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- A gigantic arachnid with huge pincers and a poisonous barbed tail. It is found in the savage lands.
Admired for its poisonous tail.
The giant desert scorpion is a very high-value creature commonly found in all savage desert biomes. As opponents, they are equivalent to blind cave ogres in lethality, and may appear in groups of anything from one to three mayhem-minded individuals. Giant desert scorpions are predatory meandering killing machines. They will roam over long distances seeking prey, meaning they will eventually find your fortress and start stinging dwarves.
Giant desert scorpions are capable of injecting a neurotoxin which causes necrosis of the brain and nervous system, resulting in instant death once they completely rot. They cannot be stunned and feel no pain or fear. A wounded scorpion will never stop fighting until it is dead.
This means that despite its relatively moderate size, the giant desert scorpion is able to one-hit-kill all creatures with blood and a nervous system, that is, most creatures. Yes, a giant desert scorpion can and will kill a roc, hydra, dragon or elephant if it gets in melee and has the time to sting before getting killed.
However, giant desert scorpions only sting as a secondary attack, never stinging if one or more pincers are not latching upon the opponent.
Due to the incredible variety of creatures available in savage biomes, giant desert scorpions are quite rare.
They are also famous for their ability to wrest the weapons (or backpacks, or socks, or armor, or whatever item strikes their fancy) you or your dwarves wield out of your hands (thanks to the UPPERBODY_PINCERS possessed by scorpions) and proceed to brutally kill you with them. They have also been reported to shoot crossbows in the object testing arena.
The good news is that giant desert scorpions can be tamed. Stuffing a cage with thirty scorpions and releasing them all at once during an invasion is a joyous sight.
Like many exotic pets, giant desert scorpions do not breed. This can easily be remedied/modded in by adding "[CHILD:3][GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:giant desert scorpling:giant desert scorplings]" to the giant desert scorpion entry in the raws, found in the file creature_savage_tropical.txt. Also, if you want to be able to train them into giant desert war scorpions, you need to add "[TRAINABLE]" somewhere in their entry too.
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[CREATURE:SCORPION_DESERT_GIANT]
[DESCRIPTION:A gigantic arachnid with huge pincers and a poisonous barbed tail. It is found in the savage lands.]
[NAME:giant desert scorpion:giant desert scorpions:giant desert scorpion]
[CASTE_NAME:giant desert scorpion:giant desert scorpions:giant desert scorpion]
[CREATURE_TILE:'S'][COLOR:6:0:0]
[PETVALUE:2500]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[BIOME:DESERT_BADLAND]
[BIOME:DESERT_ROCK]
[BIOME:DESERT_SAND]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOEMOTION][NOFEAR]
[LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:5][DIFFICULTY:3]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:5:10]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]
[CARNIVORE][NATURAL]
[PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:1]
[LARGE_PREDATOR][MEANDERER]
[NOBONES]
[SAVAGE]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:10]
[PREFSTRING:tails]
[BODY:SPIDER:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:TAIL:TAIL_STINGER:UPPERBODY_PINCERS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ICHOR:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR:LIQUID]
[CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:20000]
[BODY_SIZE:1:0:100000]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:200000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[MAXAGE:20:30]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:POISON:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen giant desert scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen giant desert scorpion venom]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:giant desert scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:giant desert scorpion venom]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling giant desert scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:boiling giant desert scorpion venom]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:giant desert scorpion sting]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:SCORPION_DESERT_GIANT:ALL]
[SYN_INJECTED]
Closest thing I've got to a neurotoxin is making the brain and spine rot. Stay out of the savage deserts!
