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[Hybrid]

Now, if a (for some reason) dead vampire would get eaten and all that by wild animals, they too would become vampiric. In a mod, perhaps, but I would be interested in vampiric war-bunnies .

[Miko19]

Hmmm, if it'd be possible to butcher vampires...
Chop up a vampire -> Put his blood into a barrel -> Serve bloody booze to dwarves -> FUCKING PROFIT!

[BinaryBeast1010011010]

Why should we kill vampires anyway. Its been said before but they're more useful than regular dwarves... About weres it's all the same or none.

[Name Lips]

Do they kill when they feed? Or does the victim just suffer from blood loss and turn pale or something?

How is spawning new vampires handled? Do all victims become new vampires?

Are vampires considered "your" units for purposes of the fortress being destroyed? That is to say, if you entire population of regular dwarves turns into vampires, does the game end?

I can see real problems if there's a "vampire-plosion." Even if the fort doesn't end, if there are no regular dwarves to feed on, what happens to the vampires? Do they all just wither away and die?

[Jimmitheking]

Do they kill when they feed? Or does the victim just suffer from blood loss and turn pale or something?

How is spawning new vampires handled? Do all victims become new vampires?

Are vampires considered "your" units for purposes of the fortress being destroyed? That is to say, if you entire population of regular dwarves turns into vampires, does the game end?

I can see real problems if there's a "vampire-plosion." Even if the fort doesn't end, if there are no regular dwarves to feed on, what happens to the vampires? Do they all just wither away and die?

Migrants my friend, migrants....

[Oliolli]

But then the civ dies out o_O

[Name Lips]

And eventually, if the migrants keep dying, they will start avoiding the fort.

Perhaps there's some way to have a few vampires raising a hundred or so dwarves like livestock.

[MaskedMiner]

Problems with vampires: 1) They will accuse other dwarfs of being vampire 2) They can't feed from other vampires, so at some point vampires will outnumber regular dwarfs and even new migrants can't help in that. So that will result vampires suffering from lack of drinking 3) Wouldn't they still pretend to be vampires even when whole fortress is full of them? So they would still move as slowly as regular dwarfs.

[Devast]

Problems with vampires: 1) They will accuse other dwarfs of being vampire 2) They can't feed from other vampires, so at some point vampires will outnumber regular dwarfs and even new migrants can't help in that. So that will result vampires suffering from lack of drinking 3) Wouldn't they still pretend to be vampires even when whole fortress is full of them? So they would still move as slowly as regular dwarfs.

Did Toady intentionally make it so Vampires are like The Thing?

[Lumix]

Problems with vampires: 1) They will accuse other dwarfs of being vampire 2) They can't feed from other vampires, so at some point vampires will outnumber regular dwarfs and even new migrants can't help in that. So that will result vampires suffering from lack of drinking 3) Wouldn't they still pretend to be vampires even when whole fortress is full of them? So they would still move as slowly as regular dwarfs.

Did Toady intentionally make it so Vampires are like The Thing?

I hope everyones wrong about vampires and they are a dangerous thing to have around,
Other wise, Normal dwarves will just end up being cattle for Elite dwarves [vampires]
Which does not please me.

[MagmaSolutionsInc]

Vampires should automatically be made hammerer.

Because something something !!SCIENCE!! 

[Loud Whispers]

Vampires should automatically be made hammerer.

Because something something !!SCIENCE!! 

EVERYONE BUT ME IS A VAMPIRE!!!
*Smash smash smash*

[Untelligent]

Problems with vampires: 1) They will accuse other dwarfs of being vampire 2) They can't feed from other vampires, so at some point vampires will outnumber regular dwarfs and even new migrants can't help in that. So that will result vampires suffering from lack of drinking 3) Wouldn't they still pretend to be vampires even when whole fortress is full of them? So they would still move as slowly as regular dwarfs.

Did Toady intentionally make it so Vampires are like The Thing?

I hope everyones wrong about vampires and they are a dangerous thing to have around,
Other wise, Normal dwarves will just end up being cattle for Elite dwarves [vampires]
Which does not please me.

As noted previously:

1) Vampires can't increase their skills
2) Vampires can kill your legendary normal dwarves
3) Forts with lots of vampires will eventually deplete your population of normal dwarves, thus running out of food
4) IIRC, vampires that haven't drunk in a while won't die, but rather get significant stat and skill penalties.
5) The particular strain of vampires infesting your fort may be vulnerable to a material commonly used by your enemies.

[PotatoOverdose]

Problems with vampires: 1) They will accuse other dwarfs of being vampire 2) They can't feed from other vampires, so at some point vampires will outnumber regular dwarfs and even new migrants can't help in that. So that will result vampires suffering from lack of drinking 3) Wouldn't they still pretend to be vampires even when whole fortress is full of them? So they would still move as slowly as regular dwarfs.

Did Toady intentionally make it so Vampires are like The Thing?

I hope everyones wrong about vampires and they are a dangerous thing to have around,
Other wise, Normal dwarves will just end up being cattle for Elite dwarves [vampires]
Which does not please me.

As noted previously:

1) Vampires can't increase their skills
2) Vampires can kill your legendary normal dwarves
3) Forts with lots of vampires will eventually deplete your population of normal dwarves, thus running out of food
4) IIRC, vampires that haven't drunk in a while won't die, but rather get significant stat and skill penalties.
5) The particular strain of vampires infesting your fort may be vulnerable to a material commonly used by your enemies.

The bolded part is NOT true. They can't increase their attributes, but they CAN increase their skills.

[YetAnotherStupidDorf]

About sleep, this would make too easy to spot vampires. I bet they can pretend to sleep. I find it strange no one thought about that, considering rest of masquerade: fake personality, purposefully walking slow etc.