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Faeryx

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Potential Vampire
« on: March 19, 2012, 05:41:27 am »
So I have reason to believe that I have a vampire trapped in a siege workshop right now, but I'm not sure. It has seven children, four of whom are not presently in the fortress, and three in the fortress with her husband, who I also think is a vampire due to the fact that they share all seven children and three former associations. Her husband has no kills, but this dwarf has forty kills, all of them being 'giant' animals in some place that is not my fortress. Thus far two of my original seven dwarves have been found dead, so this is pretty urgent. The reason I even bother asking is because recently she got the thirsty status arrow and I was fairly certain that vampires didn't get thirsty.
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Give them a nice trap gauntlet to run, maybe a "dodge-me" trap over a 10-z pit lined with menacing copper spikes, so they explode into greasy goblin gibs on impact and leave the lovely iron bits for your dwarves to collect at leisure.

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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 05:44:15 am »
hunters and rangers in world gen get kills too, often even notable kills against bandits and such, that doesn't mean vampire. In fact, that they are all giant animals is a clear indication of a hunter or ranger. Check the militairy stats, you might have found a marksdwarf squad captain.

I'm pretty sure a vampire will never show up with a family, unless (s)he got turned into one a day before your world gen ended. They usually get found out by relatives and have to flee before comming to your place.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2012, 05:48:19 am by Garath »
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 05:50:38 am »
Quote from: Faeryx on March 19, 2012, 05:41:27 am
The reason I even bother asking is because recently she got the thirsty status arrow and I was fairly certain that vampires didn't get thirsty.
They don't.
Vampires never drink... *fisher berry wine*
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 05:58:27 am »
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=104999.0


vampire search tips. Also check the list of vampire facts. There was a vampire csi thread some time ago, might have to search the forum for that one.
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Jam a door with its corpse and let all the goblins in. Hey, nobody said it had to be a weapon against your enemies.
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2012, 09:56:02 am »
It's only a vampire if a HUGE part of the kills are sentient creature kills. Lots of animal kills only means that she's a historical figure who hunted them.
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2012, 10:08:37 am »
Lock up the mayor and see if he gets thirsty
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2012, 10:59:09 am »
engrave a slab for one of the victims and you'll see the name of the vampire, it seems.
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 06:43:44 pm »
Yay for paranoia!

That's a hunter.

Not a vampire.
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 08:08:20 pm »
I love the paranoia vampires have created. ^_^
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2012, 09:28:39 pm »
Since Girlinhat apparently missed this one...


+1 Vampire Paranoia get!
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2012, 11:25:05 pm »
I like to check on each new migrant to see if a vampire is trying to slip in. If I suspect a dwarf is a vampire, I generally give him a nickname and use the viewing tool to view their deity under relationships. The dwarf you nicknamed will show up on that list of worshipers/cursed as 'nickname' LastName. This list also will denote if that particular person is a vampire as well. I have been finding this very effective in rooting out vampires before they do harm to my people. I don't know if doing this trick is a bug or not because it has essentially eliminated the chance for error.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2012, 04:08:45 am »
My resident vampire is 69 years old, and 4/5 of her z page are filled with previous civilisations.  She also has no family.

She was also the only skilled cook and fisherdwarf when she arrived.  I tried designating her on a ledge for some cavern exploration, but she just stood in the centre of the smelting dock, so I walled her in.

She's been there for three years now, isn't ever hungry and is actually quite content.

Which freaks me out that little bit extra...
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2012, 04:56:56 am »
Drop her a table and chair and make her the fort paper pusher.
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2012, 05:02:13 am »
Or set up a lever for her to pull on that cavern edge - her and her alone - and wall her in once she's there. Maybe with a pick, and she can do some cavern mining too....
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Re: Potential Vampire
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2012, 05:26:54 am »
Guys, she's not a vampire. She's an ordinary hunter dwarf.
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