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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7756554" data-attributes="member: 42582">AD&D (1st ed) has multiple approaches to NPCs.Men-at-arms in the DMG had d4+3 hit points, and attack on the 0-level chart. Sergeants, Lieutenatns and Captains have fighter levels (1, 2 to 3, and (I think) 4 to 7 respectively) but are incapable of gaining levels.Most of the "men" in the Monster Manual have 1d6 hit points, and attack on the 0-level chart.The NPC officers a fighter gets with his/her troops are levelled fighters and there is nothing said about whether or not they can gain levels. (I've always assumed that they can.)Sages have 8d4 hp, a smattering of spell knowledge from a class depending on their area of expertise but not based on any character level charts, and a special chart for determining their stats.The discussion in the DMG of a PC trying to get help from a NPC mage very strongly implies that the NPC mage is statted up just as a PC one would be; and the Monster Manual entries for "men" and demihumans specify higher level NPCs which appear to be intended to be statted up like PCs. (But they use different magic item generation charts from those in the DMG Appendix C for NPC encounters.)Berserkers in the MM have a special attack ability that is not able to be dupicated by any PC build of a 2 HD character.Etc.I don't know if 2nd ed AD&D was more uniform in its approach - 3E, 4e and 5e all oviously are, although 3E goes one way and 4e and 5e the other.</blockquote>

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