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Silverwing235: /* Planned night creatures */ fix formatting

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Planned night creatures: fix formatting

Silverwing235: /* Planned night creatures */

2026-05-05T18:32:21Z

Planned night creatures

Silverwing235 at 18:29, 5 May 2026

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Zzedar at 15:19, 4 May 2026

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Cali: Undo revision 315899 by 24.127.77.132 (talk) Removed vandalism

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Undo revision 315899 by 24.127.77.132 (talk) Removed vandalism

24.127.77.132: /* Planned night creatures */

2026-05-03T18:59:06Z

Planned night creatures

Zippy at 21:15, 16 March 2026

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Silverwing235 at 13:29, 25 March 2025

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Silverwing235: /* Planned night creatures */

2025-03-25T13:23:58Z

Planned night creatures

DPhKraken: /* Planned night creatures */ "most of these are unused, as of yet" night creatures from generators.lua

2025-03-25T04:24:07Z

Planned night creatures: "most of these are unused, as of yet" night creatures from generators.lua

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 * {{Tile|Ñ|1:1}} Cursed people of the sea, such as undead pirates or seafarers.
-``generators.lua`` defines a number of tables for generating night creatures, with a number of unused classes. Procedural variants of most undead creatures (rather than a [[syndrome]]) and the planned categories listed above are listed in ``creatures.night_creature``. The names of two new categories were revealed this way.
+The file ``generators.lua`` defines a number of tables for generating night creatures, with a number of unused classes. Procedural variants of most undead creatures (rather than a [[syndrome]]) and the planned categories listed above are listed in ``creatures.night_creature``. The names of two new categories were revealed this way:
 * {{Tile|Ñ|5:0}} "Sorcerer", potentially using [[magic]].

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 * {{Tile|Ñ|5:0}} Stalkers, undead that rise from brutal killings and executions, taking on aspects related to their death.
 * {{Tile|Ñ|4:1}} Constructed creatures, like Frankenstein's monster, with mismatched limbs, sutures, and grafted weapons. [[Experiment]]s seem to at least partly be an implementation of this.
-* {{Tile|Ñ|7:0}} Animated furniture, to be found in certain haunted houses, making sounds, moving about, and attacking the unwitting souls entering them. They will flash between their night creature tile and their basic item tile.
+* {{Tile|Ñ|7:0}} Animated furniture, to be found in certain haunted houses; making sounds, moving about, and attacking the unwitting souls entering them. They will flash between their night creature tile and their basic item tile.
 * {{Tile|Ñ|2:1}} Various sorts of evil beasts, such as evil rotten capybaras or evil animated trees.
 * {{Tile|Ñ|1:0}} Monsters of the sea, including aquatic hags and trolls such as Grendel, as well as monstrous sea creatures such as evil carp.

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 [[File:night_creatures_sprites_preview.png|right]]A '''night creature''' is a member of a class of hostile [[creature]]s; many of which are generated procedurally, whether as a full creature, through an [[interaction token|interaction]] changing a normal creature, or a mixture of both. [[Night troll]]s, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.
-Note that some night creatures are not inherently hostile, despite their form, as some can be [[visitor]]s to player's [[Fortress mode|fortress]], or can be played as in [[adventure mode]].
+Note that some night creatures are not inherently hostile, despite their form, as some can be [[visitor]]s to the player's [[Fortress mode|fortress]], or can be played as in [[adventure mode]].
 ==Types==

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 [[File:night_creatures_sprites_preview.png|right]]A '''night creature''' is a member of a class of hostile [[creature]]s; many of which are generated procedurally, whether as a full creature, through an [[interaction token|interaction]] changing a normal creature, or a mixture of both. [[Night troll]]s, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.
-Note that some night creatures are not inherently hostile, despite their form. as some can be [[visitor]]s to player's [[Fortress mode|fortress]], or can be played as in [[adventure mode]].
+Note that some night creatures are not inherently hostile, despite their form, as some can be [[visitor]]s to player's [[Fortress mode|fortress]], or can be played as in [[adventure mode]].
 ==Types==

