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[darius]

So i'm working on a little utility which will run besides DF and add SPELLS!!!!! My idea of doing this is by adding new types of gems, calling them "runes" (e.g. rune of berserk, rune of shining ...) and items decorated with those runes gets "magical" properties (e.g. rune of berserk-> makes wearer berserk, rune of shining-> makes random dwarf equip it).

Get It Here:http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1480
DF must be ver: 40d16.
Currently available:

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Available to use on finished goods(amulets and similar) or on furniture( needs to be built to activate magic) currently works with statues, coffins, anvils, and weapon racks.
this table show which runes work on what.

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Current spells:
    Spell           B   W   Description
    Berserk         +   +   Makes one who is wearing or everyone around building berserk
    Attract         -   +   Makes random dwarf pick this item and equip it. Currently broken...
    Bleed           +   +   Makes creatures bleed
    Revive          +   -   Revives a dead (nonrotten) corpse
    Zombie          +   -   Revives a dead (rotten) corpse
    Fire            +   +   Burns items around it.(Wearables heats creature)
    Smoke           +   +   Emits smoke
    Mist            +   +   Emits water mist
    Vapor           +   +   Emits material vapor (base item material)
    Melancholy      +   +   Makes one who is wearing or everyone around building melancholic
    Health          +   +   Heals creatures. (does not regen missing limbs)
    Regen           +   +   Heals creatures. (does regen missing limbs)
    Hostility       +   +   Makes creatures hostile.
    Conversion      +   +   Makes creatures friendly and belong to your civ.
    Teleportation   +   +   Teleports creatures(beta... needs a target- hatch with teleport rune- nearby)
    Magma           +   +   Spawns magma
    Water           +   +   Spawns water
    Heat            +   +   Heats tile a little*
    Cold            +   +   Cools tile a little*
    Dragonfire      +   +   Spawns dragonfire
    Sanity          +   +   Brings sanity back to the creature
    Unzombify       +   +   Removes zombie effect
    Pain            +   +   Causes pain
    Food            +   +   Removes hunger
    Drink           +   +   Removes thirst
    Babble          +   +   Causes babbling insanity
    Happy           +   +   Increases happiness
    Sad             +   +   Decreases happiness
    Sleep           +   +   Increases drowsiness
    Rest            +   +   Decreases drowsiness
    Polymorph       +   +   Changes creature race (works only on non sentient)
    Caravan         +   +   Summons caravan (if first caravan reached you already)
    Unearth         +   +   Summons and ressurects creatures (randomly)
    Animate         +   +   Creates a new creature from totem
*only works indoors
Current Triggers:
    Dig         Triggers when dug   
    Death       Triggers on death
    Attack      Triggers when attacking
    Attacked    Triggers when attacked
    Periodic    Triggers every 2 secs
    Projectile  Triggers when arrow(bolt or similar) hits creature.
    Close       Triggers when doors closes
    Drink       Triggers when is drunk("from" for barrels)
    Eat         Triggers when eating (multiple times for one meal)
    GearsOn     Triggers when gears are turned on.
here B-> Buildables, W->Wearables

Spells need trigger to work (Dig then bleed would make everyone bleed if smb digs nearby)

[Frogwarrior]

I'm pretty certain that things like this won't be possible for a long time... magic and magic items just don't exist yet.

[darius]

Ok done beta... Atraction (makes dwarves pickup trinkets) works, but dwarves do not carry them so it's kinda broken.
Works with 40d16
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1480

[Deon]

I like the idea. Also, Frogwarrior, you obviously haven't seen magma generating and zombie-reviving statues by Darius yet.
I'd say, post both utilities here. I am highly enjoying my firey pit of hell using your inferno statues.

PS. How do you want to go with revival issue? Will the items revive corpses on the same tile? I'd say, reviving statues were better.

I like the mist generating idea. You could add those gems into common caps and make your favourite dwarves wear them so they're always happy... A shower-cap! What a great invention.

Also I'd suggest a rune which heals the carrier. It would be really handy for best champions. Make 2 kinds: rune of health and rune of regeneration, first one should be a lesser version and heal damaged bodyparts while second one should regrow lost ones.

