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"Weapons of war are not designed to kill people, they're designed to win battles."
-- Sun Tzu, if he played Dwarf Fortress

Bored of your legendary militia slaughtering the gobs one to forty?
Feel like there's little else to military beyond cladding all your miners in steel?
Combat is just too fast and random to follow what's going on?
Then this mod is for you.

DF Combat Reworked focuses mainly on giving distinct strengths and weaknesses to each weapon, expanding upon the progression of equipment, better pacing and predictability of combat, as well as amplifying the difference between slight and serious wounds, but it also has some additional features here and there.

Note that the mod is designed to work around mostly vanilla material properties. As such, this mod is incompatible with major material reworks (such as Grimlocke's), but compatible with most other mods that use vanilla materials as a reference (such as ZM5's creatures).

Features:
* Full rework of vanilla melee weapons, giving them more realistic weights, attack variation and properties. A couple of new weapons added to provide more variety within each skill. Most two-handed weapons now use pikeman skill for properly shieldless npc spawns. All attacks are much slower to make skill, movement speed and bleeding more important factors in combat, as well as to achieve a greater disparity between long and short weapons. Weapons now feel more unique and each has their own niche. Body size requirements were altered to account for the Bug 5812.
* Full rework of vanilla ranged weapons and ammo. No more 1 kg bulletspeed projectiles tearing limbs off. Archers aren't as encumbered by their ammo now. Arrows can go in deeper than bolts, but bows loose their effectiveness with increased ammo weight, while crossbows benefit from it.
* Full rework of vanilla trap components and weaponizable tools. The former are still very good (just not as insanely good), and the latter are a bit more on par with the smallest weapons now.
* New types of ranged weapons: sling, spear-thrower, longbow, arbalest and hand ballista, making the deadliness of ranged units vary greatly. New types of ammo, including sling bullets and javelins. Bolts and arrows are split into different types for greater situational effectiveness.
* Ranged weapons now have 'weapon sets', giving archers the opportunity to carry an offhand melee weapon.
* More powerful and versatile weapons require more metal to make.
* Full rework of vanilla armor and clothing. Armor is generally lighter, mail only gives 95% coverage (so it's no longer a metal second skin) and new types of armor provide for more 'protection vs weight' choices for militias and adventurers alike. Clothing is lighter too and its coverage now makes more sense. Leather clothing now grants a bit more protection and wood items are slightly less fragile.
* Clothing as a whole has been thoroughly simplified. Now there are only 1-3 garments per each bodypart, with one set being intended for cold climates, another being the lightest and the last being the standard one. Most garments take the same layer, meaning dwarves no longer pile up rotting clothes on themselves.
* Legwear has been reworked to account for the Bug 10784. All non-metal pants were removed from entity usage and replaced by belts to prevent soldiers from loosing their pants in combat (no joke): belts can be made from any armor/clothing-grade material, including metal, and their low blockchance prevents them from getting damaged too often. Some bodywear types now cover legs as a replacement for pants.
* Shields are split into 5 types: more protection means more weight, yet none provide the 100% block.
* Metal armors and shields now require significantly more metal, but the mod's changes to tissues and materials make them worth it.
* Bodies have been reworked to include shoulders and hips integral to the torso to allow for more balanced armor coverage. Facial features (except for eyes) are now integral to the head and, thus, are protected by helmets and cannot be targeted individually. Fingers and toes can no longer be severed, to reduce clutter.
* Pain and bleeding for many tissues are reworked. Damage to eyes and internal organs now matters a lot more and heals slower, damage to cartilage and teeth produces some pain, while pain from skin and bones was slightly reduced. Pain and bleeding were completely removed from fat, since all the tissues now suffer from fire on their own. Also includes DF Revised tissue enhancements, with some changes.
* Skulls and other head tissues are slightly thicker to make heads less fragile. Spines and joints have thicker bones. Throats have a layer of fat and cartilage to make them more resistant to slight cuts. Vertebrates' digits have no muscle (only sinew), as in real life.
* The strength of nerves is significantly increased to stop the upper spine from snapping after a single punch to the head. Muscles, sinews, fat and skin/scale are now more resistant to force pulling/bending. Cartilage and chitin are more durable, chitin can also be used as a shell for crafts and armor. Bone, hair and teeth are now edible/stealable by vermin, so they will gradually disappear from both the ground and the stockpiles, unless guarded or processed.
* The positioning of facial features and ribs is better defined, making wounds in those areas more sensible. No longer a maul will smack an individual lip, no longer a stab to the right lung will fracture the left ribs.
* Better temperature points for some organic materials. Skin suffers more damage in extreme climates. Hair, skin and cloth ignite faster. Fat ignites a bit slower. Burning wood lasts longer.
* A boost for elves: stronger, armor-piercing arrows and massed pike-and-shield infantry to offset the weakness of wood and make their numbers advantage really shine.
* Optional, but included by default: New reactions for ammo and weapons. Arrows and bolts can be made for cheap, 4x the amount per bar, by making arrowhead kits in the Metalsmith's forge and them combining them and a log of wood in the Bowyer's workshop. Also, separate reactions for daggers and hand ballistas for better game balance.
* Optional, but included by default: Equipment rebalance for npcs. Melee npc uniforms can include padded armors, and archer uniforms can include mail and plate.
* Optional, but included by default: Stone weapons for subterranean tribes. Flint, obsidian and malachite weapons have replaced the wood ones for subterranean animal peoples, so as to make them a bit more capable in combat.
* Optional, but included by default: Dwarves and humans bring dogs as siege minions. Every other war-trainable pet can be used as such, so why not the dogs?
* Optional: Metal rework. New types of iron, bronze and steel, balanced between each other to ensure a much more realistic balance of armor and metallurgy; also, anvils can now be made at the Smelter. New metals and reactions are included by default to make humans, goblins and kobolds more on par with dwarves, so there is good reason to progress your smithing industry beyond iron. The strictly optional part (aka Full metal rework) makes vanilla metals unusable for military purposes, renames them and the new metals for a cleaner interface, and rebalances the trade values for most metals. Details.
* Optional: Siege engines. A variety of onagers and a flamethrower are available to add as siege minions to any civ of your liking. The normal, stone-hurling onager is given by default to humans and dwarves, as they lack a reliable pet for breaching doors otherwise. Details.
* Optional: New weaponizable tools for those who prefer their Adventure Mode civilians to be more dangerous.
* Optional: Adrenaline interaction (with some tweaks) from the Grimlocke's History & Realism Mods is included with the author's permission. It gives a substantial boost in willpower and endurance to all live creatures in combat, making fights longer and invaders less affected by the randomness of their physical stats.
* Optional: Tactical civilization presets. Several entity files for human and goblin civs have been composed to include specific combinations of weapons and armor, so as to amplify the strengths of certain weapons and give the invaders more functionality and character. Details.

Spoiler: Changelog (click to show/hide)

v1.7
  Changes

v1.6
  Changes

v1.5
  Changes

v1.4
  Changes

v1.3.1
  Added war darts to entity lists.

v1.3
  Changes

v1.2.1
  Changes

v1.1
  Changes

v1.0
  Initial release.

Overview:
Tips, notes and full lists of weapons and armor!
Metallurgy flowchart for new metals

Goals and limitations:
(what this mod aims to do and what it doesn't)
 - This mod aims to create a more balanced and sensible combat experience. A one closer to reality, but without too much focus on the the scientifically accurate values behind the scenes - rather, a one that makes sense in action. That means: less powerful pulling; less absurdly powerful weapons, projectiles and trap components; less block-it-all shields; reasonably powerful armor.
 - This mod aims to add meaningful variety to weapons and armor. I'm willing to add more types of items in the future, as long as they are functionally distinct and aren't just for flavor.
 - This mod aims to make weapons more balanced and versatile for the AI use by expanding the variety of attacks. Some of these attacks are 'unlucky' to prevent certain weapons from becoming overpowered. This mod doesn't aim to balance them against the mind of a savvy adventurer - that I leave to your own conscience.
 - This mod aims to make armor more important by both balancing it against weapons and making serious wounds much more, well, serious. A guy with a blade in his heart shouldn't be able to fight just as good for another hour and then suddenly drop dead.
 - This mod aims to be as compatible with other mods as possible, but without sacrificing its important features.
 - This mod doesn't deal with unarmed combat in any way, although there's room for it in the future. DF Revised deals with it to some extent and I highly recommend to install it first. When Revised is not up to date, my mod will come packaged with its unarmed rebalance for civilized creatures at least.
 - This mod doesn't deal with candy much, so it is very possible there can be some exploits or weirdness involving it. There isn't much I can do about it without changing important parts of the mod - and candy is too rare for that.
 - The mod aims to keep the vanilla spirit, while achieving all of the above. That means simple item names, less focus on adding new materials and not touching anything outside of items, materials and tissues (at least, not in the core part). Has been partially compromised by the body rework already, but we'll see.

Compatibility:
 - This mod is incompatible with any mod that alters vanilla weapons, tools, trap components, armor or clothing. If installing above such mods, always overwrite the files.
 - This mod is incompatible with any mod that alters the vanilla entries in body_default.txt. If a mod just adds new entries to the same file, I advice copying them over to a separate file and using my mod's body_default.txt.
 - This mod is incompatible with any mod that alters the vanilla entries in tissue_template_default.txt. But, if you don't like my tissue changes, you can safely ignore the mod's file.
 - This mod is partially incompatible with any mod that alters the vertebrate body detail plan or the material properties of vanilla cloth (plant fiber, hair, silk). If you have a mod that alters the b_detail_plan_default.txt or material_template_default.txt, below are the specific installation instructions on how to avoid problems.
 - It is strongly unrecommended to use this mod with any mod that adds new weapons, new weaponizable tools, new trap components, new armors or new types of cloth, as those will most likely break the overall balance and may cause issues like undestructable padded armor. Mods that add more variety to leather or metals are ok, as long as you mention them when reporting an issue.

