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Sabreur

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Attracting Kobolds
« on: May 18, 2012, 11:45:33 am »
I'm trying to provoke a kobold ambush so I can capture them and put them in a little village I'm building in a walled-off cavern section, but I don't want them stealing my artifacts or anything like that. If I seal the fortress except for an outdoor stockpile of miscellaneous junk, will they steal from that?
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 11:54:59 am »
Yeah. Kobolds don't discriminate much; I think they go for the most valuable item lying around, but that's about it.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 01:59:46 pm »
Leave a few exceptional quality cloth items. Poor Kobolds on my map keep getting killed by the local fauna :(
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 03:14:32 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on May 18, 2012, 01:59:46 pm
Leave a few exceptional quality cloth items. Poor Kobolds on my map keep getting killed by the local fauna :(

Make sure it is not a sock or urist McGreedy will go after it and either kill a kobold passing around or get killed by it if he a usefull dwarf.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 03:16:43 pm »
Quote from: vicwarrior on May 18, 2012, 03:14:32 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on May 18, 2012, 01:59:46 pm
Leave a few exceptional quality cloth items. Poor Kobolds on my map keep getting killed by the local fauna :(

Make sure it is not a sock or urist McGreedy will go after it and either kill a kobold passing around or get killed by it if he a usefull dwarf.

Or make more socks.

Many.

MANY.

MOAR SOCKS.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 04:14:57 pm »
Kobolds are TRAPAVOID, so you'll need to get creative when it comes to the capturing part.

Quote from: Loud Whispers on May 18, 2012, 03:16:43 pm
Quote from: vicwarrior on May 18, 2012, 03:14:32 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on May 18, 2012, 01:59:46 pm
Leave a few exceptional quality cloth items. Poor Kobolds on my map keep getting killed by the local fauna :(

Make sure it is not a sock or urist McGreedy will go after it and either kill a kobold passing around or get killed by it if he a usefull dwarf.

Or make more socks.

Many.

MANY.

MOAR SOCKS.

There is no such thing as enough socks.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2012, 04:41:07 pm »
Quote from: Deathsword on May 18, 2012, 04:14:57 pm
Kobolds are TRAPAVOID, so you'll need to get creative when it comes to the capturing part.
Really long bridge on the way to stockpile, with 1-2 z-level high pit and cagetraps under the bridge. Manual activation when kobold has been spotted and is passing the bridge.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2012, 04:42:23 pm »
Pit traps work nicely.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2012, 04:54:30 pm »
Get 100 kobolds in a pit.
Fill the pit with water.
Soup?
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2012, 05:28:33 pm »
Quote from: Deathsword on May 18, 2012, 04:14:57 pm
Kobolds are TRAPAVOID, so you'll need to get creative when it comes to the capturing part.

I'm planning on using some retracting bridges over cage traps.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2012, 05:49:04 pm »
Thread title was a bit misleading.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2012, 08:16:25 pm »
A kobold in the corner turns, hisses, and flees into a room called "Community Games and Stories", leaving behind a admanite wafer.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2012, 08:18:49 pm »
Quote from: ComradeGafarov on May 18, 2012, 05:49:04 pm
Thread title was a bit misleading.

What did you think Sabreur meant?
...I'm not sure if I want to know, actually.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2012, 08:19:52 pm »
Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on May 18, 2012, 08:18:49 pm
Quote from: ComradeGafarov on May 18, 2012, 05:49:04 pm
Thread title was a bit misleading.

What did you think Sabreur meant?
...I'm not sure if I want to know, actually.

Saurinae has a kobold wife, and kowarf pups. Thats what he thought he meant.
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Re: Attracting Kobolds
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2012, 10:25:09 pm »
Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on May 18, 2012, 08:18:49 pm
Quote from: ComradeGafarov on May 18, 2012, 05:49:04 pm
Thread title was a bit misleading.

What did you think Sabreur meant?
...I'm not sure if I want to know, actually.

The first attempt involved dressing in drag and drinking enough alcohol to blind a moose.

It... it didn't go well.
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