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[[File:undead_sprites_preview.png|right]]The '''animated dead''' (or '''undead''') {{Tile|Ñ|3:0}} are the [[corpse|bodies]] of formerly living [[creature]]s animated through fell [[magic]]. These [[night creature]]s can be created intentionally by a [[necromancer]], a [[mummy]], or arise naturally from the dark energies of [[surroundings|evil regions]]. Animated dead are [[immortal]] and have no [[soul]]s. | [[File:undead_sprites_preview.png|right]]The '''animated dead''' (or '''undead''') {{Tile|Ñ|3:0}} are the [[corpse|bodies]] of formerly living [[creature]]s animated through fell [[magic]]. These [[night creature]]s can be created intentionally by a [[necromancer]], a [[mummy]], or arise naturally from the dark energies of [[surroundings|evil regions]]. Animated dead are [[immortal]] and have no [[soul]]s. | ||
− | Graphically, the main races of the game will appear with purple skin. Undead [[animals]] will appear with an alternative sprite, usually being completely indigo with black spots around glowing white eyes. Many intelligent [[humanoid]] creatures will appear as they did when alive, albeit with an alternate, paler blue or purple skin color | + | Graphically, the main races of the game will appear with purple skin. Undead [[animals]] will appear with an alternative sprite, usually being completely indigo with black spots around glowing white eyes. Many intelligent [[humanoid]] creatures will appear as they did when alive, albeit with an alternate, paler blue or purple skin color. Some undead creatures will appear exactly the same as they were when alive. |
==What is an undead?== | ==What is an undead?== | ||
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The undead are not to be trifled with – they have high Strength and very high Toughness, along with all other physical [[attribute]]s increased (except Speed), do not tire, feel no pain, have no useful articulations to damage, ignore injuries to their now-useless organs, do not fall unconscious, and are impervious to the effects of morale. Add in that they often arrive in very large numbers, using armor and weapons which make them even more powerful, and with [[necromancer]]s to reanimate them, and that [[semi-megabeast|the]] [[megabeast|greatest]] [[titan|of]] [[forgotten beast|beasts]] can be reanimated, and it comes off as no surprise that the undead can pose a great opportunity for trouble. | The undead are not to be trifled with – they have high Strength and very high Toughness, along with all other physical [[attribute]]s increased (except Speed), do not tire, feel no pain, have no useful articulations to damage, ignore injuries to their now-useless organs, do not fall unconscious, and are impervious to the effects of morale. Add in that they often arrive in very large numbers, using armor and weapons which make them even more powerful, and with [[necromancer]]s to reanimate them, and that [[semi-megabeast|the]] [[megabeast|greatest]] [[titan|of]] [[forgotten beast|beasts]] can be reanimated, and it comes off as no surprise that the undead can pose a great opportunity for trouble. | ||
− | + | As a rule, an individual dwarven undead should best an untrained living dwarf, but be relatively easily dispatched by an armed member of the [[military|militia]]. Physically larger undead are greater threats than their smaller brethren, and no undead army should be faced without a prepared militia. | |
The undead cannot bleed out - puncture wounds do little good for this reason, and likewise, choking is obviously ineffective against their lack of breath. Pulping or severing ("flies/sails off in an arc!" etc.) an important structural body-part (head, neck, upper body, lower body) is guaranteed to kill an undead. [[Attack types#Blunt weapons|Blunt]] weapons are effective against animated corpses because they inflict pulping damage, mangling the zombies so badly that they cannot rise up again, without severing body parts that might reanimate. Of those commonly available to dwarves, [[mace]]s are more efficient at pulping than [[war hammer]]s. [[Flail]]s are better still if one can acquire them. Beheading appears to sometimes work less reliably – this is possibly related to the neck being cut off rather than the head itself, which the game does not register as decapitation{{Verify}}. | The undead cannot bleed out - puncture wounds do little good for this reason, and likewise, choking is obviously ineffective against their lack of breath. Pulping or severing ("flies/sails off in an arc!" etc.) an important structural body-part (head, neck, upper body, lower body) is guaranteed to kill an undead. [[Attack types#Blunt weapons|Blunt]] weapons are effective against animated corpses because they inflict pulping damage, mangling the zombies so badly that they cannot rise up again, without severing body parts that might reanimate. Of those commonly available to dwarves, [[mace]]s are more efficient at pulping than [[war hammer]]s. [[Flail]]s are better still if one can acquire them. Beheading appears to sometimes work less reliably – this is possibly related to the neck being cut off rather than the head itself, which the game does not register as decapitation{{Verify}}. | ||
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==Undead Fun Facts== | ==Undead Fun Facts== | ||
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* Undead can animate from hauled corpses. | * Undead can animate from hauled corpses. | ||
* Animated undead will not attack necromancers (including those not responsible for raising them), as they are considered non-living beings. They are also loyal towards other undead creatures like vampires or mummies. | * Animated undead will not attack necromancers (including those not responsible for raising them), as they are considered non-living beings. They are also loyal towards other undead creatures like vampires or mummies. |