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Zippy: Added image

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Zippy: I came across one that had legendary skills.

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I came across one that had legendary skills.

Pgallert: /* Great beast */ breeding!

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Great beast: breeding!

Silverwing235: /* Overview */

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Overview

Silverwing235 at 20:11, 27 November 2025

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Silverwing235: /* Overview */ grammar

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Overview: grammar

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Silverwing235: /* Great beast */

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Zippy at 15:08, 27 June 2025

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Silverwing235 at 20:10, 26 June 2025

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 ===Great beast===
-The '''great beast''' ({{Raw Tile|Ä|4:0:1}}) is the huge, bestial guardian of the final chamber - only a single one of these powerful foes can be found in a vault. They occupy 10,000,000 cm³, the same size as a [[forgotten beast]], and possess Grand Master or Legendary [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting]], striking, kicking, fighter, [[Archery|archer]], dodging and [[observer]], making them almost equivalent in power to a unique demon, if they could have special attacks.
+[[File:v50_vault.png|thumb|200px|right|A great beast with its minions.]]The '''great beast''' ({{Raw Tile|Ä|4:0:1}}) is the huge, bestial guardian of the final chamber - only a single one of these powerful foes can be found in a vault. They occupy 10,000,000 cm³, the same size as a [[forgotten beast]], and possess Grand Master or Legendary [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting]], striking, kicking, fighter, [[Archery|archer]], dodging and [[observer]], making them almost equivalent in power to a unique demon, if they could have special attacks.
 Defeating the beast grants the player access to the [[slab]] related to the vault's demon, allowing them to either bind them to their service or banish them back to the [[Underworld]].

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 ===Great beast===
-The '''great beast''' ({{Raw Tile|Ä|4:0:1}}) is the huge, bestial guardian of the final chamber - only a single one of these powerful foes can be found in a vault. They occupy 10,000,000 cm³, the same size as a [[forgotten beast]], and possess Grand Master [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting]], striking, kicking, fighter, [[Archery|archer]], dodging and [[observer]], making them almost equivalent in power to a unique demon, if they could have special attacks.
+The '''great beast''' ({{Raw Tile|Ä|4:0:1}}) is the huge, bestial guardian of the final chamber - only a single one of these powerful foes can be found in a vault. They occupy 10,000,000 cm³, the same size as a [[forgotten beast]], and possess Grand Master or Legendary [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting]], striking, kicking, fighter, [[Archery|archer]], dodging and [[observer]], making them almost equivalent in power to a unique demon, if they could have special attacks.
 Defeating the beast grants the player access to the [[slab]] related to the vault's demon, allowing them to either bind them to their service or banish them back to the [[Underworld]].

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	Defeating the beast grants the player access to the [[slab]] related to the vault's demon, allowing them to either bind them to their service or banish them back to the [[Underworld]].		Defeating the beast grants the player access to the [[slab]] related to the vault's demon, allowing them to either bind them to their service or banish them back to the [[Underworld]].
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		+	In each of the [[Unusual volcanic wall\|pillars below]] one great beast can be found. They will not attack dwarfs but become "current resident"s and mill about the fortress. They will not actively seek out enemies of the fortress, but if they come close they will attack. They might even produce offspring if you get them of different sexes, the little beasts will likewise be Grand Masters, and will be listed as "friendly" under "other residents". Their description still says they are created by a god(dess), the same one that created the parents.

	==Divine language==		==Divine language==

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 Even if you kill all the angels inside a vault, they will eventually respawn (no confirmation yet about how long it takes – a cleared vault has been witnessed having its population back in under a month) which makes vaults pretty good high-level item grinding grounds. Try to kill at least one warrior and pick up their gear – your adventure will instantly become much easier. Do note that angels are quite capable of wandering out of their vaults, slaughtering any stragglers, so lingering near one is not a good idea.
-Dwarven [[squad]]s can attempt to [[Mission|explore]] a vault in order to recover the slab in it, as it's considered a [[legendary artifact]]. The guardians will defend their lair (and probably slaughter your dwarves) accordingly. However, if you successfully conquer a vault through a fortress mode mission, the warriors become a playable race in adventure mode with dwarven starting setup and ethics. If you do embark on a vault, non-sentient angels appear to become tame livestock. They can be made available as pets or slaughtered and butchered. Warriors (the only intelligent type) remain hostile, but do not appear to leave the vault on their own.
+Dwarven [[squad]]s can attempt to [[Mission|explore]] a vault in order to recover the slab in it, as it's considered a [[legendary artifact]]. The guardians will defend their lair (and probably slaughter your dwarves) accordingly. However, if you successfully conquer a vault through a fortress mode mission, the warriors become a playable race in adventure mode with dwarven starting setup and ethics. If you do embark on a vault, non-sentient angels appear to become tame livestock - they can be made available as pets or slaughtered and butchered. Warriors (the only intelligent type) remain hostile, but do not appear to leave the vault on their own.
 Digging into an "[[unusual volcanic wall]] studded with gems" has a chance to reveal an angel, alongside [[water|several]] [[magma|other]] [[demon|fun]] [[hell|things]].

