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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2882696" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p>Hadn't thought of it, but I've a friend who probably has their contact data, might have him shoot it past them.</p><p></p><p>Costing is a combination of things. Partially I based my base assumptions on the GrimTales creature building section ... which is very complete, but very very very complex. It usually takes into account CR, but I also balanced more on EL. Usually, in d20, you create a creature balanced for its "CR". CR and EL are related, but not perfectly so ... CR is the power of the creature over time, while EL is the power of the creature brought immediately to bear ... the NPC gen (I think I'm going to change the name to "NPCs!") scales each NPC "on the fly" so to speak, so they're actually LESS about CR and MORE about EL ... the Encounter when they come into play is probably the only one they'll exist for, and if they're seen again their entire array will likely have changed from the scaling. In many ways the NPC exists outside of CR ... sort of a Shrodinger's NPC ... we don't know the exact state of the NPC untill we've "opened the box" and computed his stats <em>at this moment</em>.</p><p></p><p>--fje</p><p></p><p>--fje</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2882696, member: 12332"] Hadn't thought of it, but I've a friend who probably has their contact data, might have him shoot it past them. Costing is a combination of things. Partially I based my base assumptions on the GrimTales creature building section ... which is very complete, but very very very complex. It usually takes into account CR, but I also balanced more on EL. Usually, in d20, you create a creature balanced for its "CR". CR and EL are related, but not perfectly so ... CR is the power of the creature over time, while EL is the power of the creature brought immediately to bear ... the NPC gen (I think I'm going to change the name to "NPCs!") scales each NPC "on the fly" so to speak, so they're actually LESS about CR and MORE about EL ... the Encounter when they come into play is probably the only one they'll exist for, and if they're seen again their entire array will likely have changed from the scaling. In many ways the NPC exists outside of CR ... sort of a Shrodinger's NPC ... we don't know the exact state of the NPC untill we've "opened the box" and computed his stats [i]at this moment[/i]. --fje --fje [/QUOTE]
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