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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8178875" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Not constantly, no. Orcs and goblins aren't everywhere and the others aren't common enough to constantly be raiding and attacking. It happens sometimes with orcs and goblins, but that's because there are PCs nearby to stop the raid or take revenge on the raiders.</p><p></p><p>None of those would be much of a concern. They're rare and most of those creatures wouldn't do more than eat a farmer or two and leave. That's not a town raid.</p><p></p><p>Evil dragon attacks are rare in the extreme. They aren't stupid enough to attack cities. Demons and devils are even more rare, and don't have the numbers on the prime plane to form a raid. Evil societies don't typically raid, either. Perhaps kidnap someone for a sacrifice, but they aren't going to be taking over towns the vast majority of the time. Those rare times when they do, it's because PCs are there.</p><p></p><p>Each thing doesn't have a 1% chance of happening. Nowhere close to it. As I pointed out, most of those creatures you mentions wouldn't even be raiding at all. Even at the less than 1% chance of going into civilized lands, they'd just nab a loner to eat and head away. More people would end up dead from murders than from these monsters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8178875, member: 23751"] Not constantly, no. Orcs and goblins aren't everywhere and the others aren't common enough to constantly be raiding and attacking. It happens sometimes with orcs and goblins, but that's because there are PCs nearby to stop the raid or take revenge on the raiders. None of those would be much of a concern. They're rare and most of those creatures wouldn't do more than eat a farmer or two and leave. That's not a town raid. Evil dragon attacks are rare in the extreme. They aren't stupid enough to attack cities. Demons and devils are even more rare, and don't have the numbers on the prime plane to form a raid. Evil societies don't typically raid, either. Perhaps kidnap someone for a sacrifice, but they aren't going to be taking over towns the vast majority of the time. Those rare times when they do, it's because PCs are there. Each thing doesn't have a 1% chance of happening. Nowhere close to it. As I pointed out, most of those creatures you mentions wouldn't even be raiding at all. Even at the less than 1% chance of going into civilized lands, they'd just nab a loner to eat and head away. More people would end up dead from murders than from these monsters. [/QUOTE]
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