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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7264269" data-attributes="member: 22779">Never minding that [MENTION=6799649]Arial Black[/MENTION] is still insisting that a chargen method meant for PC's MUST be applied to NPC's, when that is flat out contradicted by the rules.&nbsp; He's also insisting on the presumption that all NPC's MUST have an 3-18 range, when that isn't true in 5e.&nbsp; They don't have a range at all.&nbsp; If we are insisting that we use PC gen rules for NPC's, then the range is 3-15.&nbsp; THAT is the range for normal humans.&nbsp; Which is no more or less arbitrary than insisting that the top must be 18.&nbsp; OTOH, if you presume that an 18 is only available after intensive training, and a 20 only to those truly spectacular individuals, i.e. those who gain levels, then the range works perfectly well.Now, the kings archer regiments aren't all 18 Dex individuals.&nbsp; After all, it would be pretty easy to conscript entire regiments of super high dex people if we are presuming that a 17 or 18 on a die roll for dex.&nbsp; We're only looking at about 1% of the population.&nbsp; That would be easy to find and recruit.&nbsp; Yet, funnily enough, we don't presume that archer battalions are all 18 Dex individuals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7264269, member: 22779"] Never minding that [MENTION=6799649]Arial Black[/MENTION] is still insisting that a chargen method meant for PC's MUST be applied to NPC's, when that is flat out contradicted by the rules. He's also insisting on the presumption that all NPC's MUST have an 3-18 range, when that isn't true in 5e. They don't have a range at all. If we are insisting that we use PC gen rules for NPC's, then the range is 3-15. THAT is the range for normal humans. Which is no more or less arbitrary than insisting that the top must be 18. OTOH, if you presume that an 18 is only available after intensive training, and a 20 only to those truly spectacular individuals, i.e. those who gain levels, then the range works perfectly well. Now, the kings archer regiments aren't all 18 Dex individuals. After all, it would be pretty easy to conscript entire regiments of super high dex people if we are presuming that a 17 or 18 on a die roll for dex. We're only looking at about 1% of the population. That would be easy to find and recruit. Yet, funnily enough, we don't presume that archer battalions are all 18 Dex individuals. [/QUOTE]

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