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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6777880" data-attributes="member: 463">I think the issue here is that you want 3e style monster & NPC building, but the 5e system really is closer to 4e. In 4e it would be quite normal to make an NPC (eg) a 25th level Elite with commensurate hit points. The 5e monster size-based hit dice are pretty vestigial, they don't really determine anything.BUT if you want you can always create an NPC using the PC rules. The Barbarian PC Hakeem IMC at 20th level will have 285 hit points, with Rage Resistance that's over 570 damage to put him down. If you think that goes beyond 'mortal' and 'human' then I don't think you've fully grokked how 5e hit point escalation works yet.</blockquote>