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[Sean Mirrsen]

I forgot to take a screenshot, but there was this occasion.

I assaulted a migrant group of elves in AM, violently killed a few, and one of them was thrown away a hit a tree. He landed next to two trees at once, so I ignited them both (for an experiment's sake), stepped away and went to sleep. After I was done sleeping, the fire has spread quite a bit, but I found my way through the smoke to look at where the elf was. I saw a total of fourteen bones (2x7), and two skulls. I doubt the elves are any kin to ettins, so this must be a bug. I haven't tried natural decomposition yet, nor simply reproducing this, just encountered it once.

On a side note, I almost witnessed (it was logged, so must have been within earshot) the death of the elven Druid at the hands (hoofs, and horn) of a rogue unicorn, as well as quite a large number of other elves, which resulted in there being no capital for that elven civ. A fairly major event, I think. Yet it did not record in Legends. Nor did the unicorn's death, although he was named, and an elven guard killed him about two tiles away before I could join in.

[termitehead]

you killed a pregnant elf!

[Mephisto]

I may be wrong, but just from observation, I think all corpses (besides halves) are whole. You could lop off a head and an arm. The head and arm would produce a skull and a stack of bones. The corpse would produce another skull and more bones.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. As I've said, it's just from my observation.

[Stromko]

Well I know it doesn't work that way in Fortress mode. I get single-stack bone piles all the time from limbs being chopped off by traps and the like.   At least, I remember numerous times this happening in old DF, it was predictable enough that I'd set up tons of giant axe-blade traps so I could get lots of small stacks of batman and goblin bones (each stack or every two stacks could make some bone armor, and I wanted my dwarves to be nice and menacing). It might have changed in new DF, but I don't think so, I seem to recall several incidents where incomplete bone portions have been produced by dismemberment.

How does the original poster know a new elf didn't come along and get burnt up?   Only one set of equipment?

[ November 05, 2007: Message edited by: Stromko ]

[Mephisto]

I believe my post was worded wrong. Let's just say an arm produces one bone and a complete corpse produces five for this "demonstration." If an arm is lopped off and the creature is later killed, from what I've seen, a stack of one and a stack of five + a skull will be produced.

From current experimentation (single kobold thieves getting hands ripped off), it seems that not all parts produce bones.

Ah, I belatedly realize that I am the one who misread your post. My findings may be true for times when the lopped off limb and corpse don't land on the same tile, though.

[ November 05, 2007: Message edited by: Mephisto ]