Where are your Raubritter?
 

At which river hexes do you put your Raubritter?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber...28feudalism%29

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

I am not planning, now, on introducing any authoritarian enemies for a group of player characters. I will probably keep to using monsters as the main antagonists, for as long as I can.

I'm a very simple minded person.

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

The advantage of authoritarian enemies is that it shapes PC's pose.

Who'd take away an old man's walking stick vs. a silver sword, etc.

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

If I had a notch in my crossbow for every corrupt fee-demanding NPC I've encountered... ;-)

This has been a stable of our TFT game world since we were about 12 years old...

"Have you got a license for that main gauche, bub?"

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

Shout out to all you Darklands fans.

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

I immediately thought of Darklands, too. Great game (I still play occasionally, thanks to Dosbox.) :)

So my answer is: "In their run-down castles, of course." :)

Re: Where are your Raubritter?
 

Hmmm. I'll have to give that some thought. I admit to having overlooked river travel as a location to fleece the players.

I'm definitely a fan of Raubritter in general though. The players often encounter them on toll roads. I found the Wiki on toll roads to be a good refresher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll_road. Personally, I think digging down into how roads, canals, etc. are funded and built not only gives the world a bit of flavor, but it provides good scenarios too.