DF2014:Animal person

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Four feline humanoids.

Animal people are half-man, half-beast creatures with various animal-like traits (such as flying, thievery, and poisons), inherited from their base animal. They generally have significantly longer lifespans than their base animals, as well as the ability to learn. They can be legless, but get arms even if their base animal is limbless. Their body size is the average of their base animal's size and 70,000 (the size of a human). This works out so that the smallest animal people are 35,000cm³, half the size of a human, but they can get very large. Animal people can join civilizations and live in sites. They can also come to your fort as visitors.

Animal people are playable creatures in adventure mode. If they became established members of a playable civ (dwarf, elf, human), they will appear listed in the creature selection screen alongside the main races. Otherwise, they are selectable under Intelligent Wilderness Creature. Some animal people may not be available due to having died out or being uncontacted (e.g. excluded to an isolated island).

Wild animal people wander on the surface in savage environments or dwell underground in the caverns; these two populations form distinct groups. Subterranean animal people are actually a civilization in themselves, rarely encountered, in small groups or "tribes". They are equipped with primitive weaponry such as wooden spears and blowguns (they are the only known source of blowdarts). Subterranean animal people will be labeled as Hostile upon discovery. They are not interested in negotiations and will attack your dwarves on sight. Encountering them often comes as a surprise, since there is no way to know about their presence before embarking. They do not appear in the civilizations menu.

Subterranean animal people are also found in generated sewers, formed from a collection of outcasts.

Subterranean animal people

• a Amphibian man
• a Antman
• b Bat man
• f Cave fish man
• s Cave swallow man
• o Olm man
• r Reptile man
• r Rodent man
• s Serpent man

Ethics

Being an entity in their own right, subterranean animal people possess ethics much like other civs. Those particular ethics are incomplete for now — being directly copied from kobolds and their values all set to zero (none).

Like kobolds, subterranean animal people consider the killing of other living beings acceptable, but treason is unthinkable, and they'll respond to the murder of their own kind by exiling the offender from their tribe. They oppose torturing for information and the torture of animals, but consider torturing for fun appropriate. Assault is considered a personal matter, while slavery, the taking of animal trophies, and the consumption of sapient beings (which includes other animal people) are all unthinkable acts.

Other animal people

a Aardvark man	a Adder man	a Albatross man
A Alligator man	A Anaconda man	a Anole man
a Armadillo man	a Axolotl man	a Aye-aye man
b Badger man	s Bark scorpion man	b Barn owl man
b Beaver man	b Beetle man	B Black bear man
s Black mamba man	b Bluejay man	b Bobcat man
s Brown recluse spider man	s Bushmaster man	b Bushtit man
b Buzzard man	c Capuchin man	c Capybara man
c Cardinal man	c Cassowary man	c Chameleon man
c Cheetah man	c Chinchilla man	c Chipmunk man
c Coati man	c Cockatiel man	s Copperhead snake man
c Cougar man	c Coyote man	c Crab man
c Crow man	c Cuttlefish man	d Damselfly man
d Deer man	t Desert tortoise man	d Dingo man
d Dragonfly man	e Eagle man	e Echidna man
E Elephant man	S Elephant seal man	E Elk man
E Emu man	f Firefly man	f Fly man
f Flying squirrel man	f Fox man	g Gazelle man
T Giant tortoise man	g Gila monster man	G Giraffe man
g Grackle man	g Grasshopper man	l Gray langur man
s Gray squirrel man	o Great horned owl man	f Green tree frog man
p Grey parrot man	B Grizzly bear man	g Groundhog man
h Hamster man	h Hare man	h Harp seal man
h Hedgehog man	H Hippo man	m Hoary marmot man
b Honey badger man	h Hornbill man	h Horseshoe crab man
h Hyena man	i Ibex man	i Iguana man
i Impala man	j Jackal man	J Jaguar man
s Jumping spider man	k Kakapo man	K Kangaroo man
k Kea man	k Kestrel man	k King cobra man
k Kingsnake man	k Kiwi man	k Koala man
l Leech man	g Leopard gecko man	l Leopard man
L Leopard seal man	L Lion man	l Lion tamarin man
l Lizard man	l Loon man	l Lorikeet man
l Louse man	l Lynx man	m Magpie man
m Mandrill man	m Mantis man	l Masked lovebird man
m Mink man	b Monarch butterfly man	m Mongoose man
M Monitor lizard man	s Moon snail man	M Moose man
m Mosquito man	m Moth man	g Mountain goat man
M Muskox man	N Narwhal man	n Nautilus man
o Ocelot man	o Octopus man	C One-humped camel man
o Opossum man	O Orca man	o Oriole man
o Osprey man	O Ostrich man	o Otter man
P Panda man	p Pangolin man	p Parakeet man
l Peach-faced lovebird man	p Penguin man	p Peregrine falcon man
p Platypus man	B Polar bear man	t Pond turtle man
p Porcupine man	p Puffin man	S Python man
r Raccoon man	r Rat man	s Rattlesnake man
r Raven man	r Red panda man	r Red squirrel man
r Red-winged blackbird man	m Rhesus macaque man	R Rhinoceros man
r Roach man	C Saltwater crocodile man	s Skink man
s Skunk man	B Sloth bear man	s Sloth man
s Slug man	s Snail man	t Snapping turtle man
o Snowy owl man	s Sparrow man	W Sperm whale man
m Spider monkey man	s Sponge man	s Squid man
s Stoat man	s Swan man	T Tapir man
t Thrips man	t Tick man	T Tiger man
t Toad man	C Two-humped camel man	v Vulture man
W Walrus man	W Warthog man	w Weasel man
s White stork man	B Wild boar man	w Wolf man
w Wolverine man	w Wombat man	w Worm man
w Wren man

