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Iamblichos

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Syndromes
« on: August 23, 2015, 02:27:35 pm »
In my new embark, it rains filthy sludge... like, constantly.  Since the surface is a frozen waste, that's not SO bad, but it causes bruising when it gets on my dwarves.  They come get evaluated at the hospital, get diagnosed with "sludge sickness", and go back to work.  However they never recover; they have a permanent tag of "filthy sludge sickness".

Is there any way to find out what symptoms that sickness produces?  I'd prefer not to suddenly have half the fort die from illness if I could avoid it.
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Quote from: StLeibowitz on October 05, 2012, 08:10:11 pm
I'm new to succession forts in general, yes, but do all forts designed by multiple overseers inevitably degenerate into a body-filled labyrinth of chaos and despair like this? Or is this just a Battlefailed thing?

Quote from: schlake on November 05, 2015, 02:26:16 pm
There isn't much middle ground between killed-by-dragon and never-seen-by-dragon.

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2015, 02:43:36 pm »
Sounds like its just bruising. I've run a fort with bruising fetid mucus for most of a year with no other symptoms, and I built everything but the bedrooms outside for some reason.
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Iamblichos

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2015, 02:56:44 pm »
Nope... bruising and blindness.  Just realized that when eyes get bruised, they go blind.  Now I have Blindfort  :/
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Quote from: StLeibowitz on October 05, 2012, 08:10:11 pm
I'm new to succession forts in general, yes, but do all forts designed by multiple overseers inevitably degenerate into a body-filled labyrinth of chaos and despair like this? Or is this just a Battlefailed thing?

Quote from: schlake on November 05, 2015, 02:26:16 pm
There isn't much middle ground between killed-by-dragon and never-seen-by-dragon.

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2015, 03:07:35 pm »
Yay blind Fortress
They will make the best siege operators!
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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2015, 03:16:55 pm »
Aaaand the fort died to a group of gobb-elves.  Apparently being blind means you don't fight very well.  :'( No Zen master monks here  ::)
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Quote from: StLeibowitz on October 05, 2012, 08:10:11 pm
I'm new to succession forts in general, yes, but do all forts designed by multiple overseers inevitably degenerate into a body-filled labyrinth of chaos and despair like this? Or is this just a Battlefailed thing?

Quote from: schlake on November 05, 2015, 02:26:16 pm
There isn't much middle ground between killed-by-dragon and never-seen-by-dragon.

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2015, 05:01:03 pm »
Really? Blind dwarves are pretty functional, according to my fort...

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2015, 04:57:20 am »
Back to the original question, though...

Is there any way to identify what the syndrome does?  Health screen gives you (maybe) a list of external symptoms, but DF is notorious for leaving a ticking time bomb somewhere you can't see...
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Quote from: StLeibowitz on October 05, 2012, 08:10:11 pm
I'm new to succession forts in general, yes, but do all forts designed by multiple overseers inevitably degenerate into a body-filled labyrinth of chaos and despair like this? Or is this just a Battlefailed thing?

Quote from: schlake on November 05, 2015, 02:26:16 pm
There isn't much middle ground between killed-by-dragon and never-seen-by-dragon.

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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2015, 07:36:17 am »
No way other than getting someone or some animal deliberately infected
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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2015, 11:16:12 pm »
Quote from: Iamblichos on August 23, 2015, 03:16:55 pm
Aaaand the fort died to a group of gobb-elves.  Apparently being blind means you don't fight very well.  :'( No Zen master monks here  ::)
It was inevitable.
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Quote from: escondida on July 22, 2015, 08:34:36 pm
I'm not really sure that maiming someone and forcing them to live with a crippling disability for your amusement can really be considered "merciful." Just sayin'.
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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2015, 03:53:26 am »
Syndromes can have effects you don't expect. I had nefarious mist that I thought only caused dizziness, but it actually had paralysis the longer you were exposed. I had four archers on guard duty when a mist came by and my archers disappeared inside it. Once it passed I noticed my archers unconscious on the ground, it turns out the mist completely paralysed their nervous system from such a long exposure and they suffocated from being unable to breath.
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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2015, 03:58:47 am »
Awesome defence technique.
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Re: Syndromes
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2015, 06:33:09 pm »
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