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[ZM5]

Graboids would be a surprisingly suitable cavern critter (with ass blasters being - unknown to the dwarves and anyone else - a wandering reproductive phase of the same critters on the surface.) Could be thought of as smaller, bitier, grumpier cousins of the Giant Earthworm.

Haha, I probably wouldn't keep the "ass" part of the name since I want to avoid outright vulgarity in my mods that said they could all be fun critters, even if I cannot make them shift from one form to another when reaching a certain age.
I was thinking of putting the Graboids in the deserts instead, since the caverns already have the aforementioned Giant Earthworms. The Earthworms aren't actually that huge - Horses are bigger.
As for other bug critters that could be fun, I was thinking of the atomic ants from Them!.

Bigfoot is already technically in the vanilla game as the Sasquatch, as well as the Yeti. They're just limited to savage areas (which you probably already know, being a modder and all.)

I know of them, but I was thinking of diffrentiating Bigfoot from them - perhaps they'd appear at a very rare chance in even non-savage forests, but they wouldn't be as aggressive and violent as the Sasquatch and the Yeti - instead, they'd be cowardly and run away super fast - if you can catch them then goods made from their bodies would be worth a lot (or alternatively worth very little since other races would think its just the bones of a normal primate) - capturing the thing and selling it would be worth a lot too, since you just nabbed an extremely rare specimen.

Predators would make for a good civ with both "good" Predators, ala the ones we usually see in the films, and "evil" Bad Bloods. Bad Bloods would behave much like goblins, often fighting openly and wantonly slaughtering anything they happen upon, while the regular Predators could be possible allies, and if angered, fight more like Elves, always attacking from ambushes. I almost wish I could do the idea of a Predator in finely crafted dwarven armor justice in a picture for a mercenary in a fort. Light on armor, but strong weapons and far greater strength and endurance than most of thier foes would have (which would also make them highly sought after mercenaries.)

I wasn't aware of that aspect of the Predator story - my initial intention was for them to be a hostile civ (probably thieves - doesn't make much sense, but then them being babysnatchers makes even less sense imo and I require atleast one for them to be hostile to dwarves) that hunt dwarves for sport as they consider them worthy. The ambush-only idea is pretty spot-on though, along with them mostly having light armor, strong weapons and higher innate attributes.
I wouldn't worry about the merc stuff, since you can get those even from hostile civs - in Modded Hell we got a retcher-type zombie visitor that originated from this pack.

Xenomorphs could make for a delightfully deadly foe as well, in the caverns and roaming the surface of evil biomes, along with an optional civ addon to have hordes of them attack your fort. If going by the comics, they'd be fast and very good fighters, but surprisingly not quite as durable as you'd expect - a solid crack to the head with a sledgehammer can kill them pretty easily. This would make them fairly glass cannon-y enemies.

I did actually think of making them into a "civ" so you'd get sieges and ambushes coming from them. Not sure if I'd make them cave-dwellers (makes more sense, but also prevents them from spreading) or forest retreat dwellers (makes less sense but lets them spread - I suppose story-wise it could be explained as them having overtaken some elves). Glass cannon would go without saying - maybe except the queens who would be slightly tougher.

Space Clowns seem more like they'd be part of the Circus Freak ranks, but I do like the idea of an Alien Invasion set of enemies and creatures; what form that'd take though... Yeah, I got nothing apart from the Aliens from Fallout, since they weren't super feeble and were capable enough when they had to fight.

Hahaha, the Space Clowns would actually be a reference to this movie. They'd probably be evil biome dwellers, rather than a full on civ, since the freaks already fill their niche.

Like I mentioned, for the hostile Alien invaders I was thinking of making them look like the Martians from Mars Attacks - skull-faced and with an exposed brain - or the pointy-eared versions from Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
For armor they'd probably just have space suits and glass domes - as for materials they would probably only use their own unique stuff - a fake "glass" material for the domes, and something called like extraterrestrial/cosmic fabric and metal - fabric would be for the suits, metal for weapons.
For weapons it'd be a bundle of stereotypical sci-fi weapons - gauss rifles as a ranged option, stun-sticks, electrostaves and power fists with high velocity that cause knockback as strong blunt options, and probes for a weaker blunt option (and because, of course, they need to have probes) - for edged options, maybe something like protonic axes ala New Vegas and some type of syringe-esque weapon for piercing. I'd love to give them stuff like rayguns but as energy weapons aren't possible I'll have to pass on those (aside from the pets they could have, like the aforementioned flying saucers - or tripods, that'd be another thematically good idea).

A non-hostile alternative (or addition perhaps) would just be the standard Grays - they'd probably share some of the same weapons and armor, but they wouldn't be innately hostile - that said their values and ethics would most likely be really weird leading to some worldgen shenanigans occasionally.

If you're curious, another reason why I wouldn't add the Space Clowns as a caste to the freaks, is because the former are just be a particularly strange alien life-form - as for the freaks; while the cannibals just have the regular organic creature classification, and the zombies, skeletons and pirates have the undead classification, the circus freaks have the same creature class as the Faceless Ones from my Warcraft pack, as well as similar beings from my cave revamp and Darkest Dungeon packs - so that's some food for thought. Needless to say, I had way too much fun thinking up of why these things would even exist in the world and why they are the way they are, despite this pack being mostly silly or crossover stuff and most of the invaders, including the freaks, being my own takes on various tropes and archetypes.

