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[Randy Gnoman]

Well, will you look at this?  A baby died (my fortress has a high infant mortality rate- you can see another baby's death in this screencap as well).

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I'm so proud of the little tyke.  I suppose this implies that he'll eventually grow into a ghostly peasant... do you suppose a ghost could die of old age?

[Darvi]

Yeah, found that out too after I reclaimed my fortress. I almost considered registering myself for the DF wiki because somebody said in a discussion that babies don't become ghosts.

[Sphalerite]

If ghosts age, can ghosts die of old age?  And if so, do they actually go away for good, or do they just come back as a ghost again?  Someone needs to find out.

[Darvi]

 Urist McDeaderthandead, Ghostly Ghostly Dwarf xD

[Kearn]

Urist McDeaderthandead, Ghostly Ghostly Dwarf xD

awesome

[Urist Da Vinci]

If ghosts age, can ghosts die of old age?  And if so, do they actually go away for good, or do they just come back as a ghost again?  Someone needs to find out.

Generate a world where dwarves are modded to die of old age earlier. Start a fort, wait for dwarves to die, don't slab/bury them if they died of old age.

[Orkel]

If ghosts age, can ghosts die of old age?  And if so, do they actually go away for good, or do they just come back as a ghost again?  Someone needs to find out.

Someone must do it, for SCIENCE.

[Girlinhat]

I volunteer, I've got a little bit of time to waste.  Time for xSciencex

[Girlinhat]

[BABY:1]
[CHILD:5]
[MAXAGE:10:10]

Fun fact, Giant Capybara will rip up a noob wrestler and won't even realize it.  Also, when trying to kill an amphibious creature, the military will sometimes jump in after them.  4 deaths, 1 critical injury, 2 survivors.

[Repulsion]

Eagerly awaiting results. This type of study could prove to be extremely useful for forts suffering from ghost-lag.

[Girlinhat]

Halfway.  It would require you to kill your population, as it means changing the max age to something lethal.  Not to mention .22 is promising a solution for ghost lag.

[Repulsion]

It would require you to kill your population.

But that is part of the Fun!

[Girlinhat]

I now have like three ghosts.  We'll know in ~5 years if they suffer aging.  I'm gonna uncap my FPS and leave a farm and murky pool for the peasants.

[Girlinhat]

Failure: Urst mcGirledHat is struck down by ghostly lag!

[darkflagrance]

Failure: Urst mcGirledHat is struck down by ghostly lag!

My sympathies. Maybe next version, when ghost-lag is eliminated?