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  • NPC Statblock Compendium - 64 New Statblocks for all 82 Published 5th E

    From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 25 04:34:10 2020
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    I found this most helpfull with my module conversion to 5e.

    Books Referenced

    This document makes reference to the following books published by Wizards of the Coast.

    Player's Handbook
    Monster Manual
    Dungeon Master's Guide
    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
    Volo's Guide to Monsters
    Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    The Monster Manual and Volo's Guide to Monsters are of particular importance.

    In addition, some spellcasters in this document draw on spells found in
    Chapter 2 of the Elemental Evil Player's Companion, which can be found online here.

    Usage Recommendations

    Some general guidelines for incorporating new NPCs (and anything else,
    really) in your adventures:

    The biggest numbers don't make the greatest stories.
    There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
    Those who fight alone, die alone.


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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 26 10:32:36 2020
    On Mon, 25 May 2020 04:34:10 -0400, Ubiquitous <[email protected]>
    wrote:


    Some general guidelines for incorporating new NPCs (and anything else, >really) in your adventures:

    The biggest numbers don't make the greatest stories.
    There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
    Those who fight alone, die alone.

    And, most importantly, if you stat it, the players will kill it.

    I rarely bother to stat NPCs. The D&D leveling system doesn't really
    play well with non-adventurer types; you either have to break the
    rules ("yes, this completely ordinary 0-level NPC has the same skills
    that a PC would need to reach level 15 to achieve") or just accept
    that half the city is going to be 10th level. The latter seems silly
    to me, so I just don't even try to justify it. If it comes to combat
    (or any sort of conflict) I usually make up the stats as I go. Since
    my players have long gotten out of the murder-hobo habit (largely
    because it usually doesn't work out that well for them), its rarely
    necessary. They keep their killing for critters that deserve it ;-)

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jul 10 16:17:40 2020
    [email protected] wrote:
    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:

    Some general guidelines for incorporating new NPCs (and anything else, >>really) in your adventures:

    The biggest numbers don't make the greatest stories.
    There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
    Those who fight alone, die alone.

    And, most importantly, if you stat it, the players will kill it.

    I rarely bother to stat NPCs. The D&D leveling system doesn't really
    play well with non-adventurer types; you either have to break the
    rules ("yes, this completely ordinary 0-level NPC has the same skills
    that a PC would need to reach level 15 to achieve") or just accept
    that half the city is going to be 10th level. The latter seems silly
    to me, so I just don't even try to justify it. If it comes to combat
    (or any sort of conflict) I usually make up the stats as I go. Since
    my players have long gotten out of the murder-hobo habit (largely
    because it usually doesn't work out that well for them), its rarely >necessary. They keep their killing for critters that deserve it ;-)

    This adventure I was converting to 5e had a very possibility of the soldiers
    in the fort going into battle if an alarm was raised by lack of stealth on
    the players' parts.

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