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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 3914169" data-attributes="member: 1956">If that is a lone melee NPC, yes. If that is just a bunch of fighters or barbarians running tword you with war cries, yes, too.But if that said melee NPC is a part of a balanced NPC party which include spellcasters, spellcasters can buff the melee types and the difference in the wealth become less obvious. For example, a 12th-level cleric can cast 2 magic vestment spells and a greater magic weapon spells to give +4 armor, +4 shield, and +4 weapon to a fighter.Also, while most PC parties are balanced for "useful in many situations", or "to fill the needed roles for dungeon crawling", you can make a team of NPCs which is quite formidable if worked as a team in certain situation. I mean, if all the 4 NPCs are rangers, they can actually hide and sneak as a whole team (which typical PC party cannot do). If 4 fighters are really good at archery, they can be a formidable team when you are in a siege battle and trying to climb the wall or break the main gate.NPCs with class levels are meant to know his strengh and weakness, and expected to form a good team and be in appropriate place, and use a good trick or two.</blockquote>