40d Talk:Thief

Thieves unseen by other hostiles

Fun fact, I created a veritable rancor pit in my fortress by placing a Titan cage in a large chamber, then sealing off the entrance, and using pressure plates + retracting bridges to drop hapless goblins into the pit. Strangely enough, whenever I have a goblin thief dumped inside, the Titan ignores them, while blissfully painting the walls red with Goblin Wrestler blood. So if you expect to use a Megabeast or other fun creature(s) to execute thieves, don't bother. --Eddie 01:27, 7 January 2009 (EST)

Goes through walls?

I just had a sock and a sandal stolen from my fortress. All of my gates were raised, and there were no other way into the fortress. (No tunnels or such leading to outside the walls). --Myroc 12:16, 15 February 2009 (EST)

The stolen message occurs when the thief leaves the map, not when it picks the item up, so if its plausible he stole it and escaped before you sealed the fortress, and then left the map afterwards... Also, if there are dead goblin clothes laying outside (or dead merchant/dwarf clothes) - thieves will also steal those. --Squirrelloid 15:26, 15 February 2009 (EST)

I don't know, i've had my fortress sealed up for quite a while. --Myroc 16:01, 15 February 2009 (EST)

It could be that you had something, no anything lying around outside. These guys steal your fired bolts, right?--Destor 16:52, 15 February 2009 (EST)

Except there were no socks or sandals lying outside the walls, only bolts. --Myroc 10:11, 16 February 2009 (EST)

Oh, I didn't see that part. Whoops. Um, in that case I have no idea how this would happen. I'm rather certain they can't go through walls, as they are no different from a normal creature. Go check the raws, and see if it has anything "funny" in for kobolds.--Destor 10:22, 16 February 2009 (EST)