Lower NPC Levels:

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

IMO the Stygians are fine, they're tested to be recruited, well armed and armored soldiers and supposedly behind the scenes dealing with verying conflicts all the time. My beef would be about dock thugs. Quite frankly a 5th or 6th level PC should not have to be afraid of a single "thug" in the dock district, yet the dock thugs can stand up to the well armed and armored, trained and tested Stygians. That's ridiculous, plain and simple. If the "thug" is special give him a name as warning "pipe smoking thug" or something but basic thugs and fishermen and crap should not be over 4th level. Hell 4th level is even high for an unarmored, untrained person that picked up a club and calls himself a thug. Thugs and ruffians are about their numbers NOT their individual strength.

I remember hearing about a fisherman smashing an entire group of people.

[9lives]

And I hear there are drow in the sewers.

'The Fishman' mentioned above was none other than the fearsome INQUISITOR SHAR'KALL,