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[laularukyrumo]

They won't attack each other IF AND ONLY IF they were transformed with the same syndrome interaction and are the same species thingy. Also, while it'll regenerate their eyes, I don't think it actually gets rid of the syndrome that caused the blindness, so they may or may not go blind again. Science is demanded on this subject.

Basically, outdoor fortress in evil biome = don't even try. Now you know. Be thankful it's just blindness and not massive internal hemorrhaging.

[EBannion]

I remember reading a few fort projects where they were trying to infect the whole fort by making a were creature bleed a lot in an area and then makign it into a cistern. If you get enough blood in the water, apparently, it will infect anyone who drinks the water.

Sounds like a hilarious idea.

They also implied that vampirism could be passed around in the same way.

[Loud Whispers]

I remember reading a few fort projects where they were trying to infect the whole fort by making a were creature bleed a lot in an area and then makign it into a cistern. If you get enough blood in the water, apparently, it will infect anyone who drinks the water.

Sounds like a hilarious idea.

They also implied that vampirism could be passed around in the same way.

Vampirism can only be spread around that way in Fortress mode and Were-curses cannot be spread in this manner. The actual process was literally spiking an already existing well with a menacing spike and a vampire, producing water laced with vampire blood.
Were-curses can only be spread by bites that draw blood. If a were-creature bites something and shakes into the bite - the victim has surely caught the curse.

[EBannion]

Huh. Good to know.

My only experience dealing with werecurses was two forts, one in which I lost six soldiers to a chain of weresomethingism, finally broken when the soldiers tasked to put down the current infected did so unharmed.

The other fort had a werefox show up, but he got minced without a struggle.

[slothen]

This seems like the perfect site of some Lovecraftian metropolis.  The on the came to mind first was En'gha (or whatever) from Eternal Darkness.

[SharkForce]

A werebeast soldier would heal from this monthly. If you can make a full army of were-ocelots or whatever, then they will un-blind themselves monthly.

just make sure to lock them up in a place they can't get to the rest of your fortress at the same time...

or, you know, make sure your whole fortress are were-ocelots. that works, too.

Will werebeasts attack each other? If not, then that's a great idea. Either way, you still need someone to work the ballistae.

werebeasts of the same type will not attack each other. they will attack other werebeasts of different types, though... so if you get wereturkeys and werekeas in the same fort, they'll try to kill each other.

[thegoatgod_pan]

In a blind fort siege weapons are awesome. You can have dwarves firing into a winding hallway of fortifications, with goblins passing just two tiles away and the dwarves remaining cool and collected. Normally you need 20+ tiles of distance. Build your entrance around ballistae. Set up a catapult training range and make a minecart gauss gun megaproject your first agenda.

Also hell yeah for werebeast everything! Just hope you A. get one B. its cool and not a weregnat or something.

[EBannion]

werebeasts of the same type will not attack each other. they will attack other werebeasts of different types, though... so if you get wereturkeys and werekeas in the same fort, they'll try to kill each other.

That sounds like a YA Fantasy novel... waitaminute.

>.>

<grin>

[GreatWyrmGold]

Basically, outdoor fortress in evil biome = don't even try.

Challenge accepted!
I did that once. It ended badly. Zombies killed everyone. I might try again later, but with less zombies.

[Valikdu]

WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED EYES

[Loud Whispers]

WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED EYES

IT'S LIKE SLEEPING ALL DAY EVERYDAY
YOU LIKE SLEEP DON'T YOU?
DREAMS

[Button]

The only evil biome fortress I've built that didn't end quickly and horribly was actually thanks to being Terrifying.

The thralled Thrips Men were distracted by a (living) Giant Sponge for long enough to let me wall off the outside world.

[CognitiveDissonance]

This seems like the perfect site of some Lovecraftian metropolis.  The on the came to mind first was En'gha (or whatever) from Eternal Darkness.

You just created wonderful, horrible images in my head.

Thank you. I only wish I could draw.

[Diamond]

So, having recently embarked in an evil biome, I started getting this weird vile sludge, all my dwarves got bruised EVERYWHERE, leaked puss perpetually, and vomited until they just got over it. But I noticed after a month or so of working (outdoor fortress), that everyone was blind.

Uhm. Will this cause problems with a 100% blind population?

Remember Ilral 'Lightning' Sarammebzuth, the Blind Crossbow Champion?

Arm everyone with crossbows.
Sieges will be hilarious.

[CognitiveDissonance]

So, having recently embarked in an evil biome, I started getting this weird vile sludge, all my dwarves got bruised EVERYWHERE, leaked puss perpetually, and vomited until they just got over it. But I noticed after a month or so of working (outdoor fortress), that everyone was blind.

Uhm. Will this cause problems with a 100% blind population?

Remember Ilral 'Lightning' Sarammebzuth, the Blind Crossbow Champion?

Arm everyone with crossbows.
Sieges will be hilarious.

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