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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 7149227" data-attributes="member: 463">What PC class powers work well?Hmm, I often use the Duelist +2 dmg bonus if adding extra damage dice to weapon damage seems too much. I tend though to start with the special powers of the MM NPCs and use them; some I've learned don't really work that well (eg Martial Advantage, basically sneak attack for fighter types) so if anything my NPC design has become simpler over time, I find the approach of <a href="http://rpgtinker.com/" target="_blank">http://rpgtinker.com/</a> to be excellent in practice - add more hit points, attacks, & damage (that goes for casters too). But 4e style forced-movement powers work well, so does stuff like a no-opp-att flying leap.I may add more good saves. If I want unusual NPCs then the 5e Feats (eg Polearm Master) are very nice, giving an NPC one immediately makes them distinctive without a huge power-up.I've occasionally given evil priests the Negative/Necrotic Energy Blast they get in Pathfinder; it's OP in 3e/PF but works very nice in 5e for a solo bad guy. Again it's simple to apply, nasty and effective.For a real BBEG like the Headless Horseman in my 5e version of The Asylum Stone I make them Legendary; the 3 auto-saves & 3 legendary actions is a big power-up.I can imagine giving a special NPC some subclass special powers like Phoenix Sorceress or Moon Druid, but I'm probably more likely to give some unique special power. Using Sly Flourish's min-maxed Mage - <a href="http://slyflourish.com/empowering_the_war_mage.html" target="_blank">http://slyflourish.com/empowering_the_war_mage.html</a> - showed me that a caster just using optimal combat spells is incredibly deadly.</blockquote>

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