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[Pwned dwarf]

I really want to blind my siege operators so they won't run away, how would i do this?

[Cormack]

What a horrible idea 

[Pirate Santa]

What a horrible idea 

You must be new here, don't worry, it'll pass 

As for blinding your dwarves controlled application of FB/evil rain syndromes is one option if you have access to one that blinds.
I actually don't know of another reliable way. Weapon injuries are a little too random.

[Salmeuk]

You can always mod in a new plant, a new syndrome and a few new reactions. Something like "brew a potion of blindness from the acid-stalk." It would feel more authentic than hacking in blindness. Vanilla options are limited, as Pirate Santa explained.

[§k]

How can a blind dwarf aim?

[PatrikLundell]

Given that ballista arrows can be fired in only one of 4 directions, there isn't much aiming to do there. The question is relevant for catapults, though, and the answer there is probably that it is another mystery of the world.

[Ultimuh]

What a horrible idea 

Welcome to Bay12, where we find new ways to exploit DF's game mechanics to our benefit.

[§k]

Ballista can miss.

[George_Chickens]

I have an idea.

Dress the dwarf entirely in metal armour, except use a cap instead of a helmet. Give him a giant cave spider silk veil, as that, as far as I know, does not cover the eyes. You should then put him in a danger room full of upright wooden weapons with points. Either it'll destroy his eyes or smash his skull and enter his brain, but it is worth a shot.

[vjmdhzgr]

I have an idea.

Dress the dwarf entirely in metal armour, except use a cap instead of a helmet. Give him a giant cave spider silk veil, as that, as far as I know, does not cover the eyes. You should then put him in a danger room full of upright wooden weapons with points. Either it'll destroy his eyes or smash his skull and enter his brain, but it is worth a shot.

Helmets also don't protect eyes, so don't use a cap that just means it's more likely their head will get smashed open.

[pikachu17]

I really want to blind my siege operators so they won't run away, how would i do this?

You could retire the fort, get an adventurer to stab the eyes out, then retire the adventurer, and un-retire the fort.

[Derro]

I really want to blind my siege operators so they won't run away, how would i do this?

You could retire the fort, get an adventurer to stab the eyes out, then retire the adventurer, and un-retire the fort.

I'm fairly sure you can't specifically target eyes in adventure mode.

[hops]

I don't know why I am still fazed despite the mermaid bones thing...

[Dunamisdeos]

Mod out their eyes in the raws would be the easiest thing. If you really want to get into it, create a ballista-blind caste, and a reaction to transform a dwarf into it. :>

[Bumber]

I really want to blind my siege operators so they won't run away, how would i do this?

You could retire the fort, get an adventurer to stab the eyes out, then retire the adventurer, and un-retire the fort.

I'm fairly sure you can't specifically target eyes in adventure mode.

You can gouge them with wrestling.