Creatures: body parts
Different creatures in the world have all manner of body parts -- from claws and eyestalks to hearts and brains. Body parts determine what items a creature can wear, as well as some of its traits -- for example, flight or the ability to strike with a tail. The list of available body parts is determined by the creature's race, and you can see any creature's body parts with the chances command.
Body parts are not the same as equipment slots. For example, if one arm is cut off in combat, some slots disappear -- one of the finger slots for rings, one of the bracelet slots, and so on. But if the second arm is cut off too, not just the slots disappear, but the entire body part "arms" itself.
When killing any creature there is a chance of obtaining some body parts -- provided the creature has them: a head, brains, eyes, a heart, hands, legs, or entrails. And when killing an opponent in PK, a named ear with information about the duel is guaranteed to drop.
- Creatures can parry strikes with some body parts even without a weapon. If you cut off all such body parts, they can no longer block
- All body parts spoil quickly, but they can be preserved in a jar of formalin purchased at the Zoology Museum
- Some body parts are needed for recipes -- for example, entrails (intestines) are used to make a bowstring when using make bow
- Some body parts of defeated enemies can be used when preparing pastries at Amber Castle
- Brains can be fed to necromancer zombies
- Rangers can obtain all body parts at once by butchering a corpse.
- Warriors of the Battleragers cut a specific part from a corpse to make a trophy poncho from it