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They Got Leader

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Stray Roc
« on: June 20, 2017, 03:13:22 pm »

Okay, so I did a little bit of modding and added rocs as a creature my civilization has. I started a map, brought a breeding pair of Rocs and everything is going great until the first traders show up.

They go about their business, coming across the river and making it to the depot when suddenly my male roc goes ballistic and murders a child, a yak, a miner and an herbalist before getting put down by the weaver via blunt force trauma to the skull. By the looks of it, the child punched the roc first, causing the whole fight.

What just happened? The combat reports deleted themselves before I could fully understand what happened. The roc received a name, at about the time it died. Is this a megabeast thing/part of the [MEGABEAST] tag? Is there a tag I should remove? This thread has a copy in modding as well now.

Here is the modded section:
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And this is the link to the Wikipedia page, in case you want to cross examine it.
« Last Edit: June 20, 2017, 03:49:03 pm by They Got Leader »
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2017, 04:06:25 pm »

Mega beasts will cause any soldier on active duty or caravan member to automatically attack them as soon as they see them.
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2017, 04:11:10 pm »

If I remove the [MEGABEAST] tag, this will go away?
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2017, 04:21:30 pm »

I'd say so, though I've never tried it. Worth a shot.
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2017, 05:16:30 pm »

I will give it a try and see. Thank you for the information
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2017, 05:43:26 pm »

Yes, the megabeast tag is definitely to blame. Anything with that tag will murder indiscriminately in world gen and as the other guy said be auto hostile with a lot of entities.

It gets even more hilarious if you try to make a civilization out of sentients with that tag.
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2017, 03:01:07 am »

"You are a dangerous beast! You are also a pleasure to speak with, but this has come between us"
Human fisherman draws a silver knife
Human baker draws a boning knife
Human ranger draws a crossbow

Such fun memories of early modding attempts. :)
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2017, 03:29:08 pm »

"You are a dangerous beast! You are also a pleasure to speak with, but this has come between us"
Human fisherman draws a silver knife
Human baker draws a boning knife
Human ranger draws a crossbow

Such fun memories of early modding attempts. :)

That was pretty much how it went. Except it was a child and a roc.

The roc promptly ripped the child in two.
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2017, 03:57:24 pm »

The child chose poorly.

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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2017, 10:21:49 pm »

"You are a dangerous beast! You are also a pleasure to speak with, but this has come between us"
Human fisherman draws a silver knife
Human baker draws a boning knife
Human ranger draws a crossbow

Such fun memories of early modding attempts. :)

That was pretty much how it went. Except it was a child and a roc.

The roc promptly ripped the child in two.
Ha. My minotaur hearthperson was slaughtered as the whole town piled on. It was only then I noticed that natural skills don't work for adventurers...
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2017, 04:26:25 am »

Ah, so that's why my Minotaur breeding program ended so badly! Too bad, I so wanted everyone to have a pet War Minotaur...
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Re: Stray Roc
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2017, 03:39:58 pm »

And this thread took a mighty left hand turn into !!hilariousness!!

My roc ended murdering most everyone in the village. It was a glorious. There was blood everywhere. The roc earned the name "Swiftscales".
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