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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 6037611" data-attributes="member: 11821">The thing is, he really doesn't. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I disagree with your basic assumptions here.He doesn't even need stats most of the time.  If he's completely unskilled at combat, he probably should go down to the first attack (assuming someone can get through his bodyguards).  Assassination can be a thing, here - a high-ranking aristocrat is no longer immune to assassins with crossbows, and political killings can occur once again. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  If the PCs are determined to kill him and he's really just a lazy noble, then his protections - whatever those are - should be his shield, rather than a fake layer of HP tofu.If he's trained at fighting, he's whichever class fits him best, Fighter being the obvious choice.  Possibly whichever leader-y classes arise.He doesn't even need to be particularly high level, because we're reasonable adults here and understand that the Emperor's skills are basically whatever seems appropriate.  He's had a ton of intense education and training, after all, and restricting it to his level is selling him short.  (This is the opposite case of a PC musician who spends 2 weeks killing goblins and magically gets better at music.)(As for housecats - D&D doesn't have to model Cat on Emperor combat. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  It's an edge-case scenario for a reasonable DM to adjudicate.)-O</blockquote>

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