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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2842947" data-attributes="member: 12332">That's something I both like and dislike.As I mentioned before, it really can give the system a feeling of:&nbsp; &quot;Same thing, bigger explosion.&quot;Thug Bob is always Thug Bob.&nbsp; When we meet some Thug Bobs at 1st level, they're about X powerful compared to the PCs.&nbsp; When we meet some Thug Bobs at 6th level ... they're still about X powerful compared to the PCs.&nbsp; They scale.&nbsp; They're worth the same number of XP and are the same challenge.&nbsp; I'm still working my way around the Threat Level system in terms of feeling ... which is just a CR system attached to a series of tables, really.&nbsp; Instead of saying:&nbsp; &quot;Thugs should be of a CR equal to the average party level -2.&quot; you get:&nbsp; &quot;See Table X.3.1. line-item seven&quot;.&nbsp; If you've got the tables, it makes things quicker.&nbsp; SC2 is very attached to &quot;qualities&quot;.&nbsp; A Thug is a Bear is a Killer Robot is a Parasite Mole ... each has a few different little &quot;qualities&quot; that are found in a bunch of pages in the NPC creation rules.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; One day I'll find myself without a computer or my d20M books, have my SC2 book, and a bunch of people will mob me to run something.&nbsp; Then I'll run it.&nbsp; If I get a chance to go to California to see the inlaws again, I'll have to bring it.&nbsp; My brother-in-law and his crew would probably love it.--fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2842947, member: 12332"] That's something I both like and dislike. As I mentioned before, it really can give the system a feeling of: "Same thing, bigger explosion." Thug Bob is always Thug Bob. When we meet some Thug Bobs at 1st level, they're about X powerful compared to the PCs. When we meet some Thug Bobs at 6th level ... they're still about X powerful compared to the PCs. They scale. They're worth the same number of XP and are the same challenge. I'm still working my way around the Threat Level system in terms of feeling ... which is just a CR system attached to a series of tables, really. Instead of saying: "Thugs should be of a CR equal to the average party level -2." you get: "See Table X.3.1. line-item seven". If you've got the tables, it makes things quicker. SC2 is very attached to "qualities". A Thug is a Bear is a Killer Robot is a Parasite Mole ... each has a few different little "qualities" that are found in a bunch of pages in the NPC creation rules. :) One day I'll find myself without a computer or my d20M books, have my SC2 book, and a bunch of people will mob me to run something. Then I'll run it. If I get a chance to go to California to see the inlaws again, I'll have to bring it. My brother-in-law and his crew would probably love it. --fje [/QUOTE]

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