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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1122026" data-attributes="member: 990">A couple other comments.&nbsp; &nbsp;I abide by the same rules as the players.&nbsp; As a wise person upthread said, how else do you know what the challenge rating should be?&nbsp;When statting my NPCs, I give any recurring NPC who I think will engage in combat a full stat block.&nbsp; I also give them a few paragraphs of biographical information.&nbsp; Many times I don't end up using it, but it has come in handy often enough that it seems worth while.&nbsp; I know which one of them is secretly in love with which other one.&nbsp; I know if they had a tough childhood.&nbsp; I know if they have an embarrassing, itchy rash.&nbsp; I'm the DM, (otherwise known as God) so it's my job to know these things.&nbsp;For the wallpaper type NPCs such as barmaids, blacksmiths and ratcatchers, I just use the statblocks from the *excellent* PDF Everyone Else if I stat them at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 1122026, member: 990"] A couple other comments. I abide by the same rules as the players. As a wise person upthread said, how else do you know what the challenge rating should be? When statting my NPCs, I give any recurring NPC who I think will engage in combat a full stat block. I also give them a few paragraphs of biographical information. Many times I don't end up using it, but it has come in handy often enough that it seems worth while. I know which one of them is secretly in love with which other one. I know if they had a tough childhood. I know if they have an embarrassing, itchy rash. I'm the DM, (otherwise known as God) so it's my job to know these things. For the wallpaper type NPCs such as barmaids, blacksmiths and ratcatchers, I just use the statblocks from the *excellent* PDF [b]Everyone Else[/b] if I stat them at all. [/QUOTE]

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