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Author Topic: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)  (Read 984 times)

Sacrath

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This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« on: October 12, 2008, 08:47:43 pm »


I started in a goblin fortress (in fortress mode) in the hopes for a little guaranteed demon action (there is also some pits in the area somewhere. I collapse my wagon, haul ass into the mountain and when I go to check on my dorfs? Friendly goblins! Hell, even the demon is friendly! I expected a vanguard against dwarven invasion not understanding neighbors!

Does this mean I'm going to get invaded by other goblins?
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Greymane

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 08:55:57 pm »
Yes. And the goblins you live with will cheerfully kill those invading goblins for you. It is a bit of a flaw, at the moment, that any race you're not at war with will be friendly to you if you build your fort on top of them. You can swipe all their stuff, even take over or destroy their homes. As long as you don't kill anyone, they're fine with you hanging around and happy to turn upon their own kind for the sake of being good neighbors.
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Sacrath

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 09:02:42 pm »
Huh, someone should adjust the wiki then.
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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 09:06:03 pm »
As a challenge, you could protect them?
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Kidiri

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2008, 02:44:56 am »
Quote from: Ezuku on October 12, 2008, 09:06:03 pm
As a challenge, you could protect them?

Pretend they're a fort with gobbo's that have had enough of the killing and maiming and wanted to get away from it. They started an outpost, but the other goblins found out and now the Mountainhomes have sent you to go and protect these possibly powerful new allies.
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Sometimes, when my Dorfs are exceptionally stupid again, I wonder what exactly the [INTELLIGENT]-tag does.

The Grackle

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2008, 05:17:46 am »
see if you can make the demons fight each other.
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Hoborobo234

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2008, 06:04:06 am »
Quote from: The Grackle on October 13, 2008, 05:17:46 am
see if you can make the demons fight each other.


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Quote from: irmo on October 23, 2009, 03:57:53 am
Rather than having them directly force you to mine adamantine, I would suggest that they give you strange moods that require adamantine. "Dig out the adamantine or Urist here goes insane and dies" is suitably vicious.

(It occurs to me that you can probably get "Lovecraft" as the random name of your fortress. That's when you know you're screwed.)

Ezuku

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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2008, 07:26:50 am »
Remember the elves protect Santa. Except instead of the elves, you've got dwarves. And instead of Santa, you have the iron delivery goblins.

Failure to protect Santa will result in all the happy little dwarvish fortresses not recieving their iron for this year.
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Re: This is less of a challenge than I hoped... (Friendly Goblins)
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2008, 08:55:46 am »
Oh not this topic again... ;D
Goblins will be hostile only, if you are at war with them at embark. [That ------- stuff also means that the goblins will siege you, but you are not at war with them]
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