Bandits - Book 2 Monsters & Treasure

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Page 21 of pdf absolute page numbering

56. (top of page) too powerful
      roll as bandits per 100 1 chance in 10 for magic user or cleric

Discuss various humans in the encounters.

[Death Even XIII]

Feb 16, 2024 23:14:53 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Page 21 of pdf absolute page numbering

56. (top of page) too powerful
      roll as bandits per 100 1 chance in 10 for magic user or cleric

Discuss various humans in the encounters.

See pages 55 and 56 of the draft found on pdf pages 102 and 103

Draft says

Derviches: Derviches are fanatically religious Nomads who have +2 on hit dice and need never check morale. They will be led as per Bandits with the following exception: Any band of Dervishes will have a 50% chance of having a Magic-User leading them, as well as, the same opportunity for having an Evil High Priest leader (check for both probabilities). If there are over 100 Dervishes there is a 75% possibility of both, and if over 200 there is a 90% probability.

Compare to what was published

DERVISHES: Dervishes are fanatically religious nomads who fight as Berserkers, never checking morale, with +1 on hit dice, and otherwise as Nomads (below), except they will always be led by an 8th - 10th level Cleric and are Lawful in alignment.

So they made quite a change to tone them down. Note the alignment change to Lawful from a group that would be led by typically evil leaders. This changed it from a very dangerous encounter to one way more likely to be peaceful.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Mar 10, 2024 21:07:07 GMT -5 Death Even XIII said:

Feb 16, 2024 23:14:53 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Page 21 of pdf absolute page numbering

Discuss various humans in the encounters.

See pages 55 and 56 of the draft found on pdf pages 102 and 103

Draft says

Derviches: Derviches are fanatically religious Nomads who have +2 on hit dice and need never check morale. They will be led as per Bandits with the following exception: Any band of Dervishes will have a 50% chance of having a Magic-User leading them, as well as, the same opportunity for having an Evil High Priest leader (check for both probabilities). If there are over 100 Dervishes there is a 75% possibility of both, and if over 200 there is a 90% probability.

Compare to what was published

DERVISHES: Dervishes are fanatically religious nomads who fight as Berserkers, never checking morale, with +1 on hit dice, and otherwise as Nomads (below), except they will always be led by an 8th - 10th level Cleric and are Lawful in alignment.

So they made quite a change to tone them down. Note the alignment change to Lawful from a group that would be led by typically evil leaders. This changed it from a very dangerous encounter to one way more likely to be peaceful.

Thanks for pulling all of that out. I like the original writeup and them not being Lawful.

[Morose]

Dervishes should always be great bad guys IMO. Definitely should not be Lawful.