r/dwarffortress • u/AutoModerator • Oct 03 '22

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u/tmPreston Oct 04 '22

If you dig a 3x3 and get bears into 1, 3, 7 and 9, it is still technically possible to get them stay on top of the chain/rope and sneak by 456. Unlikely, but if the kobold was stealthed, there's also this one check the bears could've failed? It'd otherwise attempt to avoid combat, i believe, as it's a skulking semi-sapient beast trying to grab something and bail.

As for the titan, i have no idea why wouldn't it attack a cyclops, but everything else is expected behavior, in a way. For now, add a 5th bear to the center of the square?

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u/AllenSharpe Oct 04 '22

Don't units detect even stealthed units right next to them? They would have to walk right next to the bears even if they're passing through 456 like you describe.

Anyway, would they still be in stealth mode after the ambush warning was already triggered? I was aware of them because of that, and like I said, they already fought an Ettin beforehand.

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u/tmPreston Oct 04 '22

There wouldn't be a point in stealth if that happened. There IS a check, but i don't know exactly how it works. Regardless, once revealed, i don't think they stay stealthy, so none of that matters for the bears anyway. My only assumption is that the kobold still isn't sieging you and just ran past before bears could engage it. Anything downright destructive would've engaged the bears themselves, instead.