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Giant bat

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'''Giant Bats''' are over-sized versions of the common [[bat]], roughly as large as a standard [[llama]].

Giant bats can appear as [[mount]]s during a [[goblin]] [[siege]]. Groups of goblins will sometimes have an elite commander riding a giant bat into battle; other times an entire squad of goblin bat riders will siege your fortress.

Wild giant bats may be [[tame]]d and kept as [[pet]]s, [[animal trainer|trained]] for hunting, or bred as livestock for a [[meat industry]]. While they produce less meat than other "giant" creatures, giant bat [[butcher]]ing returns are worth four times as much as those of common domestic animals.

Giant bats are able [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=108229.0 to wield weapons and strike people with them], just like the [[Giant desert scorpion]]. This is due to them having a HUMANOID_FLIER body.

Giant bats can and will kill unarmed civilian dwarves. They often fly into forts through unsecured cavern entrances and cause large amounts of havoc, tearing off hands and feet and/or killing your dwarves. Cage traps or military dwarves should be sent to kill them when they appear in an unsecured cavern.

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Personality facet

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Dwarven '''personalities''' are determined by beliefs, goals, and facets. These are distinct from [[attributes]]. In general, personality traits do not have as important a gameplay effect as attributes, though many of the gameplay effects of personality traits are yet unknown.

Personality traits are shown in a dwarf's "thoughts and preferences" description page, which can be accessed by {{k|v}}iewing that dwarf then {{k|p}}, {{k|z}}, {{k|Enter}}, or from the {{k|u}}nit menu with {{k|v}}iew, {{k|Enter}}.

==Beliefs==

Each belief has a range from −50 to 50. The value triggers a report in "thoughts and preferences" depending on where it falls in these seven levels:

{| class="wikitable"
! Value Range !! Values in Range !! Probability !! Effect
|-
| +41 to +50 || 10 || 0.4% || Highest
|-
| +26 to +40 || 15 || 2% || Very High
|-
| +11 to +25 || 15 || 8.5% || High
|-
| −10 to +10 || 21 || 78% || Neutral
|-
| −25 to −11 || 15 || 8.5% || Low
|-
| −40 to −26 || 15 || 2% || Very Low
|-
| −50 to −41 || 10 || 0.4% || Lowest
|}

Beliefs are also influenced by cultural values via the use of the VALUE [[entity token]]. For example, dwarven civilizations hold craftsdwarfship in the highest regard, whereas goblins hold the ideas of fairness and sacrifice in utter disdain. If an individual dwarf's belief differs significantly from the civilization's beliefs, then that belief gets highlighted in cyan in the thought and personality screen.

Certain beliefs can conflict with personality facets — see below.

{| class="wikitable"
! Topic
! style="width:7em" | Value
! Description
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | LAW
| +41 to +50 || is an absolute believer in the rule of law
|-
| +26 to +40 || has a great deal of respect for the law
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects the law
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't feel strongly about the law
|-
| −25 to −11 || does not respect the law
|-
| −40 to −26 || disdains the law
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the idea of laws abhorent

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | LOYALTY
| +41 to +50 || has the highest regard for loyalty
|-
| +26 to +40 || greatly prizes loyalty
|-
| +11 to +25 || values loyalty
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly value loyalty
|-
| −25 to −11 || views loyalty unfavorably
|-
| −40 to −26 || disdains loyalty
|-
| −50 to −41 || is disgusted by the idea of loyalty

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | FAMILY
| +41 to +50 || sees family as one of the most important things in life
|-
| +26 to +40 || values family greatly
|-
| +11 to +25 || values family
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not care about family one way or the other
|-
| −25 to −11 || is put off by family
|-
| −40 to −26 || lacks any respect for family
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the idea of family loathsome

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | FRIENDSHIP
| +41 to +50 || believes friendship is a key to the ideal life
|-
| +26 to +40 || sees friendship as one of the finer things in life
|-
| +11 to +25 || thinks friendship is important
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not care about friendship
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds friendship burdensome
|-
| −40 to −26 || is completely put off by the idea of friends
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the whole idea of friendship disgusting

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | POWER
| +41 to +50 || believes that the acquisition of power over others is the ideal goal in life and worthy of the highest respect
|-
| +26 to +40 || sees power over others as something to strive for
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects power
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't find power particularly praiseworthy
|-
| −25 to −11 || has a negative view of those who exercise power over others
|-
| −40 to −26 || hates those who wield power over others
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the acquisition and use of power abhorent and would have all masters toppled

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | TRUTH
| +41 to +50 || believes the truth is inviolable regardless of the cost
|-
| +26 to +40 || believes that honesty is a high ideal
|-
| +11 to +25 || values honesty
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not particularly value the truth
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds blind honesty foolish
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees lying as an important means to an end
|-
| −50 to −41 || is repelled by the idea of honesty and lies without compunction

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | CUNNING
| +41 to +50 || holds well-laid plans and shrewd deceptions in the highest regard
|-
| +26 to +40 || greatly respects the shrewd and guileful
|-
| +11 to +25 || values cunning
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not really value cunning and guile
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees guile and cunning as indirect and somewhat worthless
|-
| −40 to −26 || holds shrewd and crafty individuals in the lowest esteem
|-
| −50 to −41 || is utterly disgusted by guile and cunning

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | ELOQUENCE
| +41 to +50 || believes that artful speech and eloquent expression are of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || deeply respects eloquent speakers
|-
| +11 to +25 || values eloquence
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't value eloquence so much
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds eloquence and artful speech off-putting
|-
| −40 to −26 || finds [him/her]self somewhat disgusted with eloquent speakers
|-
| −50 to −41 || sees artful speech and eloquence as a wasteful form of deliberate deception and treats it as such

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | FAIRNESS
| +41 to +50 || holds fairness as one of the highest ideals and despises cheating of any kind
|-
| +26 to +40 || has great respect for fairness
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects fair-dealing and fair-play
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not care about fairness
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees life as unfair and doesn't mind it that way
|-
| −40 to −26 || finds the idea of fair-dealing foolish and cheats when [he/she] finds it profitable
|-
| −50 to −41 || is disgusted by the idea of fairness and will freely cheat anybody at any time

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | DECORUM
| +41 to +50 || views decorum as a high ideal and is deeply offended by those that fail to maintain it
|-
| +26 to +40 || greatly respects those that observe decorum and maintain their dignity
|-
| +11 to +25 || values decorum, dignity and proper behavior
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't care very much about decorum
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds maintaining decorum a silly, fumbling waste of time
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees those that attempt to maintain dignified and proper behavior as vain and offensive
|-
| −50 to −41 || is affronted by the whole notion of maintaining decorum and finds so-called dignified people disgusting

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | TRADITION
| +41 to +50 || holds the maintenance of tradition as one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || is a firm believer in the value of tradition
|-
| +11 to +25 || values tradition
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't have any strong feelings about tradition
|-
| −25 to −11 || disregards tradition
|-
| −40 to −26 || finds the following of tradition foolish and limiting
|-
| −50 to −41 || is disgusted by tradition and would flout any [he/she] encounters if given a chance

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | ARTWORK
| +41 to +50 || believes that the creation and appreciation of artwork is one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || greatly respects artists and their works
|-
| +11 to +25 || values artwork
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't care about art one way or another
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds artwork boring
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees the whole pursuit of art as silly
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds art offensive and would have it destroyed whenever possible

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | COOPERATION
| +41 to +50 || places cooperation as one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || sees cooperation as very important in life
|-
| +11 to +25 || values cooperation
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't see cooperation as valuable
|-
| −25 to −11 || dislikes cooperation
|-
| −40 to −26 || views cooperation as a low ideal not worthy of any respect
|-
| −50 to −41 || is thoroughly disgusted by cooperation

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | INDEPENDENCE
| +41 to +50 || believes that freedom and independence are completely non-negotiable and would fight to defend them
|-
| +26 to +40 || treasures independence
|-
| +11 to +25 || values independence
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't really value independence one way or another
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds the ideas of independence and freedom somewhat foolish
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees freedom and independence as completely worthless
|-
| −50 to −41 || hates freedom and would crush the independent spirit wherever it is found

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | STOICISM
| +41 to +50 || views any show of emotion as offensive
|-
| +26 to +40 || thinks it is of the utmost importance to present a bold face and never grouse, complain or even show emotion
|-
| +11 to +25 || believes it is important to conceal emotions and refrain from complaining
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't see much value in being stoic
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees no value in holding back complaints and concealing emotions
|-
| −40 to −26 || feels that those who attempt to conceal their emotions are vain and foolish
|-
| −50 to −41 || sees concealment of emotions as a betrayal and tries [his/her] best never to associate with such secretive fools

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | INTROSPECTION
| +41 to +50 || feels that introspection and all forms of self-examination are the keys to a good life and worthy of respect
|-
| +26 to +40 || deeply values introspection
|-
| +11 to +25 || sees introspection as important
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't really see the value in self-examination
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds introspection to be a waste of time
|-
| −40 to −26 || thinks that introspection is valueless and those that waste time in self-examination are deluded fools
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the whole idea of introspection completely offensive and contrary to the ideals of a life well-lived

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | SELF_CONTROL
| +41 to +50 || believes that self-mastery and the denial of impulses are of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || finds moderation and self-control to be very important
|-
| +11 to +25 || values self-control
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly value self-control
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds those that deny their impulses somewhat stiff
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees the denial of impulses as a vain and foolish pursuit
|-
| −50 to −41 || has abandoned any attempt at self-control and finds the whole concept deeply offensive

