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UHaulDwarf

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Dwarven blood.
« on: April 25, 2012, 02:14:00 am »
Dwarven blood should be alcoholic.
Think about it. Dwarfs drink alcohol from as soon as they can reach it. Before that If you assume dwarven breast milk is alcoholic.
Dwarfs drink alcohol the same way most drink water. How do they do this without dropping dead?
Answer, dwarfs don't get drunk as there body harnesses the ethanol for energy.
And by the same token, this is the reason dwarfs become lethargic when they go without. That is to say, the alcohol becomes deluded and/or depleted.

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I cant help wonder if this were implemented if it would lead to cannibalism/auto-cannibalism.
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Re: Dwarven blood.
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 08:55:46 am »
might make vampires not so goddamn slow.
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Re: Dwarven blood.
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 09:54:25 am »
The concentration of alcohol in an alcoholic's blood is tiny.  Far less than 1%.  Maybe around 0.2%.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 10:14:20 am »
Right now, even changing dwarven blood to 100% alcohol does not help alcohol_dependent vampires.
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Re: Dwarven blood.
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2012, 01:09:19 pm »
Humans also harness the alcohol for energy (it has about the same energy density as carbohydrates, 4 kilocalories per gram), but that has no effect on whether it makes us drunk. 
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Re: Dwarven blood.
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2012, 01:53:48 pm »
Quote from: thisisjimmy on April 25, 2012, 09:54:25 am
The concentration of alcohol in an alcoholic's blood is tiny.  Far less than 1%.  Maybe around 0.2%.

Alcoholics don't generally gradually lose the ability to move if they don't chug a fifth of a barrel of booze.
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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2012, 02:43:04 pm »
Toady has said that alcohol has different effects on dwarves than it does on humans. It might not be in the game yet, but it eventually will.
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 04:04:20 pm »
Quote from: Deimos56 on April 25, 2012, 01:53:48 pm
Quote from: thisisjimmy on April 25, 2012, 09:54:25 am
The concentration of alcohol in an alcoholic's blood is tiny.  Far less than 1%.  Maybe around 0.2%.

Alcoholics don't generally gradually lose the ability to move if they don't chug a fifth of a barrel of booze.

Well, adult dwarves are about 60 kg.  If a dwarf were to chug about 50 liters or beer, its blood might be 5% alcohol.  The effects of alcohol on dwarves aren't relevant in this context. 

Of course, it's a fantasy game, so there's no reason it has to be realistic.
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