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Findulidas

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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2013, 05:59:20 am »
I had an old really badass axe lord dwarf which had killed some cave dragons, a forgotten beast plus many goblins die of old age once. Think I posted it in a thread somewhere if someones interested in digging it up, although I doubt it.
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chaosgear

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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2013, 09:45:20 am »
It...it's like I'm seeing colors I've never seen before!
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Quote from: Pirate Santa on September 03, 2015, 07:17:19 am
I always seem to end up with a magnificent burial complex and nowhere near enough bodies to fill it, or far too many bodies and nowhere to put any of them.

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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2013, 11:06:43 am »
Man, I've never lost a dwarf to old age before. Tons of livestock and pets, but never a dwarf. :(
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Quote from: Andreus on June 09, 2011, 02:07:07 pm
I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.

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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2013, 03:28:52 pm »
The odd thing is, all their friends will say that they lost a friend to tragedy recently....

Apparently, dying in their bed of old age is also a tragedy.... I wonder what won't count as one. Drowning in alcohol?
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2013, 03:39:59 pm »
Quote from: PainRack on February 11, 2013, 03:28:52 pm
Drowning in alcohol?
Also tragedy. Much worse than metaphorically drowning in alcohol.
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2013, 03:48:01 pm »
Quote from: PainRack on February 11, 2013, 03:28:52 pm
The odd thing is, all their friends will say that they lost a friend to tragedy recently....

Apparently, dying in their bed of old age is also a tragedy.... I wonder what won't count as one. Drowning in alcohol?
It's only non-tragic if a Dwarf dies when nobody's watching.

It's like a kid's pet. If it dies when they aren't watching, you can always tell them that they joined the circus or something. But if they see the corpse, such comforting stories are unlikely to be effective. Of course, it's arguable that joining the circus is the worst possible thing that can happen to a Dwarf, so this exact scenario might not happen in-game.
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2013, 10:30:40 pm »
Does it count as death from old age if a dwarf succumbs to battle wounds? That's the closest I've got.
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2013, 10:52:55 pm »
My current captain-of-the-guards migrated to my fortress at age 146. He's now 149. I've grown rather fond of him, but it looks like he'll be with Armok soon...  :'(
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Quote from: RiotShield on February 15, 2013, 05:18:16 pm
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2013, 09:01:17 am »
Well, any dorfs who manage to die of old age won't come back as ghosts, which is some interesting emergent behavior.
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Quote from: Azrayel on July 10, 2014, 09:13:11 pm
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Re: A Strange Death
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2013, 05:55:20 pm »
Quote from: Archereon on February 12, 2013, 09:01:17 am
Well, any dorfs who manage to die of old age won't come back as ghosts, which is some interesting emergent behavior.
Really?! Well, that is odd. Not even a "get off ma lawn" ghost?
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