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[Jimmy]

I have a fortress save where the human guild representative simply drops dead ten to fifteen seconds into the game. He has no wounds listed. I've run the save a dozen times, and though he'll die in different spots occasionally, he'll always drop dead after a short amount of time.

The save was taken at the arrival of the caravan and guild rep. The rep hasn't spoken to my broker yet at this point, he's only just arrived on the map.

The game is virtually unmodded (only the maturation rate of the dwarven children has been touched).

I would appreciate any insights into the cause of this anomaly. So far, the causes I've thought of are:

• Temperature. (Temperate biome, and disabling temp in init didn't stop death)
  
• Enemies. (No skulking enemies found, dies inside of fortress)
  
• Wounds. (Trader completely healthy, not bleeding, progressed at one step intervals until dead with no status change)

The only causes I can think of left are:

• Syphilis (elves)
  
• Gonorrhea (goblins)
  
• Herpes (dwarves)

Save file available on request.

[ April 20, 2008: Message edited by: Jimmy ]

[Kagus]

I wonder how old he is...   Get Dwarf Companion, check his age, and then turn on combat reports to see what the death message is.

It might be that he's dying of old age.

v1.1 post update:  Added "of".

[ April 20, 2008: Message edited by: Kagus ]

[Toady One]

Yeah, especially with the new world gen stuff coming in, where it no longer generates a (young to middle-aged) guy from scratch, old age is likely.

[Red Jackard]

They must not consider you very important, to send a senile ambassador that can barely survive the journey....

 :confused:

[Duke 2.0]

That or consider your fortress a deathtrap.

[Coke_Can64]

quote:Originally posted by Duke 2.0:
<STRONG>That or consider your fortress a deathtrap.</STRONG>

lol.

And i thought players were complaining about the sieges being TOO easy...
 :p

[Thassa]

I had one drop dead recently too.  Not sure if it was related though since A) the trade caravan had just left and he hadn't quite completed the meeting (my broker decided to go to bed right about the same time as the caravan showed up making things somewhat difficult), and B) I wasn't actually looking at him when he died.  Does the game announce if the rep goes berserk?  I assumed (due to location) he went berserk and got torn apart by the 4 lurking war dogs.

[Jimmy]

Age would explain the death. It's quite annoying since that ends all trade agreements for the near future with that civilisation. After all, it's hardly my fault if they send a geriatric who has a myocardial infarct trying to catch my perfectly agile broker.

Guess it's just my bad luck he met his maker on my soil. I'd suggest a fix to prevent guild representatives from being selected at extreme ages.

Y'know, trade reps really don't have an easy life. Awhile ago they used to be ground up in traps, now they keel over dead from the ravages of the long journeys they're forced to endure. It doesn't seem they have particularly promising futures.