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Hello!

Recently I've been thinking over the subject of vampires in game, I thought it was a bit unusual how as soon as you drink the blood of a vampire you instantly become one.
I wanted to suggest a new system for the transformation from a regular mortal into a vampire... get this...

What if as soon as someone drinks the blood of a vampire or is cursed by a deity during world gen nothing visible happens and the victim walks away feeling no different, yet he is cursed. Say about 24 hours after the death of our victim (it doesn't matter how they died, just aslong as they did) or until the next evening the victim will raise from the grave as a vampire. The vampire would claim a new identity, say by killing someone then claiming to be that person, the vampire could then hide the corpse in his grave, or just throw it away and no one will be any wiser. <-- ( an example of how it would go in world gen)

Just an idea, but I'd think this would add more depth to the 'mythology' of vampires existing in game

also sorry if this has already been mentioned, in the brief search I did; I did not find anything like this mentioned. 

What if only dwarves with reading/writing skills could write in journals. It would finally give the reading/writing skill a use in fortress mode and would definitely cut down on the amount of journals.
As mentioned previously maybe the fortress should contain 1 journal which contains all the important information and all key events, say, wars, sieges, beast attacks, rumors, etc <-- basically a summery of the current issues in the region. 

Although I do agree. It would be extremely interesting to view the world via the dwarves eyes.
Rather than every event written down, a short summery of the most important happenings would be easier to keep track of, eg. 'This has been a fantastic week! no one has died and the fortress is flowing with beer!' or 'This has been a horrible week, *enter dwarf name here* has died! and the goblins are holding us at siege.'

Thanks.

This may be a little off topic, but: Currently I'm trying to keep all my dwarfs inside my fortress while leaving a small passage full of traps. Is there any way I can set a "No matter what, no one may enter this passageway" tag to this area? my dwarfs are constantly waltzing outside picking up random junk, even though I've set a restricted traffic tag to the hallway.

Any way of doing this without having to constantly activate or update the area of a burrow would be extremely helpful! 

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nope, although they should automatically pick up any laying around right?
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That's the strange part! They just dropped them and began to wrestle, is there a way to set it to 'ranged combat only'?
Also they had their job listed as "No accessible opponent" or something like that, I don't know what it means by that, they were standing right next to the ogre.

Thanks.

I some how got the idea that leaving a barrel in the affected area would gain the slime covering; and some how over time turn into a barrel full of slime 

I highly recommend you keep an eye on anyone affected by the slime. Not all syndrome effects are immediate.

I did not know that! now I'm scared.

Sadly, yes. It is a giant demon twisted into a humanoid form, although it has no skin! does that mean I have a higher chance of wounding it? and is silver really the best material for a whip? I have both a silver and an iron one.
Can I throw items at it from a different 'z' level? the bastard constantly fires webs everywhere!
Sorry for derailing the thread 

Actually I did find my way to hell, and back and on my way killing several demons! although I am slightly sad it doesnt say in legends that my player roamed the underworld