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Beautiful Doom Unicorn

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2 items in 1 hand?
« on: March 11, 2013, 06:23:08 pm »
A soldier lost her foot in a fight.

In her left hand: birchen crutch
In her right hand: copper shield & bronze short sword

Did I come across a bug? Is she carrying the items and unable to use them? Is a shield "strapped on" the hand instead of "in" the hand?

Regardless, she's acting wonderfully dwarfy. What a trooper.
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Garath

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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 06:31:56 pm »
crutches act more like prostetic legs. However, try adventure mode sometime and see how many things you can hold in one hand and you'll realise dwarfs are lazy

It might be adressed at some point. It's not really a bug, just DF being a bit weird here and there
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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2013, 09:37:45 am »
Yeah, this isn't that uncommon actually.  Probably not an intended feature and one that will get addressed at some point, but for now there is no restriction on how many things can go in a hand apparently.  Specifically getting dwarves to pick up more than one thing in a hand is less reliable though, I believe.
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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 10:24:39 am »
Currently a dwarf can hold a weapon, a shield and a crutch in the same hand. I think that's intended that way, for now.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2013, 10:49:35 am by Boltgun »
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hehehillman

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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 11:03:48 am »
Quote from: Boltgun on March 12, 2013, 10:24:39 am
Currently a dwarf can hold a weapon, a shield and a crutch in the same hand. I think that's intended that way, for now.
Could a mother hold her baby and a shield in one hand while a weapon in another hand? I'm a newbie
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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2013, 11:14:13 am »
Yes. There are no limitations to held items.
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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2013, 03:17:26 pm »
Assign a military unit 20 shields and watch what happens.  Dwarf logic. :P
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Re: 2 items in 1 hand?
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 03:26:37 pm »
I like this feature/bug. My most successful dwarven soldier lost his arm in the first siege to a cave crocodile. After running for a bit, he turned around and bashed its head in with his shield, then proceeded to fight the squad of mounted goblins to a standstill until help arrived.

Has almost seventy kills, so I dubbed him 2(squad number)-6(position in squad) Ace. That might not be a lot compared to other forts, but its a lot considering I have a fifty dwarf standing Military.
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