Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[boathouse2112]

What exactly am i supposed to do with these caged goblins...

it takes forever to set up a cage opening in my barraks

[Excedion]

Just pit them from the floor above, dwarves dont seem to get scared by pitting prisoners anymore. In my current fort theyll happily drag trolls, elk birds and such across the map to the pit (34.02)

[Nil Eyeglazed]

Build a programmable computer.

[wierd]

Be sure to disarm the goblins first.

D,b,d and draw a rectangle over the built cages.  This will make dwarves confiscate the goblinite, leaving stark nekkid gobbos.

[boathouse2112]

New question:

How are these pits built, do you come in from the side on the next floor down?

[wierd]

Make a channeled out hole.

On the floor above, over the open space, use the "i" menu and assign as pit/pond.

Then you can assign creatures.

[robertheinrich]

Since you are already talking about pitting... I noticed that pitting invaders is no problem anymore. I built a hatch above a channelled out spot and told them to pit everybody. Armed invaders, kobold master thieves, anybody. And the pit was not right next to the stockpile. No accidents, no escaping thieves, nothing.

Was it dumbed down?

[boathouse2112]

I was referring to the really deep pits, though that's also helpful

[ledgekindred]

Be sure to disarm the goblins first.

D,b,d and draw a rectangle over the built cages.  This will make dwarves confiscate the goblinite, leaving stark nekkid gobbos.

Don't forget to go to your stocks menu and undump the cages.

Since you are already talking about pitting... I noticed that pitting invaders is no problem anymore. I built a hatch above a channelled out spot and told them to pit everybody. Armed invaders, kobold master thieves, anybody. And the pit was not right next to it. No accidents, no escaping thieves, nothing.

In 34.05 I've had goblin thieves escape from pitting.  It seems to be based on the skill of the animal handler trying to pit them versus the skill of the thief being pitted.  Crappy snatchers get pitted pretty regularly, while master thieves almost always escape.

[wierd]

The depth of the channeled out empty space doesn't matter.  You could have a deadly 10z "this is dwarf fortress!!" Pit you toss them into. Won't matter.  The important part is that the pit designated area have a walkable perimeter, and be built over empty space.