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Ianflow

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Werebeast Control
« on: March 12, 2013, 12:09:12 am »

A dwarf was ambushed by an active werebeast, bluh bluh bluh
She got attacked, became Were Chameleon

While my own devised containment was being made, she was cared for by her ranger husband
She goes werebeast, they fight to death
He bleeds to death
She is crippled by his bolts, and bleeds to death

My problem right now, is that if this happens again, how to readily contain werebeasts. How do you guys do it?
I know it is like a vampire situation, isolate them, after stationing them as military dwarves, I just don't know the best way
Further more, I need to know what to do with a dead one
Do I bury her, or put her corpse in refuse

Since I know they regenerate every full moon, do I need to atomsmash her corpse? Do I also need to atom smash the twenty freaking teeth her husband kicked out? Do I need to atom smash his corpse?

EDIT: Not her husband, but a good friend of her's
« Last Edit: March 12, 2013, 12:20:35 am by Ianflow »
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Re: Werebeast Control
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2013, 12:29:12 am »

Werebeasts don't regenerate as in coming back to life, they regenerate as in they grow back lost limbs. Normal burial/refuse should be fine.
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Re: Werebeast Control
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2013, 12:37:14 am »

A dwarf was ambushed by an active werebeast, bluh bluh bluh
She got attacked, became Were Chameleon

While my own devised containment was being made, she was cared for by her ranger husband
She goes werebeast, they fight to death
He bleeds to death
She is crippled by his bolts, and bleeds to death

My problem right now, is that if this happens again, how to readily contain werebeasts. How do you guys do it?
I know it is like a vampire situation, isolate them, after stationing them as military dwarves, I just don't know the best way
Further more, I need to know what to do with a dead one
Do I bury her, or put her corpse in refuse

Since I know they regenerate every full moon, do I need to atomsmash her corpse? Do I also need to atom smash the twenty freaking teeth her husband kicked out? Do I need to atom smash his corpse?

EDIT: Not her husband, but a good friend of her's

They're not undead, they just regenerate lost body parts and persistent body damage like severed nerves and such.  Provide a coffin and the dwarfs will intern the body.  As long as nobody else was injured by her, things are fine.
Confinement can be as easy as zoning a burrow in an unassigned bedroom, assigning the infected to the burrow, and then sealing the door until it's safe to open again.
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Keldane

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Re: Werebeast Control
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 01:04:43 am »

If she is raised by a Necromancer, though, she will regenerate all missing body parts each full moon, and if any severed parts are raised, they will fully regenerate too, resulting in clones. It may be worthwhile to make sure the corpse is heavily guarded against such a possibility.
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Re: Werebeast Control
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 01:49:07 am »

Since they are treated similar to vampire make them a set of rooms smoothed carved with everything they need. Using burrows lock them in there and wallah you have a self contained lever puller or book keeper.
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