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Megabeast

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'''Megabeasts''' are just that: mighty creatures that will tear your dwarves apart in a heartbeat if given the chance. They are named [[world generation|historical figures]], and the game will [[announcement|announce]] their presence by name. They are distinct from, and larger than, [[semi-megabeast]]s.

== Description ==
Megabeasts are created systematically during world generation. Newly generated worlds are populated by initial populations of historical figures, megabeasts among them. The amount of megabeasts created at world generation is random, but based on two factors: the size of the world ("World Size"), and their prevalence ("Number of Beasts"). Megabeasts' presence (or lack thereof) is a major factor in world history. Over time, they will accumulate long [[kill list]]s, and the baddest of the bunch will acquire nicknames and [[deity|god]]-like associations with their [[sphere]]s.

Megabeasts are a distinct and serious threat to early development, threatening many a young outpost; but, inevitably, as the world matures, populations rise, and new settlements are founded, they become increasingly harassed. Although megabeasts will come out on top of almost any encounter, enough dice rolls and they ''will'' go down, felled by a lucky human or other sapient creature clearing the way for his fellows. The longer the world history, the more megabeasts are confronted and killed off, and the safer the world becomes for [[civilization]]. In most worlds, calendar [[Calendar#Ages|ages]] go through three stages, the Age of Myth, the Age of Legends, and the Age of Heroes, each with a progressively higher percentage killed of megabeasts.

Some megabeasts (namely [[dragon]]s and [[roc]]s) can reproduce during world generation, but such an event is fantastically unlikely, for two reasons. The first is that megabeasts are immensely rare and elusive, and almost never bump into one another. The second is that the starting population of megabeasts is also their population cap, meaning that other megabeasts must die before new ones can be born. Rocs will also reproduce within players' fortresses if they are lucky enough to [[cage trap|cage]] and [[animal training|tame]] two specimens of opposite sexes. Megabeasts can be divided into two classes, "normal" ones, and randomly generated ones. Normal megabeasts are [[hydra]]s, [[roc]]s, [[bronze colossus]]es, and [[dragon]]s; randomly generated beasts are either [[titan]]s or [[forgotten beast]]s ([[demon]]s are considered separately).

In world generation, all megabeasts claim and live in a [[lair]], a hunting (or, perhaps, haunting) ground from which they will attack other [[creature]]s, both wildlife and civilized settlements. A megabeast sharing its lair with another megabeast of the other gender is also far more likely to reproduce than if the two had been wandering the world. Lairs can and do change, however, sometimes regularly, and older megabeasts have called many a place their home. Also, megabeasts have been found fighting each other, leading to hilarious reports of fireballs and cave-ins.

Megabeasts will not attack the player until they have accumulated a minimum wealth of 100,000☼ or a minimum population of 80 dwarves. What megabeasts appear, if any do at all, is influenced by which ones are closest to the player; a dragon with a lair nearby is far more likely to attack than a roc several weeks away. Nonetheless, force-quitting and loading a fortress from a few days before a megabeast attack may result in a different one arriving on the same day, or later, or no one arriving at all, depending on what has survived world generation.

After an attack on a settlement in worldgen, megabeasts tend to be worshiped by [[dwarves]], most likely out of fear and the hope that worshiping the megabeast may persuade it to not eat its worshipers (this does not work at all). The megabeast is listed as ''object of worship'' on the dwarfs' [[relationship]] screen. This does not change your dwarves' behavior when confronted with an object of worship, nor the megabeast's behavior when bumping into its worshipers.

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==See also==
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*[[Creature]]
*[[Dragon]]
*[[Hydra]]
*[[Roc]]
*[[Bronze colossus]]

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Ocelot

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[[File:Ocelot (Jaguatirica) Zoo Itatiba.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Admired for its coat patterns.]]

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Rattlesnake

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This creature can be quite dangerous to a dwarf. It can easily kill a child. It is usually wary of dwarves and keeps its distance. Marksdwarves are ideal to deal with them because they can keep their distance. While a rattlesnake's uses are pretty limited, the idea of disposing of goblin prisoners via rattlesnake pits does sound quite tempting (if only to watch them slowly succumb to poison).

Its venom causes pain, nausea, blisters, swelling, and bruising in the short term. In the slightly longer term it causes severe localized necrosis.
[[File:Crotalus cerastes mesquite springs CA.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Admired for its warning rattle.]]
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Syndrome

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A '''syndrome''' is a disease or effect that a poor, helpless creature might get through encountering certain creatures, extracts, supernatural weather, or vindictive modders. They generally cause unpleasant and frequently fatal [[symptoms]] over a short to long period of time, but some will clear up over time or with the assistance of a [[doctor]]. A [[Health care|Hospital]] is required to diagnose and potentially treat the syndrome. [[File:Snakebite.png|200px|thumb|right|An example of a syndrome in effect. This hippo did not ultimately survive the encounter despite one bite being the only injury sustained.]]