I would like to suggest a Mothra mega beast. It wouldn't exactly be 'horror' per-say, but it would definitely fit into the existing feel of the pack. Plus, he's an easily recognizable, but much under appreciated monster.

That would be a neat idea actually, definitely gonna write it down.

[Splint]

Why not do both with the graboids? No reason something that can dig through concrete can't make its way into the caverns if faced with sufficiently soft rock. Also I actually didn't know that about the wroms. i pictured.... i dunno, something more akin to a Rift Worm from Gears of War I guess. Just as a giant mostly-nonthreatening earthworm. Speaking of which, could do a Rift Worm as a megabeast, or just an obscenely large, seldom seen cavern creature that could feed a fort for years if one was killed.

To the predators, I learned about it by chance - I was bumbling along through xenopedia when it came up with a link, so I followed it through. Bad Bloods are basically the psychopathic assholes of the Predator world, which is quite a feat for a race of psychopathic assholes, but at least the ones with thier honor will fight alongside those they deem worthy of such respect, and don't slaughter innocents needlessly.

And you can always make the Xenomorph "civ" optional, and a decent explanation of using forest retreats is to have them set up shop in tropical forests and wetlands - they prefer warm moist ground to build thier nests, and its the closest approximation that anyone could use to describe this particular variant's open-air hives.

Cryptids could be fun, especially since some could be seen alone or as parts of other existing critters - Grootslangs for example, could be seen in thier own herds or mixed in as a rare caste of elephant, and Thunderbirds could be a smaller more easily domesticated - that is, nonmegabeast - relative to the Roc, Melonheads could be odd little surface gremlins, and Ents and Man-eating trees could be seen in savage good and savage evil biomes respectively, and employed by the factions that utilize such critters, and Khorkhoi in savage deserts and badlands that will stop at nothing to get to you food supplies.

Granted, I'm spitballing at almost 3 in the morning, so feel free to disregard.

[ZM5]

I'm not sure if I would add ents or thunderbirds since they go into a more fantasy-ish direction and not cheesy horror - though the man-eating tree sounds like it'd be a fun evil biome dweller. I'm kinda disappointed now I didn't do a giant maneater plant ala Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors the first time around - I'll definitely get to making one alongside the man-eater tree.

[MottledPetrel]

Maybe you could do triffids as well while you're at it? They were an old cheesy horror movie as well, basically being man sized plants with a killer venomous sting that actively hunted humans for nutrients.

[Enemy post]

When I made xenomorphs, I found they worked better as an animal. If you make them a civ, they often end up wiped out in wars because everyone attacks them for not speaking. They also don't use weapons, wear armor, or have pets. I strongly suspect not having those provides major penalties to how the game calculates worldgen battle outcomes. This way, you can get quests to hunt them down as well. Not trying to tell you how to do it, just wanted to share my experience with them.

I've also found predators seem oddly weak in worldgen as well.

[ZM5]

Updated the full packs to 44.10 - no actual raw changes yet. I've gotten a bit ahead of myself and started working on my evil biome revamp early, so it'll still be a while before I do work on the aliens and other new creatures for this pack - figured it'd still be useful to update to 44.10 as its a pretty highly anticipated update.

[ZM5]

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Updated to 44.11, and it's a larger update this time, including quite a lot of new creatures - most notably the various alien invaders. I admit I'm not entirely familiar with Predator/Xenomorph lore so I apologize for any mistakes with them.

Spoiler: Cryptids (click to show/hide)

A series of (with three exceptions) rare creatures - aside from the aforementioned exceptions, they are worth a lot when caged and sold to caravans, as you're proving the existence of creatures that aren't believed to be real. Don't expect crafts made from their bones to be worth as much, though.

Bigfoot - not a guy in a monkey suit, I promise. Found rarely in forests, wetlands and taigas, this fellow is quite cowardly and will run away on sight, even though its more than twice the size of an average dwarf. On occassion they may try to steal items, food or booze from your fort, but will flee quickly if confronted.

Man-moth - a tall, nocturnal flier with glowing red eyes - found in forests, savannas, grasslands and shrublands. It is predatory and quite hostile, although its always alone. It can sprinkle toxic dust that can cause dizziness and drowsiness.

Chupacabra - scaly, predatory humanoid, slightly larger than a human - found in savannas, grasslands and shrublands. It has a long tongue tipped with a barb - stabs from it will drain blood.

Jersey Devil - nocturnal flier that resembles a two-legged horse with sharp fangs and bat-like wings. Found in forests and temperate grasslands - it can spit balls of fire from the sky, identical to the fireballs of the Imp.

Man-eating Tree - a dweller of evil forests, wetlands and taigas. Slow-moving, but resistant and strong - it attacks by clawing and punching with the hand-like tips of its branches.

Reptilian - intelligent, ambitious yet cruel lizard-like humanoids found in grasslands, shrublands, savannas, forests and wetlands. They have innately high social skills, and can be played as in adventure mode.

Tsuchinoko - a snake-like creature capable of speech. Found in forests, grasslands, savannas and shrublands - it will attempt to drink booze from your stockpiles, but is quite cowardly and will flee if confronted - hard to catch as it moves very quickly. Its bite injects a venom that can cause drowsiness and severe necrosis.

