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Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« on: October 17, 2009, 11:58:57 am »

I have a low skill wrestler who was blinded by demons. He also has a mangled head and two moderate nervous injuries, so he will be of no use as a soldier when he recovers.
 
Any interesting things to do with blind dorfs?
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 12:02:27 pm »

Put him in the front lines during sieges, use him for tasks that will end up killing one of your dwarfs, feed him to carp, the possiblities are endless.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 12:02:59 pm »

I have a low skill wrestler who was blinded by demons. He also has a mangled head and two moderate nervous injuries, so he will be of no use as a soldier when he recovers.
 
Any interesting things to do with blind dorfs?

Nervous injuries never heal period.  Also, how did he survive a mangled head?

Anyway, he'll never never spar again with those nervous injuries, so he's totally useless as a soldier, but he might make a decent Fortress/Royal Guard.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 12:18:41 pm »

Zactly.  That or the Royal Guard, if you have nobles who want such.
 
The fortress guard needs warm bodies to enforce unjust accusations, and the royal guard needs them so the royal can sleep well at night.  He's perfect.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2009, 12:19:56 pm »

 Make a room surrounded by archery targets. Set him to practice with a bow.
 Watch the hilarity.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2009, 04:52:11 pm »

Use him to bait a trap. Preferably a trap with lots of explosions taking out a whole siege, so he can die with honour.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2009, 05:36:14 pm »

Give him an crossbow and you will die, laughing.

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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2009, 05:40:01 pm »

extreme chainsaw juggling
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2009, 06:07:04 pm »

I have a low skill wrestler who was blinded by demons. He also has a mangled head and two moderate nervous injuries, so he will be of no use as a soldier when he recovers.
 
Any interesting things to do with blind dorfs?

Nervous injuries never heal period.  Also, how did he survive a mangled head?

Anyway, he'll never never spar again with those nervous injuries, so he's totally useless as a soldier, but he might make a decent Fortress/Royal Guard.
The head should heal, but not nervous parts within it. Dwarves will be active with brown or light-gray injuries to nervous parts, though, from my experience.

But I'd say train him up against captured thieves until he's at champion status, then put him up against a siege on his own.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2009, 06:39:08 pm »

 Do note with normal weapons he'll only receive some minor negative effects to his accuracy. As a ranged weapon welder, his projectiles will fly everywhere.

 This is something you must do.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2009, 07:17:15 pm »

But I'd say train him up against captured thieves until he's at champion status, then put him up against a siege on his own.

Dwarves who "enter a martial trance" have no effect from being blind.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2009, 01:29:16 am »

Play 'Pin the Tail On the Donkey' at his birthday party?  Make sure you blindfold him, too.
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Re: Any fun things to do with a blind soldier?
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2009, 05:36:25 am »

Just had the pleasure of getting masterwork adamantine plate mail courtesy of my legendary armorsmith.
 
I'll give it to Urist McBlind (his new name) and have him take sieges on all on his own.
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