v0.31:Stonegears/Strange moods

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Every once in a while one of your dwarves will enter a Template:L, a supernatural inspiration to make an Template:L. Upon being taken by a mood, a blinking "!" will appear over the dwarf, and s/he will go claim a Template:L appropriate for the type of artifact they want to make, kicking out the workshop's current user if there is any; if there is no appropriate workshop the dwarf will just stand there until someone else makes one. Once a workshop has been claimed s/he will start gathering the raw materials to make the artifact. If all the needed materials area available then the dwarf will get to work and soon produce the artifact. If the dwarf was in any mood but a possessed mood then s/he will have gained legendary Template:L in the Template:L being used.

If one or more of the needed material is not present in your fortress (or which is present but forbidden‡) then the dwarf will stand in the workshop, giving cryptic clues as to what's needed. You can see these clues by interacting (q) with the workshop, with each hint being shown for two seconds before cycling to the next one (if you want help figuring out what the clues mean, rather than puzzling it out yourself, Template:L). If you can acquire (or unforbid) the needed materials before too much time has passed then the dwarf will continue making the artifact. If not, the dwarf will go Template:L, meaning s/he'll never do any more work, and also might attack your other dwarves.