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | TRANQUILITY
| +41 to +50 || views tranquility as one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || strongly values tranquility and quiet
|-
| +11 to +25 || values tranquility and a peaceful day
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't have a preference between tranquility and tumult
|-
| −25 to −11 || prefers a noisy, bustling life to boring days without activity
|-
| −40 to −26 || is greatly disturbed by quiet and a peaceful existence
|-
| −50 to −41 || is disgusted by tranquility and would that the world would constantly churn with noise and activity

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | HARMONY
| +41 to +50 || would have the world operate in complete harmony without the least bit of strife or disorder
|-
| +26 to +40 || strongly believes that a peaceful and ordered society without dissent is best
|-
| +11 to +25 || values a harmonious existence
|-
| −10 to +10 || sees equal parts of harmony and discord as part of life
|-
| −25 to −11 || doesn't respect a society that has settled into harmony without debate and strife
|-
| −40 to −26 || can't fathom why anyone would want to live in an orderly and harmonious society
|-
| −50 to −41 || believes deeply that chaos and disorder are the truest expressions of life and would disrupt harmony wherever it is found

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | MERRIMENT
| +41 to +50 || believes that little is better in life than a good party
|-
| +26 to +40 || truly values merrymaking and parties
|-
| +11 to +25 || finds merrymaking and partying worthwhile activities
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't really value merrymaking
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees merrymaking as a waste
|-
| −40 to −26 || is disgusted by merrymakers
|-
| −50 to −41 || is appalled by merrymaking, parties and other such worthless activities

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | CRAFTSMANSHIP
| +41 to +50 || holds crafts[man]ship to be of the highest ideals and celebrates talented artisans and their masterworks
|-
| +26 to +40 || has a great deal of respect for worthy crafts[man]ship
|-
| +11 to +25 || values good crafts[man]ship
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly care about crafts[man]ship
|-
| −25 to −11 || considers crafts[man]ship to be relatively worthless
|-
| −40 to −26 || sees the pursuit of good crafts[man]ship as a total waste
|-
| −50 to −41 || views crafts[man]ship with disgust and would desecrate a so-called masterwork or two if [he/she] could get away with it

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | MARTIAL_PROWESS
| +41 to +50 || believes that martial prowess defines the good character of an individual
|-
| +26 to +40 || deeply respects skill at arms
|-
| +11 to +25 || values martial prowess
|-
| −10 to +10 || does not really value skills related to fighting
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds those that develop skill with weapons and fighting distasteful
|-
| −40 to −26 || thinks that the pursuit of the skills of warfare and fighting is a low pursuit indeed
|-
| −50 to −41 || abhors those that pursue the mastery of weapons and skill with fighting

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | SKILL
| +41 to +50 || believes that the mastery of a skill is one of the highest pursuits
|-
| +26 to +40 || really respects those that take the time to master a skill
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects the development of skill
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't care if others take the time to master skills
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds the pursuit of skill mastery off-putting
|-
| −40 to −26 || believes that the time taken to master a skill is a horrible waste
|-
| −50 to −41 || sees the whole idea of taking time to master a skill as appalling

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | HARD_WORK
| +41 to +50 || believes that hard work is one of the highest ideals and a key to the good life
|-
| +26 to +40 || deeply respects those that work hard at their labors
|-
| +11 to +25 || values hard work
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't really see the point of working hard
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees working hard as a foolish waste of time
|-
| −40 to −26 || thinks working hard is an abject idiocy
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the proposition that one should work hard in life utterly abhorent

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | SACRIFICE
| +41 to +50 || finds sacrifice to be one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || believes that those who sacrifice for others should be deeply respected
|-
| +11 to +25 || values sacrifice
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly respect sacrifice as a virtue
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees sacrifice as wasteful and foolish
|-
| −40 to −26 || finds sacrifice to be the height of folly
|-
| −50 to −41 || thinks that the entire concept of sacrifice for others is truly disgusting

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | COMPETITION
| +41 to +50 || holds the idea of competition among the most important and would encourage it wherever possible
|-
| +26 to +40 || views competition as a crucial driving force in the world
|-
| +11 to +25 || sees competition as reasonably important
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't have strong views on competition
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees competition as wasteful and silly
|-
| −40 to −26 || deeply dislikes competition
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the very idea of competition obscene

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | PERSEVERENCE
| +41 to +50 || believes that perseverence is one of the greatest qualities somebody can have
|-
| +26 to +40 || greatly respects individuals that persevere through their trials and labors
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects perseverence
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't think much about the idea of perseverence
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees perseverence in the face of adversity as bull-headed and foolish
|-
| −40 to −26 || thinks there is something deeply wrong with people that persevere through adversity
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds the notion that one would persevere through adversity completely abhorent

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | LEISURE_TIME
| +41 to +50 || believes that it would be a fine thing if all time were leisure time
|-
| +26 to +40 || treasures leisure time and thinks it is very important in life
|-
| +11 to +25 || values leisure time
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't think one way or the other about leisure time
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds leisure time wasteful
|-
| −40 to −26 || is offended by leisure time and leisurely living
|-
| −50 to −41 || believes that those that take leisure time are evil and finds the whole idea disgusting

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | COMMERCE
| +41 to +50 || sees engaging in commerce as a high ideal in life
|-
| +26 to +40 || really respects commerce and those that engage in trade
|-
| +11 to +25 || respects commerce
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly respect commerce
|-
| −25 to −11 || is somewhat put off by trade and commerce
|-
| −40 to −26 || finds those that engage in trade and commerce to be fairly disgusting
|-
| −50 to −41 || holds the view that commerce is a vile obscenity

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | ROMANCE
| +41 to +50 || sees romance as one of the highest ideals
|-
| +26 to +40 || thinks romance is very important in life
|-
| +11 to +25 || values romance
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't care one way or the other about romance
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds romance distasteful
|-
| −40 to −26 || is somewhat disgusted by romance
|-
| −50 to −41 || finds even the abstract idea of romance repellent

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | NATURE
| +41 to +50 || holds nature to be of greater value than most aspects of civilization
|-
| +26 to +40 || has a deep respect for animals, plants and the natural world
|-
| +11 to +25 || values nature
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't care about nature one way or another
|-
| −25 to −11 || finds nature somewhat disturbing
|-
| −40 to −26 || has a deep dislike of the natural world
|-
| −50 to −41 || would just as soon have nature and the great outdoors burned to ashes and converted into a great mining pit

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=7 | PEACE
| +41 to +50 || believes the idea of war is utterly repellent and would have peace at all costs
|-
| +26 to +40 || believes that peace is always preferable to war
|-
| +11 to +25 || values peace over war
|-
| −10 to +10 || doesn't particularly care between war and peace
|-
| −25 to −11 || sees war as a useful means to an end
|-
| −40 to −26 || believes war is preferable to peace in general
|-
| −50 to −41 || thinks that the world should be engaged in perpetual warfare
|}

==Goals==
Some creatures dream of accomplishing certain goals in their life, and these goals can presumably affect their behavior. Dwarves will receive a happy thought upon completion of goals and receive the moniker of "and this goal was realized" in the personality description following their original goal. It is not certain yet whether goals are limited to one per entity.

If a creature has such dreams, they will be listed in the Thoughts and Preferences page.

{| class="wikitable"
! Token
! Description
! Gameplay effects
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! STAY_ALIVE
|
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! MAINTAIN_ENTITY_STATUS
|
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! START_A_FAMILY
| dreams of raising a family
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! RULE_THE_WORLD
| dreams of ruling the world
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! CREATE_A_GREAT_WORK_OF_ART
| dreams of creating a great work of art
| Goal completed upon creation of Artifact or Masterpiece
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! CRAFT_A_MASTERWORK
| dreams of crafting a masterwork someday
| Goal completed upon creation of Artifact or Masterpiece
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! BRING_PEACE_TO_THE_WORLD
| dreams of bringing lasting peace to the world
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! BECOME_A_LEGENDARY_WARRIOR
| dreams of becoming a legendary warrior
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! MASTER_A_SKILL
| dreams of mastering a skill
| Goal completed upon reaching Legendary skill status.
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! FALL_IN_LOVE
| dreams of falling in love
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! SEE_THE_GREAT_NATURAL_SITES
| dreams of seeing the great natural places of the world
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! IMMORTALITY
|
| Leads to [[necromancer|necromancy]]
|}

If said goal has actually been fulfilled, the description will include "and this dream was realized".

==Facets==

Each personality facet has a value from 0 to 100. The value triggers a report in "thoughts and preferences" depending on where it falls in these seven levels:

{| class="wikitable"
! Value Range !! Values in Range !! Probability !! Effect
|-
| 91-100 || 10 || 0.4% || Highest
|-
| 76-90 || 15 || 2% || Very High
|-
| 61-75 || 15 || 8.5% || High
|-
| 40-60 || 21 || 78% || Neutral
|-
| 25-39 || 15 || 8.5% || Low
|-
| 10-24 || 15 || 2% || Very Low
|-
| 0-9 || 10 || 0.4% || Lowest
|}

The 40−60 range does not cause a report.

Facets are also influenced by species via the use of the PERSONALITY [[creature token]]. For example, dwarves are slightly more greedy than average with a median of 55 in that trait, whereas goblins aren't likely to help others out — their altruism median is a mere 25, and is capped at 50.

Facets also have an effect on which social skills are learned in social interaction, and determine whether certain actions may give a good or bad [[thought]]. Facets may have other, more subtle effects on creature behavior, which are currently not entirely understood.

Certain facets are capable of ''conflicting'' with the dwarf's beliefs. The effect of this is not yet known.

