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[nekoexmachina]

They have good sense of smell. And when a dorf claims something, he acts like a dog, badging its territory.


Why does Urist McOpposedToLife fight Urist McSecondOpposedToLife?

[Erils]

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By picking it up with their talons and flying away.

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A 2 pound bird could not carry a 200 pound anvil!

Before we can make any assumptions, we must know: Is this a European or an African kea? (this is not my actual question.)

Why does Urist McOpposedToLife fight Urist McSecondOpposedToLife?

Because there can only be one true Urist McOpposedToLife!!!

Why do dwarves decide that the best place for seeds is to store them all in one barrel?

[Lielac]

Why do dwarves decide that the best place for seeds is to store them all in one barrel?

Because all the best things come in barrels!

Why do dwarves choose the closest rock relative to them and not to the workshop they'll then have to haul it to?

[Knit tie]

Drunken bravado. "I am a man, Urist! No bloody rock can put me down!"

Why do dwarves never use all those mugs to drink?

[Erils]

Mugs are not nearly big enough to hold the amount of alchohol a dwarf can drink with even a single group. The numerous trips it would take to refill the mugs would just be a waste of time and energy.

Why do nobles mandate things even if we can't make them?

[pisskop]

Because they want it now.  Why should they want for just because of the zombie critters topside laying unofficial siege to the fort?

Why can't I tell the diplomat to send less migrants?

[Lielac]

Because a player-run fortress is where the dwarven civilization sends its least-wanted citizens.

Why are goblins seen as evil when, by snatching children, they are saving those children from their fate of being tormented in a player-run fort?

[fortydayweekend]

Because goblins don't drink, so abduction dooms a dwarf to a life of sobriety.

How come a dwarf can spend 100 years fighting wars and kill dozens of goblins and only be "proficient" at it but after 3 years of sparring become "legendary"?

[Aslandus]

Goblins are pushovers to anyone with even moderate combat skill, especially when you take all their equipment while dwarves fighting dwarves become so tough nothing can make them blink twice

How many socks does one dwarf need?

[Knit tie]

None. Those are for his cats.

If the snatchers want to steal children, why do they keep stabbing every child they encounter in the face?

[Erils]

Stealing a dead child is much easier than stealing a live one, and a lot safer. Some of those children have slain monsters in their youth.

Why do dwarven doctors refuse to use alcohol to clean a wound if there is no water? Alcohol actually kills germs and bacteria which water doesn't so it would be better for the patient.

[Bumber]

Ninja'd:

If the snatchers want to steal children, why do they keep stabbing every child they encounter in the face?

They want to check the child's survivability before wasting time carrying them off.

By what dark magic/physics does deconstructing stuff draw in all those items (if playing without binary patch?)

[Nidilap]

Why do dwarven doctors refuse to use alcohol to clean a wound if there is no water? Alcohol actually kills germs and bacteria which water doesn't so it would be better for the patient?

Dwarves already have enough booze to kill common infections within them, however, when Dwarves lose blood, they run out of plasma. They need to get some water to hydrate themselves with less blood.

Will Dwarven Forts, Elvish retreats, and Goblin Forts return to DF next update? Miss those a lot...

[PDF urist master]

what dwarf would waste valuable booze to cure an infection?

they're not [ALCOHOL DEPENDENT] for nothing.

[pisskop]

WWUD if not [ALCOHOL DEPENDENT]?

edit:  oh.  Why don't dwarven bodies produce alcohol itself if its so necessary?