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[flamoot]

I got hit by forgotten beast venom and it turned half my army feverish. In Wounds they show Fever. After a year it hadn't gone away (though it wasn't contagious) so I submitted a bug, http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=5017 , where I was told that permanent venom effects is intentional. So here's my question.

What do I do with the up-to-ten dwarves I've got flashing red X's for the whole last year? Is Fever really bad? What does it do? Does anyone know?

If nothing can heal them, should I kill them? How? I could put them all in their own squad and arrange an engineering accident. Or maybe I should put them in a new squad I use much more aggressively than my existing ones, "not caring" if any from that one get killed. That seems like the best idea I've had yet. This has only been happening since yesterday.

[Zaik]

If they're not laying in hospital beds, not contagious, and fully able to perform military duties, why don't you just leave them where they are? They'll all eventually die somehow or another.

[NecroRebel]

The wiki claims that fever is mostly harmless, reducing ability to focus and causing stunning at higher intensities. I suspect that that basically just means that it's an effective skill penalty across the board. If your soldiers are badass enough, they should be capable of fighting off anything despite it. I mean, I've had a soldier who was completely and permanently blind solo sieges of creatures far tougher than goblins, and that's surely a more critical affliction than mere feverishness.

[Gizogin]

I currently have a similar situation.  Somewhere around thirty of my dwarves were exposed to a pool of FB extract before I noticed it and got it covered up.  Now they're all feverish and most of them vomit constantly.  Also, bizarrely, they all have heavy bruising on their feet.  The only real consequences are a constant patina of green all over my fortress, along with drastically slowed movement for the afflicted.  I'm not sure if that's due to the vomiting, but it is slightly annoying.  Other than that, though, they're all fine.  I had a few check in to the hospital, pass out on the beds, then get up and leave as soon as the medical staff told them they were fine.

[Loud Whispers]

The wiki claims that fever is mostly harmless, reducing ability to focus and causing stunning at higher intensities. I suspect that that basically just means that it's an effective skill penalty across the board. If your soldiers are badass enough, they should be capable of fighting off anything despite it. I mean, I've had a soldier who was completely and permanently blind solo sieges of creatures far tougher than goblins, and that's surely a more critical affliction than mere feverishness.

Contrary to popular belief, no. Not having eyes is one of the best thing you can do for military Dorfs. So you actually had an advantage, as opposed to a fever muddling things up.

ALWAYS REMOVE EYEBALLS.