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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Woodland raider

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Woodland raider
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Outcast · Frost

The Woodland raider knows the road well enough to make travel somebody else’s problem.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
13
Armor class
12
Attack
+3
Damage
d6+1
Initiative
13
Strikes
1

Weaknesses Void

Resistances Frost

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

Camouflage: eligible-action 30%, +3 AC until next two personal turns begin, minimum 3 rounds between uses, no refresh while active. Consumes full action, yielding to skip/support priority.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic1312+3d6+11
Advanced2917+7d6+51
Expert4323+10d6+91
Master5925+12d6+111
Master+7827+13d6+151

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Forsaken WoodsThe Fallen BridgeWoodland raider × 3

Arena: Rain Check Raiders

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
raider
Attack Text
{actor} swings at {target} with a rough battle cry.
Name
Woodland raider
Plate Name
Raider
Role
Outcast
HP
13
Armor class
12
Attack
3
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
13
Artwork registry index
5
Visual Scale
1
Weaknesses
  1. Void
Resistances
  1. Frost
Element
Frost
Camouflage
Name
Camouflage
Armor
3
Duration
2
Chance
30
Cooldown
3
Compact Name
CAMO
Attack Sound
combat.raiderSwing
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    ambush
    Legacy Enemies
    1. raider
    2. goblin
    Enemies
    1. raider
    2. raider
    3. raider
    Gold
    20
    Xp
    25
    Opening
    Raiders hold the crossing. The old road has become busier than they expected.
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/WoodlandRaider
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/WoodlandRaider
    Height Units
    1
    Body Height
    0.8158244680851063
    Ground Y
    0.0598404255319149
    Center X
    0.5052581261950286

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