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Creature examples

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This page was created to aid those looking to create new creatures. Those familiar with creature raws should feel free to add helpful/obscure information to the lists below to help less-experienced members of the community with their creatures.

Dummy creatures[edit]

Creatures that are not intended to function in general gameplay, but are used as references or in interactions (the latter of which can mostly be found here).

Material Resource Creature[edit]

Sometimes, you will want to use a custom material in an interaction that is not related to any specific creature or stone. Making it an inorganic material with the [SPECIAL] tag will prevent it from appearing in almost all places, however there may be some cases where you need to use a dummy creature to store special materials, and reference that creature instead.

Instantly-evaporating creature[edit]

To make a creature instantly "poof" into a fine mist, you can transform them into this.

You can also give it an ITEMCORPSE if you want it to leave an item behind.

Easily Damaged Creature[edit]

This creature can be destroyed by any damage. You can also alter the values easily, if you want to investigate a specific damage type.

Creatures with unusual physiologies[edit]

Creature made of plants[edit]

Apart from having a plant-based physiology, this creature also has body parts that are converted into actual plants when butchered. This example uses two types of tissues. You can easily make an entire creature out of different kinds of plants, and the larger body parts will give you more plants. This can be very useful, as plants are used in different kinds of interactions than animal parts are. For example, you can use this trick to get booze or thread from an animal's body parts. You will require both a creature raw file and plant raw file for this to work.


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