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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5823418" data-attributes="member: 10784">This is 4E D&D.The BK is an elite skirmisher, but is pretty good at range or in melee.His main lieutenants are two elite soldiers, an elite lurker (assassin), and two controllers.  There are a couple of human "brute" types for damage, as well as a trained owlbear.However, most of the non-minion bandits are human outlaws (soldiers) or human archers (artillery), so they don't have a ton of "muscle" - soldiers are tough and have good defense, but don't dish out a lot of damage.Which is why they're joining forces with the orcs.The BK already has a bit of a small fiefdom established - several clusters of farms and families of fishermen pay tribute to him in foodstuffs and money, as well as local traders.   There is not much in the way of civilization to stop him - however, the sparse population also means that money/treasure is sparse, which is why he is attempting to expand his territory.  Plus, a kingdom to the north of this no man's land has fallen apart due to a civil war, so refugees are trickling south, towards the BK's domain.  All the more reason for the BK to put his stamp on even more territory.He is fairly crafty - he knows he can't squeeze the farmers & fishermen too much and he has built up a pretty good supply of foodstuffs in his fort</blockquote>