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Undead are highly aggressive and will attack and chase any living creature that approaches them. Zombie animals move slowly, so [[dwarves]] can usually outrun them. Skeletal animals, however, are both strong and extremely fast, making them very dangerous. | Undead are highly aggressive and will attack and chase any living creature that approaches them. Zombie animals move slowly, so [[dwarves]] can usually outrun them. Skeletal animals, however, are both strong and extremely fast, making them very dangerous. | ||
| − | Undead creatures do not need to breathe, rendering [[water]] moats largely ineffective (though [[magma]] will likely still be effective). All undead gain the [[BUILDINGDESTROYER]] tag at value 1, allowing them to deconstruct | + | Undead creatures do not need to breathe, rendering [[water]] moats largely ineffective (though [[magma]] will likely still be effective). All undead gain the [[BUILDINGDESTROYER]] tag at value 1, allowing them to deconstruct doors, statues and such. |
Zombies start with brown and grey [[wound]]s to several of their organs; skeletons start with grey (missing) wound status on all their organs. Both types appear to be immune to critical hits against organs, making crits with [[Weapon#Damage_calculation|piercing]] weapons meaningless, although they can still be dismembered by an axe or knocked across the screen with a hammer.<!-- Undead can ~only~ be destroyed after losing thier Head, Upper Body, or Lower Body. Even after having lost all of their limbs they'll still be quite "alive", so to speak.{{verify}} | Zombies start with brown and grey [[wound]]s to several of their organs; skeletons start with grey (missing) wound status on all their organs. Both types appear to be immune to critical hits against organs, making crits with [[Weapon#Damage_calculation|piercing]] weapons meaningless, although they can still be dismembered by an axe or knocked across the screen with a hammer.<!-- Undead can ~only~ be destroyed after losing thier Head, Upper Body, or Lower Body. Even after having lost all of their limbs they'll still be quite "alive", so to speak.{{verify}} | ||