My current fortress just had a near-death experience. I have modded into the game several races, such as some trap-avoid arachnids. This didn't matter so much because I had no traps up yet either. Just my 7 dwarves, alone.
In fall of that year, goblins attacked and arachnoids sent some thieves. The dwarven caravan made short work of them. I should have taken the hint. Come winter, the next wave of attacks comes, but I hadn;t put up defenses. They offed two dwarves before the rest got themselves appropriately armored and attacked back. But now, it's getting far too late... soon, spring arrived. Two of the five are injured.
In spring, one wave of goblins attacked and took out the elven caravan. The second wave, arachnoids, took out some dwarves. And suddenly, a spawn of marksgoblins in the middle of it all. They left without bounty but with three dwarven lives, leaving one with an injured leg, and one fine. Down to two dwarves. But not all the enemies are gone. I try to use the one dwarf that can still walk to finish the fort wall. The wall is sucessful, but now he needs mechanisms for traps. He makes mechanisms... and the only remaining animal spots an ambush party of arachnoids in the base. There is only one option left: try to wall himself in, or fight to the death. I tried to wall him in, to wait for them to leave. They inturrupted him, and he started fighting. He killed several, but now they are attacking the injured dwarf who was injured all the way up in the booze stockpile (Suspicious, but I am pretty sure he really was injured). Since he is unconscious, the injured dwarf cannot fight back. Healthy dwarf to the rescue! The arachnoid is killed, but not without mortally wounding the healthy dwarf, who dies.
I had one dwarf left. He was miserable, starving, unconscious, and thirsty. I don't know which happened more recently, feeding or being given water, but either way, it's a race to see which killed him first. His status:
Lokum Melbilthikut:
Uninjured:
Lower Body
Head
Left Upper Leg
Right Lower Leg
Right Foot
All Organs
Injured:
Upper Body
Right Upper Leg
Cut off:
Both arms and all things attached to them.
Left lower leg and all attachments
Both soulders
So despite losing both arms including the shoulders, and one lower leg, he sustained no life-threatening injuries. All I could do now was wait... would there be another ambush? Starvation? Thirst? ... Insanity?
I wait... and wait... and his condition worsens... Then the seasons changed. "Some migrants have arrived". I was possibly moments away from complete fort disaster! But the fort was saved! Industry is back up and running... and Lokum lays in a bed, being fed and watered. The hero of this fort. He has yet to kill a single goblin...
All I wonder about him is what will happen if he ever gets a mood. He has 1 and a half legs as his total limb inventory.
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