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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Set" data-source="post: 4028397" data-attributes="member: 41584">I'm beginning to see the problem.  If people want to use every book in creation, including 3rd party stuff like Monte's Arcana Evolved, and finesse over feats from a dozen sources to optimize their character, then it's, IMO, not an 'NPC' that's going to interact with the party for ~5 rounds before dying horribly, it's a labor of love that you might as well play as a character!Yeah, if I wanted to play hopscotch with every book in my collection, I could also take 90 minutes, or even a couple of *months* making a character.But, not being a masochist, I don't devote this level of min-maxing to NPCs.  They get the basics.  I use some odd classes (swapping out Clerics for Archivists) or take advantage of class options from Unearthed Arcana (Urban Ranger, Thug Fighter, Cloistered Cleric, Battle Sorcerer, Steadfast Monk), but I don't feel the need to go dig out every Race of... and Complete Splatbook to see if Expeditious Dodge is going to be micro-optimally better than Dodge in the couple rounds that this character is going to live in the presence of the PCs.A character I'm going to play, perhaps for months?  Yeah, I'll devote some time to finding a good fit, although the Paladin / Ranger / Fighter mentioned above is definitely more multi-classy than I like to play.  I find that mixing classes often seems to result in sucking at multiple roles, rather than being competent at one (Fighter being an exception.  2 levels of Fighter can often be quite the boon to a Ranger, Paladin, Barbarian, etc. build).  The Rangers Animal Companion, for instance.  I'd sacrifice it for Distracting Strike from PHB2 or something, 'cause Ranger companions are already speed bumps / wastes of flesh for *single-class* Rangers, let alone multiclassers!</blockquote>

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