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− | + | Dwarves are fickle creatures, and when pressed to the breaking point of their happiness, they will '''tantrum'''. A tantruming dwarf may attack people and animals, destroy buildings, or throw things. The dwarf will receive happy thoughts from doing this. Those acts are generally considered a [[justice|crime]]. | |
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− | Dwarves will tantrum | + | Dwarves will tantrum if they are at the "very unhappy" level of happiness or worse. If a dwarf has created a masterpiece-level item, they will also throw a tantrum if it rots, or is ever destroyed or stolen. Masterpiece engravings can be destroyed by miners digging out walls or floors. |
− | + | However, dwarves will not tantrum if a masterpiece building is dismantled. | |
− | == | + | ==Tantrum chains== |
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− | + | If any dwarf throws a tantrum in the beginning of the fortress's life, '''it should be taken as a warning.''' When this happens, it often signifies that the ''other'' dwarves are unhappy--and if they aren't already, they probably will be soon. | |
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− | + | In more mature fortresses, tantrums have been known to have similarly nasty results. In one [[Boatmurdered|extreme case]], a chain of tantrums was observed which eventually brought the fortress to its metaphorical knees. Chains don't occur particularly often, but when they do, they are extraordinarily hard to stop. | |
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− | In more mature fortresses, tantrums have been known to have | ||
They generally play out something like this: | They generally play out something like this: | ||
− | + | Dwarf A throws a tantrum, and punches Dwarf B. | |
− | + | A recovers happily, but B throws a tantrum and smashes the butcher's workshop to bits. | |
− | + | The butcher, C, tantrums and destroys the table of the closest noble, D. | |
− | + | D tantrums, starting fights with three other dwarves--A, C, and E. | |
− | + | All of ''them'' tantrum, and C is taken into custody. | |
− | + | E gets busy and smacks B. Meanwhile, C is killed by the hammerdwarf, accidentally or otherwise. | |
− | + | C's friends, F, G, H, I, J, ''and K,'' all tantrum and do other nasty things. | |
− | + | Everybody eventually tantrums and the fortress production grinds to a halt. | |
− | + | Everybody starves, throws themselves into a volcano, or otherwise dies. | |
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− | + | :* [[What's the easiest way to check dwarves happiness|Ways to check dwarfs's happiness]] | |
− | + | [[Category:Dwarves]] | |
− | + | [[Category:Thoughts]] |