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[VerdantSF]

My 5-member squad (2 dwarves, 3 humans) took on a werehyena child today. I was expecting my civilians to all run from danger, so I didn't bother with a burrow alert. Big mistake. A bunch of them waded into the fray and 2 human soldiers and 5 dwarf civilians died . Three civilians were marked as possible weres, and after they healed up, my remaining 3 soldiers stood watch. One of the civilians transformed and proceeded to tear apart my soldiers, 2 of whom had steel weapons and armor. These guys had about 3 years of training under their belts, and they sparred occasionally. I should have double-checked my soldiers' stats before I abandoned, but are werecreatures a lot stronger these days? Not that I'm complaining! I'm just surprised, as they were total pushovers before that barely caused me to blink. I'm going to be a lot more careful about defense and burrow alerts for my next fort!

[Shonai_Dweller]

My 5-member squad (2 dwarves, 3 humans) took on a werehyena child today. I was expecting my civilians to all run from danger, so I didn't bother with a burrow alert. Big mistake. A bunch of them waded into the fray and 2 human soldiers and 5 dwarf civilians died . Three civilians were marked as possible weres, and after they healed up, my remaining 3 soldiers stood watch. One of the civilians transformed and proceeded to tear apart my soldiers, 2 of whom had steel weapons and armor. These guys had about 3 years of training under their belts, and they sparred occasionally. I should have double-checked my soldiers' stats before I abandoned, but are werecreatures a lot stronger these days? Not that I'm complaining! I'm just surprised, as they were total pushovers before that barely caused me to blink. I'm going to be a lot more careful about defense and burrow alerts for my next fort!

1) Civilians chasing after beasts because they're drunk, fearless and vengeful is an amusing new addition to 42.x. Possibly due to be toned down a bit soon.

2) Were they actually sparring or did it just say 'sparring' and they were standng around doing nothing? Something to do with them being drunk and overly-cautious makes them freeze instead of sparring. To be fixed in next update. Result being that 3 years of training doesn't make an axe-lord anymore.

[VerdantSF]

Ah, thanks for the info! I noticed that my soldiers just stood in place while sparring, instead of actively moving around during the bout. Looks like the werehyena took on some relatively easy targets.

[de5me7]

Just started a new fort, after 1st winter were kowala shows up, kills injures 4 of my 11 dorfs, infects a total of 7 of them. The fort is pretty much dead before it got off the ground. I'm probably going to clean it with adventurers and then do a reclaim though as I like the site.

[Outlawshadow27]

I had a werepangolin mow down an entire immigrant wave of 27 T_T It spawned less than a second after the wave started. I save scummed. Upon immigrant wave arrival, he appeard again, with the same results. Scummed again, had small military ready for this one, but was barely able to stop it XD.

[de5me7]

on a different fort now. I have a were giraffe infestiation. I tried assigning war leopards and dogs to the hospital to see which of the injured turned and then dispatch them, one turned killed all the war animals plus a dozen other people. I now have even more injured and no idea who is infected. Is the only solution to confine all my wounded to a burrow and leave them to die?

[PatrikLundell]

You don't need to leave them to die. If they're only moderately injured, brick them up in separate cells well before the next full moon. Release those who do not turn, and handle the rest appropriately. If some are badly wounded, brick them up in their hospital beds/traction racks, separated from each other, again well before the next full moon.
If you brick them all in together the uninfected ones will be killed by the infected ones, which is the reason they should be separated from each other. Note that weres are building destroyers, so a door will not keep them in place (might work with single tile cells, due to the way building destroyers work).

[VerdantSF]

Got some revenge in my new fort. This time, I embarked on a flux site with 2 soldiers, a weapon/armorsmith, and 24 bars of copper. I had them training right from the start in full armor and made sure to trade for iron and make steel asap.

Spoiler: Usu Istrakopoh, Wereiguana: I've been injured badly.  There is no hope! (click to show/hide)

The Wereiguana Usu Istrakopoh has come!  A large iguana twisted into humanoid form.  It is crazed for blood and flesh.  Its eyes glow violet.  Its black scales are oval-shaped and overlapping.  Now you will know why you fear the night.

