[Speculative] Rivals or What level adjust to you put on PC glow?

[eleran]

It's quite disturbing. Every time someone mentions that, I get a mental picture of teh Rouse in a tight ninja-suit, sneaking up upon a poor unsuspecting DM.

Maybe I should go see my shrink...

Under the ninja suit will he be wearing "the shirt"?

 

[Lizard]

Heh. I suspect 4E combat strategy will shift from "kill the wizard!" to "kill the medic!".

Why not? "Kill the healer" is classic MMORPG strategy.

 

[withak]

Heh. I suspect 4E combat strategy will shift from "kill the wizard!" to "kill the medic!".

Shoot him first! (Warning: NSFW language)

 

[Carnivorous_Bean]

"Ninjae" .... *wince*

But that's quite correct. The only reason not to roll up an important NPC as a PC is if you don't have a player's handbook and are unable to. I can't imagine very many DMs being in that boat, though.

 

[Lizard]

"Ninjae" .... *wince*

But that's quite correct. The only reason not to roll up an important NPC as a PC is if you don't have a player's handbook and are unable to. I can't imagine very many DMs being in that boat, though.

I hope there will be rules on balance. Is an character-class NPC of Level X a standard monster against a party of level X, or Elite? (Can't see it being Solo or Minion). And since they have said you can add class levels to monsters, I hope those are balanced as well.

 

[Wolfspider]

teh Rouse in a tight ninja-suit

Mmmmmm....

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I hope there will be rules on balance. Is an character-class NPC of Level X a standard monster against a party of level X, or Elite? (Can't see it being Solo or Minion). And since they have said you can add class levels to monsters, I hope those are balanced as well.

It hasn't been stated clearly yet, but considering that the "baseline" encounter is 4 monsters (regulars) vs 5 player characters, I would assume that a PC classed monster is a regular monster. (The numbers "rig" the combat so that PCs are still more likely to win. 50:50 odds would be a bit hard on the players in the long run...)
(Interesting question is: How do you apply PC classes to minions, elites or solos?)

 

[AntiStateQuixote]

teh Rouse in a tight ninja-suit

Mmmmmm....

I'm not sure which of these posts is more disturbing . . .

 

[Crashy75]

It hasn't been stated clearly yet, but considering that the "baseline" encounter is 4 monsters (regulars) vs 5 player characters, I would assume that a PC classed monster is a regular monster. (The numbers "rig" the combat so that PCs are still more likely to win. 50:50 odds would be a bit hard on the players in the long run...)
(Interesting question is: How do you apply PC classes to minions, elites or solos?)

Yeah, wasn't there some sort of "xp value" for pc's as well as monsters? I seem to remember the idea is to balance out the xp values of all pc's with the xp values of the monsters they can face in a single encounter. So, in this case, an NPC with pc levels will = 1 pc (assuming they are the same level).