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Samuel

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Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« on: October 22, 2010, 05:49:58 pm »
So Shorast, my Gem Cutter just flat out murdered another dwarf for no apparent reason. I didn't get any warning at all until I was notified that my trapper was struck down. There doesn't seem to be any cause for it. Shorast is ecstatic, has a really pimping bedroom (he sleeps in a carnelian bed he himself somehow constructed) and there doesn't seem to be any reason why he would commit some random act of violence on one poor bastard and then be completely normal afterwards.

Am I missing something?

EDIT: I think I figured it out. My trapper inexplicably took the blame for the mandate for native aluminum furniture not being completed. Apparently, Shorast was dishing out a little bit of street justice. I'm blaming my mayor, and am starting to see why you guys find nobles so damned intolerable.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2010, 05:56:26 pm by Samuel »
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 08:45:35 pm »
If you hadn't done that edit, I would've guessed it was self-defense. But yep, mandates suck. I keep getting ones for bronze items, but despite having over 800 copper ore, I haven't found a single scrap of tin.
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2010, 01:32:35 am »
I hear ya. I have a mayor who likes native aluminum on a map with no native aluminum. He's already put down another mandate for native aluminum furniture (the exact same mandate that that poor trapper died over). If another good dwarf dies because of that idiot, he'll have the honour of testing the "modifications" I've made to the Trade Depot room. They involve pumps.
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2010, 01:37:15 am »
Another option is making your mayor the only active metalsmith in the fortress, so when the mandate doesn't get fulfilled, he blames himself for it.
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Samuel

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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2010, 03:37:06 am »
Will he order himself to be beaten?
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2010, 05:02:42 am »
Quote from: Samuel on October 23, 2010, 03:37:06 am
Will he order himself to be beaten?

Yes. Hilarity ensues.
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2010, 05:10:46 am »
I've found you really need to set a captain of the guard and arm him with a training weapon.  He seems to capture dwarves by fighting them and knocking them out.  My Captain of the guard kept punching people in the head, bruising their brain, and killing them in a single punch.  Since I gave him a wooden training axe that problem is no longer an issue.
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2010, 06:26:05 am »
A dorf should only be beaten for a crime if you have no jails. If you have those, they'll arrest them instead. Which still might lead to them dieing.

it's advisable for your justice force to be the biggest group of weenies you can find, and give them either training weapons or cotton candy hammers.
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Samuel

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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2010, 06:37:46 am »
On the other hand, my doctors could use some practise...
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2010, 09:59:37 am »
Quote from: krisslanza on October 23, 2010, 06:26:05 am
A dorf should only be beaten for a crime if you have no jails. If you have those, they'll arrest them instead. Which still might lead to them dieing.

it's advisable for your justice force to be the biggest group of weenies you can find, and give them either training weapons or cotton candy hammers.

I had my miner sneak poor guy from the jail to eat and to drink some booze. No dwarf can withstand 90 days of no boose. That's just CRUEL!
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2010, 10:19:57 am »
Quote from: krisslanza on October 23, 2010, 06:26:05 am
A dorf should only be beaten for a crime if you have no jails. If you have those, they'll arrest them instead. Which still might lead to them dieing.

it's advisable for your justice force to be the biggest group of weenies you can find, and give them either training weapons or cotton candy hammers.

Cotton candy...?
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2010, 11:24:31 am »
Quote from: Aravin on October 23, 2010, 09:59:37 am
I had my miner sneak poor guy from the jail to eat and to drink some booze. No dwarf can withstand 90 days of no booze. That's just CRUEL!

My only jailbird (so far) was quite happy as he had his own personal stockpile of drinks within range of his chain. Also food, a statue and a nice bed assigned to him. He got a bit unhappy about being punished but the upside was more than enough to keep him sane.
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Re: Dwarves killing each other for no reason?
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2010, 02:25:15 pm »
Quote from: Double A on October 23, 2010, 10:19:57 am
Quote from: krisslanza on October 23, 2010, 06:26:05 am
A dorf should only be beaten for a crime if you have no jails. If you have those, they'll arrest them instead. Which still might lead to them dieing.

it's advisable for your justice force to be the biggest group of weenies you can find, and give them either training weapons or cotton candy hammers.

Cotton candy...?

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