0003091: Insanity strips nobility, results in no title inheritance after eventual death (Baron/Count/Duke)

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0003091

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Nobles

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2010-08-22 20:30

2013-03-04 02:54

Reporter

Khift

Assigned To

Dwarfu

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

resolved

Resolution

duplicate

Platform

Windows XP

OS Version

Product Version

0.31.12

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0003091: Insanity strips nobility, results in no title inheritance after eventual death (Baron/Count/Duke)

Description

My Count recently went insane due to poor morale; upon going insane she immediately lost all of her noble positions (she was holding four positions at the time -- Countess, Mayor, Bookkeeper and Broker). When she died her Count position was not inherited by any of her seven surviving children, one of which was old enough to be a full grown adult. (Interestingly, her eldest son was immediately elected Mayor upon her insanity. Probably a coincidence.)

Steps To Reproduce

Reproduction would be difficult, to say the least. You would need a Baron, Count, Duke or King with a child (possibly a mature child) and you would need to drive them insane either from a failed mood or poor morale. It would be no small feat to do.

Additional Information

While the loss of nobility positions is most entirely intentional in the case of non-inherited positions, if you have a noble with an inherited position go insane it results in the permanent loss of that inherited position; I can never again have a Count in this game, let alone promote that Count to Duke.