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Fishybang

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Blood barrels.
« on: March 07, 2012, 09:14:25 pm »
Would Vampires be able to drink the blood barrels that you can buy for the dwarfs? Or does it have to be fresh blood?
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smeeprocket

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 09:19:08 pm »
I tried this. It didn't work. I think it has to be from someone or something living. In fortress mode I don't think they will drink from animals either, especially since they don't sleep. Next time I find a vampire in my fort I'll wall it in with a live animal though for !!SCIENCE!!
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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 09:20:41 pm »
They only drink from live targets.  Tests have shown them to feed off sleeping livestock, in the case of evil mists.
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smeeprocket

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 09:22:50 pm »
That's great! That just might make vampires manageable as burrowed workers. I wonder if they'd leave the burrow to get dwarf blood if an animal was pastured with them.
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malroth

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 09:23:25 pm »
so the question is how to mod your cats to sleep for 18 hours every day just like real cats.
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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 09:23:40 pm »
Science was performed in both respects.

Blood from barrels does not interest vampires. Clever ways to expose vampires to the contents have no effect.

Vampires will eat sleeping animals. Animals can be made to sleep by rendering them unconcious with a cavein dust guster. (Drop a single floor tile into a 3x3 tile wall made of fortifications, with the center tile left open)

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Supernerd

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2012, 10:39:21 pm »
Urist Mcdragon has been found dead: Completely drained of blood!

Has this ever happened to anyone?
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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2012, 10:48:28 pm »
Is being knocked unconscious truly the same as sleep?  As I recall, the tests were done with actual sleep, complete with flashing Z, from an evil mist.
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zazq

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2012, 11:33:00 pm »
do note that vampires already make fine contained workers.  They don't need to feed to survive, they just get unhappy thoughts from being thirsty.  A vampire in a box with a very nice table and chair, maybe a favorite caged animal, will manage work orders or pull levers forever without issue. 
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Fishybang

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2012, 12:33:39 am »
Quote from: Supernerd on March 07, 2012, 10:39:21 pm
Urist Mcdragon has been found dead: Completely drained of blood!

Has this ever happened to anyone?

Thats one thirsty dragon!
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smeeprocket

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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2012, 12:35:09 am »
Quote from: zazq on March 07, 2012, 11:33:00 pm
do note that vampires already make fine contained workers.  They don't need to feed to survive, they just get unhappy thoughts from being thirsty.  A vampire in a box with a very nice table and chair, maybe a favorite caged animal, will manage work orders or pull levers forever without issue.

They slow down severely without blood.

I've heard they'll feed on non-sleeping people if they are thirsty enough. Can this be replicated with animals?
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Re: Blood barrels.
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2012, 12:37:48 am »
Quote from: Fishybang on March 08, 2012, 12:33:39 am
Quote from: Supernerd on March 07, 2012, 10:39:21 pm
Urist Mcdragon has been found dead: Completely drained of blood!

Has this ever happened to anyone?

Thats one thirsty dragon!


oh god, mod dragons to be a non-existent sub-caste of dwarves, make them playable in adv mode, make an adv of one, become a vamp, retire.
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