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Girlinhat

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Telling method of death?
« on: February 27, 2011, 06:39:31 pm »
Is there some way to look at a corpse or such, and determine how that person died?  Like, if I get a fresh haul of corpses and want to bury some underground and some in a tower, how could I separate them according to death type?
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 07:03:20 pm »
Well,if the individual parts are still lying around the corpse, then you can get a pretty good idea of cause of death.


For example, say that the corpse is completely dismembered down to the toes. Chances are that it was either a x10 ☼Steel Serrated Disk☼ trap, or a really PO'd swordmaster. Or if absolutely nothing is lying around, then it's probably blunt trauma from a hammer or something.
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2011, 07:06:55 pm »
Combat logs, announcements, or examination of the scene of death provide the best cause-of-death info. Make notes on a piece of paper as they happen.

Partial skeletons or mutilated corpses result from having limbs removed. This can be from slashing weapons, falling from a great height, or a very strong blunt impact.

Otherwise, I don't think so. "Wear marks" would indicate that the corpse is partially burned or frozen. If it has a water coating, it was out in the rain, or inside in the well.
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2011, 07:08:21 pm »
erh...combat report and game log?
there are ways to know if someone is struck down or starved to death etc., in legend mod.
so a way is to backup you save, abandon the fort. then export the legend files and read through utility like legends viewer or world viewer.
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2011, 07:10:30 pm »
Hmm, yeah, I was hoping it would show the method by default.  I wanna do something special for all my elf-related deaths.  Can you assign a tomb to someone who's already dead?
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2011, 07:12:33 pm »
Quote from: Girlinhat on February 27, 2011, 07:10:30 pm
Hmm, yeah, I was hoping it would show the method by default.  I wanna do something special for all my elf-related deaths.  Can you assign a tomb to someone who's already dead?

No, but you can revoke tomb rights for the unworthy by dismantling the coffin.

EDIT: elf-related? You can examine elf weapons to see if one of them has a kill listed.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2011, 07:14:22 pm by Urist Da Vinci »
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Re: Telling method of death?
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2011, 07:28:23 pm »
Good point, except that I usually burn or sell useless loot like that.  I'll probably do legends to check those already dead, and keep track manually for future deaths.
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