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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0005245Dwarf FortressCombat -- Generalpublic2012-02-17 20:312014-08-13 13:32
Reporteruser6Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.34.01 
Summary0005245: The smaller the creature, the more easily it bleeds to death from dismemberment, burns, etc.
DescriptionI've suspected since 0.31.01, but I finally got around to testing it. Lower size = more prone to bleeding to death from a given type of injury.
Steps To ReproduceDismemberment:
- create a sword-wielding bronze colossus in the arena
- create a couple bobcats, slash off a leg from each, watch them bleed to death almost instantly
- create a couple cows, slash off a leg from each, watch them get pale but remain alive

Melting:
- create a dragon in the arena
- torch a crowd of dingos, watch as they all quickly bleed to death
- torch a crowd of elephants, watch as they die of melting instead
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related to 0000307 new No announcements for blistering/charring, and other fire-related problems 
related to 0000033 resolvedToady One Bronze colossus, skeletal creatures, fleshballs, and others are impossible to kill 
related to 0007503 new Medical dwarves don't prioritize stanching blood flow 

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thvaz

2014-07-23 11:15

reporter   ~0027332

This still happens as of 0.40.xx . One could say its intended, since the creatures have little blood, but they should bleed less too. A rabbit losing a leg and a cow losing a leg is roughly the same wound, and if it doens't bleed one of them to death, it shouldn't bleed the other.
Maybe the reason is that bleeding causes absolute damage over time, instead of percentage damage. As bleeding is the closer of hit points e have in DF, and smaller creatures=less blood=less hit points, this absolute damage caused by bleeding kills them faster.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-02-17 20:31 user6 New Issue
2012-02-17 20:32 user6 Relationship added related to 0000307
2012-02-25 12:23 user6 Summary The smaller the creature, the more easily it bleeds to death from dismemberment etc. => The smaller the creature, the more easily it bleeds to death from dismemberment, burns, etc.
2014-01-26 09:44 user6 Relationship added related to 0000033
2014-07-23 11:15 thvaz Note Added: 0027332
2014-08-09 11:27 user11 Relationship added related to 0007924
2014-08-09 11:46 user6 Relationship added related to 0007503
2014-08-09 15:56 user6 Relationship deleted related to 0007924
2014-08-13 13:32 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-13 13:32 user6 Status new => confirmed