{| class="wikitable"
! Token
! style="width:7em" | Value
! Description
! Effects
|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | LOVE_PROPENSITY<br />Conflicts with ROMANCE
| 91-100 || is always in love with somebody and easily develops positive feelings
|-
| 76-90 || very easily falls into love and develops positive feelings
|-
| 61-75 || can easily fall in love or develop positive sentiments
|-
| 25-39 || does not easily fall in love and rarely develops positive sentiments
|-
| 10-24 || is not the type to fall in love or even develop positive feelings
|-
| 0-9 || never falls in love or develops positive feelings toward anything

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | HATE_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is often inflamed by hatred and easily develops hatred toward things
|-
| 76-90 || is prone to hatreds and often develops negative feelings
|-
| 61-75 || is quick to form negative views about things
|-
| 25-39 || does not easily hate or develop negative feelings
|-
| 10-24 || very rarely develops negative feelings toward things
|-
| 0-9 || never feels hatred toward anyone or anything

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ENVY_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is consumed by overpowering feelings of jealousy
|-
| 76-90 || is prone to strong feelings of jealousy
|-
| 61-75 || often feels envious of others
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't often feel envious of others
|-
| 10-24 || is rarely jealous
|-
| 0-9 || never envies others their status, situation or possessions

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | CHEER_PROPENSITY<br />Conflicts with MERRIMENT
| 91-100 || often feels filled with joy
|-
| 76-90 || can be very happy and optimistic
|-
| 61-75 || is often cheerful
|-
| 25-39 || is rarely happy or enthusiastic
|-
| 10-24 || is dour as a rule
|-
| 0-9 || is never the slightest bit cheerful about anything

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | DEPRESSION_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is frequently depressed
| rowspan=3 | More likely to slip into [[depression]] and be [[Insane|stricken by melancholy]].
|-
| 76-90 || is often sad and dejected
|-
| 61-75 || often feels discouraged
|-
| 25-39 || rarely feels discouraged
|-
| 10-24 || almost never feels discouraged
|-
| 0-9 || never feels discouraged

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ANGER_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is in a constant state of internal rage
| rowspan=3 | More likely to throw [[tantrum]]s and go [[Insane|berserk]].
|-
| 76-90 || is very quick to anger
|-
| 61-75 || is quick to anger
|-
| 25-39 || is slow to anger
|-
| 10-24 || is very slow to anger
|-
| 0-9 || never becomes angry

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ANXIETY_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is a nervous wreck
| rowspan=3 | More likely to stumble [[oblivious]]ly and go [[Insane|stark raving mad]].
|-
| 76-90 || is always tense and jittery
|-
| 61-75 || is often nervous
|-
| 25-39 || has a calm demeanor
|-
| 10-24 || has a very calm demeanor
|-
| 0-9 || has an incredibly calm demeanor

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | LUST_PROPENSITY
| 91-100 || is constantly ablaze with feelings of lust
|-
| 76-90 || is prone to strong feelings of lust
|-
| 61-75 || often feels lustful
|-
| 25-39 || does not often feel lustful
|-
| 10-24 || rarely looks on others with lust
|-
| 0-9 || never feels lustful passions

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | STRESS_VULNERABILITY
| 91-100 || becomes completely helpless in stressful situations
| 50% chance to become [[Insane|catatonic]]
|-
| 76-90 || cracks easily under pressure
|-
| 61-75 || doesn't handle stress well
|-
| 25-39 || can handle stress
|-
| 10-24 || is confident under pressure
|-
| 0-9 || is impervious to the effects of stress

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | GREED
| 91-100 || is as avaricious as they come, obsessed with acquiring wealth
|-
| 76-90 || is very greedy
|-
| 61-75 || has a greedy streak
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't focus on material goods
|-
| 10-24 || desires little for [him/her]self in the way of possessions
|-
| 0-9 || often neglects [his/her] own wellbeing, having no interest in material goods

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | IMMODERATION<br />Conflicts with SELF_CONTROL
| 91-100 || is ruled by irresistible cravings and urges
|-
| 76-90 || feels strong urges and seeks short-term rewards
|-
| 61-75 || occasionally overindulges
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't often experience strong cravings or urges
|-
| 10-24 || only rarely feels strong cravings or urges
|-
| 0-9 || never feels tempted to overindulge in anything

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | VIOLENT<br />Conflicts with TRANQUILITY<br />and MARTIAL_PROWESS
| 91-100 || is given to rough-and-tumble brawling, even to the point of starting fights for no reason
| rowspan=1 | This does not actually cause a dwarf to randomly start a fist fight.
|-
| 76-90 || would never pass up a chance for a good fistfight
|-
| 61-75 || likes to brawl
|-
| 25-39 || tends to avoid any physical confrontations
| rowspan=3 | This does not affect a soldier's will to fight, but will cause civilians to flee from danger.{{verify}}
|-
| 10-24 || does not enjoy participating in physical confrontations
|-
| 0-9 || would flee even the most necessary battle to avoid any form of physical confrontation

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | PERSEVERENCE<br />Conflicts with PERSEVERENCE
| 91-100 || is unbelievably stubborn and will stick with even the most futile action once [his/her] mind is made up
|-
| 76-90 || is very stubborn
|-
| 61-75 || is stubborn
|-
| 25-39 || has a noticeable lack of perseverence
|-
| 10-24 || doesn't stick with things if even minor difficulties arise
|-
| 0-9 || drops any activity at the slightest hint of difficulty or even the suggestion of effort being required

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | WASTEFULNESS
| 91-100 || is completely careless with resources when completing projects and invariable wastes a lot of time and effort
|-
| 76-90 || is not careful with resources when working on projects and often spends unnecessary effort
|-
| 61-75 || tends to be a little wasteful when working on projects
|-
| 25-39 || tends to be a little tight with resources when working on projects
|-
| 10-24 || is stingy with resources on projects and refuses to expend any extra effort
|-
| 0-9 || cuts any corners possible when working on a project, regardless of the consequences, rather than wasting effort or resources

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | DISCORD<br />Conflicts with HARMONY
| 91-100 || revels in chaos and discord, and [he/she] encourages it whenever possible
|-
| 76-90 || finds a chaotic mess preferable to the boredom of harmonious living
|-
| 61-75 || doesn't mind a little tumult and discord in day-to-day living
|-
| 25-39 || prefers that everyone live as harmoniously as possible
|-
| 10-24 || feels best when everyone gets along without any strife or contention
|-
| 0-9 || would be deeply satisfied if everyone could live as one in complete harmony

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | FRIENDLINESS<br />Conflicts with HARMONY<br />and FRIENDSHIP
| 91-100 || is quite a bold flatterer, extremely friendly but just a little insufferable
|-
| 76-90 || is very friendly and always tries to say nice things to others
|-
| 61-75 || is a friendly individual
|-
| 25-39 || is somewhat quarrelsome
|-
| 10-24 || is unfriendly and disagreeable
|-
| 0-9 || is a dyed-in-the-wool quarreler, never missing a chance to lash out in verbal hostility

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | POLITENESS<br />Conflicts with DECORUM
| 91-100 || exhibits a refined politeness and is determined to keep the guiding rules of etiquette and decorum as if life itself depended on it
|-
| 76-90 || is very polite and observes appropriate rules of decorum when possible
|-
| 61-75 || is quite polite
|-
| 25-39 || could be considered rude
|-
| 10-24 || is very impolite and inconsiderate of propriety
|-
| 0-9 || is a vulgar being who does not care a lick for even the most basic rules of civilized living

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | DISDAIN_ADVICE
| 91-100 || disdains even the best advice of associates and family, relying strictly on [his/her] own counsel
|-
| 76-90 || dislikes receiving advice, preferring to keep [his/her] own counsel
|-
| 61-75 || has a tendency to go it alone, without considering the advice of others
|-
| 25-39 || tends to ask others for help with difficult decisions
|-
| 10-24 || relies on the advice of others during decision making
|-
| 0-9 || is unable to make decisions without a great deal of input from others

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | BRAVERY
| 91-100 || is utterly fearless when confronted with danger, to the point of lacking common sense
|-
| 76-90 || is incredibly brave in the face of looming danger, perhaps a bit foolhardy
|-
| 61-75 || is brave in the face of imminent danger
|-
| 25-39 || is somewhat fearful in the face of imminent danger
|-
| 10-24 || has great trouble mastering fear when confronted by danger
|-
| 0-9 || is a coward, completely overwhelmed by fear when confronted with danger

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | CONFIDENCE
| 91-100 || presupposes success in any venture requiring [his/her] skills with what could be called blind overconfidence
|-
| 76-90 || is extremely confident of [him/her]self in situations requiring [his/her] skills
|-
| 61-75 || is generally quite confident of [his/her] abilities when undertaking specific ventures
|-
| 25-39 || sometimes acts with little determination and confidence
|-
| 10-24 || lacks confidence in [his/her] abilities
|-
| 0-9 || has no confidence at all in [his/her] talent and abilities

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | VANITY
| 91-100 || is completely wrapped up in [his/her] own appearance, abilities and other personal matters
|-
| 76-90 || is greatly pleased by [his/her] own looks and accomplishments
|-
| 61-75 || is pleased by [his/her] own appearance and talents
|-
| 25-39 || is not inherently proud of [his/her] talents and accomplishments
|-
| 10-24 || takes no pleasure in [his/her] talents and appearance
|-
| 0-9 || could not care less about [his/her] appearance, talents or other personal vanities

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | AMBITION
| 91-100 || has a relentless drive, completely consumed by ambition
|-
| 76-90 || is very ambitious, always looking for a way to better [his/her] situation
|-
| 61-75 || is quite ambitious
|-
| 25-39 || isn't particularly ambitious
|-
| 10-24 || is not driven and rarely feels the need to pursue even a modest success
|-
| 0-9 || has no ambition whatsoever

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | GRATITUDE
| 91-100 || unerringly returns favors and has a profound sense of gratitude for the kind actions of others
|-
| 76-90 || feels a strong need to reciprocate any favor done for [him/her]
|-
| 61-75 || is grateful when others help [him/her] out and tries to return favors
|-
| 25-39 || takes offered help and gifts without feeling particularly grateful
|-
| 10-24 || accepts favors without developing a sense of obligation, preferring to act as the current situation demands
|-
| 0-9 || does not feel the slightest need to reciprocate favors that others do for [him/her], no matter how major the help or how much [he/she] needed it

