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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9145756" data-attributes="member: 2629">The answer depends upon your lore.  Why do PCs advance as they do, and should that reason apply to beings other than the PCs?In my lore there is a condition called God Touched.  It allows a being to advance as PCs do through character levels, it gives them access to death saves rather than the basic death rules I apply (which are that you continue to add to negative hp, you die when your negative hp equals you hit dice plus your con bonus), and they can gain insiration.  All PCs have it, and about 1 in 1000 others have it.  Without it, it would take 60 years of study to achieve 5th level as a wizard, and 200 years to get to 7th.  Mastering 5th level spells as a 9th level caster would be something only extremely old dwarves and elves could manage - unless they're God touched.  In general, I use abbreviated class mechanics when I build an NPC that is God Touched.  I don't worry about the fine details, but I use the D&DBeyond characetr builder to create them.  When building non-God touched, I usually just use a basic stat block and then modify it to fit my needs.  This is the general approach I've used for 30+ years.  It works very well in my homebrew campaign.For other DMs that have run games for me, they treat PC mechanics as a unique thing for that PC.  There are not a bunch of 'rogues' running around.  Instead, when we encounter a thieves guild, there will be a bunch of nondescript PCs and the leaders will have a bespoke group of abilities.  You won't see an army that all has sneak attack, but you might encounter a group with a bunch of thugs and leaders that are good at quietly knocking you unconcious or using magic to hide that there is an attack/theft going on.    That has also worked real well.</blockquote>

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