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[Fawnek]

I will be conducting some !!SCIENCE!! involving the various animal men and their effectiveness. using version 43.05 (just switched, discarded old data)

Standard Stats

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It will occur in the following order:
Horseshoe Crab man
Gorlak
Rhino man
Lizard man
Plump Helmet Man
Hippo Man
(TBD) I'm open to suggestions.

I will embark as a locally important Hero in sites preferably owned by humans, although if that is not an option, i will attempt to embark to elf, dwarf, and goblin settlements (respectively) 

The Dead:
Horseshoe Crab man

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kills: 3
Cause of death: Pack of wolves
Overall: Not usefull as of now, may become more usefull in the future if they gain ability to burrow.
Pro: Armor protects against most scratches
Con: Same as all Animal races.

Gorlak

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Kills 2
Cause of death: Encasement in Ice while drinking.
Overall: May be effective as an archer build.
Pro: Has increased night vision
Con: Slower than human
Notes: the tusks seem to be nothing more than a cosmetic.

Rhino Man
Story
After finding a LAIR, i tried to head back to my hut in the region only to encounter my demise.

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Kills: 16, most notably a pack of wolves, single handedly (no survivors!).
Cause of death: battle with cougar with no sleep.
Overall: a big meaty tank
Pro: seems to have some natural armor, the horns make for great spears, has a gigantic profile (helps with wrestling)
Con: Gigantic Profile (no sneaking)
notes: i expect it to be made a herbivore only animal in the future.

Lizard Man

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kills: 1
Cause of death: a goblin ambushed me, and killed my companion before shooting me with about 1,000 arrows.
pros: the claw attack seems to be better, but i'm not sure as my hands were crushed in the beggining of a battle.
cons: bite attack is not improved as you think it would.

Plump Helmet Man
Kills:0
cause of death: a Zombie in the fort i started in...
Pros:small
Cons:very fragile, cannot speak, small

[Shonai_Dweller]

Be sure to play the latest version if you're using a Gorlak. Not being able to open doors is about as not fun as it sounds.

[Bumber]

Be sure to play the latest version if you're using a Gorlak. Not being able to open doors is about as not fun as it sounds.

Easy enough raw fix.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Be sure to play the latest version if you're using a Gorlak. Not being able to open doors is about as not fun as it sounds.

Easy enough raw fix.

Yeah. Just wanted to point out that it's fixed now in case the op didn't notice and moved straight on to the next critter.

By the way, 'no armour' is going to be an issue for pretty much every non-standard creature. You could always make a stockpile of armour sized each critter in a fortress before you start. Start your adventurers some distance from it for a challenge.

[Fawnek]

i have begun adding Pictures, and better comments, but all in all it is helpful no?

[George_Chickens]

Play a plump helmet man legendary dodger!

[CABL]

Play a plump helmet man legendary dodger!

I'm the only one who recalls Mushroom People from Dark Souls?

EDIT: forgot "only" in the sentence. *facepalm*

[Fawnek]

Play a plump helmet man legendary dodger!

May do that in future, but that would ruin the standard skills i have... in order for any !!SCIENCE!! to be done at least some variables must be constant. and as it turns out the Rhino man is bad ass 

[Evans]

Try hippo man and use "bite" attack.

You will be seriously surprised by what happens to all those wolves and humans that try to attack you.

[Valtam]

Play a plump helmet man legendary dodger!

I'm the only one who recalls Mushroom People from Dark Souls?

EDIT: forgot "only" in the sentence. *facepalm*

One-Punch Man + A lot of toughness and endurance  = Mushroom dad.

Those were some savage dudes, although a 2-handed Zweihander made them stagger anyways.

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Back on topic, I like the approach of these series. Are the most popular ones (e.g. bark scorpion man, gila monster man) already reviewed somewhere?

[Fleeting Frames]

Hm, maybe jaguar man? Jaguars are pretty fast (though apparently slower than gazelles?), but otherwise jaguar man is almost as small as human, and gets 30kph gait, not the 64 of base animal. I wonder if the greater base speed affects anything.

[Findulidas]

Capybara man, essentially a dwarf that can never drown due to being amphibious.

[pikachu17]

what about the bird men? they can fly. and the flying insect men are even cooler, since they tend to have 4 arms(which means you can start with 3 shields).

[Eric Blank]

As far as bird men, I recall someone mentioning peregrine falcon men are the fastest creatures available in the game, with a max flight speed of 5 or something. That's impressive.

[Akoto]

Penguin people are proving surprisingly interesting for me. You might have fun with one.

I haven't looked at the raws, but mine seems like a good swimmer. I'm not sure if they have a bite attack, but their beak is a defined target, and I do have a rather easy time biting for someone with no skill. They're small, though, and might be more frail than I realize given the unusual bonuses she has.

Mine knocked over a statue and became a vampire, then a necromancer, ravaging hillocks and hamlets enroute to the tower. She's done well so far!

EDIT: I checked the raws! Penguin men apparently have a talon scratch attack, a beak bite attack, and a faster swim speed than other modes of travel (30 kph) available to them.