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[SimRobert2001]

Here is something i've never come across "Miner has been found dead, contorted in fear"

I'm in a savage biome. What does this mean?

[sal880612m]

Wiki search makes me think you either have a ghost or clowns or aren't playing vanilla.

[Quietust]

He was scared to death, which means a ghost did it.

[SimRobert2001]

Wiki search makes me think you either have a ghost or clowns or aren't playing vanilla.

I did try typing that phrase into the wiki, and didn't come back with much. But, yes, it turns out that my trader died, and was never buried.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

He was scared to death, which means a ghost did it.

?? I've never had this happen. What kind of ghost does this? Is there a combat log for when this happens?

[wierd]

Screamer ghost, IIRC...

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I just don't remember it happening and I've literally never taken care of ghosts. Sirens are too useful and the others aren't mood-impacting enough to make anyone less than ecstatic.

Ohhh 'Murderous' ghost has very specific requirements which is why I've never gotten one:

Had a fell mood, had low ALTRUISM, or slab/grave was deconstructed

Weird, but how does it kill? Syndrome? Look-kill?

[slothen]

ghosts are pretty rad.  I've seen after the fact that they tend to murder people whom they had a grudge with.  I've never gotten a murderous ghost, but violent ones are pretty nasty.  If their first round of "battering" doesn't kill their target, I've seen them show up later in the hospital.

I've observed violent ghost battering to result in bisection at the torso.

[thecrimsonbeard]

I didn't know there were different varieties of ghosts.  Heck, I didn't know that ghosts could do anything but give a dorf bad thoughts until I had a second massive tantrum spiral in a fortress which finally killed the fort when my only sane dwarf left (whom I was using to train wardogs to bumrush a FB) had her leg removed by one of my many ghosts.

[wierd]

That i know of-- not comprehensive

Forlorn haunt: Floats around the fortress giving bad thoughts to people it knew while alive, and visiting areas it frequented while alive.

Screamer ghost: Stays in one place, and shrieks endlessly. Causes blood curdling screams. Causes local disruptions.

Murderous ghost: "Evil" ghost-- angry about not being memorialized, exacts revenge on the still living in the fortress. Causes dismemberment.

[BlackFlyme]

Ghosts.

They can do quite a bit, and can do quite a bit of damage to your dwarves.

On rare occasions they can even fish or train animals.

[Urist Da Vinci]

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Weird, but how does it kill? Syndrome? Look-kill?

Some of the ghost types can "scare to death", which simply causes the victim to die instantly. The ghost flies up to the victim, and *poof*. Some of the ghost types can batter your dwarves. This is easier to notice as the victim often survives with missing limbs. Again, it appears to just *cause* the damage. Ghosts don't use syndromes.

[thegoatgod_pan]

I love ghosts and keep them as pets:

I've observed the following varieties:

haunts that haunt a place causing no harm at all..well a little negative thoughts

haunts that follow people they knew, casing no harm at all.

haunts that haunt a specific person (this causes some serious bad thoughts in  the hauntee)

poltergeists that misplace items.

poltergeists that disassemble furniture.

screaming ghosts that cause bad thoughts and keep people awake at night.

violent ghosts that sever a limb instantly and without generating a combat report

murderous ghosts that instantly scare to death (and will continue doing so unless slabbed)