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[Rattyboy]

A while back some goblins stormed the fortress and were eventually thwarted.  But not before they killed about 10 dwarves.  Some time later a hand is rotting in the common room.  I built a refuse pile, thinking it belonged to someone else.  Then I built a graveyard realizing it belonged to one of the dwarves.  I figured the dwarf it belonged to was ripped to pieces and thought nothing of it.  Until one day i finish setting up some soap production and I get a notice that someone can't reach area to clean themselves...

It was Urist McHandless.  I connected the dots and yeap, he lost his hand in the attack... wow... =)

[CapnUrist]

Two of my dwarves each lost a hand in a goblin attack, one glassmaker and the other a weaver. I didn't realize there was two of them until the glassmaker reached legendary.

[Sphalerite]

Incidentally, the "Urist McFilthy cancels clean:  cannot reach area" or whatever message has nothing to do with a dwarf missing a hand.  It's a generic message you get anytime a dwarf wants to clean himself and there is soap in a stockpile.  It happens because dwarves are not yet smart enough to use soap to clean themselves.  Forbid all soap that isn't being stored in a hospital zone to stop this message.

[ElthMysterius]

I just love how dwarves will be perfectly happy to leave their rotting severed limbs in a pile outside somewhere, but they'll still put them in their coffin upon death.

"Oi Urdim! Monom just died, can ye go fetch his old hand from the pile o' severed limbs?"
"Eh how am I supposed to know which one's his?"
"I dunno, just grab the one that stinks the least and throw it in."