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0003593Dwarf FortressAdventure Mode -- Character Creationpublic2010-11-13 14:142010-11-14 05:35
ReporterFrogwarrior 
Assigned ToToady One 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.17 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.31.18 
Summary0003593: Adventurers, NPC's never start with armor
DescriptionWhenever I make a character, I never start with any armor, only clothing. My usual method of recruiting soldiers, leading them to their deaths, and selling their equipment is less effective because friendly soldiers never have armor, either. But at least combat is easy, because enemy soldiers never have armor.

In fact, the only times I've seen armor outside of shops are: spoils in bandit camps, spoils in a night creature lair, and bragging items (one archer had a leather armor decorated with teeth from a lion he'd probably killed).
Steps To ReproduceGenerate a world, start in adventure mode.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-11-13 14:14FrogwarriorNew Issue
2010-11-13 17:42PirateNote Added: 0013791
2010-11-13 18:31FrogwarriorNote Added: 0013793
2010-11-14 05:35Toady OneNote Added: 0013811
2010-11-14 05:35Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2010-11-14 05:35Toady OneFixed in Version => 0.31.18
2010-11-14 05:35Toady OneResolutionopen => no change required
2010-11-14 05:35Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One

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(0013791)
Pirate   
2010-11-13 17:42   
Goblins wear armor. Actually only helms and breastplates, but still. I think that starting without armor was a feature of .17 Just didn't notice that NPC's don't wear any too. That's probably a bug.
(0013793)
Frogwarrior   
2010-11-13 18:31   
Ah, goblins wear armor? I've only seen them once. I guess that explains why I got so thoroughly curbstomped... Apart from the fact that my party was caught sleeping, of course.
(0013811)
Toady One   
2010-11-14 05:35   
Yeah, you have to find your armor now. The soldiers from castles are armed in the same way as the goblins, but this might just be leather caps and leather armor sometimes.