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[vorpal+5]

Hi,

A  bug to report, or a very badly designed 'work as designed' feature.

I got a report of an ambush. The ambushed were in fact some skeletal mole in a cavern, a bit far from my fortress. The ambushers were kobolds.

A kobold is kill by the mole, then the mole is disposed by the rest of the kobolds.

A mn later, I have a message that a store item task is canceled by a kobold. This seems weird to me, as the kobolds are still very far from me.

I check, and what I see in dismay? My dwarves are all targeting the remains of the killed kobold, and want to grab the chunks and bones to the refuse stockpile. All items are in brown without brackets.

I really don't understand the logic here. Some ambushers stumble on the local wildlife, and I get ownership of the spoils? This is really bad. I took no part in the action, and I surely don't want my dwarves to start searching the countryside for spoils generated by third parties...

[Quietust]

If you have the (o)rders menu set to "Forbid other death items", then it's a bug. If, however, it's set to Claim them, then it's working as designed.

[vorpal+5]

ok, my bad then. I must have been irritated by the dorfs in the military, 1/3 being asleep, 1/3 eating, 1/3 drinking while I needed them 

[Sinistar]

Plus, if I may add, ambush is spotted whenever ANYONE stumbles upon invaders' path. Similar to thieves and snatchers. That means either wildlife, your animals or your dwarf reveal ambushers.
Which is good.
Imagine only your dwarfs could detect said troubles and by some odd turn of events all of your dorfs would be in the heart of your fortress? Imagine 30+ gobbos suddenly appearing in your dinning hall?

Man, that would be awesome. Gotta look for [DETECT BY DWARFS ONLY] tag or something in this manner and try this myself.

[Chrispy]

I`ve been having this happen too, it`s usually when skeletal or zombie creatures find an ambush and are killed that their bones don`t become forbidden when they die.  My workaround is to 'O' not claim refuse from outside, but that`s a workaround at best.