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[jester354]

when i was checking my animal stockpile for the GCS i just captured
the bait (a dorf) was in a cage (not the same as the spider).
how did this happen

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[The_Fool76]

Traps will trigger on dwarves that are unconcious, prone or otherwise incapacitated. 
Build the cage and let the poor guy out. 

Though you might want to check and make sure the dwarf is yours.  I had a bit of Fun once when I let a trapped axedwarf out of a cage in my dining hall and it turned out he wasn't one of my guards who had gotten unlucky in the last goblin siege, but instead one of the goblin's kidnapped and brain washed minions.   

[Shad0wyone]

Dwarves don't fall asleep on cage traps unless they collapse from exhaustion or something.

[jester354]

so can it be the spider stunned him and he was captured?

[Quietust]

Was it one of your own dwarves, or was it previously the leader of a goblin squad?

[jester354]

it was one of my own i dint have any ambushes yet so I'm sure

[Lemunde]

There's also a chance it could be a dwarf that arrived with a caravan, if your trade depot is close to your cage traps like mine was.  I built the cage and scheduled to have him released but no one would ever release him.

[Vester]

They fell asleep on a cage trap, would be my first guess. It's a relatively normal occurrence, relatively normal to the standards of Dwarf Fortress, that is.

This doesn't happen in 40d, I think. It's one of the bugs Toady fixed some time ago.

[Arrkhal]

Exhaustion won't do it in 40d.  If all available tiles are trapped or otherwise unsleepable, dorfs will stay awake until they go stark raving mad instead.

[kiffer.geo]

Exhaustion won't do it in 40d.  If all available tiles are trapped or otherwise unsleepable, dorfs will stay awake until they go stark raving mad instead.

Really? That's excellent news!  Other than traps what things are unsleepable?

[tigrex]

So, in other words, I could build sleep deprivation chambers to keep my nobles entertained?  Master engravings on the walls, golden statues, the finest food and drink, and NO UNTRAPPED SQUARE FOR HIM TO TAKE A NAP.

Watch him go from happily drinking wine and admiring statues to realising slowly that he can't fall asleep, and going nuts bit by bit...

Oh yes.

[ChairmanPoo]

it COULD be a stark ravig mad dwarf. I'm surprised noone has suggested that yet.

[Hamster Man]

... ninja'ed.

But regardless, dude, that idea is EPIC. I'm totally stealing it.

[Vester]

So, in other words, I could build sleep deprivation chambers to keep my nobles entertained?  Master engravings on the walls, golden statues, the finest food and drink, and NO UNTRAPPED SQUARE FOR HIM TO TAKE A NAP.

Watch him go from happily drinking wine and admiring statues to realising slowly that he can't fall asleep, and going nuts bit by bit...

Oh yes.

That's actually perfect. The noble has everything he or she wants... but can't sleep.

It's like, I dunno, Saw, or something.

Especially if it's covered in weapon traps so that if when the noble eventually loses it, things get messy.