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Brelf91

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Bug or Feature? (Small pet animal combat)
« on: March 24, 2020, 08:40:58 am »
One could say I'm fairly new to Dwarf Fortress, even though I got used to many strange things already, but I had a pet bunny attacking a giantess, recently.

The bunny bit the giantess in the head several times and even shook her around!
Other pets (like buffalos and horses) fled in terror, but not this little bunny...

So I'm asking: Is this a bug, a feature, or even a Monty Python reference?

Whatever it is... I love this game. :D
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kaijyuu

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Re: Bug or Feature? (Small pet animal combat)
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2020, 09:17:20 am »
Creatures that feel cornered have always attacked. Also things have randomly generated recklessness bravery scores which determine whether they'll fight or flee.

So perhaps it was a particularly fearless bunny.
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