D&D 5E Your PCs have Character Classes/Levels, and no one else does!

[payn]

Hells no, the world doesn't strictly revolve around the PCs.

/fist bump.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Hells no, the world doesn't strictly revolve around the PCs.

That wasn't the poll question, but hopefully you were simply expounding...

 

[Weiley31]

That wasn't the poll question, but hopefully you were simply expounding...

Whichever points/supports option two in the poll.

 

[el-remmen]

I voted "no" because I have created NPCs that were built using the same rules PCs do, but as time has gone on running 5E I do it less and less - and do not miss the 3E days of making full stat blocks everything.

 

[Reynard]

Rival adventuring parties are the best foils possible. I usually start with MM NPC stats (I am lazy) but I will also do full PC style writeups if they really catch on.

 

[Charlaquin]

In my games, most NPCs don’t have class levels. But some do, sometimes, so I voted for the second option.

 

[JEB]

I don't see any reason why NPCs shouldn't be built like PCs with classes, feats, etc. if you want to, and have done exactly that. (The 2014 DMG supports this as well.) As @Reynard indicates, that's ideal for creating rival characters. (Of course, there's also nothing wrong with using monster or sidekick statblocks as well.) So I guess I'm picking option two?

 

[Hriston]

Sometimes I add class levels to monsters, so I voted no.

 

[jayoungr]

Other. NPCs may or may not have class levels depending on the needs of the story. Or they might have "class-like abilities."

But one of the hallmarks of 5E is that not everything has to be built like a PC.

 

[Minigiant]

If my fighter dies and I roll up a barbarian, that barbarian used to be a NPC.