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Urist McBeanie

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Two Mood Questions
« on: February 04, 2012, 03:45:54 am »
First, is it possible to cure a mood such as melancholy.

Second, in general what are some good ways to make dwarves happier.
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Azated

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Re: Two Mood Questions
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2012, 04:10:00 am »
1: Death.

2: Lots of death.
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Re: Two Mood Questions
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2012, 04:23:40 am »
Melancholy is an incurably fatal insanity.

To generate happiness, make individual bedrooms for your dwarves, and a high value dining room with enough tables and thrones.
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Re: Two Mood Questions
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2012, 04:47:46 am »
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Re: Two Mood Questions
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2012, 12:33:55 pm »
1. A failed mood always dooms the dwarf and it can't be cured, but not all dwarves behave the same when insane. When a dwarf suffers from melancholy, he will slowly wither away and die. The ones that go stark raving mad are somewhat more fun, and will go around and scatter clothes all around the fortress, giving the other dorfs hauling jobs. But when a dwarf goes berserk, quickly lock him in a room or take him down, as he will try to slaughter anything he can until he dies.

2. Individual bedrooms, smoothed and engraved and not too small. Place statues in them if you can too, and place quality statues in high traffic areas so the dwarves can admire them. A big, decorated dining room helps the most.
Also, whenever a dwarf dies, bury him as soon as you can. His demise will be quite a downer for his family and friends, but not as much as seeing his rotting corpse spreading miasma in the main hall.
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