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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6882774" data-attributes="member: 12731">Hang on just a minute. Pointless? Arbitrary?The point is to not have to follow all the intricacies of PC chargen. That's not pointless, that's easy and quick and... and... completely wonderful!Arbitrary? Nope, not in the slightest. Monsters don't follow as many rules and restrictions as player characters do, but the monsters are (barring mistakes) created following a set of guidelines. Just a much looser set of guidelines than in the PHB.For instance, I don't believe it is necessary to have such a dim view on the NPC rules, Aaron. What the "evidence" about Cult Fanatics et al tells me is that they're either multiclassed characters or they are secondary casters.Of course, there really isn't "evidence" one way or the other. So let me phrase it this way: I choose to interpret the data as 1) full spellcasters having one "caster level" per hit dice, and 2) all NPCs are consistent with this rule, because 3) I view the NPCs with less "caster levels" (than HD) to be simply less focused on spellcasting. Whether a Cult Fanatic is multiclassed (levels of Fighter-Rogueish? Thug levels?) or simply a secondary caster (posibly of a sort not available in the PHB) is immaterial imo. Zapp</blockquote>