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[ShoesandHats]

I'm new to modding dwarf fortress, and I was wondering if any of you guys could help me out on this. I'm modding in a creature thats pretty much just a palm-tree man. The raws aren't finished yet, but thats what I need help with. Take a look and give me advice on how to proceed, please.

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[CREATURE:PALM MAN]
[DESCRIPTION:A humanoid creature resembling a palm tree.
[NAME:palm man:palm men:palm man]
[CASTE_NAME:palm man:palm men:palm man]
[CHILD:3][GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:palm child:palm children]
[CREATURE_TILE:'T'][COLOR:4:8:2]
[PETVALUE:300]
[CAN_LEARN]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[BIOME:ANY_TROPICAL_FOREST]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[FREQUENCY:80]
[BENIGN]
[CLUSTER-NUMBER:3:5]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:15:30]
[PREFSTRING:leaf-like hair]
[PREFSTRING:trunk-like torsos]
[PREFSTRING:awesomeness]
[BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:5FINGERS:5TOES:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:MOUTH:GENERIC_TEETH:RIBCAGE:BASE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[TISSUE:WOOD]
[TISSUE_NAME:wood:wood]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:WOOD]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:WOOD]

[Sutremaine]

Wood isn't an inorganic material. INORGANIC is for materials that don't come off a living thing (IRL, trees in DF are special kind of terrain tile or something).

You need:

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[TISSUE_MATERIAL:PLANT_MAT:PALM:WOOD]
This will make the creature made out of palm wood, although any severed parts will display as 'palm' and not 'palm wood'.

You also need to add some hair, and there are a couple of ways you can do this. You can make normal hair that's made of leaf material, add leaves to the head, or make a new bodypart made of palm leaves that sits on the head and covers it a little like a shell.

[elf-fondling human]

http://tiny.cc/72j0u

[Xainiax]

might want to add
[CAN_SPEAK]
and
[NO_SLEEP]
cuz they are trees

[Deon]

You also need to add some hair, and there are a couple of ways you can do this. You can make normal hair that's made of leaf material, add leaves to the head, or make a new bodypart made of palm leaves that sits on the head and covers it a little like a shell.

[Sutremaine]

might want to add
[CAN_SPEAK]

cuz they are trees

I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant, but it amused me anyway.

[Xainiax]

might want to add
[CAN_SPEAK]

cuz they are trees

I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant, but it amused me anyway.

obviously never read lord of the rings' tree-beard scenes

[Quietust]

To borrow from the treant raws from 40d and earlier:

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[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_HAND:TRUNK:BRANCH_ARM:LEG_STUMP:ROOTS_FOOT]

[Sutremaine]

obviously never read lord of the rings' tree-beard scenes

I've read them. It's just not the first thing that comes to mind when you're talking about just 'trees'.

[ShoesandHats]

To borrow from the treant raws from 40d and earlier:
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[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_HAND:TRUNK:BRANCH_ARM:LEG_STUMP:ROOTS_FOOT]

I would, but I don't know where to put them in the raws. I mainly need help on constructing the rest of the body and the castes.