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Editing Guide to intelligent wilderness creatures in adventurer mode
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=== Size === | === Size === | ||
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Honorable mentions: | Honorable mentions: | ||
| − | * [[Sperm whale man]] (5 times bigger than elephant men | + | * [[Sperm whale man]] (5 times bigger than elephant men but they drown on land) |
* [[Rhinoceros man]] (60% smaller, but still huge and has a horn to gore enemies) | * [[Rhinoceros man]] (60% smaller, but still huge and has a horn to gore enemies) | ||
| − | * [[Elephant seal man]] (males are the same size | + | * [[Elephant seal man]] (males are the same size than rhinos, and also amphibious) |
| − | Being too big (or small) for common armors has the downside of | + | Being too big (or small) for common armors has the downside of being unprotected and thus dying from infection, or from a lucky hit in the head. To make armor for non-dwarves, humans, or other sapient creatures in fortress mode, you must have at least one inhabitant of the species in question. |
=== Venom === | === Venom === | ||
| − | The most useful venoms are the ones powerful enough to paralyze a human-sized creature, thus stopping its breathing and asphyxiating it. Therefore, the best animal men in this category are, by ascending size order (although the difference is too slight to be noticeable): | + | The most useful venoms are the ones powerful enough to paralyze a human-sized creature, thus stopping its breathing system and asphyxiating it. Therefore, the best animal men in this category are, by ascending size order (although the difference is too slight to be noticeable): |
* [[Black mamba man]] | * [[Black mamba man]] | ||
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* [[Bushmaster man]] | * [[Bushmaster man]] | ||
| − | However, in adventure mode, [[syndrome]]s work 72 times slower than in fortress mode. So, in the vanilla game, you can kill your victim with weapons 5 times over, before the venom kills it. To make combat-relevant syndromes work properly in both modes, you can | + | However, in adventure mode, [[syndrome]]s work 72 times slower than in fortress mode. So, in the vanilla game, you can kill your victim with weapons 5 times over, before the venom kills it. To make combat-relevant syndromes work properly in both modes, you can mod their timing for adventure mode (by dividing all their timers by 72) and then add DWF_STRETCH:72 after them to slow down the effect in fort mode so they don't take effect instantly. |
Honorable mentions: Strong pain syndromes may force foes to "give in to pain" faster. So, animal men with strong pain venom, like [[Adder man]] or [[Bark scorpion man]] may be a nice plus. | Honorable mentions: Strong pain syndromes may force foes to "give in to pain" faster. So, animal men with strong pain venom, like [[Adder man]] or [[Bark scorpion man]] may be a nice plus. | ||
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=== Flying === | === Flying === | ||
| − | Flying allows you to go up and down as if on stairs, but literally anywhere if there is no floor or ceiling | + | Flying allows you to go up and down as if on stairs, but literally anywhere if there is no floor or ceiling. Great to fly over obstacles or even over ocean, and to escape ground foes. The best ones are: |
* [[Swan man]], the biggest flying animal man | * [[Swan man]], the biggest flying animal man | ||
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=== Arachnids === | === Arachnids === | ||
| − | Arachnid men feel no pain, | + | Arachnid men have legendary-level skill in [[climbing]], feel no pain, no stun, no fear, are immune to paralysis, have extravision (do not need eyes to see), do not need to sleep, and most of them have venom. They also have 6 arms (and 2 pincers for scorpions), allowing them to carry 6 (or 8) weapons or shields. Since using several weapons during the same turn make them less accurate, the most optimal way to play is to use 5 (or 7) shields and a weapon, to have 5 (or 7) chances to block attacks. But hey, using 7 weapons looks much cooler. However, they are unable to swim and can't consume vegetable based food. The best ones are: |
* [[Brown recluse spider man]], who are also immune to webs (overpowered in DF). Their venom can also cause severe localized necrosis | * [[Brown recluse spider man]], who are also immune to webs (overpowered in DF). Their venom can also cause severe localized necrosis | ||
| − | * [[Bark scorpion man]], who have two pincers on top of 6 arms, thus able to use 8 weapons or shields | + | * [[Bark scorpion man]], who have two pincers on top of 6 arms, thus able to use 8 weapons or shields |
=== Shell === | === Shell === | ||
| − | Retracting | + | Retracting in its shell protects from many attacks, as the shell becomes the only body part exposed to these. [[Giant Tortoise men]] are the biggest animal men able to do this. |
=== Wearing common armor === | === Wearing common armor === | ||