Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
5E OB5ERVATIONS - from an Old School Ref
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Beedo" data-source="post: 6555916" data-attributes="member: 6791097"><p>Yes, absolutely, it's most straight forward to create NPC's the same way as PC's. Then you cross index the defense, offense, specials, etc and identify their CR and see where it lands. Where I haven't loved the DMG approach is when I set out to make a CR 3 boss NPC and then need to work backwards to figure out which level should be the character, what kind of damage or attacks to reflect a certain CR, etc.</p><p></p><p>That raises an interesting question, though - about creating a range of monster NPC's in advance, calculating their CR's, and then keeping them on the shelf for building NPCs or rival adventuring parties on the fly. You could have cleric stats representing a L1 cleric, L3, L5, L7, L9, and so on. You could do that for all the basic classes and have it ready on the fly. Assuming I'm in 5E for the long haul, it's something for me to consider - a personal "Rogues Gallery" or "Shady Dragon Inn", if you remember some of those 1980's supplements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beedo, post: 6555916, member: 6791097"] Yes, absolutely, it's most straight forward to create NPC's the same way as PC's. Then you cross index the defense, offense, specials, etc and identify their CR and see where it lands. Where I haven't loved the DMG approach is when I set out to make a CR 3 boss NPC and then need to work backwards to figure out which level should be the character, what kind of damage or attacks to reflect a certain CR, etc. That raises an interesting question, though - about creating a range of monster NPC's in advance, calculating their CR's, and then keeping them on the shelf for building NPCs or rival adventuring parties on the fly. You could have cleric stats representing a L1 cleric, L3, L5, L7, L9, and so on. You could do that for all the basic classes and have it ready on the fly. Assuming I'm in 5E for the long haul, it's something for me to consider - a personal "Rogues Gallery" or "Shady Dragon Inn", if you remember some of those 1980's supplements. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
5E OB5ERVATIONS - from an Old School Ref
Top