just pulled out my 1st edition to compare cards with the new edtion and as suspected the Raiders card is somewhat softer than it used to be, now they only take your gold where as they used to take everything. No complaints from me there but it made me think that the raiders played as a movable entity like the reaper could be a rather cool adition to the game.

Well, in the 20 Questions feature for Talisman Island, John Goodenough has said -

"...future expansions will introduce new Raider cards that can steal Followers, Objects, gold, and even Spells!"

So I am sure there will be much to fear soon enough!

I already had that idea:

See this thread

I have never had a chance to do anything about it though. Now JG is on the case seems like I needn't bother...

I think thinning things out into multiple cards might be good or bad. It might provide some diversity, which can be nice for a while. But its also more cards that take stuff in the same random way they are acquired. I'd prefer the old Raiders... with some improvements in mechanics to make them more interesting, more challenging, rather than just another insurmountable Event.

Don't we have enough of that already?

Raider cards are always welcome

We need more dangerous cards for the main board