The devourers in the wreckage can wreck you. Ironically, they wrecked the dev that was playing in one of the streams before EA too. If the one we can "recruit" is any indication, however, they are low CR for the type. Ideally, these probably wouldn't be out and about, but since the ship crashed, they're on their own far sooner than they might be otherwise.
Yes, I remember that, but also in our current version of the game some of the devourers start at like half hp, some at 75%ish, so they are weakened, sure, I remember that the devourers on that stream had full hp, but still. I find the idea ridiculous from the lore perspective. Also, I dunno about you guys, but these devourers didn't cause me much trouble, even when I went solo as a wizard against them, tried sneaking on the ledge, they caught me, and still the entire fight was too easy. Sure, it's the beginning of the game, that fight is meant to be easy. But eh, why not replace the devourers with some human scavengers, or something. Like the fishers who are trying to save that mind flayer deeper in the ship.
