[Flyndaran]

I would imagine they would prefer non combatants or otherwise untrained in fighting. Classic farming village with only a couple of guys with pitchforks to defend.
Merchant caravans might be tempting but too well defended for any but impulsive bandit leaders.

Like modern robberies, it's best for the robbers if no one dies. Effective thugs are rarely brazen killers.

I once thought of a small band of highway robbers that used threats and intimidation to get what they want. But any real resistance makes the huge guy with a staff freeze, and the cowardly bowman sniper run away.