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[LegoLord]

For fairies in DF being more than decoration, I think we should look at more than just LoZ.  It might be best if we look around at a few things to get ideas.  For example, there are Discworld fairies, which are often fairly nasty.   Then there are Jim C. Hines' pixies from his goblin trilogy.  Those weren't exactly evil.  They were just competing for space and resources, albeit in a fairly nasty way.  Then of course there's the old folk lore fairies and the modern popular image of them being happy and stuff.  All such things should be considered, rather than just picking out a game and saying "let's just do what they did."  It's what is normally done with DF.

[Neonivek]

Fairies only sorta started becoming good in later english folklore.

Early Folklore Fairies were nothing but vicious pranksters or worse

Though during the "Goodification" of fairies a lot of creatures not considered fairies were brought into the fold. (Same with modern day Elves. A lot of Non-elves are considered so)

It all really depends what Toady wants to do with them I guess. Though given that he already put Fairies into "Good" Biomes it means he is going for the more Whimsicle later Fairy types then the vicious "Push you over a bridge so you bash your head on the rocks below" type.

I don't see the fairies healing so much though I can see any number of uses for whatever they have on them.

[fennec]

For fairies in DF being more than decoration

Actually, a fairy-in-a-bottle might make a pretty neat decoration. Put it in your nobles' bedrooms and such.

[Neonivek]

For fairies in DF being more than decoration

Actually, a fairy-in-a-bottle might make a pretty neat decoration. Put it in your nobles' bedrooms and such.

Fairies arn't really all that uncommon.

So it would depend if butterflies in a bottle would be appropriate. (Hmmm... which is a yes but not all THAT royal)

[Mel_Vixen]

Well bottled fairis would be nice for the lighting-arc since they glow

[Foa]

Well bottled fairis would be nice for the lighting-arc since they glow

Fairies, a source of fairy dust, light, and could be used a regenerative food item.
Just eat, and your mangled limbs will regenerate by one level.

[Pilsu]

I rather like the notion of fairies and pixies being plain annoying with no real special powers or game mechanics. Bathing in unguarded wine mugs, stealing light shiny objects and generally bothering people

[waldo]

maybe have dwarfen children stomp on them like cat's do pests, it'd be a very dwarfenly thing to do.

[Simmura McCrea]

I rather like the notion of fairies and pixies being plain annoying with no real special powers or game mechanics. Bathing in unguarded wine mugs, stealing light shiny objects and generally bothering people

Discworld Nac Mac Feegle? They steal cattle (one to a leg) and steal alcohol.

[Fieari]

Making them snatch children and livestock would be neat, I think.  Especially if the code was updated so that as a childsnatcher, they don't raise the children as their own, but instead just play with the kids until the kids die of hunger.  Or alternatively, until hundreds of years have passed and the kids don't age.  Or use the children as child soldiers for their own wars.  Or some combination of all three.

[Grendus]

I like the idea of faeries being used as a light source. Another idea would be with medicine to have bottled faerie blood be used as a salve for wounds (would reduce pain and shorten healing time slightly). Would be kind of dwarvish to dissect and process them into something useful.

[Jimmy]

Fairies and pixies both share the [liGHT_GEN] tag, which as yet isn't used, but will likely come up with the lighting arc. However, since they've been given the [VERMIN_NOTRAP] tag, they're not as yet supposed to be trappable unless they're modded.

So if you're going to mod them, I'd suggest creating an [EXTRACT:pixie dust] etc. You could possibly find a use for it with all the new poison stuff coming up with the next release.

[Phelix]

Did you know?

Fairy dust is actually grinded up fairies!


now thats a dwarven solution!

[Keuran]

Did you know?

Fairy dust is actually grinded up fairies!


now thats a dwarven solution!

How about making all vermin except small bugs butcherable using small animal dissection and allow the grinding of bones (at craftdwarf workshop?), so you cut the faeries open, take out the bones, grind them into faery powder, then mix it with booze or something like that to create a healing drink? Also give the faeries

[LegoLord]

I rather like the notion of fairies and pixies being plain annoying with no real special powers or game mechanics. Bathing in unguarded wine mugs, stealing light shiny objects and generally bothering people

I think this would require some re-working of the vermin in the game to work without driving players crazy, and there should be some reward for volunteering to put up with them.