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[Sensei]

I've been reading through the devlog, and one thing that caught my eye was a note about moderately bleeding dwarves no longer unnecessarily going to the hospital. Wouldn't it make sense to be able to modify that sort of behavior?

Now, I'm assuming that a lot of this is affected by straight numerical values, such as personality traits. In effect this would let you modify those.

In an action that would make more sense than a "dwarves go to hospital" option in the orders menu, perhaps you could post signs and posters?

Each poster would give a dwarf a thought, of sorts. For example, if you have a good hospital and the resources to run it, a "Go to the hospital!" poster would bias them towards taking advantage of it.

On that concept, we can pretty much establish a list of things to be able to put on signs:
Use your hospital! and Tend your own wounds!
Try swimming! and Stay out of the water!
Be Courageous! / Be Careful!
Be Happy! / Hate Yourself!
Eat Well! / Conserve Food!
Adopt a pet! / Do not feed the animals!
Party Hard! / Work Hard!
Make lots of friends! / Don't get attached to comrades!
Have kids! / Wear a beard net!
Stay Inside! / Get some sun!

So on, so forth. I think a complete list shouldn't be ridiculously long of course. Thoughts? Care to add? And yes, people WOULD use the "Hate Yourself!" poster.

[NW_Kohaku]

Impractical, silly, and a little disturbing in the totalitarian-1984 sense.

On the other hand, organizing an unfortunate accident by hanging a lot of negative posters in a noble's bedroom is awesome. (Especially if one of them is "Try swimming")

How about the "Hate yourself!" poster, I just love the idea of having your fortress covered in "What? Wanna cry? GO HOME AND LISTEN TO LINKIN PARK, EMO KID!"

[Untelligent]

Impractical, silly, and a little disturbing in the totalitarian-1984 sense.

Check, check, and check. Perfect for Dwarf Fortress!

[Lord Shonus]

How, pray tell, is this totalitarian? How is it any different from billboards advising you to save water, or try not to burn down the forest, etc?

[billw]

Probably referring to the "Have kids" and "Don't get attached to comrades!" parts.