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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 6022559" data-attributes="member: 23094"><p>Nope, I'm not! Isn't this fun?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ignoring rules can sometimes, though not always, cause issues. Since hit points are explicitly not meat, then your noncombatant "PC" just has lots of plot protection. It's probably how someone so unsuited to the adventuring lifestyle wasn't murdered by the first kobold they came across.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1st-level Experts. Done.</p><p></p><p>You are still describing, for purposes of normal D&D, NPCs. These are not adventurers. These are people to whom adventurers turn to for help back in town or, at worst, escort under heavy guard to an archaeological site.</p><p></p><p>D&D PC classes model adventurers (inasmuch as they model anything). Therefore, PC rules should not try to model these types of characters.</p><p></p><p>\</p><p></p><p>Who cares? No one other than you will ever look at your sheet.</p><p></p><p>Did you complain about this in 3rd Ed? Or 1st Ed? I mean, D&D has never let you create a complete noncombatant.</p><p></p><p>There's "I'd like to be able to tweak," and there's "I want to ignore most of the game." You're asking for the latter, and I don't think it's a reasonable request.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 6022559, member: 23094"] Nope, I'm not! Isn't this fun? Ignoring rules can sometimes, though not always, cause issues. Since hit points are explicitly not meat, then your noncombatant "PC" just has lots of plot protection. It's probably how someone so unsuited to the adventuring lifestyle wasn't murdered by the first kobold they came across. 1st-level Experts. Done. You are still describing, for purposes of normal D&D, NPCs. These are not adventurers. These are people to whom adventurers turn to for help back in town or, at worst, escort under heavy guard to an archaeological site. D&D PC classes model adventurers (inasmuch as they model anything). Therefore, PC rules should not try to model these types of characters. \ Who cares? No one other than you will ever look at your sheet. Did you complain about this in 3rd Ed? Or 1st Ed? I mean, D&D has never let you create a complete noncombatant. There's "I'd like to be able to tweak," and there's "I want to ignore most of the game." You're asking for the latter, and I don't think it's a reasonable request. [/QUOTE]
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