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[Urist Da Vinci]

I just verified that goblins can be trained in danger rooms (using Runesmith proves that they gain skills). Since goblins and forgotten beasts will fight, it is possible to catch a goblin in a cage trap, release him into a danger room with his clothing, weapons, and armor, and train him into a supersoldier. You can then re-cage the goblin, and deploy him as a disposable weapon (i.e. it doesn't matter if he gets a FB syndrome!).

It also might be amusing to trap an entire goblin siege into a danger room (without using cage traps), and then deploy that army against

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you know what.

This differs from merely tossing the goblins to the beasts, in that you want the goblins to win.

EDIT: I terminated my initial experiment with several heavily armored legendary soldiers, just to be safe.

[Specter513]

my options are then either killing my goblin prisoners, or killing them after training them to fight.

[Corneria]

Certainly makes using them for arena battles more interesting. As for sending them into HFS, seems like a lot of trouble for a rather small benefit.

[Girlinhat]

I support this idea.  The ability to stuff prisoners into cages at will increases the weaponization chances as well!  You can throw goblins by the dozen into a single cage, and release them against, well, anything!

Also, this sounds like an interesting choice for gladiator battles too.  Certainly more interesting than naked fights.

[acetech09]

Certainly more interesting than naked fights.

Watching naked small people wrestle olympic-style doesn't really interest you when you can drop them in with armor and weapons?

[Girlinhat]

If I wanted to see that I'd just take a walk around the block.

[Reelyanoob]

If you mod the goblins as fake 'tame' will they fight other invaders?

[Girlinhat]

Using Runesmith, then yes.  Adding [PET] then no, only the children of an invader born on the map can be tamed, and acts very strange when tamed and also an invader.

[DarkWolfXV]

Oh my, it will be great to train my military of legendary goblins.
or vice versa...

[blue emu]

Hmmm... now I'm considering setting up a "Sparticus"-style revolt in my fort.

"I am Goblicus!"

[Yoink]

The goblin gladiator stabs the mayor in the head with his -copper fork-, tearing the muscle, chipping the skull and tearing the brain!

Your settlement has crumbled to its end.