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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GoLu" data-source="post: 4388201" data-attributes="member: 58460">I don't see anything explicitly stating when not to roll for NPCs, although there are a couple sections (pp 116-117, 187) which make it very clear that you only bother with stats which you expect will get used in the advanture (or even just the encounter).  I can see at least two reasonable implications of that:1) It's common for NPCs to have abilities beyond their stats, but these abilities aren't expected to be relevant to their interaction with the PCs.2) When off-camera and expected to remain there, they have no stats (because they have no interaction with the PCs).  And it's kinda hard to roll for them when they lack stats.On the other hand, when on-camera, I suspect that you are intended to roll for the NPCs.  Which is to say, if a demon horde sweeps through town and the PCs hear about it later, no stats are needed and the minion vs. non-minion aspect of the demons isn't really important.  On the other hand, if a demon horde sweeps through town with the PCs present, the demons and townsfolk (or at least the ones right next the PCs) should use normal combat rules in order to give the PCs the chance to save some of the local population like the heroes they are.</blockquote>