Randomly spawned merchants

[Ancient Madness]

Could these maybe have a dagger or a club or some other simple weapon? Or be made to run away when attacked. They get pretty well slaughtered from anything that spawns near them and just aoo punch and get themselves killed faster. Many-a-merchant has died while shopping with them because baddies spawn nearby. Not for lack of trying to defend them, but because they insist on punching it out and get themselves killed from it via attacks of opportunity.