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0003552Dwarf FortressAdventure Mode -- Questspublic2010-11-12 00:232011-02-28 21:30
Reportersylverone 
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PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.17 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0003552: Quest target not present at designated site.
DescriptionI was sent to kill the outlaw hammerman 'Isa Sweetsearch' at 'Snackedtome'. I followed the quest marker and reached the marked position, where I found and killed a hostile axeman, 'Pethit Conjurecreams'. There was no one else present, and I was not at 'Snackedtome', but 'The Fatal Hill'. Finding 'Snackedtome' on the quest menu, I selected it with [z], and discovered that it was somewhere else on the map. Maybe the quest marker lead me to the wrong outlaw?

Here's the save:
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3387 [^]
In this save, I am right next to the corpse of the axeman we found after following the quest marker to the marked site. According to the quest map, 'Snackedtome' is a ways to the west.
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related to 0000158new  Faction leader gave task to kill demonic law-giver of same faction 
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-11-12 00:23sylveroneNew Issue
2010-11-12 00:38sylveroneNote Added: 0013706
2010-11-12 00:44sylveroneNote Edited: 0013706bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0013706#r5281
2010-11-12 03:05Khym ChanurNote Added: 0013709
2010-11-12 09:17sylveroneNote Added: 0013714
2010-11-12 21:52Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-11-23 06:53QuietustNote Added: 0014169
2011-02-28 21:28FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000462
2011-02-28 21:30FootkerchiefCategoryAdventure Mode -- Travel => Adventure Mode -- Quests
2014-01-26 09:18FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000158
2014-01-26 09:18FootkerchiefRelationship deletedrelated to 0000462

Notes
(0013706)
sylverone   
2010-11-12 00:38   
(edited on: 2010-11-12 00:44)
Strangely, it just let me report the death of Isa Sweetsearch to a townsperson... but the only combat messages I ever saw were from fighting Pethit Conjurecreams and the local wildlife.

The townsperson I reported it to was at Snackedtome, the town that my mark was supposedly at.
(0013709)
Khym Chanur   
2010-11-12 03:05   
I've had this happen to me multiple times. I wonder if the "boss" just wanders off before you can find it.
(0013714)
sylverone   
2010-11-12 09:17   
I looked at the legends, and it said some random person in Snackedtome killed Isa Sweetsearch. Maybe a bug caused Isa to appear in town rather than in the wilds, and as a result the townspeople took care of him somewhere when I showed up there? Do hidden happenings not generate combat reports anymore?
(0014169)
Quietust   
2010-11-23 06:53   
I've just been tasked to kill a goblin warlord - I snuck into his camp, located him, murdered all of his guards (intending to save him for last), then he seemingly wandered off. I've fast-travelled away from the site and back several times, but he's gone and the quest indicator doesn't tell me where he's run off to.