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elpreda

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Invisible vampires
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:15:10 am »
So I've just had my elite marksdwarf with awesome stats drop dead for no reason that I can discern.

At first I noticed he was pale, so I thought I might have a vampire. I isolated suspicious individuals and then proceeded to follow my guy so I could protect him. He also had a broken nose and ears, so I switched off hauling for my doctor so he could patch him up, although there was apparently no diagnosis required. I followed the guy and then he suddenly just dropped dead without being attacked or anything. The only syndrome bearing creature I've come across so far this game was a forest titan giant bee with a poisonous sting that never even stung anyone (because of my brave sharpshooter).

So what went wrong? Did he just get bored of life and stopped breathing?
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Repseki

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Re: Invisible vampires
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2014, 05:18:47 am »
Unless you modded them to heal, I believe there is an issue with certain body parts (nose, ear, finger nails) or maybe body layers (cartilage?), where they wont heal on their own and aren't treated. Basically leading to a slow bleed out of anyone that gets those injuries.

Since you mentioned the Dwarf was pale, this is probably what happened. He just eventually bled out.
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elpreda

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Re: Invisible vampires
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2014, 08:07:39 am »
That would just... suck.

Any chance it might have been some sneaky infection? I've always had soap so I don't really know what an infection is supposed to look like.
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Hotaru

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Re: Invisible vampires
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2014, 08:32:19 am »
It was inevitable It was probably due to this: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=8137. Certain wounds will never heal. That lead to the sneaky infection, in fact.
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