Any other mods should be fully compatible. If you experience trouble, let me know.
Note to modders: mod's items, aside from the padded armors, don't actually require changes to material_template_default.txt, b_detail_plan_default.txt or tissue_template_default.txt. If you want to use just them in your mod/comp, there should be no problems.

Downloads (DFFD):
- Standalone - just the raws for manual installation, the old way.
- Light Edition Pre-installed - for those who want the core experience without too large of a difficulty spike.
- Full Edition Pre-installed - with most of the optionals and all the suggested tweaks in place, this is the build I play personally.
- Vanilla+ - just the raws for manual installation, but without any extra items, creatures, materials, tissues or reactions.


Manual Installation - Main:
0. Recommended if you play vanilla-ish DF: DF Revised by Taffer, as a base over which to install this mod. Revised fixes a lot of bugs and inconsistencies, while staying true to the vanilla DF spirit. It is fully compatible! If you only use Revised, you can safely ignore the spoilers below and just overwrite everything with my mod's files.
  Ignore this point as Revised in not up to date with the latest DF yet. My mod currently includes Revised's relevant changes by default.

1. If you have no mods that alter either b_detail_plan_default.txt and/or material_template_default.txt, ignore this point and the spoilers below, and proceed to point 2.

Spoiler: 1.1. If you have mods that alter b_detail_plan_default.txt (click to show/hide)

1.1.1. Open both my mod's and yours b_detail_plan_default.txt.
1.1.2. Search for VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS
1.1.3. Replace the lines for HEAD, JOINT, SPINE, FINGER, TOE, and SKULL in your file with those from my mod's file.
1.1.4. Search for STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS
1.1.5. Replace the whole entry in your file with that from my mod's file.
1.1.6. Search for HUMANOID_HEAD_POSITIONS
1.1.7. Replace the whole entry in your file with that from my mod's file.
1.1.8. Search for HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS
1.1.9. Replace the whole entry in your file with that from my mod's file.

Spoiler: 1.2. If you have mods that alter material_template_default.txt (click to show/hide)

1.2.1. Open both my mod's and yours material_template_default.txt.
1.2.2. Replace the full entries for WOOD_TEMPLATE, SKIN_TEMPLATE, FAT_TEMPLATE, MUSCLE_TEMPLATE, SINEW_TEMPLATE, BONE_TEMPLATE, CARTILAGE_TEMPLATE, HAIR_TEMPLATE, SCALE_TEMPLATE, NERVE_TEMPLATE, LEATHER_TEMPLATE, SILK_TEMPLATE, CHITIN_TEMPLATE, THREAD_PLANT_TEMPLATE, and FLAME_TEMPLATE in your file with those from my mod's file.

2. Place the text files from the mod's main folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects. Overwrite when prompted (unless it's one of the conflicts above).

3. Open the mod's 'for civs' folder. Here you can either choose to use my personal equipment presets for entities or assemble your own using the full list. Or, if your entity_default.txt is unmodified, you can simply copy the one from the folder (Revised or vanilla).
  3.1. If you choose to use my presets, just follow the instructions inside each file. They're simple, but may vary a little, depending on a civ.
  3.2. If you choose to pick the items on your own, make sure you don't have any duplicate lines (with vanilla items) in your entity file once you're done.

  Manual Installation - Suggested Tweaks:

-- Replace/add flavor profession names for civilized creatures, as pikemen now don't only use pikes, bowmen don't only use bows and lashers don't really use lashes. Open the creature_standard.txt and add the following:

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In CREATURE:DWARF:

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[PROFESSION_NAME:PIKEMAN:dwarf-at-arms:dwarves-at-arms]
[PROFESSION_NAME:MASTER_PIKEMAN:Elite Dwarf-at-arms:Elite Dwarves-at-arms]
[PROFESSION_NAME:LASHER:flailsdwarf:flailsdwarves]
for non-dwarves (CREATURE:HUMAN, CREATURE:ELF, CREATURE:GOBLIN etc.):

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[PROFESSION_NAME:PIKEMAN:man-at-arms:men-at-arms]
[PROFESSION_NAME:MASTER_PIKEMAN:Elite Man-at-arms:Elite Men-at-arms]
[PROFESSION_NAME:LASHER:flailsman:flailsmen]
and for everyone:

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[PROFESSION_NAME:MASTER_LASHER:Flailmaster:Flailmasters]
[PROFESSION_NAME:BOWMAN:skirmisher:skirmishers]
[PROFESSION_NAME:MASTER_BOWMAN:Elite Skirmisher:Elite Skirmishers]

-- As it is very easy to train absurdly high level militias, I recommend buffing up potential enemies a little. Open the creature_standard.txt and add the following:

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In CREATURE:HUMAN and CREATURE:GOBLIN (humans and goblins rely on equipment and formations)

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raise natural skills up to 10 if not challenging enough
[NATURAL_SKILL:DISCIPLINE:1] --make sure to overwrite the same line from Revised
[NATURAL_SKILL:SHIELD:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:ARMOR:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:5]
[NATURAL_SKILL:RANGED_COMBAT:5]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:5]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:AXE:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SWORD:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:DAGGER:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MACE:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:HAMMER:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SPEAR:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:CROSSBOW:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SHIELD:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:ARMOR:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:PIKE:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:WHIP:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BOW:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BLOWGUN:750]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MELEE_COMBAT:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:RANGED_COMBAT:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:WRESTLING:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:300]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:STRENGTH:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:AGILITY:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:TOUGHNESS:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:ENDURANCE:250:3:4:3]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:FOCUS:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:WILLPOWER:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:SPATIAL_SENSE:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:KINESTHETIC_SENSE:250:4:5:4]
In CREATURE:ELF (elves have poor equipment variety, but an eternity for training)

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raise natural skills up to 13 if not challenging enough
[NATURAL_SKILL:DISCIPLINE:2] --make sure to overwrite the same line from Revised
[NATURAL_SKILL:SHIELD:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:ARMOR:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:RANGED_COMBAT:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:CLIMBING:5] --very optional, remove if too hardcore
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SWORD:1000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SPEAR:1000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SHIELD:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BOW:1000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MELEE_COMBAT:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:RANGED_COMBAT:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:WRESTLING:150]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:GRASP_STRIKE:1000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:STANCE_STRIKE:1000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:DODGING:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MISC_WEAPON:1000]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:STRENGTH:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:AGILITY:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:TOUGHNESS:250:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:ENDURANCE:250:3:4:3]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:FOCUS:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:WILLPOWER:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:SPATIAL_SENSE:250:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:KINESTHETIC_SENSE:250:4:5:4]
In CREATURE:KOBOLD (kobolds are few, poorly equipped, but innately magical)

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raise natural skills up to 14 if not challenging enough
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:10]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:10]
[NATURAL_SKILL:RANGED_COMBAT:10]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:10]
[NATURAL_SKILL:CLIMBING:10] --very optional, remove if too hardcore
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:AXE:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SWORD:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:DAGGER:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MACE:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:HAMMER:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SPEAR:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:CROSSBOW:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SHIELD:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:ARMOR:300]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:PIKE:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:WHIP:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BOW:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BLOWGUN:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:BITE:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MELEE_COMBAT:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:RANGED_COMBAT:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:WRESTLING:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:GRASP_STRIKE:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:STANCE_STRIKE:3000]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:DODGING:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:500]
[SKILL_LEARN_RATE:MISC_WEAPON:3000]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:STRENGTH:125:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:AGILITY:125:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:TOUGHNESS:125:3:4:3]
[PHYS_ATT_RATES:ENDURANCE:125:3:4:3]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:FOCUS:125:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:WILLPOWER:125:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:SPATIAL_SENSE:125:4:5:4]
[MENT_ATT_RATES:KINESTHETIC_SENSE:125:4:5:4]

If you find it too challenging, I would still recommend to keep this buff first, but go to .../%DF folder%/data/init/d_init.txt and lower the INVASION_SOLDIER_CAP number to that of your population size or lower, as fighting small groups of skilled enemies is much more fun than hordes of fodder. You can also set INVASION_MONSTER_CAP there to your liking: this one only affects siege minions, like trolls - not mounts.

-- Tweak the most common enemy entities (such as goblins) for more diversified combat situations. In entity_default.txt (or a custom entity file):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

- Search for ENTITY:EVIL (or any other of your liking).
- Make sure both [SIEGER] and [AMBUSHER] tags are present.
- Search for PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION and set the values as follows:

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[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION:1]
[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION:5]
[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE:3]
[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE:4]  --lower, if you play with pops below 110
[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE:0]
[PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE:0]

The way ambushes work, this will increase the amount of smaller skirmishes for you to gain loot and troop experience before a full-blown siege. It will also give an incentive to rely on military a bit more (rather than the usual trap supremacy), as uncontrolled surface will get overrun with lingering ambush parties, and sieging invaders will be more considerate.

  Manual Installation - Optional Features:

- Vanilla clothing. If you are using a mod which requires the vanilla clothing items or just not a fan of the simplification, place the item_old_clothing_sver.txt from 'optional old clothing' folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects. Old civ presets and the full list of removed clothing items are also contained in the same folder, so you can use them to edit the entity files to your liking.

- Full metal rework. Place all the files from 'optional full metal rework' folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects and overwrite when prompted. See "Features" section above for more info.

