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[Zorgn]

Supposedly, problem is that removing an iron arrow from your eye will cause massive bleeding and probably kill you. Same with a bow lodging in your abdominal Aorta or your heart. If you remove it, you die.

Wait a sec...

Suppose... Just SUPPOSE... My adventurer got shot in the eye. And survived, killing all enemies.

What would I do then? I just leave the arrow in, or do I chance taking it out?

[Axe27]

Supposedly, problem is that removing an iron arrow from your eye will cause massive bleeding and probably kill you. Same with a bow lodging in your abdominal Aorta or your heart. If you remove it, you die.

Wait a sec...

Suppose... Just SUPPOSE... My adventurer got shot in the eye. And survived, killing all enemies.

What would I do then? I just leave the arrow in, or do I chance taking it out?

Leave it, or take it out and travel.

[Mulch Diggums]

I always leave mine in as trophies...=]

[Zorgn]

I always leave mine in as trophies...=]

Cause any long-term problems?

Ever had an enemy rip one out, killing you?

[ProfessorA]

I had an adventurer pull arrows out of both eyes, and he did just fine.  The traveling may have helped, but I think it was simply that the wounds weren't deep enough, given how long it took me to escape.
I think it was dumb luck that those were his only significant wounds.
And yes, I killed at least a half dozen more elves blind before succumbing to pincusionhood.

[Astus Ater]

I had an adventurer pull arrows out of both eyes, and he did just fine. ... And yes, I killed at least a half dozen more elves blind before succumbing to pincusionhood.

Xiahou Dun ain't got nothing on you.

[Jay]

Abdominal aorta?  What?  The aorta is the very first artery blood travels through after leaving the heart.
For all intents and purposes, it's the "Exit" of the heart.

[knowbuddyuno]

The aorta leaves the heart, curves around it, and heads downward through the chest cavity. Once it passes through the diaphragm, leaving the thoracic cavity for the abdominal cavity, its name changes from thoracic aorta to abdominal aorta. It gives off a lot of arteries along the way, of course, but remains one big artery until just before it reaches your legs, when it splits into two iliac arteries.

So yeah, it's the "exit" of the heart, but it's definitely present in the abdominal cavity, and having it severed or punctured is a Bad Thing.

[Archaeologist]

I was attacked by a Tentacle Demon before I could even prepare.

I threw a bolt I had picked up at it, and it mangled it's head, and then it died.

Very WTF.

[Rilder]

I was attacked by a Tentacle Demon before I could even prepare.

I threw a bolt I had picked up at it, and it mangled it's head, and then it died.

Very WTF.

BOOM HEAD SHOT!

Also this thread has caused mucho laughter. 

[Tiler]

I had an elf that I spent quite a lot of time on practicing his throwing. Then I had him swim across the ocean to build up his physique.

His first task was to take out a dragon.

He threw things at it, did pretty much all of jack shit, got lit on fire, had his eye boiled out, and then scored a lucky hit on the dragon's heart, whom bled to death while my adventurer ran away wreathed in flames.

I got him a mace later, since he now aimed with the same accuracy as a stormtrooper.

[Boogerman]

Same with a bow lodging in your abdominal Aorta or your heart. If you remove it, you die.

I'm sure that if an entire bow lodged in your heart you would be pretty much dead anyway...

[Archaeologist]

Same with a bow lodging in your abdominal Aorta or your heart. If you remove it, you die.

I'm sure that if an entire bow lodged in your heart you would be pretty much dead anyway...

You'd be surprised what people can survive in this game.  Why, in Fortress mode, I've had a Goblin (Missing an eye and a leg) lying at the bottom of a pond for 2 seasons.  He's just lying there a the bottom unconscious, as if in a state of suspended animation.

Dude's gone Jedi-master on me, and I can't even kill him.

Of course, we'll see who has the last laugh come Winter.

[JoshuaFH]

naw, that gobbo'll just pull a cryogenic walt disney on you and emerge from the lake come spring, like a horror movie monster.

what ticks me off is what some dwarfs can't survive. i remember in fortress mode one of my dwarfs got killed by an unconscious goblin that had it's head, a leg, a arm, and several organs mangled earlier by a trap. i'm still waiting for the explanation of how the hell that happened.

[Zorgn]

killed by an unconscious goblin

Wait... What? You sure?