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[praguepride]

So it was talked about in  various places of having dwarves tug out their beards when they're upset. Perhaps this could be used as a subtle clue to warn a player how soon the dwarf will kill himself.

So as a dwarf's morale stays in the danger zone, he starts doing undwarfy things, like plucking his beard. If he's only been that way for a short while, his description text will just read "Has been tugging at his beard lately."

As morale stays in the red, the text will evolve into "Has pulled out clumps of beard lately." and going on to "Has ripped out huge patches recently." and eventually "has torn his beard apart" and that is your indicator that in about 5 seconds, that dwarf is going to go super saiyan on your fort!

[Caesar]

It's a bit.. generic to let them all pull their beards. Instead you should implement several nervous habits. When they're not feeling comfortable they'll start doing those.

It could be;
plucking their beards,
scratching their skin,
constantly twitching a certain body part,
quickly changing moods,
etc,
etc

[Kagus]

It could be;
plucking their bears,
etc,
etc

Yeah, I could see that quickly becoming uncomfortable.

[dwarfguy2]

LOL

[Footkerchief]

It's a bit.. generic to let them all pull their beards. Instead you should implement several nervous habits. When they're not feeling comfortable they'll start doing those.

These and other mannerisms have already been added to the next version, and you can see them in the dwarf raws:

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    [MANNERISM_FINGERS:finger:fingers]
    [MANNERISM_NOSE:nose]
    [MANNERISM_EAR:ear]
    [MANNERISM_HEAD:head]
    [MANNERISM_EYES:eyes]
    [MANNERISM_MOUTH:mouth]
    [MANNERISM_HAIR:hair]
    [MANNERISM_KNUCKLES:knuckles]
    [MANNERISM_LIPS:lips]
    [MANNERISM_CHEEK:cheek]
    [MANNERISM_NAILS:nails]
    [MANNERISM_FEET:feet]
    [MANNERISM_ARMS:arms]
    [MANNERISM_HANDS:hands]
    [MANNERISM_TONGUE:tongue]
    [MANNERISM_LEG:leg]
    [MANNERISM_LAUGH]
    [MANNERISM_SMILE]
    [MANNERISM_WALK]
    [MANNERISM_SIT]
    [MANNERISM_BREATH]
    [MANNERISM_POSTURE]
    [MANNERISM_STRETCH]
    [MANNERISM_EYELIDS]

All these currently do is add flavor text to the descriptive paragraph.  Eventually those will translate into physical behaviors with consequences, as described in the OP, but that won't work well until dwarves have more complicated mental states, e.g. "nervousness."

[Julius Clonkus]

When I saw the eyes in that list I cringed at the thought of dwarves playing with their eyes as if they were yoyos.

Question is, why the HFS do I think of dwarves playing yoyo when I see the eyes in that list of mannerisms?

[Particleman]

When I saw the eyes in that list I cringed at the thought of dwarves playing with their eyes as if they were yoyos.

Question is, why the HFS do I think of dwarves playing yoyo when I see the eyes in that list of mannerisms?

Considering all the other crazy shit that goes on in this game, I'm surprised you didn't think of something more gruesome.

[Silverionmox]

Every fortress has the potential to turn into some kind of Event Horizon.

[Sergius]

It could be;
plucking their bears,
etc,
etc

Yeah, I could see that quickly becoming uncomfortable.

Some people like plucking their bears. I see it on the internet all the time.

[nenjin]

Every fortress has the potential to turn into some kind of Event Horizon.

"Captain Miller: Urist have you seen... anything unusual at all?
Urist: No, I haven't seen anything and I don't need to see anything sir but I can tell you... this fort is ****ed.
Mayor Weir: Well, thank you for that scientific analysis, Urist.
[smirks]
Urist: Yeah, well you don't exactly have to be a scientist to figure it out, do ya?
[grabs Mayor Weir by pigtail shirt]
Captain Miller: [pulls Urist away] All right, all right!
Urist: You break all the laws of physics and you seriously think there wouldn't be a price? You went and killed the last ****ing migrant, and now you wanna kill us as well!"

"Mayor Weir: Our orders were specific!
Captain Miller: Rescue the people, salvage what's left of the fort. The people are dead, mayor. Your fort killed them."

"Mayor Weir: Captain... don't do this.
Capt. Miller: It's done.
Mayor Weir: What about my fort? You can't just leave her!
Capt. Miller: I have no intention of leaving her, Mayor. I will take the wagons to a safe distance, and then I will flood the the Event Horizon with magma until I'm satisfied she's vaporized. **** this fort!"