Animal people organized by attributes

@ Probably only functions as a citizen in Fortress Mode (Needs Testing/Verification)

+ Probably only functions in Adventure Mode (Needs Testing/Verification)

(#) Probably only functions for procedurally generated "mob spawns" and not for adventurers (Needs Testing/Verification)

(All animal people have the Learning and Humanoid Attributes)

Creature & body tokens altered from base animal raws

These are the tokens removed, added or replaced from the base creature that animal people come from. They are replaced in the c_variation_default.txt raw file by the tokens APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON and APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON_LEGLESS which come from the animal person's raws.

Tokens removed and added

Token	Change
NAME	Removed
GENERAL_CHILD_NAME	Removed
GENERAL_BABY_NAME	Removed
CASTE_NAME	Removed
CHILDNAME	Removed
BABYNAME	Removed
SMALL_REMAINS	Removed
DESCRIPTION	Removed
CREATURE_TILE	Removed
COLOR	Removed
MAXAGE	Removed
SOUND	Removed
PET	Removed
PETVALUE	Removed
PENETRATEPOWER	Removed
VERMIN_EATER	Removed
VERMIN_HATEABLE	Removed
VERMIN_GROUNDER	Removed
VERMIN_FISH	Removed
VERMIN_SOIL	Removed
VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY	Removed
VERMIN_ROTTER	Removed
VERMIN_NOTRAP	Removed
FISHITEM	Removed
IMMOBILE_LAND	Removed
TRIGGERABLE_GROUP	Removed
MOUNT	Removed only from creatures with legs
PET_EXOTIC	Removed
NOT_BUTCHERABLE	Removed
SPEED	Removed
SWIMSPEED	Removed
MUNDANE	Removed
POPULATION_NUMBER	Removed
CLUSTER_NUMBER	Removed
ATTACK	Removed
ATTACK_SKILL	Removed
ATTACK_VERB	Removed
ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC	Removed
ATTACK_PRIORITY	Removed
ATTACK_FLAG_WITH	Removed
ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC	Removed
ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER	Removed
ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE	Removed
ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH	Removed
SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT	Removed
SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD	Removed
ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER	Removed
GAIT	Removed
UBIQUITOUS	Removed
LARGE_ROAMING	Added
SAVAGE	Added
GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE:70000	Added
CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC:10	Added
CAN_LEARN	Added
CAN_SPEAK	Added
EQUIPS	Added
CANOPENDOORS	Added
LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE	Added
LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES	Added

APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON Body Tokens Converted

Target Tag	Replacement Tag
QUADRUPED	HUMANOID
QUADRUPED_FRONT_GRASP	HUMANOID
QUADRUPED_NECK	HUMANOID_NECK:3FINGERS
QUADRUPED_NECK_FRONT_GRASP	HUMANOID_NECK
QUADRUPED_HOOF	HUMANOID_HOOF:3FINGERS
QUADRUPED_NECK_HOOF	HUMANOID_NECK_HOOF:3FINGERS
HUMANOID_ARMLESS	HUMANOID:4FINGERS
HUMANOID_ARMLESS_NECK	HUMANOID_NECK:4FINGERS
BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG	HUMANOID:3FINGERS
BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD	HUMANOID:3FINGERS
BASIC_2PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD	HUMANOID:3FINGERS
BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD_NECK	HUMANOID_NECK:3FINGERS
BASIC_2PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD_NECK	HUMANOID_NECK:3FINGERS
INSECT	HUMANOID_4ARMS:3FINGERS
INSECT_4LEGS_2ARMS	HUMANOID:3FINGERS
SPIDER	HUMANOID_6ARMS:3FINGERS
5TOES_FQ_FINGERS	5FINGERS
4TOES_FQ_FINGERS	4FINGERS
3TOES_FQ_FINGERS	3FINGERS
5TOES_FQ_REG	5FINGERS
4TOES_FQ_REG	4FINGERS
3TOES_FQ_REG	3FINGERS
5TOES_RQ_ANON	5TOES
4TOES_RQ_ANON	4TOES
3TOES_RQ_ANON	3TOES
5TOES_RQ_REG	5TOES
4TOES_RQ_REG	4TOES
3TOES_RQ_REG	3TOES

APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON:LEGLESS Body Tokens Converted

Target Tag	Replacement Tag
QUADRUPED	HUMANOID_LEGLESS
QUADRUPED_NECK	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_NECK:3FINGERS
QUADRUPED_HOOF	HUMANOID_LEGLESS:3FINGERS
QUADRUPED_NECK_HOOF	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_NECK:3FINGERS
HUMANOID_ARMLESS	HUMANOID_LEGLESS:4FINGERS
HUMANOID_ARMLESS_NECK	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_NECK:4FINGERS
BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG	HUMANOID_LEGLESS:3FINGERS
BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD	HUMANOID_LEGLESS:3FINGERS
BASIC_2PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD	HUMANOID_LEGLESS:3FINGERS
BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD_NECK	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_NECK:3FINGERS
BASIC_2PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD_NECK	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_NECK:3FINGERS
INSECT	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_4ARMS:3FINGERS
SPIDER	HUMANOID_LEGLESS_6ARMS:3FINGERS
5TOES_FQ_FINGERS	5FINGERS
4TOES_FQ_FINGERS	4FINGERS
3TOES_FQ_FINGERS	3FINGERS
5TOES_FQ_REG	5FINGERS
4TOES_FQ_REG	4FINGERS
3TOES_FQ_REG	3FINGERS
5TOES_RQ_ANON	Removed
4TOES_RQ_ANON	Removed
3TOES_RQ_ANON	Removed
5TOES_RQ_REG	Removed
4TOES_RQ_REG	Removed
3TOES_RQ_REG	Removed

History

Present from the first official release of the game, the animal people did not exist as a class but were instead part of a small group of subterranean creatures that harassed your dwarves. Frogmen, lizardmen, and snakemen emerged from cave rivers, and antmen, batmen, and ratmen would come out from chasms to attack.

v0.27.169.32a released three-dimensional worlds, and subterranean creatures were moved to flock near generated chasms, underground rivers, and underground pools. Cave swallowmen and olmmen were introduced. The first set of above-ground savage animal people were also introduced: leechmen, snailmen, slugmen, and tigermen.

In v0.31, every creature was renamed and/or had their properties revamped (for example, "frogman" was changed to "amphibian man" and "batman" was changed to "bat man"). Not all animal people were redefined in this version, and some continued to use old codes for many releases. The version also introduced "creature variation" templates, which made converting existing animals to humanoid (and giant) variations much more efficient. Underground features were expanded to the current caverns, and subterranean animal people formed civilizations. More anthropomorphic variations of animals present at the time were added.

More animal people were added to the game in v0.34.

v0.42.01 allowed animal people to join civilizations, live in sites, and visit forts. Animal people became playable as adventurers. (A grizzly bear hammerman has much to offer a dwarven society.) v0.42.04 added more animal people to the game.