- Siege engines. Add siege engines to civilizations:

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1. Open any entity file, such as entity_default.txt
2. Every civilization's entry starts with [ENTITY:name]. Anywhere below add any of the following entries, depending on your preference:

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--stone-hurling siege onager
[ANIMAL]  =SVER_SIEGE=
[ANIMAL_TOKEN:SIEGE_ONAGER]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]

--fireball-hurling fire onager
[ANIMAL]  =SVER_SIEGE=
[ANIMAL_TOKEN:FIRE_ONAGER]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]

--syndrome-inducing plague onager
[ANIMAL]  =SVER_SIEGE=
[ANIMAL_TOKEN:PLAGUE_ONAGER]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]

--firebreathing siege flamethrower
[ANIMAL]  =SVER_SIEGE=
[ANIMAL_TOKEN:SIEGE_FLAMETHROWER]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]
3. Alternatively, add only the following entry to give the whole variety of siege engines to this civilization at once:

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[ANIMAL]  =SVER_SIEGE=
[ANIMAL_CLASS:SIEGE_SVER]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]
[ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]

- Powerful weapon-tools for Adventure Mode. Place the file from 'optional tools' folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects and add their entries (from the bottom of the full list of items.txt) to any entities you wish. These only affect Adventure Mode, making villagers carry more formidable weapons.

- Adrenaline. Place the file from 'optional battle interactions' folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects and do the following:

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1. Open your c_variation_default.txt
2. Search for CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS
3. Below it, add the following lines:

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[CV_NEW_TAG:CAN_DO_INTERACTION:BATTLE_FERVOUR_GRIMLOCKE]  Sver: adrenaline by Grimlocke for longer combat
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:ADV_NAME:Prepare for a fight]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:CAN_BE_MUTUAL]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:USAGE_HINT:FLEEING]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:TARGET:A:SELF_ALLOWED]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:TARGET_RANGE:A:25]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:A:20]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CDI:FREE_ACTION]

This will make pain and fatigue matter less, thus, making the combat longer in general.

- Tactical civilizations. Add the "tactical" human/goblin civilizations:

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1. Open the 'optional tactical civs' folder, then either 'goblin' or 'human' folder.
2. Place any or all of the entity files from these folders in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects.
3. If you don't use DF Revised, open each file and delete every line tagged with Revision.
4. If you don't want the regular mix-and-match goblin and human civilizations to appear at all, also place the entity_default.txt from the 'entity default with no humans or goblins' folder (either Revised or vanilla) in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects and overwrite.
5. Important note! DF puts civs from entity files into the world one by one - and each tactical entity type will take up its own slot. What that means is, if you use all of the tactical types at once, you'll have 7x more human and goblin civs each than dwarven or elven civs - yet, only one human and one goblin civ would make the first contact with you on their own. Thus, if you gen a world with a low number of civs, I suggest to use only 1 or 2 types at a time. However, if you gen with a higher civ cap (30-35 is about right if you use the cropped entity_default.txt and all of the tactical types), you can simply edit the tactical civ's raws to have [MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER:1] or any other low number.

- Crude armors. Give "crude" armors to non-player civs to reduce looting metal yields. If you don't like the increased metal requirements of the mod's armor, you can use these for player civs too, without breaking the mod's balance too much, as these armors are also of reduced effectiveness.
Place the file from 'optional crude armors' folder in .../%DF folder%/raw/objects and add their entries (tagged in the full list of items.txt by =SVER_CRUDE_ARMOR=) to any entities you wish.

- Removing Default Optionals.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-- If you don't want the reactions for cheaper ammo, delete all the =SVER_AMMO= marked lines from your entity_default.txt.
-- If you don't want the reactions for weapon making rebalance, delete all the =SVER_SPEC_WEAPONS= marked lines from your entity_default.txt.
-- If you don't want the reactions for cheaper belts, delete all the =SVER_SPEC_ARMORS= marked lines from your entity_default.txt.
-- If you don't want the new metals, delete all the =SVER_METALREWORK= marked lines from your entity_default.txt.
-- If you don't want to have better armor on invading archers, delete all the =SVER_ARCHER_ARMOR= marked lines from your entity_default.txt.
-- If you don't want the stone weapons for subterranean tribes, delete all the =SVER_ROCKWEAPONS= marked lines from your entity_default.txt and add back the [WOOD_WEAPONS] tag.
-- If you don't want the siege onagers for dwarves and humans, delete all the =SVER_SIEGE= marked lines from your entity_default.txt. If you don't plan on using the optional siege engines at all, you can also delete the creature_siege_sver.txt file from your .../raw/objects folder.
-- If you don't want the invading dwarves/humans to bring dogs with them, delete all the =SVER_PETS= marked lines from your entity_default.txt. Except for the ones added with the optional war horses, if you use them.

Thanks and credits:
DF Revised by Taffer and the others - bug fixes, tweaks and a good base
Coherent Weapons and armor Mod by Jazzpirat! - ideas for attacks and weapons
DF Material Helper by Putnam - material helping
Burneddi - add-recipe script for DFhack
History & Realism Mods by Grimlocke - adrenaline tweak, joint size, material strengths and lots of ideas
OldGenesis by Deon, TomiTapio and the others - lessening the clutter
thefriendlyhacker - temperature tweaks for materials
DF Vanilla-Spice Revised by Warlord255 - bog iron idea
Urist DaVinci, peasant cretin, Robsoie and Orkel - attentiveness and research on combat and the related mechanics of the game
Lindybeige, Shadiversity, Metatron, Skallagrim, scholagladiatoria, KnightErrant, SnapJelly, Tod's Workshop, Brandon F., Fandabi Dozi, Roland Warzecha, JoergSprave, ThegnThrand and everyone who made thoughtful comments on their videos - inspiration and many of the ideas behind the mod.

Any contents of this mod are free to be used, changed or included in other mods or compilations. Just make sure to specify your personal changes when reporting a problem.

[Sver]

Current poll:

Exactly what it is, no additional info this time.


Previous poll:

Spoiler: Increased coal consumption (click to show/hide)

Made irrelewant by the new metal rework.

[Warlord255]

Interesting - DF Revised has/had some features along these lines, but also attempted to address creature attacks as a source of hilarious imbalance (removing bites from non-monstrous humanoids, for example). Do you have any opinions there?

[Sver]

DF Revised does a good job on unarmed combat indeed, as biting and scratching in vanilla is just insane. I also suggested Taffer to bring back the halved velocity for punches/kicks, like it was in the earlier versions. Horn attacks could really use some nerfing too, as right now they can pierce pretty much any armor (and I'm talking vanilla armor here, to be clear, although it is true for the mod too), which most likely has to do with a very small contact area; but I was planning to do a bit more testing there first.

However, Revised weapons are mostly very close to vanilla, especially in terms of weight and velocity, both of which play a large role in the quite unbalanced mechanics for force pulling and armor wear; and armor is too heavy to layer it for extra durability. Also, the pain from tissues in Revised is significantly reduced overall - and I don't exactly agree with it, hence, a different approach in my mod.

[Taffer]

Halved velocity for all humanoid attacks is back in Revised. I also just committed an identical nerf to horn and tusk attacks, but it was too late to make it into v1.6.0.

I'm very interested in your work, and impressed with the effort that went into it. Thank you! I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how much I can integrate into Revised, and seeing what changes you made to Revised's tissues file.

[Sver]

v1.1 Released

Major changes:
* Added new weapons: headhunting axe, hawk axe, mallet, polehammer, bladed spear, executioner sword.
* Added a new weapon set: stakesman arms (longbow + mallet).
* Added new armor parts: skullcap, arm plates and shin guards. The first one is a 'secret helm' to be worn under a larger helm. The latter are cheaper, lighter, somewhat less protective variants of arm defenses and high boots.
* Added bones to neck. Thickened the bones for spine.
* Readjusted the weights and attack properties of axes, hammers and maces, including the two-handed "pike" variants. They were a bit off and velocities were still too high.
* Significantly increased the material strength of nerves (NERVE_TEMPLATE; only used in spine) to stop the necks from snapping after a single punch to the head.

Minor changes:
** Lowered the velocities and readjusted the contact areas of all stabbing attacks.
** Slightly increased the velocities of all two-handed weapons.
** Slightly increased the contact area of short spear.
** Limited the penetration depth of spear and long spear.
** Gambeson now covers upper legs instead of upper arms and neck.
** Decreased the layer size of gauntlets and bracers. Bracers are no longer [SHAPED].
** Slightly increased the blockchance of cap (helm).
** Readjusted the layer permits for all helmets and decreased the layer size of padded coif to account for the new addition.
** Gave proper armor levels to shields.
** Increased the pain from nervous tissue damage (only used in spine).
** Removed pain from 'spine tissue' (as it turned out to be the kind of 'spine' that grows on a hedgehog's back).

[Sver]

A separate post, because character limit.
Full list of armor is here.

Spoiler: Armor Types, Roles and info (click to show/hide)

Here is the full list of armor garments in the mod, as well as the explanation of their types, roles etc.

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Roles

   primary   - main protection, it is recommended to have at least one primary garment on each bodypart
   secondary - additional protection and failsafes, to be worn along with primary and/or versatile garments
   versatile - can fullfil either primary or secondary role, depending on what is worn along with it

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Layering

Armor layering in DF follows two separate hierarchies of "priority", which defines which garment takes the hit first when multiple garments protect the same bodypart that is hit.