Sea Monk - a benign amphibious humanoid - walks on a single tail and has a pair of arms. Found only in the oceans, it is unlikely to start conflicts and is playable in adventure mode.

Loch Monster - long-necked saurid creature found only in the lakes. Relatively benign, but its large size nonetheless makes its attacks deadly.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous (click to show/hide)

Possessed - demonically-possessed humans found in evil forests, grasslands, shrublands and savannas. Very violent, they feel no fear or pain - they are also capable of quickly crawling on walls. They can also spit globs of pea soup diseased bile to cause nausea and blisters - they will also hurl various vulgar obscenities at their foes, no doubt related to their mothers, making them angry and annoyed.

Atomic Ant - elephant-sized ants mutated by radiation - found in evil savannas, shrublands, grasslands, wetlands, forests and deserts. They can be trained for war/hunting and may be used as mounts by evil races - wild ones will attempt to steal various trinkets from your fortress. For what purpose?

Graboid - a gargantuan worm-like beast found rarely in savage deserts. Has a large beak and three tentacles with toothy mouths and horn-like protrusions - it feels no fear or pain.

Dune Blaster - two-legged relatives of Graboids - they have a pair of fin-like wings, although they cannot fly. They feel no fear or pain, and hunt in small groups.

Killer Doll - evil, demonically-possessed dolls found in forests, savannas, grasslands and shrublands. They all carry small, rusty knives which they'll use to carve into your flesh - if you're careful, you may be able to hear them from a distance before you actually come face-to-face.

Megamoth - a moth-like megabeast - nowhere near as benevolent as the other gigantic moth you may know. It sprinkles poisonous dust that can cause fevers and/or drowsiness, and can also fire bolts of energy to cause strong blunt damage.

Maneater Plant - a gargantuan plant-like megabeast - has a large, toothy mouth and a pair of vines for lashing. It is innately a legendary singer and dancer, but don't expect to see much of that as its mauling you with its vines.

Great Wendigo - gargantuan, skull-headed humanoid megabeast with a pair of hooves and antlers. Beware its biting attacks - there is a small, resistable chance that it will eventually turn someone into a Lesser Wendigo. Eating its meat has a chance of the same effect - so be incredibly wary even after it dies.

Cursed Wendigo - a smaller relative of the Great Wendigo - it has an eyeless, normal head and two-toed feet, however it still has a pair of antlers. It will kidnap other beings during worldgen to convert them into more of its kind - its biting attacks also carry the same chance of turning its victims into Lesser Wendigos.

Lesser Wendigo - a berserk, smaller relative of the Great Wendigo - has a similar appearance, with an eyeless skull-like head with antlers and hooves. Smaller and weaker than either the Cursed or the Great Wendigo, it is still a great danger due to its ability to further spread its curse.

Spoiler: Wild Aliens and Robots (click to show/hide)

Flying Saucer - a machine used by both Aliens and Grays. It has a pair of mounted laser guns, each capable of firing bolts separately to cause blunt damage, and also has a pincer for both moving cargo and snatching at any aggressors. If its engine is destroyed it will crash to the ground. Oddly, they are capable of autonomous movements when not piloted.

Tripod - a biomechanical monster, used by Aliens and Grays, both as war animals and as mounts. It has three legs, three optics set in its body, and a mounted laser gun capable of firing bolts that cause blunt damage. Its only other method of attack is jabbing with its legs. It is capable of scaling walls quite easily.

Facehugger - a small creature found with the Xenomorphs. Although incapable of planting chestbursters, it can still inject a toxin using its proboscis, with a chance of causing almost instantenous unconsciousness, followed by a bout of drowsiness.

Space Clown - a killer clown from outer space. Incapable of speech but still intelligent and capable of learning, they are found in evil wetlands, forests, deserts, shrublands, grasslands and savannas. They can spit pinkish slime to lower the speed and agility of their victims - their laughter can also be heard from a distance. They are mischievous and will attempt to pull levers in your fort.

Killer Robot - a war pet of the Grays and Aliens. It has four legs, four optics set in its head, and a pair of arms - one ends in a pincer, the other in a sawblade. Resistant and capable of scaling walls, though not as easily as the Tripod.

Annihilator - a large, humanoid robot megabeast that arrived from the future, bearing some resemblance to a skeleton. This Austrian Death Machine has several mounted weapons, including a blade it can slash and stab with, a rocket launcher on its right shoulder, a gun on its left arm capable of firing two-round bursts, and a flamethrower on its left knee (not a fire jet, but will still cause blistering and bleeding). It is quite slow-moving, and its physical attacks are also slower than normal - nonetheless, this cybernetic organism can pose a great threat.

Thing - grotesque creatures found in taigas, tundras and glaciers (regardless of alignment/savagery). They have several varieties - Dog-things, which have two heads, and while slow-moving, can spit globs of caustic fluid; Head-things, small but fast-moving creatures resembling upside-down heads with spider legs; Maw-things, humanoids with a head that has split into a pair of jaws, as well as a prehensile tentacle at the base of its neck; Monster-things, larger humanoids with many tentacles, a large maw growing out of their heads, as well as dog torsos protruding from their lower bodies; Split-things, two-headed beings that crawl on their hands and feet; and Imitator-things, human-sized beings with large claws and a head that has opened to reveal five tentacles. Their biting, scratching and tentacle attacks can infect their victims - at that point, when they're in a combat situation, intelligent beings will transform into berserk imitator-things, whereas animals and the like will transform into berserk dog-things.

