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[juicebox]

Just started a fort in 44.03 and I've gotten five migrants who are legendary in various skills. Is this normal for this version of DF, or should I start checking for vampires?

[PatrikLundell]

Legendary skills happen and the frequency is probably more dependent on the worlds than the version. Screening migrant waves for vampires is always wise, though, regardless of skill levels.

[☼Another☼]

Have you checked if they created artifacts? I've gotten a few dwarves who have created artifacts.

[TubaDragoness]

The frequency has jumped dramatically in the new version. Most of them have "Creator of ." as a title; they made artifacts during world gen.

And yes, it doesn't actually name the artifact, nor do they have the associated fulfilled life goals for things like "creating a great work of art" or "mastering a skill". One thing at a time.

[warwizard]

I've had two legendaries show up, the bone carver, has one kill of a dwarf... and has a dwarf bone amulet. I'll have to look to see if that is an artifact.

[Eschar]

I've had two legendaries show up, the bone carver, has one kill of a dwarf... and has a dwarf bone amulet. I'll have to look to see if that is an artifact.

Don't vampires make bone jewelry from their victims? You might want to check him for vampirism.

[h27kim]

I've had two legendaries show up, the bone carver, has one kill of a dwarf... and has a dwarf bone amulet. I'll have to look to see if that is an artifact.

Don't vampires make bone jewelry from their victims? You might want to check him for vampirism.

So do dwarves in fell mood, to produce artifacts made of dwarven body parts.  Interesting developments.

[warwizard]

I've had two legendaries show up, the bone carver, has one kill of a dwarf... and has a dwarf bone amulet. I'll have to look to see if that is an artifact.

Don't vampires make bone jewelry from their victims? You might want to check him for vampirism.

So do dwarves in fell mood, to produce artifacts made of dwarven body parts.  Interesting developments.

it was not an artifact.

  I changed the mountain civ ethics to be more extreme... put nature at -50 and allowed make totem from citizens and people, so carrying a dwarf bone earring or other items is within my civ ethics. I should have lots of goblin meat shortly after the first invasion, makes disposing of the prisoners (burp) delicious.

So far I've had 5 legendary migrants and they have all been either bone carvers or woodcarvers, (one mooded upon entry into the map) So I would say they were dwarfs with no moodable skills that got defaulted to the crafting workshop. I will expect to get lots of legendry crafting dwarves in the future and will plan accordingly.

[Eschar]

I've had two legendaries show up, the bone carver, has one kill of a dwarf... and has a dwarf bone amulet. I'll have to look to see if that is an artifact.

Don't vampires make bone jewelry from their victims? You might want to check him for vampirism.

So do dwarves in fell mood, to produce artifacts made of dwarven body parts.  Interesting developments.

it was not an artifact.

Soldiers are the only other NPCs who would create non-artifact bone jewelry, and they wouldn't have killed a dwarf in siege, I think.
Therefore this migrant is probably a vampire. See warwizard's post below.
You could seal him away in an inaccessible room to serve as an anti-defeat measure (i.e. you would always have at least one dwarf alive.)

[TheFlame52]

If he has a named dwarf kill, that doesn't mean he's a vampire. Vampires only have unnamed kills and don't even show them. He might be a beast hunter who killed a werebeast, but legends diving is the only way to be sure.

[Shonai_Dweller]

If he has a named dwarf kill, that doesn't mean he's a vampire. Vampires only have unnamed kills and don't even show them. He might be a beast hunter who killed a werebeast, but legends diving is the only way to be sure.

I had a migrant once (pre-spy release) who lived in the dark pits for a while, studying poetry. She's got a few dwarf kills to her name. Murder is just the way of life down in the dark pits. She saw sense, moved back to dwarvern society then migrated to my fortress. Great skills, suspicious kill list.

[TheFlame52]

I had a migrant once (pre-spy release) who lived in the dark pits for a while, studying poetry. She's got a few dwarf kills to her name. Murder is just the way of life down in the dark pits. She saw sense, moved back to dwarvern society then migrated to my fortress. Great skills, suspicious kill list.

That's probably more likely, I've seen quite a few of those in my new fort.