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[Tawa]

...did that dwarf just get killed by being slammed into a wall, only to be impaled by his own pick not a second later?

That is the most cinematic non-fight death I have ever seen in DF. Bravo.

[Buckley]

I had a woodcutter chop down a tree next to a surface level stockade wall once, once felled a log bounced off the wall, knocked over my woodcutter, and then landed on his head... effectively esploding his head into squashed pulp.

It was a glorious moment in my gaming history...

[Huntthetroll]

Dehydration due to melancholy.
Dehydration due to stark raving madness.
Dehydration due to catatonia.
Dehydration after a werebeast attack, due to being confined to a hospital bed in a cold embark where all available water sources had just frozen over.
Drowning after dodging away from a buzzard and into a river.
Drowning on the Overseer's orders after being bitten by a werebeast.
Incinerated by dragonfire.
Incinerated by magma created when dragonfire engulfed a rock stockpile.
Died of burns from burning artifacts, originally set alight by dragonfire.
Struck down by a werebeast x 20.
Struck down by a dragon x 10.
Struck down by trolls x 50.
Struck down by goblins x 50.
Struck down by goblinized dwarves x 10.
Struck down by a militia dwarf throwing a tantrum x TOO BLOODY MANY.

[Wimopy]

I think we can say that water is in fact one of the greatest natural enemies of a dwarf. Fire and magma, if counted seperately aren't far away from it though.
As one would also expect, the various forms of madness also seem to come up often, though generally not as direct causes.

My most recent ones (an unfortunately long time ago, if I do have time I'm working on the MH mod):
-Dehydration. (Seems to be quite common as well)
-Evil rain. Not direct, but my dwarves got temporarily disabled (non-lethal paralysis IIRC) multiple times, effectively stopping them from building shelter and a food supply, leading to starvation.
-The undead. Nice combo with evil weather, too.

To be honest, I'd say there're few kinds of deaths that are NOT common. That "impaled by his own pickaxe" seems to be the around uncommon-rare, but not unique. I wonder if I can find a unique way to die... I think I'll make a dwarf called Raspurist or Urist Rasputin. Or many, that seems more likely to lead to something of interest. Well, if I get around to playing.

[Badger Storm]

A Rasputinian death actually might be rare, considering you either Die Horribly or get better to various degrees, and it's not very common to be, say, caught in a cave-in, pursued by zombie killer whales, and on fire at the same time.

[Eric Blank]

Flattened by a minecart while trying to put that minecart back on its track stop, several times.

[Iamblichos]

Urist wanted to help the militia by chasing a Giant Grey Langur.  He caught one.

"Urist McTooDamnHelpful has been found dead."

[Badger Storm]

Here's one that really pissed me off.

A migrant wave comes, including a talented weaponsmith.  Then a werecreature comes right next to them and slaughters them all in one fell swoop.  It was like the game was being a dick to me on purpose.

[Magnumcannon]

Here's one that really pissed me off.

A migrant wave comes, including a talented weaponsmith.  Then a werecreature comes right next to them and slaughters them all in one fell swoop.  It was like the game was being a dick to me on purpose.

Already happened to me, but the Werebeast chased and killed just one Fisherdorf, instead of the important ones. Meh, he was just going to be another hauler, anyway.

[Untelligent]

Sparring in a barracks dug into a cliff, dodged an attack, phased through the wall, and fell six stories into a river.

[StupidElves]

Got blasted by a Dalek
Eaten by a T rex
Gored by a Triceratops
Burned alive due to a dragon igniting the booze stockpile
Stung by a giant desert scorpion

[Badger Storm]

They accidentally a werecoati.  Joke's on him though, his ass is stuck in a cage until I find a use for him.

There's also the poor soul who was in the wrong place when the drawbridge was raised and got catapulted into the floor.

[Snergler]

The Rodent Man stabs The militia captain in the lower body with his ( blood thorn spear ), and the severed part sailes off in an arc!
It is a gelding strike!
An artery has bean opened by the attack!
Onget Keboniteb: Death ...   This is tuley horrifying.

[Splint]

Not as amusing as most here, but I did have Mechanic McUrist decide to pick a fight with the polar bear he was supposed to be readying a cage trap for.

As you can imagine, his plan did not go over too well.

[pisskop]

Urist McDiplomat decided to start a fight with a chained up female bugbat.  And lost.