[CE_NECROSIS:SEV:100:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:BP:BY_TYPE:THOUGHT:ALL:BP:BY_TYPE:NERVOUS:ALL:START:30:PEAK:60:END:1200]
[ATTACK:STING:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:STINGER]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:sting:stings]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:5]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:POISON:LIQUID:100:100]
[ATTACK:PINCER:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:PINCER]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:snatch:snatches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:chitin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:SINGULAR]
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MULTIPLY_VALUE:4] |
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Birds |
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Bugs |
Bark scorpion ( man, giant) • Brown recluse spider ( man, giant) • Damselfly ( man, giant) • Grasshopper ( man, giant) • Jumping spider ( man, giant) • Louse ( man, giant) • Mantis ( man, giant) • Moon snail ( man, giant) • Mosquito ( man, giant) • Moth ( man, giant) • Slug ( man, giant) • Snail ( man, giant) • Thrips ( man, giant) • Tick ( man, giant) |
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Domestic | |
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Mountain | |
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Ocean |
Angelshark • Basking shark • Blacktip reef shark • Blue shark • Bluefin tuna • Bluefish • Bull shark • Cod • Coelacanth • Common skate • Conger eel • Crab ( man, giant) • Cuttlefish ( man, giant) • Elephant seal ( man, giant) • Frill shark • Giant grouper • Great barracuda • Great white shark • Halibut • Hammerhead shark • Harp seal ( man, giant) • Horseshoe crab ( man, giant) • Leopard seal ( man, giant) • Longfin mako shark • Manta ray • Marlin • Milkfish • Narwhal ( man, giant) • Nautilus ( man, giant) • Nurse shark • Ocean sunfish • Octopus ( man, giant) • Opah • Orca ( man, giant) • Sea lamprey • Shortfin mako shark • Sperm whale ( man, giant) • Spiny dogfish • Sponge ( man, giant) • Spotted wobbegong • Squid ( man, giant) • Stingray • Sturgeon • Swordfish • Tiger shark • Walrus • Whale shark • Whitetip reef shark |
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River/Lake |
Axolotl ( man, giant) • Beaver ( man, giant) • Carp • Hippo • Leech ( man, giant) • Longnose gar • Mink ( man, giant) • Otter ( river, sea, man, giant) • Pike • Platypus ( man, giant) • Pond turtle ( man, giant) • Snapping turtle ( common, alligator, man, giant) • Tigerfish |
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Temperate |
Adder ( man, giant) • Alligator • Badger ( man, giant) • Black bear • Bobcat ( man, giant) • Buzzard • Capybara ( man, giant) • Coati ( man, giant) • Copperhead snake ( man, giant) • Cougar • Coyote ( man, giant) • Deer • Dingo ( man, giant) • Echidna ( man, giant) • Fox • Gray langur ( man, giant) • Green tree frog ( man, giant) • Grizzly bear • Groundhog • Hare ( man, giant) • Ibex ( man, giant) • Kangaroo ( man, giant) • Kingsnake ( man, giant) • Koala ( man, giant) • Moose ( man, giant) • Opossum ( man, giant) • Panda ( man, giant) • Porcupine ( man, giant) • Raccoon • Rattlesnake ( man, giant) • Red panda ( man, giant) • Rhesus macaque • Skunk ( man, giant) • Weasel ( man, giant) • Wild boar ( man, giant) • Wolf • Wombat ( man, giant) |
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Tropical |
Aardvark ( man, giant) • Anaconda ( man, giant) • Armadillo ( man, giant) • Aye-aye ( man, giant) • Bilou • Black mamba ( man, giant) • Black-crested gibbon • Black-handed gibbon • Bonobo • Bushmaster ( man, giant) • Capuchin ( man, giant) • Cheetah ( giant) • Chimpanzee • Elephant • Gazelle • Giant desert scorpion • Giant tortoise ( man, giant) • Giraffe • Gorilla • Gray gibbon • Honey badger • Hyena ( man, giant) • Impala ( man, giant) • Jackal ( man, giant) • Jaguar ( giant) • King cobra ( man, giant) • Leopard ( giant) • Lion ( giant) • Lion tamarin ( man, giant) • Mandrill • Mongoose ( man, giant) • Monitor lizard ( man, giant) • Ocelot ( man, giant) • One-humped camel • Orangutan • Pangolin ( man, giant) • Pileated gibbon • Python ( man, giant) • Rhinoceros • Saltwater crocodile • Siamang • Silvery gibbon • Sloth ( man, giant) • Sloth bear ( man, giant) • Spider monkey ( man, giant) • Tapir ( man, giant) • Tiger ( giant, man) • Two-humped camel • Vulture • Warthog • White-browed gibbon • White-handed gibbon |
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