Foul blendec

2026-09-25T21:45:46Z

70.22.110.94: Added details concerning foul blendec anatomy

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'''Foul blendecs''' are [[fanciful]], intelligent [[creature]]s found in certain [[evil]]-aligned [[forest]]s. Standing as the size of a [[dwarf]], these once-believed to be skull-headed creatures spawn rarely, in groups of 3 to 5 individuals who will menace everything smaller than themselves. They will attack dwarves who provoke them and may cause great injury unless countered by a [[military]] squad. They are a male-only race - no female foul blendecs exist - and are also immortal, only dying to violence and disease. Foul blendecs are sapient and can open unlocked [[door]]s, though they're unlikely to enter a fortress unless chasing dwarves inside.

For the majority of their known existence, it was widely believed that these incredibly misunderstood creatures possessed eerie white skulls for heads, featuring "empty" or "rotten eye sockets". Recent studies have revealed such notions to have been false. Dwarven studies have demonstrated that there are in fact, no such eye sockets on the creature to even speak of. In spite of their artwork, the heads of the foul blendecs are in fact, entirely covered in the fairly standard creature tissues of skin, muscle, and fat. Where eyes might otherwise have been found on the creature, the area of the face is simply plastered over with skin. Their only other major distinguishing feature in appearance is their head's lack of hair.

Curiously, while no readily identifiable visual sensory organs are to be found on the creature, the foul blendecs nevertheless retains an ability to see through a mysterious form of {{token|EXTRAVISION}} (meaning it's impossible to blind them).

They possess a [[pet]] value of 250, but lack the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trainable]] (and even if [[Modding|modded]] to be trainable, the fact they are intelligent creatures will lead to [[Animal trainer#Taming_intelligent_creatures|strange behavior]]). Due to the aforementioned intelligence, dwarves will not [[butcher]], eat or use products made from foul blendecs, limiting their use to occupying space in your [[refuse]] [[stockpile]], [[live training]] or putting them somewhere more to your liking if you capture one in a [[cage]] [[trap]].

Their [[good]] counterparts are the [[satyr]]s.

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] foul blendecs for their ''goat heads'', their ''goat legs'' and their ''rotten eye sockets''.
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File:FoulBlendec.jpg|A foul blendec, drawn in crayon by [[Main:Bay 12 Games|Bay 12 Games]]
File:blendec_preview.png|A more detailed version of the foul creature.<br><small>''Art by kough_noises''</small>
File:foul_blendec_preview2.jpg|Another detailed view of the foul creature.<br><small>''Art by Salasti''</small>
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Foul blendecs are quite reminiscent of another [http://darksouls.wikidot.com/capra-demon goat-skull-headed monster]. Dwarves who witness them carrying machetes and using [[dog]]s are recommended to kill the dogs first.
==Trivia==
*[[File:foul_blendec_sprites.png|right]]Initially, the premium version had a sprite for a child foul blendec. It was later removed from the game, because foul blendecs are adults at birth.
*[[ThreeToe]]'s story [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/story/tt_forest_befouled.html "Forest Befouled"] represents a potential origin story for foul blendecs being corrupted from satyrs.

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Mandate

2026-09-16T23:10:24Z

70.22.110.94: Updated: How much time is allowed for completion - three to six months, determined randomly.

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[[File:Announce_agreement_icon.png]] A '''mandate''' is a [[noble]]'s request that your [[dwarves]] produce a certain item or type of item, or an [[Trading|export]] ban on certain items. Starting nobles such as the [[expedition leader]] will not make mandates; upgraded nobles like the [[mayor]] will. Fulfilling the mandate gives the noble a happy [[thought]].

Mandates should not be confused with [[demand]]s.

Only some nobles make mandates, and the number of mandates that can be active simultaneously varies:
* '''1 mandate:''' [[Baron]], [[Mayor]]
* '''2 mandates:''' [[Count]]
* '''3 mandates:''' [[Duke]]
* '''5 mandates:''' [[Monarch]]

Mandates are announced on the left of the screen as their own announcement, but to see the actual details of the mandate or if a noble is mandating anything you need to check the [[nobles screen|noble's screen]]. If the uppercase bracketed word '[MANDATE]' next to a noble's name is grey, he is making no mandates. If brown, he is making a production mandate, and you have a lot of time to complete it. If yellow, you have a month or two before the mandate expires. If red, the mandate will expire very soon. If white, then it is an export ban.

The mandates of a noble will end automatically when the noble dies. The mandates of a mayor end instantly when they are voted out of office, but will remain in force if a mayor is replaced by nominating another one from the nobles screen. If the replaced mayor has no other administrative position, such a lingering mandate will only be displayed on the dwarf's personal thoughts page, not on the nobles screen, and is thus easy to overlook and accidentally violate.

== Production Mandate ==

When a noble makes a production mandate, you will have between three to six months to fulfill it. These mandate the production of certain goods, specifying the desired type, just like export bans. In previous versions, items (of any type) of a desired material could be mandated.

