40d Talk:Rhesus macaque

I was attacked by these guys in my fortress, and the attacks seemed to co-incide with a kobold raid, are they actually smart enough for diplomacy or was it a coincidence? (around 10 of them, 3 kobold thieves, good practice for my new military) ---Major

It was coincidence they attacked at same time--ThVaz 05:35, 20 February 2008 (EST)

Ouch!

In a recent game, a pack of these raided my outpost very early in the game (before I had moved all my stuff into secure stockpiles). They stole several things, including the rope I'd bought so I could build a well as early as possible. Well, I wasn't going to stand for that, so I activated my entire military (all of whom were novice wrestlers or better) and unleashed them on the monkey menace...

Who then managed to kill one of my dwarves!

Fortunately it was my "miscellaneous crafts dwarf" rather than anyone critcal like a miner/woodcutter/farmer, but it was quite a shock and a setback to lose someone so early on. (Although part of a pattern I seem to be getting lately of losing someone within the first year: first a fisherdwarf drowning (dragged in by a long nosed gar, I think), then this macaque murder, and more recently a couple of fire imp attacks). Iapetus 18:40, 26 November 2008 (EST)

A tip I'd give you for that is to have a Bowyer's workshop and make wooden crossbows, and craft some wooden arrows, this is if wood is plentiful, it can also be done with bone. Crossbows would scare them off more readily I think, I'm not sure on that. As for the topic, the macques would have fluked a kill, by attacking instead of their usual fleeing. Rare, but not as rare as a hoary marmot killing a dwarf, which I have had happen. Goes to show anything can kill when it gets lucky. --Major sephiroth 22:56, 26 November 2008 (EST)

For a different version of "Ouch": I was trying an outdoor fortress, and my first artifact - a groundhog leather coat (only worth 4800) - was stolen by a Rhesus Macaque. Interestingly, I killed the macaque that took it from the stockpile; it lay there on the ground, marked as "forbidden" since it had been stolen, and being ignored by both dwarves and the remaining macaques. I killed most of the rest, then reClaimed the artifact; at which point the remaining macaque made a beeline for it and ran off with it. --Alextfish 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

A bunch of these guys (at least 6 or 7) just tried to steal from me. I sent my lone marksdwarf after them. My entrance is now covered in blood and said marksdwarf is now wearing the invader's skin. And now they're coming back. They never learn. --Smartmo 15:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)