Disposable Bandits: Difference between revisions

Groups of bandits are very popular picks for the lowest power human([[:Category:Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes|oid]]) enemies in the [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]] in fantasy fiction. Their motivation is straightforward and requires little explanation, they can come from anywhere, and, while armed combatants, bandits rarely have significant combat skill and generally only have actual training if they began as [[Dangerous Deserter|military deserters]] (in which case their training is generally still minimal) making them some the weakest combatants possible. Even more importantly is that, unless [[Just Like Robin Hood|they style themselves as champions of the poor]], bandits have absolutely [[Asshole Victim|no legal or social protection]] and the only people who object to killing bandits are other bandits so the heroes are free to slaughter them as they wish. Games focused on space flight often use [[Space Pirates]] in this role while those focused on naval combat use the normal kind of [[Pirate]].