v0.31 Talk:Ghost

Scared to death

Can ghosts still scare people to death? I generally don't leave corpses around to find out ;)

-yes they do. Had my first incident with a ghost yesterday and a dwarf got scared to death. (31.18)

besides: He wasn't called a murderous Ghost or anything like that. Just "ghostly hunter" (hunting was his profession in life). -Zaibusa

Ghost Data

Judging from the string dump, ghosts can do the following things to the living:

• <ghost> sucks the wind out of <dwarf>
• <ghost> raises a high fever in <dwarf>
• <ghost> makes <dwarf> convulse and retch
• <ghost> inflicts excruciating pain upon <dwarf>
• <ghost> causes a spell of dizziness in <dwarf>
• <ghost> paralyzes <dwarf>
• <ghost> stuns <dwarf>
• <dwarf> is throwing a tantrum, possessed by <ghost>
• <ghost> has risen and is haunting the fortress!
• <ghost> is following <dwarf>
• <item> has been misplaced. No doubt <ghost> is to blame!
• <ghost> is throwing objects around the fortress!
• <ghost> can be heard howling throughout the fortress!

--Quietust 17:26, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I would love to read here, what ghosts actually DO! Do they harm our dorfs, are they just annoying? Please add to it :) --Lesconrads 17:21, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Ghost Types

I had a dwarf go insane after a mood, melancholy to be specific. He can back as a moaning spirit. Has anyone noticed Melancholy dwarfs turning into moaning ghosts? Possible that's one cause for that kind of ghost. Thematically it would make sense.--Khelek 04:43, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I had an Angry ghost come a dead dwarf who had been ecstatic but died in battle. 99.111.152.215 00:42, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Babies won't become ghosts

A child and a baby died in my danger room (!!SCIENCE!!). The child came back as a ghost, while the baby stayed dead. --Blur 10:29, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Not only can babies become ghosts, they can grow up while dead! Uristocrat 02:11, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Party until you die

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70423.0

Ahem, ghosts can now throw parties

2.103.51.3 04:03, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Urist McParty Dwarf turned up to rave, only to find the party was dead... Djsmiley2k