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[Necro910]

I have a fort, with a cage trap out in the middle of nowhere. Not near my fort, any hills, or the edge. I've captured 8 snatchers and goblin master thieves with it in one year. So I'm wondering, what would be the best execution device?

Tower? Too simple.
Volcano sacrifice? Done too much.

[Doro]

make a giant pole outside your fortress, atleast 10Z tall with just 1 tile, then build another pole of same height further away, then build a ballista or catapult there and start training siege operators.
gobbo either dodges into his/her doom or pierced by gigantic arrow. guaranteed !!FUN!!

or you could throw him into a cavern layer and lock the door behind. not so much fun there

and btw, have you checked wiki about this? I believe there are couple of ideas of labyrinths and other kind of cool stuff.

[Oliolli]

Bridge-a-pults? Guaranteed Fun

[Doro]

Bridge-a-pults? Guaranteed Fun

But not guaranteed death iirc.


But Dwarf Fortress is all about finding a right mixture of !!DEATH!! and !!FUN!! so what ever you like the best

[Naryar]

Tamed giant cave spider. As I have seen, a GCS killing a prey is probably one of the most awful deaths in DF.

Helmet snakes, giant desert scorpions are good as well, but doesn't give you valuable silk.

And if you want a truly dramatic fight for your dwarves to enjoy, either pit your military against them, or send a dragon/cave dragon against them. Fun for everyone.

[Frelock]

Personally, all my prisoners are disarmed and either executed via firing squad (behind fortifications), used as bait for a GCS silk farm, or given a chance at life by training my soldiers (unarmored goblins never win, so long as the recruits are decked out in steel).  Alternatively, give them all to one dwarf who will rack up a fine kill list.

[Hyndis]

I prefer to release them safely.

In the middle of the barracks.

 

[Doro]

Ultimate evil snakepit of doom... like in every movie. or shark pool full of sharks with magmacannons?
now THAT would be awesome. i think ill go mod sharks a bit and build that pool.
ofc it would need a mechanic that slowly drops it's victims into water but there would still be a slight chance of survival for our hero

[Necro910]

make a giant pole outside your fortress, atleast 10Z tall with just 1 tile, then build another pole of same height further away, then build a ballista or catapult there and start training siege operators.
gobbo either dodges into his/her doom or pierced by gigantic arrow. guaranteed !!FUN!!

or you could throw him into a cavern layer and lock the door behind. not so much fun there

and btw, have you checked wiki about this? I believe there are couple of ideas of labyrinths and other kind of cool stuff.

Last time I breached the caverns, there weren't any creatures because there were around 50 wild camels on the surface. Stupid things were everywhere

[scriver]

Pitting them against my soldiers in the arena is definitely the all-time favourite. How many soldiers (or animals) they face depends on how many prisoners I have and how I feel for the moment. I also like that theoretically, they're given a chance to to win their freedom by killing enough opponents. Of course, that has never actually happened.

[Necro910]

Pitting them against my soldiers in the arena is definitely the all-time favourite. How many soldiers (or animals) they face depends on how many prisoners I have and how I feel for the moment. I also like that theoretically, they're given a chance to to win their freedom by killing enough opponents. Of course, that has never actually happened.

If you release a naked goblin, does he run away?

[scriver]

Probably. That's why the arena has walls.
Or do you mean release as in free him? I have no idea. As I said, that never happens. 

...But yea, I'm mostly sure they run.

[Aramco]

Dig out a room (3X3 is the biggest you's want it), and fill it with water. Drain the water, so you just have mud. Chain a goblin in the center, then breach a cavern. Watch the trees grow right up through the goblin's chest. (Disclaimer- I have no idea whether this would work.)

[Dutchling]

Dig out a room (3X3 is the biggest you's want it), and fill it with water. Drain the water, so you just have mud. Chain a goblin in the center, then breach a cavern. Watch the trees grow right up through the goblin's chest. (Disclaimer- I have no idea whether this would work.)

Someone HAS to science this!

[Necro910]

Dig out a room (3X3 is the biggest you's want it), and fill it with water. Drain the water, so you just have mud. Chain a goblin in the center, then breach a cavern. Watch the trees grow right up through the goblin's chest. (Disclaimer- I have no idea whether this would work.)

I think he would trample the saplings, or the trees would refuse to grow. Like the other person said, !!Science!!