Layer type defines this priority within a single slot, say, bodywear, as well as the order in which the garments are put on over each other.
This means a mail shirt (over) will always by worn under and protected by a breastplate (armor), and a breastplate will always be worn under and protected by a quilted tunic (cover).
To quote Stalhansch, think of it as stacking cups: (cover)-layer garments are the largest cups and (under)-layer garments are the smallest cups.

Slot type defines this priority between two or more overlapping garments from different slots, but does not impact the order of putting them on.
For instance, any handwear that extends to arms will get hit before the sleeves of any bodywear, even if the handwear is (under)-layer and the bodywear is (cover)-layer.
Bringing up the stacking cup allegory again, handwear and footwear are the largest cups that never meet, legwear are the middle cups, and bodywear are the smallest cups.
And headwear never meets any of them.

Layer types:

   (under) - bottommost layer, worn directly over the body (skin)
   (over)  - next layer
   (armor) - next layer, never used by civilians (even if assigned to clothing)
   (cover) - topmost layer that gets hit firts

Slot types:

   headwear - head slot, always protects head and facial features (except eyes), but nothing else
            most important, life-saving piece, even though a dwarf's head can take on weaker strikes, and hit-chance on the head is low
            has no extensions

   bodywear - upper body slot, always protects both upper and lower body, can extend to neck, limbs and eyes
            next most important piece due to spine and organs' vulnerability and high hit-chances on the torso
            extensions always have the lowest priority
   
   handwear - grasp slot, always protects the grasp part (usually hands), can only extend to arms
            next in importance due to weapon/shield holding and impact on civilian life, loosing both hands leads to inability to use cups and, thus, death
            arm extensions will take priority over bodywear

   footwear - stance slot, always protects the stance part (usually feet), can only extend to legs
            next in importance due to the many debuffs for prone units and impact on civilian productivity
            leg extensions will take priority over both bodywear and legwear
            does not combine! a soldier can only successfully put 1 armorpiece on each foot

   legwear  - lower body slot, always protects the lower body, can only extend to legs
            least important piece, only to be used as additional protection or a failsafe
            its lower body coverage and leg extensions will take priority over bodywear

   !Shaped! - means only one such garment can be worn in the same slot.
            For instance, you can only wear 1 helm on the head, and you cannot combine it with cap or full helm. Yet, you can combine it with any garments that do not have this tag, such as skullcap.

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Blockchance

Each garment has a "coverage" value that defines the chance of interrupting a successfully landed hit.
This means that any garment with a blockchance below 100% has a defined chance to be completely ignored by the attack, regardless of its other properties.
Garments with blockchances above 100% do not provide additional combat protection, but reduce the exposure damage in extreme climates.
   
Note that by layering enough/certain garments with below-100% blockchances over each other one can sometimes achieve nearly 100% blockchance for a lower material cost.
For instance, 2 mail shirts (95% block) worn together grant a blockchance of:
   (1 - (1 - 0.95) * (1 - 0.95)) * 100% = (1 - 0.05 * 0.05) * 100% = ~99%

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Weight

Weight of the garment defines its impact on the wearer's stamina, although partially negated by having a high Armor User skill.

Here, if the garment can be made of metal, the weight shown is calculated for iron/steel.
If the garment can be made of cloth, the weight shown is calculated for linen (plant cloth).
If the garment can only be made of animal products, the weight shown is calculated for common leather.
All weight are tested on humans, but the difference for dwarves is very subtle.

If made of a denser material, the garment is going to weight more, and vice versa.
Material density also has a small positive impact on its resistance to blunt force.

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Types and a full list


   Padding
      Light textile armors, giving meager protection, mainly against weak edged attacks.
      All take 1 silk/yarn/plant cloth (in descending order of defensive capability).
      All bodywear and headwear can be stacked up to a total of 5 garments.
      Recommended for early game and as secondary armor later.

      padded chausses - primary (under) footwear: <1 kg, covers full legs + feet, 100% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone, if no metal footwear available

      padded coif - versatile (under) headwear: <1 kg, covers head, 80% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 45
                  uses: 1x under any other headwear for cushioning and as a failsafe
                        or
                        3x under metal cap and/or mail coif for cushioning and as a failsafe
                        or
                        5x standalone, if no metal headwear available

      padded armor - secondary (under) bodywear: 4 kg, covers full body + neck + full legs + full arms + eyes, 100% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 45
                  uses: 1x under any bodywear for cushioning and as a failsafe
                        or
                        3x under full Mail uniform for cushioning and as a failsafe

      gambeson - secondary (under) bodywear: 2 kg, covers full body + neck, 100% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 45
                  uses: 2x with standalone padded armor and doublets, if no metal bodywear available
                        or
                        2x with padded armor, under standalone mail shirt as a failsafe

      doublet - secondary (under) bodywear: 3 kg, covers full body + neck + full arms + eyes, 100% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 45
                  uses: 2x with standalone padded armor and gambesons, if no metal bodywear available
                        or
                        2x with padded armor, under mail shirt + mail sleeves uniform as a failsafe

      quilted tunic - secondary (armor) bodywear: 3 kg, covers full body + neck + full arms + eyes + upper legs, 100% block
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 45
                  uses: 1-2x over any Plate bodywear to negate armor-piercing strikes
                          particularly useful over Partial plate as a failsafe


   Animal-based
      Light armors made of leather, bone or shell/chitin, giving meager protection, mainly against weak edged attacks.
      Most of these are non-metal variants of metal armors, thus, they're included in their respective Types and not here.
      Generally weaker than silk/wool/plant cloth equivalents, with the exception of chitin.
      Recommended for early game and when short on cloth/metal.

      arming gloves - primary (under) handwear: <1 kg, leather/shell/bone, covers hands + lower arms, 100% block
                  layer size: 15
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone, if no metal handwear available


   Mail
      Medium weight, somewhat cheap metal armors, negating most of the edged attacks, but unable to stop the blunt force.
      Most have a 95% blockchance (and some have lower), meaning a small chance of any attack passing through.
      Combines well with most other garments.
      Recommended for mid game or select early elites.
      Cannot be damaged by anything other than superior edged weapons, as such, is also recommended for fighting large beasts anytime.

      mail shirt - versatile (over) bodywear: 8 kg, covers full body + neck, 95% block
                  cost: 7 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x over padding as primary armor
                        or
                        1x under any Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x under a cuirass for neck protection
                        or
                        2x over padding as heavy, but lasting alternative to breastplate

      mail sleeves - versatile (over) handwear: 1 kg, covers full arms + hands, 95% block
                  cost: 3 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone, if full arm defenses are too costly
                        or
                        1x under any Partial plate as a failsafe

      mail chausses - versatile (over) footwear: 1 kg, covers full legs + feet, 95% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x standalone, if greaves are too costly

      mail coif - versatile (over) headwear: 1 kg, covers head, 80% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x over metal skullcap as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x under any Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x over 3 padded coifs as primary armor, if short on metal

      mail cape - secondary (over) bodywear: 4 kg, covers full body + neck + upper arms + eyes, 50% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 50
                  uses: 1x with any bodywear for eye protection
                        or
                        1-2x with mail shirt as a failsafe

      mail skirt - secondary (over) legwear: 8 kg,  covers lower body + upper legs, 95% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x with full Mail uniform as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x with metal high boots for upper leg protection
                        or
                        1x with greaves and/or any Plate bodywear to negate armor-piercing strikes
                          particularly useful with Partial plate as additional failsafe


   Partial plate
      Medium-to-heavy weight, average cost metal armors, negating both edged and blunt attacks.
      All have either a blockchance below 100% or don't fully cover their slot's bodyparts, thus, it is recommended to combine them with Mail or Additional plate, when possible.
      Combinations with Mail are generally slightly cheaper than Full plate, but almost as good in terms of protection.
      Recommended for outfitting a large late game military.

      lamellar armor - primary (armor) bodywear: 8 kg, can be leather/bone/shell/chitin, covers full body + neck + upper legs + upper arms + eyes, 70% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 8 bars
                  layer size: 6
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x over Mail for blunt protection
                        or
                        1x under body plates as a cheaper alternative to breastplate (88% block)

      brigandine - primary (armor) bodywear: 9 kg, covers full body, 90% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 10 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x over Mail for blunt protection
                        or
                        1x standalone as a cheaper alternative to cuirass
                        or
                        1x under body plates as a cheaper alternative to breastplate (96% block)

      cap - primary (cover) headwear: 2 kg, can be cloth/leather/bone/shell/chitin, covers head, 60% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 3 bars
                  layer size: 15
                  layer permit: 36
                  uses: 1x over 3 padded coifs
                        or
                        1x over mail coif and 3 padded coifs
                        or
                        1x as clothing

      helm - primary (armor) headwear: 3 kg, covers head, 80% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 6 bars
                  layer size: 15
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x over 2 padded coifs
                        or
                        1x over padded coif and mail coif
                        or
                        1x over padded coif and metal skullcap as a lighter alternative to full helm (88% block)

      high boots - primary (over) footwear: 1 kg, can be leather, covers feet + lower legs, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 4 bars
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x with lamellar armor, or mail skirt, or tassets as a cheaper alternative to greaves
                        or
                        1x as clothing

      gauntlets - primary (armor) headwear: <1 kg, covers hands, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 12
                  layer permit: 12
                  uses: 1x over mail sleeves for blunt hand protection
                        or
                        1x over arm defenses for full hand protection

      vambraces - primary (armor) headwear: 1 kg, covers hands + lower arms, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 4 bars
                  layer size: 12
                  layer permit: 12
                  uses: 1x over mail sleeves for blunt hand and lower arm protection
                        or
                        1x over arm defenses for full hand and lower arm protection
                        or
                        1x with lamellar armor or body plates as a cheaper alternative to full arm defenses

