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[Libash_Thunderhead]

Just noticed some of the children had high observer skills (up to grand master level).
I wonder what happened to them. Perhaps a bugged fight with keas?

[Bumber]

Watching other dwarves spar/fight.

[Staalo]

Yes, any fighting, including sparring, trains Observer for anyone within sight radius. I have often exploited this by placing the militia barracks in the middle of the tavern.

[Thisfox]

Those who can't do, watch.

[Libash_Thunderhead]

That's cool.
Though I don't see how observer alone can be a very useful skill.

[mikekchar]

It's crazily useful in adventure mode because it tells you what attack is coming and what it is attacking.  Whether or not the AI uses it in fights, I don't know.  It would be interesting to compare the high observer children to normal peasants when they grew up.

[Libash_Thunderhead]

Yeah, maybe but fighters train observer skill pretty fast.
A regularly trained soldier usually becomes legendary observer first.

[Staalo]

Observer is useful in spotting ambushers; it increases dwarves' chances of survival when they can see a were or a thief from a distance instead of right in the next square.

[imperium3]

According to the wiki, Observer increases the chance to spot stealthed enemies, and provides some combat advantages, e.g. less likely to be surprised by an opponent's charge.

[Codyo]

Awesome. So I could have the children watch adults spar as education.

[Staalo]

Awesome. So I could have the children watch adults spar as education.

Yee-es... you can do that, among other things...