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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8957722" data-attributes="member: 6988941">I would have preferred to see them as PC builds. If one of them has a feature that's awesome in the movie and can't be replicated on a PC in the actual game then it's time to design a new subclass, feat, etc. to support that, within reason, in play, not shunt them off to being sui generis npcs. Sure an NPC stat block is more manageable for having them make a cameo in someone's campaign, but it also just feels kind of cheap. And if the party recruits one of them to be a party NPC for a while I'm going to want them to follow PC rules.But then I generally like to stat my major featured NPCs as player characters if there is a suitable class for them.Nope, NPC stat block just says:Change Shape (5/Day). Doric magically transforms into a Beast with a challenge rating of 3 or less or into an <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/16975-owlbear" target="_blank">owlbear</a> (see the <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/mm" target="_blank">Monster Manual</a>).And then it gives general wildshaping rules.There's no subclass of the monstrosity druid, or feat of chimeric monstrosity wildshaping, or any new content beyond a special rule for a special npc presented without comment.</blockquote>