Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Slobber Monster" data-source="post: 1989474" data-attributes="member: 27687">I hardly bother with NPC classes at all. The idea of a 10th level warrior or commoner seems pretty useless to me. Instead I use 1st level warriors or commoner stats to represent the typical people of the world. Anyone with any more fighting ability than that gets levels in Fighter (or maybe Ranger) as necessary to take them to the needed CR. Anyone with unsual talents, or an aristocrat's knowledge base simply gets assigned whatever skill points are required for their role in the world.Note that a 1st level commoner can still be competent in a skill without any fudging. Consider a dwarven armorsmith, with a decent base stat (14 Int), 4 ranks in Craft (Armorsmith), Skill Focus (Craft(Armorsmith)), and a +2 racial bonus to crafting metal items. That's a +11 skill modifier, +13 if he has masterwork artisan's tools - enough to make Half-Plate without having to worry about wasting raw materials.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slobber Monster, post: 1989474, member: 27687"] I hardly bother with NPC classes at all. The idea of a 10th level warrior or commoner seems pretty useless to me. Instead I use 1st level warriors or commoner stats to represent the typical people of the world. Anyone with any more fighting ability than that gets levels in Fighter (or maybe Ranger) as necessary to take them to the needed CR. Anyone with unsual talents, or an aristocrat's knowledge base simply gets assigned whatever skill points are required for their role in the world. Note that a 1st level commoner can still be competent in a skill without any fudging. Consider a dwarven armorsmith, with a decent base stat (14 Int), 4 ranks in Craft (Armorsmith), Skill Focus (Craft(Armorsmith)), and a +2 racial bonus to crafting metal items. That's a +11 skill modifier, +13 if he has masterwork artisan's tools - enough to make Half-Plate without having to worry about wasting raw materials. [/QUOTE]

Verification