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Lagslayer

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Empty coffin?
« on: June 29, 2011, 11:07:05 pm »
Urist McHunter drowned in the river when it thawed. He has a coffin reserved for him automatically, and yet, there is nothing in it. Every part of his body is still in the river. Do I have to make a slab for him, or is him having a reserved coffin good enough to prevent party-goers?
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Re: Empty coffin?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2011, 11:11:58 pm »
You need a slab or you can try draining the river though I haven't tried that.
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Re: Empty coffin?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2011, 11:16:18 pm »
What if the river freezes? Can I mine the body out?
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Re: Empty coffin?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 11:31:45 pm »
If the river freezes, it will destroy the corpse (ice automatically destroys most objects, except for metal ones, if I recall correctly.)  The only way to recover the body is to stop the water flow so dwarves can walk through it safely.  You're better off using an engraved slab as a memorial.
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Re: Empty coffin?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2011, 12:23:45 am »
Or just get used to scenic ghosts.  In old forts it becomes a neat way to identify adults who grew from childhood--as in look, it 21 year old urist and his undead family of 8!
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Re: Empty coffin?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 01:09:44 am »
I originally intended to take on the HFS with this fort without cheating. So I'm just gonna make a slab to avoid any unnecessary accidents. Now, to get through that aquifer...
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