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[Thanshin]

With a very simple algorithm.

1 - Go towards the dwarves fortress until they see a dwarf
2 - Wait for a while until he goes away and then go to his last position to lay a trap.
3 - Wait for the dwarf to step on the trap and steal from corpse (or the corpse itself).

[Dvergar]

Neat, but to overcomplicate things , what about kobolds that set traps to incapacitate without killing.  For example some kind of container trap that stuffs the dwarf in a net/bag/feet bindings, which then allows the kobolds to kidnap fully grown dwarves.

[Shade-o]

So, kind of like Giant Cave Spider webs, but not sprayed everywhere, just one dropped every so often when it sees a dwarf?

[darkflagrance]

Why would kobolds even want lone adult dwarves, if not to run off with that pretty *<*Giant Cave Spider Silk Sock*>*?

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...do they make good eatin'?

[Eric Blank]

Why would kobolds even want lone adult dwarves, if not to run off with that pretty *<*Giant Cave Spider Silk Sock*>*?

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...do they make good eatin'?

Yes, dwarves are delicious and moist, just ask the elves.

Actually the kobolds' raws suggest they hate cannibalism, so kidnapping a dwarf would be done for interrogation or torture, or just torture since there's that inability to speak problem. And could a kobold even carry a dwarf?
I really think if they're setting traps they should be weapon traps meant to kill, so they can run off with all their clothes.
Maybe goblins/any enemy but kobolds could use cage/net traps to kidnap your dwarves, interrogate them, and then base their attack force directly off your population and number of traps, making sure they have at least as many as those combined.

[Funk]

viewing the size of a kobold vs a dwarf and how the fights go most of the time,the kobolds with have a hard time keeping them in the bag.

[alfie275]

Perhaps the trap could just hang them upsidedown by the ankles whilst the kobolds take all their stuff?

[HatfieldCW]

I like the idea of a trap that momentarily incapacitates him, so the kobold can grab his boots and run like crazy.  He gets a bad thought, finds some new boots and goes back to work.  Maybe it could be a sort of poison gas trap, or even just a blowdart the kobold shoots him with from hiding.

[Ankheg]

Perhaps the trap could just hang them upsidedown by the ankles whilst the kobolds take all their stuff?

I doubt the kobold would really want to approach a furious, upside-down dwarf swinging an axe madly around himself.

[Detoxicated]

well there is dwarves without weaponry...
but this way you'd kinda force your dwarves even more to the inside of a fortress, i generally like having my dwarves on the outside

[Caesar]

Outside-dwelling dwarves are undwarvenly dwarves.

I think I'd prefer small (2-3) kidnapping teams of kobolds.
They'd place a net trap, and then wait for it to catch someone. Afterwards they'll either kill, maim or take the captured dwarf off. (If they're not killed by it.)

I think a strong enough victim, or one with a sharp item with them (knife, shortsword, you name it) should also be able to free themselves.

[Funk]

if the Kobold attack them useing fist/clubs/nets and wrestling till thay past a test:
i.e. knocked out /stund or pinned for x time so the dwarf is over powered some how.
 

[Dvergar]

Can attacks be aimed as of right now?  Some kind of trap that utilizes blunt force to the dwarf's cranium would be fun.  Whether or not the dwarf survives would be iffy and totally random, which is good  .