Ok, I finished the first raws for the magnatars (their mounts).
[CREATURE:MAGNATAR]
[NAME:magnatar:magnatars:magnatar]
[TILE:'M'][COLOR:0:1:0]
[MODVALUE:3]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[liKES_FIGHTING]
[HORN]
[CAN_LEARN][trAINABLE]
[LARGE_ROAMING][DIFFICULTY:4]
[GENPOWER:3]
[PETVALUE:1000]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:100]
[NATURAL][PET][MOUNT]
[PREFSTRING:massive bodies]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:4EYES:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[SIZE:22]
[MAXAGE:60:300]
[SPEED:500]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:HEAD:headbutt:headbutts:1:4:BLUGEON][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[CHILD:5][CHILDNAME:magnatar hatchling:magnatar hatchlings]
[FAT:18]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[EVIL]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:FOREST_TAIGA]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST]
[BIOME:ANY_TROPICAL_FOREST]
[trADE_CAPACITY:10000]
[PACK_ANIMAL]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:5]
[WAGON_PULLER]
[BLOODTYPE:B]
[FREQUENCY:10]
Now just imagine them being ridden by large, orc-like creatures with full iron armor and weapons.
A few questions though:
Does [WAGON_PULLER] allow them to be one of the 2 free animals received on embark from the wagon? Or is there a way to limit it to only a race I choose, since I don't want dwarves to get their grubby little hands on them?
Are their biomes not restricted enough? I don't want them running around in the joyous wilds, slaughtering the 7 dwarves of an unprepared newbie, yet easily accessible to the race I mod in and able to find them in the wild on evil maps.
What's the best way to make these things unavailable to dwarves? What can I do to make them the common choice of the modded civ, yet dwarves wont even tame them?
Thanks all, Can't wait 'till I start this!