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[Forumite]

In my latest big fortress, I got to the point where a lot of the children of the big clans were drafted into the military. Usually military dwarves donīt mind much when one of them die, but their family members do, making dwarves away from the battle unhappy, just as if the favorite peasant was killed in an ambush.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with this? Should I draft every non-breeding member of the clan into the military so they all get used to death, or only use anti-social immigrants for the defences? I would prefer using dwarves who have grown up in the fortress, because I get so many of them and they have more history behind them than random immigrants.

[tommy521]

Let them die, let them tantrum, teach them a lesson on what happens when they decide to disobey the law.

So no idea here!

[imperium3]

I'd suggest making sure you have a suitably legendary dining room, and if that fails, a large jail complex for arresting anyone who tantrums...

[Triaxx2]

Magma suites. When a family member dies, burrow the family, and lock them in a room. Then liquidate their assets.

[Jake]

Make the rest of the fort as nice as possible. Smooth and engrave the walls in high-traffic areas. Commission a few statues and create a few nice sculpture gardens. Ensure there are lots of high-quality meals and a variety of booze. Even away from DF, a pleasant living and working environment goes a long way towards keeping people's grief and anger at a manageable level.

And if necessary, create a little burrow with a little dormitory and dining room and a really nicely decorated meeting hall, and burrow any dwarves who get close to flipping out in there. Think of it as organising a wake for the deceased.

[kanaak666]

Yea, generally placing that few Masterwork statues in high traffic areas is enough.

I had this wonderful idea for placing hatches instead of floor in every room and linking them to lever... pfff... too much work for me and fun for gremlins.

[Pranz]

a happiness rehab jail. Golden cages, engrave the shit out of every tile and have some masterwork statues. When they come out of jail they will piss rainbows.

[proxn_punkd]

Not cages, gold chains. That way they're easier to supply with food and booze instead of water, can sleep in a nice bed and sup at a nice table, and admire the chain they're on as well as any nearby statues.

[Forumite]

So, once one of my soldiers die, and their family members go mad with grief, the fortress guard quickly incarcerate them all until they calm down from masterwork statues and wonderfull food? Itīs better than leaving them out of control.

[Loud Whispers]

Wait, so you recruited only parts of the family clans?

If you're going to go military, go FULL military. Recruit everyone. And not in some crappy militia, I mean full 24/7 sparring

Works every time. Minimal civilian losses. Increased casualties of war. Who needs industry anyways?