Deities in worldgen will also curse defilers of their temples, turning them into "imitators" - while outwardly normal, these imitators feel no real emotions, cannot be nauseated, and are unnaturally resistant to diseases. Ingesting their blood, or having skin contact with their blood, has a chance of spreading the contagion. When threatened, the imitator will turn into a berserk maw-thing - those infected by its blood will instead become imitator-things if intelligent, or dog-things if not.

Spoiler: Alien Invader Races (click to show/hide)

Alien - tall, humanoid aliens with skull-like faces and large, exposed brains. They live in towns and use a variety of advanced technology and weapons. Cruel yet curious, they seek to subjugate the denizens of the world and use them for their twisted experiments. They send out both thieves and snatchers.

In terms of weaponry, they use probes (capable of striking and jabbing attacks, and use the mace skill), power fists (have a single, strong punch attack - uses the mace skill) - stun-sticks (has a strong bash attack - uses the mace skill) - syringe-saws (capable of sawing and stabbing - uses dagger skill) - large medical saws (only has slashing and slap with flat attacks - uses sword skill) - electro-staves (has strong jabbing and bashing attacks - uses spear skill) - protonic axes (stronger axe variant) and coil rifles (they fire coil slugs at a high velocity, capable of causing heavy blunt damage). They also have hand-held excavators instead of mining picks - essentially large drills.
For armor, they're relatively poorly protected - having space helmets made of cosmic glass, and space suit gloves, tops, leggings and boots made of cloth.
Their weapons are exclusively made out of "otherworldly metal" - sharp and somewhat more dense than iron/steel, but also unusable for armor.
Their soldier names are as follows:
  Conscript - Recruit
  Cauterizer - Crossbowman
  Dissector - Axeman
  Amputator - Swordsman
  Anesthesiologist - Maceman
  Perforator - Pikeman
  Defibrillator - Spearman
  Exsanguinator - Lasher
  Chiropractor - Hammerman
  Surveyor - Thief

Gray - another form of alien - their heads are quite big, and their eyes are large and pitch-black. Unlike the Aliens, they are relatively benign, and are merely explorers, seeking to gain more knowledge of various worlds. Aside from having the same technology and weaponry as the Aliens, they are capable of colonizing both good and evil areas, and may sell plants and creatures from both of them.

Their swordsmen are called "Slashers", whereas their crossbowmen are "Sharpshooters". Aside from that, they're merely a friendly, mercantile version of the Aliens.

Predator - a race of tall, honorable hunters. Possessing great technology yet also using a variety of traditional melee weapons, they merely seek to hunt any worthy prey - including members of your forts.

Predators live in towns, and send out thieves (if you use Ogres from my Warcraft pack, they may actually come to trade and will be friendly). They are quite large in size, and have on average increased strength, agility, toughness, endurance and kinesthetic sense. They feel no fear and will always fight to the death.

In terms of weaponry, they use wrist blades (sword skill - stabs and slashes, no blunt attacks), telescoping spears (spear skill - stronger stabbing attacks), ceremonial daggers (dagger skill, fairly standard otherwise), razor whips (lashing attack does damage similar to hacking/slashing - uses whip skill), spearguns (fire "hunter's spears" to cause strong piercing damage, crossbow skill) and smart discs (blowgun/slinger skill - both ammo and the weapon itself does slashing/hacking type damage).
For armor, they only have mesh chest armor, mesh leggings, and hunter's helmets - the helmets are large and relatively heavy, whereas the mesh armor/leggings are much more light and provide protection similar to chainmail.
The Predators use "galactic metal" for their weapons and armor - light, protective and very sharp.
They have slightly different soldier names:
   Impaler - Crossbowman
   Slasher - Swordsman
   Flayer - Lasher
   Young Blood - Recruit
   Marauder - Thief

They do not trample grass, and learn sneaking at thrice the usual rate.

Xenomorphs - animalistic, parasitoid beings. They live in forest retreats (can be taken as open-air hives), and due to their intelligence or lack thereof, have no weaponry or armor - they instead have several castes that fulfill various roles:

Drones - standard, smallest form, though still larger than a human. Lowest on the ladder and most expendable. They can spray globs of acid from a distance, and their stinger stabs spray the same acid over wounds they inflict.

Warriors - larger form, with a ridged head. Their strength, agility and toughness is higher on average - while they lack the acid spraying attacks, they instead can both slash and stab with their blade-like stingers, and can also ram with their heads - a slow but devastating attack. They innately have adequate unarmed combat skills.

Praetorian - a larger variant with a crest on its head - slower to climb on walls than the drones and warriors, but has even higher innate attributes - its combat skills are also at skilled level. Still has the slashing/stabbing stinger attacks and the head ram.

Queen - most rare and largest variant - has an additional pair of arms. Similarly to the Praetorian, it does not climb walls as fast - however, its pharyngeal jaw bites are even stronger than those of other Xenomorphs. Its head-ramming and stinger slashes and stabs are utterly devastating. Its attributes are the highest of all Xenomorphs, and it has innately expert combat skills.

Predalien - a Xenomorph born of a Predator - a rare but powerful caste. Not as large as the Praetorian or the Queen, it nonetheless has highly increased strength, agility, toughness, endurance and kinesthetic sense. Has innately talented combat skills - otherwise attacks like other Xenomorphs.

