Editing 40d:Ratman

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Half man, half rat. '''Ratmen''' live in {{L|chasm}}s in packs.

One of the things that makes them unique is that they have innate {{l|swimming}}, and thus drowning them is ineffective. However, they pose little enough threat to even untrained {{l|wrestler}}s (unless they are in a pack), so such elaborate methods are unnecessary.

They can lurk in their chasm for a year and then attack your {{l|fortress}} along with other monsters if their chasm is open to the ground. However, if they are in an enclosed chasm or {{l|pit}}, the easiest strategy is to simply wait for them to die of old age - given their short life span and the fact that they do not reproduce, any chasm's population of ratmen will be dead within several years of {{l|embark}}ing.



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-Half man, half rat. '''Ratmen''' live in [[chasm]]s in packs.
+Half man, half rat. '''Ratmen''' live in {{L|chasm}}s in packs.
-One of the things that makes them unique is that they have innate [[swimming]], and thus drowning them is ineffective. However, they pose little enough threat to even untrained [[wrestler]]s (unless they are in a pack), so such elaborate methods are unnecessary.
+One of the things that makes them unique is that they have innate {{l|swimming}}, and thus drowning them is ineffective. However, they pose little enough threat to even untrained {{l|wrestler}}s (unless they are in a pack), so such elaborate methods are unnecessary.
-They can lurk in their chasm for a year and then attack your [[fortress]] along with other monsters if their chasm is open to the ground. However, if they are in an enclosed chasm or [[pit]], the easiest strategy is to simply wait for them to die of old age - given their short life span and the fact that they do not reproduce, any chasm's population of ratmen will be dead within several years of [[embark]]ing.
+They can lurk in their chasm for a year and then attack your {{l|fortress}} along with other monsters if their chasm is open to the ground. However, if they are in an enclosed chasm or {{l|pit}}, the easiest strategy is to simply wait for them to die of old age - given their short life span and the fact that they do not reproduce, any chasm's population of ratmen will be dead within several years of {{l|embark}}ing.