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I try as often as feasible. Key NPCs gain affectations, mannerisms.

You're right. I shouldn't have wasted all that time on a person who had already demonstrated who and what they were.

Those are the multipliers. This is actually pulled from the DMG - table 32 Y'all could easily add your own elements; or use the existing ones if you're not an Excel geek. Like just tick "yes" for high intelligence to compensate for psionics, or toggle "special magical attack" for aging....

I think the spreadsheet I mangled would handle this well enough. Note, this is kinda-doubled to represent not giving XP for gold. But this logic is built right from the DMG.

Dude. As a former professional writer, if I were writing something to sell, it would look like it were worth buying. But hey, if you're going to criticize the note for a first-level bandit that was one of 10, knock yourself out. If I had to flesh out a background, I had generic backgrounds...

Read the comments on the word count. I'm a former professional writer, and frankly, IF the claim is true, the word counts one poster made are insane overkill [40,000+ per module/session?] or false. I checked one "module" I wrote, and with stats, loot, and notes for the NPCs - 10 of them - I...

Blend. I have key things written in note form but the key part for me is knowing the characters and keeping track of the timelines. I can run stuff off-the-cuff, and am damn fine when I have to. In this biz, you gotta be able to run things that way .... but prep and notes and pre-built NPCs and...

Even in the old DMG, there were/are modifiers for pack tactics. The spreadsheet I uploaded reflected this as well.

Your game, your rules. What makes sense?

This thread really strikes at what I see as one of the weaknesses of 5e. I am dabbling as a player in 5e, and the character build part of the game is stupid complex, and the magic is overflowing. Everybody gets magic. It's like Oprah Winfrey at Christmas. That's the reason why mages are weaker -...

You're overthinking it. Adjust the Xp based on the monster's general capacities. That's it. I made an excel spreadsheet to model the experience points progressions based on the old tables. I modified for the fact I don't award xp for money. Use as you wish. This spreadsheet allows you to...

Preach.

Looking at doing Fey-like things, but in a 2e/homebrew setting. Looking for ideas, thoughts, suggestions and guidance. Freebie modules to examine (pillage for ideas), etc.