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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4881157" data-attributes="member: 71571">The other thing is the work in vs gain.If you go through the route of creating a PC character just to fight PCs, then you've done stuff like:Statted out Attributes and a level progression that the PCs don't interract directly withStatted out feats, most of which a PC doesn't interract directly withStatted out skills that a PC doesn't interract directly withStatted out utility powers a PC doesn't interact directly withStatted out equipment a PC doesn't interact directly withWhat -does- a PC interact with directly?&nbsp; The monster's attacks, defenses, reactions, and other such things.&nbsp; So, you've spent a whole lot of time working on the bits of a monster that aren't important to the PCs, just to get some bits that are.&nbsp; That's how you had to do things in 3rd edition, but it's truly an waste of your time when they give you the tools needed to simply create the stuff PCs interract with directly.&nbsp; So, is this guy a controller?&nbsp; Artillery?&nbsp; A soldier?&nbsp; What did he use his magic to -do- in fights, exactly?&nbsp; That's more important and relevant to the players' experience in combat than whether he got his +5 damage from Strength or Intellegence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 4881157, member: 71571"] The other thing is the work in vs gain. If you go through the route of creating a PC character just to fight PCs, then you've done stuff like: Statted out Attributes and a level progression that the PCs don't interract directly with Statted out feats, most of which a PC doesn't interract directly with Statted out skills that a PC doesn't interract directly with Statted out utility powers a PC doesn't interact directly with Statted out equipment a PC doesn't interact directly with What -does- a PC interact with directly? The monster's attacks, defenses, reactions, and other such things. So, you've spent a whole lot of time working on the bits of a monster that aren't important to the PCs, just to get some bits that are. That's how you had to do things in 3rd edition, but it's truly an waste of your time when they give you the tools needed to simply create the stuff PCs interract with directly. So, is this guy a controller? Artillery? A soldier? What did he use his magic to -do- in fights, exactly? That's more important and relevant to the players' experience in combat than whether he got his +5 damage from Strength or Intellegence. [/QUOTE]

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