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Prospect gold nuggets from sand.

Steal gems from other civs. (simulated by reaction)

Prospect fuel from peat-clay. (collect clay on a peat surface)

Witchers, magic melee

Hexers, magic ranged/support

Hypnotoad, special pet with crazy fortress-wide interactions

More religion, praying, offerings

[Nahere]

That reminds me, the tutorial thread shows cauldrons and ladles being made from wood in the craftsbold shop, but I couldn't find the reaction and the checking the raws shows that both have [METAL_MAT], not [HARD_MAT]. Did I miss something?

[Gamerlord]

That reminds me, the tutorial thread shows cauldrons and ladles being made from wood in the craftsbold shop, but I couldn't find the reaction and the checking the raws shows that both have [METAL_MAT], not [HARD_MAT]. Did I miss something?

Have the exact same issue!

[jcpalerm]

I've yet to successfully fight a battle, haha. I recently got late into a game by just burrowing in clay and building a billion traps and putting a ton of Trap Spiders on them. No one attacked me, possibly because of my embark location, but no one besides some errant creatures wandered into the traps. I am still curious if anyone has some insight on exactly how the trap spiders web the traps. Is it something I have to do manually? Since, the end of my fort was an ambush of 20 Pandashi that killed 9 of my Ogres armed with tree trunks (I think). They danced over the traps and didn't seem to be ensnared at all and killed close to 15 Trap Spiders.

[Meph]

Ok, I have to balance a lot more it seems. Ogres should be better, after all they are semimegabeasts...

Trap spiders work like any other webbing spide... never caught a Giant Cave Spider and build a silkfarm? You need to put them near an enemy, and they will shoot webs. Every trap with a web above it works against trapavoid enemies. But the spiders themselves are super weak, they shouldnt be in a melee at all.

[Firehawk45]

never caught a Giant Cave Spider and build a silkfarm?

Kids grow up so fast these days

[Snorunt30]

Are kobolds as weak as they are supposed to be? Or do I just have exceptional ones?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

That's the second kobold that has ripped off the enemies head
Edit: make that three kobolds that have done so

[Putnam]

Look at how tiny their heads are!

[Snorunt30]

Look at how tiny their heads are!

That's it? I sorta imagined them as at least the height of a person...
How large is a common kestrel then? Like a parakeet?

[smakemupagus]

Kestrels are small falcons, small enough to hover, and to not mind eating large insects sometimes.

[Snorunt30]

Oh, well don't mind me then, imagined them a lot larger . Suppose that's what I get for not looking them up instead of just guessing it's as large as a person (as in, several times a kobolds' size)

[jcpalerm]

I'm impressed that your kobolds were able to hold them off. I've had several come back from engagements with seemingly harmless creatures like kestrels and tiny cave beetles with no limbs and no ability to stand.

[Snorunt30]

I'm impressed that your kobolds were able to hold them off. I've had several come back from engagements with seemingly harmless creatures like kestrels and tiny cave beetles with no limbs and no ability to stand.

It's only those two kobolds though, the rest vanish into thin air. I should probably see if they are related given that this is a three year old world. Maybe I'll test their strength on some of those wild raptors running through town (or the things rising from the cave that leads to the caverns that I've not explored yet).

[jaxy15]

Kobolds using melee are piss-weak, even in the military. My only melee 'bold has an ironbone machete and rigid scale armor, and all his bones are broken. I have no idea how he's still alive.

[Gamerlord]

It is possible as Bolds to get Mithril gear from elves. Needless to say, if you can get it the light weight and good quality is just plain excellent.

Also, is it now common practice to call military kobolds Bolds?

[Meph]

Do you melt it down first? Kobolds shouldnt be able to use armors from invaders.