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[Greng]

I know they can hold their booze, and it is much more socially acceptable to be drunk.  So much so that a Dwarf undergoing a dry spell would probably raise concern from the community. 

I wonder if the symptoms of inebriation are in-fact the same as for Humans?

 

Perhaps Dwarf Fortress needs Psychiatrists to try and explore and open up the emotions of these Dwarves?

OR!

Abstainers Anonymous ~

[Cheveux]

I think it's the opposite. They can't work properly if they don't drink and they slow down considerably.

[Crustypeanut]

Dwarves act sober when drunk, and act drunk when sober.  They're completely the opposite of humans.  Therefore, its a concern for the community when a dwarf is 'sober' when theres alcohol around, because he can be a danger to himself and others.  Don't not drink and drive!

[Lectorog]

Warning: Do not operate heavy machinery when sober

[Urist_McArathos]

In all seriousness, if you're curious I'm writing a rather thorough examination of dwarven life in the story thread.  Linky here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=89684.0

If you're not interested in a serious reply, then ignore it and have fun here!

[Samrobot]

The dwarven liver is made of steel, metaphorically of course.  That is why the liver can handle the massive amounts of booze they drink.

[CaptainArchmage]

In terms of Dwarf Fortress, dwarves work like sober humans in reality.

But just in Dwarf Fortress terms, humans, or any civilised species in fact lacking [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] will preferentially drink alcohol if it is available (I believe the only time this doesn't happen is if the species has [CARNIVORE] but I cannot confirm this). They don't suffer any ill effects from not drinking alcohol, but do not have any negative effects from drinking alcohol either. You can check this by playing as humans.

I predict this will change some time in the near future, about the same time as we get alcohol-fuelled violence in taverns. The resulting changes to the way [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] works means you'll have a good reason to avoid sober dwarves, because you'll get sobriety-fuelled violence otherwise, even if your dwarves are otherwise three or three hundred times over the ecstatic threshold happiness-wise.

[Greng]

If you're not interested in a serious reply, then ignore it and have fun here!

Thank you for your link and thank you to everyone for replying so far.  Food for thought in game, lore or otherwise!

I'm happy with serious or silly responses and I'm checking out your link now, a quick scan tells me it's worth my time dipping into 

I've been holding off on adventure mode until the next release because it looks so much more fleshed out (has it been stated when the release might be?)  but the idea of bar brawls and drunken larceny is quite EXCITING!

I'm not smart enough to be a fully hardcore player of this game yet but I love seeing how far I can get.  Still haven't managed to get magma/smelting or iron ores to appear or work yet     so sorry if the noobishness is nauseating!

[elf-fondling human]

I believe dwarves get drunk when they drink water, and that booze acts much like the former liquid does for humans. Which means that a dwarven body is approximately 80% booze.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Their liver is twice the size of a human's, and a dwarf is 6/7 the size of a human. So alcohol would have about 6/14ths or 3/7ths as much effect on darves as it does on humans, ignoring their increased acquired alcohol tolerance. So dwarves get less drunk from a drink of booze.

[Crustypeanut]

I believe dwarves get drunk when they drink water, and that booze acts much like the former liquid does for humans. Which means that a dwarven body is approximately 80% booze.

Then.. dwarves must be flammable, right? Explosively so?  *Grins wickedly*

[Samrobot]

I believe dwarves get drunk when they drink water, and that booze acts much like the former liquid does for humans. Which means that a dwarven body is approximately 80% booze.

Then.. dwarves must be flammable, right? Explosively so?  *Grins wickedly*

Of course, that is why they don't notice that their burning when they are on fire.

[OniRyo]

Fry: Bender! You're blind-stinking sober!
Bender: That's right! I'm sober and crazy and I don't know what I might do!
Fry: Don't do it!
Bender: I don't know what it is yet.

Proof that Dwarfs all become robots in the future.

[Crustypeanut]

Or maybe.. the robots are simply designed by dwarves?! Or.. designed AFTER dwarves!

[CriticallyAshamed]

Dwarves are born in a state of knurd. That is; they see the world for how truly depressing and hopeless it is. This realisation of the world makes them fall into a melancholy and work in an apathetic state. Thus dwarves take to alcohol to bring themselves up to less sober levels so they can work in peace. Your drunkard dwarves are probably just normal humans in regards to sobriety. The sober ones were the emokids at school who wrote dark poetry about how the world is pointless.

The fact that their livers are bigger than humans (despite Dwarves being smaller than humans) is simply compensation for the fact that dwarves require alcohol to remain sane.