I'd say, make a rune of melancholy, to kill depressing nobles. I'd have a "crown of sorrow" and use it to make the most nasty nobles to commit suicides (and probably then rise them as zombies for my champions to have fun with).

[darius]

I like the idea. Also, Frogwarrior, you obviously haven't seen magma generating and zombie-reviving statues by Darius yet.
I'd say, post both utilities here. I am highly enjoying my firey pit of hell using your inferno statues.

PS. How do you want to go with revival issue? Will the items revive corpses on the same tile? I'd say, reviving statues were better.

I like the mist generating idea. You could add those gems into common caps and make your favourite dwarves wear them so they're always happy... A shower-cap! What a great invention.

Also I'd suggest a rune which heals the carrier. It would be really handy for best champions. Make 2 kinds: rune of health and rune of regeneration, first one should be a lesser version and heal damaged bodyparts while second one should regrow lost ones.

I'd say, make a rune of melancholy, to kill depressing nobles. I'd have a "crown of sorrow" and use it to make the most nasty nobles to commit suicides (and probably then rise them as zombies for my champions to have fun with).

Great ideas. Those two runes (health and regen) are easy to add, but for all the items, I'm not sure how to make them equip the damn item... BTW you can make statues with this mod (encrust statue with rune and then build it) also works on armour stands, coffin and anvil(what was i thinking?). Also shower-cap has a flaw... You cant encrust clothing (or armour) with gems... So I don't know how to make that happen.

[Deon]

Well, yeah, only a mood item may become such. Still, it's cool.

How do encrusted statues work?

The only thing I think the dwarf will carry is ammo. What under "finished goods" may be carried all the time?

[Ziusudra]

Backpack? Quiver?

EDIT: Flask? Everything else is worn...

[BlazingDav]

Civillian dwarves would carry picks though, admittedly then you would need to set all your dwarves to start mining and have alot of gems and stuff to get there, I'm not even sure if you can encrust them or anything, but figuring as they can file under weapons I am guessing its possible

[darius]

Update, I even wrote a readme 

Changes:
  added melancholy, health, regen and armours/weapons as valid wearables

Ps: Forgot to mention you can edit spells.txt to make metals magical. So it allows weapon and armour "enchanting" by studding them with metals.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Dear Armok, just bumping to show my appreciation for the sheer awesome hax of it all.

[Deon]

Update, I even wrote a readme 

Changes:
  added melancholy, health, regen and armours/weapons as valid wearables

Ps: Forgot to mention you can edit spells.txt to make metals magical. So it allows weapon and armour "enchanting" by studding them with metals.

Two questions please:
1) How do you allow it to encrust weapons?
2) What if a weapon is completely made out of a "magical" metal? It works?

[darius]

Two questions please:
1) How do you allow it to encrust weapons?
2) What if a weapon is completely made out of a "magical" metal? It works?

1) like this:
   add new metal to df (optional)
   rename spells.txt_ to spells.txt
   edit spells.txt to have M <YOURMETALNAMEHERE> in some line(each line is for each spell)
   if you don't want to add new metal than type something like: M GOLD or M ELECTRUM somewhere
   and finally there is a job (dont remember where exactly forge or craftdwarfs workshop) to stud item with metal. So basicaly the same as with runes
2) yes it does.

[Ieb]

So how does the Revive thing work?
Does it rez all who die either as normal units that shrug their death off and return to work, or what?

Also, does it have a radius where the dead resurrect, or does it count to the entire area of your fort and the surroundings?

[darius]

So how does the Revive thing work?
Does it rez all who die either as normal units that shrug their death off and return to work, or what?

Also, does it have a radius where the dead resurrect, or does it count to the entire area of your fort and the surroundings?

It resurrects body of any creature. And yes they just shrug their death off and return to work. (It looks quite strange in legends as creatures will have a few entries that he died ) And it has an area (currently it depends on quality of statue or similar).
Zombie spell is a bit different. It resurrects creatures but as zombies. Fun^tm ensured!


Fun is trademark of DF.

[Ieb]

Hmm. Will there be a skeleton resurrector later on, or is that special somehow?

But yes, this does seem fun. FUN ENOUGH TO REGEN A GROUP FORT FOR.