      chestplate - versatile (under) bodywear: 4 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers full body, 60% block
                  cost: 4 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x under Mail for blunt protection
                        or
                        1x under body plates as a cheaper alternative to breastplate (84% block)

      body plates - versatile (cover) bodywear: 7 kg, covers full body + neck + upper arms + eyes, 60% block
                  cost: 7 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 30
                  uses: 1x over Mail for blunt protection as primary armor
                        or
                        1x over any Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x over any Full plate for eye protection and to negate armor-piercing strikes
                        or
                        1x over chestplate, or brigandine, or cuirass for neck + eye + upper arms protection

      skullcap - versatile (under) headwear: 1 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers head, 40% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x over padded coif for blunt protection as primary armor
                        or
                        1x under helm, or full helm, or mail coif for cushioning and as a failsafe

      arm defenses - versatile (over) handwear: 1 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers full arms + hands, 80% block
                  cost: 4 bars
                  layer size: 12
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x over mail sleeves for blunt arm protection
                        or
                        1x under gauntlets or vambraces for extended arm protection
                        or
                        1x under arm plates as a cheaper alternative to full arm defenses (87% block)

      lower plate - secondary (armor) legwear: 7 kg, covers lower body, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 4 bars
                  layer size: 7
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x with Partial plate bodywear for full lower body protection
                        or
                        1x with Mail bodywear/legwear for blunt lower body protection
                        or
                        1x with Full plate bodywear to negate armor-piercing strikes


   Full plate
      Heavy, expensive metal armors, negating both edged and blunt attacks.
      All have a blockchance of 100% and cover their slot's bodyparts entirely, making them the best standalone armor choice.
      Recommended for outfitting a small late game military or select elites.

      cuirass - primary (armor) bodywear: 8 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers full body, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 15 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x over Padding, if breastplate is too costly
                        or
                        1x under mail cape as a cheaper alternative to breastplate

      breastplate - primary (armor) bodywear: 10 kg, covers full body + neck, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 19 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 20
                  uses: 1x standalone or over Padding as primary armor

      full helm - primary (armor) headwear: 12 kg (6 kg factually, but obstructs breath and vision), covers head, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 8 bars
                  layer size: 20
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone, or over padded coif, or over skullcap as primary armor

      greaves - primary (armor) footwear: 2 kg, covers full legs + feet, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 9 bars
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone as primary armor

      full arm defenses - primary (armor) handwear: 1 kg, covers full arms + hands, 100% block
                  !Shaped!
                  cost: 8 bars
                  layer size: 12
                  layer permit: 10
                  uses: 1x standalone as primary armor


   Additional plate
      Light metal armors designed to supplement other armor against particularly powerful strikes.
      Can also be used to delay the wearing out of more expensive equipment.
      Most of these have a low blockchance, thus, it is unrecommended to use them as the primary protection.

      belt - versatile (under) legwear: <1 kg, can be cloth/leather/bone/shell/chitin, covers lower body, 10% block
                  cost: 1 bar
                  layer size: 10
                  layer permit: 40
                  uses: 1x with any other armor as cheap and lasting legwear
                        or
                        1x as clothing

      pauldrons - secondary (cover) bodywear: 1 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers full body + neck + upper arms + eyes, 20% block
                  cost: 2 bars
                  layer size: 8
                  layer permit: 40
                  uses: 1-3x over Mail for some blunt protection
                        or
                        1-2x over Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1-2x over Full plate for eye protection and to negate armor-piercing strikes

      armored circlet - secondary (cover) headwear: <1 kg, covers head, 20% block
                  cost: 1 bar
                  layer size: 15
                  layer permit: 35
                  uses: 1x over Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x over full helm to negate armor-piercing strikes

      arm plates - secondary (cover) handwear: <1 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers full arms + hands, 35% block
                  cost: 1 bar
                  layer size: 12
                  layer permit: 12
                  uses: 1x over Partial plate as a failsafe
                        or
                        1x over full arm defenses to negate armor-piercing strikes

      tassets - secondary (cover) bodywear: 7 kg, can be bone/shell/chitin, covers lower body + upper legs, 70% block
                  cost: 3 bars
                  layer size: 7
                  layer permit: 25
                  uses: 1x with Mail bodywear/legwear/footwear for some blunt protection
                        or
                        1x with Full plate bodywear/footwear to negate armor-piercing strikes
                        or
                        1x with high boots as a cheaper alternative to greaves


   Shields
      Not armor per se, instead carried in free hand(s), if any. Can block anything from punches to dragonfire, but require the user to be alert and unrestrained to block.
      Can also be made of wood or leather - such shields will be lighter and much cheaper, but will also shatter fairly quickly due to bashing in combat.
      Otherwise, material is irrelevant to their blocking capability.
      Recommended for select vanguard and anti-beast squads, as well as anyone who only wears Mail and/or Padding.

      buckler - cost: 1 bar; blockchance: 10%; weight: 8 kg.

      targe - cost: 3 bars; blockchance: 15%; weight: 8 kg.

      medium shield - cost: 9 bars; blockchance: 35%; weight: 10 kg.

      large shield - cost: 19 bars; blockchance: 60%; weight: 12 kg.

      tower shield - cost: 26 bars; blockchance: 75%; weight: 14 kg.

[Taffer]

Out of curiosity, why the VASCULAR and PAIN_RECEPTORS changes? Is it to make combat faster and deadlier? This likely makes combat much harsher on anything without armor, which may or may not be desirable.

The new values for nerves seem a little high. They're sturdier than stone with the new values.

[Sver]

Out of curiosity, why the VASCULAR and PAIN_RECEPTORS changes? Is it to make combat faster and deadlier? This likely makes combat much harsher on anything without armor, which may or may not be desirable.

Yes, it's more of a balancing-fun-realism change to make body armor and internal organs (other than heart and lungs) more important. Personally, I never really liked it how living creatures in DF fight on with all their viscera masterfully minced - and live happily ever after, unless they've got both of their lungs pierced. It's a matter of taste, obviously. I just think it was ruining the entire premise of body armor.
Also, multiple heavy blunt strikes to the body can be incapacitating thanks to the increased organ pain, which is, imao, more realistic and makes blunt weapons not as overspecialized. There is also an interesting thing that a couple of good punches (even with my beloved halved velocity) can disable a foe without killing them - or drawing any blood whatsoever.

The new values for nerves seem a little high. They're sturdier than stone with the new values.

I admit, the values are a bit of a placeholder for now. However, they do function the way I intended (EDIT: No, wait, it's with the upcoming change. You're right, they are too high in v1.1, but should work alright in the version I'm currently uploading): no more neck-snapping head punches (as even bruising of spine's nervous tissue causes complete, suffocating paralysis), while spines remain perfectly shearable - with enough force, that is. I'll try to find more reasonable values in the future, but, for now, they work alright.

[Sver]

v1.2.1 Released

Major changes:
* Optional: Added new weaponizable tools for those who prefer their Adventure Mode civilians to be more dangerous. They are included in the full list of items (on the very bottom), but you'll need to add them to the entities yourself.
* Added new weapons: hewing axe, greatsword (old one was renamed), broad spear, war knife.
* Added new weapon sets: highwayman arms (crossbow + morningstar), mountaineer arms (arbalest + hewing axe), nomad arms (bow + scimitar), adventurer arms (bow + longsword), mercenary arms (longbow + estoc).
* Crossbowman arms now use war knife instead of war cleaver.
* Reworked all blunt weapons to have slower attacks, but higher velocities (1.5x modifier). Maces are now faster than hammers. War hammer and morningstar now have 'loose bashes' again, to compensate for their sheer power.
* Reworked the attack properties of scourge and flail to be more on par with other blunt weapons. In general, now they are well-suited for perepetual, quick, not too powerful strikes, while also being able to land very heavy and slow ones, sometimes.
* Reworked the 'cut' attacks for swords to be more like a quick slash of opportunity: more velocity and penetration, larger contact areas.
* Increased the contact area for all 'thrust' attacks (to match the blade width; very pointy weapons suffer less). Those which don't give extra penetration no longer have bad multi-attack.
* Increased the material requirements for most metal armors.
* Increased the material requirements for all shields.
* Increased the blockchance of medium, large and tower shields.
* Increased the tensile, torsion and bending strength of muscle (MUSCLE_TEMPLATE) and gave more realistic values to sinew (SINEW_TEMPLATE). Force pulling/bending/twisting is now weaker and biting off limbs is harder. Severing ligaments/tendons is harder.
* Decreased all strengths of nerves (NERVE_TEMPLATE), except for tensile, torsion and bending, to that of the new sinew. Spines can be severed again.
* Removed the previously added bones from the neck, as it appears the upper spine does have it's own bones.

