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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6713041" data-attributes="member: 12731">All advice concerning NPCs and monsters; how to create them, change them and generally run them, is in the DMG in this edition, not the Monster Manual. There is no explicit advice regarding how to level NPCs. There is the assumption they gain xp if they fight alongside the PCs, but no concrete procedures as to what this xp does for a creature.You can stat up NPCs as PCs, as monsters, as simple statblocks, as &quot;just a description&quot; and you can add levels to monsters.But &quot;you can do this&quot; is far from specific rules and regulations. It's up to you, really. Unless your NPC is a character with class and levels (so it really is a PC, not a NPC or monster at all) there are no clear rules on how xp makes a monster become better (gain hit dice or even class levels).Myconoids are a special case. I would simply have Stool transform into the next myconoid phase overnight (when the party level becomes too high). That is, he doesn't level so much as he pupates...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 6713041, member: 12731"] All advice concerning NPCs and monsters; how to create them, change them and generally run them, is in the DMG in this edition, not the Monster Manual. There is no explicit advice regarding how to level NPCs. There is the assumption they gain xp if they fight alongside the PCs, but no concrete procedures as to what this xp does for a creature. You can stat up NPCs as PCs, as monsters, as simple statblocks, as "just a description" and you can add levels to monsters. But "you can do this" is far from specific rules and regulations. It's up to you, really. Unless your NPC is a character with class and levels (so it really is a PC, not a NPC or monster at all) there are no clear rules on how xp makes a monster become better (gain hit dice or even class levels). Myconoids are a special case. I would simply have Stool transform into the next myconoid phase overnight (when the party level becomes too high). That is, he doesn't level so much as he pupates... [/QUOTE]

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