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Vampire withdraws from society
« on: May 26, 2012, 10:57:49 pm »
One of my vampires just got a strange mood. I thought it was kind of funny, especially since he's been locked up in a tiny room for two years. So now he's going to "withdraw from society"?

Actually, I'm tempted to let him out. He's a highly skilled armorsmith, so I'm curious what artifact he'd make. And he'd probably go back into his room with no problem afterwards.

But I'm trying to role-play all this, and I just can't see my dwarves letting a vampire out. (Admittedly, they keep voting one of the vampires mayor!)
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2012, 11:00:06 pm »
Roleplay, eh?


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Put a 1-man militia squad to follow him if your roleplaying.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2012, 11:01:03 pm »
If they keep voting him mayor, either they don't know he's a vampire, or they're too compelled by his supernaturally augmented social graces to care.  Let him out.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2012, 11:11:43 pm »
Quote from: weenog on May 26, 2012, 11:01:03 pm
If they keep voting him mayor, either they don't know he's a vampire, or they're too compelled by his supernaturally augmented social graces to care.  Let him out.
The social graces are usually what keeps him as mayor, which is usually how you find that most vamps are mayors.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2012, 12:40:57 am »
It would have been more fitting to get a fel mood, but im curious to see what the vampire cooks ups. Does he have a long kill list or any interesting preferences?
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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2012, 01:05:17 am »
Amusingly I'm in the middle of a tantrum spiral with everyone at 0 happiness, and my mayor is ecstatic with several kills on her list. Thought they were just self defence against berserkers but now I'm skeptical. I mean, the only ecstatic dwarf in the middle of a tantrum spiral is beyond suspicious...
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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2012, 01:10:47 am »
Quote from: Morpha on May 27, 2012, 01:05:17 am
Amusingly I'm in the middle of a tantrum spiral with everyone at 0 happiness, and my mayor is ecstatic with several kills on her list. Thought they were just self defence against berserkers but now I'm skeptical. I mean, the only ecstatic dwarf in the middle of a tantrum spiral is beyond suspicious...

Awesome.  He's going to destroy himself and his people wasting time and lives on a paranoid witch hunt, and find out later that there were never any actual vampires.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2012, 01:27:29 am »
This is the sort of thing that happens in fantasy books, assuming there are goblins sieging you while all of it is happening.
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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2012, 03:03:19 am »
I could totally see dwarves having a fair amount of respect for the ancient art of going berserk and creating an artifact, though.

"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!"
"Stay in there 'til ye rot, vampire scum!"
"Let me- Asvirgrail, Asvirgrail, Asvrigrail...! I NEED STONE! I NEED METAL! I NEED SHELLS!"
"Wait, what? 'Asvirgrail?' Ye mean ye've got a plan?! Well why didn't ye say so! Quick now, gimme the keys! HEAR THAT LADS, VAMPIRE'S GOT A PLAN!"
"A plan you say?! 'a's wonderful! Let 'im out, quickly now! Gotta see what 'e's gonna make!"
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2012, 03:07:42 am »
Just remember to magma him once he finishes his artifact, being sober affects the quality so it is pretty much a waste of ressources lletting him live afterwards.
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« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2012, 03:22:36 am »
Quote from: IronyOwl on May 27, 2012, 03:03:19 am
I could totally see dwarves having a fair amount of respect for the ancient art of going berserk and creating an artifact, though.

"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!"
"Stay in there 'til ye rot, vampire scum!"
"Let me- Asvirgrail, Asvirgrail, Asvrigrail...! I NEED STONE! I NEED METAL! I NEED SHELLS!"
"Wait, what? 'Asvirgrail?' Ye mean ye've got a plan?! Well why didn't ye say so! Quick now, gimme the keys! HEAR THAT LADS, VAMPIRE'S GOT A PLAN!"
"A plan you say?! 'a's wonderful! Let 'im out, quickly now! Gotta see what 'e's gonna make!"
That actually makes a lot of sense, considering that people with moods are so occupied with it that they forget to eat, sleep and even kill enemies.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2012, 07:16:41 am »
Quote from: Corai on May 26, 2012, 11:00:06 pm
Put a 1-man militia squad to follow him if you're roleplaying.

I wish I could do that automatically. I'm busy trying to create two long minecart tracks to the very bottom of the map, and I'm not sure I want to mess with this. I'd have to micromanage it...

Hmm,... but I could build a metalsmith's forge in the cell next to him, then knock out the wall. If I waited until he claimed it, I could open the door to let him collect whatever he needed. I might have a hard time getting the artifact out afterwards, but maybe not. Do vampires only attack dwarves who are sleeping?

Incidentally, it's not so much that I'm roleplaying as telling a story. (Here, if you're interested.) I just naturally do this while I'm playing, so I've started writing it up as a history of my fort, just for fun.

Anyway, I try to find a logical reason for everything. My dwarves don't actually know that these are vampires. But I thought it reasonable, after the first few deaths, that they'd start being suspicious of any migrant without a family, so they lock them up to test them (to see if they start dying of thirst).

Likewise, when they vote a vampire mayor, that's just a protest vote against the real mayor. Obviously, that's not what's really happening,... but it could be, right?  :)
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2012, 07:27:53 am »
Do it for science. That's reason enough.
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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2012, 08:19:15 am »
Now that you know the vampire's identity, you could just follow him, and if he starts to nom on anyone (will noly happen after the mood), deconstruct the bed. Then lock him up the same way as before.
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Re: Vampire withdraws from society
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2012, 09:08:05 am »
Quote from: Blizzlord on May 27, 2012, 03:22:36 am
Quote from: IronyOwl on May 27, 2012, 03:03:19 am
I could totally see dwarves having a fair amount of respect for the ancient art of going berserk and creating an artifact, though.

"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!"
"Stay in there 'til ye rot, vampire scum!"
"Let me- Asvirgrail, Asvirgrail, Asvrigrail...! I NEED STONE! I NEED METAL! I NEED SHELLS!"
"Wait, what? 'Asvirgrail?' Ye mean ye've got a plan?! Well why didn't ye say so! Quick now, gimme the keys! HEAR THAT LADS, VAMPIRE'S GOT A PLAN!"
"A plan you say?! 'a's wonderful! Let 'im out, quickly now! Gotta see what 'e's gonna make!"
That actually makes a lot of sense, considering that people with moods are so occupied with it that they forget to eat, sleep and even kill enemies.

"Vh- vhy yeeeees, please mr. jailer, let me out, I vill not hurt anyvun, I am definitely having a 100% real strange mood, I vant to... make an artifact, yeees... I vill need metal bars, cut gems , bloo-.... that is, vood logs, silk cloth, bl-... that is, stone blocks..."
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