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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1358014" data-attributes="member: 2238">Basicly in D&D level means nothing in regards to story.  Make everyone 1st level-the cleric, the monk the players, the townspeople and such.  Then look at the situation.  Find out reasons the cleric can't come along, or the monk cannot help.  Give the town more life with more events going on around it, and be sure to create a relationship between the kobolds and the town.  Were the Kobolds friendly before?  Or were they mean?  Were they present in the area before or are they new arrivals?  What do they want with the town?  Answering these questions will allow you to develop your kobolds into realistic adversaries that give a reason for the way things are happening and why it is the player's characters that must solve the problem.  Perhaps the cleric cannot help because whoever controls the Kobolds has somthing on him.  Perhaps the Monks are friends with the Kobolds and while they will not help they can try to disuade the kobolds from violence.  Once you have the situations schetched out then tweak the levels of the NPCs and the monsters to provide the right level of challenge where you want it.  If the PCs are never going to fight the Monk or the Cleric and they are not meant to come along save yourself some time and DONT STAT THEM.  Just give them a name and a job description.  Cause that might be all that they use.  If the PCs go to them for healing then note the appropriate levels.  If he only ever needs to cast cure light then note that he has the capabilities of a 1st level cleric, anything bigger just note the level he would have to be to cast the spell.  This will save you work and make your game more interesting.  The mechanics only really work when you kind of forget about them.Aaron.</blockquote>

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