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[VerdantSF]

I'd prefer to have a doctor who likes helping people, but does that trait actually make the dwarf more efficient in the hospital or is it just flavor-text?

[Sphalerite]

In my experience, a doctor who likes to help others is much more likely to do his job promptly.  Other personality traits, like jumping into action immediately versus deliberating a long time before acting, also help.

[lanceleoghauni]

Personality definitely matters.

[Sscral]

Someone actually posted a story about a medical dwarf who had traits that essential meant he hated everyone and everything, and how he amputated both lungs from a patient suffering from a broken foot because of 'rot'...

[DoctorMonch]

Someone actually posted a story about a medical dwarf who had traits that essential meant he hated everyone and everything, and how he amputated both lungs from a patient suffering from a broken foot because of 'rot'...

Urist McAnkleSprain: "Doctor! Doctor! I got kicked by a horse and broke my right foot!"
Urist McApatheticDoctor: "Why should I care?"
Urist McAnkleSprain: "Cause you're the doctor!"
Urist McApatheticDoctor: *sigh* "Fine... get on the traction bench."
Urist McAnkleSprain: *climbs up and straps self in* "... Say. Why do I need to be on a traction bench?"
Urist McApatheticDoctor: *pulls out artifact battleaxe* "If you weren't strapped down, you might move during the procedure." *amputates the patients head*

URIST MCANKLESPRAIN CANCELS FLEE IN TERROR: TOO INJURED

[VerdantSF]

Oh wow.  Learn something new every day when it comes to DF.  I suppose I should look more carefully at my Leader's personality, too!

[Crustypeanut]

I love this game for this level of detail.  Its just amazing how it goes so far into detail with their personality, and thus it might affect their job performance in a negative way.. like having an unimaginative and uncreative person doing engraving.  Or.. someone prone to enraging, impatient, and has a poor focus being a surgeon.  Its just awesome.

But, having a job and personality that don't mix.. makes some real FUN story potential.

[Sting_Auer]

I was lucky enough to get a dwarf that has these traits:


very rarely sick, quite durable, strong, and slow to tire

LIKES SHORT SWORDS AND SHIELDS

She has a great affinity for language, very good creativity and a sum of patience, but little will power and quite poor focus


guess who my new militia commander is?

[Gergination]

I know for a fact if they like helping others that giving patients food will generate a happy thought.  If they dislike helping others, they'll get an unhappy thought from giving food or water.

I don't pay a TON of attention to personality traits and the like when deciding who does what and I seem to get along just fine.

[Silent_Thunder]

Someone actually posted a story about a medical dwarf who had traits that essential meant he hated everyone and everything, and how he amputated both lungs from a patient suffering from a broken foot because of 'rot'...

If I remember right, said doctor also had no skill in medicine either.

EDIT: Found it!

welp I just did a bit of testing
A 0 skill medic with diagnose turned on, who barely cared for others with no empathy just diagnosed a patient with rotten lungs (for a small cut on thier arm) and then removed both lungs.  He did not survive the operation.  It seems that skill-less diagnoses can give false results.

[stabbymcstabstab]

That is Awesome!