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[Derpy Dev]

So there are a bunch of mannerism tokens, such as [MANNERISM_WALK] and [MANNERISM_LAUGH]. What do these do?

[Sorg]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Creature_mannerism_token

[Derpy Dev]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Creature_mannerism_token

I appreciate the link, but I've already read that. I just don't know what this means:

Mannerisms give a possibility of a personality quirk being included in each member of a caste.
Mannerisms are hardcoded and not otherwise placed in the raws.

What does it mean, "personality quirk"?

I know what hardcoded means, but what does it mean when it says, "not otherwise placed in the raws"? Because I have seen the mannerism tokens on humans, so I know they can be placed on creatures.

Again, I appreciate it, but I need this explained to me more clearly.

[WillowLuman]

It means you can't write your own ones in yet.

[D_E]

Mannerisms give a possibility of a personality quirk being included in each member of a caste.
Mannerisms are hardcoded and not otherwise placed in the raws.

What does it mean, "personality quirk"?

I know what hardcoded means, but what does it mean when it says, "not otherwise placed in the raws"? Because I have seen the mannerism tokens on humans, so I know they can be placed on creatures.

Again, I appreciate it, but I need this explained to me more clearly.

Examples of mannerisms are "mutters under her breath when she is nervous about something" and "shakes her finger up and down when trying to remember something"

The second one is presumable due to MANNERISM_FINGERS, I don't know what the first one is from.  In general, don't include mannerisms related to body parts your creatures don't have.

[Igfig]

You can find a list of mannerism strings in the string dump, though they're somewhat fragmented and disordered. Search for "has a habit of" to find the right section.

Also, there is a small amount of customization that can be performed. The mannerism tokens that take a body part as an argument (the last two-thirds or so on the Creature Mannerism Tokens page) can have their meaning changed pretty significantly by selecting a different word. For instance, if you give a creature

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[MANNERISM_LIPS:elbow]
[MANNERISM_EYES:dice]

you'll see mannerisms like "She has a habit of licking her elbow when thinking hard" and "He constantly rolls his dice".

[Derpy Dev]

Okay, I get it now. Thanks!