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[jei]

I've been pitting humans into my magma pit and one Magma Man has been lurking in somewhat closer, but so far has stayed deep.

Is there any way to attract the magma men and catch one in a cage trap?
I kinda want one for my zoo, although I suspect this is one of those bright ideas that will bring down my fort in a roaring blaze of great balls of fire.

[gopher dude]

Have you tried setting up cage traps all over the shore of the Magma mens habitat and chaining animals behind the cages as bait?

Or are magma man benign towards animals discluding humanoids?

Also: LOL humans?

Where did you get humans?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Dead liaisons probably.

[jei]

Have you tried setting up cage traps all over the shore of the Magma mens habitat and chaining animals behind the cages as bait?

Or are magma man benign towards animals discluding humanoids?
Also: LOL humans?
Where did you get humans?

No liaisons nor dead.

Live ones. They walked in lead of ~6 goblin ambushers,
Most I save and butcher with military, but archers, crossbowmen, etc. & goblins with
long range weapons get special treatment where I ditch them into my magma pit alive
hoping that I will one day hit that Magma man that is wandering around 4-5 Z-levels
deeper.

Funny thing is I get humans as both enemies and friends as my settlement is near
a human village. Also ambushers take their toll on the humans too so we get human vs human occasionally.

I will try to leash an animal near some cage traps to test what the magma man likes.

Figure he might be a nice pet for some nobility if he keeps tossing fireballs from cage..

Also note that magma dispatching means no bleeding and less FPS loss in the long term. Though of course no exp.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Ah, goblin humans. Chain them up right behind the cage traps for your magma man.

[jei]

Ah, goblin humans. Chain them up right behind the cage traps for your magma man.

Too late now. A cow killed my Magma man. 

By the way, are left over parts like {Fire Man head} safe to take away or will they start fires?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Oh. That explains it. Fire men are pathetic.

Yeah, the parts are safe.

[jei]

Oh. That explains it. Fire men are pathetic.

Yeah, the parts are safe.

Thanks.

Although, in retrospect, that Fire Man the cow killed is not the Magma Man I spotted, now that I noted it, he's moved off to another area. Didn't even spot the fireman before that battle took place.

Wonder what happened to the cow though, only a pile of ashes left where they battled.... Ah, seems to be doing well. Gained a name anyway.