Minor changes:
** Renamed 'greatsword' (old one) back to 'two-handed sword'. 'Greatsword' is a really big weapon now.
** Renamed 'sledgehammer' back to 'maul'. 'Sledgehammer' is a tool now.
** Lowered the material requirements for all longbow weapon sets.
** Increased the material requirements for hawk axe.
** Fixed some inconsistensies with attack prepare and recover times (mostly for two-handed).
** Fixed some inconsistensies with 'cleave' attack penetrations.
** Fixed some inconsistensies with weapon material requirements (halberd, poleaxe, polehammer, glaive, war cleaver).
** Fixed some inconsistensies with shaft bash attacks and lowered their velocity.
** Readjusted the contact areas for some ammo types.
** Decreased the penetration of pike.
** Made two-handed sword a bit larger. 'Slash' and 'slap' attacks now receive no multi-attack penalty to simulate the anti-pike zweihander technique.
** Added a blunt 'hook' (with wing) attack to spear and long spear.
** Decreased the contact area of bladed spear 'stab'.
** Added 'thrust' attack to short sword.
** Gave more realistic weights to arming sword and longsword.
** Made estoc lighter and stiffer (velocity). Moved it to sword skill.
** Made war cleaver heavier and more powerfull overall.
** Slightly increased the velocities for longsword.
** Increased the velocity for headhunting axe 'snatch' attack. Fixed the damage type to EDGED.
** Slightly lowered the two-handed limit for bearded axe.
** Readjusted the attack properties of scimitar.
** Mail hauberk now also covers facial features.
** Plackart no longer covers upper legs, but provides a higher blockchance.
** 'Legplates' were renamed to 'tasset' and no longer cover lower legs, but provide a higher blockchance. They were added to my entity lists.
** Mail skirt now also covers upper legs.
** Increased the weight of brigandine.
** Fixed the weight of plate helmets as they were a bit heavier than intended.
** Lowered the layer permits for helm and enclosed helm.
** Some clothing coverage fixes.
** Reworked the 'cut' attack for large serrated disc: more velocity, less penetration.

[Sver]

Notice: I leave the old poll up, as way too few people have voted yet. If you'll find that the hammers/maces in the new version are too strong, feel free to vote (or re-vote) for a smaller modifier. Otherwise, enjoy.

[Sver]

The new values for nerves seem a little high. They're sturdier than stone with the new values.

To be more clear: the values for tensile, torsion and bending strengths (all affecting the force pulling/twisting/bending) are that high because, in DF's material and tissue mechanics, there is no middle ground between a broken spinal nerve and a completely undamaged one. Bruising is the lowest damage threshold, yet a nerve reaching it becomes completely disabled already, causing the loss of stance, weapon/shield holding and the inevitable suffocation; and, as it appears, this cannot be prevented by any sort of armor or individual attributes. With my changes (as in v1.2.1), necks can be severed or smashed by a direct strike, but they can never be snapped by a strike to the head. This solution seems the most balanced one to me, given the circumstances.

[Sver]

A separate post, because character limit.
Here be tips and notes on playing with this mod and on the combat in DF in general, as well as the full list of items in the mod, with some useful info.

Spoiler: Tips and notes (click to show/hide)

* - mod specific
** - always important!

The mod makes the game much more fun (in my opinion), when it comes to combat, but it also makes it noticeably more difficult. And while most players are used to seeing their dwarves dying and things being convoluted, here are some important notes on playing with this mod:

* Weapons and projectiles are not as ridiculously deadly anymore. Well-armored invaders and unnaturally large beast will be harder to deal with, so it's good to have a variety of weapons for different situations in stock, as well as some backup plan (unless losing spectacularly is your thing (I know it is)).

* Axes easily chop through lower-grade materials, but aren't too good against large opponents. Spears have quick attacks to simulate reach, but are prone to unlucky strikes and, hence, don't benefit from skill as much. Hammers and maces can eventually break plate armor of the same material, but don't cause much bleeding; maces are faster and can hit the joints harder, but are less armor-piercing than hammers. Flails (aka 'whips') are light and can land the most powerful strikes, but are very random. Swords are very versatile, but require skill to open their full potential. Two-handed weapons (aka 'pikes') are great against everything and leave a free grasp, but loose the significant protection of shield.

* Piercing bolts, bodkin arrows and hammerhead bolts can seriously damage armor, especially if fired from an arbalest or a longbow; hammerhead specifically benefit from being made of denser metals. Broadhead bolts/arrows can shoot off small bodyparts, causing serious bleeding. Sling ammo behaves randomly, but can deliver some very serious damage: bullets are light and bleeding-oriented, while boulders are heavy, but blunt. Hand ballistas hit hardest, but the ammo seriously encumbers the archer: ballista bolts are extremely deadly when made of good metal, and ballista balls can suffice for some of their strength even when made of copper or silver. For spear-throwers, javelins are better against armor while war darts are better against large beasts, but both can reliably damage internal organs, even though neither can beat superior plate armor; also, lodged-in javelins are heavy enough to encumber the target.

* Crossbows and arbalests gain more power when using heavier ammo, such as that's made from weaker metals, so they aren't as dependent on quality ammo. Bows, recurve bows and longbows are at their best when using iron/steel ammo. Dense metals are recommended for sling ammo, ballista balls and javelins, whilst ballista bolts and war darts are better made of iron/steel.

* Give your troops layers of protection. In the mod, no armor is an end to it all, so combining mail, plate, padding and a shield is important, just be mindful of encumbrance and layer limits. Note that some plate garments can be worn over/under the other ones, and some overlap on same bodyparts, thus, creating 'backups' against armor-breaking strikes.

** As observed by Orkel and Grimlocke, uniforms with multiple types of footwear (other armor parts don't seem to suffer from this bug) are not properly equipped by soldiers. This is a vanilla bug, and until it's fixed, I'd recommend to avoid assigning multiple layers of footwear to your militias. Just pick the one best suitable for a particular squad/soldier.

* Good armor requires much more metal to make. Trade with caravans, especially the ones selling iron and steel, including useless finished goods to smelt later. Mining for goblinite is a must. If you are tight on good, light metals, don't aim for the high tier armors. Full plate is absolutely great, but requires at least 45 bars, while full mail with metal cap only requires 19 - and weights much less. Having a couple of moderately armored soldiers is better than having just one in full plate. Wearing a dense (like copper) mail under a rigid (like iron) one, combined with padding, gives cheap, yet decent protection against both edged and blunt attacks.

* Padded armors are best made of silk. Plant cloth is just as good at reducing the blunt force, but gets cut a lot easier. Wool gets cut only a little easier, but is very poor at stopping blunt force. Overall, though, the differences are subtle.

* Padded armors can withstand cuts/slashes for some time and provide a tiny bit of cushioning against blunt attacks; having 2-5 armors over each other can really buff up their protection. They also don't weight much more than vanilla clothing and aren't subject to passive wear, so dressing civilian population in them can be a good idea.

* With chitin being much stronger in the mod, it is strongly recommended to use specialized armor-piercing weapons, such as polehammers, when facing giant insects and spiders. On the other hand, chitin armors can provide really good protection against edged attacks, should you make any.

* It is also a good idea to arm your civilians early on. Small copper weaponry in the mod is very cheap (in embark points) and light, making it quite easy to keep your population battle-ready from the start. Giving them a wooden tower shield won't hurt either. Idle armed civilians will even occasionally train on their own, if you designate some barracks for them.

* Loosing your weapon or stance from a limb wound is bad, but now damage to internal organs can be even worse and may well render a person unable to fight, if not straight up dead from bleeding. Always keep your troops' torsos protected and use archers to weed out poorly armored invaders before they even get a chance to engage.

** Due to Bug 8160, setting up your archers can be incredibly irritating and unfruitful. My suggestion is to open the creature_standard.txt and add [CANNOT_JUMP] to dwarves. The downside is that you wont be able to jump as a dwarf in Adventure Mode, which can make river crossing difficult; dwarven invaders will also be affected. If you aren't planning to play as a dwarven adventurer in this particular world, might as well add [CANNOT_CLIMB] to get rid of some more AI problems.

** Never construct fortifications directly! Construct or carve a wall, then carve it into a fortification.

** When setting up archers, always make sure they have no path to reach the target in melee. Lock the doors and/or make the walls unclimbable from the inside using overhang floors. Otherwise, once out of ammo, the archers will rush towards the enemy using the available path, including climbing the walls/bridges and jumping over moats.

** It is suggested to set your hospital to inactive before engaging invaders and keep it inactive until all the fighting stops. With an active hospital available, soldiers have been observed to sometimes go into "resting mode" at the slightest injury and "wait" to be recovered, getting promptly struck down as a result.

* Before engaging invaders, splitting their forces is a much more viable strategy than bottlenecking them. In the mod, it's harder to obtain near-impenetrable armor, so throwing your warriors right into the swarm of enemies is a bad idea. On a positive note, hit-and-die tactics (unfortunately, dwarves don't really know how to retreat yet) have some merit now, as the invaders tend to have poor armor choices, while pain and bleeding from the internal organs in the mod both have been greatly amplified.

** Don't send your troops from sparring in the barracks and right into battle. Sparring is exhausting. Let your militia idle a bit before assembling them for attack.

** AI can remove armor from unconscious enemies, but only when it has a free hand: a two-handed weapon user can do this, but a weapon-and-shield user can't. If you're having trouble with troops continuously beating on unconscious gobs' helmets, consider having a couple of two-handers in your militia.

* Blocking attacks drains stamina. If the enemy's strength is quantity rather than quality, and your troops have decent enough armor, it may be wiser to ditch the shields. They won't help a soldier who passed out after exhausting themselves with the constant blocking. Due to improved tissue materials, high end armor in the mod performs much better than in vanilla and can hold its own against most weapons and normal attacks.

** Some creatures, such as beak dogs and other large predators, have very dangerous, armor-ignoring bites, which cannot be parried by a weapon. Other creatures, such as dragons, also have dangerous breath attacks. In both cases, having a shield is a must.

