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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8515599" data-attributes="member: 6787503">No, NPCs are not like PCs. Player and DM roles are distinct from one another. My preference in statting out an NPC with &quot;class levels&quot; is to create a stat block that approximates what those levels bring to the creature, but even then I don't follow the PC rules exactly. For example, the NPC's hit dice are always based on its size.That being said, I have NPC spellcasters use the same spells as PCs. I'm not too interested in writing new spells for my NPCs to use.Monster &quot;race&quot; stat blocks are different from PC races, especially of the humanoid types that would most likely be used as PCs. Often they represent a regular troop type of a particular fantasy race with the accompanying martial capabilities added on top of the base race, so I wouldn't expect a PC of that race to necessarily have the same abilities as a monster. I would, however, expect an NPC/monster of a particular race to have pretty much everything included in a PC race, although, as I said above, I don't fuss about insignificant details like subrace, for example, when creating a stat block for such an NPC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 8515599, member: 6787503"] No, NPCs are not like PCs. Player and DM roles are distinct from one another. My preference in statting out an NPC with "class levels" is to create a stat block that approximates what those levels bring to the creature, but even then I don't follow the PC rules exactly. For example, the NPC's hit dice are always based on its size. That being said, I have NPC spellcasters use the same spells as PCs. I'm not too interested in writing new spells for my NPCs to use. Monster "race" stat blocks are different from PC races, especially of the humanoid types that would most likely be used as PCs. Often they represent a regular troop type of a particular fantasy race with the accompanying martial capabilities added on top of the base race, so I wouldn't expect a PC of that race to necessarily have the same abilities as a monster. I would, however, expect an NPC/monster of a particular race to have pretty much everything included in a PC race, although, as I said above, I don't fuss about insignificant details like subrace, for example, when creating a stat block for such an NPC. [/QUOTE]

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