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[Vinnie]

So, one of my dwarves recently suffered a little 'fall' in an otherwise controlled test to see just how deadly a drop of a few Z-Levels can be. For a little while, on the injuries screen he suffered "function loss" to his Heart. But he still survived (albeit with half a dozen broken bones). What gives?

[Untelligent]

He got better.

[Vinnie]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

[Traece]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

[Zidane]

cardiac arrest, in MY Dorffort?

[AngleWyrm]

He got better.

"She's a witch! She turned me into a newt!"
...
"Well I got better..."

[ungulateman]

He was busy summoning Captain Planet. You can't use Heart when he's still around.

[CinnibarMan]

Dwarven defibrillators. Take a Dwarven water reactor and hook it up to some wires. You say 'lethal dose', I say 'Shut up, I am the doctor. Now pass me those pads.'

[Halnoth]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

Not true I have seen dwarves with function loss of the liver still walking around. Instead I would say that dwarves do not have organs, only blobs of partially solidified booze which vaguely resemble organs. The liver simply is where a goodly portion of said booze blobs amass.

[lolghurt]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

Not true I have seen dwarves with function loss of the liver still walking around. Instead I would say that dwarves do not have organs, only blobs of partially solidified booze which vaguely resemble organs. The liver simply is where a goodly portion of said booze blobs amass.

Livers do regenerate in RL:1 2

The liver is the only internal human organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.

[Funk]

as it is most organs dont realy do any thing ,the heart just bleeds a lot when cut.

liver,stomach,pancreas,spleen and the kidneys are all just bags of tissue to get wounded.
fingers are the same

[Halnoth]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

Not true I have seen dwarves with function loss of the liver still walking around. Instead I would say that dwarves do not have organs, only blobs of partially solidified booze which vaguely resemble organs. The liver simply is where a goodly portion of said booze blobs amass.

Livers do regenerate in RL:1 2

The liver is the only internal human organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.

The point was not whether or not they regenerate. Rather that if the liver is damaged a dwarf is dead. Since the arguement was made that livers are the dwarven heart. Also, /wooooooooosh

[lolghurt]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

Not true I have seen dwarves with function loss of the liver still walking around. Instead I would say that dwarves do not have organs, only blobs of partially solidified booze which vaguely resemble organs. The liver simply is where a goodly portion of said booze blobs amass.

Livers do regenerate in RL:1 2

The liver is the only internal human organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.

The point was not whether or not they regenerate. Rather that if the liver is damaged a dwarf is dead. Since the arguement was made that livers are the dwarven heart. Also, /wooooooooosh

And even if they ARE the dwarven heart, as long as 25% of it is left the dwarf won't die.
Especially my dwarfs, who bleed alcohol.

[Shoku]

I suppose it is, after all, Dwarf Fortress. I shouldn't blink at something like recovering from the loss of function of your heart.

Dwarves =/= Humans.

A human's most vital organ is his heart. Their heart pumps blood throughout their body and what-not. Humans can't run without blood in their veins.

A dwarf's most vital organ is his liver. Their liver pumps booze throughout their body. Dwarves can't run without alcohol.

Not true I have seen dwarves with function loss of the liver still walking around. Instead I would say that dwarves do not have organs, only blobs of partially solidified booze which vaguely resemble organs. The liver simply is where a goodly portion of said booze blobs amass.

Livers do regenerate in RL:1 2

The liver is the only internal human organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.

The point was not whether or not they regenerate. Rather that if the liver is damaged a dwarf is dead. Since the arguement was made that livers are the dwarven heart. Also, /wooooooooosh

Your blood runs low enough on oxygen to be useless in less than ten minutes. Something like a can of beer lasts in your body for more like an hour and if you drink two cans it adds up so you'll still have alcohol in you for two hours.

Dwarves obviously have on the order of several months to regenerate their liver but a regenerating heart would only be any good for minor heart attacks where there's no full loss of function anyway.

[LilGunmanX]

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