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Reesycup

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Struck down after tantrum
« on: February 01, 2010, 11:05:15 pm »

I just had my first tantrum spiral tonight following a couple deaths from an ambush. I noticed that sometimes after a tantrum the dwarf in question would die, either "struck down" or "bled to death". Is the fortress guard killing them for great justice?

P.S.: I did not have a jail set up (still learning)
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Skorpion

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Re: Struck down after tantrum
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 11:07:16 pm »

The fortress guard does indeed kill people with their beatings.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

Reesycup

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Re: Struck down after tantrum
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2010, 11:09:00 pm »

So what your saying is that I'm doomed, yes?
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Rotten

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Re: Struck down after tantrum
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 11:12:36 pm »

I think if you un-assign the Captain of the Guard justice will not be carried out. Otherwise yes, guards and the Hammerer will happily kill everyone in the fortress, then starve to death because they refuse to work.
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True, but at a certain velocity the resulting explosion expels invader-bits at fatal speeds. You don't want to be dropping trogdolyte-shaped shrapnel bombs into your boneworks.
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Aspgren

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Re: Struck down after tantrum
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2010, 05:40:00 am »

Hurry and build jails!

This way they have an alternative to being beaten to death.
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Re: Struck down after tantrum
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2010, 09:54:13 am »

Like many other things in the game, dwarven Justice is a little unrefined, if still hilarious in its current state.
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