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[Craftling]

Before the Hammerer comes they dwarven method of dispensing fatal justice should be the gallows. What crime punishable by death should be the current sheriffs opinion and before him, the expedition leader. Depending on the popularity of the criminal the hanging could be a crowd pleasing event or a depressing one. The gallows would be built like a well except without water underneath. Needed would be a block, rope, mechanism, at least a 1 z level hole and lever.

[Foa]

Not dwarven enough... how about the noose is long enough to span almost to the bottom of the pit it is place above.

Like a small drop equal strangulation, and a large drop is most likely decpitation... but you are still able to collect the skull.


But then there is the fear tactics this can be used for, like hung people can be hung from the fortresses outer keep. To clarify how this'd work, imagine seeing dead bodies hanging from the cat walks of a fortress.

[CobaltKobold]

Dwarfs [ABUSE_BODIES]?
*checks* Only goblins tagged so.

Might feel more dwarfy to me to have some sort of smash-machine. Drop a rock slab, have it pulleyed back up, sweep pulp&bones out[optional] toss next condemned in...

[Petra]

Hmm.. dwarven torture chambers sound funfun, actually.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Hanging someone from a tree, with a hemp rope, considering that it doesn't draw any blood, seems almost...elvish to me...  Especially if they're left to rot, in the process feeding the tree they're hung from. Sure, it's a Viking method, but it seems like it would be very thematic for elves, in a Universe that's based on Norse myth.


Also: The noose and the gallows-dirt could both be collected for magical purposes, once the Magic Arc gets here.

[Creamcorn]

How about being able to dig a small pit and placing a dwarf in there than slowly placing rocks on top of said dwarf untill it either suffocates or is crushed by the weight.

[Neonivek]

How about being able to dig a small pit and placing a dwarf in there than slowly placing rocks on top of said dwarf untill it either suffocates or is crushed by the weight.

Isn't that what they used for Witch Trials?

[Davion]

Dwarven execution should consist of the dwarfs beard being cut, then bound and lowered into a pit of magma in a cage.

Like in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Kali Ma!

[Lymojo]

I'm all for having different execution methods for different races, but why should/would Dwarves need gallows? Yea, gallows makes sense for humans, maybe even elves, but dwarves? Come on. It's the Hammer! Always has been.

The whole point is that there IS no justice before the hammerer shows up. It's the dynamic difficulty scale, Game Design 101. As you do well your population grows and you're met with new challenges.

[SirHoneyBadger]

I like the idea of the pit with the rocks on top, except wouldn't that be something a dwarf would enjoy?

That seems more like-an admittedly extreme-form of dwarf physical therapy, than a method for execution.

It might be something dwarfs would do to other species, though.

For dwarfs though, if it were me I'd either drown them, or stake them out in the sun.

[Sunken]

FWIW, the only Elven execution in Tolkien is by throwing off a cliff.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Sunken--You're right, and because of that I'm sure we're all very glad the game's not based on Tolkien. 

[Shaostoul]

Dwarves are like worms... They eat earth all day long and crap it out. Seeing as poop isn't going to be implemented, burying a dwarf is useless if it's slow... drop a mountain on the offender!

Or just go and drop him in magma... I say we strap 'em to a table and drip water on his forehead until he dies.

[sonerohi]

I'd see either the Hammerer, a crossbow execution, or a magma dubk as dwarvenly.

[Pilsu]

Dwarves use hammerings. There's no need for additional methods

Being able to choose from a variety would be nice for modding though