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Megabeasts are created systematically during world generation. Newly-generated worlds are populated by initial populations of [[historical figure]]s, 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 created systematically during world generation. Newly-generated worlds are populated by initial populations of [[historical figure]]s, 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 | + | 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 their 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 % of megabeasts killed. |
| − | Some megabeasts (namely, all but the bronze colossus and procedurally | + | Some megabeasts (namely, all but the bronze colossus and procedurally generated ones) 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. Megabeasts will reproduce within players' fortresses if they are lucky enough to [[cage trap|cage]] and [[animal training|train]] two specimens of opposite sexes. |
| − | In world generation, all megabeasts claim and live in a [[lair]], a hunting (or, perhaps, ''haunting'') ground from which they will attack other creatures, both wildlife and civilized settlements. A megabeast sharing its lair with another megabeast of the other gender is also far more likely to reproduce | + | In world generation, all megabeasts claim and live in a [[lair]], a hunting (or, perhaps, ''haunting'') ground from which they will attack other creatures, 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 in]]s. |
Most megabeasts will not attack the player until they have accumulated a minimum [[wealth]] of 100,000☼, exported wealth of at least 10,000☼, ''and'' a minimum population of 80 dwarves. Titans ignore exported wealth, and the only requirements for forgotten beasts are 50,000☼ in created wealth and a discovered [[cavern]]. What megabeasts appear, if any do at all, is also 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 nothing arriving at all, depending on what has survived world generation. | Most megabeasts will not attack the player until they have accumulated a minimum [[wealth]] of 100,000☼, exported wealth of at least 10,000☼, ''and'' a minimum population of 80 dwarves. Titans ignore exported wealth, and the only requirements for forgotten beasts are 50,000☼ in created wealth and a discovered [[cavern]]. What megabeasts appear, if any do at all, is also 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 nothing arriving at all, depending on what has survived world generation. | ||