Editing v0.34:Thoughts and preferences

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The most detailed screen in the [[profile]] is the '''thoughts and preferences''' screen, accessible with {{k|u}}-{{k|v}}-{{k|Enter}} or {{k|v}}-{{k|z}}-{{k|Enter}}. It gives you a detailed breakdown of your dwarves' happiness and [[thought]]s, familial status, [[civilization]] membership, age and date of birth, physical descriptors (and [[wound]]s), physical [[attribute]]s, [[preference]]s, mental attributes, and [[personality trait]]s, in that order. All dwarves have two pieces of their profiles in common: "He/she needs [[alcohol]] to get through the working day" (indicating that all dwarves are alcoholics), amongst their personality traits, and "A short sturdy creature fond of work and industry" at the end of the screen (this is actually the dwarf's tagline, and will appear at the beginning for all other [[creature]]s). Non-citizens have profiles too, although these are far less detailed, only giving physical characteristics, wounds, and their tagline.

==Thoughts==
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This first section is in white, and will state the name of the dwarf and then their overall status (Ecstatic/Happy/Content/Unhappy/Very unhappy/Miserable). It will then list their recent [[thought]]s, providing an overview of what's making them happy or unhappy.

==Familial status==
Family [[relationship]]s are special in that they get special mention on the dwarves' thoughts and preferences, in light blue. This section will list spouses, children, and parents, in that order.

==Civilization membership==
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This section will list first the civilizations that the dwarf has entered or left, and at the end will give their date of arrival at your fortress. This section is static, and most important when hunting for [[vampire]]s, which will almost always have excessively long (10+) civilization memberships. Most dwarves have at most five items on this screen, which is in blue.

==Age and date of birth==
This section is in yellow, and is fairly self-explanatory. [[Age]] is mostly irrelevant, but will tell you how close babies are to becoming [[children]], children to adults, and how long it is before elderly dwarves pass away from old age (your fortress has to be ''very'' old for that to start to happen, however).

==Physical description==
This section, in white, gives a physical description of the dwarf, and will be the only thing displayed for a non-dwarf. Physical properties are only important in dwarves for combat (more muscle and fat means more mass for fighting and an ability to wield bigger weapons), but is an important variable in [[butchering]] returns as well as affecting how well other creatures fight. Physical characteristics are heavily influenced by dwarven [[genetics]].

In addition, any external [[wound]]s will be noted in red (open), brown (bruise or scar), or gray (missing body parts). This is the best way to get an at-a-glace of a creature's wounds, giving a better description then the {{k|v}}iew window's wounds screen outside of internal wounds requiring [[surgery]]. Serious injuries will still need [[diagnose|evaluation]] before [[healthcare|treatment]], however.

==Physical attributes==
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[[Attribute#Body Attributes|Physical attributes]] affect how well your dwarves are able to do something, and are trained by performing jobs that exercise that attribute. These are strength (used in combat, mining, and woodcutting), agility (used when running), toughness (used in combat), endurance (used when working while tired and pump operating), recuperation (used when healing wounds), and disease resistance (used when healing from [[syndrome]]s). Above-average attributes will be in green, below-average in red. Average results will not be reported.

==Preferences==
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Dwarves like certain [[material]]s, [[color]]s, [[creature|animal]]s, and brews of alcohol, and detest certain [[vermin]]. Being exposed to these likes or dislikes will give them a higher-then-normal chance of getting a higher-then-normal positive or negative thought, respectively. This comes in handy most when designating dwarves for duties, as dwarves love to work with materials and creatures of their preferences, and will produce higher [[quality]] goods as a result. Being able to outfit [[noble]]s' quarters with classy preferable items is a perk, too. This section is in green again.

==Mental attributes==
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[[Attribute#Soul Attributes|Mental attributes]] work in much the same way as physical attributes, are listed in the same way, and come in a much greater variety. Most effect how your dwarves are able to do their [[job]]s, as certain mental abilities are important in certain trades.

==Personality traits==
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A dwarf's [[personality trait]]s effect a lot of things. A nervous wreck of a [[wood cutter]] would be very quick to become unhappy if they are unlucky enough to be ambushed by a foe while felling tree, even if they come out on top in the ensuing encounter. Some are truly meaningless ("she always takes a deep breath whenever she is surprised"), but many effect how the dwarf works and relates to others. Effects how and what [[social skill]]s they train.

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