== | ||
+ | *A peasant is produced when [[children]] reach their twelfth birthday, if they do not meet the parameters for skill assignment, they automatically become peasants. Children that have been around a while generally gain levels in the [[grower]] skill, because "Harvest Plants" can be done by any dwarf, children included, unless you have changed this to farmers only in the [[standing orders]]. Children that come to full term will likely have lots of strong relationships around your fortress, and drafting them into your <s>suicide squads</s> army can result in tantrums. Fortresses that manage to survive until their fifteenth year should expect to see ''plenty'' of Peasants and, like like today's youth, should be prepared for by building lots of comfy white-collar workshops. | ||
− | *Peasants appear in [[immigration|migrant waves]]. Note that military and social skills are not considered when labeling a dwarf - a peasant may well be a skilled military fighter, but still only haul around stones at the workplace. More often than not, peasants in migrant waves have some military skills and relatively few in-fortress relationships, and therefore make good drafting targets for your [[military]]. Note that peasants in the military that are sent off-duty have an additional negative [[thought]] from being relieved of duty; this can be solved by assigning them to | + | *Peasants appear in [[immigration|migrant waves]]. Note that military and social skills are not considered when labeling a dwarf - a peasant may well be a skilled military fighter, but still only haul around stones at the workplace. More often than not, peasants in migrant waves have some military skills and relatively few in-fortress relationships, and therefore make good drafting targets for your [[military]]. Note that peasants in the military that are sent off-duty have an additional negative [[thought]] from being relieved of duty; this can be solved by assigning them to a easily-trained or needed task ([[engraving]], for instance) until they reach at least novice skill at it. |
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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
− | In many fortresses, peasants are forced to remain unskilled laborers by only assigning them hauling tasks. Peasants can be used to exploit the [[mood]] system. By assigning a peasant a skill which requires significant cost to the fort to train (i.e. any of the smithing skills, or glassmaking if | + | In many fortresses, peasants are forced to remain unskilled laborers by only assigning them hauling tasks. Peasants can be used to exploit the [[mood]] system. By assigning a peasant a skill which requires significant cost to the fort to train (i.e. any of the smithing skills, or glassmaking or pottery if there are no domestic sources) until he reaches a level of novice, then un-assigning the skill, the next time a stray mood is assigned the likelihood of a legendary laborer in the critical field is heightened. Due to skill rust, peasants assigned in this way to the "mood lottery" can be reassigned easily later on. |
Or you can simply use them to explore the [[cavern]]s, draft them into the military, or... other things. | Or you can simply use them to explore the [[cavern]]s, draft them into the military, or... other things. | ||
{{Skills}} | {{Skills}} |