Size:
± Man-sized
Type:
± Humanoid
Form:
Temper:
# App:
± 0 (20-70)
Lair:
Diet:
Combat Dice:
± 0
Hit Points:
± 0
Attack Rank:
± 0
Passive Defense:
± 0
Active Defense:
Damage Reduction:
± 0
Role:
Ground:
± 120
Climb/Arboreal:
Flight:
Swim:
Benthic:
Burrow:
Ethereal:
Actions/Abilities/Traits: BECMI
Actions/Abilities/Traits: BECMI
Action
1 weapon
By weapon
Actions/Abilities/Traits: BECMI
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSE
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSE
Environments
desert
Action
weapon
1 * weapon (1d6 or by weapon)
Special
Mounted
On warhorses.
Special
Arms
50% of group have: leather armour, shield, lance; 25% have: leather armour, shield, shortbow, sword; 25% have: chainmail, shield, lance.
Special
Camps
Groups commonly combine and live in a camp or tribe of up to 300 dervishes, plus women, children, and animals. 25% chance of a wood or brick enclosure.
Special
Camp leaders
Led by 10th level cleric.
Special
Intolerant
Of other religious views.
Special
Holy war
Occasionally wage war against other religious factions. Will slay people of different faith, or take them prisoner. Prisoners must convert; otherwise killed or used as slaves. Characters of Lawful alignment may be asked to join the holy war. Dervishes are highly suspicious of those who refuse (without good reason).
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSE
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSRIC
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSRIC
Environments
Frequency:
Rare
desert
Offense
1 Attack
Circumstance: Combat
By weapon
Offense
Special Attacks
Circumstance: Combat
Leader types
Defense
Special Defenses
Circumstance: Combat
Leader types
Special
Fanatical
+1 to combat and never need to check morale.
Special
Mounted
Always mounted on light or medium warhorses.
Fanatically religious, nomadic people who wander steppes and desert regions, living in tents
Dervishes are highly religious desert nomads. They will always be led by higher level fighters and clerics as follows. They are fanatical devotees to their religion. As a result they are at +1 to combat and never need to check morale.
Dervishes are always mounted on light or medium warhorses.
OSRIC
Actions/Abilities/Traits: OSRIC
Fanatically religious, nomadic people who wander steppes and desert regions, living in tents.
OSE
Fanatically religious, nomadic people who wander steppes and desert regions, living in tents
Dervishes are highly religious desert nomads. They will always be led by higher level fighters and clerics as follows. They are fanatical devotees to their religion. As a result they are at +1 to combat and never need to check morale.
Dervishes are always mounted on light or medium warhorses.
OSRIC
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