FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 30-180
ARMOR CLASS: See below
MOVE: 12"
HIT DICE: 1 (2-7 hit points)
% IN LAIR: 100%
TREASURE TYPE: A
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Leader types
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Leader types
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Average to very
ALIGNMENT Lawful evil
SIZE: M
PSIONIC ABILITY: Leader types
Attack/Defense Modes: Leader types
LEVEL/XP VALUE: I / 14 + 1 /hp

Like their brethren, the buccaneers && pirates, the wako ply the warm seas, boarding ships and raiding
coastal towns. They are a vicious scourge, greatly feared by all who travel the seas of Kara-Tur. Composed of
men of low class who have fled their homelands or have been hired by powerful lords, the wako are desperate
and dangerous men. Even the fierce western pirates, from their few encounters with the wako, regard them with
fear. The wako have a disregard for death. Knowing that horrible tortures and death await them should they ever
be captured, they fight to the last man no matter how hopeless the situation. Likewise, they take no prisoners,
except women who are carried to their towns as slaves. This attitude renders them utterly ferocious in battle. All
wako tight with a + 2 on hit rolls and a + 1 on damage.

For every 30 wako encountered there is a 5th-level bushi present and for every 60 there is a 7th-level
barbarian. These are in addition to the numbers indicated by the dice. They are always led by a 10th-level
samurai. With him is a barbarian lieutenant of 8th level and 1-3 bushi mates of 6th level. For every 30 wako
present there is a 5% chance that a wu jen is present. He is of 6th to 9th level.

The arms and armor of a force of wako are:
 

Hara-ate-gawa & sword	50%
Sword & bow	10%
Do-maru & sword	15%
Kote & spear	10%
Kote, do-maru, sword & bow	5%
Haramaki, sword, spear, & bow	10%

All leaders and high level types wear o-yoroi.

The lair of the wako is a permanent settlement, possibly on the lands of the sponsoring lord.
It is walled and is well defended and patrolled.