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[Hammerstar]

I tried it just a bit ago with just 1 Z level, and the goblin couldn't get out, but the dwarves wouldn't put the other two I caught in because they'd freak out every time they went near the edge, in spite of the fact they were dragging the others, which ended up getting loose and running. I managed to get a squad moving and take care of them before they did any real damage, but it got me thinking. Would a two or three Z levels of drop into the pit work better, without killing the prisoners on impact, and without dwarves freaking out when three steps from the edge?

Hell, maybe I'll throw a few war dogs down there and just feed them the goblins caught in cages.

[Girlinhat]

Hatches.  Make a 1x1 hole be the entrance, and place a hatch over it.  Enemies will be pitted through the hatch, civilians won't flee from them because the hatch blocks view, and if there's axe soldiers within, the flying bits won't escape.  I had axe soldiers under a pit, and goblin arms and legs would lop off and fly up out of the pit.  The hatch prevented flying bits from escaping.

[Hammerstar]

Ah, didn't think of that. Thanks, I'll give that a try.

[ral]

Yes, hatches are awesome. You can also use this sort of arrangement:

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Stupid_dwarf_trick#Mass_Cage_Recycling_System

This has saved me much trouble.

[wuphonsreach]

Hatches.  Make a 1x1 hole be the entrance, and place a hatch over it.  Enemies will be pitted through the hatch, civilians won't flee from them because the hatch blocks view, and if there's axe soldiers within, the flying bits won't escape.  I had axe soldiers under a pit, and goblin arms and legs would lop off and fly up out of the pit.  The hatch prevented flying bits from escaping.

Ahh? So we can pit through hatches? Preventing the chance death of a dwarf due to an unlucky dodge while in the pitting room?

(Dashes off to install hatches.)

[Hammerstar]

I'll be damned, it works beautifully. For now, just gonna let those baby snatchers starve. Next time I'll be more clever. I'm thinking an alligator pit.

[Skivverus]

Well, if the pit's deep enough, it becomes less of a "prisoner" pit and more of an "assorted body parts, weapons, and armor" pit. Aside from that, yeah, hatches.

[MarcAFK]

That's awesome, i was thinking you would need to use a complex arrangement of retracting bridges which drop the goblins a level at a time till they hit the ground...
Complex if more dwarfy though

[Hammerstar]

That's awesome, i was thinking you would need to use a complex arrangement of retracting bridges which drop the goblins a level at a time till they hit the ground...
Complex if more dwarfy though

Maybe less dwarfy, but I'd prefer a crane.

[ChairmanPoo]

How many Z levels deep should a prisoner pit be?

10 or 15, imo.

[Urist McGyver]

Hatches.  Make a 1x1x50 hole be the entrance, and place a hatch over it.  Enemies will be pitted through the hatch, civilians won't flee from them because the hatch blocks view, and if there's axe soldiers within, the flying bits won't escape.  I had axe soldiers under a pit, and goblin arms and legs would lop off and fly up out of the pit.  The hatch prevented flying bits from escaping.

That if you don't mind losing the goblinite.

[Naryar]

You won't lose the goblinite with anything else than magma or an atom smasher.

I found that spamming cage traps at the entry, and then making a multiple cage recycling system WITH your military waiting on the room under is fun. Good thing is that it trains well your military and it concentrates goblinite (and goblin extremities) inside your fortress so your haulers don't expose themselves.

[Kumagoro]

Wait, if I'm not mistaken, you're actually getting goblins out of cages without them breaking free? How? They keep doing that for me :s

[Naryar]

Gobbos don't starve.

[jaxad0127]

Wait, if I'm not mistaken, you're actually getting goblins out of cages without them breaking free? How? They keep doing that for me :s

Thieves can (and usually do) escape. Soldiers usually don't.