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[Sigint]

I've been playing Dwarf Fortress for a few months now, and I've seen my share of interesting/odd things, but this takes the cake. My dwarf adventurer entered a dark goblin fortress, and I expected the usual waves of goblin drunks to come by and try to dismember him. To my surprise, I couldn't attack any of them, and I could even talk to and recruit them! I found a goblin elite bowman, and he gave me a job to go kill a titan. Deeply disturbed, I left the fort and went to another, nearby fortress, thinking that maybe I'd get some bloodthirsty goblins to kill of the 5+ goblin drunks who were following me. No dice, this place was every bit as tame as the other one.

On the plus side, I got to talk to a demon, who seemed friendly enough. I wasn't able to get close enough to ask him for a job though, because he was floating around in midair.

Anyway, this whole experience left me so amazed that I had to register and account here in the hopes that SOMEONE can tell me what is going on. I'm sure there is a completely logical explanation for why there is such a docile group of goblins, and I'd love to know what it is. Thanks.

[valcon]

There are no enemy goblin forts anymore.

The addition of the army arc made them all hug happy peacenicks

You should only be surprised if you find one that ISN'T friendly. 

I've still never seen an unfriendly goblin fort after the addition of the army arc.  Really boring.

And yeah doing quests for demons is weird at first, but, you get used to it.  I've done about 10 quests for demons, they're just the same as anybody else.

It is logical, it's the norm, sorry to tell you you wasted your time registering to tell us what everyone here experiences every time they play, but, hey, now you can talk about other stuff too!

[Astus Ater]

Actually, try looking at legends and see when the goblins are at war. Regenerate the world to that date, and their fortresses will be hostile again.

[umiman]

Just because they talk to you doesn't prevent you from killing them though. Think of it as insurance.

[Nonanonymous]

And just because a creature has [ETHIC:THEFT:ACCEPTABLE] and [ETHIC:ASSAULT:ACCEPTABLE], doesn't mean that you can yank the weapons off of one of their guards in adventurer mode without the entire fortress getting angry at you.

[umiman]

Actually, based on experience, you can give a civ the ethic tag [ETHIC:THEFT:ACCEPTABLE] and then rob their stores blind with no one caring, not even the shopkeeper.

[Nonanonymous]

Well, based on my experience, grabbing someones weapons from the wrestling menu and gaining possession of it, even with both of the tags I mentioned, results in the entire fort getting pissed at you and trying to kill you.  So... 

[Haven]

I guess they're exercising their right to assault right back at ya.

[cowofdoom78963]

I guess they're exercising their right to assault right back at ya.

ohh thats a good point.
Unless theres a law against killing

[Jetman123]

Why would goblins have laws or ethics against killing?

[valcon]

Why would goblins have laws or ethics against killing?

Oh they have them, but they only apply to one certain civ, population: you.