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Hai-Etlik · 12-30-2009, 04:40 AM

I think it could be more precisely expressed as "Don't produce stats any more detailed than you have to for a given situation."

A really basic combat mook might be nothing more than: HP 11, Move: 5 Broadsword-12 doing 1d+1 cut, Dodge 7, Parry 9.

A merchant might just be: Merchant-13

They don't need full stats, and they certainly don't need point costs.

Likewise, if you have a magical plot device that isn't specific to a PC, you don't need to come up with stats for it, it could even be something you can't express using the rules. It can just work.

An Ally obviously does need to be worked out to get a point cost but that's a different situation. Other NPCs will fall in between.

12-30-2009, 04:40 AM	#2
Hai-Etlik Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada	Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC I think it could be more precisely expressed as "Don't produce stats any more detailed than you have to for a given situation." A really basic combat mook might be nothing more than: HP 11, Move: 5 Broadsword-12 doing 1d+1 cut, Dodge 7, Parry 9. A merchant might just be: Merchant-13 They don't need full stats, and they certainly don't need point costs. Likewise, if you have a magical plot device that isn't specific to a PC, you don't need to come up with stats for it, it could even be something you can't express using the rules. It can just work. An Ally obviously does need to be worked out to get a point cost but that's a different situation. Other NPCs will fall in between.