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[Wiro]

Just now one of the buried dwarves came back as a ghost. I was just wondering if this was intended behaviour for ghosts. I'm gonna make a memorial slab to see if that works.

[UristMcDwarf]

But, there's a ghost haunting the forest! How awesome is that?

[CapnUrist]

That's odd. Are you certain that its coffin has not been disturbed?

[Wiro]

Oops, *fortress.

And I've just found out the cause of this, the guy is marked as buried in that coffin, but upon checking the contents of that coffin, it was empty. Kinda creepy. 

[UristMcDwarf]

omigoodness.

RECRUIT SOME CSI DORFS

GRAVE ROBBER ALERT

[Demki]

Maybe you've had no dorfs with the burial job enabled, so no one actually buried him.

[Namfuak]

I noticed that I had a mason that came back even though he had a coffin after his slab was knocked over by a forgotten beast.  He was at the bottom of a cavern lake, so his body wasn't in the coffin.  Replacing his slab seemed to fix the problem, so I'm not sure if it was because his slab was disturbed or just because he didn't have one and his body wasn't buried.  Interestingly, after his ghost came up his body turned from the symbol for a controllable dwarf to that of an uncontrollable one (from the face to the weird spiral thing).

Fun side note, anyone ever read the descriptions on the slabs?  His was "He liked dwarven rum."

Also, we should be able to assign tombs posthumously, since if I'm going to make a slab for someone anyway I don't want them taking a coffin.

[Wiro]

Haha nice, I didn't know about the description. That's really cool.

I got two empty names in the to-engrave list. I engraved and am putting them down now. I hope it's the merchant ghost walking around. Is it possible for merchant ghosts to attack my fortress? I can't find the name on the list.

[Johuotar]

wait, there are ghosts? And memorial slabs??

[McDwarf]

Yes. And yes.
For something like two releases.
So start killing some dwarfs for ghosts.
Armok demands it.

[FallingWhale]

Interestingly, after his ghost came up his body turned from the symbol for a controllable dwarf to that of an uncontrollable one (from the face to the weird spiral thing).

That's very normal; it's because it's an empty shell to the game.

[Smackinjuice]

WE NEED CSI DWARFS as a job!!

imagine, one dwarf kills another; but you know longer get info in reports; just an alert of someone dying; and you only get that annoucement after someone else finds the dead dwarf.  The CSI dwarf's then kick into gear; examing the spot; taking samples and bringing them to there...LAB WORKSHOP!! (OMG!).  after 3 seasons have past they now know it was mr urist jingles with the candle stick inside the library.

[Hivemind]

Why would your dwarves have a library...?

Everyone knows dwarves pass knowledge through a mass collective, fueled by alcohol. Hence their inability to sustain themselves over long periods with water; they lose the dwarven empathic connection, and become singular and... sane. Which in turn drives them crazy!

[peregarrett]

This happens when coffin is assigned to dead dwarf but no corpse was put into it. Slabs work fine for them.

[Max White]

My god...
I want toady to allow races that are grave robbers, so they will steal corpses and raise ghosts. COOLEST THING EVER! Somebody head over to suggestions, I have been drinking, and I don't do things after I have been drinking.