==List of syndromes==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Syndrome
! Venom
! Acquired
! Short-term Symptoms
! Long-term Symptoms
! Chronic Symptoms
|-
| Adder bite
| adder venom (injected)
| Being bitten by an [[adder]], [[giant adder]] or [[adder man]]
| Strong pain
| Swelling Blisters Nausea
| None
|-
| Bark scorpion sting
| bark scorpion venom (injected)
| Being stung by a [[bark scorpion]], [[giant bark scorpion]] or [[bark scorpion man]]
| Strong pain
| None
| None
|-
| Black mamba bite
| black mamba venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[black mamba]], [[giant black mamba]] or [[black mamba man]]
| Dizziness Drowsiness Strong pain Fever Unconsciousness Complete paralysis1
| None
| None
|-
| Blob blisters
| cave blob fluid (contact or ingested)
| Touching a [[cave blob]]
| Mild pain Mild blisters
| None
| None
|-
| Brown recluse spider bite
| brown recluse spider venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[brown recluse spider]], [[giant brown recluse spider]] or [[brown recluse spider man]]
| Nausea Fever Pain 
| Severe localized necrosis
| None
|-
| Bumblebee sting
| bumblebee venom (injected)
| Being stung by a [[bumblebee]] worker
| Pain Strong swelling
| None
| None
|-
| Bushmaster bite
| bushmaster venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[bushmaster]], [[giant bushmaster]] or [[bushmaster man]]
| Strong pain Mild bleeding Dizziness Nausea Unconsciousness Complete paralysis1
| None
| None
|-
| Cave floater sickness
| cave floater gas (inhaled or ingested)
| Expelled from [[cave floater]]
| Mild nausea
| Fever Strong drowsiness (delayed) Strong dizziness (delayed)
| None
|-
| Cave spider bite
| cave spider venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[cave spider]]
| None
| None
| Very mild dizziness
|-
| Copperhead snake bite
| copperhead snake venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[copperhead snake]], [[giant copperhead snake]] or [[copperhead snake man]]
| Pain Swelling Nausea
| None
| None
|-
| Giant cave spider bite
| giant cave spider venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[giant cave spider]]
| Size-dependant paralysis.
| Death by asphyxiation, in small targets. Large targets are generally unhindered...unless you count the high probability of being eaten by the giant cave spider as a hindrance.
| None, not that it really matters.
|-
| Gila monster bite
| gila monster venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[gila monster]], [[giant gila monster]] or [[gila monster man]]
| Pain Mild swelling
| None
| None
|-
| Gnomeblight
| [[gnomeblight]] (contact, inhaled, injected, or ingested)
| Unknown. Affects gnomes only
| None
| Severe systemic necrosis2
| None
|-
| Giant desert scorpion sting
| giant desert scorpion venom (injected)
| Being stung by a [[giant desert scorpion]]
| Necrosis of the brain and nervous system
| '''Certain death'''
| None, not that it really matters.
|-
| Helmet snake bite
| helmet snake venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[helmet snake]]
| Minor bleeding
| Fever Nausea Dizziness Localized swelling Localized oozing Localized bruising Strong pain Intense localized necrosis Possible loss of limb
| None
|-
| Honey bee sting
| honey bee venom (injected)
| Being stung by a [[honey bee]] worker
| Pain Strong swelling
| None
| None
|-
| Iron man cough
| iron man gas (inhaled)
| Expelled by [[iron man]]
| Coughing blood
| None
| None
|-
| King cobra bite
| king cobra venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[king cobra]]
| Complete paralysis1 Pain, dizziness, drowsiness
| None
| None
|-
| Phantom spider bite
| phantom spider venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[phantom spider]]
| None
| Numbness and mild dizziness
| None
|-
| Platypus sting
| platypus venom (injected)
| Being kicked by a [[platypus]], [[giant platypus]] or [[platypus man]]
| Pain and swelling
| Extreme pain, swelling possibly to the point of necrosis
| None
|-
| Rattlesnake bite
| rattlesnake venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[rattlesnake]], [[giant rattlesnake]] or [[rattlesnake man]]
| Pain, nausea, blisters, swelling, bruising
| Severe localized necrosis
| None
|-
| Serpent man bite
| serpent man venom (injected)
| Being bitten by a [[serpent man]]
| Complete paralysis1
| None
| None
|-
| [evil rain] sickness3
|rowspan=5| Random
| Being caught outside in freakish weather in an evil biome
|rowspan=5| Random
|rowspan=5| Random
|rowspan=5| Random
|-
| [evil cloud] sickness4
| Being caught in a creeping cloud in an evil biome
|-
| beast sickness5
| Encounters with [[forgotten beast]]s
|-
| titan sickness5
| Encounters with [[titan]]s
|-
| demon sickness5
| Encounters with [[demon]]s
|}
:1. For small creatures such as humans and dwarves, paralysis tends to result in suffocation.
:2. Necrosis of the brain will eventually result in death once the brain rots away completely.
:3. Evil rain typically only causes minor symptoms such as blisters, bruising, coughing blood, dizziness, fever, nausea, oozing, and pain.
:4. Evil clouds either cause major symptoms (as with beast/titan/demon sicknesses) or permanently transform creatures into [[Undead|zombie-like]] forms.
:5. [[Titan]]s, [[forgotten beast]]s, and [[demon]]s have a chance to have a randomized syndrome. These range from pointless (mild blisters from inhaling boiling blood) to instantly fatal (severe necrosis from a contact poison attached to a breath weapon/creature made of blood).

