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[Albedo]

So... when fired, they have a good chance to get broken, right?

Will the creator get pissed off?    (These are steel, not practice bolts)

[Smew]

It depends, if they have made lots of masterpieces they will get less pissed off, but if those are his one and only masterpiece then prepare for unhappiness.

[Guy Montag]

Destroyed bolts don't worry the creator. Your marksdwarves will often shoot up masterwork bone bolts for target practice without any problems.

Although if you melt a metal bolt at the smelter, the creator will be pissed.

Also, if a stray bolt is stolen by a racoon from outside your fortress or whatever, the creator will be pissed. The message saying the bolt was stolen, immediately followed by a message saying the creator is tantruming.

[Albedo]

This is his first.  I'll hope that losing 1/25 of a masterpiece at a time is not so traumatizing.

[yggiz]

Destroyed bolts don't worry the creator. Your marksdwarves will often shoot up masterwork bone bolts for target practice without any problems.

Although if you melt a metal bolt at the smelter, the creator will be pissed.

Also, if a stray bolt is stolen by a racoon from outside your fortress or whatever, the creator will be pissed. The message saying the bolt was stolen, immediately followed by a message saying the creator is tantruming.

Also, if the bolt is "stuck in" a wounded invader, but the invader routs and runs off the map, it will cause unhappiness.

[Albedo]

I realized I could sell them for massive amounts more than they're worth - I'll have ample superior and exceptional bolts, and gobbo's will still die almost as fast.  The caravan had a 2nd anvil and some actual high-quality steel armor that I wanted.

[Walliard]

Yeah, selling masterworks is the generally the best bet.

[Time Kitten]

Yeah, selling masterworks is the generally the best bet.

or throwing them in magma... really depends if you are trying to level your hammerer up to legendary or not.

[FrickenMoron]

They wont get upset when they break from training etc. They will however get angry if they fall into chasms.

[RPB]

Note that unhappiness from losing masterworks is based on the total number of masterpieces that individual has created in their lifetime (not sure if bolt stacks count as 1 or as 25 masterpieces for this purpose though). Just churn out as many masterwork weapons as possible and then it won't really matter how many you lose.

[Albedo]

Just churn out as many masterwork weapons as possible and then it won't really matter how many you lose.

Ah - why didn't ~I~ think of that? I'll have my one weaponsmith get right on that!