The militia commander bashes The Wereiguana in the left hand with her -steel mace-, bruising the bone!
The Wereiguana misses The militia commander!
The militia commander bashes The Wereiguana in the right upper arm with her -steel mace-, fracturing the bone!
The Wereiguana misses The militia commander!
The militia commander charges at The Wereiguana!
The Wereiguana looks surprised by the ferocity of The militia commander's onslaught!
The militia commander collides with The Wereiguana!
The Wereiguana is knocked over!
The Wereiguana stands up.
The Wereiguana strikes at The militia commander but the shot is blocked!
The militia commander bashes The Wereiguana in the left upper leg with her -steel mace-, bruising the muscle!
The Wereiguana attacks The militia commander but She jumps away!
The Axedwarf hacks The Wereiguana in the left upper leg with his +steel battle axe+ and the severed part sails off in an arc!
The Wereiguana falls over.
The Wereiguana misses The Axedwarf!
The Axedwarf hacks The Wereiguana in the left upper arm with his +steel battle axe+, tearing apart the muscle!
An artery has been opened by the attack and a motor nerve has been severed!
The +steel battle axe+ has lodged firmly in the wound!
Nish Shemthak, Axedwarf: I cannot just stand by.  I will take revenge!
The Wereiguana misses The Axedwarf!
The Axedwarf pulls on the embedded +steel battle axe+.
The militia commander bashes The Wereiguana in the left lower arm with her -steel mace-, fracturing the bone!
The Axedwarf hacks The Wereiguana in the left upper arm with his +steel battle axe+ and the severed part sails off in an arc!
The Wereiguana attacks The militia commander but She jumps away!
The Axedwarf hacks The Wereiguana in the tail with his +steel battle axe+ and the severed part sails off in an arc!
The Wereiguana misses The Axedwarf!
Nish Shemthak, Axedwarf: This is my fight too.  I will take revenge!
The Axedwarf slaps The Wereiguana in the right upper leg with the flat of his +steel battle axe+, bruising the muscle!
The Wereiguana strikes at The militia commander but the shot is blocked!
The militia commander bashes The Wereiguana in the right upper leg with her -steel mace-, bruising the muscle!
Ral Idenrithar, militia commander: I have a part in this.  I will take revenge!
Usu Istrakopoh, Wereiguana: I've been injured badly.  There is no hope!
The Axedwarf hacks The Wereiguana in the upper body with his +steel battle axe+ and the injured part is cloven asunder!
An artery has been opened by the attack!
A tendon in the middle spine has been torn!
Nish Shemthak, Axedwarf: I have improved my fighting.  That was very satisfying!
Ral Idenrithar, militia commander: So easily broken...  This does not scare me.
Nish Shemthak, Axedwarf: Death...  I am not upset by this.
Ral Idenrithar, militia commander: Death...  I am not upset by this.
Nish Shemthak, Axedwarf: Gruesome wounds!  This does not scare me.

[Urist McGoombaBrother]

A wereshrew appeard in my fort. I managed to kill it. However the infection spread. And till I could get it under control 5 dwarves were infected and 15 dead. Note: WereSHREW. Later on a wereelk appeared. It somehow caused a massbrawl of my dwarves. 17 dwarves died and two were infected. I locked them away in the same corridor as my wereshrews. They started to fight. Now just the two wereelks are left.

So yes, they appear to be stronger than in the past. I remember those werecreatures to be mostly an easy kill in V0.34.

[Aslandus]

I made the mistake of not forcing my soldiers to wear their gauntlets and boots when a weregila monster attacked. It killed about 10 dwarves total, two of whom were soldiers and the last soldier was wounded (that was a sizable part of my population at that point).

Luckily I didn't have to worry about infection since everyone who got bitten died soon after (maybe a side effect of gila monster venom and a low level of training), and I managed to get a new military running once the next migrant wave arrived...

[Magnus]

Werecreatures have always been a considerable foe: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148021.msg6037168#msg6037168

[Dunamisdeos]

Stealth Weremammoths are the stuff of night terrors. They can sneak around like they were kobold sized, and kill without breaking stealth. It's like if the Hulk grew a winter coat and went through Navy Neal training.

[Zarathustra30]

Werecreatures have always been a considerable foe: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148021.msg6037168#msg6037168

Well, since v0.40, anyway. in v0.34, they tended to change back to normal before they even entered your fort.