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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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I personally think the "beginner friendly" aspect of the 2024 DMG is going to be a problem if they don't follow up with a "DMG 2" or... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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Do some expert hirelings (1e DMG page 29-34) have skills PCs normally wouldn't have, like the Sage or Alechmist? (At least until Dragon... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
You've got it backwards. 1e introduced NPCs as just PC classes controlled by the DM. They rolled stats like PCs, had classes like PCs...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
What does that have to do with the topic at hand? Is there something about being a new DM that means you won't need a CR 2 Mage? If...
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Flying Toaster reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
This is not really true. 1E NPCs usually had classes. Monsters did not have classes, but NPCs who were not monsters definitely did...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I don't get where you are coming from at all. In 1E or 2e, an NPC would literally just be a 5th level fighter or a 12th-level mage...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Plaguescarred's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
In houserule terriroty DM reign as the sole monarch in its kingdom, so a monster or NPC can be can be made or modified at whim. As DM i...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I don’t tend to design NPCs as single encounters, and I try not to set them up in ways where I’m predetermining the ending, I.E. the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Ah, this is a design approach issue. I do that opposite; I figure out the handful of spells I want them to use before I make the rest of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Being "a bit complicated" was one of the major barriers to attracting new players in 3e. It will always be a balancing act but from my...
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Flying Toaster reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Maybe someone else mentioned it but there is at least one 3PP product that provides CR 1 to 20 NPCs of every class. This may not be...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Yeah, this is annoying. I often end up modifying NPC statblocks to make them more PC-like, and I do not love that the 5.5 design has...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I mean, I’m OK with it if it’s like Vecna or Tasha or even just unnamed Archmage A, but when even a so-called Apprentice Mage gets a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
This bugs me so much. Cool for monsters or unique things. Not cool for the NPC "wizards" of the world. (sorcerers, etc.)
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Flying Toaster reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I oscillate between preferring NPCs (as in other humanoid wizards, fighters, paladins, etc) to be built like PCs and to be built like...