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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6555193" data-attributes="member: 6775031">The whole point of NPC stats is that it gets you to a close approximation of your target, without all of the work involved in getting there. You could build a level 9 Fighter (Battle Master), or a gladiator with 15 hit dice and Brutal, or a dude with two attacks (melee +7 for 15 damage) and 90 Hit Points. Those are all the same character, with different degrees of detail.What you can't do - or at least, what you shouldn't do, without expecting shenanigans to be called - is describe any sort of normal humanoid with five attacks (melee +12 for 7 damage) and 10 Hit Points, or one attack (melee +2 for 35 damage) and 400 Hit Points. Neither of those sets of stats are equivalent to any class/level of any class.Because all numbers mean something, and your players know that those stats don't correspond to anything within the possible range of humanoids.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6555193, member: 6775031"] The whole point of NPC stats is that it gets you to a close approximation of your target, without all of the work involved in getting there. You could build a level 9 Fighter (Battle Master), or a gladiator with 15 hit dice and Brutal, or a dude with two attacks (melee +7 for 15 damage) and 90 Hit Points. Those are all the same character, with different degrees of detail. What you can't do - or at least, what you [I]shouldn't[/I] do, without expecting shenanigans to be called - is describe any sort of normal humanoid with five attacks (melee +12 for 7 damage) and 10 Hit Points, or one attack (melee +2 for 35 damage) and 400 Hit Points. Neither of those sets of stats are equivalent to [I]any[/I] class/level of [I]any[/I] class. Because all numbers mean [I]something[/I], and your players [I]know[/I] that those stats don't correspond to anything within the possible range of humanoids. [/QUOTE]

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