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[OhGodSpidersNo]

I'm getting this weird thing where ALL of my dwarves are bruised on every body part. What gives? Were they all somehow slightly injured everywhere separately? Was there some combat or cave in that I missed, or is this just a weird glitch? How should I go about dealing with it?

[VerdantSF]

Sounds like a syndrome.  Your dwarves may have tracked the blood or secretions of a forgotten beast into your fortress.

[OhGodSpidersNo]

Wait, can that be the result of strange weather?

[Keldane]

Strange weather can result in everything from full body bruising to your dwarves becoming bloodless husks hostile to all living creatures. Often, though, it just kills via immediate paralysis. If you're lucky, bruising is the worst that will happen.

[OhGodSpidersNo]

No wonder! I just lost the whole fort due to starvation; guess when I go back I'll have to think of something to prevent them from getting caught in the "rain" again.

[Garath]

when they say "it's raining hard enough to bruise" they weren't kidding

it's one reason why in evil regions making some kind of shelter is important, you never know how the weather will turn out

[enizer]

yep, i had one like that recently, embarked on an evil biome border, and every time i sent dwarves to gather glumprong or sliver barb, every single one i sent was covered head to toe in blisters

fairly mild evil there, much of evil weather is really dangerous, and leads to lots of deaths

i prefer evil border embarks, with just one or two tiles of evil, i have had way too many full evil embarks end instantly due to husk storms on day one before i even had a hole to order my dwarves to hide in

edit: typo

[laularukyrumo]

I've got an embark right now where the only evil weather is "Revolting Slush", a red goo that the only VISIBLE effect I can see is that it makes them dizzy for a little while.

I don't know if there are secret invisible effects that I can't see, though, so I'm just keeping everyone out of the rain at all times. It rains normal water every few months or so, anyways, so it'll at least clear partially, giving me enough time to build a partial roof.

Of course, the ZOMBIE HORDE is the more pressing matter keeping everyone inside at all times, though. It got so bad I turned the popcap to zero until I can reclaim the surface. Still working on my traps of doom and despair.

[Parsely]

[doesntplaydfmuch]That weather sounds horrifying.[/doesntplaydfmuch]

[Slayerhero90]

Least it's just bruises.

[Sirbug]

Bruised lungs seem to fatal, though. When I experienced massive contamination they died from it.