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A caste is a means of defining a sub-species within the broader creature definition. When a creature is spawned, they are made into a randomly determined caste of the creature, using either equal weighting (by default), or the POP_RATIO tag. Castes were originally conceived mainly for male/female distinction, and in vanilla DF, mostly serve the purpose of making males and females differ. | A caste is a means of defining a sub-species within the broader creature definition. When a creature is spawned, they are made into a randomly determined caste of the creature, using either equal weighting (by default), or the POP_RATIO tag. Castes were originally conceived mainly for male/female distinction, and in vanilla DF, mostly serve the purpose of making males and females differ. | ||
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The entire skeleton (that is, the BODY: tag) and tissue structure of creatures are moddable on a caste level, which allows for creatures with radically different body types (such as a giant spider and a human) to share the same "species". | The entire skeleton (that is, the BODY: tag) and tissue structure of creatures are moddable on a caste level, which allows for creatures with radically different body types (such as a giant spider and a human) to share the same "species". | ||
− | In fact, virtually every creature-level token is apparently caste-level moddable. The only tag that is believed to buck this trend are the BIOME tag, which would create a race incapable of breeding with itself, if used improperly by segregating males and females, and MEGABEAST tag, presumably to prevent megabeasts from breeding | + | In fact, virtually every creature-level token is apparently caste-level moddable. The only tag that is believed to buck this trend are the BIOME tag, which would create a race incapable of breeding with itself, if used improperly by segregating males and females, and MEGABEAST tag, presumably to prevent megabeasts from breeding. |
This also means it is possible to make [INTELLIGENT] caste-level moddable, and then make, among other things, ''male dwarves who are milkable'', thanks to the extreme power of the moddability of the raws. | This also means it is possible to make [INTELLIGENT] caste-level moddable, and then make, among other things, ''male dwarves who are milkable'', thanks to the extreme power of the moddability of the raws. | ||
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