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Urist McEyeGouger

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Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« on: September 01, 2013, 09:41:35 pm »
I designated a large number of stones to be dumped which resulted in 80+ dwarfs pushing their way through a 1 tile wide hallway.  Soon after I notice a lot of clothing on the ground and a line of 10 dead dwarfs.

The battle reports say dwarfs were being hit by flying hematite.

Could this be a result of narrow hallway traffic jam? I'll need to make wider hallways in the next fort.
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Keldane

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Re: Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 11:23:15 pm »
My guess is your dump zone is right on the edge of a drop, yes? When dwarves are told to dump items and the dump zone is on the edge of a drop, they'll throw the items off. Anyone unlucky enough to be in the path of the falling stone will likely be struck.
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Urist McEyeGouger

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Re: Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2013, 12:48:23 am »
Yes that is right, I was channelling out large sections and the dump was on the edge.  Thanks.
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Re: Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2013, 04:07:17 pm »
At least they died good Dwarven deaths. Their epitaphs: "Lived by the rock, died by the rock."
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Re: Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2013, 06:00:48 pm »
You wanna play Dodge Rock with us?
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Re: Hallway traffic jam 10 dwarfs dead (flying stones)
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2013, 06:02:37 pm »
Hehe there are a few "features" that you need to be careful with. Deconstructing stuff can cause similar deaths.
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