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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9276848" data-attributes="member: 6801228">AgreeOkay, but now you are talking about two different things. On one hand, you have &quot;everyone has a class&quot; and in this model of the world, you can talk about classes as objective things. The Captain of the Town Watch is a Level 5 [Guardsman] with the subclass [Captain] and they can speak to you about your levels and abilities, just like you talk about your character sheet. And on the other hand, you have how you handle that mechanically. I might just grab the CR 5 Gladiator Statblock, or I might just make a dirty block that has X hp, two attacks, a second wind, and a feat or two. The first idea does not require building a character with levels. Now, one thing I would say, is that it is REALLY interesting to take low CR statblocks, and add racial and class abilities to them. Sure, the Thief doesn't need rogue levels, you can just use a Master Thief or something else. But you can go ahead and add some rogue abilities. Give them some of the soulknife abilities, or some arcane trickster spellcasting. Or some bard or fighter abilities. That's just flavor and making the statblocks more interesting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9276848, member: 6801228"] Agree Okay, but now you are talking about two different things. On one hand, you have "everyone has a class" and in this model of the world, you can talk about classes as objective things. The Captain of the Town Watch is a Level 5 [Guardsman] with the subclass [Captain] and they can speak to you about your levels and abilities, just like you talk about your character sheet. And on the other hand, you have how you handle that mechanically. I might just grab the CR 5 Gladiator Statblock, or I might just make a dirty block that has X hp, two attacks, a second wind, and a feat or two. The first idea does not require building a character with levels. Now, one thing I would say, is that it is REALLY interesting to take low CR statblocks, and add racial and class abilities to them. Sure, the Thief doesn't need rogue levels, you can just use a Master Thief or something else. But you can go ahead and add some rogue abilities. Give them some of the soulknife abilities, or some arcane trickster spellcasting. Or some bard or fighter abilities. That's just flavor and making the statblocks more interesting. [/QUOTE]

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