v0.31:Ghost

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Ghosts are the wandering remnants of intelligent dead creatures. They have a chance of appearing if corpses are not properly Template:L or Template:L. They haunt their best friends and follow them around on the same tile, and may linger around areas they frequented in life.

Ghosts appear to walk through walls and cannot be harmed by atom-smashing. They can be dismissed by burying the remains or by engraving rock slabs in memory of the deceased.

Types of ghosts:

• A murderous ghost.
• A sadistic ghost.
• A violent ghost.
• An angry ghost.
• A moaning spirit returned from the dead. It will generally trouble one unfortunate at a time.
• A howling spirit. The ceaseless noise is making sleep difficult.
• A secretive poltergeist.
• An energetic poltergeist.
• A troublesome poltergeist.
• A restless haunt, generally troubling past acquaintances and relatives.
• A forlorn haunt, seeking out known locations or drifting around the place of death.

They cause bad thoughts and, in the case of violent or murderous ghosts, can batter or outright kill dwarves, literally scaring them to death. Special abilities of some "poltergeists" unknown.

Secretive poltergeists can "misplace" items.

A secretive poltergeist doing what it does best

Energetic poltergeists can topple furniture such as chairs.