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That already exists. Runearmory.

You mean the steel rune, which gives the ability to feel no fear?
Already tested that:
Forge steel breastplate, engrave steel rune,
give the breastplate some useless peasant by making him military commander,
make a room with a ballista seperated by fortifications with a pit,
man the ballista with the military commander,
dump a prisoner in the pit and see the military commander run away like a coward.   

Wouldn't have started the topic if there was an obvious solution.

I did a bit testing with the Opaqmask, which unfortunately doesn't work.
Aren't there boulders, that evaporate, with a blinding effect?
The help of an experienced modder would be welcome.

I think siege engines are way too underpowered in their current state. 
One way to make them more effective, could be achieved by preventing the operators from fleeing.
The best solution would be to make the siege operators blind.
I could make some science about blind siege operators (their reloadtime, accuracy) but I don't know how to make dwarves blind (except through a lucky meeting with a FB) .
Is there a way to make a dwarf blind via dfhack?

I already tested the rune-engraving. The steel rune engraving which gives [NOFEAR] doesn't work, because [NOFEAR] only (as I read) prevents soldiers from fleeing in battle and doesn't works on civilians. 
But some FB use blinding syndromes in their special ability. Shouldn't it be possible with itemsyndrome to make a rune which makes the
wearer blind?

I have 2 questions about siege operators:

-Do blind siege operators still reload as fast as siege operators with intact eyes?
-Is it possible to make a reaction, which makes dwarves blind?

Do metal siege engine parts have any advantage over the wooden ones?

It seems like the reaction "Buy coke(3) for 500 shillings" for Bomrek's Bargains gives only 1 coke instead of 3

Quote from: Koggenmaster on January 18, 2014, 03:35:15 pm

Sometimes Dwarven caravans bring fireball blocks with them, causing them to burn down most of
the items and killing some merchants, making trading impossible.
Also you can't extinguish the fireball blocks with "normal" methods.

Wait. Which version are you playing? Warlocks?

I'm playing the standard Version 4g, graphics should be Masterwork-Phoebus Walls.
I did mod the "material_template_default" file but found no "fireball" in the original file

EDIT: If nobody has this problem too, this should be certainly my fault