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | IMMODESTY
| 91-100 || always presents [him/her]self as extravagantly as possible, displaying a magnificent image to the world
|-
| 76-90 || likes to present [him/her]self boldly, even if it would offend an average sense of modesty
|-
| 61-75 || doesn't mind wearing something special now and again
|-
| 25-39 || prefers to present [him/her]self modestly
|-
| 10-24 || presents [him/her]self modestly and frowns on any flashy accoutrements
|-
| 0-9 || cleaves to an austere lifestyle, disdaining even minor immodesties in appearance

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | HUMOR
| 91-100 || finds something humorous in everything, no matter how serious or inappropriate
|-
| 76-90 || finds the humor in most situations
|-
| 61-75 || has an active sense of humor
|-
| 25-39 || has little interest in joking around
|-
| 10-24 || does not find most jokes humorous
|-
| 0-9 || is utterly humorless

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | VENGEFUL
| 91-100 || is vengeful and never forgets or forgives past grievances
|-
| 76-90 || has little time for forgiveness and will generally seek retribution
|-
| 61-75 || tends to hang on to grievances
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't tend to hold on to grievances
|-
| 10-24 || does not generally seek retribution for past wrongs
|-
| 0-9 || has no sense of vengeance or retribution

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | PRIDE
| 91-100 || is absorbed in delusions of self-importance
|-
| 76-90 || has an overinflated sense of self-worth
|-
| 61-75 || thinks [he/she] is fairly important in the grand scheme of things
|-
| 25-39 || is very humble
|-
| 10-24 || has a low sense of self-esteem
|-
| 0-9 || is completely convinced of [his/her] own worthlessness

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | CRUELTY<br />Conflicts with POWER
| 91-100 || is deliberately cruel to those unfortunate enough to be subject to [his/her] sadism
|-
| 76-90 || is sometimes cruel
|-
| 61-75 || generally acts impartially and is rarely moved to mercy
|-
| 25-39 || often acts with compassion
|-
| 10-24 || is easily moved to mercy
|-
| 0-9 || always acts with mercy and compassion at the forefront of [his/her] considerations

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | SINGLEMINDED
| 91-100 || pursues matters with a single-minded focus, often overlooking other matters
|-
| 76-90 || can be very single-minded
|-
| 61-75 || generally acts with a narrow focus on the current activity
|-
| 25-39 || can occasionally lose focus on the matter at hand
|-
| 10-24 || is somewhat scatterbrained
|-
| 0-9 || is a complete scatterbrain, unable to focus on a single matter for more than a passing moment

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | HOPEFUL
| 91-100 || has such a developed sense of optimism that [he/she] always assumes the best outcome will eventually occur, no matter what
|-
| 76-90 || is an optimist
|-
| 61-75 || generally finds [him/her]self quite hopeful about the future
|-
| 25-39 || tends to assume the worst of two outcomes will be the one that comes to pass
|-
| 10-24 || is a pessimist
|-
| 0-9 || despairs of anything positive happening in the future and lives without feelings of hope

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | CURIOUS
| 91-100 || is implacably curious, without any respect for propriety or privacy
|-
| 76-90 || is very curious, sometimes to [his/her] detriment
|-
| 61-75 || is curious and eager to learn
|-
| 25-39 || isn't particularly curious about the world
|-
| 10-24 || is very rarely moved by curiosity
|-
| 0-9 || is incurious and never seeks out knowledge or information to satisfy [him/her]self

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | BASHFUL
| 91-100 || is gripped by a crippling shyness
|-
| 76-90 || is bashful
|-
| 61-75 || tends to consider what others think of [him/her]
|-
| 25-39 || is not particularly interested in what others think of [him/her]
|-
| 10-24 || is generally unhindered by the thoughts of others concerning [his/her] actions
|-
| 0-9 || is shameless, absolutely unfazed by the thoughts of others

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | PRIVACY<br />Conflicts with STOICISM
| 91-100 || shares intimate details of life without sparing a thought to repercussions or propriety
|-
| 76-90 || is not a private person and freely shares details of [his/her] life
|-
| 61-75 || tends to share [his/her] own experiences and thoughts with others
|-
| 25-39 || tends not to reveal personal information
|-
| 10-24 || has a strong tendency toward privacy
|-
| 0-9 || is private to the point of paranoia, unwilling to reveal even basic information about [him/her]self

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | PERFECTIONIST
| 91-100 || is obsessed with details and will often take a great deal of extra time to make sure things are done the right way
|-
| 76-90 || is a perfectionist
|-
| 61-75 || tries to do things correctly each time
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't try to get things done perfectly
|-
| 10-24 || is inattentive to detail in [his/her] own work
|-
| 0-9 || is frustratingly sloppy and careless with every task [he/she] sets to carry out

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | CLOSEMINDED
| 91-100 || is completely closed-minded and never changes [his/her] mind after forming an initial idea
|-
| 76-90 || is intellectually stubborn, rarely changing [his/her] mind during a debate regardless of the merits
|-
| 61-75 || tends to be a bit stubborn in changing [his/her] mind about things
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't cling tightly to ideas and is open to changing [his/her] mind
|-
| 10-24 || often finds [him/her]self changing [his/her] mind to agree with somebody else
|-
| 0-9 || easily changes [his/her] mind and will generally go with the prevailing view on anything

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | TOLERANT
| 91-100 || is not bothered in the slightest by deviations from the norm or even extreme differences in lifestyle or appearance
|-
| 76-90 || is very comfortable around others that are different from [him/her]
|-
| 61-75 || is quite comfortable with others that have a different appearance or culture
|-
| 25-39 || is somewhat uncomfortable around those that appear unusual or live differently from [him/her]
|-
| 10-24 || is made deeply uncomfortable by differences in culture or appearance
|-
| 0-9 || cannot tolerate differences in culture, lifestyle or appearance

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | EMOTIONALLY_OBSESSIVE
| 91-100 || is emotionally obsessive, forming life-long attachments even if they aren't reciprocated
|-
| 76-90 || forms strong emotional bonds with others, at times to [his/her] detriment
|-
| 61-75 || has a tendency toward forming deep emotional bonds with others
|-
| 25-39 || tends to form only tenuous emotional bonds with others
|-
| 10-24 || forms only fleeting and rare emotional bonds with others
|-
| 0-9 || does not have feelings of emotional attachment and has never felt even a moment's connection with another being

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | SWAYED_BY_EMOTIONS
| 91-100 || is buffeted by others' emotions and can't help but to respond to them
|-
| 76-90 || is swayed by emotional appeals
|-
| 61-75 || tends to be swayed by the emotions of others
|-
| 25-39 || tends not to be swayed by emotional appeals
|-
| 10-24 || does not generally respond to emotional appeals
|-
| 0-9 || is never moved by the emotions of others

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ALTRUISM<br />Conflicts with SACRIFICE
| 91-100 || is truly fulfilled by assisting those in need
| rowspan=3 | Receives [[Happy Thought]] from recovering wounded.
|-
| 76-90 || finds helping others very emotionally rewarding
|-
| 61-75 || finds helping others emotionally rewarding
|-
| 25-39 || does not go out of [his/her] way to help others
|-
| 10-24 || dislikes helping others
| rowspan=2 | Receives [[Unhappy Thought]] from recovering wounded.
|-
| 0-9 || feels helping others is an imposition on [his/her] time

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | DUTIFULNESS<br />Conflicts with LAW,<br />LOYALTY, and INDEPENDENCE
| 91-100 || has a profound sense of duty and obligation
|-
| 76-90 || has a strong sense of duty
|-
| 61-75 || has a sense of duty
|-
| 25-39 || finds obligations confining
|-
| 10-24 || dislikes obligations and will try to avoid being bound by them
|-
| 0-9 || hates vows, obligations, promises and other binding elements that could restrict [him/her]

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | THOUGHTLESSNESS
| 91-100 || never deliberates before acting, to the point of being considered thoughtless
|-
| 76-90 || doesn't generally think before acting
|-
| 61-75 || can sometimes act without deliberation
|-
| 25-39 || tends to think before acting
|-
| 10-24 || can get caught up in internal deliberations when action is necessary
|-
| 0-9 || never acts without prolonged deliberation, even to [his/her] own detriment and the harm of those around [him/her]

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ORDERLINESS
| 91-100 || is obsessed with order and structure in [his/her] own life, with everything kept in its proper place
|-
| 76-90 || lives an orderly life, organized and neat
|-
| 61-75 || tries to keep [his/her] things orderly
|-
| 25-39 || tends to make a small mess with [his/her] own possessions
|-
| 10-24 || is sloppy with [his/her] living space
|-
| 0-9 || is completely oblivious to any conception of neatness and will just leave things strewn about without a care

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | TRUST
| 91-100 || is naturally trustful of everybody
|-
| 76-90 || is very trusting
|-
| 61-75 || is trusting
|-
| 25-39 || is slow to trust others
|-
| 10-24 || does not trust others
|-
| 0-9 || sees others as selfish and conniving

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | GREGARIOUSNESS
| 91-100 || truly treasures the company of others
|-
| 76-90 || enjoys being in crowds
|-
| 61-75 || enjoys the company of others
|-
| 25-39 || tends to avoid crowds
|-
| 10-24 || prefers to be alone
|-
| 0-9 || considers spending time alone much more important than associating with others

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ASSERTIVENESS
| 91-100 || is assertive to the point of aggression, unwilling to let others get a word in edgewise when [he/she] has something to say
|-
| 76-90 || has an overbearing personality
|-
| 61-75 || is assertive
|-
| 25-39 || tends to be passive in discussions
|-
| 10-24 || only rarely tries to assert [him/her]self in conversation
|-
| 0-9 || would never under any circumstances speak up or otherwise put forth [his/her] point of view in a discussion