Armor Types, Roles and info

Spoiler: Melee Weapon Tiers and info (click to show/hide)

Tier number equals the number of metal bars required to forge
   
   (p) - anti-personnel weapons
      good for killing human-sized creatures and below
      good against lightly armored foes in general
   (a) - anti-armor weapons
      good for weakening well-armored foes
      poor against inorganic creatures such as a bronze colossus
   (b) - anti-beast weapons
      good for killing huge monsters such as trolls, beak dogs etc.
      good against unarmored foes in general
   (s) - support weapons
      good for bypassing shields and tiring the foes out quickly
      poor against creatures that never tire
   (o) - other weapons
      tools and gimmicks
      poor at combat in general
   (x/x/x) - weapon is good in multiple roles
      roles are listed in the order of their dominance from left to right
      as in, "(a/p/b) estoc" is best used against armor, is decent against personnel and can do against beasts

   Average dwarf size = 60k

   One-handed (low)  - one-handed for average kobolds (20k and below)
   One-handed (avg)  - one-handed for most dwarves (20-49k)
   One-handed (high) - one-handed for average dwarves (50-70k)

   Two-handed (low)  - two-handed for average dwarves, one-handed for large dwarves (71-93k)
   Two-handed (avg)  - two-handed for all but the largest of humans (94-109k)
   Two-handed (high) - two-handed for all civilized (110k+)
   
   Weapons use skills corresponding to their type, with all "-polearm" weapons using the "Pikeman" (aka "Dwarf-at-arms") skill.

   All "axe" weapons can be used for woodcutting, but "axe-polearm" weapons cannot.

   pen = maximum penetration depth
   blunt-only = cannot pierce armor, sever bodyparts or open arteries, and does not improve with weapon quality
   no pen bash =  almost all of the (non-special) weapon's attacks are edged, but with zero penetration depth
   narrow = all of the weapon's (non-special) attacks are bad at severing bodyparts and opening arteries
   broad = all of the weapon's (non-special) attacks are capable of severing bodyparts and opening arteries
   light/heavy = affects encumbrance
   prep = attack prepare time, fast is better at bypassing blocks
   rec = attack recover time, fast is better for defending from counterattacks
   quick/slow/short/long = impacts both prepare and recover time
   mult = multiattack modifier, good mult is better at bypassing blocks and defending from counterattacks
   ie-armor = inferior elastic armor (e.g. of shear-inferior material), tested on wrought iron weapon vs 5-layer linen padded armor
   br-armor = brittle rigid armor, tested on hardened bronze weapon vs wrought iron plate
   sr-armor = strong rigid armor, tested on tempered steel and hardened bronze weapons vs tempered steel plate
   vs humanoid limbs = ability to sever limbs of human-sized creatures and below, tested on tempered steel vs unarmored
   vs beasts = ability to seriously wound troll-sized creatures and above, tested on tempered steel vs unarmored
   breaks joints = disables limbs of organic creatures regardless of armor, "easily breaks" means head strikes can fatally snap necks
   power-thrust (%chance%) = special attack that pierces ie-armor, damages br-armor (prone), breaks joints and is decent vs humanoid limbs
   power-bash (%chance%) = special attack that damages and punches through ie-armor, damages br-armor and easily breaks joints
   feint = special edged attack with zero prepare time, good for bypassing blocks
   pike-whip = rarely used special attack that easily breaks joints
   guard-bash = rarely used special attack that punches through ie-armor, damages br-armor and breaks joints
   efficient/inefficient = the weapon borders on the one/two-handed threshold while retaining the bonus/malus of its handedness

   All characteristics were tested on *Adept weapon skill*, on humans.


   Tier 1:
      (p) hatchet - weak, chopping one-handed (high) axe: low pen, light, slow prep, fast rec, damages ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, inefficient
      (a) flail - bashing one-handed (avg) lash: no pen bash, 1/4 unlucky, fast prep, slow rec, bad mult, damages and punches through ie-armor (prone), damages br-armor
      (s) spear - average one-handed (high) spear: low pen, narrow, quick, pierces ie-armor, feint, inefficient
      (o) pick - weak one-handed (high) mining tool: low pen, narrow, 1/3 unlucky, slow, worst mult, may pierce ie-armor, inefficient
      (o) whip - cutting one-handed (avg) lash: very low pen, light, fast prep, slow rec, worst mult, damages ie-armor


   Tier 2:
      (a) spiked staff - average two-handed (high) mace-polearm: low pen, no pen bash, narrow, may pierce ie-armor, damages br-armor (prone), may break joints
      (s/p) war knife - weak, cutting one-handed (avg) sword: low pen, quick, bad mult, may pierce ie-armor, decent vs humanoid limbs
      (s) parrying dagger - defensive one-handed (low) dagger: low pen, narrow, light, zero rec, best mult, pierces ie-armor
      (s) short spear - short one-handed (low) spear: average pen, narrow, pierces ie-armor


   Tier 3:
      (p) battle axe - chopping one-handed (avg) axe: low pen, pierces ie-armor (prone), great vs humanoid limbs
      (a) morningstar - piercing two-handed (low) mace: low pen, narrow, slow, may pierce ie-armor, may pierce br-armor (prone), may break joints, efficient
      (b/p) short sword - versatile one-handed (avg) sword: average pen, bad mult, may pierce ie-armor, decent vs humanoid limbs, decent vs beasts
      (s/p) bladed spear - cutting two-handed (avg) spear: low pen, quick, pierces ie-armor, decent vs humanoid limbs, feint


   Tier 4:
      (p/a) hawk axe - piercing one-handed (low) axe: low pen, pierces ie-armor, damages br-armor (prone), great vs humanoid limbs
      (p/b) horned axe - chopping two-handed (high) axe-polearm: average pen, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, decent vs beasts
      (p) dagger-axe - piercing two-handed (high) axe-polearm: low pen, good mult, pierces ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, feint
      (p) scimitar - cutting two-handed (low) sword: low pen, fast rec, bad mult, may pierce ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, feint, efficient
      (a/p/s) halberd - versatile two-handed (high) axe-polearm: low pen, heavy, quick, may pierce ie-armor, damages br-armor, damages sr-armor, decent vs humanoid limbs, feint
      (a/s) scourge - bashing two-handed (high) lash: blunt-only, 1/3 unlucky, fast prep, slow rec, worst mult, punches through ie-armor, damages br-armor, damages sr-armor (prone), easily breaks joints
      (a) war hammer - piercing one-handed (high) hammer: low pen, narrow, slow, pierces ie-armor, may pierce br-armor (prone), power-bash (33%), inefficient
      (a) mace - bashing one-handed (low) mace: blunt-only, punches through ie-armor, damages br-armor armor, breaks joints


   Tier 5:
      (p/a) hooked axe - piercing two-handed (low) axe: low pen, slow prep, pierces ie-armor, may pierce br-armor (prone), great vs humanoid limbs, efficient
      (p/s/b) glaive - long, versatile two-handed (high) sword-polearm: average pen, quick, zero rec, best mult, may pierce ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, decent vs beasts, feint
      (p) bearded axe - chopping two-handed (high) axe: average pen, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, broad
      (b) war cleaver - chopping one-handed (avg) sword: average pen, bad mult, damages ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, decent vs beasts, broad
      (b/p/s) falx - versatile two-handed (high) sword-polearm: high pen, may pierce ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, good vs beasts, feint
      (b/p) two-handed sword - versatile two-handed (high) sword-polearm: high pen, fast rec, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, good vs beasts
      (s/a) heavy spear - very long two-handed (high) spear: average pen, narrow, very heavy, best speed, best mult, pierces ie-armor, damages br-armor (prone), feint
      (s/b) pike - very long two-handed (high) spear-polearm: very high pen, narrow, pierces ie-armor, feint, pike-whip


   Tier 6:
      (a/p) large dagger - offensive one-handed (high) dagger: low pen, narrow, light, slow, pierces ie-armor, power-thrust (66%), inefficient
      (a) maul - bashing two-handed (high) hammer: blunt-only, very heavy, slow rec, worst mult, punches through ie-armor, damages br-armor (prone), easily breaks joints
      (a) polehammer - strong, piercing two-handed (high) hammer-polearm: low pen, narrow, slow prep, pierces ie-armor, may pierce br-armor (prone), damages sr-armor (prone), power-bash (25%), feint
      (b/p/a) longsword - versatile two-handed (high) sword: high pen, bad mult, may pierce ie-armor, good vs humanoid limbs, good vs beasts, power-thrust (16%), feint, guard-bash


   Tier 7:
      (p/a) poleaxe - strong, versatile two-handed (high) axe-polearm: low pen, slow prep, pierces ie-armor, damages br-armor, damages sr-armor (prone), great vs humanoid limbs, power-bash (25%), feint
      (a/p/b) estoc - stabbing two-handed (high) sword: high pen, narrow, bad mult, pierces ie-armor, may pierce br-armor (prone), power-thrust (33%), feint, guard-bash
      (b/p) greatsword - strong, versatile two-handed (high) sword-polearm: very high pen, very heavy, fast rec, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, great vs beasts
      (b) great cleaver - strong, chopping two-handed (high) sword: high pen, bad mult, may pierce ie-armor (prone), good vs humanoid limbs, good vs beasts, broad

Spoiler: Trap Components and info (click to show/hide)

Here is the full list of trap components in the mod and relevant info about them, in the same terms as it is for Melee Weapon Tiers.

      enormous corkscrew - 1 bar, x1 hit, can be wood - low pen, 1/2 unlucky, slow, pierces ie-armor, decent vs humanoid limbs
         Mainly exists as a component for screw pumps, but can make for an alright anti-personnel trap.

      spike-covered cage - 4 bars, x12 hits, can be wood - low pen, narrow, 1/2 unlucky, best speed, may pierce ie-armor, very efficient
         Good choice against shield users, lightly armored personnel and anything that tires in general.

      menacing spike - 5 bars, x1 hit, can be wood - highest pen, narrow, zero prep, slow rec, pierces ie-armor
         Good choice against shield users and exceptionally large organic monsters.

      spiked ball - 9 bars, x1 hit - low pen, narrow, slow, pierces any armor
         Best armor-wrecker in the mod, but rarely causes much bleeding.

      giant axe blade - 11 bars, x2 hits - very high pen, fast rec, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, good vs beasts, broad, efficient
         Best choice against lightly armored personnel and large inorganic monsters alike.

      large serrated disc - 12 bars, x2 hits - very high pen, slow prep, zero rec, may pierce ie-armor, great vs humanoid limbs, great vs beasts, broad, efficient
         Best choice against exceptionally large organic monsters, also does very well against lightly armored personnel.

