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Conversions won't work in adventure mode.  They are a complex transformation that requires a second trigger at the end of a year and will wear off if the trigger isn't used, so fort mode only.

You should be able to build an army of zombie crabs and octupuses though.  Not sure why it only worked once.  Try using it on either whole corpses (with intact, not-smashed upper bodies) or body parts.

"Awakening the fish" gives fish NOBREATHE, allowing them to crawl around on land.  They probably won't do it without a good reason, unless they are an Ancient Carp in fort mode (which has building destroyer tags, so it will path into your fort if there's a cultleader around).  "Enrage the fish" makes them opposed to life as well.

You should be able to transform a sapient corpse into an Ancient Carp (which will eventually become a Deep One) if you're in the water, provided it doesn't have the NOT_LIVING tag (so killed zombies won't work).  Its upper body must also be intact.

Cool! So, if I create an Ancient Carp, will it be a companion of mine, or simply a free wildlife creature?
Accidentally posted twice because I thought this didn't go through.

I'm playing a game where I attempt to collect as many secrets as possible, and I busted into a tower which turned out to be a tower of Carp God Cultists. So now I am a Cultist and I have a bunch of cool new acquired powers.

However, there's a problem: I cannot figure out how to correctly use my new powers. "Spread word of the cult" -> "Begin conversion process" -> "Finalize conversion process" seems to be a progression, but casting this sequence on some peasants did nothing. I cut off a hand and successfully "raise corpse (crab)"ed it, making a fun little crab hand, but I have not been able to repeat this behavior or use the "raise corpse (octopus)" power.

I can successfully transform to a Deep One and swim around rivers biting animals, and "awaken the fish" allows me to target fish in a river, but it seems to have no effect on them. "Transform sentient creature corpse into fish" does nothing to a dwarf Drunk corpse I dumped in the river. I haven't even found a way to use the other powers.

All my googling fails to find any documentation on what these powers do. Can anyone offer explanation on the use of Cult Leader powers?

Oh gosh, I finally have a good story to share.

So I got pretty good at this game a long time ago, struggled over the learning curve and all that, but I normally played "normal" embarks, with nothing too crazy or difficult. Most of my fun was using the old DFHack "invasion-now" to summon millions of gobbos for me to senselessly slaughter. But, one day I was reading this forum and some of the classic legacy games and I had the thought "You know, it's about time that I myself tried a hardcore embark." So I genned a new world, loaded it up and plopped by 7 dwarfs down in the middle of the most evil, terrifying area I could find. The right asshole of hell, if you will. The game loaded up, and I pressed "k" and zoomed around, marveling at the "dense creeping eye" and "glumprong tree." Then I hit space and immediately I received an announcement: "It has begun to rain elf blood!" All my dwarves fell to the ground, writhed about for a bit, and then fell unconscious. I laughed, having experienced a new kind of Fun. Then I waited. Still the rain did not let up. Finally, as one might expect, my dwarves all fell to starvation.

It died in about a month or two, but I don't think any of my dwarves got more than three moves in on that game.

Are the spawn rates of animals hardcoded to the geographic areas your fortress is in? I really like having a thriving meat industry, but even the wildest of biomes simply cannot sate my hunger for more animals to butcher. Even modding my dwarves to butcher goblins and elves isn't enough. So can I modify the raws/use DFHack to make more animals show up too?

Does anyone remember how to put dwarves in cages? It had something to do with throwing them or knocking them with a cave-in. I'm going to try selling my excess dwarves to the caravans instead of killing them.

I can't seem to move any faster than walking pace. I've seen screenshots of people with their "Sprint, Run, Jog, Walk" ect, but when I open the menu all I can chose is "Walk." 

Quote from: MinethatCrackers on June 18, 2014, 02:34:04 pm

I can't seem to chop down a tree. I stole an axe and am holding it in my left (and only) hand, but when alt-moving into trees I just get the announcement saying I don't have the right tool equipped. Is it because I am prone, because I cannot stand back up. I am trying to chop down the tree to make a crutch for myself...

Do you know if you were left-handed before losing it? I think that it checks your main hand when looking for tools, but I'm not completely sure.

Pretty sure I wasn't left handed, that is probably the issue. I'll settle my old adventurer somewhere, make a new one, craft a crutch, starve to death, and bring Sedast out of retirement to claim his prize.
EDIT: Is it required that you hold a crutch in your dominant hand too? Because if so this adventurer may be in for a long retirement. I can't seem to get him to stand up while holding the crutch.
EDIT: Nope, I figured it out. Heavy bruising on the lower spine, so both legs are paralyzed. That means the crutch is worthless. I wonder if I can retire him at a necro tower?