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[Darnis]

Tl;dr How do I get rid of useless insane vampires?

I usually put my vampires in little cubicles so they can live a life of solitude away from the other dwarrow, so as to allow them to concentrate on their book keeping or managerial duties; but  it seems that Urist McVampire has gone insane due to lack of clothes and I stupidly opened the cubicle, thinking he'd just go outside and get stepped on by a goblin siege but instead he sits comfortably or runs amock the inside of the fort .. anyway so I have two of these guys and all they do is lower my fps, how do I get rid of em?

Insane immortal and friendly the worst combination possible.

[Loud Whispers]

1. Well of unlife
2. Caverns
3. Magma sea minecart voyage (bonus points if they have to skip across to a safe island to live there for eternity)

[TruePikachu]

Probably the easiest way to get rid of them - though possibly not the safest - would be a controlled cave-in. If you can get them into a walled-in area, just drop floor tiles on them - a direct hit means dead vampire. Be sure to engrave slabs for them later, though.

Does anyone know if vamp ghosts (a) exist and (b) drain blood from victims?

[Darnis]

I don't really see a solution in those suggestions bro :/
They're insane, no burrows no military assignments no Killing... they quite literally sit in the corner rolling their feces into little balls,
I doubt I could get them to somehow take a voyage into the magma sea or even into the caverns.

Edit; didn't see second reply, Yea a cave in would work ;/ I'd have to get them to sit in one place for long enough though... Good Idea!

[Loud Whispers]

I doubt I could get them to somehow take a voyage into the magma sea or even into the caverns.

You cage them first.

[Darnis]

Like... with a cage trap?.. and unconsciousness?
That seems awfully complicated.. but dwarfy.

Today I learned I can Convict People for crimes they haven't done, Cold cases from years ago.

[TruePikachu]

Technically, cave in dust could make it unconcious. Just build an array of cage traps beforhand, and drop a single tile. Then drop a tile on the caged vamp.

EDIT: And since you can convict them, if they get jail time, even easier. Though if you keep a single vamp alive, your fort can live on for all eternity - it is preferred to keep it alive in a cage so that ghosts can't kill it.

[Darnis]

...But then I'd never lose....
If I drop it 10-20 floors will it implode?
Or should I just stick with a magma execution?..

[celem]

Just wondering here, will he ever feed (drink blood) whilst insane?

Dropping it 10-20 floors will only hurt it, 30+ for insta-gib

Also vampires to prevent the fort from ever crumbling is tricky unless you wall him up in such a way as to keep him happy.  issuing a military uniform so that his 'clothing' never rots is a good way to work round this.  The issue being that if he beserks he no longer counts as your civ.  Im unsure if melancholy causes a similar issue (but this is why werebeasts dont make your fort eternal in the same way...when they transform they stop counting until they shift back)

[Darnis]

Yea I don't really want to have an eternal fort, sounds like a bad idea to me.. I tried it once, abandoned.

Drink? No I have a melancholy'd vamp and an insane one.. and past experience dictates ; they do _nothing_

[Darnis]

Drat! They've plead insanity or something, and don't want to go in the cages.... guess it's death by landfill.

[Cheesoburgor]

can insane dwarfs scout caverns, if so i got a brilliant idea

[Darnis]

They can probably.. but I'd have to get them down there.. and even then.. I think the host of forgotten beasts which I usually keep on a diet of goblin and zombie will probably identify him as a new delicious treat.

[Cheesoburgor]

you can use cage traps and levers to get him there, also you may want to use the blood of the vampire to vampirize the whole fortress

[Di]

Don't insane vamps die of thirst?