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After the death of an intelligent creature (or a dwarf), its soul may occasionally come back as a '''ghost''' {{Tile|Ñ|7:1}}.  In a Dwarven fortress, dead dwarves have a chance of returning as ghosts if they are not properly [[coffin|buried]] or [[memorial|memorialized]] after their death. Ghosts often take to haunting their relatives and friends, following them around on the same tile, as well as lingering wistfully near areas they frequented in life or the spot they died. However, not all ghosts bear their anguish calmly.
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After the death of an intelligent creature or a dwarf (''zing!''), its soul may occasionally come back as a '''ghost''' {{Tile|Ñ|7:1}}.  In a Dwarven fortress, dead dwarves have a chance of returning as ghosts if they are not properly [[coffin|buried]] or [[memorial|memorialized]] after their death. Ghosts often take to haunting their relatives and friends, following them around on the same tile, as well as lingering wistfully near areas they frequented in life or the spot they died. However, not all ghosts bear their anguish calmly.
  
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Ghosts are able to pass through walls and cannot be harmed by [[Dwarven Atom Smasher|atom-smashing]]. They can be targeted in the Squad kill screen ({{K|s}},{{K|k}}) even though they won't actually be attacked. Ghosts can be dismissed by burying the remains or by creating, engraving, and building rock [[slab|slabs]] in memory of the deceased.
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Ghosts are able to pass through walls and cannot be harmed by [[Dwarven Atom Smasher|atom-smashing]]. They can be targeted in the Squad kill screen ({{K|s}},{{K|k}}) even though they won't actually be attacked. Ghosts can be dismissed by burying the remains or by building engraving rock [[slab|slabs]] in memory of the deceased.
  
 
==Paranormal Activity==
 
==Paranormal Activity==
  
 
Ghosts haunting the fortress will occasionally perform some of the following actions, based on their temperament:
 
Ghosts haunting the fortress will occasionally perform some of the following actions, based on their temperament:
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* ''<ghost> sucks the wind out of <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> sucks the wind out of <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> raises a high fever in <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> raises a high fever in <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> makes <dwarf> convulse and retch''
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* <ghost> makes <dwarf> convulse and retch
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* ''<ghost> inflicts excruciating pain upon <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> inflicts excruciating pain upon <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> causes a spell of dizziness in <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> causes a spell of dizziness in <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> paralyzes <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> paralyzes <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> stuns <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> stuns <dwarf>
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* ''<ghost> batters <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> batters <dwarf>
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* ''<dwarf> is throwing a tantrum, possessed by <ghost>''
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* <dwarf> is throwing a tantrum, possessed by <ghost>
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* ''<ghost> has risen and is haunting the fortress!''
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* <ghost> has risen and is haunting the fortress!
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* ''<ghost> is following <dwarf>''
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* <ghost> is following <dwarf>
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* ''<item> has been misplaced. No doubt <ghost> is to blame!''
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* <item> has been misplaced. No doubt <ghost> is to blame!
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* ''<ghost> is throwing objects around the fortress!''
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* <ghost> is throwing objects around the fortress!
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* ''<ghost> can be heard howling throughout the fortress!''
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* <ghost> can be heard howling throughout the fortress!
  
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The ghost's activities may be determined by the nature of its death and its [[personality trait]]s using the following table, ''in order'':
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The ghost's activities may be determined by the nature of its death. The following table summarizes the different types of ghosts. If you "slab" a ghost and then re-arise it by deconstructing the slab, it may change type.
  
 
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" align="center"
 
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" align="center"
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|Sadistic Ghost
 
|Sadistic Ghost
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|Had a macabre mood, or had low ALTRUISM
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|Had a macabre mood
 
|Batters, scares and paralyses dwarves. Capable of scaring a dwarf to death.
 
|Batters, scares and paralyses dwarves. Capable of scaring a dwarf to death.
 
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|Was berserk, or had high ANGER
 
|Was berserk, or had high ANGER
 
|Batters dwarves, often but not always removing limbs.
 
|Batters dwarves, often but not always removing limbs.
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|Angry Ghost
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|Had a possessed mood
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|Batters dwarves.
 
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|Moaning Spirit
 
|Moaning Spirit
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|Makes sleeping difficult.
 
|Makes sleeping difficult.
 
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|Angry Ghost
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|Secretive Poltergeist
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|Was possessed
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|Had a secretive mood, or had high SELF_CONSCIOUSNESS
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|Batters dwarves.
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|''Misplaces'' Items.
 
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|Energetic Poltergeist
 
|Energetic Poltergeist
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|Was in a fey mood, or had high ACTIVITY_LEVEL
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|Had a fey mood, or had high ACTIVITY_LEVEL
 
|Topples furniture, such as chairs.
 
|Topples furniture, such as chairs.
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|Secretive Poltergeist
 
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|Was in a secretive mood, or had high SELF_CONSCIOUSNESS
 
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|''Misplaces'' Items.
 
 
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|Troublesome Poltergeist
 
|Troublesome Poltergeist
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|Restless Haunt
 
|Restless Haunt
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|Had GREGARIOUSNESS at least as high as DUTIFULNESS, or never completed any jobs
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|Had more GREGARIOUSNESS than DUTIFULNESS
 
|Drifts around place of death and frequented locations. Also haunts dwarves, causing unhappy thoughts.
 
|Drifts around place of death and frequented locations. Also haunts dwarves, causing unhappy thoughts.
 
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|Forlorn Haunt
 
|Forlorn Haunt
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|Did not satisfy any of the above checks
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|Had less GREGARIOUSNESS than DUTIFULNESS
 
|Drifts around place of death and frequented locations.
 
|Drifts around place of death and frequented locations.
 
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A "high" trait check will succeed 20% of the time for value of 76-90, 50% of the time for 91-99, and is guaranteed for 100. Similarly, a "low" trait check will succeed 20% of the time for 10-24, 50% of the time for 1-9, and always for 0. Having zero ALTRUISM will always result in a Murderous Ghost, never a Sadistic Ghost.
 
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If a ghost is put to rest and subsequently re-raised (by deconstructing its coffin or slab), it will return as a Murderous Ghost.
 
  
 
==Adventure mode==
 
==Adventure mode==
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=="Ghostly" Dwarves==
 
=="Ghostly" Dwarves==
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When a dwarf dies and becomes a ghost, its Legends mode entry lists it as a "ghostly" dwarf. All actions taken by the dwarf during both life and death will then be attributed the ghostly dwarf. This will generate messages like "the ghostly dwarf Urist McHauntypants arrived in Cagesyrups" even when the dwarf was obviously not a ghost yet when it immigrated.
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When a dwarf dies and becomes a ghost, its Legends mode entry lists it as a "ghostly" dwarf. All actions taken by the dwarf during both life and death will then be attributed the the ghostly dwarf. This will generate messages like "the ghostly dwarf Urist McHauntypants arrived in Cagesyrups" even when the dwarf was obviously not a ghost yet when it immigrated.
  
 
== Science on Ghosts ==
 
== Science on Ghosts ==

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