Tarkalien - a Xenomorph born of a Tarkatan - it has the same increased attributes as the Predalien. It has a pair of arm blades coming out of its wrists, allowing for slashing/stabbing attacks - it only stabs with its stinger, but the attack can spray acid over the wounds. Has innately talented combat skills.

Xenomorphs attack on sight if you enter their forest retreats, so be prepared. All Xenomorphs have accomplished climbing, and their blood is acidic, which has a chance of causing blisters on those spattered with it (obv cannot have it melt through everything - not possible in-game yet and in terms of balance it'd be really annoying to deal with).
All Xenomorphs additionally feel no fear, pain, cannot be made dizzy, do not need to breathe and will avoid traps. They leave no broken vegetation either.

That should be it for now - I was hoping to do 2 more creature sets before releasing, but I don't know if I'd be finished with them before having to head off for vacation, so I figured I'd release this update now. If I manage to get the two sets done this week, I will release another update - if not, you will have to wait until I'm back.
The first set was supposed to be an expanded Doom monster list, including the new monsters introduced in Doom 3, Doom 4 and Doom 64, as well as the redesigned classic monsters (the originals would still be there, but, for example, alongside the classic Imp you'd have the multi-eyed Doom 3 version with some different capabilities, or the two-mouthed Pain Elemental from Doom 64).

The second set is a bit of a surprise that I wasn't initially planning on doing for this, but I figured I should to make up for the long wait before this update - if you want to know what is, feel free to take a gander through the game files.

That should be it for now, hope you guys enjoy this update!

[Splint]

It's a good thing a piece of art I'm working on is taking mea while, otherwise I'd miss out on knights battling xenomorphs. Of which they're the only one I have nitpicks for. Far as I know there's not anything in the expanded universe besides Spitters that can shoot acid (and their heads are massive weak spot because they store the acid they spit in sacs along the top and sides of thier head,) and thier tails aren't ovipositors that would spray venom or acid - they're solid bladed/bashing weapons.


I'm also a little sad the Bad Bloods (that is, the dishonorable, psychotic, and dregs of Predator society,) weren't included as the hostile predator faction, as on the whole they're perfectly willing to work with members of other races who prove themselves to be capable warriors - more than one human has managed to earn the respect of Predators they fought beside, or the respect of that Predator's clan for besting one of thier own in single combat - but hey. Can't have everything and I'm perfectly happy with this otherwise

[ZM5]

Damn, oh well - I was kinda expecting I'd get stuff wrong mostly on the Xenomorphs, even outside of stuff that cannot be simulated properly in DF. For the acid spraying I mostly went off the drone variation of the Xenomorph in MKX, where it did have an acid-dripping stinger that could do a short-range spray. Nonetheless, gameplay-wise it should atleast prove interesting having to deal with their sieges.

[ZM5]

Major update - added in a lot of new stuff, plus altered a lot of existing creatures.

For one, I made a few adjustments to the Xenomorphs to help them survive worldgen better - most of these kind of break how they're actually supposed to be, but they're kind of neccessary for gameplay purposes. For one, the Queens can now talk, so they should be able to form peace agreements instead of consistently getting obliterated by constant wars in worldgen. The drones are also now female breeders to help them replenish losses.

Pirates had a few minor adjustments - for one, they have munitions chestplates to give them a bit of defense, and they also have truncheons which use the mace skill (so they'll be called Anchormen even if they come with a truncheon) - its mostly so the non-Whale anchormen aren't useless, as they previously were with the massive anchors they'd only be able to wield.
The Whales themselves are now a tad smaller - they also have a lower innate agility, although to make up for it their natural strength and toughness is higher.
The Anglers have a higher innate agility, the Snappers and Skeletal Pirates have a higher innate toughness, and the Sharkheads have higher innate strength.

The castes of the Zombies and Entertainers have had a similar treatment in regards to innate attributes - the Meatchompers of the zombies have higher agility and strength, the Oozecrawlers have higher agility, and the Bonegrinders have higher strength and toughness, but a lower agility. For the Entertainers, the Strongman has higher base strength and agility, whereas the Bearded Woman has a higher strength and toughness.

As for the new content, it is mostly creatures from Doom 64, Doom 3, and Doom 2016 - aside from the outright new creatures that were introduced, I also added in some of the redesigned versions of the classic ones as separate creatures, using names from either Doom mods or the Doom RPGs. Not many changes to existing ones, although you may be happy to know that the Pinky types (including their Doom 3 version) are now tameable and trainable as pets. The non-Doom 3 cacodemons also move slower.

Along with that, to make up for the recent lack of updates, I've went ahead and done the creatures from Hexen and Heretic, which includes several wild creatures that show up in evil biomes, as well as a new invader race. There's also three miscellaneous creatures that I'm not sure why I didn't add before.

Spoiler: Doom 64 (and RPG) creatures (click to show/hide)

 
Nightmare Imp - higher relatives of the imps. They are faster, as fast as a Pinky, and hurl stronger bolts of dark fire at their foes. Since they lack mouths, they headbutt instead of biting.

Nightmare Cacodemon - higher relative of normal Cacodemons. It claws with its arms, and also fires triple bolts of plasma instead of only one at a time.

Rahovart - a pain elemental relative - it fires double lost souls at the same time.