==The anatomy of a syndrome==
Mechanically, syndromes are bundles of tokens attached to a material - they're confined to creature materials in vanilla DF, but it's a simple matter to add them to inorganic materials. When the material is injected, touched, inhaled, or ingested (depending on the syndrome), the creature suffers the predations of a nasty disease or poison. Here's an example syndrome, taken from the Giant Cave Spider raws.

If you are having troubles getting the syndromes to work (i.e., in combat reports, getting "'''supersnake''' n/a splatters~etc"), then simply throw the venom template into the actual creature's raw, which is what the LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT actually calls on; the venom being in the same file.

[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:POISON:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen giant cave spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen giant cave spider venom]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:giant cave spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:giant cave spider venom]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling giant cave spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:boiling giant cave spider venom]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:giant cave spider bite]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:SPIDER_CAVE:ALL]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[CE_PARALYSIS:SEV:100:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:5:PEAK:10:END:20]

The first line, USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, is creating a new material, called POISON, using the CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE as the basis. After this, the STATE_NAME and STATE_ADJ tokens are used to define the names and adjectives assigned to different states of the material - GAS, LIQUID and ALL_SOLID, in this case, though ALL is also a valid token. At this stage, you can use any material tags like MAT_FIXED_TEMP or similar to set further material properties, though this usually isn't necessary.

ENTERS_BLOOD
This tag determines whether a poison enters the blood or not. If it is not included, the poison will splatter (if liquid) or flow (if gas) over the affected body part instead when injected. If you're using a contact poison, leave this out. Necessary for injected poisons.
SYNDROME
This tag ends the material details and begins the definition of the actual syndrome.
SYN_NAME
This one is self-explanatory - the name of the syndrome as it will appear in-game.
SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS
This token defines what CREATURE_CLASS will be affected by the syndrome. Most creatures are classed under GENERAL_POISON. Multiple tokens can be used in a single syndrome.
SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS
As above, but makes class immune.
SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE
This token defines which creatures CANNOT be affected by the syndrome - useful for addressing specific instances within a population, such as a specific caste or an individual creature that falls under GENERAL_POISON. Syntax is [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:creature:caste]. ALL can be used for the caste.
SYN_AFFECTED_CREATURE
As above, but makes creature or caste susceptible.
SYN_CLASS
This tag sets a class for the syndrome that can be used in [[Interaction token|interactions.]]
SYN_IDENTIFIER{{version|0.42.01}}.
Similar to SYN_CLASS, this sets an identifier that can be shared between multiple syndromes, for use with the SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR creature token. In vanilla DF, this is used to allow dwarves to drink more alcohol before becoming inebriated.
SYN_NO_HOSPITAL{{version|0.42.01}}.
Probably prevents affected dwarves from being carried to the hospital.{{verify}}
SYN_CONCENTRATION_ADDED:x:x{{version|0.42.01}}.
Repeated exposure to the syndrome will result in the effects becoming more intense. In vanilla [SYN_CONCENTRATION_ADDED:100:1000] is used with alcohol.

SYN_INJECTED, SYN_CONTACT, SYN_INHALED, SYN_INGESTED
This token determines the method of infection - injected syndromes must be injected via a creature attack, while contact syndromes result from any contamination of a creature by material splatter (such as blood), inhaled syndromes must be inhaled in gaseous form (such as from boiling or a creature breath attack), and ingestion syndromes must be eaten or drunk. Any combination of these tags can be used. A fun variation on the usual creature injection routine is to create a material with a SYN_CONTACT syndrome and have a creature use it for blood - this tends to end poorly for any predator that chooses to attack them.

[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM:LIQUID:100:100]
This is one method for getting a poison into a creature. If [ENTERS_BLOOD] is applied, it will be injected into the bloodstream. Otherwise, it will just splatter over the area. Put this on a creature attack. Substance type (gas, liquid, solid) does not appear to have an effect. The numbers on the end are minimum and maximum.

CE_X, or creature effect tokens, are the real meat and bones of your syndrome. They're detailed below.

==Creature effect tokens==
Each and every syndrome has a number of creature effect tokens, represented by CE_X - these lovely little beauties determine exactly how the poor creature suffering from the syndrome is affected. An example CE token is as follows:

[CE_NECROSIS:SEV:100:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]

In this example, we have an effect that will always cause severe necrosis in whichever bodypart it touches, so long as that bodypart is vascular and that the creature is not able to resist it in some manner. The effect begins shortly after the syndrome is contracted, peaks 1000 [[time|time units]] afterwards, and finally ceases another 1000 time units later.

As a general rule of thumb, so long as CE_X starts the string and START/(PEAK/END) end it, the order of the intervening tokens isn't important. PEAK and END aren't required.

