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So one time, I had to fight against 3 bandits and a bandit captain because my DM said so. Sounds reasonable, right? There were two level 3 characters, one an Aasimar Sorcerer and the other a Goliath Barbarian

Well none of us, not even the dm expected that I got natural 20d two or three times in a row by some bandits and get my ass kicked

Honestly I would have probably died on the first fight if it wasn't for the Goliath Barbarian passing an intimidation check and me using Magic Missile to kill the leader while he was running way, which obviously scared the other bandits and made them run too

will they ever impliment a way to auto change the stats by chosing a race?

I know I'm asking a lot of a free service, but I would like to:

open the bandit stats -> click "any race" -> choose a race -> have basic stats for (race) bandit.

Instead of having a cluttered homebrew page because I had to make 20 different bandits, nobles, thugs, etc,.

that sounds super useful when it comes to bandits, thugs etc. 

even if its just small stuff: (Halfling Bandit) -4hp, +2AC, -2 Str, +2 Dex

That is an exceptionally reasonable request.

It is possible, of course, to mold the NPCs to what you need, for example if it is a group of half orcs, toughen them up a bit, give them slightly better armor and use their Relentless Endurance feature to save them from dying and give the party a bit more of a challenge.

That's the beauty of D&D, it is all flexible to how we want it to be.

Very helpful for me who is a new DM thanks

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So one time, I had to fight against 3 bandits and a bandit captain  Sounds reasonable, right? There were two level 3 characters, one an Aasimar Sorcerer and the other a Goliath Barbarian

Well none of us, not even the dm expected that I got natural 20d two or three times in a row by some bandits and get my ass kicked

Honestly I would have probably died on the first fight if it wasn't for the Goliath Barbarian passing an intimidation check and me using Magic Missile to kill the leader while he was running way, which obviously scared the other bandits and made them run too

My group had to fight 2 bandits and a thug we did well for 3 lvl 1 characters

This has nothing to do with your comment but I just wanted to tell you that as I am literally making an encounter based on the Speedwagon Ogre street fight I found this and your profile picture.

Thank you and may Speedwagon bless us all

Yeah I had to make my profile pic our lord Speedwagon 

How much does their CR change if the Crossbow is removed and the Scimitar is made to a Dagger?

Reason being I want a fight to be 2 Dagger bandits, 2 Sorcerer Bandits, and a Bandit captain. I thought that would work for a party of 6 L1 people, where the Sorcerers retreat after one bandit falls, but don't want the party to just keel over and die from Ranged.

I didn't think there was one. 

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How much does their CR change if the Crossbow is removed and the Scimitar is made to a Dagger?

Reason being I want a fight to be 2 Dagger bandits, 2 Sorcerer Bandits, and a Bandit captain. I thought that would work for a party of 6 L1 people, where the Sorcerers retreat after one bandit falls, but don't want the party to just keel over and die from Ranged.

 Well, you're reducing their DPR from 5 (Light Crossbow) to 3 (Dagger). According to the table in the DMG, this reduces their offensive CR from 1/4 to 1/8, putting them solidly in CR 1/8 territory. Their official CR doesn't change, but at that end of the spectrum, everything is already so close together it doesn't really matter. The actual effect is noticeable, especially with their measly +3 to hit.

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that sounds super useful when it comes to bandits, thugs etc. 

even if its just small stuff: (Halfling Bandit) -4hp, +2AC, -2 Str, +2 Dex

+2 AC and -2 STR?

+1 AC for Dex, and the HP change is because of hit-die, but what’s the other modifiers for?

There probably isn't one because bandits can take many forms. There is no true definition of what a bandit looks like, but for arguments sake, id say a 'generic' version of everything exists...

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Quote from Christian_Carbone >>

that sounds super useful when it comes to bandits, thugs etc. 

even if its just small stuff: (Halfling Bandit) -4hp, +2AC, -2 Str, +2 Dex

 

+2 AC and -2 STR?

+1 AC for Dex, and the HP change is because of hit-die, but what’s the other modifiers for?

 Because halflings don’t have the much strength and there small so there ac increases

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That doesn't sound so bad, I'm running Descent into Avernus for my family, we had a session 0, created characters and made a brief delve into the world, we cut off the session before the first encounter, what is it you may ask:

1 Bandit Captain + 7 bandits vs 5 lvl 1 characters 

Great book and looks like it will be a very interesting campaign, I don't want to intentionally go easy on the party (though it's their 1st dnd experience ever), but all encounters seem deadly, like they're gonna get hit by a fireball at lvl 2 in the second dungeon and it's not even half way in it and it has a pretty much party killing trap as well...

I guess it's all to drive in the thought that jurney into hell is very dangerous even before opening the gates into it

That would be very helpful. especially for chance encounters linked to biomes

Honestly there is nothing wrong with a little paperwork. It gets you get used to the mechanics instead of relying on drop down menus. However I'm just old school.