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ACTIVITY_LEVEL
| 91-100 || is driven by a bouncing frenetic energy
|-
| 76-90 || lives at a high-energy kinetic pace
|-
| 61-75 || lives a fast-paced life
|-
| 25-39 || likes to take it easy
|-
| 10-24 || lives at a slow-going and leisurely pace
|-
| 0-9 || has an utterly languid pace of easy living, calm and slow

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | EXCITEMENT_SEEKING<br />Conflicts with TRANQUILITY
| 91-100 || never fails to seek out the most stressful and even dangerous situations
|-
| 76-90 || seeks out exciting and adventurous situations
|-
| 61-75 || likes a little excitement now and then
|-
| 25-39 || doesn't seek out excitement
|-
| 10-24 || actively avoids exciting or stressful situations
|-
| 0-9 || does everything in [his/her] power to avoid excitement and stress

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | IMAGINATION
| 91-100 || is bored by reality and would rather disappear utterly and forever into a world of made-up fantasy
|-
| 76-90 || is given to flights of fancy to the point of distraction
|-
| 61-75 || has an active imagination
|-
| 25-39 || isn't given to flights of fancy
|-
| 10-24 || is grounded in reality
|-
| 0-9 || is interested only in facts and the real world

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ABSTRACT_INCLINED
| 91-100 || eschews practical concerns for philosophical discussion, puzzles, riddles and the world of ideas
|-
| 76-90 || strongly prefers discussions of ideas and abstract concepts over handling specific practical issues
|-
| 61-75 || has a tendency to consider ideas and abstractions over practical applications
|-
| 25-39 || likes to keep things practical, without delving too deeply into the abstract
|-
| 10-24 || dislikes abstract discussions and would much rather focus on practical examples
|-
| 0-9 || is concerned only with matters practical to the situation at hand, with absolutely no inclination toward abstract discussion

|- style="border-top: 3px solid #aaa"
! rowspan=6 | ART_INCLINED<br />Conflicts with ARTWORK<br />and NATURE
| 91-100 || can easily become absorbed in art and the beauty of the natural world
|-
| 76-90 || greatly moved by art and natural beauty
|-
| 61-75 || is moved by art and natural beauty
|-
| 25-39 || does not have a great aesthetic sensitivity
|-
| 10-24 || is not readily moved by art or natural beauty
|-
| 0-9 || is completely unmoved by art or the beauty of nature

|}

{{Category|Dwarves}}
{{Category|Modding}}
{{Category|Tokens}}

Ambusher

2015-06-22T03:43:56Z

ImagoDeo: /* Free equipment */ Clarification

{{Quality|Exceptional|10:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)}}
{{Skill
| color = 2:0
| skill = Ambusher
| specialty = Hunter
| profession = [[Ranger]]
| job name = [[Hunting]]
| tasks =
* Hunt
| attributes =
* Agility
* Focus
* Spatial Sense
* Kinesthetic Sense
}}
{{av}}

[[Dwarves]] with the '''hunting''' [[labor]] enabled automatically use the '''ambusher''' skill while hunting outside of the fortress, which allows them to sneak up on their prey. The ambusher skill is listed among the 'misc' skills. Dwarves using the ambush skill move more slowly, but, if successful, cannot be seen by enemies. Once close enough, the ambusher skill is no longer relevant, and the hunter will engage in standard [[combat]] with their prey using their [[crossbow]].

Of note, players need a crossbow, a quiver, and bolts to successfully hunt. As of this version, hunters will not reload their bolts unless you turn the hunting labor off, then turn it back on again.

Since hunting is employed by players with varying success and your military will go after any game that looks at them funny anyway, you might be better off doing the good old 'hunt with your military'. After all, your military can be told to pick a specific target, and, more convenient, to ''stop'', too. One must remove the hunting labor from the hunter to get them to stop.

==Caveats==
A dwarf with the hunting labor enabled will sleep outside, causing unhappy thoughts. It may thus be necessary to watch the mood of a full-time hunter and take him off the job in time.

Animals suitable to the biome will appear randomly on the edge of a map on each layer. By default, the layers are the surface and each cavern layer; dwarves can hunt wild animals on each of these layers. Only one group of animals will appear at any given time, and as soon as one group leaves another will take its place. This can result in your [[hoary marmot|marmot]] hunter suddenly having an unpleasant chitchat with an [[elephant]], [[giant eagle]], or [[cave dragon|worse]]. However, a seasoned and well-equipped hunter is more than a match for a giant eagle, and can be a good preemptive defense for your above-ground workers.

Hunters using crossbows must have a [[quiver]] to hold their bolts. Due to this change of behavior in version 0.31.x, the standard load for embarking now includes 3 quivers.

An unskilled hunter will crawl in ambush mode, making the hunter unable to reach fast animals like badgers. Fortunately, an experienced one will be able to rapidly bring down even swift prey.

Ten novice hunters working together can take down even very large, very fast animals. A highly skilled and agile hunter will be able to single-handedly take down nearly anything.

== Adventurer Mode ==
In [[Adventurer mode]], Ambusher skill is gained by moving around while Sneaking is toggled on in {{key|s}}peed options. Sneak mode will automatically toggle off during Sleep/Wait, and on the first move from fast travel (probable bug,) so in order to ambush random encounters, you should remember to toggle it back on before continuing.

A Sneaking character can remain undetected by others so long as they remain out of the other [[creatures]]' scope of perception, which varies by sensory organs and [[Observer]] skill. Until the character is detected, no [[Level of conflict]] is generated between the character and an enemy or timid creature. Entering a friendly creature's scope of perception will generate some social discomfort toward your character. You will be unable to conceal yourself from any creature who detects you, but you will not automatically be revealed to others.

Movement rates at Normal or slower [[Gait]] are unmodified by stealth, but reduced at Gaits faster than Walk. Ambushing success is also sharply reduced by quicker Gaits. Ambushing skill offsets the sneak penalty for faster Gaits, but not the movement rate penalty.

== Hunting ==
A hunter picks a mark at random, which he then pursues. Hunters seem to switch marks under certain circumstances. As an ambusher gets closer to his prey, there is a greater and greater chance he or she will be spotted by the animal and stop ambushing. Higher skill allows dwarves to get closer before being spotted, and also increases the speed at which a dwarf can move while sneaking.

Generally, when the dwarf is within shooting range the dwarf will move to engage. From there, the ambusher skill has no effect, and only combat skills are used.

Upon killing the prey, a hunter will usually carry it home to the [[butcher's shop]]. A hunter may kill other [[creatures]] that are closer to them than the fleeing mark he is intent on catching. They will ignore the accidental carcass and only bring home a carcass they have marked beforehand. This means that sometimes multiple dead critters per hunt will be lying about and start rotting around the map if you do not set the refuse orders to 'gather refuse from outside' ([[corpse|corpses]] count as refuse). If you do this and have a good system of [[stockpile|stockpiles]], available dwarf [[hauling|haulers]] and a map free of menacing critters (like with calm [[surroundings]]), then you should have the outside of your fort just as tidy as the inside, and will be able to salvage the corpses. If you do that on the wrong map, you will see some dwarf carcasses added instead.

A hunter armed with a [[crossbow]] will increase his [[Marksman|marksdwarf]], ambusher and [[archery]] [[skill|skills]].

After a period of time, most hunters will eventually cause the [[extinction]] of the wild animals in the biomes where your fort is located. There are two ways to prevent this. The first is to ensure that some animals always escape; many animals spawn on the map in groups or herds, and as long as at least one member of this group survives to leave the map later, the population of that creature will not decrease. Another method is to capture the wild animals, breed them, and then either release them back into the biome or hunt the offspring.

==Postprocessing==
Hunters will drop carcasses directly into the [[butcher's shop]]. A [[butcher]] will then take over and process the game animal to create many [[butcher's shop|byproducts]]. If your butcher is not fast enough, a hauler may take the corpse from the butcher's shop and put it in the refuse [[stockpile]], your butcher will have to haul it back before he can process it. Eventually, the butcher's shop may become [[clutter|cluttered]] if it fills up with too many byproducts. Clutter slows down butchering speed which may lead to corpses rotting while waiting to be butchered. Rotten non-sentient corpses and skeletons can be processed, but will not yield meat, fat or raw hides. Rotten corpses and some byproducts will create [[miasma]] if left to rot underground.

==Dogs==
You can assign [[Dog#Hunting_Dogs|hunting dogs]] to your [[hunter|hunters]], which can sneak alongside their masters and attack the hunter's prey. You can also assign [[Dog#War_Dogs|War dogs]], which are much stronger and can help take down bigger game, but cannot sneak and may rush into combat early.

== Weapons and Tactics ==
You should consider training hunters in wrestling in order for them to defend themselves. Wrestling will help them to break the jaw-grips that the enemy critter places on him, and will help the dwarf wrestle on his own and even place his own jaw grips if both of his hands are incapacitated, and is the only option if a weapon is dropped or stuck in the animal. You should also consider training them in the [[hammerdwarf]] skill, as a crossbow is used with this skill if an animal engages in melee against a marksdwarf. Hunters will fight to the death if engaged, but get a job cancellation if they run out of [[bolt|bolts]]. Without bolts assigned, he must fight with the butt of the crossbow, which functions similarly to a [[war hammer]].

Using your military to hunt can be safer and more efficient than using hunters, particularly if they are agile enough to simply outrun the creatures.

Be warned that hunters will not stop their current hunt if you disable their hunting labor; hence, your dwarf may end up hunting whatever creatures spawn next, with potentially suicidal results. This may be avoidable by disabling the labor while hunting or returning the kill.

