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Author Topic: What can Friendly Trolls do in Fortress Mode?  (Read 2410 times)

TheMole10

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What can Friendly Trolls do in Fortress Mode?
« on: July 08, 2019, 03:55:18 pm »
I've modded my Dwarfs to have [USE_EVIL_ANIMALS] so they can start with trolls, so far the trolls seem mostly to do hauling.
My question is, what else can Friendly Trolls do in a Dwarven Fortress, how should/can I use them?
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PatrikLundell

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Re: What can Friendly Trolls do in Fortress Mode?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2019, 07:51:31 am »
Ask about modding in the modding forum.

Beside that, I'd expect them to behave like vanilla Gremlins (the only intelligent "animals" in vanilla). They can only perform the jobs auto enabled on citizens, which I believe is hauling and harvesting (when the "everyone harvests" option is enabled, which is the default). With Dwarf Therapist it's possible to get them to perform any job. I don't know if trolls being slow learners introduces any restrictions.
However, it should be possible to sign them up to military duty (useless for the tiny Gremlins, but trolls should be suited for it).

Also note that you can't see thoughts on Gremlins, so making intelligent "animals" nobles is a bad idea due to Demands).
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