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Visitor

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A '''visitor''' or '''guest''' is a person who comes to your fort at random, to stay at a [[location]]. Initially, you will receive only about three visitors for each location, who are all curious about the location they are visiting. When they leave, they may bring back word of what your place is like, attracting more visitors. This may benefit your fort, for example by providing social contacts for your dwarves, or enlisting soldiers. However, if you prefer having a dwarf-only fort (save for the prisoner elves and goblins), you should make sure they do not leave alive.

==Types of visitors==
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* '''Guests''' will come to relax, and only provide social contacts. They may perform in your [[inn]]. After they finish their tasks, [[diplomat]]s may stay for a while as guests.
* [[Scholar]]s will come to study, which includes reading books and discussing scientific topics with other scholars (including other visitors and your own dwarves), and may write books in your [[library]].
* [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] will come to enlist in the military. They will either petition for long-term residency or relax, and when you accept them, they can be added to any [[squad]] (note that they cannot be squad leaders) and will follow any order the squad receives. They are attracted by your [[inn]].
* [[Performer]]s, as the name suggests, will come to perform in your [[inn]]. They will tell stories, dance, make music, or recite poetry. They do this for fun, and will not ask anything in return. They may petition for long-term residency.
* [[Monster hunter]]s visit [[inn]]s to hunt monsters within the [[cavern]]s. Once they are granted long term residency they will occasionally go down into the caverns on their own to hunt. As of 0.42.04 they might be bugged as nobody other than Toady has reported seeing them, but supposedly their requirements for arrival are having opened the caverns.

==Residency petitions==
Sometimes, a visitor may come with the intent to stay in your fort on the long term. All types of visitors can do this. When a visitor petitions for residency, they will meet up with your mayor. You will have the final say about whether the visitor will become a resident.

When you accept them, they will be added to the list of civilians in your fort as if they were a migrant. Their needs, preferences, and thoughts will be visible to them as normal, but they will not be able to have labours or occupations assigned. Aside from the reason why they came to your fort (such as performing in your inn), they may take brief breaks and do stuff in other locations in your fort.

After about 2 years in your fort, the visitor may then apply for [[citizenship]], and accepting will allow them to have labors in your fort. They still will not be able to have occupations. Mercenaries will never apply for [[citizenship]].

Performer

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:''"Music" redirects here. For in-game music, see [[Soundtrack]].''

'''Performer''' is an [[occupation]]. Performers perform performances including dance, poetry, and music.

==Music==
There are four instrument skills: [[Keyboardist]], [[Percussionist]], [[Stringed instrumentalist]], and [[Wind instrumentalist]]. There is also one general skill, [[Musician]].

[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_musical_forms.html Early examples of musical forms].

==Poetry==
There is a [[poet]] skill.
Toady commenting on poetic forms:
<blockquote>Poetic, musical and dance forms will be generated by culture. There will be both knowledge and skill-based components to this -- so you can't compose a poem of a variety you aren't familiar with, no matter how good you are, but once you learn the rules, the quality will depend on your skills/atts. It'll start with the poet's general skill, and they'll also develop specific skill with the form...</blockquote>

[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_poetic_forms.html Early examples of poetic forms].

==Dance==
There is a [[dancer]] skill.
Toady commenting on dancing:
<blockquote>Every dance is associated to a musical form, and the dances respect the rhythm, tempo and some other elements of the music. I didn't reproduce the rhythm patterns below, but it tries to make elements like the number of steps in a basic movement align with the rhythm and so forth. All of the forms below were generated for humanoid forms, but I'm working toward some support for varied creature bodies -- so you'll see stuff below like "left leg" even though that text doesn't appear in the dwarf raws, and you also won't see useful words like "hips" -- it's a work in progress, but it won't necessarily need to progress on that score before the release. There also aren't certain fundamentals like costumes, and I don't expect to get them in for this time. There will be some further restrictions based on entity character that aren't in yet.</blockquote>
[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/early_dance_forms.html Early examples of dance forms].

Occupation

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'''Occupations''' are positions which are assigned to certain [[locations]]. They are assigned by selecting a dwarf from the "Assign occupations" menu which can be found by pressing {{k|l}}, scrolling to the desired location's information screen, and pressing {{k|Enter}}. There can be more than one occupation assigned per location.

==Performers==
:''Main Article: [[Performer]]''

Performers are dwarfs who [[dancer|dance]], recite [[poet]]ry, sing or play [[music]] to entertain other dwarfs. The performer occupation can be assigned to both [[tavern]] and [[temple]] locations.

==Scholars==
:''Main Article: [[Scholar]]''

Scholars can be assigned to the [[library]] location and serve as the great thinkers of your fort (aside from you of course).

==Scribes==
:''Main Article: [[Scribe]]''

Scribes are assigned to library locations. Their sole purpose is to copy the texts that are created by scholars.

==Tavern Keepers==
:''Main Article: [[Tavern keeper]]''

Dwarfs assigned this occupation will serve drinks to visitors in tavern locations.

Occupation

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'''Occupations''' are positions which are assigned to certain [[locations]]. They are assigned by selecting a dwarf from the "Assign occupations" menu which can be found by pressing {{k|l}}, scrolling to the desired location's information screen, and pressing {{k|Enter}}. There can be more than one occupation assigned per location.

==Performers==
:''Main Article: [[Performer]]''

Performers are dwarfs who [[dancer|dance]], recite [[poet]]ry, sing or play [[music]] to entertain other dwarfs. The performer occupation can be assigned to both [[tavern]] and [[temple]] locations.

==Scholars==
:''Main Article: [[Scholar]]''

Scholars can be assigned to the [[library]] location and serve as the great thinkers of your fort (aside from you of course).

==Scribes==
:''Main Article: [[Scribe]]''

Scribes are assigned to library locations. Their sole purpose is to copy the texts that are created by scholars.

==Tavern Keepers==
:''Main Article: [[Tavern keeper]]''

Dwarfs assigned this occupation will serve drinks to visitors in tavern locations.

Tavern keeper

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'''Tavern keepers''' are an assigned [[occupation]] at [[taverns]]. They can be assigned in the Locations and Occupations menu ({{key|l}}), and will serve drinks to visitors in tavern [[locations]]. At the moment, there is no charge for drinks, but this may be changed in the future with the reintroduction of the Dwarven economy.
In [[Adventure mode]], rather than buying drinks as they would trade for any other item,
the player can request a drink after selecting the "Ask about available services, drinks, rooms, etc."
option while speaking with a tavern keeper and pay however much they owe later at their leisure through
the "Trade or settle debts" dialogue option.