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[Karakzon]

well, ive got a dwarf who cannot grasp anything. and i havent euthanised it, so i was wondering if i could assign another dorf to look after the assorted millatery cripples who cannot fight any more would be a good addition? since these guys deserve some honours above being thrown 50 z levels and spiked or magmarised.

[Rowanas]

It's Dwarf Fortress, not Dwarf Peaceful Retirement Home For War Veterans.

[Silverionmox]

Make him bookkeeper, appraiser or the like.

[tsen]

But according to the mandate as handed down to us by The Great and Powerful Toady is a game where you can do what you like for the most part... Which includes Dwarf Peaceful Retirement Home for Veterans!  bwuahah!

[Karakzon]

just a suggestion. i know the games rather brutal, but i like to honour my dorfs whove made sacrafices for the good of the fortress. just seems right.

[martinuzz]

"No hands, you say? Off to the biter squad with ya then!"

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Make him bookkeeper, appraiser or the like.

Urist McVeteran:I see 15 units of meat here. Time to write it in the-. . .
Oh right. I don't have hands.
Urist McVeteran cancels Write Down Records; Too injured.

[Silverionmox]

Make him bookkeeper, appraiser or the like.

Urist McVeteran:I see 15 units of meat here. Time to write it in the-. . .
Oh right. I don't have hands.
Urist McVeteran cancels Write Down Records; Too injured.

It's not like they write anything down right now. Plump helmets are good for your memory.

[Deimos56]

To the point where you don't have to actually eat any to feel the effects, even.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Make him bookkeeper, appraiser or the like.

Urist McVeteran:I see 15 units of meat here. Time to write it in the-. . .
Oh right. I don't have hands.
Urist McVeteran cancels Write Down Records; Too injured.

It's not like they write anything down right now. Plump helmets are good for your memory.

They update stock records, though. Wouldn't that be considered writing?

[Silverionmox]

Make him bookkeeper, appraiser or the like.

Urist McVeteran:I see 15 units of meat here. Time to write it in the-. . .
Oh right. I don't have hands.
Urist McVeteran cancels Write Down Records; Too injured.

It's not like they write anything down right now. Plump helmets are good for your memory.

They update stock records, though. Wouldn't that be considered writing?

They need a chair and table, but strictly as a symbolic encouragement. The actual updating requires consciousness but nothing more.

[martinuzz]

The inconsitancy here would be that when you kill your bookkeeper, you do not lose the count. So, he must have written it down somewhere..

[Max White]

There is a subspace link between dwarfs, it's the same as how they know there is a sock on the surface.

You think that door is locked? Did you see anybody lock it? Nope, it's just the dwarfs all agreeing it's best to not go through the door.

[Barnox]

Keeping count is not done through writing, but through the memory of all the dwarves in the fortress.
You see, when he's keeping the record, what he does is bellow "How many Plump Helmets are there?". Then, a dwarf near to the Plump Helmets bellows back. Every dwarf in the fortress is able to hear this bellow, and it is so ear-shatteringly loud that they cannot help but remember. This is done through every item in the fortress. A skilled bookkeeper is able to yell longer, and thus has to take fewer breaths than an unskilled bellower.

The reason immigrants hang around the meeting area for a while is that they need to get to know where everything is.
This is done by the other dwarves bellowing the items and their locations. This is faster than walking the immigrants around the fortress, and also serves to keep them up to date on what is in the fortress, incase they are ever called upon to be bookkeeper.


Dwarven aftercare is simply job reassignment. Like the biter squad.