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{{imagefix|[[File:experiment_portrait.png|left]]|7|0}}[[File:Experiment janus.jpg|thumb|200px|Horrible experiments gone wrong or right?<br><small>''Art by JimmyNijs''</small>]]Experiments are not born as such, but are created (turned from the experimental subject, ''per se'') by the experimenter. There are failed and successful experiments, with the latter coming in many forms, depending on the source material. Every experimenter may create up to four "species" of experiment: one (sapient) humanoid, one small and one large creature type with 4 or more legs, and one giant amalgamation.{{cite forum|169696/8020553}} The giant amalgamation is created from multiple creatures, instead of just one, and is, as its name suggests, very large. Failed experiments, meanwhile, often come in the form of blobs, snakes, and worms, or armless bipeds with or without wings. The species, or even general shape of the experiment (save for the humanoid ones) is usually not preserved between experimentations (for example: horrible experiments on sheep may result in maggot-shaped creatures). | {{imagefix|[[File:experiment_portrait.png|left]]|7|0}}[[File:Experiment janus.jpg|thumb|200px|Horrible experiments gone wrong or right?<br><small>''Art by JimmyNijs''</small>]]Experiments are not born as such, but are created (turned from the experimental subject, ''per se'') by the experimenter. There are failed and successful experiments, with the latter coming in many forms, depending on the source material. Every experimenter may create up to four "species" of experiment: one (sapient) humanoid, one small and one large creature type with 4 or more legs, and one giant amalgamation.{{cite forum|169696/8020553}} The giant amalgamation is created from multiple creatures, instead of just one, and is, as its name suggests, very large. Failed experiments, meanwhile, often come in the form of blobs, snakes, and worms, or armless bipeds with or without wings. The species, or even general shape of the experiment (save for the humanoid ones) is usually not preserved between experimentations (for example: horrible experiments on sheep may result in maggot-shaped creatures). | ||
| − | Experiments sometimes escape into the wild, and intelligent ones can rejoin civilization - in the latter case, they may become playable race options in adventurer mode | + | Experiments sometimes escape into the wild, and intelligent ones can rejoin civilization - in the latter case, they may become playable race options in adventurer mode. In fact, you can unretire an adventurer who died and was subsequently revived as a necromancer experiment, and their relationships will be preserved. Otherwise, experiments found at [[Tower (necromancy)|necromancers' towers]] will be loyal to their creator (following the "Identify yourself!" behavior and attacking if you give an unwelcome name), though, bizarrely sometimes, experiment [[children]] can be found in the prisons of a [[dark fortress]] among other snatched children. |
Despite their various forms, all experiments possess certain uniform traits, being [[fanciful]] creatures who do not require any form of sustenance, sport immunity to [[No Pain|pain]], [[No Exert|exertion]], [[No Stun|stunning]], nausea, fevers or dizziness, and can survive both on land and [[Water|underwater]]. They can also be [[building destroyer]]s, [[Trapavoid|unaffected by traps]], [[Creature_token#EXTRAVISION|see everything]], and may even be generated with the ability to secrete extracts which can inflict [[Syndrome|night sickness]], including the ability to fly. | Despite their various forms, all experiments possess certain uniform traits, being [[fanciful]] creatures who do not require any form of sustenance, sport immunity to [[No Pain|pain]], [[No Exert|exertion]], [[No Stun|stunning]], nausea, fevers or dizziness, and can survive both on land and [[Water|underwater]]. They can also be [[building destroyer]]s, [[Trapavoid|unaffected by traps]], [[Creature_token#EXTRAVISION|see everything]], and may even be generated with the ability to secrete extracts which can inflict [[Syndrome|night sickness]], including the ability to fly. | ||
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Experiments may, rarely, wear items like rings. They cannot become [[vampire]]s, [[werebeast]]s, or [[necromancer]]s, due to their supernatural nature. | Experiments may, rarely, wear items like rings. They cannot become [[vampire]]s, [[werebeast]]s, or [[necromancer]]s, due to their supernatural nature. | ||
| − | Their names seem to be based on the creator, the place they were created, a deity (likely one associated with death or deformity), or just a generic | + | Their names seem to be based on the creator, the place they were created, a deity (likely one associated with death or deformity), or just a generic menacing-sounding name. Examples are "Obler's Hand", "Severesuppers's Eye", "Demon of Night", "Xakedkicu's Mistake", etc. Nouns of sapient experiments are Demon, Eye, Fist, Hand, Soldier, and Warrior. |
Dwarves will never have a [[preference]] for experiments, as they possess no {{token|PREFSTRING}}. They have an unused [[pet]] value of 2,000. | Dwarves will never have a [[preference]] for experiments, as they possess no {{token|PREFSTRING}}. They have an unused [[pet]] value of 2,000. | ||