*CE_X
The effect type. This can be a number of different tokens, as detailed in the table below this list.
*SEV:X
The severity of the effect. Higher values appear to be worse, with SEV:1000 CE_NECROSIS causing a part to near-instantly become rotten.
*PROB:X
The probability of the effect actually manifesting in the victim, as a percentage. 100 means always, 1 means a 1 in 100 chance.
*LOCALIZED (Overwrites BP tokens)
This tag causes an effect to ignore all BP tokens and then forces the game to attempt to apply the effect to the limb that came into contact with the contagion - i.e. the part that was bitten by the creature injecting the syndrome material, or the one that was splattered by a contact contagion. If an effect can not be applied to the contacted limb (such as IMPAIR_FUNCTION on a non-organ) then this token makes the syndrome have no effect. This token also makes inhaled syndromes have no effect.
*BP:BODY_PART:TISSUE (Overwritten by LOCALIZED)
Specifies which body parts and tissues are to be affected by the syndrome. BODY_PART can be BY_CATEGORY:x to target body parts with a matching [CATEGORY:x] [[body token]] (or ALL to affect everything), BY_TYPE:x to target body parts having a particular type (UPPERBODY, LOWERBODY, HEAD, GRASP, or STANCE), or BY_TOKEN:x to target individual body parts by their ID (as specified in the [BP] token). For example, if you wanted to target the lungs of a creature, you would use BP:BY_CATEGORY:LUNG:ALL. The syndrome would act on all bodyparts within the creature with the CATEGORY tag LUNG and affect all tissue layers. For another example, say you wanted to cause the skin to rot off a creature - you could use BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN, targeting the SKIN tissue on all bodyparts. Multiple targets can be given in one syndrome by placing the BP tokens end to end. This is one of the most powerful and useful aspects of the syndrome system, as it allows you to selectively target bodyparts relevant to the contagion, like lungs for coal dust inhalation, or the eyes for exposure to an acid gas. Not everything takes a target!
*VASCULAR_ONLY (Optional)
This syndrome only affects tissue layers with the VASCULAR token.
*MUSCULAR_ONLY (Optional)
This syndrome only affects tissue layers with the MUSCULAR token. Are you seeing a trend here?
*SIZE_DILUTES (Optional)
This token presumably causes the effects of the syndrome to scale with the size of the creature compared to the size of the dose of contagion they received, but has yet to be extensively tested.
*SIZE_DELAYS (Optional)
As above, this token has yet to be tested but presumably delays the onset of a syndrome according to the size of the victim.
*DWF_STRETCH:X{{version|0.42.01}} (Optional)
Multiplies the duration of the syndrome by X in Fortress mode.

The details of this table are still being thrashed out by modders, so if you have anything to add, please don't hesitate to hit the edit button!

Non-targeted syndromes will ignore any BP tokens and LOCALIZED tokens.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="Bisque"
! Token
! Accepts Target
! Description
|-
| CE_BLEEDING
| Yes
| Causes the targeted bodypart to start bleeding, with heavy enough bleeding resulting in the death of the sufferer. Some conditions seem to cause bleeding to be fatal no matter how weak.
|-
| CE_BLISTERS
| Yes
| Covers the targeted bodypart with blisters.
|-
| CE_BRUISING
| Yes
| Causes the targeted bodypart to undergo bruising.
|-
| CE_IMPAIR_FUNCTION
| Yes
| An organ afflicted with this CE is rendered inoperable - for example, if both lungs are impaired the creature can't breathe and will suffocate. This token only affects organs, not limbs. Note that this effect is currently bugged, and will not "turn off" until the creature receives a wound to cause its body parts to update.
|-
| CE_NECROSIS
| Yes
| Causes the targeted bodypart to rot, with associated tissue damage, miasma emission and bleeding. The victim slowly bleeds to death if the wound is not treated. Badly necrotic limbs will require amputation.
|-
| CE_NUMBNESS
| Yes
| Causes numbness in the affected body part, blocking pain. Extreme numbness may lead to sensory nerve damage.
|-
| CE_OOZING
| Yes
| Causes pus to ooze from the afflicted bodypart.
|-
| CE_PAIN
| Yes
| Afflicts the targeted bodypart with intense pain.
|-
| CE_PARALYSIS
| Yes
| Causes paralysis. Paralysis is complete paralysis and will cause suffocation in smaller creatures. Paralysis on a limb may lead to motor nerve damage.
|-
| CE_SWELLING
| Yes
| Causes the targeted bodypart to swell up. Extreme swelling may lead to necrosis.
|-
| CE_COUGH_BLOOD
| No
| This effect results in the sufferer periodically coughing blood, which stains the tile they're on and requires cleanup. It doesn't appear to be lethal, but may cause minor bleeding damage.
|-
| CE_DIZZINESS
| No
| Inflicts the Dizziness condition, occasional fainting and a general slowdown in movement and work speed.
|-
| CE_DROWSINESS
| No
| Causes the Drowsiness condition.
|-
| CE_FEVER
| No
| Causes the Fever condition.
|-
| CE_NAUSEA
| No
| Causes the Nausea condition, and heavy vomiting. Can eventually lead to dehydration and death.
|-
| CE_UNCONSCIOUSNESS
| No
| Renders unconscious.
|-
| CE_VOMIT_BLOOD
| No
| This effect results in the sufferer periodically vomiting blood, which stains the tile they're on and requires cleanup. It doesn't appear to be lethal, but may cause minor bleeding damage.
|-
| CE_ERRATIC_BEHAVIOR{{version|0.42.01}}
| No
| Causes erratic behavior.
|}

