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Message: <blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 1728657" data-attributes="member: 10412">I stat NPCs when I need to. I know I can MAKE skill points fit if I take the time. But jeez, I really couldn't care less if we're talking about cross-class skills and filling out every single cotton-picking skill point with the same exactitude as some of my players. That's just mind-numbing. I wing it when I need to wing it, and if I need to be painfully specific, then I take the time and stat out the villain. The one thing I tend to be scrupulous on is spell selection. I had a DM who kept a long list of arcane and divine spells, and chose whatever spell seemed most appropriate on the fly. All of the enemy casters thereby became sorcerers, and it cheesed me off.I also added this line to my campaign notes:I cannot be prepared for every eventuality. If you choose to challenge the greatest wizard of the realm to single combat in the middle of a meeting of the Council of Twelve, interrupting a dramatic monologue and insulting him to his face, I will be happy to oblige you. But I will end the session there, and reconvene next time because building an epic 30th level wizard takes time.</blockquote>