On thieves

[fitrandiddle]

There are a few folks who like to come on down to our town and take whatever they can find not on a private claim every few hours. Now, they take pretty worthless stuff, but they refuse to stop and are in fact pretty insulting when they come over here, calling us newbs and such.

They're not very strong in combat- I saw them along the river KOed to a boar recently, and I have easily enough unarmed and murder abilities to deal with them both. BUT. I feel bad about killing dudes for being, at worst, an annoying inconvenience. What's a good way to get them to stop without being a complete dick and straight up murdering them?

[Sotsa]

murder them, they're asking for it.
then put their skeletons outside your walls, as a warning, with matching runestones describing the fate of those who steal from you.

[cobaltjones]

If it's not on a claim it's fair game and they're not thieves.

[Sotsa]

it's also fair game to murder them because they took stuff not on a claim.
gogo post pics also

[fitrandiddle]

Cobalt, they haven't really taken anything IMPORTANT, but they DO take things they know are mine. like, I'm standing next to a boat fighting a boar and they come along and run off with the boat. It's just rude is what it is.

And sotsa, do you think that just beating them up would scare 'em off?

[boshaw]

kill them and post pics.

[Potjeh]

Just murder them, there's no other way. Make sure your HF is protected first, though.

[Sotsa]

maybe, but their attitude suggests that you need to go to stronger measures.
you can't let people fuck around with you.

E: what potjeh said. HF inside a house inside a palisade, or brickwall.

[fitrandiddle]

Mmmkay, I'll try diplomacy for the next day or so until the wall/pallisade deal-y is done, then I'll see about punching their heads.

That gives me time to try other methods though, so we'll see what happens. I hear trade can open up new friendships, so imma try to bring them some meats and try to get some minor piece of crap in return, build up some kinda friendliness here.

[Sotsa]

yo, you don't negotiate with terrists!
they've been taking your stuff, and acting like asses.
chances are, even if you 'befriend' them they will stab you in the fucking back some day.
be a judge of character, not just some nice guy please.