== Free equipment ==
Any [[immigration|immigrating]] hunters arrive with a full set of proper equipment: a metal [[crossbow]], a [[quiver]], and some [[bolt]]s.

==See also==
[[Archery|Archer]]

==Bugs==
*Weapons of hunters might not be assigned properly. Even if a hunter has a quiver and bow, and assigned ammo, he may not have the ''right'' bow. Disable his hunting skill so he stockpiles his equipment, then re-enable hunting when he's done.

{{Skills}}

Ambusher

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{{Skill
| color = 2:0
| skill = Ambusher
| specialty = Hunter
| profession = [[Ranger]]
| job name = [[Hunting]]
| tasks =
* Hunt
| attributes =
* Agility
* Focus
* Spatial Sense
* Kinesthetic Sense
}}
{{av}}

[[Dwarves]] with the '''hunting''' [[labor]] enabled automatically use the '''ambusher''' skill while hunting outside of the fortress, which allows them to sneak up on their prey. The ambusher skill is listed among the 'misc' skills. Dwarves using the ambush skill move more slowly, but, if successful, cannot be seen by enemies. Once close enough, the ambusher skill is no longer relevant, and the hunter will engage in standard [[combat]] with their prey using their [[crossbow]].

Of note, players need a crossbow, a quiver, and bolts to successfully hunt. As of this version, hunters will not reload their bolts unless you turn the hunting labor off, then turn it back on again.

Since hunting is employed by players with varying success and your military will go after any game that looks at them funny anyway, you might be better off doing the good old 'hunt with your military'. After all, your military can be told to pick a specific target, and, more convenient, to ''stop'', too. One must remove the hunting labor from the hunter to get them to stop.

==Caveats==
A dwarf with the hunting labor enabled will sleep outside, causing unhappy thoughts. It may thus be necessary to watch the mood of a full-time hunter and take him off the job in time.

Animals suitable to the biome will appear randomly on the edge of a map on each layer. By default, the layers are the surface and each cavern layer; dwarves can hunt wild animals on each of these layers. Only one group of animals will appear at any given time, and as soon as one group leaves another will take its place. This can result in your [[hoary marmot|marmot]] hunter suddenly having an unpleasant chitchat with an [[elephant]], [[giant eagle]], or [[cave dragon|worse]]. However, a seasoned and well-equipped hunter is more than a match for a giant eagle, and can be a good preemptive defense for your above-ground workers.

Hunters using crossbows must have a [[quiver]] to hold their bolts. Due to this change of behavior in version 0.31.x, the standard load for embarking now includes 3 quivers.

An unskilled hunter will crawl in ambush mode, making the hunter unable to reach fast animals like badgers. Fortunately, an experienced one will be able to rapidly bring down even swift prey.

Ten novice hunters working together can take down even very large, very fast animals. A highly skilled and agile hunter will be able to single-handedly take down nearly anything.

== Adventurer Mode ==
In [[Adventurer mode]], Ambusher skill is gained by moving around while Sneaking is toggled on in {{key|s}}peed options. Sneak mode will automatically toggle off during Sleep/Wait, and on the first move from fast travel (probable bug,) so in order to ambush random encounters, you should remember to toggle it back on before continuing.

A Sneaking character can remain undetected by others so long as they remain out of the other [[creatures]]' scope of perception, which varies by sensory organs and [[Observer]] skill. Until the character is detected, no [[Level of conflict]] is generated between the character and an enemy or timid creature. Entering a friendly creature's scope of perception will generate some social discomfort toward your character. You will be unable to conceal yourself from any creature who detects you, but you will not automatically be revealed to others.

Movement rates at Normal or slower [[Gait]] are unmodified by stealth, but reduced at Gaits faster than Walk. Ambushing success is also sharply reduced by quicker Gaits. Ambushing skill offsets the sneak penalty for faster Gaits, but not the movement rate penalty.

== Hunting ==
A hunter picks a mark at random, which he then pursues. Hunters seem to switch marks under certain circumstances. As an ambusher gets closer to his prey, there is a greater and greater chance he or she will be spotted by the animal and stop ambushing. Higher skill allows dwarves to get closer before being spotted, and also increases the speed at which a dwarf can move while sneaking.

Generally, when the dwarf is within shooting range the dwarf will move to engage. From there, the ambusher skill has no effect, and only combat skills are used.

Upon killing the prey, a hunter will usually carry it home to the [[butcher's shop]]. A hunter may kill other [[creatures]] that are closer to them than the fleeing mark he is intent on catching. They will ignore the accidental carcass and only bring home a carcass they have marked beforehand. This means that sometimes multiple dead critters per hunt will be lying about and start rotting around the map if you do not set the refuse orders to 'gather refuse from outside' ([[corpse|corpses]] count as refuse). If you do this and have a good system of [[stockpile|stockpiles]], available dwarf [[hauling|haulers]] and a map free of menacing critters (like with calm [[surroundings]]), then you should have the outside of your fort just as tidy as the inside, and will be able to salvage the corpses. If you do that on the wrong map, you will see some dwarf carcasses added instead.

A hunter armed with a [[crossbow]] will increase his [[Marksman|marksdwarf]], ambusher and [[archery]] [[skill|skills]].

After a period of time, most hunters will eventually cause the [[extinction]] of the wild animals in the biomes where your fort is located. There are two ways to prevent this. The first is to ensure that some animals always escape; many animals spawn on the map in groups or herds, and as long as at least one member of this group survives to leave the map later, the population of that creature will not decrease. Another method is to capture the wild animals, breed them, and then either release them back into the biome or hunt the offspring.

==Postprocessing==
Hunters will drop carcasses directly into the [[butcher's shop]]. A [[butcher]] will then take over and process the game animal to create many [[butcher's shop|byproducts]]. If your butcher is not fast enough, a hauler may take the corpse from the butcher's shop and put it in the refuse [[stockpile]], your butcher will have to haul it back before he can process it. Eventually, the butcher's shop may become [[clutter|cluttered]] if it fills up with too many byproducts. Clutter slows down butchering speed which may lead to corpses rotting while waiting to be butchered. Rotten non-sentient corpses and skeletons can be processed, but will not yield meat, fat or raw hides. Rotten corpses and some byproducts will create [[miasma]] if left to rot underground.

==Dogs==
You can assign [[Dog#Hunting_Dogs|hunting dogs]] to your [[hunter|hunters]], which can sneak alongside their masters and attack the hunter's prey. You can also assign [[Dog#War_Dogs|War dogs]], which are much stronger and can help take down bigger game, but cannot sneak and may rush into combat early.

== Weapons and Tactics ==
You should consider training hunters in wrestling in order for them to defend themselves. Wrestling will help them to break the jaw-grips that the enemy critter places on him, and will help the dwarf wrestle on his own and even place his own jaw grips if both of his hands are incapacitated, and is the only option if a weapon is dropped or stuck in the animal. You should also consider training them in the [[hammerdwarf]] skill, as a crossbow is used with this skill if an animal engages in melee against a marksdwarf. Hunters will fight to the death if engaged, but get a job cancellation if they run out of [[bolt|bolts]]. Without bolts assigned, he must fight with the butt of the crossbow, which functions similarly to a [[war hammer]].

Using your military to hunt can be safer and more efficient than using hunters, particularly if they are agile enough to simply outrun the creatures.

Be warned that hunters will not stop their current hunt if you disable their hunting labor; hence, your dwarf may end up hunting whatever creatures spawn next, with potentially suicidal results. This may be avoidable by disabling the labor while hunting or returning the kill.

== Free equipment ==
Any [[immigration|immigrating]] hunters will receive a full set of proper equipment.

==See also==
[[Archery|Archer]]

==Bugs==
*Weapons of hunters might not be assigned properly. Even if a hunter has a quiver and bow, and assigned ammo, he may not have the ''right'' bow. Disable his hunting skill so he stockpiles his equipment, then re-enable hunting when he's done.

{{Skills}}

Hunter

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#REDIRECT [[DF2014:Ambusher]]

Creature token

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{{av}}

A full list of all known creature tokens.

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Tame creature cannot be made available for adoption, instead automatically adopting whoever it wants. It appears that the basic requirements for adoption are intact; for example, the creature is more likely to adopt an owner which likes creatures of that species.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature needs alcohol to get through the working day, choosing to drink booze instead of water if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day, night, and twilight. Seems to be a separate value from DIURNAL/NOCTURNAL/CREPUSCULAR, rather than implying them.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
| If set, the creature will blink between its [TILE] and its [ALTTILE].

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Instead of charging relentlessly at prey, a creature with this tag will wait till the prey is within a few squares before charging.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe with or without [[water]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*Range
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1766793#msg1766793 Forum post describing how description ranges work]

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| creates a noun for the appearance and whether it is singular or plural

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min:max of growth
*start year:start day
*end year:end day
| setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
*CV TEMPLATE NAME
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending [[#CV_ADD_TAG|CV_ADD_TAG]] and [[#CV_REMOVE_TAG|CV_REMOVE_TAG]] tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can breathe in water, but air-drowns on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Does not appear in arena mode list.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Can be kept in artificial hives by beekeepers.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Does not attack or frighten creatures with the NATURAL tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*bodypart
*selection criteria
*location
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:'''<br />
[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]<br />
''GORE'' : name of the attack<br />
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' : the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
| pop:exported wealth:created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] will attack the fortress.

|}

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
| integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child. Default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
| singular:plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see GENERAL_BABY_NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
| integer
| [[Whale]]s and [[Sea nettle jellyfish|jellyfish]] have this. Controls the beaching frequency of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers. It will run away from any creatures that are not friendly to it.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[Biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*matter state (LIQUID, GAS, SOLID)
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
| body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] <br />
This is the body from a [[Purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] <br />
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed <br />
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
| PlanName, PlanName:type:type:type:etc.
| loads a plan listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] <br />
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues.<br />
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need:<br />
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
| years:days:size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000]<br />
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000]<br />
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000]<br />
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. His birth size would be 10,000 cm<sup>3</sup> (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old he would be 50,000 cm<sup>3</sup> (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) he would be 220,000 cm<sup>3</sup> and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
| gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies CARNIVORE.