===Special Effects===
Several special syndrome effects take different arguments than the above. These are used for generated interactions in unmodded games, but may be used as well for any substance or custom interaction.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="Bisque"
! Token
! Accepts Target
! Arguments
! Description
|-
| CE_ADD_TAG
| No
| tags
| Adds a tag to the affected creature. Many arguments can be used sequentially within one syndrome token. See the [[Interaction token]] '''IT_REQUIRES''' for valid tags.
|-
| CE_REMOVE_TAG
| No
| tags
| Removes a tag from a creature. Supported arguments are the same as CE_ADD_TAG.
|-
| CE_DISPLAY_TILE
| No
| TILE:[[DF2012:Tilesets|tile number]]:[[DF2012:Color#Modding color|colour]]
| The creature displays the specified tile and colour instead of its normal one.
|-
| CE_DISPLAY_NAME
| No
| NAME:singular:plural:adjective
| Attaches a specified name to the creature's normal name.
|-
| CE_FLASH_TILE
| No
| TILE:tile number:colour:FREQUENCY:ticks default tile:ticks syndrome tile
| The creature flashes between its normal tile and the one specified here.
|-
| CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE
| No
| [[Attribute]]:percentage:fixed boost(?)
| Alters the physical [[attribute]]s of a creature.
|-
| CE_MENT_ATT_CHANGE
| No
| [[Attribute]]:percentage:fixed boost(?)
| Alters the mental [[attribute]]s of a creature.
|-
| CE_BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER
| No
| APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT/LENGTH/BROADNESS:percentage(?)
| Alters the size of the creature.
|-
| CE_BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER
| Yes
| body part:APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:attribute:number]
| Alters the characteristics (height, width etc.) of a body part.
|-
| CE_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER
| No
| MAT_MULT:[[material token|material]]:A:B
| Makes creature affected by materials more or less by a factor of A/B. If A is 3 and B is 2, the creature will be 1.5x weaker to the defined material (can be NONE:NONE for all); if 2:3, the creature will be 1.5 times stronger.
|-
| CE_BODY_MAT_INTERACTION
| No
|
| Causes one of the creature's materials to trigger an interaction, generally when ingested. Several additional tokens may be specified after this:
* CE:INTERACTION:interaction_id
* CE:SYNDROME_TAG:syndrome_trigger_type (SYN_INGESTED, SYN_INJECTED, etc.)
|-
| CE_SPEED_CHANGE
| No
| speed modifier:number
| Changes the speed of a creature.
Speed modifier contains one or both:
* SPEED_PERC:percentage (this modifies a creature's in-game speed, so higher numbers are faster)
* SPEED_ADD:number (this modifies a creature's [SPEED:XX] token, so higher numbers are slower. Negative numbers are accepted though will only reduce a creature's speed to zero)
The minimum and maximum speeds able to be created by CE_SPEED_CHANGE are 99 and 10,000 respectively.
|-
| CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION
| No
|
| Makes the creature able to perform an interaction. See [[Interaction token]]. To specify the interaction, use the argument:
* CDI:INTERACTION:interaction name
|-
| CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION
| No
| PROB:percentage:START:time:END:time
| Transforms into another creature. PROB and END arguments optional. The target creature is specified with:
* CE:CREATURE:CREATURE_ID:CASTE_ID (ex. CE:CREATURE:DWARF:FEMALE) 
Note that any wounds the creature has suffered will instantly heal upon transforming, both into and out of the target form. [[Undead]] limbs of a creature with this token will grow into a full instance of that creature.
|-
| CE_SKILL_ROLL_ADJUST
| No
| PERC:percentage:PERC_ON:percentage
| Alters the skill level of a creature. The argument PERC specifies a percentage of the creature's current skill, and PERC_ON the probability of the effect being applied on a particular roll.
|-
| CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS
| No
| CLASS:creature class:tile:color
| Allows creature to see other creatures with given class through walls. Vampires, for example, have CLASS:GENERAL_POISON:15:4:0:1.
|-
| CE_CHANGE_PERSONALITY{{version|0.42.01}}
| No
| FACET:[[DF2014:Personality_trait#Facets|trait]]:amount
| Changes a [[personality trait]] by amount. Multiple FACET:trait:amount sets may be used.
|-
| CE_FEEL_EMOTION{{version|0.42.01}}
| No
| EMOTION:[[emotion]]
| Makes the creature feel specific [[emotion]]; severity based on standard SEV value. The [[thought]] the creature receives is: "[creature] feels [emotion] due to [syndrome name]". See [[Emotion]] for the list of valid emotions.
|}

'''All''' creature effect tokens take START, END and PROB numbers, and can be followed by [CE:PERIODIC] and/or [CE:COUNTER_TRIGGER] to restrict when they actually take effect.
* PERIODIC:period_type:min_value:max_value
* {{text anchor|COUNTER_TRIGGER}}:counter_name:min_value:max_value:REQUIRED

Currently, the only valid period type is MOON_PHASE.

