Is it possible to put in more cavern type creatures? I like to make cut off from the world, never see the sun dwarven societies you see, and having a tonne of cows and turkeys underground is, well, a bit weird to me.
Of course. I have allowed the Desert Scorpions (dog-sized) and the Giant Sandworms to wander into the caverns. Have you met all the caverns-depth-3 creatures?
(including armorman, gelatinous cube, blood spider, green devourer (hmm I can't recall those, better increase their frequency), bah Jabberer was at default freq, and changed some creatures away from Default Speed (human running speed). Thanks for getting me to inspect the depth 2-3 beasts.
Edit: Small tweaks like seeing sites_and_pops txt's
55430 dire wolves
13850 raptors
50 gorillas
20025 ents
1265 gargoyles
213 giant gargoyles
and then reducing direwolf and ent count. And allowing gorillas in a few more biomes.
DAMN! Ghouls were 100 frequency, the maximum, outnumbering rats bats ants...
Oh.. the NITH creature has no biomes so it's been non-existent for dozens of Genesis versions.
Really Deon... LOST ADVENTUERER has [CE_PARALYSIS:SEV:3000:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:0:PEAK:100:END:300] 3000% severity and 150-ish turns... certain death from not being able to breathe! Stronger than any dragon's attack!
I'll post my private raws in a few days, with such things as "vodka is pricier than mint tea" and plant-to-barrel jams are cheaper. (jam 8 flour 12-20 spice 20-30 dye 20-30)
Hmm the animal purchases are just super cheap (300-1700), most of the time a trainable combat-okay animal is cheaper than a iron weapon. But for embark you want cheap hogs and bitches and even cheaper meat rabbits.
Meat Cleaver:
[ATTACK:EDGE:800:400:hack:hacks:NO_SUB:1250]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:800:400:slap:slaps:flat:1250]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:20:400:strike:strikes:handle:1000]
It would get better if one removed the slap and handlebash. But it's not designed for combat. Compare the 800-wide 400-deep to short sword's 5000:2000.
and katana's 15000:3250, two-handed sword 20000:4200, sabre's 6000:2700, combat cleaver 3000:2500.
I guess I'll put meat cleaver to [ATTACK:EDGE:1200:1100:hack:hacks:NO_SUB:1250].