Arachnoborg - Arachnotron relative. Has an additional pair of legs, and fires double plasma bolts, albeit at a slightly lower speed than the Arachnotron's single fire.

Sawcubus - demon with a chainsaw hand - not particularly intelligent, but can deal severe damage up close. Butchering its corpse can yield an iron chainsaw.

Mother Demon - only found rarely within the last cavern layer. She can shoot jets of fire, as well as quad fireballs (cutting off the hands can lower the amount) - more importantly, she can resurrect dead demons, with the exception of Arch-Viles and other Mother Demons.

Spoiler: Doom 3 creatures (click to show/hide)

Hell Imp - a more agile relative of the normal imps. It has a higher increased agility, although it is smaller in size - its fireballs are the same in strength. It can climb on walls more easily.

Bull Demon - a large demonic beast, found from the second layer onward. It attacks by biting, goring with its horns and scratching - best to attack its front half, due to its hind quarters being made of metal. They have a higher innate strength.

Nightmare Soul - Lost Soul relative - it only attacks by biting, however its teeth are sharper and can do more damage.

Hell Cacodemon - another Caco variant - this one spits stronger, yellowish plasma bolts, has multiple eyes, and moves faster than the other Caco types.

Hell Warrior - a Hell Knight relative. Is larger and stronger, with an innate increase to toughness and strength - throws plasma bolts that are stronger than a Hell Knights fireballs.

Druj - Mancubus relative. Its cannons can fire individually, so cutting one off wont disable the fireball attack entirely - still very slow-moving and lacking in agility, but has an increased natural strength to make up for it.

Cherub - disturbing demons that appear in small swarms. They attack with their claws and by biting - alone, they may not be much of a threat, but they very rarely appear alone. Cannot fly, despite their wings.

Trite and Demon Tick - although they count as separate creatures, they behave similarly, being found in small swarms and attacking via bites or foot jabs. Ticks are slightly larger, but only have a single pair of eyes.

Maggot - deformed yet agile demons. They easily climb on walls, and attack by punching, scratching, as well as striking and snatching with their single pincer - they also have a third arm that ends in a bony stump, which can also be used for a striking attack. Instead of biting, they lash with their tongues. Rarely found alone, but they appear in the smallest groups out of all the swarmer-type demons.

Wraith Demon - agile, sneaky demons. They primarily attack by slashing with their blades.

Vagary - rare creature found within the last cavern layer, either alone or in pairs. Mainly attacks by scratching, but can also telekinetically hurl chunks of stone at its foes to cause blunt damage.

Bruiser Demon - relatively rare, found in the last cavern layer, alone or in pairs. A sort of hybrid between the Mancubus and the Hell Knight, it moves faster than a Mancubus, while also being able to shoot fireballs.

Vulgar - minor demon. Throws balls of plasma which are weaker than the fire of an imp, although they can throw them with a slightly smaller cooldown. They can also climb on walls more easily, and can lash with their tails.

Hell Hunters - Berserk Hunter, Invulnerability Hunter and Helltime Hunter - three demons that technically count as one creature. Rarely found within the last cavern layer, they can appear alone or in groups of up to 3. Helltime Hunter hovers, though it cannot fly, and it is innately more agile - it can increase its own speed to move faster, and it also shoots triple fireballs (as weak as those of an Imp). Berserk Hunter is innately stronger, and can make itself even stronger and immune to pain - it can throw fairly strong fireballs, and can also attack with the retractable blades attached to its arms. Invulnerability Hunter moves more slowly, but has increased toughness, and it can further bolster it as well as make itself immune to stunning - it also hurls bolts of lightning that can cause strong blunt damage.

Guardian of Hell - a megabeast. Gigantic demon, it has a pair of mace-like clubs at the ends of its arms and one more at the tip of its tail - these cause devastating blows, should they connect. Its strength and toughness are increased.

Sabaoth - megabeast. A possessed human warrior attached to a tank-like machine. It has a long metallic arm with a strong pincer than can either do blunt strikes or snatching attacks, as well as a gun that can fire up to 4 laser bolts at once. Slow-moving, but has a higher strength and toughness.

Maledict - megabeast. A demonic, wyvern-like creature with a skull-like head - the face of a traitorous human is fused to its tongue. It can fly and spit out dark meteors to cause blunt damage, as well as breathe jets of fire.

Spoiler: Doom 2016 creatures (click to show/hide)

Imp Lord - rare, tougher imps. It has increased toughness, as well as a protective carapace on most of its body.

Armored Pinky - tougher Pinky variant. It has a higher toughness, and a protective carapace on most of its body - it is not as fast as the regular Pinkies, however.

Volcabus - a Mancubus variant. It is partially armored with a chitinous carapace and has an increased toughness - aside from shooting individual fireballs from its cannons, it can release an AOE burst of fire to damage those up close.

Cyber-Mancubus - another Mancubus variant. It is armored with metallic plates. It can shoot globs of acidic bile from a distance - getting close to it is also ill-advised, as it can spray the same bile in an AOE fashion around itself.

Malrath - Cacodemon variant. Has a long tongue that can latch on with attacks. It can spit narcotic bile, which aside from causing blisters and bleeding can also cause a loss of focus and kinesthetic sense.

Hell Razer - humanoid demon - it can fire argent bolts to cause blunt damage, though that attack is disabled if the bony protrusion on its right arm is cut off. Covered in a tough carapace and has an increased toughness.

