0000996: Wounded Elf trader steals soap - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

(0002794)
Jimmy (reporter)
2010-04-11 06:59

Tried forbidding soap and reloading save, the elf heads for the nearest water source and cleans himself. Definitely due to cleaning behavior.

(0002820)
Creidieki (reporter)
2010-04-11 09:44

Grabbing the soap sounds like intended behavior; your dwarfs are supposed to steal from caravans if that's necessary for healing wounds, too. Do you know what the elf does after he has the soap? If he doesn't clean himself, the bug here is more like "Friendly creatures can't use soap".

(0002936)
Jimmy (reporter)
2010-04-11 18:28

He doesn't clean himself once he grabs the soap. All he does is return to the depot whilst holding it. If the soap is forbidden however, he will run to the nearest water source and successfully clean himself.

(0004071)
katyrnyn (reporter)
2010-04-18 11:15

I have also observed this behaviour with dwarf caravan guards. Forbidding/claiming the soap has no effect on my hotel guests. At least they only take the soap, and not the towels, pillows and bed linens, too.

(0004076)
DoctorZuber (reporter)
2010-04-18 11:24

This is brilliant. Serves us right for stealing all their towels (0000066).

(0006262)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-05-06 05:40
edited on: 2010-05-06 05:40

Given how soap is actually made (tallow rendered from fat obtained by butchering animals + lye made from ashes obtained by burning trees), Elves should probably be deliberately opposed to the idea of using it.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-11 06:10	Jimmy	New Issue
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: bleeding
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: Cleaning
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: Elves
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: soap
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: traders
2010-04-11 06:12	Jimmy	Tag Attached: wound
2010-04-11 06:59	Jimmy	Note Added: 0002794
2010-04-11 09:44	Creidieki	Note Added: 0002820
2010-04-11 18:28	Jimmy	Note Added: 0002936
2010-04-18 11:15	katyrnyn	Note Added: 0004071
2010-04-18 11:24	DoctorZuber	Note Added: 0004076
2010-05-06 05:40	Quietust	Note Added: 0006262
2010-05-06 05:40	Quietust	Note Edited: 0006262	View Revisions
2010-05-06 08:46	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000302
2010-05-06 08:46	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0001701
2012-02-26 10:38	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000066
2014-01-27 20:57	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001146

Notes
(0002794) Jimmy (reporter) 2010-04-11 06:59	Tried forbidding soap and reloading save, the elf heads for the nearest water source and cleans himself. Definitely due to cleaning behavior.

(0002820) Creidieki (reporter) 2010-04-11 09:44	Grabbing the soap sounds like intended behavior; your dwarfs are supposed to steal from caravans if that's necessary for healing wounds, too. Do you know what the elf does after he has the soap? If he doesn't clean himself, the bug here is more like "Friendly creatures can't use soap".

(0002936) Jimmy (reporter) 2010-04-11 18:28	He doesn't clean himself once he grabs the soap. All he does is return to the depot whilst holding it. If the soap is forbidden however, he will run to the nearest water source and successfully clean himself.

(0004071) katyrnyn (reporter) 2010-04-18 11:15	I have also observed this behaviour with dwarf caravan guards. Forbidding/claiming the soap has no effect on my hotel guests. At least they only take the soap, and not the towels, pillows and bed linens, too.

(0004076) DoctorZuber (reporter) 2010-04-18 11:24	This is brilliant. Serves us right for stealing all their towels (0000066).

(0006262) Quietust (reporter) 2010-05-06 05:40 edited on: 2010-05-06 05:40	Given how soap is actually made (tallow rendered from fat obtained by butchering animals + lye made from ashes obtained by burning trees), Elves should probably be deliberately opposed to the idea of using it.