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[Dreggon]

So a dwarf with a large beard or several large beards is more likely to make friends and be elected mayor than a dwarf with a small beard or very few beards (unless those beards are very large). A dwarf with a large beard is also automatically stronger, faster and produces better goods than a dwarf with a small beard.

A dwarf without a beard is a social outcast and all other dwarves automatically have a Grudge against them, including other dwarves with no beard. There will also be a new creatable item, a beard wig, for dwarves who don't have beards. The higher the quality of this beard, the bigger it is.

[Girlinhat]

So, beards are like a penis now?  We judge the value of a man based on the size (and quantity?) of his "beard"?

[Capntastic]

Fashions and styles like this are all part of the generated cultures that will be put in the game in the next few years or whenever.  Check the development plans.

[Rainseeker]

I think it should be common for dwarves who have had their beards burned off in accidents to be mistaken for women.

[Sphalerite]

If social status is controlled by beard length, dwarven women should have beards too.

[Jeoshua]

Ugh no.  They should not have beards.  Dwarven women's worth is not measured by the length of their beard but by the quality of their crafts.

[Girlinhat]

Toady has mentioned beard-shaving as a form of Justice before.  This would presumably give that dwarf a massive unhappy thought.

[Greep]

Heh, that'd be great if fake long beards became contraband.

[Jeoshua]

I just had a dwarf get into a bit of a tangle with a giant cave spider.  He was trying to seal off the caverns before any fun happened and..... well... fun happened.  Then I realize that he's a wood-cutter.  He's carrying an axe.  Quickly I draft him, and tell him to attack.  Singlehandedly he cut down this gigantic arachnid.  But theres blood everywhere.  I haven't even set up a hospital yet, so I zone a hospital quickly right behind the traps I've set up to keep the fortress safe.  The doctor comes down, diagnoses him and what do I get?

His hair is cut open.  His beard is cut open.

buh? what is this I don't even...

How does hair bleed?  Either way the dwarf refuses to stay in the hospital after this diagnosis, and goes to get drunk, then throws a party.  He didn't even wash up, blood still covering his beard.

The moral of this story? That blood isn't filth to be cleaned up... it's a mark of honor.

[Dreggon]

I thought all dwarves had beards, including the female ones. That's why dwarves are indistinguishable from male to female. You have to check their profile pages to see their gender.

[Christes]

That was sort of implied before.  But now that it's actually tracked by the game, dwarf females do not have beards.

I also echo Sphalerite's earlier comment:

If social status is controlled by beard length, dwarven women should have beards too.

[Girlinhat]

Actually, the raw for dwarves has a note at the facial hair section, something like "put brackets around the following line to add beards for women." and then there's the token for hair.  So, vanilla doesn't, but they easily can.

[King_of_the_weasels]

Rival families hiring "barber assassins" to ruin the prestige of there enemies, so that there crafts are bought instead.  Devious.

[Misterstone]

I think having a large beard should improve a dwarf's chances of being elected to office, and being respected, etc.  But as for actually affecting performance... no, don't think that makes much sense.

[Sutremaine]

I debracket male facial hair when I remember, because I think beards should be under control of the player.