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[darkflagrance]

First, mod eyes out of your dwarves. Then, have them cut down the tree while a militia surrounds it.

Finally, add the eyes back in.

ALTERNATE PLAN:

Consider building a ballista on a platform elevated to the same z-level as the goblin. The long range of the siege weapon should allow the dwarves to shoot at the goblin within the ballista's effective range without being scared off by it. An added benefit is that due to the z-level difference, any missed bolts will fall back to the ground unbroken.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Or build the ballista at the level of the tree and have it shoot it out from under the goblin.

[Knarfle]

Is your squad under an active alert level??

[Triaxx2]

Magma from below? For shame. Build a magma gantry above, and then dump it on him from there.

[Jeoshua]

You can't dig the ground out from beneath it... you'd just be left with a floating tree.

When in doubt, use magma!

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No, seriously tho.  Just get higher than the fucker with your militia.  They won't run away scared.  Give them crossbows.  Kill heem. 

[Jar of Jam]

Dwarf Fortress - where getting a goblin off a tree requires a magma cistern.

[Naryar]

Build a catapult, throw rocks at him.

Or maybe you would like to build a walk-the-plank type execution tower to throw dogs at him ?

[Angel Of Death]

Place a woodcutter in the militarty and have him cut the tree down.

[lotopius]

Do your marksdwarves have a quiver equipped?
A quiver is REQUIRED for them to equip bolts, and are picked up automatically when the dwarves equip themselves provided there is one available.
In other words: No quivers=Useless marksdwarves

[Tcei]

Or for a not as dwarfy method you could remove the brain tag from the goblins raw and let him suffocate.

[Komnos]

The marksdwarves do have quivers, and they should have ammo as well.  Tried to chop the tree down, but even after I drafted a woodcutter into the military, he only stayed fearless while he had orders, and he wouldn't chop the tree down unless he had no orders.  So far I haven't been able to get a ballista built, as the fear aura is projecting out over the exit into the outside, which causes them to cancel any outdoor jobs as soon as they get outside.  I think I'll try opening a new exit somewhere to see if that enables me to build my ballista.  Thanks!

[Hyndis]

Why don't you just shoot him with a crossbow?

I generally just mass marksdwarves. 50+ marksdwarves make short work of anything even without the need of fortifications.

[Iados]

Dwarf Fortress - where getting a goblin off a tree requires a magma cistern.

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[Deimos56]

Trees are immune to magma.  You'll have to flood the area with a 2 Z-level deep magma flood to get the goblin directly.

You say that like its a bad thing!   

With the fear aura though, it'd be difficult to build the magma cistern in order to do it.

That's why you build a giant tower of pump and drop the magma onto the goblin from the top of the world.

Bonus points if something goes wrong and it somehow turns to obsidian halfway down.

[Komnos]

After uselessly firing at him with a ballista from across the map, and more attempts at sending the marksdwarves that ended in them standing in the dining hall....I took Tcei's suggestion and removed his brain in the raws.  The goblin is dead!  Hurrah!