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[dash27]

How does being blind affect a dwarf?  After an encounter with a megabeast, several of my civilians have lost their vision, however, they still seem to function as normal.

[weenog]

They can't see.  They'll still follow orders, but they won't do stuff that requires seeing.  For example, a military dwarf won't charge in recklessly at every enemy he sees.  Or rather, he will, but since he never sees enemies it never comes up.  Makes him more controllable.

[arzzult]

Civies also won't freak out over that horribly dangerous gopher five tiles away that can't reach them.

[Monk321654]

On the other hand, they also won't freak out about that charging elephant five tiles away, either.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Train one or two of them as siege operators. Blind dwarves make great siege operators.

Seriously! This isn't like the time everyone told SpiralDementia that he should pull out the adamantine sword! I swear by the blood of a couple dozen dwarves who died in my most recent fortress that died!

[weenog]

Well it makes sense.  Siege ops pretty much only have military applications, but because they're not military, they panic when they see trouble coming.  Hard to see trouble coming when you can't see.

[Firehawk45]

blindness is actually helpful in many situations. Hepful enough that the masterwork mod pack includes the option to blind your dwarfes temporarily and calls it "encourage dwarf"

[Veylon]

I feel obligated to post the video of "Lightning the Blind Crossbow Champion".

Seriously, though, the main thing that's gone on with me vis-a-vis blindness is that the dwarves tend to fall down. A lot.

[peregarrett]

blindness is actually helpful in many situations. Hepful enough that the masterwork mod pack includes the option to blind your dwarfes temporarily and calls it "encourage dwarf"

You can capture a FB with harmless dust effect and expose the squad to the dust explosion. They will get their eyes stained with dust and lose vision, till they visit a well and clean themselves.

[napancux]

Now we need to find a way to blind our dwarfs on an industrial scale.

Because interrupting minning after seeing cave monsters is too undwarfy.

[Blizzlord]

And because the miner has a fair chance to actually brutalize the monster with his "mining" pick.

How about a reaction creating a boulder that immediately evaporates and spread a syndrome that causes loss of eye function?

[Panando]

If you're going to mod, couldn't you just remove dwarves eyes? Could rename them to blind cave dwarves.

[Blizzlord]

But what if you want the non-military dwarves to flee from danger? It might actually save them from the horrors of the deep.

[PwndJa]

But what if you want the non-military dwarves to flee from danger? It might actually save them from the horrors of the deep.

My dwarves, like many others, immediately run in the worst possible direction(Excluding right towards the threat)whenever faced with such a dilemma.

[Quietust]

There is one downside to blindness - if I recall correctly, it results in a massive reduction in skill for all jobs, resulting in slower working and lower quality goods.