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[itg]

Kid was dropped on his head in a (de)construction accident. Any child who can survive a severe brain injury deserves to command a squad someday. Who cares if he never learns to tie his own shoes if his head can take that kind of punishment. Seriously, I didn't think it was possible for a dwarf to survive a head injury like that. Any other tales of miraculous survival?

[sackhead]

how long has he survived afterwards? i am supriesed it wasnt instakil

[kesperan]

Perhaps his dented brain explains why he is ecstatic after being dropped on his head.

I have visions of him turning into Brick Tamland from Anchorman.

[MonkeyHead]

Brain dented. Quite clumsy. Yes, he will be.

Brain dented. Minor injuries? I like your doctor.

[itg]

how long has he survived afterwards? i am supriesed it wasnt instakil

It's been about 6 months, and he's up and about, tearing down walls and trying to make a difference in the world. The broken hand and skull fracture are fully healed, but the brain is probably "dented" permanently. I sincerely hope his terrible mental stats are a result of brain damage--that would be excellent attention to detail on Toady's part--but I honestly have no idea what the stats were before the fall. He's currently much stupider than either of his parents, so it just might be possible.

Brain dented. Quite clumsy. Yes, he will be.

Brain dented. Minor injuries? I like your doctor.

Hehe, well, dwarves spend most of their lives trying to destroy their brains with alcohol, so it probably seemed like no great loss.

[Loud Whispers]

I had a Dwarf who survived a massive cave in down a mineshaft because her skull took most of the fall damage.

Still trying to figure out how that works.

I wonder, do non-lethal brain wounds damage the mental attributes?

[t-lor]

Leave it to the dwarves to count a broken hand&skull and "dented brain" as a minor injury

[Deepblade]

From the sounds of your plans for him it sounds like his future is less bright and more covered in blood.

[Slayerhero90]

how long has he survived afterwards? i am supriesed it wasnt instakil

If it's a conventional injury in this game and it doesn't kill you instantly, bleed you dry, or suffocate you, it won't kill you. There was a goblin a while back that got a mace lodged in his brain. I think that the guy who had him said that the goblin just left the map, still alive and with a free mace. So this dwarf is not going to die because of this injury.

[zubb2]

"and with a free mace"
^^^
I find that to be the funniest part.

[Trickman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2i_Pvts3mk

[itg]

I had a Dwarf who survived a massive cave in down a mineshaft because her skull took most of the fall damage.

Still trying to figure out how that works.

I wonder, do non-lethal brain wounds damage the mental attributes?

For what it's worth, I have a couple more pieces of information which may or may not be useful:

1) The child's mental attributes have declined measurably since the I took the screenshot immediately after the accident less than an in-game year ago. His analytical abilities have gone from poor to very bad and his sense of music has gone from neutral to iffy. Of course, if mental attributes rust, that could explain the change.

2) I tried healing the child with dfhack (I killed the program afterward) and his metal attributes did not improve. Then again, if mental damage did occur, there's certainly no guarantee that healing the brain tissue reverses it.

[squidgen]

My miraculous tale of survival involves a mason and a ravenous cave crawler. I thought he was a goner, because my militia were not having any of my orders. But instead of getting instantly murdered. He turned around and kicked it. In the face. Fracturing the skull and tearing the brain. He then continued to collect socks and get drunk. (He was strangled to death by a blind cave ogre a few minutes after, but he did cause it to barf for the rest of his short lifetime)

[skyte100]

A dented brain is a minor wound but a "smashed open" finger is major? Well ok then game logic. Also in case anyone wonders that finger has been smashed open for 2 years now, crazy woman never went to the hospital, despite nerve damage in her leg and large wounds all over her body, and it still hasn't been infected! Just a tier below brain boy here on the survival scale.

[itg]

Solon is now seven years old. His brain is still dented and now his memory has gone from poor to really bad, too. That's three attributes that have declined by a full step in as many years. Does anyone know offhand if this kind of mental decline is normal?