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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 6272009" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>Assuming NPC's are made the same as PC's in 5e you could use them as antagonists... the question then becomes does it have everything else you need... rules for traps, magic items, treasure placement, encounter building, etc. Pathfinder's core book has all the things a DM needs on top of having PC's and NPC's constructed the same way. My total argument isn't it's complete because it has NPC rules for antagonists... it's that it has everything a DM needs from disease rules to trap rules to weather rules on top of having NPC creation for antagonists that you need to run the game... The stuff a PHB doesn't usually contain. It is nit-picky because you are zeroing in on this paricular issue when there is so much more that the corebook contains beyond what a PHB normally does that is part of running the game.</p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT: 13th Age certainly fits your definition of all inclusive, having all the rules to run the game and a bestiary in one book... for the same price as the PHB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 6272009, member: 48965"] Assuming NPC's are made the same as PC's in 5e you could use them as antagonists... the question then becomes does it have everything else you need... rules for traps, magic items, treasure placement, encounter building, etc. Pathfinder's core book has all the things a DM needs on top of having PC's and NPC's constructed the same way. My total argument isn't it's complete because it has NPC rules for antagonists... it's that it has everything a DM needs from disease rules to trap rules to weather rules on top of having NPC creation for antagonists that you need to run the game... The stuff a PHB doesn't usually contain. It is nit-picky because you are zeroing in on this paricular issue when there is so much more that the corebook contains beyond what a PHB normally does that is part of running the game. EDIT: 13th Age certainly fits your definition of all inclusive, having all the rules to run the game and a bestiary in one book... for the same price as the PHB. [/QUOTE]
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