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[RogerN]

*POTENTIAL SPOILERS*

One of my dwarves was out hunting in the field.  As he climbed a hill up to the next z-level, I received the following message, "Ambush!"  There were suddenly six goblins (lashers, speargoblins, etc...) right next to him.  They killed him and preceded to attack my fortress, where they were slaughtered by my marksdwarves and the visiting dwarven merchant guards.

I've had sieges before, but never seen an ambush until today.  My population is only 22 or so, and I have little wealth, so it definitely wasn't a typical siege.  Are ambushes a new feature?

[ February 06, 2008: Message edited by: RogerN ]

[apache1990]

Maybe, I only ever heard of kobold ambushes before.

[Run Comrades]

I believe they are.  There is a similar thread in a different section.  I have a fort that is in 1069 right now, with a population of around 35.  I never had any real visits from goblins except for snatchers.

And now I get ambushes REALLY REALLY frequently.  Not prepared for them either.  But its a helluva lotta fun!  

[aha]

I started a fortress near goblin fortress - they are sitting there quietly, but kobolds keep ambushing in the middle of my fortress - I've slain them all obviously - also free metal from their daggers

[Flame11235]

Kobold ambushes suck. Six bowmen spawned out of nowhere and killed my farmer, and also 8 puppies/dogs before the rest were suffocated by the sheer number of them. I've only got 4 of the original seven now. (Two were killed by a cougar)

[aha]

More challenging

[eltorre]

yes, i had this just 5 min after the start... but it was only 1 kobold thief (it said ambush, not thief... minor bug?), and the dwarf near it was the woodcutter... well, not really a hard ambush... it left me some kobold bones to play with

[RogerN]

quote:Kobold ambushes suck.

Indeed.  I just had a group of kobold archers march across the map.  They shot and killed everyone who was outside before leaving.  Thanks to kobolds, goblin ambushes, harpies, packs of beak dogs, and crocodiles I've managed to fill about 40 coffins in two years.  I've had to start my military from scratch... three times now.

And it's one of the most fun games of DF that I've had in a while  

[Sularus]

I once had a group of kolbold bowmen show up, and proceed to slaughter ever single kobold theif on the map, before returning home and leaving every dwarf unharmed.

[Toaster]

quote:Originally posted by Sularus:
<STRONG>I once had a group of kolbold bowmen show up, and proceed to slaughter ever single kobold theif on the map, before returning home and leaving every dwarf unharmed.</STRONG>

Sure, it was an ambush- but they never said they were ambushing you.

[Pandarsenic]

quote:Originally posted by Toaster:
<STRONG>Sure, it was an ambush- but they never said they were ambushing you.</STRONG>

Nice.

[Sorcerer]

I seem to get kobold ambushers every single time theres a caravan in town. Mostly singles, which are subsequently slaughtered by caravan guards, tethered war dogs, and patrols.. Supposedly, you used to get the bigger ambushes if the thieves got away with loot and word got around in koboldville

[Mystry]

On my map, I got an "Ambush!", I zoomed to it, happened that a Giant Cave Spider, who was seperated fromt he rest of the map, was ambushed by dozens of Swallowmen. The swallowmen lost. The plateau the spider is on is now running with blood.