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[Mikademus]

This quote is awsomesauce:

homunculus
ho⋅mun⋅cu⋅lus
   /həˈmʌŋkyələs, huh-muhng-kyuh-luhs
–noun, plural -li  /-ˌlaɪ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [-lahy] Show IPA Pronunciation .
1.    an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
2.    a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon.
3.    a diminutive human being.
4.    the human fetus.
Origin:
1650–60; < L, equiv. to homun- (var. of homin-, s. of homō man; see Homo ) + -culus -cule 1

[Tsktac]

So that's how toady made DF...  but the question is if they're on your side, or are they losing your trust.  Btw is the They might be Giants mod still going because this would make a great addition

[DennyTom]

Is it possible to spawn creature via workshop reaction?

[Warlord255]

Is it possible to spawn creature via workshop reaction?

I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Maybe someday, but as it stands, the various identity tags/etc. assosciated with living creatures make a workshop-produced creature either flash-freeze to death or just die.

[Untelligent]

Or become instant-vermin.

[Aqizzar]

I thought you could sort of make creatures, but they'd appear as items - namely, they'd be vermin sized.  And therefore uncontrollable, and fair game for cats and hungry dwarves.  Which is actually grossly appropriate for a homunculus.

[woose1]

I thought you could sort of make creatures, but they'd appear as items - namely, they'd be vermin sized.  And therefore uncontrollable, and fair game for cats and hungry dwarves.  Which is actually grossly appropriate for a homunculus.

It would make a good story.