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[i2amroy]

So how do I make dragons able to grasp with their jaws?

Paste this into your body_default.txt

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[BODY:MOUTH_GRASP]
[BP:MOUTH:mouth:STP][CONTYPE:HEAD][MOUTH][SMALL][EMBEDDED][APERTURE][CATEGORY:MOUTH][GRASP]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]Then go into the dragon creature and change the [BODY:X:X:X] to have MOUTH_GRASP instead of MOUTH. That should allow them to grab things with their mouths (though they will then wield weapons with their mouths). If you would prefer to have them grasp things with their front feet then paste this into body_default.txt

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[BODY:DRAGON]
[BP:UB:upper body:upper bodies][UPPERBODY][CATEGORY:BODY_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]
[BP:LB:lower body:lower bodies][CON:UB][LOWERBODY][CATEGORY:BODY_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]
[BP:HD:head:STP][CON:UB][HEAD][CATEGORY:HEAD]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:300]
[BP:RA:right front leg:STP][CON:UB][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_FRONT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:900]
[BP:LA:left front leg:STP][CON:UB][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_FRONT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:900]
[BP:RH:right front foot:right front feet][CON:RA][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT_FRONT][GRASP]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LH:left front foot:left front feet][CON:LA][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT_FRONT][GRASP]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:RL:right rear leg:STP][CON:LB][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_REAR]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:900]
[BP:LL:left rear leg:STP][CON:LB][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_REAR]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:900]
[BP:RF:right rear foot:right rear feet][CON:RL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT_REAR]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left rear foot:left rear feet][CON:LL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT_REAR]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]And then replace QUADRUPED in the [BODY:X:X:X] with DRAGON. Basically all I'm doing is adding the [GRASP] token to the body parts that I want the dragon to grasp with.

Furthermore, will dragon adventurers be able to butcher sapients if I adjust their ethics? Could I make it so that they can eat corpses and body parts without butchering?

Adventurers sadly can never butcher sapients, regardless of ethics, nor can they eat corpses. You could potentially set up a reaction that would take body parts and turn them into food though.

[Pyro627]

Thanks! Now I'm gonna go see if I understand that enough to make it work.

Edit: Not only did I understand it, I also made them able to grasp with their tails, too.

Now what I want to do is get a giant backpack (saddlebag?) that the dragon can use to store loot and stuff, as well as some of the large armor I think might already exist in game.

[Pyro627]

Wait, shit, I think that I just made Hydras able to use weapons.

[i2amroy]

Wait, shit, I think that I just made Hydras able to use weapons.

This is the reason why I made new body parts with GRASP and then assigned them only to dragons, that way you don't make everything that has a tail be able to wield weapons.

[Pyro627]

Wait, shit, I think that I just made Hydras able to use weapons.

This is the reason why I made new body parts with GRASP and then assigned them only to dragons, that way you don't make everything that has a tail be able to wield weapons.

No, I did that. What happened was, I was using the find function to get to the entry for dragons, and at one point I ended up at Hydra instead, since Hydras has 'dragon' in the description. When I tested it, I realized that I hadn't changed the dragon entry from mouth to mouth_grasp, so I was worried that I had actually made the change on the Hydra's entry instead, if that makes any sense. I was half-joking about it.

Anyway, does anybody know if dragons can wear backpacks? The wiki mentions that dragons sometimes wear 'large' armor, so is there a large backpack as well?

[i2amroy]

I'm not that up to date on my adventure mode knowledge, but IIRC backpacks can be worn regardless of size.

As for armor you should be able to wear it, but it's going to be practically impossible to find any large enough for a dragon without a dragon civ or something similar making it.

[Pyro627]

Thanks, got it.

Now that you mention it, what I'd really like to see is a playable civ with just one dragon and then a ton of slaves under him, so that you can dig out a lair and sack villages and hoard treasure.

[IndigoFenix]

Thanks, got it.

Now that you mention it, what I'd really like to see is a playable civ with just one dragon and then a ton of slaves under him, so that you can dig out a lair and sack villages and hoard treasure.

If you create an intelligent megabeast with the [POWER] tag and have a civ with a VARIABLE_POSITION tag indicating its law-giver position, that megabeast will sometimes take over the civ (the civ might also need to be okay with murder in its ethic section, for some reason).  You won't be able to give it orders when it shows up in Fortress mode, but it will be friendly and help fight off invaders.

[Putnam]

Alternatively, you could have an extremely rare caste that is the only caste allowed to be the civ's despot.

[Pyro627]

But how can you be sure that that particular caste will even be at the fort?

[GreatWyrmGold]

You can't, but it'll work in worldgen