Spoiler: Ranged Weapons, Weapon Sets and info (click to show/hide)

   Here is the full list of "ranged-and-melee combo weapons" in the mod.
   Numbers in brackets are the amount of metal bars required.

   Handedness is defined in the same terms as it is for Melee Weapon Tiers.

   More precise info about the baseline ranged weapons is going to be added in the future.


   Crossbow sets - Arbalests are strong vs personnel, and decent vs armor, but poor vs beasts.
               Small enough for kobolds to use.
            Ammo: piercing bolts (for weak armor penetration), broadhead bolts (for extra bleeding), hammerhead bolts (for breaking strong armor).

      wanderer arms (3)       = crossbow + hatchet             || two-handed (high)
      crossbowman arms (4) = crossbow + parrying dagger || one-handed (high)
      skirmisher arms (4)      = crossbow + short sword       || one-handed (high)
      highwayman arms (6)  = crossbow + mace                 || one-handed (high)
      scout arms (7)             = crossbow + war cleaver       || one-handed (high)


   Arbalest sets - Arbalests are strong vs armor and personnel, but poor vs beasts.
               Small enough for kobolds to use.
            Ammo: same as for Crossbows.

      arbalester arms (6)      = arbalest + parrying dagger || one-handed (high)
      sharpshooter arms (7) = arbalest + battle axe          || one-handed (high)
      trenchman arms (8.)    = arbalest + war hammer      || two-handed (high)
      hunter arms (9)          = arbalest + war cleaver        || one-handed (high)
      marksman arms (10)   = arbalest + large dagger     || two-handed (high)


   Bow sets - Bows are strong vs personnel and decent vs beasts, but poor vs armor. They are also dependent on good (iron/steel) ammo.
               Small enough for dwarves to use, but too big for kobolds and tiny animal people.
            Ammo: bodkin arrows (for weak armor penetration), barbed arrows (for extra bleeding), crescent arrows (for even more bleeding), singing arrows (elven-only, for destroying strong armor).

      trapper arms (2)           = bow + hatchet             || two-handed (high)
      bowman arms (3)         = bow + parrying dagger || one-handed (high)
      woodsman arms (6)      = bow + bearded axe      || two-handed (high)
      stakesman arms (7)      = bow + maul                 || two-handed (high)
      adventurer arms (7)      = bow + longsword         || two-handed (high)


   Longbow sets - Longbows are strong vs armor and personnel, and decent vs beasts. They are also dependent on good (iron/steel) ammo.
               Too big for dwarves. Only humans and larger creatures can use them.
            Ammo: same as for Bows.

      ranger arms (2)           = longbow + war knife         || two-handed (low)
      yeoman arms (3)         = longbow + short sword     || two-handed (low)
      linebreaker arms (4)    = longbow + war hammer    || two-handed (high)
      forester arms (4)         = longbow + hawk axe         || two-handed (low)
      longbowman arms (6)  = longbow + large dagger    || two-handed (high)


   Recurve Bow sets - Recurve bows are strong vs armor and personnel, and decent vs beasts. They are also dependent on good (iron/steel) ammo.
               Small enough for dwarves to use, but too big for anything smaller.
            Ammo: same as for Bows.

      ravager arms (10)     = recurve bow + morningstar || two-handed (low)
      nomad arms (11)      = recurve bow + scimitar       || two-handed (low)
      guard arms (11)       = recurve bow + horned axe   || two-handed (high)
      ambusher arms (13) = recurve bow + large dagger || two-handed (high)
      charger arms (14)    = recurve bow + estoc            || two-handed (high)


   Sling sets - Slings are decent vs armor and personnel, but very poor vs beasts.
               Small enough for all creatures.
            Ammo: sling bullets (for armor piercing/breaking), sling boulders (for joint damage).

      spear-sling (2)        = sling + short spear (special) || two-handed (high)
      rustler arms (3)      = sling + morningstar              || two-handed (low)
      watchman arms (3) = sling + bladed spear            || two-handed (avg)
      billman arms (4)     = sling + dagger-axe              || two-handed (high)
      poacher arms (5)    = sling + mace                       || one-handed (low)
      slinger arms (5)      = sling + short sword             || one-handed (avg)
      rogue arms (7)       = sling + large dagger            || one-handed (high)


   Spear-Thrower sets - Spear-Throwers are strong vs beasts and personnel, but poor vs armor, although they're decent at breaking joints.
               Small enough for dwarves to use, but too big for kobolds and tiny animal people.
            Ammo: javelins (for weak armor piercing and slowing down the target), war darts (for extra bleeding).

      javelinman arms (2)      = spear-thrower + spear            || one-handed (high)
      militia arms (3)             = spear-thrower + spiked staff   || two-handed (high)
      raider arms (4)             = spear-thrower + battle axe      || one-handed (avg)
      lancer arms (6)             = spear-thrower + heavy spear  || two-handed (high)
      companion arms (6)      = spear-thrower + war cleaver   || one-handed (avg)
      monsterslayer arms (6) = spear-thrower + falx               || two-handed (high)
      beasthunter arms (8.)    = spear-thrower + great cleaver || two-handed (high)


   Hand Ballista - a standalone-only weapon. Strong vs everything.
               Small enough for kobolds to use.
            Ammo: ballista bolts (for everything), ballista balls (can be made cheap, reduces ammo encumbrance; otherwise weak, but can be useful against necromancers).
            
            Cannot be made made directly by default, requires a collection of various materials and items.
            Can be smelt into 10 metal bars.

   Blowgun - a standalone-only weapon. Poor vs everything, but can do vs personnel.
               Small enough for all creatures.
            Ammo: blowdarts.
            
            A gimmick of subterranean tribes, who will lace the ammo with venom.

[flyteofheart]

this is such a fantastic mod. bless. combat has bothered me a long time

im just curious if theres something that can tell me exact covering of each new bit of armor? if im layering i dont want to accidentally leave shins exposed for example due to not knowing what is left uncovered

as far as attacks, more documentation on which attack is ideal for each weapon would be great. theres a lot of options now and i used to just target body parts and lop them off or just target crushing skulls with heavy weapons. im not sure thats the best strategy anymore 

[Sver]

Thank you :)

Exact coverage and blockchances for each armor piece are explained under the 'Full list of armor' in the top post. In general, if an armor piece covers multiple bodyparts, that means it also covers everything in between: if footwear covers upper legs, it covers the whole leg; if handwear covers upper arms, it covers the entire arm etc.
'Shin guards' are named this way just to make sense, but otherwise they're just a cheaper and less protective version of high boots. Although, unlike the latter, they can also be put over the greaves or high boots for additional defense (which may or may not be important, depending on what metals you have available and what kind of enemies you are fighting).

I have this planned, but am busy working on the other aspects right now. The thing is, attack properties still get major rewamps sometimes, and updating the table with each new release would take quite a bit of time.
But as a rule of thumb:
1) 'hack' (axes, halberd) - a slow, powerful, focused edged attack that usually doesn't go in very deep (but deep enough for humans and below). Good against weak armor and humanoids.
2) 'slash' (swords and the like) - a slow, but less powerful edged attack with a larger contact area and pen. depth. Good against unarmored enemies.
3) 'cleave' (axes, some swords) - a slow, powerful edged attack with average area and good penetration. Compared to hacking, it's not as good vs armor, but is a bit better against large creatures.
4) 'cleanly slash' (swords) - a quick, low-mometum edged attack that leaves long, shallow cuts and rarely gets stuck (if ever). Good against unarmored enemies. Compared to slashing, it won't cut the limbs off, but is faster and tends to open arteries anyway.
5) 'cut' (swords, spears) - a fast, weak edged attack. Mostly useless for an adventurer, but one can occassionally benefit from it's speed to charge/chase more effectively.
6) 'stab' (swords, spears, polearms, some blunt weapons) - a quick, low-momentum edged attack with small area and deep penetration. Can pierce through weak armor and is a go-to for tearing internal organs.
7) 'thrust' (swords, spears, polearms) - like a stab, but with larger area and even deeper penetration (usually). Situationally good when going after internal organs, especially against larger creatures.
8) 'bash' (hammers, maces, some polearms, longsword) - usually the ideal attack for maces. Very high momentum, doesn't draw much blood, but doesn't get stuck either. Good against mail/chain armor, necromancers and inorganic enemies.
9) 'strike/fluke' (war hammer, polehammer) - the ideal attack for war hammer and situationally good for polehammer. Very high momentum, very focused edged attack. Doesn't go in deep, but can pierce most armors, at least, when the opponent is prone. In theory, it's generally better than bashing, but I haven't tested it extensively yet.

The rest are usually not very useful for an adventurer.

Going after the limbs and head is still a viable strategy, especially since most enemies in Adventure mode are very poorly armored. In my mod, though, attacking the upper/lower body is much more bountiful than in vanilla and is likely to temporarily disable a foe, which can be important in large fights. Perepetually cutting into the internal organs will kill most living creatures pretty quick.