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[CognitiveDissonance]

So he can hit, but he can't kill? I actually may have a solution for you.

Give him a sword! I believe it's faster, and it can cut AND hurt.

[BoredVirulence]

So he can hit, but he can't kill? I actually may have a solution for you.

Give him a sword! I believe it's faster, and it can cut AND hurt.

But the question is why.

[CognitiveDissonance]

So he can hit, but he can't kill? I actually may have a solution for you.

Give him a sword! I believe it's faster, and it can cut AND hurt.

But the question is why.

Good point. I want to peek at the save after work, and see if I can divine it.

[VerdantSF]

So he can hit, but he can't kill? I actually may have a solution for you.

Give him a sword! I believe it's faster, and it can cut AND hurt.

But the question is why.

Especially when he exchanges weapons with a weaker dwarf and the weaker one goes on a bone shattering spree.  The macedwarf did so well with his steel hammer, she named it.  I don't know whether to smile or frown.   

[BoredVirulence]

Wow, I see what you mean. A huge ambush of elves (still not all dead), so far he has 1 kill, still working on another. The macedwarf on the other hand managed I think 10 kills. This is after modifying his personality.

Personality before:

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Anxiety = 46
Anger = 58
Depression = 53
Self consciousness = 40
Immoderation = 58
Vulnerability = 53
Friendliness = 56
Gregariousness = 41
Assertiveness = 59
Activity level = 42
Excitement seeking = 55
Cheerfulness = 57
Imagination = 57
Artistic interest = 69
Emotionality = 42
Adventurousness = 46
Intellectual curiousity = 56
Liberalism = 40
Trust = 29
Straightforwardness = 49
Altruism = 59
Cooperation = 50
Modesty = 56
Sympathy = 82
Self efficacy = 44
Orderliness = 59
Dutifulness = 45
Achievement striving = 27
Self discipline = 53
Cautiousness = 43

After:

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Anxiety = 1
Anger = 1
Depression = 1
Self consciousness = 1
Immoderation = 1
Vulnerability = 1
Friendliness = 99
Gregariousness = 99
Assertiveness = 99
Activity level = 99
Excitement seeking = 99
Cheerfulness = 99
Imagination = 99
Artistic interest = 99
Emotionality = 99
Adventurousness = 99
Intellectual curiousity = 99
Liberalism = 1
Trust = 99
Straightforwardness = 99
Altruism = 99
Cooperation = 99
Modesty = 99
Sympathy = 99
Self efficacy = 99
Orderliness = 99
Dutifulness = 99
Achievement striving = 99
Self discipline = 99
Cautiousness = 99

Note that the sympathy was actually raised.

I then modified his sympathy to 1 and had him alone target a separate squad by himself. I have a full page of "bashes head / bruising muscle through the rope reed hood"

So far, change in sympathy is showing no better results.
EDIT: In fact, that elf escaped...

EDIT:
I made him legendary in all skills, no improvement.

EDIT:
I improved all mental traits to 2600, no improvement.

Edit:
I improved all physical traits to 2600, no improvement.

EDIT:
I improved all physical traits to 4000. He can finally kill an elf.
This is with his named steel mace.

[VerdantSF]

Wow, I see what you mean. A huge ambush of elves (still not all dead), so far he has 1 kill, still working on another. The macedwarf on the other hand managed I think 10 kills. This is after modifying his personality.

Yup, this morning Urist McLuckynot was in the middle of a 100+ elf pile-up.  Meanwhile, the macedwarf gained steadily on the axedwarf commander's lead for #1 total kills, which is nuts, since he's an axe-wielder.

So far, change in sympathy is showing no better results.
EDIT: In fact, that elf escaped...
EDIT:I made him legendary in all skills, no improvement.

The mystery deepens.  I'm starting to wonder if this is actually related to the fact that he causes Legends Viewer to crash.

[BoredVirulence]

My best guess so far, is that his previous injuries dampen is strength. While his strength was stored as 2300(?) that injury might have caused his (observable) strength to be lower.

Seriously. He was headshoting an unconscious elf with a steel mace, and couldn't do anything other than bruise through a rope reed hood!

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

I believe the conclusion is now obvious: this "unlucky" "dwarf" is actually an elf spy! Using a near-perfect disguise (ie. he grew a beard and wore a hat over his ears), he has infiltrated your military, and is plotting the downfall of your fortress!!! ...through trees!! ...or something. But his weakness and sympathy for other living things has given him away!

The only way to know for sure is to put him through the test of MAGMA!!!

[BoredVirulence]

I believe the conclusion is now obvious: this "unlucky" "dwarf" is actually an elf spy! Using a near-perfect disguise (ie. he grew a beard and wore a hat over his ears), he has infiltrated your military, and is plotting the downfall of your fortress!!! ...through trees!! ...or something. But his weakness and sympathy for other living things has given him away!

The only way to know for sure is to put him through the test of MAGMA!!!

The thing is, I gave him attributes that should have made extremely formidible. It took near godlike physical attributes just for him to kill an elf! If I had made the same modifications to another dwarf, he might be punching through bronze collusi's abdomens and ripping dragons heads off with his teeth!

[CognitiveDissonance]

Without actual look at the events, my only guess is that maybe the game assigns "lucky" or "unlucky" rolls to dwarves at random. This guy, he drew the short straw. Could also explain the occassional super-dwarf.

[VerdantSF]

Any mods I should be aware of?

Nope, or at least none that should matter.  I edited the raws so that the gender of certain beasts was immediately apparent, like grizzly sow, leopardess, etc.

[BoredVirulence]

I made a dwarf in the arena, that is very much a super dwarf. I made him legendary in all aspects, armed in full steel, and made all mental traits and physical traits 2600 and I made sure their personality were the same. When Edem II had these traits he failed to kill elves.

The arena dwarf fought 5 elves at once (well, they were grand master skill, I wanted to make sure they were at least as strong as those Edem II fought), and rope reed hoods offered no protection. Just fought another 8 elves at once, and again all died.

Physically speaking, these 2 dwarfs should be identical. When Edem II had these traits he could maim, but not kill. The arena dwarf is a killing machine. Edem II would have had an advantage with masterwork steel items.

[VerdantSF]

My best guess so far, is that his previous injuries dampen is strength. While his strength was stored as 2300(?) that injury might have caused his (observable) strength to be lower.

Perhaps the wounds are technically still there, but aren't being displayed, thus giving Edem II a massive, but hidden negative modifier to strength.  That might explain why, when maxed out, his performance improves, but still remains far below his arena clone.

[BoredVirulence]

My best guess so far, is that his previous injuries dampen is strength. While his strength was stored as 2300(?) that injury might have caused his (observable) strength to be lower.

Perhaps the wounds are technically still there, but aren't being displayed, thus giving him a massive, but hidden negative modifier to strength.  That might explain why, when maxed out, his performance improves, but still remains far below his arena clone.

That's the best I can think of. Maybe someone else will come up with something better.

[slothen]

have you all ruled out the personality values as a factor?