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 * {{Tile|Ñ|2:1}} Various sorts of evil beasts, such as evil rotten capybaras or evil animated trees.
 * {{Tile|Ñ|1:0}} Monsters of the sea, including aquatic hags and trolls such as Grendel, as well as monstrous sea creatures such as evil carp.
-* {{Tile|Ñ|1:1}} Cursed people of the sea, such as undead pirates or seafarers or poopers.
+* {{Tile|Ñ|1:1}} Cursed people of the sea, such as undead pirates or seafarers.
 ``generators.lua`` defines a number of tables for generating night creatures, with a number of unused classes. Procedural variants of most undead creatures (rather than a [[syndrome]]) and the planned categories listed above are listed in ``creatures.night_creature``. The names of two new categories were revealed this way.

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 {{av}}
 :''Now you will know why you fear the night.''
-[[File:night_creatures_sprites_preview.png|right]]A '''night creature''' is a member of a class of hostile [[creature]]s. Many of them are generated procedurally, whether as a full creature, through an [[interaction token|interaction]] changing a normal creature, or a mixture of both. [[Night troll]]s, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.
+[[File:night_creatures_sprites_preview.png|right]]A '''night creature''' is a member of a class of hostile [[creature]]s; many of which are generated procedurally, whether as a full creature, through an [[interaction token|interaction]] changing a normal creature, or a mixture of both. [[Night troll]]s, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.
 ==Types==
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 ===Undead===
-* [[File:animated_dead_example_anim.gif|21px]] / {{Tile|Ñ|3:0}} [[Undead|Animated dead]] are the walking corpses and corpse parts that arise in [[evil]] regions or under the thrall of a necromancer or [[mummy]]. Particularly evil regions may also transform living creatures into thralls or husks via their unusual weather. They flash between their night creature tile and their basic creature tile.
+* [[File:animated_dead_example_anim.gif|21px]] / {{Tile|Ñ|3:0}} [[Undead|Animated dead]] are the walking corpses and corpse parts that arise in [[evil]] regions, or under the thrall of a necromancer or [[mummy]]. Particularly evil regions may also transform living creatures into thralls or husks via their unusual weather. They flash between their night creature tile and their basic creature tile.
 * [[File:ghost_sprite.png|15px]] / {{Tile|Ñ|7:1}} [[Ghost]]s, the restless spirits of the dead that weren't properly memorialized. Depending on circumstances, they can interact with the living in various ways.
 * [[File:infected_ghoul_sprite.png|14px]] / {{Tile|Ñ|4:1}} [[Infected ghoul]]s are undead who were infected with contagious ghoulish conditions by necromancers. They flash between their night creature tile and their basic creature tile.

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 * {{Tile|Ñ|5:0}} "Sorcerer", potentially using [[magic]].
-* {{Tile|Ñ|5:1}} "Royal", potentially holding [[noble]] positions such as [[monarch]].
+* {{Tile|Ñ|5:1}} "Royal", potentially holding [[noble]] positions, such as a [[monarch]].
 [[File:night_creatures_preview.jpg|thumb|300px|center|When the night comes, they can wait forever.]]

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 ==Planned night creatures==
-In addition to the existing night creatures, and plans to expand them, [http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_14_transcript.html Dwarf Fortress Talk #14] reveals future plans for other types of night creatures, which are as follows:
+In addition to the existing night creatures, and plans to expand them, [http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_14_transcript.html Dwarf Fortress Talk #14] describes future plans for other types of night creatures, which are as follows:
 * {{Tile|Ñ|5:0}} Stalkers, undead that rise from brutal killings and executions, taking on aspects related to their death.
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 * {{Tile|Ñ|1:0}} Monsters of the sea, including aquatic hags and trolls such as Grendel, as well as monstrous sea creatures such as evil carp.
 * {{Tile|Ñ|1:1}} Cursed people of the sea, such as undead pirates or seafarers.
 [[File:night_creatures_preview.jpg|thumb|300px|center|When the night comes, they can wait forever.]]
 {{Translation| dwarven = anan mes | elvish = lithéme amu | goblin = anu los | human = kulur mos}}
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