Skin Bandits

Skin Bandits are a faction of skeletons who steal the skin of humans in order to turn them into clothing. They are lead by Savant.

They will knock members of other factions unconscious and bring them to a Peeler Machine which will delimb and eventually kill the prisoner.

Characters

• Savant
• Skin Bandit

Relations

Faction Relations

The factions this faction has special relations towards. For all others, it will use this faction's default (0).

• Skeleton Legion (100)
• Reavers (-100)
• Crab Raiders (-100)
• United Cities (-100)
• Fishmen (coexistence)
• Old Machines (coexistence)

Player Relations

The reasons for this faction to have a non-zero relation towards you.

• Skin Bandits can be allied with if the player is a Skeleton.
• If the player is a Hiver, Skeleton, or a Shek, Skin Bandits are not hostile in their towns.

Alliances

Players can ally with the Skin Bandits by speaking to Savant, although only if the player character is a Skeleton. As with the other warring Southeast Factions, allying with the Skin Bandits results in the other 3 factions becoming enemies. These are the specific relations changes:

• Crab Raiders -75
• Reavers -75
• Skeleton Bandits -75
• Skin Bandits +75

Base Assault

The Skin Bandits will assault your base if you are within relative range to their location.

The Big Skin Harvest

This assault consists of around 2 squads or ~36 units that will approach your base and say upon arrival

"A Human Village . . ." "Full of Fresh Skins . . ." "And Lots of Human Food For Our Hungry Bellies . . ."

They then will proceed to attack.

Locations

Zones
Skin Bandit patrols can spawn in Sonorous Dark.

Towns
These towns, outposts, and other locations are controlled by this faction. File:Mapico-watchtower.png Skinhouse File:Mapico-watchtower.png Skinhouse HQ

World States
If certain World States are achieved, this faction can be found patrolling The Crags and The Pits. Town Overrides There are no locations which can be controlled by this faction due to changes in World States.

Trivia

• The Skin Bandits may have been inspired by the Type-3 Screamer Robots in the 1995 sci-fi movie Screamers. In the movie, these self-replicating Screamer Robots were once used by the Earth-centric faction called the Alliance in a war against a rogue corporate-state, but have suddenly and mysteriously gained sentience and began to steal the body-parts of fallen Human soldiers in order to create the Type-3 Screamer, a rogue sentient android that uses a human skin-suit to infiltrate human society.
• Both Skeleton Bandits and Skin Bandits have neutral relations with each other however they will still fight. They also share the same (100) opinion for Skeleton Legion. However, the Legion still tends to attack both factions.
• The Skin Bandits in Skinhouse HQ have an AI Goal to kill a random prisoner. Getting put inside a Peeler Machine can lead to a quick death because of this.
• The Skin Bandits in the North and South Skinhouses lack the previously mentioned AI Goal however they will attack and put a character back into a Peeler Machine if they break out.
• The Skin Bandits inside of the Horrible Ruin lack either of the AI Goals previously mentioned. However, they will still place certain races into the Peelers if they are unconscious nearby. (Or Hostile)

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  A horde of Skin Bandits near the Old Empire Supply Outpost