===Counter Triggers===
Valid counter values are below:

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="Bisque"
! Counter
! Description
|-
| ALCOHOLIC
| How long it's been (in [[time]] units) since the creature last had a drink of alcohol. Only present on creatures who need alcohol to get through the working day.
* 100800 (3 months) = and is starting to work slowly due to its scarcity
* 201600 (6 months) = and really wants a drink
* 302400 (9 months) = and has gone without a drink for far, far too long
* 403200 (1 year) = and can't even remember the last time he/she had some
|-
| MOUNTAIN
| How much the creature minds being outdoors. Low values are known to decrease the severity of certain unhappy [[thought]]s.
* 0 = likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
* 1 = does not mind being outdoors, at least for a time.
* 2 = (no message)
|-
| TIME_SINCE_BREAK
| How long it's been (in [[time]] units) since the creature last went on [[break]]. Creatures generally go at least a year (100800 time units) between breaks unless the [[economy]] is active (which never happens).
|-
| ON_BREAK
| How long (in [[time]] units) the creature has been on break. Once it reaches 15000 (about 12.5 days), the creature should get back to work.
|-
| CAVE_ADAPT
| How cave-adapted the creature is. Increases by 1 for every [[time]] unit spent underground, to a maximum of 800000.
* 403200 (1 year) = going outside causes irritation
* 604800 (1.5 years) = going outside causes nausea
|-
| PARTIED_OUT
| How long before the creature will decide to attend another party. Starts at 3+ months and counts down to zero.
|-
| MILK_COUNTER
| How long before the creature can be milked again. Starts at the creature's MILK frequency and counts down to zero.
|-
| EGG_SPENT
| How long before the creature can lay more eggs. Starts at 3 months and counts down to zero.
|-
| GROUNDED_ANIMAL_ANGER
| How angry (and likely to attack) an animal is from being over-crowded. Increases when over-crowded and otherwise counts down to zero.
|-
| TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD
| How long it's been (in [[time]] units) since the creature last sucked somebody's blood.
|-
| DRINKING_BLOOD
| How much longer the creature will be drinking somebody's blood. Starts at 2.4 days and counts down to zero.
|}

==Inorganic syndromes and you!==
It's perfectly possible - and quite simple - to add a nasty syndrome to a type of rock or metal - you simply add the syndrome tokens to the material definition in the same manner that you would add them to a creature material definition. The only catch is that since your hapless dwarves will only normally encounter the material in metal, gem or boulder form, a bit of creativity must be used to actually get them inside your citizens - that is, you need to make them 'explosively boil' as soon as they're mined or produced. This has the sad side effect of destroying the actual item - sorry, no highly radioactive uranium this release.

The easiest way to accomplish this is to assign the material a low boiling point, usually just under room temperature, and make sure its temperature is fixed to a point above it.
[MAT_FIXED_TEMP:9001]
[BOILING_POINT:9000]
Now, as soon as this substance hits the open air - by being mined, smelted or reaction-produced at a custom workshop - it will EXPLOSIVELY BOIL, flooding a small area with delicious syndrome-rich gas. Creatures who inhale the gas will be immediately hit with the syndrome you thoughtfully attached to the material definition earlier!

There are a number of other tokens you can use to control the colour and naming conventions of your syndrome material, referred to as MATERIAL tokens.

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{{Category|Creature attributes}}
[[ru:DF2012:Syndrome]]

Herbalist

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Lem:

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{{Skill
| color = 6:0
| skill = Herbalist
| profession = [[Farmer]]
| job name = [[Plant gathering]]
| tasks =
* Gather plants
| workshop =
* [[Still]]
| attributes =
* Agility
* Memory
* Kinesthetic Sense
}}
{{av}}

The '''herbalist''' skill is used by dwarves with the '''plant gathering''' [[labor]] to gather [[plant]]s and plant growths. It is also used to gather fruits and nuts from certain [[tree]]s.

== Gathering plants ==

Shrubs and their growths can be gathered by designating them by {{key|d}}=>{{key|p}}. If successful, a herbalist will get a stack of 1 to 5 plants. Shrubs that have useful growths will always yield one of that growth upon gathering.

Herbalists can also gather plants by designating a gathering zone by {{key|i}}=>{{key|g}}. In this case, they will gather from shrubs, trees and the ground where fruit has fallen, using a [[stepladder]] to reach the tree branches whenever needed. Gathering zones can be configured to enable or disable all of these. Trees yield a substantially larger number of growths than shrubs - as many as a stack of 15 in some cases.

Most fruiting plants will bear fruit only in mid to late summer. Ripening is not yet a feature, so fruits can be used for brewing and eating at any time when they can be gathered.

== Food production ==
Herbalists are often used to help with food production in an early fortress as they do not require farm plots or other setup. While plant gathering is less efficient than [[farming]], it provides a relatively immediate payoff in comparison, especially in a region where fruit trees grow. Plant gathering is also an excellent way to acquire above ground plants in order to bootstrap above ground farming (the only alternative is to wait for a human or elven caravan and hope they brought seeds).