Possessed Slave and Possessed Warrior - both castes of the same creature. The Slaves are mindless physical attackers - the Warriors can actually learn skills, and are larger and tougher, also having plates of metal melded into their flesh for extra protection.

Unwilling - tougher, possessed humanoids found only in the last cavern layer. They have a carapace over most of the body, offering extra protection.

Summoner - a hovering humanoid. Given its ability to levitate, cutting its legs off will not make it go prone. It has a protective carapace over most of its body. It can shoot argent bolts, as well as reanimate dead bodies as Unwilling minions.

Harvester - a relative of the Summoner - it can fire triple plasma bolts at once, and can also drain energy from its targets, causing an endurance loss as well as potential drowsiness. A carapace protects most of its body, and it can gore with its horns, causing edged damage - as with the Summoner, it levitates, so cutting its legs off will not make it go prone.

Prowler - an agile demon with razor sharp claws, found only in the last cavern layer. It can climb on walls more easily, is more innately agile, has three eyes, and has much sharper claws than most other creatures, making its attacks far more deadly.

Hell Guard - a creature found rarely in the last cavern layer, either alone or in groups of up to 3. It is essentially a biomechanical mech covered in a tough carapace, piloted by a small parasitic creature. It is tough to debilitate, and doesn't bleed as much as most other creatures.

Supreme Cyberdemon - a megabeast. Parts of its body are protected with metal, and it has a bone blade at its right arm, capable of causing deadly injuries. It can shoot rockets for strong blunt damage, similarly to the classic Cyberdemon.

Supreme Spiderdemon - a megabeast. It moves faster than the regular Spider Mastermind, and has a larger variety of projectiles - it can fire bullets and laser bolts from its gun (those attacks get disabled if it gets cut off), and it can also telekinetically hurl chunks of stone - otherwise it attacks by scratching and biting - it can also jab with its feet, although it is a slow attack that leaves it vulnerable.

Spoiler: Heretic/Hexen creatures (click to show/hide)

Most of these can be found in any evil biome, unless noted otherwise.
Fire Gargoyle - small fliers that can throw minor bolts of flame, about the same strength as those of an imp. They otherwise attack by scratching, biting and goring with their horns.

Golem - constructs of rock, flesh and bone. They do not bleed as much and are somewhat resistant to damage. There's a more rare Nitrogolem varient that is the same in most features, but can hurl stronger bolts of flame.

Sabreclaw - metallic constructs. It has an axe blade in place of its right hand, and a blade at the tip of its tail. It mainly attacks by clawing, hacking with its axe blade, or stabbing and slashing with its tail blade. Incredibly deadly to unarmored opponents.

Dead Warrior - tall skeletons. Not entirely mindless - races that use evil animals may occasionally use them similarly to how goblins use trolls, and they will accompany their masters on sieges, armed with various forms of weaponry.

Weredragon - hulking, draconic humanoids. They are more similar to wild animals, however, and can be kept as pets. Aside from having a variety of physical attacks, they can breathe stronger bolts of flame.

Iron Lich - large, rare metallic creatures. They are capable of slow flight. They can shoot bolts of frost to cause blunt damage, shoot bolts of flame to cause bleeding and blistering, as well as release undirected gusts of wind to cause bleeding. Otherwise they merely attack by goring and biting. They explode into flames on death.

Frost Wendigo - humanoid creature made of ice, only found within evil arctic biomes. It can shoot bolts of frost to cause blunt damage, usually two at a time (though cutting off a hand will disable that hand from shooting frost). On death, it becomes a statue made of ice.

Green and Brown Chaos Serpents - tall humanoid creatures with horns. The only difference between them is that the Brown serpents spit caustic bile, whereas Green ones spit stronger bolts of flame. Both can be used as mounts.

Afrit - flying creatures made of stone. They can shoot bolts of flame at their foes - as they lack mouths, they cannot bite, but they still can gore with their horns.

Marsh Stalker - serpentine creatures found in evil wetlands. They can throw globs of corrosive slime at their foes - aside from that, their talons are sharper and can cause higher damage.

Death Wyvern - a skeletal flying creature. It spits bolts of flame, about the same strength as a Berserk Hunter, and can be used as a mount. Tough to debilitate, but thankfully it is a rare encounter.

Chaotic Beings - the following creatures are all parts of one "race" - they are invaders who will siege your fortress. All of the other Heretic/Hexen creatures are also innately their pets. All of the castes feel no fear.

Beast Ettin - two-headed brutes, they are the most common of the chaotic forces. They learn mace skills at twice the usual rate.

Slaughtaur - second most common caste. These centauroids learn sword and shield skills at twice the usual rate.

Ophidian - horned, snake-like humanoids - as common as the Slaughtaurs. They learn pike and spear skills at twice the usual rate.

Reiver - undead, flying torsos. They can shoot fireballs, as strong as those of an Afrit, and their scratches inflict a weakening effect that temporarily reduces endurance and can cause drowsiness. On death, they dissipate into clouds of red energy, only leaving behind any objects they had in their possession.

Dark Disciple - flying, ethereal wizards, appearing as pitch-black, robed figures. They can shoot magical bolts to inflict blunt damage - aside from that, they are tough to debilitate, as they are beings of energy. On death, they dissipate into a cloud of violet energy that can cause bleeding and blistering to any creatures outside of other chaotic beings.