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
|

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
| 1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
|}

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==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
| interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains skills and can have professions. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be butchered by an adventurer so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. skills allocated will disappear on start.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills. If a member of a civilization (such as a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat and drink.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste {{Verify}}
|
| Creature cannot climb, even if it has free grasps.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot jump.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for NOT_LIVING except that creatures [HOSTILE_TO_LIFE] will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to open doors that are set to be unpassable for pets.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats meat. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific ALT_TILE. Requires CASTE_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific COLOR.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific GLOWCOLOR.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific GLOWTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
| singular:plural:adjective
| Caste-specific NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific PROFESSION_NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
| 'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific SOLDIER_ALTTILE. Requires CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
| 'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
| speech file
| Caste-specific SPEECH.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific CREATURE_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature a bonus in caves. Also causes [[Cave adaptation]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
| Varies
| Specifies details for the preceding CAN_DO_INTERACTION token. See [[Interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
| integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
| integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
| integer
| age at which creature is considered an adult. One can think of this as the duration of the child stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
| singular:plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see GENERAL_CHILD_NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Certain vermin fish use this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens to perform seasonal migrations.
e.g. [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of eggs laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
| foreground:background:brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. See [[Color]] for usage.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Any civilization with USE_COMMON_DOMESTIC tag (humans, dwarves) has domesticated this creature by default and always has access to it, even without any wild populations. Useless without PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER or MOUNT tags and invalid on FANCIFUL creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the SPOUSE_CONVERTER and NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER tokens will kidnap SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being butchered/cleaned. Used for mussels, for one.

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is 'berserk' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that ALSO have the CRAZED tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*CREATURE NAME
| Copies tags from another specified creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but only existing uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes) and EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (valid targets for GOBBLE_VERMIN_x tokens). A single creature can have multiple classes. Eligibility for certain entity positions can also be permitted or restricted by this tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
| 'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's military will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
| 'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active at twilight.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to steal and eat edible items from a site.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) drink your alcohol. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to steal things (apparently the highest value it can find). If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking. Kea birds are infamous for this.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
| text
| A brief description of the creature type.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Dies upon attacking. Used for [[bee]] stings.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
| integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s. The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. Does not seem to work on tame creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Creature does not actually exist; used for a few [[fanciful]] creatures of myth.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
| [[item token]]:[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being butchered. Used with EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
| gem shape
| The shape of the extra item of the creature upon butchering. Used with EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, or GAS)
| Egg material. Egg-laying creatures will define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature into a large 3x3 creature responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two [WAGON_PULLER]s and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with USE_EVIL_ANIMALS can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when butchered (typically a gizzard stone), defined by EBO_ITEM and EBO_SHAPE.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for things like dragons and other legendary creatures. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on subterranean animal-man tribals.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is female and can bear young. Usually determined inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to FIREBALL and FIREJET attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to DRAGONFIRE attacks. Implies {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Needs to be cleaned at a fishery

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
| temperature
| The natural heat generated by the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| Determines how soon a creature flees in a losing battle. Creatures with this tag will flee at the first sign of resistance.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| Determines the chances of a creature appearing within its environment, with higher values resulting in more frequent appearance. The game effectively considers all creatures that can possibly appear and uses the FREQUENCY value as a ''weight'' - for example, if there are three creatures with frequencies 10/25/50, the creature with [FREQUENCY:50] will appear approximately 58.8% of the time. Defaults to 50 if not specified. Not to be confused with {{token|POP_RATIO|c}}.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* type (WALK, CLIMB, SWIM, CRAWL, or FLY)
* gait name
* full speed
* build up time:max turning speed:start speed (or NO_BUILD_UP for instant use)
* energy use
* Optional flags:
** LAYERS_SLOW - if gait is slowed by increased weight
** STRENGTH - if gait is affected by strength stat
** AGILITY - if gait is affected by agility stat
** STEALTH_SLOWS:penalty - if gait is slowed by being stealthed
| Defines a gait at which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural
| BABYNAME applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural
| CHILDNAME applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
| A:B
| Attacks against the creature have their force modified by A/B. For example, 1:2 will halve the force of an attack made against the creature. {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[Forgotten beast]]s, (biome name) [[titan]]s, [[Demon]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can get infections from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| This creature's wounds can become infected if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's GLOWTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
| ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventure Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use CASTE_GLOWTILE instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
| verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
| class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
| creature:caste
| The creature eats a specified vermin.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags after the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes. [[unicorn]]s for example. Civilizations with USE_GOOD_ANIMALS can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
| value
| The value determines how rapidly grass is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
| target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer. If tamed in Fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. See [[Pasture]] for details on its issues.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
| type:probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are COLLECT_TROPHIES, COOK_PEOPLE, COOK_VERMIN, GRIND_VERMIN, COOK_BLOOD, GRIND_BONE_MEAL, EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE, USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON, GIANT_NEST, and COLLECT_WEALTH. These require the creature to have a lair to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not (SEMI)MEGABEASTs or NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTERs.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
| number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".<sup>[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1719248#msg1719248 source post]]</sup> All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HFID}}
| Creature
| Integer (generic token?)
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. Seemingly identifies a historical figure with said hist figure ID, possibly to associate it with hist figure.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby vermin.

|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in Fortress Mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE no breeding will happen)

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on AQUATIC creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates fire. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Keep booze away from critters with this tag. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of certain materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for [CAN_SPEAK] + [CAN_LEARN] but additionally keeps creatures from being butchered by the AI during World-Gen and Post-Gen. In Fortress Mode CAN_LEARN is enough.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, ash from ghost etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
| The quality of an item-type corpse left behind; 5 is masterpiece-level.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
| type:probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are SIMPLE_BURROW, SIMPLE_MOUND, WILDERNESS_LOCATION, SHRINE, and LABYRINTH.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
| characteristic:probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
| speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack things that are smaller than it (like dwarves). Only one group of "large predators" will appear on any given map (possibly two groups on "savage" maps). In adventure mode, large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors and is not a vermin creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays a particular item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| Creature has ligaments in its bones. Cutting the bone tissue severs them, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will generate light, such as in adventurer mode at night.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIKES_FIGHTING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves. Retired as of v0.40.14.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz.")

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the range of how many creatures are generated when giving birth. [LITTERSIZE:1:2]

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
| number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark. Higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| Unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature's able to see while covered in magma.

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is male. Usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile.
See [[Creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new material.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*A:B
| Set the force multiplier of a specific material against the creature to A/B. For example, 10:1 multiplies the force by 10. {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active in dawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
| min:max
| Range of time in years in which death from old age may occur. Once a creature reaches the min value, it has a random chance each season of dying from old age. Unknown if the chance increases with further age.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Gives a creature random movement.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature. A small number of the creature are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence age names. When appearing in Fortress Mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| Sets up a mental attribute's range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Mental attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be milked in the farmer's workshop. The frequency is the amount of time units the creature needs to "recharge".

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for MISCHIEVOUS.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Will pull any levers it comes across. Also makes creature spawn invisible and with several ranks in Ambusher. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a mount. No use for the player, but enemy siegers may arrive with cavalry.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a mount, but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste {{Verify}}
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision as long as it has multiple heads(?) that can see. {{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, occasionally producing twins or triplets using typical real-world human probabilities. Requires [[Creature_token#FEMALE|FEMALE]]. Compare with [[Creature_token#LITTERSIZE|LITTERSIZE]]. If LITTERSIZE and MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE are both absent, one offspring is guaranteed per birth.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural:adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used when distinctions between caste are unimportant. For names for specific castes, use CASTE_NAME instead. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. Creatures with AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE will not fight with them.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of NATURAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
| [[Skill_token|Skill token]]:value
| The creature possesses this skill at this level inherently. It begins with this skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below this level. A value of 16 is legendary. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function in .25 or earlier.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on bogeymen. Creatures with this tag will join other bogeymen in attacking adventurers at night, and will also adopt their other behaviors, such as vanishing in smoke upon being killed. This does not affect the creature's presence elsewhere, such as for generated megabeasts, normal creatures, entity members, etc. Setting the number of bogeyman types to zero in the world gen parameters will remove only the randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| A very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. If this creature has SPOUSE_CONVERTER, it will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

This tag causes the usual behaviour of [[werebeast]]s in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become dizzy.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to eat.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer fevers.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no gender.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The affected caste cannot gain any physical skills.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The affected caste cannot lose any physical skills.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require an organ with the [THOUGHT] tag to survive or attack; generally used on creatures that don't have brains.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no bones.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body. Cannot drown or be strangled.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active in night.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has no emotions, and does not rage.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop meat when butchered.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when butchered.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce miasma when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode and stay drowsy.{{verify}} If this creature must eat and drink while playing, it WILL die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be butchered

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a [THOUGHT] body part to survive. If it does not have NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT as well, it will be unable to use any attacks other than the default 'push'. Has the added effect of preventing speech.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
| number
| How easy the creature is to smell. The higher the number, the easier the creature can be smelled. Zero is odorless. Default is 50.

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
| string
| What the creature smells like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones. Used for [[Undead]].

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
| MALE/FEMALE:disinterested chance:lover-possible chance:commitment-possible chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The values themselves are simply ratios and do not need to add up to any particular value.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants without wagons. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do not use for player-controllable creatures!