Bugs

• Humanoid versions of animals with the [MEANDERER] token will keep it when converted, leading to severe issues with their pathfinding. These animal people will move extremely slowly unless performing a task.^Bug:9588

• Animal people can't learn swimming. ^Bug:9853

Creatures
Races	Dwarf • Elf • Goblin • Human • Kobold
	Amphibian man • Antman • Bat man • Cave fish man • Cave swallow man • Olm man • Reptile man • Rodent man • Serpent man
Birds	Albatross (man, giant) • Barn owl (man, giant) • Blue jay (man, giant) • Bushtit (man, giant) • Cardinal (man, giant) • Cassowary (man, giant) • Cockatiel (man, giant) • Crow (man, giant) • Eagle (man, giant) • Emu (man, giant) • Grackle (man, giant) • Great horned owl (man, giant) • Grey parrot (man, giant) • Hornbill (man, giant) • Kakapo (man, giant) • Kea (man, giant) • Kestrel (man, giant) • Kiwi (man, giant) • Loon (man, giant) • Lorikeet (man, giant) • Magpie (man, giant) • Masked lovebird (man, giant) • Oriole (man, giant) • Osprey (man, giant) • Ostrich (man, giant) • Parakeet (man, giant) • Peach-faced lovebird (man, giant) • Penguin (little, emperor, man, giant) • Peregrine falcon (man, giant) • Puffin (man, giant) • Raven (man, giant) • Red-winged blackbird (man, giant) • Snowy owl (man, giant) • Sparrow (man, giant) • Swan (man, giant) • White stork (man, giant) • Wren (man, giant)
Bugs	Bark scorpion (man, giant) • Beetle (man, giant) • Brown recluse spider (man, giant) • Damselfly (man, giant) • Dragonfly (man, giant) • Firefly (man, giant) • Fly (man, giant) • Grasshopper (man, giant) • Jumping spider (man, giant) • Louse (man, giant) • Mantis (man, giant) • Monarch butterfly (man, giant) • Moon snail (man, giant) • Mosquito (man, giant) • Moth (man, giant) • Roach (man, giant) • Slug (man, giant) • Snail (man, giant) • Thrips (man, giant) • Tick (man, giant)
Desert	Desert tortoise (man, giant) • Gila monster (man, giant) • Leopard gecko (man, giant)
Domestic	Alpaca • Blue peafowl • Cat • Cavy • Chicken • Cow • Dog • Donkey • Duck • Goat • Goose • Guineafowl • Horse • Llama • Mule • Pig • Rabbit • Reindeer • Sheep • Turkey • Water buffalo • Yak
Mountain	Chinchilla (man, giant) • Dark gnome • Hoary marmot (man, giant) • Mountain gnome • Mountain goat (man, giant) • Wolverine (man, giant)
Ocean	Angelshark • Basking shark • Blacktip reef shark • Blue shark • Bluefin tuna • Bluefish • Bull shark • Cod • Coelacanth • Common skate • Conger eel • Crab (man, giant) • Cuttlefish (man, giant) • Elephant seal (man, giant) • Frill shark • Giant grouper • Great barracuda • Great white shark • Halibut • Hammerhead shark • Harp seal (man, giant) • Horseshoe crab (man, giant) • Leopard seal (man, giant) • Longfin mako shark • Manta ray • Marlin • Milkfish • Narwhal (man, giant) • Nautilus (man, giant) • Nurse shark • Ocean sunfish • Octopus (man, giant) • Opah • Orca (man, giant) • Sea lamprey • Shortfin mako shark • Sperm whale (man, giant) • Spiny dogfish • Sponge (man, giant) • Spotted wobbegong • Squid (man, giant) • Stingray • Sturgeon • Swordfish • Tiger shark • Walrus (man, giant) • Whale shark • Whitetip reef shark
River/Lake	Axolotl (man, giant) • Beaver (man, giant) • Carp • Hippo (man, giant) • Leech (man, giant) • Longnose gar • Mink (man, giant) • Otter (river, sea, man, giant) • Pike • Platypus (man, giant) • Pond turtle (man, giant) • Snapping turtle (common, alligator, man, giant) • Tigerfish
