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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 3474720" data-attributes="member: 198">Silly Gold Roger - like you need to ask! Is there ever a bad time to throw poo?Hmmm - I'm actually noticing a fair number of similarities with things I often do, with both lower or higher level enemies. To wit:I generally use the standard elite array for NPCs with class levels, as per the MM, but since the PCs are in the 36-40 pt category of point buy, it's safe to say the NPCs are way short of the kind of attributes the PCs have. Definitely. I think this is a significant part of the design concept behind Eberron, actually, with PCs being the very rare people who have literally unlimited potential, which is why they keep advancing in classes, while others are limited in potential. Which goes to explain why you can have a 10 year war veteran who's going to be Ftr4 for all of his life, while the comparatively less experienced PC is shooting up towards the double digits. I haven't done this that much, but I do use it at times, more often with NPC classes. So the PCs might go up against someone who's got a couple of levels of expert, aristocrat, adept or warrior to supplement their levels in PC classes. I don't think the PCs beat up a commoner yet, though Nameless (the alienist) did one Disintegrate an Expert4. It's sad when you take more HD of damage than you have hit pts <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Nice!Totally agreed. Unless specifically involved in an ambush or expecting an attack with enough time for spell preparation, all of my spellcasters have a number of their spell slots used up for convenience spells. In fact, even the guys involved in an ambush or attack have at least a couple of non-combat spells prepped. Fireballs are sometimes handy, but Unseen Servant is a joy for ever <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Agreed. If my PCs run into someone who's seriously loaded for bear, there's always an in-character and story reason for it. They do, however, have an unenviably good record of attacking people who have a reason to be in such a state.As I mentioned above, though I almost certainly don't do so as much as you, it looks like I do use a lot of the things you do. Damn!Oh, what the hell ...*throws flaming poo*</blockquote>

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