Playable Devils
Adds a race of playable devils somewhat inspired by the lawful evil devils from the 9 hells.
THE DEVILS
They are totally fire immune, and not easy to break emotionally. They are also not living, being soulless devils, so they don’t have to worry about the undead or even becoming a night creature. They are obviously an evil race that is usually only at peace with the goblins; this doesn’t stop others from coming to visit a tavern or library though.
The devils do have some inborn talent for lying and manipulation. They also do not have the creative ability to make artifacts, so you don’t have to worry about strange moods, just go steal artifacts from someone else. They do have a special building that they use to acquire their own special metal that is on par with steel. I am trying to think of other rituals to perform.
They currently do not have the ability to fly as it was causing buggy behavior where they would hang in the air and not work until they got thirsty. I have made them only appear and settle in desert biomes to curtail them some. once they make contact with another civ they will begin to conquer their sites though.
CUSTOM PETS
The custom pets produce chitin and scales when butchered, but i have made them so that they are leather materials. This automatically makes them look like leather, but they should actually turn into better than normal leather items.
The hellgators act as guards and companions to the devils in place of dogs. They can be trained. At max size they are about dwarf sized. They do not lay eggs but give live birth.
The pouncers are vermin eating spiders that can spray webs, but they are not large or strong enough to stop anything bigger than themselves. They also give live birth.
The dream crawlers are very large crosses between a crab and a scorpion. They do have a venomous sting so they can be used for defense in a pinch, but their main use comes from the devils discovering how to milk them. The devils can milk the venom and use it to make a unique alcohol. This alcohol gives a lot of strong happy feelings for devils, but anything else drinking it will be slightly paralyzed and start to hallucinate.
Lastly we have the pillars of suffering. These large towers of twisted flesh are kept around to produce crystallized suffering that can be used to make sacrifices at the unique devil sacrificial altar. To get them to produce you have to build a nest box and then give them a one tile pasture on top of it to get your devils to move them to it. They do not reproduce, but if you surround them with any non devil animals they have a small chance to turn them into a new pillar. Otherwise they may be twisted by the exposure to the pillars turning them into a formless twisted being, or if they formerly had a soul turning them into a soulless broken thrall. These failed pillars can be killed and then butchered for the crystals that have formed inside them. This process does take some time, so be patient, just make sure to get them into the gas cloud.
SPECIAL METAL
Defiled Bone is bone that has been infused with the tainted energy of the hells. It has the same properties as steel. This metal is crucial for the devils as they can not make most metals including steel.
RITUALS
The devils can make a minor sacrifice of simple bone in the hopes that they will get some defiled bone in return. This has a very small chance of success.
If the devils sacrifice the concentrated suffering of beings from the mortal plane and some bone, then they have even odds on getting some defiled bone.
If the devils have been successful enough, and sacrifice a soul stone to the hells, then they are guaranteed a return
NEW PLANTS
I also added some new plants that can be farmed. All of them can be used for food and booze, but the seed bearing part is in the part used to make booze so your cooks wont cook all of the seeds. I specifically made the fruits non cookable, but edible raw in emergency. I had wanted to make the plants [EVIL] so that other civs couldnt use them but that just made them rare enough that the devils rarely had them either, so now they are just a global side effect of the devil invasion.
Flame Flowers can be used for thread and paper. They also produce edible roots and can be used to make Flame Flower Fire Water.
Carrion Bulbs produce edible leaves, and are used to brew Blood Wine.
Death Lilies produce edible roots, and are used to make the liquor Death’s Kiss.
Purple Vein is used to make Stumble Step Stout.
Bloody Skull is used to make Skull Brew.
