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[pisskop]

And a new sacrifice for Sigtext is borne...

[Gaybarowner]

My advice vampire army they are overpowered as hell and you can make a barracks with tbe gear lock the door and release them when needed plus undead ignore them in mecro sieges so easy assassins

[jellsprout]

Necromancers make great Ranchers due to the way reanimation beefs up dead animals (Which can be re-butchered for even MORE meat)

Being attacked by the undead also counts as a tragic event. So a great way to train your militia is by stationing them in a room filled with corpses and a necromancer or inside a resurrecting biome from time to time. This way they will eventually stop caring about everything and be immune to tantrum spirals.
As for werebeasts, you could have them attack Forgotten Beasts or anything else with syndromes a few days before their transformation. Even if they get infected by the syndrome, the transformation should heal them of it.

[Loud Whispers]

Of course, unless Loud Whispers objects.

Has anyone ever objected?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Hang on.
So the choice is NOT to weaponize the vampire/husk/werewolf/Succubus/whatever?

We're Bay12 dammit! We're supposed to weaponize things, not kill them! (Except elves. They deserve to burn in Hell.)

[Exitstrategy]

My file where this question applied got corrupted, but its good to have ideas for when the situation arises. I've been thinking:

Why settle for one weaponized vamp? I could kill the first one, dump him in a well, and lock a squad of armed and armored dorfs in the room with the well. First time they're thirsty they join the ranks of undead, training until the next threat arrives. Presumably it takes long enough for them to become fairly good fighters.

Link their barracks to an arena and lead the threat to the arena, lets say goblin siege. Lock them in, release the squad. After they finish up, send them back to their barracks, clean up the mess (maybe). Rinse and repeat. Maybe make 2 squads of them. One for the surface and one for the caverns.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

That won't work; vamps are locked at their current skill level.

[Loud Whispers]

We're Bay12 dammit! We're supposed to weaponize things, not kill them! (Except elves. They deserve to burn in Hell.)

My suggestion didn't kill the vampire, physically. They don't deserve weaponization, only burial rights.

That won't work; vamps are locked at their current skill level.

Attributes, skills are fine.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

But they're essential immortal super soldiers!
Why waste a good vampire? They don't sparkle after all.

[Delioth]

Why settle for one weaponized vamp? I could kill the first one, dump him in a well, and lock a squad of armed and armored dorfs in the room with the well. First time they're thirsty they join the ranks of undead, training until the next threat arrives. Presumably it takes long enough for them to become fairly good fighters.

Why settle for just a squad of vampires? Forbid all of the booze in your fortress and make sure that is the only well in your entire fortress, and don't let the dwarves get to any other water. Vampire Fortress!! Just hope they don't get all your migrants before they have a chance to become vampires themselves...

☼Better method, put the well on the outside of your fort, and seal the entrance when you get migrants.

[Loud Whispers]

good

Hmmmm...?

vampire

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Acquire: Copper_pick y/n?

[daveralph1234]

Why settle for one weaponized vamp? I could kill the first one, dump him in a well, and lock a squad of armed and armored dorfs in the room with the well. First time they're thirsty they join the ranks of undead, training until the next threat arrives. Presumably it takes long enough for them to become fairly good fighters.

This has been done before, as Collaborator said, this is Bay12.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101251.0