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<blockquote data-quote="Kraydak" data-source="post: 4027611" data-attributes="member: 12306">For an epic game, sure.&nbsp; Mearls is talking about heroic tier NPCs.3.5 NPCs don't have buttloads of gear up to the upper teens.If your 3e library is 15 linear feet of shelf space, your 4e library is only 6 inches, and you want to make use of your entire library, you aren't making a fair comparison.&nbsp; Of course more options takes more time.Yup.&nbsp; Epic NPCs built off a large library take longer than heroic NPCs built off the PHB/MM/DMG only.&nbsp; Shocker.What would take the time Mearls is claiming for 10th lvl 3e NPCs made from Core?&nbsp; It isn't the stats.&nbsp; Or the feats (the PHB list is short and sucky).&nbsp; Or the classes (only a handful of prestige classes in the 3e DMG, none in the 3e PHB).&nbsp; Or the skills (simple classes, no pc prereqs to sweat=simple skills).&nbsp; Or the items (NPCs are almost broke=big 6 items only).Is it just that Mearls is making a very unfair comparison of optimizing NPCs using entire shelves worth of materials to designing NPCs with only 4e core?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kraydak, post: 4027611, member: 12306"] For an epic game, sure. Mearls is talking about heroic tier NPCs. 3.5 NPCs don't have buttloads of gear up to the upper teens. If your 3e library is 15 linear feet of shelf space, your 4e library is only 6 inches, and you want to make use of your entire library, you aren't making a fair comparison. Of course more options takes more time. Yup. Epic NPCs built off a large library take longer than heroic NPCs built off the PHB/MM/DMG only. Shocker. What would take the time Mearls is claiming for 10th lvl 3e NPCs made from Core? It isn't the stats. Or the feats (the PHB list is short and sucky). Or the classes (only a handful of prestige classes in the 3e DMG, none in the 3e PHB). Or the skills (simple classes, no pc prereqs to sweat=simple skills). Or the items (NPCs are almost broke=big 6 items only). Is it just that Mearls is making a very unfair comparison of optimizing NPCs using entire shelves worth of materials to designing NPCs with only 4e core? [/QUOTE]

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