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Will cursed areas have physical effects on dwarves? Like randomly bursting in hives, starting to vomit from nausea, bleeding from the mouth, or something more serious like a dwarf suddenly going blind in one eye or both? These would be rare events, maybe similar in frequency as artifacts.

Thanks for the answers Toady!

New one that one of my friends (Goast) thought up, so I'm asking on his behalf:

A Zombie Goast: That makes me wonder
A Zombie Goast: Why isn't there a skill for fighting certain animals?
A Zombie Goast: It would certainly give using arenas added incentive

So basically, will there ever be small skills that increase per fought creature? Like, "novice at fighting goblins" or "competent at fighting hedgehogs".

"These creatures can pass on their curse, condemning their victims to a half-life of suffering and dread"

Toady, does this mean we can create zombie viruses in fortress mode?

Quote from: Orkel on April 09, 2011, 04:32:16 pm

Quote from: tehc on April 09, 2011, 04:27:26 pm

Yes, they will die. Its due to the Forgotten Beast's blood or ichor causing necrosis, and the badgers' limbs are rotting because they stepped on it. The dwarves that are wearing any foot clothing (socks, shoes, boots: basically any dwarf that isn't a child) will be totally fine.

Only for a while. They stepped on it, so they will take it back to the fort in microscopic amounts on the bottoms of their shoes.

First your children will get infected. Children never wear clothes, as they are born naked. So they will step on the stuff brough back by your guys. And rot from their feet up.

Same with animals and pets.

Then lastly, come the adults. By this time usually the fort is in a tantrum spiral, or very close to one, thanks to the kids and pets dying out.

The area where the FB died isn't visited by children but thanks for the heads up.

No no. It doesn't matter. If the soldiers stepped on it, they will take it back to the fort on the bottom of their shoes. The stuff will end up on your fort's floors that way, and the children will step on it.

Yes, they will die. Its due to the Forgotten Beast's blood or ichor causing necrosis, and the badgers' limbs are rotting because they stepped on it. The dwarves that are wearing any foot clothing (socks, shoes, boots: basically any dwarf that isn't a child) will be totally fine.

Only for a while. They stepped on it, so they will take it back to the fort in microscopic amounts on the bottoms of their shoes.

First your children will get infected. Children never wear clothes, as they are born naked. So they will step on the stuff brough back by your guys. And rot from their feet up.

Same with animals and pets.

Then lastly, come the adults. By this time usually the fort is in a tantrum spiral, or very close to one, thanks to the kids and pets dying out.

Not sure if it's been suggested before, but this is really needed. Dwarves don't auto-clean aboveground like they do in underground forts, so for example desert forts with no rain will have immense amounts of blood on the surface with no way to clean it off, especially after years of sieges. Putting "clean" into the "d" menu would be incredibly useful, as you could just designate the blood to be cleaned off.

I generally go in this order for any armors.

mail shirt
helmet
greaves
high boots
gauntlets
breastplate

The more wealth you create, and the more you explore, the more artifacts you will get. I'm not sure if exposing a cavern counts as explored tiles, but if they do, I think they contribute a lot.