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[gthez]

Hey all, I just found out about this game and I'm still learning. I just had my first encounter with a goblin (this is my second fort, I accidently flooded my first and drowned all seven dorfs  ). It was a goblin kidnapper, who was spotted by a pet peacock before he got inside my fort (at which time I recieved the "Protect the children! notice). I quickly responded with 3 ad-hoc squadies and he (the gob) left the map. My question is if that resolved the incident...i.e. will he return? Are there more than 1? It's still pretty early in the game as I haven't even gotten past year 2 yet (it's summer in year 2 specifically). Checked the forums on this and its pretty sparce, the wiki was informative but kinda non-specific. Thank you in advance for any info! I will be supporting Bay 12 in the future, looks like another winning indie game.

[Proteus]

Yes it resolves THIS incident...
but the next thief or snatcher might already wait to step over your doorsteps

[MaskedMiner]

There will be multiple snatches coming at same time, with some even having honor of being "master" thieves, dunno how those are different to normal ones 

[Chocolatemilkgod]

Yeah they'll be back. In more numbers. The best defense against them is posting animals at your front door or using traps of some sort. Usually they're fast and difficult to fast. Though they'll run away once they've been spotted.

[Hitty40]

There will be multiple snatches coming at same time, with some even having honor of being "master" thieves, dunno how those are different to normal ones 

Master theives are harder to detect, and sometimes even kill and outrun your dwarves.

[TantrumTime]

There will be multiple snatches coming at same time, with some even having honor of being "master" thieves, dunno how those are different to normal ones 

Master theives are harder to detect, and sometimes even kill and outrun your dwarves.

They are also trap-immune.

[ImBocaire]

No, no they are not. About half of my caged goblins end up being master thieves.

They're probably just really skilled ambushers, so they'd have to bump up against something instead of being spotted a couple tiles away.

[Proteus]

Yep, only kobold thieves are trap immune

[Tiruin]

Don't forget, all thieves aim for children (not kobolds, they aim for stuff mostly)

Children either meet at the wagon (default), in their bedroom (if you designated any) or in a meeting hall/meeting area so if any of the above are well guarded, the goblins will have lots of fun getting to you!

[MonkeyHead]

Obligatory wiki plug goes here...

http://df.magmawiki.com/

[RAKninja]

There will be multiple snatches coming at same time, with some even having honor of being "master" thieves, dunno how those are different to normal ones 

higher skill levels, perhaps slightly better gear, though i havent paid much attention.  much like the difference in, say, a swordgoblin and an elite swordgoblin.