Above ground, this skill works best in areas with thick vegetation like [[forest]]s, where an abundance of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs grow. It is less useful in sparsely vegetated biomes like [[Desert|deserts or badlands]], and is completely useless in [[mountain]] and polar biomes which do not have shrubs or trees. Underground, plant gathering can be a high risk activity in the caverns, and production can be easily outstripped by farms. However, once a non-dry cavern has been opened, underground shrubs will begin to appear on ''all'' underground soil or muddy tiles. Herbalists can continue to gather from these to supplement your farming production, at no risk.

The number of plants in a stack a herbalist gathers depends on his skill the same as with quality levels in earlier versions - for every 'bump' in quality, there is one more plant, starting with 0-1 and capped at 5.

When a herbalist picks some plants, he will carry them to the food stockpile himself, even if his food hauling labor is disabled. Herbalists can carry more than one type of item if gathering from a plant that yields multiple usable growths. When gathering from trees, a herbalist will let the item drop to the ground, to be carried to a stockpile by haulers.

== Gathering seeds ==
Plants gathered by herbalists can be eaten or processed to provide [[seed|seeds]] which can then be [[crop|planted]] in farms. For this reason, it is popular (if not necessary) to gather above ground plants early in a fort's existence if one wants to grow above ground crops.

==Speed of training==
Dwarves gain [[experience]] in plant gathering every time they pick over a shrub whether they are successful at harvesting anything or not. Training a completely unskilled dwarf to legendary status in this skill requires the harvesting of 600 plants, and can be done in less than a couple of years. A legendary herbalist not suffering from any [[Skill#Skill_penalties|skill penalties]] will never fail to harvest a stack of four or five [[crop|plant]]s.

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Hake

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Lem: Improved the wording of a sentence

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{{av}}
{{creaturedesc}}

[[File:Vermin-Hake.jpg|thumb|left|Admired for its notched fins.]]

'''Hake''' are a type of aquatic [[vermin]]. They are found in [[temperate]] and [[biome|arctic]] [[ocean|oceans]] throughout the entire year, and are a ready source of [[food]] when caught and [[fish cleaning|cleaned]] at a [[fishery]].

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{{Vermin}}

Faction

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Lem: /* Faction relative hostility */

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{{av}}
'''Factions''' govern how [[creature]]s will react upon each other's presence. The world is full of dangers for your unfortunate dwarves and it seems that nearly everything is trying to kill them; fortunately, said dangers are also hostile to each other most of the time. Confrontations between such opposed factions happen in both fortress and [[adventurer mode]]; the wise player will see to it that they weaken each other instead of ganging up against one's fort or adventurer.

In the [[object testing arena]], each creature created can be tied to a faction(referred to in-game as a "side"). Creatures will be friendly to other creatures within their faction, and will be hostile to any other creature. There are a total of 99 factions, and an "independent" option which is hostile to all other creatures.

==Faction relative hostility==

The table below shows the behavior of different factions when confronted:

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|
| '''[[Dwarf|Dwarves]]'''
| '''[[Elf|Elves]]'''
| '''[[Human]]s'''
| '''[[Goblin]]s'''
| '''[[Kobold]]s'''
| '''[[Necromancer]]s'''
| '''[[Undead]]'''
| '''[[Surroundings|Wildlife]]'''
| '''[[Animal people|Cave civs]]'''2
| '''[[Semi-megabeast|(Semi-)]][[Megabeast]]s'''
| '''[[Demon|Clown]]s'''
| '''[[Werebeast]]s'''3

|-
| '''Dwarves'''
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
| Variable
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Elves'''
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
| Variable
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Humans'''
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly1
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
| Variable
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile4
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Goblins'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile1
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
| Variable
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile4
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Kobolds'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Necromancers'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Undead'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Wildlife'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
| Variable5
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Cave civs'''
| Variable
| Variable
| Variable
| Variable
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''(Semi-)Megabeasts'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Clown'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#cfc"| Friendly
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile

|-
| '''Werebeasts'''
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
|style="background-color:#fcc"| Hostile
| Variable3
|}

1Advanced civilizations are subject to the mechanisms of [[diplomat|diplomacy]] and may routinely go at [[war]] and conclude peace treaties depending on [[world-gen]] and according to each civilization's [[ethics]]. On the one hand, war against elves or humans is not that uncommon; on the other hand, goblins will almost always be hostile toward everyone else.

2Cave civilizations are always friendly toward adventurers and they can be either hostile or friendly toward your dwarves. They often become friendly when confronted with a [[megabeast]]. Note that this behavior does not apply to most [[animal people]], who are simply treated as wildlife.

3[[Werebeast]]s will switch factions from whatever civilization they belong to under their normal form to a special, species-dependent faction on full moon. Different species of werebeasts will be hostile to each other.

4A [[clown]] often takes control of a goblin civilization, and sometimes becomes the ruler of a human civilization by posing as their god. Other clowns are typically hostile.

5[LARGE_PREDATOR]s will attack anything significantly smaller than themselves. In most other cases, wildlife will flee from non-[BENIGN] wildlife. Two [BENIGN] wild animals will ignore each other.

