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[Footkerchief]

Rainseeker's mic volume is much lower than Toady's.

[Quietust]

When you get to vampire stuff, you may find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_vampire_traits useful when picking optional traits.

Maybe Our Vampires Are Different?

[snelg]

Thanks for another excellent DF talk!
It was even better than usual this time.

[Orkel]

Can someone sum up/list what all the different colored night creatures are/do?

[Knight Otu]

Stalkers/revenants are probably the one type of creature I wouldn't have expected, though some of the other types I'd have expected in other categories (such as animated furnitures as activities from poltergeists).

Can't say I'm excited for the green or blue Ñ's though, since they sound a little contrived. Creature from the black lagoon type things might be fun, but they don't sound too distinct from trolls. Handling ghost pirates as a special case seems weird as well. We'll have to see what features everything gets though; it could all be loads of fun, and I'm looking forward to the release quite a bit.

The green ones are among those I look forward to as very mythological and resonant, actually. Evil talking wolves, kelpies, crazed maneater lions, they all sound quite likely to happen with that color. It may seem overly broad, but I don't think that's too bad. The blue ones, they do have the potential of being just trolls and ghosts and zombies (draugr), though now that I think of it, kelpies probably are dark blue Ñs.

It's great to see that apparently, vampires will be the last huge coding obstacle. The Frankensteinian Ñs sound like they might open up artificer and summoner type secrets some time later, which would open up the possibility to "replenish" certain types of megabeasts and unique demons during play. Looking forward to the new modding options that will come in from all this.

I wonder, though - I expect that many of these night creatures will flash as major historical figures, which might make their actual color less easily seen. Context will help, but in some cases, it could be important - is that flashing blue Ñ a legendary draugr, or the carp of night that drowned him?

Can someone sum up/list what all the different colored night creatures are/do?

Like this?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Trolls/Hags      Dark green
Bogeyman         Dark grey
Ghost         White
----
Animated Dead      Dark cyan
Necromancers      Light magenta
Mummies         Yellow
Werebeasts      Brown
Vampires         Dark red
Stalkers/Revenants      Dark magenta
Intelligent independant undead   Light cyan
Frankenstein monsters   Light red
Animated furniture      Light grey
----
Evil Beasts      Light green
Sea Beasts      Dark blue
Cursed Sea people      Light blue

[Cruxador]

Wait, so vampires are supposed to be able to blend in but they have an assigned night creature symbol? Wouldn't a dark red Ñ hinder their ability to look like part of society from an adventurer's point of view?

When you get to vampire stuff, you may find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_vampire_traits useful when picking optional traits.

The fact that it portrays "european folklore" as a cohesive and unified thing detracts hugely from its credibility.

[Capntastic]

Wait, so vampires are supposed to be able to blend in but they have an assigned night creature symbol? Wouldn't a dark red Ñ hinder their ability to look like part of society from an adventurer's point of view?

They can transform into normal looking dudes, sometimes.

[Glowcat]

I always love listening to these.

I've got a question though. When Tarn was talking about how your entire fortress could become werebeasts I wondered about the Fortress-born infants. Would they inherit the were-trait of one or both parents? I don't recall that being covered in the talks or dev log.

[piecewise]

Go on and finish all the night creatures toady, we can wait.

[TheMasterTurtle]

I am ovwerly excited indeed but I would rather wait to make this update as good as possible.

[thvaz]

Indeed. We can wait.

[DwarfReaper]

If you were cursed while falling in love, perhaps you'd have to become a wealthy merchant.  That sort of thing.

I was cursed while falling in love once. To cure it I had to become an alcoholic.

[Gooral]

Night Creatures.... What about slayers that you mentioned? Maybe something like Witchers?

[Glowcat]

Night Creatures.... What about slayers that you mentioned? Maybe something like Witchers?

Probably your general Hunter theme character. You know, Van Helsing, Exorcists, Task Force: Valkyrie, Ordo Malleus, etc. Witchers would fall under that scope too I reckon.

[Gooral]

Night Creatures.... What about slayers that you mentioned? Maybe something like Witchers?

Probably your general Hunter theme character. You know, Van Helsing, Exorcists, Task Force: Valkyrie, Ordo Malleus, etc. Witchers would fall under that scope too I reckon.

I didn't thought about Withers but something like you said. Hunters , Slayers etc.