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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7467446" data-attributes="member: 6778044">I’m not sure what you mean about the hit points. They capped the Hit Dice in AD&amp;D so all you got were a couple of hit points. But regardless of that, also keep in mind that the abilities NPCs and monsters get don’t have to be available to PCs. So a boon allowing them to be attuned to more magic items, or use multiple contingency spells wouldn’t be out of the question. For the specific characters you’re talking about, they are about the biggest exceptions to the rules there are. And because of the way the Realms have specifically modified the way magic works in world as each edition came out, you can realistically allow such abilities that only the chosen of Mystra gain. You really can go outside the norm quite a bit here, as far as Im concerned. For epic NPCs like them, being met by such high level characters, and the fact that these NPCs aren’t typically designed to be foes, I don’t think you really need to be concerned about CRs much. I think that certain NPCs and monsters should be beyond the CR system, and not part of the usual approach that you’ll eventually be a high enough level to kill them.I’d take a similar approach to Sauron, Gandalf, and others in LotR for example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 7467446, member: 6778044"] I’m not sure what you mean about the hit points. They capped the Hit Dice in AD&D so all you got were a couple of hit points. But regardless of that, also keep in mind that the abilities NPCs and monsters get don’t have to be available to PCs. So a boon allowing them to be attuned to more magic items, or use multiple contingency spells wouldn’t be out of the question. For the specific characters you’re talking about, they are about the biggest exceptions to the rules there are. And because of the way the Realms have specifically modified the way magic works in world as each edition came out, you can realistically allow such abilities that only the chosen of Mystra gain. You really can go outside the norm quite a bit here, as far as Im concerned. For epic NPCs like them, being met by such high level characters, and the fact that these NPCs aren’t typically designed to be foes, I don’t think you really need to be concerned about CRs much. I think that certain NPCs and monsters should be beyond the CR system, and not part of the usual approach that you’ll eventually be a high enough level to kill them. I’d take a similar approach to Sauron, Gandalf, and others in LotR for example. [/QUOTE]

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