Post your suggestions here, including new ways for raids to go wrong.

New ways for raids to go wrong

Raids arrive either by walking in from the map edge or in drop pods. Some ways for raids to go wrong might not work so well for one mode of arrival, but work great for the other.

For example, it's unlikely that a pack of manhunters could get to raiders quickly if they're arriving by drop pods, but if they're walking in then it makes complete sense.

As for how a raid should go wrong, I tend to use something which already exists within the game but doesn't usually accompany a raid. For example, meteorites can impact as an event chosen by the storyteller but not at the same time as a raid. Or as another example, diseases can be caught by colonists as an event but don't affect raiders.

Things which go wrong don't need to be especially balanced in favour of the raiders. But I try to allow a possibility that some of the raiders avoid negative effects. For example, raiders who have the teetotaler trait won't be affected by Drunk Drop.