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Thk13421

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There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« on: April 21, 2011, 07:39:07 pm »
Here's the story:

I caught a goblin snatcher in a cage trap. Sadistic bastard I am, I decided to drown him.

I had a few flooded chambers sitting below my main fort left over from my hapless attempts at building a well. I decided that these would do nicely.

Well, when I flooded the drowning room and opened his cage, he didn't drown. In fact, he swam through the flooded tunnels, and is now sitting beneath my well.

This was almost a year ago. He's STILL THERE. He's sitting in a chamber of 6/7 water, just twiddling his thumbs.

I want to know if I should find a way to dig down there and kill him, or just let him be.
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 07:40:45 pm »
Throw a war-dog down the well.
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 07:41:35 pm »
Quote from: blue emu on April 21, 2011, 07:40:45 pm
Throw a war-dog down the well.

What's that lassie? Little Gobbo is stuck in the well? Well, go in after him!
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 08:42:12 pm »
Curious how to get the war dog out?

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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 09:33:27 pm »
Pump more water in?
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 11:19:13 pm »
If you throw enough cave crocodiles at a problem, it tends to sort itself out.
TIP: Use tame crocodiles.
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 11:31:45 pm »
Creatures don't drown in cages, and if there's open air it doesn't matter if it's 7/7 water they'll become legendary swimmers and tread water. Goblins appear to have more stamina than dwarves when it comes to swimming, but oddly not when it comes to fighting.

Your dog will drown, throw a bear in there. An armored bear. Name it Iorek Byrnison.
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Re: There's a Goblin in the sewer...
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 05:04:52 am »
Be happy it is not a troll. Trolls not only swim, they get out of water without need of ramps. However, the goblin is as good swimmer as a troll now, so when you add water to the well it will jump out (unless the well is more than one level deep of course).
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