Dig a hole

[Cajoes]

A variation of the ginormous mine holes we can dig on appropriate spots. For storage purposes.

Basicly, a modestly sized hole you can dig into the ground using either your hands, or a shovel, maybe with a few branches as pit-props.

This hole will have room for one liftable item. Such as a container, or even a corpse. The hole will fill itself up once "loaded".

So it dual purposes as a grave or a secret stash. (Or not so secret since the soil graphics will probably look disturbed.)

Basicly: A less useful, cheaper leanto which probably shouldn't decay. (Unless your recently deceased should spring from the soil like bony missiles.*)

*Upon writing, I suddenly remember that used to be a bug in a earlier version of Dwarf Fortress

I submit this idea for review by the forum horde.

[Lahrmid]

A variation of the ginormous mine holes we can dig on appropriate spots.

Wait... What?

[bitza]

dig a hole outside someone else's village. steal something from nople trading stands and place in the hole. build a house over the hole, hilarity ensues

[Seren_Elder]

If only HF's were liftable

shove it under

rob someone

build HF

lift into hole

make another

lift item

build two homes

PROFIT

[Cajoes]

Well obviously you wouldn't be able to build on top of it because the hole itself (and its iconic dirt-pile) would count as a construct...

... though it would lead to retrieval parties literally tearing a place to the ground for their stuff.

[cgbnab]

Perhaps this could be coupled in with the ditch-digging idea that was mentioned elsewhere?

Although there would need to be some sort of mechanic to prevent the conflict of moats and storage holes in the same spot.