Chaos Bishop - a similar creature to the Dark Disciples - their robes are green instead of black, and they fire dual bolts of magic energy that cause blistering and bleeding. On death, they dissipate into clouds of green energy, which can temporarily reduce toughness of any non-chaotic being creature.

Maulotaur - rare, tall brutes. They can gore with their horns, and feel no pain - they also have innately higher strength and toughness attributes. They learn hammer skills at twice the usual rate.

Heresiarch - tall, demonic sorcerers. They can fire double fireballs, single magic bolts to cause blunt damage, and increase their own toughness with a barrier - on top of that, they can reanimate corpses as Chaos Bishops. Rare.

Serpent Rider - one of the ruling, most rare castes. These demonic spellcasters can throw bolts of lightning to cause blunt damage, and can temporarily increase their own speed - they can also reanimate dead bodies as Dark Disciple minions. They learn pike skills at three times the usual rate. On death, they dissipate into a cloud of lightning, which can cause paralysis to any non-chaotic being creature.

Death Rider - the other ruling caste - just as rare as the Serpent Riders. These hulking, intelligent beasts throw a variety of projectiles at their foes - stronger fireballs, corrosive bile, magic bolts, frost bolts, and dark energy bolts.

The Chaotic Beings lack some forms of armor, most notably foot and lower body armor. For weapons, they have whips, scourges, serrated swords, two-pronged spears, ceremonial tridents (pike skill), regal staves (spear skill), throwing hatchets, crossbows, spears, short swords, long swords, scimitars, maces, morningstars, battle axes, mauls and war hammers. They will send out both snatchers and thieves to your fortress.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous (click to show/hide)

Swamp Monster - large, brutish humanoids found in savage wetlands. They are similar to trolls, in that they can learn skills and use weaponry but cannot speak.

Body Snatcher - a multi-caste creature, found in savage tropical wetlands and tropical forests. They consist of several "pod" versions of the main four races, as well as pod plants and pod dogs. Physically identical to their original versions and possessing similar attributes (pod humans are larger, pod dwarves have more strength but less agility, etc.), they differ in several ways - they are tough to debilitate, feeling no fear, pain, dizziness, or emotions; they can point and scream, which can cause negative emotions in affected fort citizens; and their blood is greenish rather than red.
The pod dogs are a mutated mishap - essentially being human-faced dogs. They are faster than the other pod people, and cannot speak, learn skills, or use the scream interaction.
The pod plants are merely plants that crawl slowly on several roots. They are rare, and can only defend themselves with slow but devastating tackles - however, their main purpose is to reanimate dead bodies as malformed replicants - half-plant humanoids that mindlessly attack any living beings. While they can only reanimate one dead body at a time, given enough time (or more than 1 pod plant) it can add up.
The malformed replicants themselves can appear on their own in the same areas, usually in large groups. Alone, they are not much of a threat, despite being tough to debilitate, but a group of them can overwhelm unarmed citizens. They too can scream at your citizens to make them afraid.

Subterranean Snatcher - an underground version of the Body Snatchers. Instead of taking the forms of the main surface races, they take the forms of Troglodytes, Amphibian Men, Rodent Men, Reptile Men and Serpent Men. As with the surface variant, they are almost identical to their normal variants, short of their ability to scream, their green blood as well as their resistance to most attacks. Subterranean pod plants are identical to their surface variants, short of their colouration - they too can reanimate dead bodies as malformed replicants.

That covers it - big thanks to Splint for many of the suggested tweaks and rebalances! Hope you guys enjoy this update. Next I'm probably going to be updating the Darkest Dungeon pack with the new Color of Madness content.

[Splint]

I'll snap this up and play around with it with your other packs, see how my humans fare when the fighting begins.

For those interested, everyone appears to be able to spawn assuming one uses just ZM's own stuff, on a medium world with a modest history of some 200-ish years.

I've got a long way to go with my own mods before I can make the story fort featuring this and the others though (railguns and bolters and saw gloves, oh my!)

[MottledPetrel]

Just what any one of your packs needed, *a buff*. Most of your creatures are already a death sentence, but hey, that's what Dwarf Fortress is all about.

[ZM5]

I'll snap this up and play around with it with your other packs, see how my humans fare when the fighting begins.

For those interested, everyone appears to be able to spawn assuming one uses just ZM's own stuff, on a medium world with a modest history of some 200-ish years.

I've got a long way to go with my own mods before I can make the story fort featuring this and the others though (railguns and bolters and saw gloves, oh my!)

Good to hear that then, was worried Xenos could still have some issues surviving worldgen.

Just what any one of your packs needed, *a buff*. Most of your creatures are already a death sentence, but hey, that's what Dwarf Fortress is all about.

Hee hee. Tbh I did nerf some of the syndrome causing attacks, but yeah, there's a greater variety of stuff out there to kill you. Gonna do the same with the Darkest Dungeon pack, that one could require some fine-tuning of syndrome attacks too.

[ZM5]

Released a tiny patch - I misplaced some of the files resulting in some of the original invader and interaction balancing changes not carrying over - this should be fixed now.

[ZM5]

Minor update - I've added sounds to most of the horror movie creatures that they'll make in adventure mode - aside from that I fixed an oversight with the Snatchers - they seeminfly weren't appearing due to lacking LARGE_ROAMING - they should properly spawn now.