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[tacklemcclean]

I had a goblin ambush come my way.
Led by 4 dwarves.

The dwarves could march over my traps unaffected. They all ganged up on one of my original seven, but they didn't really DO anything to him. Probably threatened him.

I sent out my wrestlers and they tore them apart.

What the heck is going on?

[NooklearToaster]

Goblin babysnatchers raise the children they steal as their own, and I guess this batch became legendary. It's not hard for a dwarf to stand out among his peers if they're all goblin filth...

[Marlowe]

Thanks to [BABYSNATCHER], it's rare but not unknown to have a goblin civ wind up being dominated by the descendants of the kidnap victims. Hence, "Goblin" civs that are largely goblin or dwarvish. Hence the "goblins" that attack you might be dwarves instead.

Note that the dwarves will come with steel equipment (interesting bug that) so after they're dead, it's not a bad thing. Funny thing is the Elves (I'm told) come with regular goblin equipment, just at size 7.

[Awayfarer]

It happens. I recently saw an elf lead a gobbo ambush. And by lead I mean it was the first to die.

[Cheshire Cat]

nastiest thing i ever fought in fortress mode was a legendary elf hammerman all decked out in elf size iron armor.

caught him in a cage and then tried him out against my squad of champions in the arena. he beat three of them to death with his iron maul, then ran through my entire fort for the exit so fast nobody could keep up, and hammered a few random dwarfs who were in his way. he got caught by the same cage trap at the fort entrance.

so i threw him off a really high place. size 7 legendary with high quality iron plate and super elf speed from the uber agility bonus makes for really nasty. im so used to my chapions tearing through everything it was disconcerting to find something capable of doing the same to me.

iron armor seems reasonable to me. elves dont like iron for some silly hippy cultural reason, but when an elf gets raised by goblins this doesnt matter, and i guess they get their own elf size armor made for them.

[Tormy]

nastiest thing i ever fought in fortress mode was a legendary elf hammerman all decked out in elf size iron armor.

caught him in a cage and then tried him out against my squad of champions in the arena. he beat three of them to death with his iron maul, then ran through my entire fort for the exit so fast nobody could keep up, and hammered a few random dwarfs who were in his way. he got caught by the same cage trap at the fort entrance.

so i threw him off a really high place. size 7 legendary with high quality iron plate and super elf speed from the uber agility bonus makes for really nasty. im so used to my chapions tearing through everything it was disconcerting to find something capable of doing the same to me.

iron armor seems reasonable to me. elves dont like iron for some silly hippy cultural reason, but when an elf gets raised by goblins this doesnt matter, and i guess they get their own elf size armor made for them.

Hehe, yeah, it looks like that the elves are only wearing crap stuff, if they are a citizen of an elf civ. 

[Footkerchief]

It's really weird that they didn't trigger your traps.

[galmud]

nastiest thing i ever fought in fortress mode was a legendary elf hammerman all decked out in elf size iron armor.

caught him in a cage and then tried him out against my squad of champions in the arena. he beat three of them to death with his iron maul, then ran through my entire fort for the exit so fast nobody could keep up, and hammered a few random dwarfs who were in his way. he got caught by the same cage trap at the fort entrance.

so i threw him off a really high place. size 7 legendary with high quality iron plate and super elf speed from the uber agility bonus makes for really nasty. im so used to my chapions tearing through everything it was disconcerting to find something capable of doing the same to me.

iron armor seems reasonable to me. elves dont like iron for some silly hippy cultural reason, but when an elf gets raised by goblins this doesnt matter, and i guess they get their own elf size armor made for them.

Thanks for the warning

Even though my dwarves have had very little to do with elves they are utterly despised in my fortress. Walls and floors are covered in engravings telling the stories of elves being killed. But very few if any of my dwarves have actually seen the killing of an elf

So when I captured an elven macelord the leader of the nearby goblin group Incest of Traps I'm planning to execute him in a spectacular gladiator fight for all my dwarves to see. But maybe I should take some extra precautions so it doesnt turn into a spectacular tantrum spiraling fiasco?

[Krash]

But maybe I should take some extra precautions so it doesnt turn into a spectacular tantrum spiraling fiasco?

And ruin all the fun?  Why?

[tacklemcclean]

It's really weird that they didn't trigger your traps.

That is why it was very fortunate that they did not attack my dwarves.

It looked kinda funny, the two first dwarves run through the traps unharmed and walked up to one of my first seven and stood there. The goblins marched straight after him and died in all the traps.

[Slinkyfest]

huh, similiar thing happened recently to me, except the moment the pikedwarf stepped onto the weapons trap (ya, the one with all the masterwork copper battle axes...) he was torn into 3-4 bits. I actually posted a screen shot of the bottom half in the moat...

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=29824.new#new

Ignore the post, it was my curiosity about this same bit, the second picture is the torso. I wanted to throw him on his pike and hoist him to the sky, but I think my dwarves put him in a tomb... I'll get back to you once I verify...

[CobaltKobold]

When I got elfin company with the gobs, they had the profession, "Guard".

[Samyotix]

I wanted to throw him on his pike and hoist him to the sky, but I think my dwarves put him in a tomb... I'll get back to you once I verify...

Yes. If goblins send their babysnatched dwarven soldiers to your fort, and you kill them, these dwarves are buried in your coffins marked to allow burial.

[Marlowe]

Yes. I've had this. Check the sadly-on-hiatus "Fogcrystal" story fort thread. Dead Dwarves cause problems regardless of whether they were enemies.

[Tormy]

It's really weird that they didn't trigger your traps.

I suppose all ambushers are getting the trapavoid token automatically, regardless of their race?