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Subject: Re: NPC classes
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:36:27 -0400
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gmkeros@gmail.com wrote:

>I recently was rethinking the use of NPC classes in my (mostly 
>OSR-style) games. Previously I had dismissed them as unsuccessful 
>attempts at making overpowered PC classes. But reading them "as written" 
>they make much more sense as human boss monsters in a lot of cases.
>
>I specifically mean stuff like e.g. Lew Pulsipher's Necromancer class, 
>which is a terrible class for players (it demands human sacrifices of 
>increasing specificity to advance), but does actually make more sense 
>when used as a maybe recurring human antagonist who keeps getting 
>stronger as over the course of a PCs career.
>
>I also looked at the Witch class from Dragon magazine but find that one 
>oddly lacking.
>
>What are your preferred NPC classes, if any?

I always liked the Death Master from Dragon Magazine. It was a bit 
overpowered for a PC, plus there was that inevitable march towards Chaotic 
Evil alignment,  but I remember having fun making it a recurring NPC who 
eventually became a foe.

Now that I mention it, I did play one as a character in a Munchkin Realms 
campaign and it got interesting when he became CE during the Time of 
Troubles.

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Let's go Brandon!