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That's a bit of hyperbole.

All I meant was that when I went to bed my wealth would balloon much further than I wanted, making the amount of money in my vault much higher that the amount it would cost to break in and get it. Now that my wealth goes up much slower I have the chance to go to bed without ballooning up too high.

I love the change to bounty levels. For the first time my house lasted through the night, and it's because I didn't accidentally gain hundreds of thousands of dollars while afk.

Not to mention the fact that they live in a terrible neighbourhood. My house keeps getting robbed.

If a social worker saw where these kids have been living they would get taken away for sure.

Just saw this thread on clocks today and used it to build a trap.

http://castledraft.com/editor/6EJxtk

This trap is working so well that I feel kinda bad about it, so I figured I'd post it here. I've got several pages worth of people who all died on the 7th step.

Impossible to put a child in a trap with the robber, since you have to leave a way for the child to get out. Also, the fact that killing a kid can make damage permanent is another reason I want to get rid of them.

Seems a bit counter intuitive. One cat in a pit can block a hallway three spaces wide? If this behaviour isn't a bug I'm going to have to rethink my current strategy.

That was probably me, or somebody with the same design http://castledraft.com/editor/9l6F4V . Sorry you felt cheated, but I didn't realize this was something that something that needed fixing.

The wiki says "If a family member sees the robber they will attempt to escape to the welcome mat. To do this they will take the shortest unobstructed path, though they can still be blocked by the robber or another family member (alive or dead) which will stop them from moving." So I assumed that the characters were meant to interact that way.

A possible fix could be having an spooked family member alerting others if they pass, but that could lead to other meta-game strategies involving a chain of family members.

Or you could have them run past, but I that would also not make sense (a mother abandoning her children and running for the exit?)

I came up with a trap that seems to be working really well. Since I haven't come across anything similar in game or in the forum, I figure I'll post it here;

http://castledraft.com/editor/9l6F4V

This is a simplified version of my current house. This trap exploits the fact that family members can't move through other family members. Robber enters the house and spooks the wife, so the wife runs right up to the door but can't move any further because the kids are in the way. The robber can't walk past the dog and is wary of the electric floor, but doesn't see any reason why he can't safely open the door... Boom! Shot in the face.

If nothing else the security tapes are hilarious, especially watching someone moving very, very cautiously.