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[personofshadow]

I have a marksdwarf that lost both of his eyes to a gargoyle. Now that he's finished healing his other injuries he's flopping around in the food stockpile as he tries to feed himself between bouts of unconsciousness. Is there any hope of him returning to any semblance of functionality?

[SkyRender]

You could try boosting his attributes via training in domestic arts like pump operating so the pain doesn't knock him out so badly.  I suggest you not keep him as a Marksdwarf, either way, since blind Marksdwarves aim randomly.

[Sutremaine]

He'll be fine as a melee dwarf as long as he's got a sighted squad leader. Getting him to stop passing out will be tricky if he can't be made a civilian, as the most common methods of building EXP (and therefore attributes) involve making a dwarf operate pumps or do the books. If he can't be deactivated, the only options are the Fortress Guard or death.

[moki]

I like blind marksdwarves, especially elite ones... I fell off my chair laughing, when I first saw a blind champion marksdwarf firing at least 100bpm (bolts per minute) in completely random directions

[Karik]

I like blind marksdwarves, especially elite ones... I fell off my chair laughing, when I first saw a blind champion marksdwarf firing at least 100bpm (bolts per minute) in completely random directions

He would be perfect when your army gets surrounded.

[monkeyfetus]

Actually, I think toady said that when a dwarf enters a martial trance, they become unstoppable killing machines, and even a blind dwarf is treated as though it can see. I'm not sure if he was just talking about attack penalties, or if an entranced marksdwarf can actually shoot far away enemies. If you don't feel like putting him in the Department of Dwarven Veteran's Affairs, he might be able to do something as a lone defender. Maybe you could station him somewhere as a first responder to ambushes and sieges?

[Sysice]

Someone tried the dwarven pool healing method. Namely, when he goes to rest you flood and drain the room repeatably, therefore giving him swimming skill and hopefully toughness attributes.

[personofshadow]

Well I had thought about promoting him to captain of the marksdwarves <.<

Unfortunately he's a bit of a noob dwarf and seems to be having trouble staying conscious long enough to feed himself, so I'm not feeling too hopeful for him 

[Vicid]

Make sure he doesn't go near weapon traps.

[Danjen]

I thought dwarves no longer sleep on trap tiles? Or would falling unconscious on it still do it?

[Shinziril]

Yes it would, I've lost wounded dwarfs and pets that way.

[Sir Iryn]

Yes it would, I've lost wounded dwarfs and pets that way.

I can't think of any way that this wouldn't be hilarious.

Typically, if they're that wounded, they'll never be useful again. Minced by full steel weapon trap seems like it would be pretty quick and painless.

[Shinziril]

I certainly didn't mind the pets getting minced.  It gets kind of sad, watching them staggering around with half their body parts missing. 

It was annoying when the dwarf who was fine except for the wounded lung he wouldn't rest got skewered, though.

[Fossaman]

Dwarven water aerobics? Awesome. I may have to maim someone just so I can try this.

[Grendus]

Dwarves will die to traps if they get webbed, stunned, or pass out due to pain there. Anything else and they're fine. Toady has it hardcoded so tiredness will not cause a dwarf to fall asleep on a trap tile, in fact, a dwarf will stay awake forever if his only options to sleep are trap tiles (unfortunately, they can sleep anywhere else, so you can't use this to keep them awake unless you have them doing literally nothing).