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Unknown. No creatures currently have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| In earlier versions, creature would generate pearls. Does nothing in the current version.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
| value
| Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:median:highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[Personality trait]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be tamed in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be tamed in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
| value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
| value
| Divides the creature's PETVALUE by the specified number. Used for bees to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| Sets up a physical attribute's range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Physical attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after SET_BP_GROUP.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after SELECT_MATERIAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with FREQUENCY.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
| min:max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity. Requires CAN_SPEAK to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized.

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
| string
| Sets what other creatures like about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
| Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes badgers so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*matter state (LIQUID, GAS, SOLID)
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by infected wounds.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, Dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
| singular:plural
| What creature's remains are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color creature's remains are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with VERMIN_BITE and DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from a creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a tissue from a creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*TYPE, CATEGORY or TOKEN
| The creature will retract into a body part when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
|
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at his feet. Requires HUNTS_VERMIN, obviously.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventure Mode, spawns vermin edible by this creature in Fortress Mode.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*Material State
*location secreted from (by_type, by_category, by_token)
*body part
*tissue layer
*trigger
| creates a secreted material on given tissue on a given part of the body. Valid triggers are:
*CONTINUOUS
*EXTREME_EMOTION
*EXERTION

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*caste name
| adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after SELECT_CASTE.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*caste name, or ALL
| selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*Material token
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as MEGABEAST, but more of them are created during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* Creature class
* [[Tilesets|Tile]]
* [[Color|Color]]
| Allows creature to sense creatures with a certain creature class through walls, floors etc. Sense will be with tile and color specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| begins a selection of tissue layers

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (a llama's wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
| [[skill_token]]:percentage
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
| percentage
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
| [[skill_token]]:percentage:value:value:value
| As SKILL_RATES for individual skills. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*% of improvement points you get
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
| [[skill_token]]:value:value:value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
| value:value:value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Shorthand for [CAN_LEARN] + [SKILL_LEARN_RATES:50].{{verify}} Used for ogres and giants. Applicable to player races.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves a "remains" instead of a corpse. Used for vermin.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Creature
| value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is. Lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
| 'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The capybara '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature can will only graze or eat the designated plant or creature parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPEECH}}
| Creature
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include dwarf.txt and elf.txt in data\speech.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPEECH_FEMALE}}
| Creature
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing females of this creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPEECH_MALE}}
| Creature
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing males of this creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
*sphere name
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the [POWER] token. Also affects the layout of hidden fun stuff, and the creature's name.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with SPOUSE_CONVERTED.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER tag, it will kidnap SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs and transform them into the caste of its species with the CONVERTED_SPOUSE tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste {{verify}}
|
| Caste does not require GRASP body parts to climb -- it can climb with STANCE parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as GRAZER but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used in all default creature RAWs for grazers.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE that match its spheres. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature doesn't know how to swim unless it has learned the skill. Requires [CAN_LEARN], obviously.

|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its bones. Cutting the bone tissue severs them, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
| name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file.

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| COLOR:freq:COLOR:freq etc.
| Creates a list of color patterns, giving each a relative frequency.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by stonesense for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years:days:end change window years:days
| determines the point in the creature's life where the color change begins

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for [TRAINABLE_HUNTING] + [TRAINABLE_WAR].

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be trained as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be trained as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into martial trances.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to traps. Probably every procedurally generated megabeast has this.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
| min:max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in Adventure mode.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to evil/good tags.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. Only magma creatures use 4 or 5 in the default raws. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and [FLIER] will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons. Without [FLIER], they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| Creature swims under the water and can't be seen. Seems to be a relic from the 2D era.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Typically found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a SKULKING civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is made of swamp stuff. Used for [[grimeling]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
| Vermin bites, and injects something.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See PENETRATEPOWER. Distinct from VERMIN_ROTTER.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in water and will attempt to swim around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will hate the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by fishing.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited animal traps; however, a "catch live land animal" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Attracted to rotting stuff left in the open. Speeds up decay?{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains [AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE] + [RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER] + [HUNTS_VERMIN] + [ADOPTS_OWNER].

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| Sets if the creature is active in evening.

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
| value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste {{Verify}}
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs. The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create webs, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick webs.
|}

==Attack Tokens==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
| 2nd person:3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| In adventure mode, displays the name of the body part used by an attack when announcing the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, GAS)
*min:max
| attack type addition that injects a material into the victim.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
| interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, an interaction with I_SOURCE:ATTACK will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
| min:max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Important Related Tokens==
These next groups of tokens include several tokens that are not technically classified as creature tokens in string dump, but bear mentioning in this as they are used frequently in creature raws. (Some regular creature tokens may also be reprinted for the sake of ease of navigation)

===Tissue Modification===
This next group of tokens deals setting and modifying properties of previously defined tissues. (See also [[Tissue definition token]])

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds a tissue to those selected

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| continues a selection of tissue layers

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Selects a tissue layer for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_TYPE:UPPERBODY]

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
| Sets a tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Presumably a counterpart to TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER (see below).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example an Iron Man has a gaseous poison within and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER here is an example Tissue from Iron Man:<br>
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Presumably gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
| Presumably changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
|
| Seems to set new number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
|
| Seems to set new relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| Seems to set new a VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]

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Grimeling

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'''Grimelings''' are tough creatures found in evil swamp and marsh [[biome]]s. They can be a minor threat to early fortresses, but even unarmed dwarves can kill them with a little luck. They are not immune to traps and can become immortal [[cage|decorations]] in your fort.

[[File:Grimeling.jpg|thumb|left]]
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DF2014:Party

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If you have a [[Meeting hall]] designated from a [[table]] ([[dining room]]), a [[cage]] ("[[zoo]]"), a [[well]], a [[statue]] ([[Sculpture garden]]), or a [[memorial]] ([[memorial hall]]) dwarves will throw parties there and many of your precious productive workers will now display the status '''Attending Party.''' Partying dwarves will get happy [[thought]]s from admiring [[furniture]] and [[building]]s, [[preference|favorite]] caged animals, [[waterfall]]s, etc. in your meeting hall, and from making [[friend]]s and talking to them. They will also slowly develop [[social skill]]s. However, parties slow down your fortress's work as your dwarves relax in the meeting hall (sometimes for more than a [[season]]).

How often a dwarf will choose to attend a party is based on an internal [[syndrome]] counter named [[syndrome#counter_triggers|PARTIED_OUT]]. Dwarves should be expected to attend a party at least once every three months.

Oddly, dwarves usually cancel party attendance to get [[food|eat]] or [[alcohol|drink]]. Dwarves will also go [[On break|On Break]] from a party, even if that means hanging out in the same meeting hall, talking to the same people.

Parties can be canceled by "free"ing the room where they take place via {{k|q}} {{k|f}}. Turning off the room's status as a meeting hall (with {{k|q}} {{k|h}}) will not disperse a party. Recreating the room will not restart the party, although a new party may be immediately started at the meeting hall by another dwarf.

Each eligible room can have its own party going. With multiple overlapping rooms (like several tables in a dining room set to the same area), each can have its own party. If you free the room a particular party started in, the dwarves attending that party will stop partying, but those partying from other rooms (even in the same space) will keep going. If you're going to overlap rooms that can have parties, it may be best to make each room-designated construction from a different material, so you can free the correct party to get an important dwarf to go back to work.

==Party Reduction & Prevention==
[[File:Attend_party.png|right|thumb|Dwarves with priorities]]
[[personality trait|Less-social]] dwarves seem to be less likely to throw parties, and less likely to make friends to invite them. [[Stress|Stressed]] dwarves also seem to be less likely to throw and attend parties. Thus antisocial and unhappy dwarves are at a lower risk to stop important [[labor]]s to party.

Dwarves do not throw parties at meeting halls designated by [[Activity zone|zone]]s. If all your meeting halls are of this type, your dwarves won't party.

Dwarves will cancel the "Attend Party" status if the meeting hall is not within their assigned burrow. This can lead to large amounts of cancellation spam.

== Party Timing ==
{{D for Dwarf}}
It is a noticed trend that whenever something really important needs to be constructed lest doom fall upon the entire fortress, every dwarf capable of working will instead decide to throw a random and boring party where no one even plays 'pin-the-tail on the hoary marmot.' These parties tend to serve no purpose at all, besides wasting roughly a month of everyone's time, even if the whole fortress is starving to death. Dwarves are well known for being less than capable of prioritizing their time, but parties are above and beyond the most flagrant display of this cognitive disconnect.

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Yeti

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'''Yetis''' are large, dangerous creatures found only in [[savage]] areas. They are fully capable of massacring dozens of unarmed dwarves due to their large size, and their [[building_destroyer#Dangerous_Fun_Variety|BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]] tag will draw them into contact with fortresses.

When players embark on a [[glacier]], they should expect to encounter yetis. Due to a glacier's general lack of other animal life, the map will almost always spawn one yeti right after another, making them a deadly hazard for an early fortress. However, since they have a relatively low population number, no more than 5-10 yetis will spawn before they become [[extinct]] in your [[biome]].

Yetis cannot be tamed. However, their extremely long lifespan can make them valuable as [[cage|permanent decorations]] for your fortress.

{{D for Dwarf}}

Though many take the yetis to be violent, demented beasts, some have been tamed (with great difficulty) and even integrated into dwarven society. This can be attributed to their joyful and cheery nature; often they can be seen playfully tipping over workshops and 'accidentally' crushing anyone working within. Many dwarves admire this warped sense of humour and the yeti's obvious love of beer, wine and spirits.

When faced with a mighty [[sasquatch]], yetis become immense wimps, despite the Sasquatch being barely any different from them. Dwarven scientists think this is caused by the high contrast between a sasquatch's white skin and brown fur, which makes a simple-minded yeti panic.

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