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0005186Dwarf FortressCombat -- Generalpublic2012-02-16 10:022014-08-13 13:30
Trif 
Footkerchief 
normalminoralways
confirmedopen 
PCWindows 7 64 Bit
0.34.01 
 
0005186: When severing the body part "teeth", all teeth are being severed and fly off in many arcs
Since all teeth of a creature with GENERIC_TEETH are collected under one body part (teeth), severing this part results in some sort of tooth explosion, in which every single tooth is being severed and flies off in an arc.
This applies to other creatures as well, e.g. severing an Elf's body part "upper front teeth" severs two upper front teeth.
Beat a creature with GENERIC_TEETH into unconsciousness, e.g. a Moose.
Attack the teeth. Stabbing them with a sword has always worked for me, grabbing and pinching them works just as well.
Watch the nice pattern the teeth form on the ground.
Probably related to 0000701.

Attacking a conscious creature in the teeth usually just attacks the head, therefore this bug occurs relatively rarely. I first got it by getting a chance attack on a hippo's teeth, and it is pretty ridiculous to sever all of the teeth with a single stab. Using every single tooth as a body part would be annoying, so the best solution is probably to sever a few teeth with every attack until no teeth remain.
0.34.01, body parts, Intentional/Expected?
has duplicate 0005204resolved Logical2u Teeth exploding from adder man's mouth 
has duplicate 0005360resolved Knight Otu Black mamba leaves 22 teeth (not counting fangs) on battle 
has duplicate 0005496resolved Footkerchief Teeth multiply? 
related to 0000701new  When a numbered tooth is knocked out, all the other teeth in its "numbering group" can no longer be used for biting attacks 
Issue History
2012-02-16 10:02TrifNew Issue
2012-02-16 10:03TrifTag Attached: 0.34.01
2012-02-16 10:03TrifTag Attached: body parts
2012-02-16 10:10FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2012-02-16 11:08TrifIssue Monitored: Trif
2012-02-16 11:18TrifNote Added: 0019818
2012-02-16 12:50FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000701
2012-02-16 18:09Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0005204
2012-02-16 22:05CheesoburgorNote Added: 0019904
2012-02-16 23:03thvazNote Added: 0019907
2012-02-21 03:13Knight OtuRelationship addedhas duplicate 0005360
2012-02-28 12:38FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0005496
2014-07-09 03:54TrifNote Added: 0025272
2014-08-13 13:30FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-08-13 13:30FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed

Notes
(0019818)
Trif   
2012-02-16 11:18   
I forgot to include pictures, so here they are:
http://imgur.com/faDeh [^]
http://imgur.com/Z4XTK [^]
(0019904)
Cheesoburgor   
2012-02-16 22:05   
i think its actually pretty cool when i hit something with mace in teeth the teeths fly off like in comics :p
(0019907)
thvaz   
2012-02-16 23:03   
Well, I think this is a feature.
(0025272)
Trif   
2014-07-09 03:54   
Still happens in 0.40.01 .