Temperate	Adder (man, giant) • Alligator (man, giant) • Badger (man, giant) • Black bear (man, giant) • Bobcat (man, giant) • Buzzard (man, giant) • Capybara (man, giant) • Coati (man, giant) • Copperhead snake (man, giant) • Cougar (man, giant) • Coyote (man, giant) • Deer (man, giant) • Dingo (man, giant) • Echidna (man, giant) • Fox (man, giant) • Gray langur (man, giant) • Green tree frog (man, giant) • Grizzly bear (man, giant) • Groundhog (man, giant) • Hare (man, giant) • Ibex (man, giant) • Kangaroo (man, giant) • Kingsnake (man, giant) • Koala (man, giant) • Moose (man, giant) • Opossum (man, giant) • Panda (man, giant) • Porcupine (man, giant) • Raccoon (man, giant) • Rattlesnake (man, giant) • Red panda (man, giant) • Rhesus macaque (man, giant) • Skunk (man, giant) • Weasel (man, giant) • Wild boar (man, giant) • Wolf (man, giant) • Wombat (man, giant)
Tropical	Aardvark (man, giant) • Anaconda (man, giant) • Armadillo (man, giant) • Aye-aye (man, giant) • Bilou • Black mamba (man, giant) • Black-crested gibbon • Black-handed gibbon • Bonobo • Bushmaster (man, giant) • Capuchin (man, giant) • Cheetah (man, giant) • Chimpanzee • Elephant (man, giant) • Gazelle (man, giant) • Giant desert scorpion • Giant tortoise (man, giant) • Giraffe (man, giant) • Gorilla • Gray gibbon • Honey badger (man, giant)• Hyena (man, giant) • Impala (man, giant) • Jackal (man, giant) • Jaguar (man, giant) • King cobra (man, giant) • Leopard (man, giant) • Lion (man, giant) • Lion tamarin (man, giant) • Mandrill (man, giant) • Mongoose (man, giant) • Monitor lizard (man, giant) • Ocelot (man, giant) • One-humped camel (man, giant) • Orangutan • Pangolin (man, giant) • Pileated gibbon • Python (man, giant) • Rhinoceros (man, giant) • Saltwater crocodile (man, giant) • Siamang • Silvery gibbon • Sloth (man, giant) • Sloth bear (man, giant) • Spider monkey (man, giant) • Tapir (man, giant) • Tiger (man, giant) • Two-humped camel (man, giant) • Vulture (man, giant) • Warthog (man, giant) • White-browed gibbon • White-handed gibbon
Tundra	Elk (man, giant) • Lynx (man, giant) • Muskox (man, giant) • Polar bear (man, giant) • Stoat (man, giant)
Subterranean	Amethyst man • Blind cave bear • Blind cave ogre • Blood man • Bugbat • Cave blob • Cave crocodile • Cave dragon • Cave floater • Creeping eye • Crundle • Draltha • Drunian • Elk bird • Fire imp • Fire man • Flesh ball • Floating guts • Gabbro man • Giant bat • Giant cave spider • Giant cave swallow • Giant earthworm • Giant mole • Giant olm • Giant rat • Giant cave toad • Gorlak • Green devourer • Helmet snake • Hungry head • Iron man • Jabberer • Large rat • Magma crab • Magma man • Manera • Molemarian • Mud man • Naked mole dog • Plump helmet man • Pond grabber • Reacher • Rutherer • Troglodyte • Voracious cave crawler
Mammals	Chipmunk (man, giant) • Flying squirrel (man, giant) • Gray squirrel (man, giant) • Hamster (man, giant) • Hedgehog (man, giant) • Rat (man) • Red squirrel (man, giant)
Reptiles	Anole (man, giant) • Chameleon (man, giant) • Iguana (man, giant) • Lizard (man, giant) • Skink (man, giant)
Miscellaneous	Toad (man, giant) • Wagon • Worm (man, giant)
Fantasy	Beak dog • Blizzard man • Foul blendec • Gremlin • Grimeling • Harpy • Ice wolf • Merperson • Nightwing • Ogre • Sasquatch • Satyr • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Strangler • Troll • Unicorn • Yeti
Night creatures	Bogeyman • Experiment • Ghost • Infected ghoul • Intelligent undead • Mummy • Necromancer • Night troll • Nightmare • Undead • Vampire • Werebeast
Semi-Megabeasts	Cyclops • Ettin • Giant • Minotaur
Megabeasts	Bronze colossus • Dragon • Forgotten beast • Hydra • Roc • Titan
Hidden Fun Stuff	Angel • Demon
Nonexistent	Centaur • Chimera • Griffon