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[Raphite1]

     The dwarf liason showed up the first autumn with a missing leg. He spent a few month dragging himself around and blacking out, and finally went mad during a rainshower. He promptly got caught in one of my cage traps.

     So.... what's the best use of a caged liason?

[Pandarsenic]

Giant Cave Spider Bait.

[Grimlocke]

Well, sucky thing to happen, now you wont be able to request anything from your dwarves.

You could make him a decoration I guess, I dont think liasons ever need to eat or drink, so you basically have a zero-maintenance caged-dwarf decoration

Or you could commnit science and see how many times it can survive being bridgapulted.

[Stargrasper]

Provided you don't need the cage, you should probably keep him alive.  Even if he's insane, if he's not dead he's still good.  Namely, dwarves don't like it when other dwarves die at your fortress for any reason.  It tends to hurt things like your reputation(which is theorized to affect trading and immigration).

Remember, dead or alive, he'll never be replaced.  Plan so that you can go without a caravan and then hope and prey that when it does come, it brings useful stuff.

[Poojawa]

Provided you don't need the cage, you should probably keep him alive.  Even if he's insane, if he's not dead he's still good.  Namely, dwarves don't like it when other dwarves die at your fortress for any reason.  It tends to hurt things like your reputation(which is theorized to affect trading and immigration).

Remember, dead or alive, he'll never be replaced.  Plan so that you can go without a caravan and then hope and prey that when it does come, it brings useful stuff.

Gift him back to the dwarf caravan.

[Retro]

Gift him back to the dwarf caravan.

Caged, or as a masterwork leather backpack decorated with bone?

[Raphite1]

Well, the bad new is that he died in the cage of unknown causes (maybe a missing leg?). The good news is that he was wearing some masterwork GCS silk clothing with masterwork decorations, so I was able to trade it back to the home civilization for almost their entire caravan.

[darkflagrance]

Well, the bad new is that he died in the cage of unknown causes (maybe a missing leg?). The good news is that he was wearing some masterwork GCS silk clothing with masterwork decorations, so I was able to trade it back to the home civilization for almost their entire caravan.

Ah, he died because after they go insane, friendly units require water and food, except they can't get it, and so perish.

[Deon]

I wonder, if you sold him, would he come back as normal?

[Raphite1]

I wonder, if you sold him, would he come back as normal?

I'm now going to become obsessed with trapping a liason via cave-in dust, and then shipping him back home alive and healthy, just to see if he comes back to visit. (We were such good hosts!) This would officially make "liason" the worst possible job a person could ever have.

[Quietust]

000501 □ [dwarf mode][diplomacy]   insane liaison made if off the edge of the screen, then came back insane next year

[XSI]

I wonder, if you sold him, would he come back as normal?

I'm now going to become obsessed with trapping a liason via cave-in dust, and then shipping him back home alive and healthy, just to see if he comes back to visit. (We were such good hosts!) This would officially make "liason" the worst possible job a person could ever have.

Just so you know, getting him into a cage trap will instantly render him insane, regardless of his health.

[Raphite1]

000501 □ [dwarf mode][diplomacy]   insane liaison made if off the edge of the screen, then came back insane next year

    I wonder if the idea of coming back to visit the fort rendered him re-insane, or if he remained insane for the rest of the year while at home with the spouse and kids.

[Shurhaian]

Wait, so you actually CAN trade insane people?

I tried shipping the people who I found in the funhouse to the depot, but my dwarves just set them loose and brought the cage instead. Odd.

[silhouette]

Wait, so you actually CAN trade insane people?

I tried shipping the people who I found in the funhouse to the depot, but my dwarves just set them loose and brought the cage instead. Odd.

Yeah its a bug that hasnt been fixed.