Any Bandit (Cutthroat, Footpad etc) NPC stats?


Pathfinder Second Edition General Discussion


My post got eaten(?) so again, simpler:

Anyone seen a human(oid) bandit, pirate Level 0 or level 1 NPC stat block?

I know there's "Hallod" in Fall of Plaguestone, and he fits perfectly, but he's level 3.

Cheers

PS. Not looking for conversion or reskinning advice. Thank you


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Make it like a player character, a lvl 1 bandit could easily be a lvl 1 rogue and lvl 0 you remove the racial HP.

You don't need to give it skill feats, ancestry feats, heritage or known what skills they are training outside of acrobatic, athletics and maybe stealth if you are planning an ambush.

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There are some level 1 Half Orc Mercenaries clearly intended as Rangers in Hellknight Hill. They'd do in a pinch.

Another possibility, and not even a hard one at 1st level, is just making them with the PC rules. That's pretty easy if you're just making a couple of generic stat blocks.

The GMG out in a few months will also most certainly have stats for things like this, though that's no help in the short term.

Kyrone wrote:
Make it like a player character, a lvl 1 bandit could easily be a lvl 1 rogue and lvl 0 you remove the racial HP.

This is a terrible way to get a level 0 creature and I do not recommend it.

Kyrone wrote:
You don't need to give it skill feats, ancestry feats, heritage or known what skills they are training outside of acrobatic, athletics and maybe stealth if you are planning an ambush.

You should technically do all these things. You can ignore them, sure, but the enemy will be less powerful than expected, and most of them are pretty quick choices, really.


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We had an earlier thread on this, and I included a stat block for a zero-level human sailor and the method I used to get there.

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pjn?Zerolevel-NPCs

This said, very soon we will have more robust NPC creation rules, but the example in the other thread worked fine in practice. I used it in my first PF2 game close to a month ago.


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There is a Creature 1, on p50 of Hellnight Hill, that represents a humanoid mercenary. That could easily be a humanoid bandit.

As for other ones, for level 0 ones in the bestiary: (or archives I'm sure)
Orc Brute (B. p256)or Duergar Sharpshooters (B. p138)

If you want level 1 opponents in the bestiary:
Goblin Commando, Pryro, or Warchanters; all (B. p180-181)
Hobgoblin Soldier (B. p206)
Orc (B. p257) or Xulgath(B. p336) Warriors
Boggard (B. p44), Kobold (p213), or Deep Gnome (B. p74) Scouts
Lizardfold Defender or Scout (B. p230-p231)

Is that enough information for what you want?


Yes, thank you. (It's not what I want, exactly, but it confirms that I am not missing anything)

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