RangerWickett
Legend
I made up some high-level enemies for my party to fight, and they picked a fight with them. How much XP should I reward for a 14th level NPC, three 9th level NPCs? Is there a guideline somewhere I missed?
Which is really weird, because changing the spell selection of any existing spellcaster NPC explicitly doesn't change the CR.The system is designed to take into account things that more directly impact combat. E.g. two wizards with different spells but otherwise the same can have different CRs.
Which is really weird, because changing the spell selection of any existing spellcaster NPC explicitly doesn't change the CR.
In the end, everything is a guideline. Come up with a number, and if that doesn't seem right, then change it.
Right. The DMG and the MM seem to be at odds on this matter. I know that older editions suggested that the MM was the primary source for monster information, but I'm just not sure how to resolve that discrepancy in 5E :-/The DMG implies otherwise; you're going based upon the MM there...
Right. The DMG and the MM seem to be at odds on this matter. I know that older editions suggested that the MM was the primary source for monster information, but I'm just not sure how to resolve that discrepancy in 5E :-/