Hello fellow dwarfs. I have a question, the nature of which means a lot to my ego.
I have had the normal goblin troubles in my best fortress. There was nothing out of the ordinary:
1. Snatchers show up
2. An ambushed caravan or 6 (thwarted, of course)
3. They bring their beasts of war in a mounted siege with trolls (more practice for the Marksdorf-gauntlet-of-death training)
4. Their armies bring along various *weapon*masters and whatnot
...But that's where stuff gets weird...
Now I have read the Wiki and I know that having a clown lead a gobbo civilization is common, but I had no idea they showed up in person.
On the third siege, I noticed a "badger twisted into humanoid form" etc. amongst the mounted squad of the goblins.
At this point, there is a metric crapton of goblins ranging (har har) from bowgoblins to lashers to the troll candlestick makers.
They splash like water on my traps and Ballista-Induced-Mulching Loving hallway, and, once the majority of the gobbos were slain and my Swordmaster/Axelord brothers were itching for clown blood, it turns and runs away!
Since then I have had easily 3+ sieges, and I have yet to see this clown! From my months of lurking (this is my first topic) I have discovered that killing the clown normally stops the sieges and culls the goblins, so of course I want to get these buggers done with and move onto bigger and FUNner things. Do any of you know if/when it will show itself?
ANY similar situations or stories of dwarfish triumph would be greatly appreciated.