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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6728644" data-attributes="member: 12731">Just realized I might not have marked my main question as prominently as I should have. Let me reiterate for visibility:Would it be useful to equate one hit dice with one &quot;level&quot;? That is, a 2 HD NPC (with about 9 hp) would be considered to level up after collecting 600 xp (since that is what any second level character would need to reach third level)?Let's take an example to make it clear what I'm fishing for:A NPC Noble has 2 hit dice. Assuming there is one among the OotA slaves, what are your opinions on having this NPC &quot;level up&quot; when each PC has amassed 600 xp?This &quot;level up&quot; would entail the following:* Another hit die (adding +1d8 hit points).* No change in proficiency bonus until the NPC hits &quot;level&quot; 5 (that is, reaches 5 HD)If the NPC has abilities that strongly resemble class abilities, these follow the regular progression. This does not apply to a Noble, but a Priest is a 5 HD creature with level 5 spellcasting, and the Spy (6 HD) would have to be considered a multiclass character with half sneak attack progression (since a regular 6th level Rogue would have more than 2d6 sneak damage). A friendly NPC Priest that levels twice could then reach 4th level spells. A friendly NPC Spy that levels four times could then get 3d6 sneak damage (since 10 HD divided by two is 5, and 5 levels of Rogue gets you 3d6 sneak).Is this a good idea? Do you have a better idea? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Thank you</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 6728644, member: 12731"] Just realized I might not have marked my main question as prominently as I should have. Let me reiterate for visibility: [B]Would it be useful to equate one hit dice with one "level"?[/B] That is, a 2 HD NPC (with about 9 hp) would be considered to level up after collecting 600 xp (since that is what any second level character would need to reach third level)? Let's take an example to make it clear what I'm fishing for: A NPC Noble has 2 hit dice. Assuming there is one among the OotA slaves, what are your opinions on having this NPC "level up" when each PC has amassed 600 xp? This "level up" would entail the following: * Another hit die (adding +1d8 hit points). * No change in proficiency bonus until the NPC hits "level" 5 (that is, reaches 5 HD) If the NPC has abilities that strongly resemble class abilities, these follow the regular progression. This does not apply to a Noble, but a Priest is a 5 HD creature with level 5 spellcasting, and the Spy (6 HD) would have to be considered a multiclass character with half sneak attack progression (since a regular 6th level Rogue would have more than 2d6 sneak damage). A friendly NPC Priest that levels twice could then reach 4th level spells. A friendly NPC Spy that levels four times could then get 3d6 sneak damage (since 10 HD divided by two is 5, and 5 levels of Rogue gets you 3d6 sneak). Is this a good idea? Do you have a better idea? :) Thank you [/QUOTE]

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