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[thvaz]

Well, we know that a certain number of frames counts as the passing of a day in DF. Presumably, a set amount of days could correspond to a phase of the moon. In real life, a full moon lasts about 3 days.

Hopefully, the amount of time a moon phase takes, and perhaps even the number of moons a world has, will be things we can set during world gen.

In the lastest DF Talk, Toady said there will be only one moon.

[Organum]

Didn't he also mention the possibility of multiple moons in the future?

[Cruxador]

Can there be multiple different types of vampires with different sets of randomly generated traits in the same world?Like for example, a set of vampires that sparkle in the sun and enslave the minds of pubescent children, and one that burns in the sun and has greatly boosted speed, as opposed to just one or the other. Assuming that's a yes, how frequently do you anticipate new vampire types will be made, and how many in general do you intend to have in a given world or city?
My mind is aflame with randomly generated Camarilla/sabbat politics and wars of the night in DF, though of course such things won't actually be possible until we get group politics in general.

[Untelligent]

Can there be multiple different types of vampires with different sets of randomly generated traits in the same world?

I can't see any reason why there wouldn't be.

[Khym Chanur]

Like for example, a set of vampires that sparkle in the sun and enslave the minds of pubescent children,...

Urist McSparkles cancels drink blood: too busy stalking love interest

[thvaz]

Didn't he also mention the possibility of multiple moons in the future?

Yes. I was talking about the next version.

[stuntedkind]

In the lastest DF Talk, Toady said there will be only one moon.

That's no moon, its...

[Gamerlord]

a magma spewing space station!

[werechicken]

I wonder if vampires can be caught in cage traps, if so you could chain them outside and watch them BURN.

Also it's looking like goblin sieges are going to be the least of our worries in the next version. Not to mention grave sites and hospitals are going to have to be thought about very carefully, especially in werecreature areas

[Dae]

I don't know the Raws well, but with ingested syndromes PLUS adventurer crafting PLUS secrets, won't we be able to hunt for a recipe for a secret potion, craft it and drink it, thus acquiring magical powers ? Also, poisons !
For more fun, can we make some castes of the same creatures immune to a syndrome while others will be subect to it ?

[cephalo]

Ha, I foresee that after 20 or 30 years the front of my fort will be littered with the ashes of every vampire in the world.. without one of them ever meeting one of my dwarves.

or....

One of the human merchants will be a vampire, and when he bursts into flames, the rest of the human merchants will attack us.

I do greatly appreciate the bugs in DF, don't get me wrong.

[freeformschooler]

I don't know the Raws well, but with ingested syndromes PLUS adventurer crafting PLUS secrets, won't we be able to hunt for a recipe for a secret potion, craft it and drink it, thus acquiring magical powers ? Also, poisons !
For more fun, can we make some castes of the same creatures immune to a syndrome while others will be subect to it ?

I don't know about magical powers, but if you can use arbitrary syndromes to buff the syndromee, then we definitely have potions now.

Now that I think about it, this release will be a perfect time for the "random plant generator" to get an update. The fun (Fun?) will come in finding out which random plant gives what effect.

[Knigel]

Nevertheless, I'm super excited. As was pointed out in DF talk, syndromes + ingestion effectively gives us a functional magic system.

Well, it gives us magic food at least.

[freeformschooler]

Uhh... is anyone interested in setting up a short reference list of what the night creature colors will probably represent? I might end up attempting it after the transcript is up, but not until then.

EDIT: actually i probably should have posted this in the DF talk thread

[Knight Otu]

Dare drinks and magic potions ahoy! Of course, Fortress mode will still need to use the gas/vermin workarounds unless reactions can shove the generated food into the worker's mouth. Getting the various vampiric traits should be great for modders as well, and vampires themselves are going to be great to have.

Uhh... is anyone interested in setting up a short reference list of what the night creature colors will probably represent? I might end up attempting it after the transcript is up, but not until then.

Well, I have a very basic list here if you want to use that.