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{{flavour|A Brigand is a shady character who is especially good at killing, using daggers or darts. They start with a dagger, a robe and cloak, poisoned darts, and a few deadly and rare curare darts.}}
'''Brigands''' are operatives who specialize in stealth and the killing of unsuspecting victims. They start with the tools to silently and quickly take down the living.

==Preferred Species==
[[Troll]], [[Demonspawn]], [[Spriggan]], [[Vine Stalker]], and [[Vampire]] are the recommended races if you pick a Brigand background.

==Racial restrictions==
[[Felid]]s are forbidden from becoming Brigands because they cannot throw darts. A Felid Brigand would start with the same items as a [[Monk]].

==Starting Equipment==
Some [[species]] may receive different items based on their unique restrictions.
*+2 [[dagger]]
*+0 [[robe]]
*+0 [[cloak]]
*9 [[poison]]ed [[dart]]s
*3 [[curare]] darts

==Starting Skills and Stats==
These are adjusted by your species' [[aptitude]]s.
*[[Fighting]]: 2
*[[Short Blades]]: 2
*[[Throwing]]: 2
*[[Dodging]]: 1
*[[Stealth]]: 4

Choosing Brigand adds 3 to your starting [[Strength]], 3 to your starting [[Intelligence]] and 6 to your starting [[Dexterity]].

==Strategy==
Brigands are a good general starting background for stealthy types; the enchanted dagger handles early-game monsters fairly well, while the curare and poisoned darts are excellent for taking down tougher targets.

Don't underestimate the power of [[curare]]. Curare deals a fair amount of damage on impact, then poisons and [[slow]]s the enemy. Almost all early-game threats up to [[Lair]] will be greatly weakened by these darts. Of course, this assumes that you ''hit'' the dart. A few points into [[Throwing]] skill will increase your accuracy.

Since you start with 3 curare darts, and there's a 1 in 6 chance that they [[mulch]] (break) after fired, you'll have 18 shots on average. You can [[kite]] enemies in order to conserve them. Throw the curare dart, then back away and throw regular poisoned darts afterward, slowly whittling their HP down.

==History==
*In [[0.29]], most backgrounds were buffed; Brigands gained an extra poison and curare [[dart]].
*Prior to [[0.26]], Brigands were called '''Assassins'''.
*Prior to [[0.24]], Assassins began with a [[blowgun]] and their respective [[needle]]s of poison and curare.
*Prior to [[0.15]], the starting dagger had an enchantment of +2, +2.
*Prior to [[0.14]], Assassins began with [[potions of poison]] identified, and had 50 [[gold]].

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