Getting the required items from a [[caravan]] will not fulfill a mandate. If a production mandate expires without being fulfilled, the noble will get an unhappy [[thought]], and one or more dwarves will be sentenced to punishment for the 'violation of production order' [[Justice|crime]]. The dwarf chosen tends to have a skill appropriate to the mandate, but random dwarves may be chosen as well. If the noble can't sentence any dwarves for punishment because all your dwarves are nobles, or the sentenced dwarves can't be punished because no officer is assigned, he will get another unhappy thought. Delaying fulfillment of an easily-achieved production mandate may prevent another, worse, mandate from being enacted (for a few months, at least). The color of the mandate indicator on the Nobles screen changes from brown to bright yellow to red, as the deadline approaches. You can determine your progress towards fulfilling the mandate by viewing the {{menu icon|n}} (then hit enter on the Noble with a mandate), and you will see the mandate listed like this example "Mandates: Make floodgates (2/3)", where in this example we have produced one floodgate and still need to produce two more. Once you produce the mandated items, the mandate goes away and nothing special happens to the items. They just go into your inventory, so on the not-outside chance the noble actually requests something useful (like armor, a weapon, or furniture) it's not a total waste. Choosing a [[Baron]] with a [[preference]] for useful items can help with this (as discussed below).

In a busy fortress, it's easy to miss the announcement of a production mandate. One way to avoid this is to change the NEW_MANDATE line in [[announcements.txt]] to [NEW_MANDATE:A_D:D_D:P] Another option is using the manager to create a work order for three goods every quarter.

== Export Bans ==

Export bans forbid the export of a certain item type, like [[armor|greaves]]. These bans are temporary, they last about half a year (approximately the same length of time as a production mandate) and then are ended by your noble.

Violating an export ban by [[trade|trading]] any of the item away is a [[Justice|crime]] for each of the haulers who brought a prohibited item (that was sold) to the [[trade depot]] - each dwarf will be incriminated the instant the item is carried off the map (whether by a pack animal or a wagon). While selecting goods to be brought to the depot, the "culling on mandates" option will prevent banned objects from being selected, though if a finished goods bin contains a single banned object, the entire bin will be excluded. Items that are subject to export bans are displayed in purple text in the trade window. Note that if an item is traded to a caravan and is subsequently placed under an export ban, dwarves '''will''' be punished even though the trade took place before the ban went into effect, so if the caravan hasn't already left, any banned goods should be immediately purchased back from the traders; if a good was ''offered'', then nothing can be done (aside from exploiting various oddities in the trade system, or arranging an [[unfortunate accident]]). Oddly, trading banned items which were carried to the depot in [[bin]]s (but not the bins themselves) does ''not'' result in any perceived crimes, perhaps because only the bin was brought to the depot, not the items inside it; however, the noble that issued the mandate will receive an unhappy thought that nobody could be punished.{{verify}}

[[Melt]]ing a banned item also does not violate the restriction.

== Mandates & preferences ==
Personal [[preference]]s determine what type of items a noble bans for export or wants to have produced via mandates. Nobles with a preference for a specific item will either ban that item or mandate its production. Nobles with no preference for a specific item type will never issue any mandates.

Nobles with preferences for items you don't want excluded from trade or that are just too hard to produce (a judgment call) will be a problem for your fortress. You have, however, (limited) control over choosing one noble who makes mandates, for example when appointing your [[baron]], or overriding dwarven elections by appointing a [[mayor]] you prefer. Choose your baron or mayor wisely: take a look at their preferences, and decide if they might be a problem. For example, [[anvil]]s take three bars (or nine [[adamantine]] wafers) to make, and can only be produced from a few [[weapons-grade]] metals (and many good sites lack iron ores), thus regular mandates for their production may be hard to fulfill. But even a ban on the export of [[mug]]s can be a problem if a fort relies on them as a trade good. If unavoidable, such nobles may be destined for an [[unfortunate accident]] - for the good of the fortress as a whole.

==Requirements==

These are the criteria for a noble to issue a mandate{{cite forum|139032/5334341}}:
* Hasn't made a mandate/demand lately, the period can be adjusted in [[Difficulty#Mandates_and_demands|difficulty]] [[settings]].
* Isn't dead, hasn't left the map, isn't a projectile, and isn't caged
* Isn't insane (or in the middle of a mood)
* Isn't incapacitated (unconscious, webbed, or paralyzed)
* Isn't nauseated, winded, stunned, dizzy, or feverish
* Isn't bleeding
* Has a soul
* Is a member of your fortress

It isn't currently known if exposure to [[cave spider]] venom, which causes permanent mild dizziness, is sufficient to prevent mandates. Other procedurally-generated [[syndrome]]s can cause temporary illnesses, which may also block mandates if applied periodically.

==Bugs==
* A mandate will remain in effect even after the noble who issued it (a mayor, for example) has been replaced.{{bug|3047}}

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