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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 4117813" data-attributes="member: 537">0. Why don't you ask Klaus this question, since he was the one who said you could go outside 3E's build framework to meet a given NPC specification (with the implication being that 4E's way of doing things didn't result in anything new).1. Nobody ever has to know the PC is level 1. If someone has an amazing proficiency at a particular skill, then they have it. There is no reason to insist said character must be level 1 or any other level in particular.2. Nobody ever has to know the NPC has +40. If someone is capable of amazing feats of skill, then they can do it. No dice have to be rolled, and no mechanics need to be used, unless a PC is somehow involved.3. It's been revealed that 4E will include tables giving recommended skill/attack/defense bonuses by level and role, along with ways of modifying published monsters to fit specific needs. Thus you will get something similar to a build framework, but greatly simplified compared to that used by PCs.Indeed. Note the +1000 bonuses I mentioned above.</blockquote>