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Mageziya

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Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« on: August 06, 2012, 06:33:42 pm »

According to the wiki:

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Trading#GoblinsVerify

It is possible to be at peace/ ally with the goblins.

My best guess is that this is done via adventurer, but even then how?

Has anyone every done this? Personally, I want to allies the greens and go to war with the hippies.
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 07:16:25 pm »

I 'think' it can happen very rarely in worldgen, i've started at war with the elves and humans before.  I guess its just pot-luck if you embark during a rare moment of peacetime.   Perhaps in an age of twilight when neither civ has the strength to expand?
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2012, 07:24:34 pm »

No, not that I'm aware of. Even if you are ar peace, the [BABYSNATCHER] tag puts them at eternal hostilities. Actually, its also the reason they send ambushes.
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2012, 07:31:50 pm »

If they never stole babies, they won;t be at war with a given civ. Much more common if you removed that tag though.
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2012, 07:33:50 pm »

It's much more common if you embark at an early date (i.e. Year 5 or sooner) so that nobody has time to initiate hostilities.
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2012, 09:58:51 pm »

Did you remove babysnatcher?

Babysnatcher makes them always hostile regardless of otherwise normal diplomacy.
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Re: Peace with Goblins ~ Possible? How?
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2012, 06:36:40 am »

Theres always a red line on the civ screen, not necessarily WAR. Pretty much what the other dude said about baby snatcher