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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 4019550" data-attributes="member: 7394">There are always electronic aids to speed things up. Heck, I used the NPC Designer software to instantly generate stats, and then I went through and modified the heck out of them to make the NPCs a little closer to what I was looking for, and then took the final result and used it for a number of WotC projects that were later published. That method probably saved me about 50% of the time it would normally take to generate NPCs. Of course one of the pains of publishing for 3.x was that you would have to show your math for everything. It may have been a pain, but it was essential so that an editor could go through and make sure that your math is right. Designers make math mistakes all the time, particularly with higher level NPCs.So if they're saying that a publishable NPC can be done in 20 minutes with books handy, that is impressive. In fact, the prep time needed to create an adventure in 4E will likely be the #1 deciding factor on whether I end up liking it or not. If its as fast as they say, I think I may be willing to live with the other changes they're making to the system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 4019550, member: 7394"] There are always electronic aids to speed things up. Heck, I used the NPC Designer software to instantly generate stats, and then I went through and modified the heck out of them to make the NPCs a little closer to what I was looking for, and then took the final result and used it for a number of WotC projects that were later published. That method probably saved me about 50% of the time it would normally take to generate NPCs. Of course one of the pains of publishing for 3.x was that you would have to show your math for everything. It may have been a pain, but it was essential so that an editor could go through and make sure that your math is right. Designers make math mistakes all the time, particularly with higher level NPCs. So if they're saying that a publishable NPC can be done in 20 minutes with books handy, that is impressive. In fact, the prep time needed to create an adventure in 4E will likely be the #1 deciding factor on whether I end up liking it or not. If its as fast as they say, I think I may be willing to live with the other changes they're making to the system. [/QUOTE]

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