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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agent Oracle" data-source="post: 3000871" data-attributes="member: 40076">Sorry Whizbang, this is one point i disagree with you on.  I almost never write up what spells my enemies have (or don't have) memorized / know.  There's a pretty easy reason for this: I'm lazy.  Most of the time, I'll write out a rough draft of what the players will encounter (several ratmen + leader-type)If I'm feeling ambitious, I'll lookup Rat-men in the manual and copy down their AC, to-hit and damage.Then, I'll pick out what kind of baddie i want the "leader type" to be.  generally by tossing a d12. (barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, monk, paladin (analogue), ranger, rogue, sorcerer, wizard, or Multi class!)If they have spells, when the combat starts, I flip to the spell list, and pick out three spells of each level that would make sense for the bad guy.  (The ratmen sorcerer gets summon swarm (rats))incidentally: Ninjas != thugs.  In feudal japan, Ninjas = rogues with government funding!I recall a news story not too long ago from Japan.  (frustratingly, i cannot find the story which I'm referencing, I believe i saw it listed in the Manchai daily, English edition)  Archivists discovered a text that predated the imperialist movement of the 1850's.  it was a how-to guide for basic ninjitsu.  The bulk of the text was simple advice for infiltrating... well, any place.There were two quotes though, I recall those vividly.-"Cary a ladder with you, because you may need to go over a wall"-"Dress as a laborer, because the (upper class) do not look at the faces of their laborers."Basic covert-ops stuff.  Disguise and infiltration.</blockquote>

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