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 [[File:Bim-sarasti.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Mudung's Monster, a towering eyeless grasshopper. It has two long, spiral horns and it never appears to be perturbed or surprised by any happening. Its indigo exoskeleton is wrinkled. It was created by the human goddess Mudung Deepperplexes and is of a part with fate." ([http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169691.msg7701761#msg7701761 post])]]
-Angels are randomly generated at worldgen, with appearance, arms, armor, and even material determined by the [[sphere]]s of their creator. The term "angel" is used loosely – after all, they are sent by deities that knowingly released [[demon]]s into the world. As such, they are disproportionately associated with "dark" or "violent" spheres like deformity and war, and with fittingly vile appearances, but even those associated with neutral or supposedly-positive spheres tend to be utterly bizarre in appearance. The WAR, VALOR and FORTRESSES spheres boost the natural combat skills of the "'''Warrior'''" angel type to 10 from 6. The sphere effects on body materials work the same way they do for demons etc., so a muck god will more likely have mud angels, a rainbow god; crystal angels, etc. (there are about 30 spheres with material links). DEATH, MISERY, DARKNESS and NIGHT sphere angels can have dark color alterations.  All angels share certain traits, however; they are [[fanciful]] [[creatures]] who are all able to swim in and [[Amphibious|breathe]] water and [[Building destroyer|destroy buildings]]. Furthermore, they are immune to [[Trapavoid|traps]], [[No Pain|pain]], fear, nausea, [[No Stun|stunning]], [[No Exert|exertion]], dizziness, fevers and any sort of poison. Unlike demons, angels do not seem to be universally immune to [[fire]]. All humanoid angels are able to equip items and freely open unlocked [[door]]s. Some angels have access to a [[syndrome]] called "divine sickness", whose effects are randomized, but typically include effects such as vomiting blood, blisters, numbness and nausea. Others may have [[Creature_token#EXTRAVISION|extravision]], and they can be genderless, or have male and female castes.
+Angels are randomly generated at worldgen, with appearance, arms, armor, and even material determined by the [[sphere]]s of their creator. The term "angel" is used loosely – after all, they are sent by deities that knowingly released [[demon]]s into the world. As such, they are disproportionately associated with "dark" or "violent" spheres like deformity and war, and with fittingly vile appearances, but even those associated with neutral or supposedly-positive spheres tend to be utterly bizarre in appearance. The WAR, VALOR and FORTRESSES spheres boost the natural combat skills of the "'''Warrior'''" angel type to 10 from 6. The sphere effects on body materials work the same way they do for demons etc., so a muck god will more than likely have mud angels, a rainbow god; crystal angels, etc. (there are about 30 spheres with material links). DEATH, MISERY, DARKNESS and NIGHT sphere angels can have dark color alterations.  All angels share certain traits, however; they are [[fanciful]] [[creatures]] who are all able to swim in and [[Amphibious|breathe]] water and [[Building destroyer|destroy buildings]]. Furthermore, they are immune to [[Trapavoid|traps]], [[No Pain|pain]], fear, nausea, [[No Stun|stunning]], [[No Exert|exertion]], dizziness, fevers and any sort of poison. Unlike demons, angels do not seem to be universally immune to [[fire]]. All humanoid angels are able to equip items and freely open unlocked [[door]]s. Some angels have access to a [[syndrome]] called "divine sickness", whose effects are randomized, but typically include such things as vomiting blood, blisters, numbness and nausea. Others may have [[Creature_token#EXTRAVISION|extravision]], and they can be genderless, or have male and female castes.
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-Dwarves will never have a [[preferences|preference]] for angels, as they possess no {{token|PREFSTRING}}. They possess (an unused) [[Pet#Pet value|pet value]] of 2,000. Like other procedurally-generated creatures, they are not available to be spawned in the [[object testing arena]].
+Dwarves will never have a [[preferences|preference]] for angels, as they possess no {{token|PREFSTRING}}. They possess an unused [[Pet#Pet value|pet value]] of 2,000. Like other procedurally-generated creatures, they are not available to be spawned in the [[object testing arena]].
 Even if you kill all the angels inside a vault, they will eventually respawn (no confirmation yet about how long it takes – a cleared vault has been witnessed having its population back in under a month) which makes vaults pretty good high-level item grinding grounds. Try to kill at least one warrior and pick up their gear – your adventure will instantly become much easier. Do note that angels are quite capable of wandering out of their vaults, slaughtering any stragglers, so lingering near one is not a good idea.

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 [[File:angel_preview.png|right]]'''Angels''' {{Raw Tile|Ä|7:0}} are procedurally-generated [[creature]]s created by [[Deity|deities]] to guard the [[vault]]s erected by [[demon]]s who were twisted into humanoid form in a time before time. Facing them is one form of endgame in [[adventurer mode]].
-Graphically, the sprites that angels use will be of randomly-generated creatures with random colors that resemble the generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s and [[megabeast]]s.
+Graphically, the sprites that angels use will be of randomly-generated creatures with random colors that resemble the generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s and [[megabeast]]s. The lesser angels, such as the soldiers, will appear as black, shadowy and mysterious-looking creatures.
 ==Overview==