Ok.. So i've had a few goblin ambushes, and as i read on the wiki, if a goblin child-snatcher gets a kid, they can come back and fight for the goblins. This has happened. Thankfully i've got a hole bunch of traps.. and i managed to capture about 1/2 of the ambush squad (and the others flee'd or i killed them i think). One of the captured ambushers is that that dwarf who was stolen as a child. He's still alive and well, is there anyway i can 'convert' him to my side, or do i have to kill him through a long and torturous means like the rest of the green captives.
Also any other question. About disarming the captives. I know you basically have to press d,b,d for the cages to be dumped (in a dumping zone), but then have to cancel the dump order on the cage. The concept makes sense, but when i set them to dump, the only thing i can 'un-dump' is the cage. So, i do the d,b,d... then i press k, go over the cage (in the stockpile), press enter, and it gives me an inventory screen. In that screen the only item listed is the creature; and its listed as either "Goblin thief" or "Goblin Master Swordsmen", pressing enter again just gives a description of the creature. I know it didn't work, because when i dumped the captive into a pit, they still had all their armour and weapons. It did work for ONE of the goblins, because i can see that they are listed just as "Goblin" and don't have their title.
But the rest seem unaffected.
What am i doing wrong. Anyhelp would be great. thx