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[TeleDwarf]

I need a ballista operator for shooting at close distance.

[Telgin]

FB syndromes are one way, but it's a crapshoot as usual.

I think you could probably mod your save's raws to remove the eyes from dwarves.  That would affect every dwarf though.  Not sure if that really has any drawbacks though.

[Mr S]

Maybe I'm confused.  Why does the ballista operator have to have his eyes removed to fire short distances?  Is there a [POINT_BLANK:PROHIBITED] tag for ballistae?

But back to eye, removal, I'm thinking something along the lines of modding mosquitoes to have an eye melting syndrome, or something of equally depraved !!SCIENE!! value.  Let's get some modders on this!

[Flying Dice]

With a knife?

[TeleDwarf]

Maybe I'm confused.  Why does the ballista operator have to have his eyes removed to fire short distances?  Is there a [POINT_BLANK:PROHIBITED] tag for ballistae?

Because siege operator is a civilian job. if he sees an enemy - he will run for his life, even if enemy cannot path to his post.

A blind operator on the other hand can fire his ballistae no matter how close gobbos are to his fortification.

syndromes are pure luck. it will take ages to see the needed symptom. provided it even exists in my world.
with knife is more interesting, but it appears that decapitation if much more likely for a dwarf without a helm then poked eyes.

[Mr S]

Hmm, good point.  I'd almost forgotten about the fleeing seige equipment operators.  But will just removing the eyes do the trick?  Will a blind dwarf not flee?  Will you have to remove his ears as well?  What about his nose?  And skin?  Now, this is where the !!SCIENCE!! begins!  We need sensory melting chambers, that will permenantly destroy all of a dwarf's sensory organs, but leave them otherwise fit for duty.  Blind, deaf, noseless, skinless marvels of dwarven seige engineering!!!!

(No, I haven't forgotten taste.  They'd be pretty well tasteless as is!  Ha!!)

[(The post makers would like to appologise for the preceding pun.  Those responsible for this pun, have been sacked.)]

[Symmetry]

I need a ballista operator for shooting at close distance.

Genius.  Really.

[NW_Kohaku]

You could make a custom syndrome that is only set to target dwarf eyeballs with necrosis.

I haven't worked too much on syndromes, but hypothetically, if you can't specify a single tissue in the syndromes raws themselves, you should be able to modify eyeball tissues with some syndrome reaction class token and make the syndrome only target that syndrome reaction class token-holding tissues. 

You could then set that syndrome to working when imbibed, make one of the crop plants have that syndrome that rots eyeballs, and prepare a "bad batch of brew" for some dwarves.  You could stockpile specify, and restrict through burrows exactly who will be drinking that brew to target specific dwarves for eyerot.

[Armok]

This reminds me of the Dwarven Childcare thread.

[martinuzz]

This reminds me of the Dwarven Childcare thread.

Oh gods yes. Sweet memories

[Draco18s]

This reminds me of the Dwarven Childcare thread.

Mermaid bone farming.

[Loud Whispers]

Dwarf Optometry thread?

...

I'ma keep my mouth shut for a mo

[expwnent]

Maybe you could mod in a third gender that doesn't have eyes.

[Flying Dice]

I was thinking a caste or subcaste born without eyes.

[Loud Whispers]

I was thinking a caste or subcaste born without eyes.

 

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