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Zeebie

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Friendly wererats?
« on: July 22, 2016, 01:05:22 pm »

I recently had a wererat attack, and two of my citizens got infected. However, when they turned into wererats at the next full moon, they were completely friendly - they didn't attack anyone, no one attacked them, and they kept going about their jobs.  Anyone know what was going on?
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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2016, 01:55:31 pm »

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Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

jokes aside, this is kind of awesome.
do they keep their armor/weapons when transformed?
if so, you totally have to weaponize this - the perfect wererat super military might be in reach :)
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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2016, 01:56:22 pm »

Sometimes, an infected mother will not attack their baby, but this is not consistent.

But to not attack anyone nor destroy buildings...Well, now. I don't really know, it seems like they're treated as members of your civ/group still. Did they perhaps perform the same single job for the whole length of transformation?

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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2016, 02:58:09 pm »

They happily switch from job to job as usual.  They do not attack any other dwarfs, HOWEVER - they will kill any domestic animals they come across. 
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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2016, 03:06:27 pm »

Ooh. I recall that behaviour happened with the reanimated dead in TuftedStockades, as well as one mod. Migrants could happily pass the zombie cow in doorway, only fighting and dying to it's two-handed sword if their pets got attacked.

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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2016, 05:30:04 pm »

Now I have something to do with a wererabbit I have locked away.
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So uh, yeah you just murdered a until proven otherwise pretty neutral innocent being for no reason.

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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2016, 12:42:29 pm »

Interesting update: my friendly lycanthropes transformed while a caravan was visiting and killed a wandering cat. This enraged the caravan guards, who then attacked the werecritters. The fighting did not spread.
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Re: Friendly wererats?
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2016, 04:13:52 pm »

Possibly because the caravan guards were not friends with anyone at your fortress.