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pabrams

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The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« on: July 14, 2013, 08:17:09 am »
Some things just arrived at my fort.  First a minotaur, then almost right away "The Human Pobe Ariagen", who is "A medium-sized creature prone to great ambition."  My weapon traps made quick work of the minotaur, but the Pobe got caught in a cage.   When I go look at him, he is Friendly (Caged).  I've never had a popup announcement for a friendly creature before.  What does he want?  What's a Pobe anyway?  And if he's friendly, why did he trigger my cage trap?

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TheDarkStar

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2013, 08:29:35 am »
You found a werebeast. He's marked friendly until he transforms. Also, Pobe is his name.
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Don't die; it's bad for your health!

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2013, 10:34:10 am »
Yeah, sometimes they turn back into the sentient race they were at first before find them, and the message will look a bit weird like that. Kill him or lock him away before he changes again and don't let him bite.
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Quote from: Quietust on July 14, 2013, 08:32:48 am
Most people's relationship with Dwarf Fortress is akin to Stockholm Syndrome.

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2013, 10:55:55 am »
Or chain him up and make your recruits fight a werebeast. Laugh at their failures.
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Quote from: NullForceOmega on April 16, 2015, 11:29:06 am
Cool, but wouldn't this likely lead to tongues having a '[SPEACH]' tag, and thus via necromancy we would have nearly unkillable reanimated tongues following necromancers spamming 'it is sad but not unexpected'?

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2013, 11:04:01 am »
Quote from: Sirbug on July 14, 2013, 10:55:55 am
Or chain him up and make your recruits fight a werebeast. Laugh at their failures.
Long as you don't mind your entire fort getting infected or killed off by the recruits.
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Quote from: Quietust on July 14, 2013, 08:32:48 am
Most people's relationship with Dwarf Fortress is akin to Stockholm Syndrome.

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2013, 11:05:24 am »
Quote from: Sirbug on July 14, 2013, 10:55:55 am
Or chain him up and make your recruits fight a werebeast. Laugh at their failures.
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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2013, 11:14:31 am »
It didn't break on me.
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Quote from: NullForceOmega on April 16, 2015, 11:29:06 am
Cool, but wouldn't this likely lead to tongues having a '[SPEACH]' tag, and thus via necromancy we would have nearly unkillable reanimated tongues following necromancers spamming 'it is sad but not unexpected'?

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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2013, 07:01:43 pm »
Build a trap room with him and maybe a few other animals that you aren't too attached to, and every time a transformation happens to coincide with a siege, herd them into that room and release the beasties.
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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2013, 03:25:17 pm »
If you're careful and very, very, VERY lucky, you can use him to turn your military into a werebeast army!

Note: Were means "Human", so wouldn't the proper term be 'dwarfbeast?'
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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2013, 06:54:33 pm »
Quote from: InfinityOrNone on July 15, 2013, 03:25:17 pm
Note: Were means "Human", so wouldn't the proper term be 'dwarfbeast?'

"Wer" means "human" in Old English. If we're going for an exact equivalent, we should use the Old English of "dwarf," which is "dweorg." The term should be "dweorgbeast."
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Re: The Human Pobe Ariagen has come!
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2013, 07:18:58 pm »
Quote from: Sirbug on July 14, 2013, 11:14:31 am
It didn't break on me.
Transformation on full moon or after deconstructs the chain.
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