Due to their {{token|BABYSNATCHER|entity}} tag, [[goblin]]s will be almost always at war with other [[civilization]]s; [[megabeast]]s and [[semi-megabeast]]s are neutral toward each other, but will try to kill everything else they can find - whether it be in [[World generation|worldgen]], [[adventurer mode]] or [[fortress mode]]. [[Undead]] creatures will attack every creature that isn't undead (or a necromancer) due to their {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} tag. [[Kobold]]s are unable to speak besides in [[Creature token#UTTERANCES|utterances]] and are thus at war with everyone else - note that if you start as a kobold in Adventure Mode when they are available, you will be unable to speak to anyone and other kobolds will attack you on sight because they won't be able to talk to you either.

It seems that [[undead]] just ignore [[necromancer]]s or fellow undead, but the necromancers themselves will lash out at each other if they belong on different [[civilization]]s or [[Tower (necromancy)|tower]]s. This is important in adventure mode - should you learn the secrets of life and death, all zombies will become neutral to you, letting you seize the opportunity to make short work of their squishy and unarmed masters. In adventure mode, undead you raise will follow you as if they were companions; however, they will '''all''' turn neutral if you purposely attack one of them.

There are exceptions to the above table: most notably, foreign creatures occupying a [[noble]] position in a civ for whatever reason (e.g. demons that have impersonated a god to take control of human civs, or necromancer kings) will behave the same way any other civ member would toward your dwarves or adventurer. Hence the ludicrous possibilities for a demon to visit your fortress as a [[diplomat]] (or join you in your adventures) or a friendly necromancer inadvertently wreaking havoc on your fortress by raising corpses whenever it can. [[Insanity|Berserk]] dwarves are hostile to everyone. [[Vampire]] dwarves (and humans) will also be neutral toward undead even when not confronted. You can take advantage of this, ordering your vampires to kill necromancers when facing a siege; a vampire can and will path toward a necromancer unhindered and usually beat him to death. You can also order vampires to kill zombies one by one as they won't react unless attacked.

==Loyalty cascade==

Loyalty cascades are the result of entity members attacking each other. The conflict will escalate into a full civil war (hence Toady One referring to it as the "civil war bug") and won't resolve until one side of the conflict is wiped out. Loyalty cascades can be triggered in both fortress and adventure mode.

===Attacking [[Trade|merchants]] from your mountain-home===

If you order your military to kill merchants from your own civilization, a bizarre result of the way loyalty is handled makes the members of your military who attacked the traders become enemies of your civilization, but remain members of your fort's government (dwarves of this faction will henceforth be referred to as ''separatists''). As enemies, they attack your other dwarves (''citizens''), but as members of the fort, they still follow orders. Allowing citizen militia dwarves to attack the separatists will give them opposite loyalties of the separatists, (i.e. loyal to civ, not to fort), or ''loyalists'', who do '''not''' follow orders. And then, if a separatist or loyalist kill a citizen, they become enemies of the civ '''and''' fort, making them ''Renegades'', who are essentially complete enemies of the citizens.

===Attempting to tame enemy [[mount]]s===

If you use [[cage]] [[trap]]s against goblin sieges, you are likely to capture [[Giant bat|a]] [[Cave crocodile|few]] [[Giant cave swallow|mounts]] [[Rutherer|from]] [[Jabberer|various]] [[Voracious cave crawler|species]]. You may assign them to your [[animal trainer]]s and attempt to tame them, thus gaining a few facts about each specific species; but under no circumstances should you ever release them from their cages, as they are always considered enemies to your civilization and will wreak havoc as soon as they are free. Not only that, but they will trigger a similar loyalty cascade as soon as they attack your citizens, leading your fort to its demise through a never-ending civil war - as well as some copious jabberer-chomping. The best course of action is to keep re-training the mounts in their cages over and over again, thus facilitating future taming of their '''wild''' counterparts.

===Attacking a [[werebeast]] in dwarven form===

If one of your dwarves turns into a [[werebeast]] and you send your military to kill them while shapeshifted, failing to kill (and allowing the dwarf to revert to normal) may cause a loyalty cascade.

===Attacking a berserk citizen or werebeast in wereform===

Dwarven military can no longer be relied upon to put an end to the rampages of citizens gone [[insane|berserk]] or transformed into a beast. Fighting such a threat is treated as assaulting a citizen and will cause ''the defenders of your fort'' to lose loyalty and be hunted down as traitors. {{bug|7107}} Seems fixed in 0.42{{Verify}}

===How to deal with loyalty cascades===

To prevent the cascade from spreading, order the original separatists away from the fortress and let them fight amongst themselves. If the results are renegades, it is okay to allow other dwarves to kill them (by stationing them nearby). If the results are separatists/loyalists, then you will need to separate them somehow.

Dwarves from these different "factions" will cancel jobs if they ever come across one another, each running away. This will likely lead to a massive number of job interruption announcements reading ''Urist McDwarf cancels Eat: Interrupted by Farmer''

'''NOTE:''' Tame Animals are loyal to civilizations and fortresses indefinitely due to a bug, so they can be used to kill off separatists/loyalists without repercussions.

====DFHack====
For those who are using [[Utility:DFHack|DFHack]], the command {{DFtext|fix/loyaltycascade|white}} can be used to immediately end a loyalty cascade.

{{Translation
| dwarven = uzlir
| elvish = anoni
| goblin = osmrur
| human = ozo
}}