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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6949490" data-attributes="member: 12731">Okay, so apparently what I thought was obvious wasn't. Apologies for that. My point is not the above. My point is that when you design a Warlock NPC you can give it armor in place of mage armor, an option you simply don't have when designing Wizard/Mage NPCs.Doing so isn't better, from a build perspective. Not doing so isn't a mistake.But not doing so misses the opportunity to make the Warlock NPC different from a Mage NPC. And more diversity in your NPC stat blocks is good.There is technically nothing wrong with the Warlock NPCs as given. It's just that I think it would have been more fun if Warlock NPCs had light armor (and the Dexterity to back that up), and instead of Mage Armor used, say, Armor of Agathys right in the main stat block:Instead of the Warlock of the Great Old One sayingArmor Class 12 (15 with mage armor) Hit Points 91it could sayArmor Class 15 (studded leather; armor of agathys: each melee attack that hits the warlock causes 25 cold damage while its temporary hit points last)Hit Points 91 (armor of agathys: 25 temporary hit points)It would have made fighting a warlock more distinct, more memorable, more different from fighting a mage. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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