Hopefully by that time WotC have overcome their stupid panic reaction and started to sell PDFs again.I meant that PDFs are not available for new books. The Book of NPCs 2.0 is based on the books that were available in PDF. When PH3 comes, I will need to take an entirely new approach. That means throwing out most of what I did before and starting from scratch (rather depressing).
How does these guesses stack up to the DMG2 data, btw?Because there are no official rules for PHB2 NPCs yet, I had to make some educated guesses for what roles and features to use for these NPCs. Here is what I am currently going with:
I made barbarians and wardens into brutes. For barbarians, it makes sense because they are high-damage, low defense. Surprisingly, wardens are not sure a good fight, but I did it anyway since wardens are supposed to have more hit points.
- Avenger NPC: Skirmisher; Armor of Faith, oath of enmity
- Barbarian NPC: Brute; Barbarian Agility, Feral Might
- Bard NPC: Controller (Leader); Bardic Virtue, majestic word, Skill Versatility
- Druid NPC: Controller; Balance of Nature (one beast at-will, one non-beast), Primal Aspect, wild shape
- Invoker: Artillery; Divine Covenant
- Shaman NPC: Controller (Leader); Companion Spirit (which determines the shaman’s at-will), healing spirit
- Sorcerer NPC (Dragon Magic): Artillery; Draconic Power, Draconic Resilience
- Sorcerer NPC (Wild Magic): Skirmisher; Chaos Power, Unfettered Power
- Warden NPC: Brute; Font of Life, Nature’s Wrath (one of Warden’s Fury or Warden’s Grasp)
Great stuff as always. Hurrah for the Book of NPCs!
I see you no longer have house rules regarding how much XP these opponents are worth. I take it you decided they are about worth a normal monster's challenge after all, or that the difference in difficulty wasn't enough to merit the added houserule complexity?
There are several races (Tiefling, Orcs, etc) that are listed in the index but have no monster/character info. Is there a plan to complete these?
I replied to you in PM but didn't realize you also posted here. The Tieflings and the Orcs *are* in the Book of NPCs, so maybe your download got corrupted or something.