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Author Topic: Urist McChild cancels Be a Child: Interrupted by Goblin Snatcher.  (Read 604 times)

webadict

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So, a goblin is strolling around, being all invisible, when it stumbles upon a child. The child, who was on his way to sleep, is then scared off, while the goblin snatcher punches the kid once, then runs away.

The odd thing was that the snatcher DIDN'T capture the kid! He didn't even try. The slaughtered goblin didn't have any baby or child. So, what is wrong here?
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Re: Urist McChild cancels Be a Child: Interrupted by Goblin Snatcher.
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 01:15:32 am »

He probably got spooked.  I think they only snatch if they manage to reach the child before it notices them.
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Re: Urist McChild cancels Be a Child: Interrupted by Goblin Snatcher.
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 01:24:26 am »

I think goblins pick a specific child as soon as they enter the map, and will only abduct that one child. If they bump into some other child, it's just as if they bumped into an adult - they are revealed and flee.
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