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You did it.
So, how do you go about making the switch?
There are fundamental design differences between monsters and PCs, especially relating to abilities.
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you might really mess up your challenge rating of an encounter by not accounting for these differences.
You’re already managing an entire world and a party.
Don’t make life harder for yourself!
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You also don’t want to outshine your players.
You may use the Mage stat block, but you could also use the Lich and tweak it.
you’re able to alsolook in the manual for stat blocks with higher CR ratings.
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Using a stat block will helpstreamline your combat, which can be helpful in bloated parties.
Mix And Match
Feel free to combine abilities from other monsters to see what fits.
Just be sure tokeep balance in mindand notoversaturate your stat blockwith wild abilities.
The Briny Maze by Craig J Spearing
What stands out as quintessentially ‘that character?
‘Was the Battlemaster known for using Trip Attack liberally?
Was the drow warlock castingDarknessas a means of crowd control?
Barbarian/Intimidation by Mark Behm
You canadd that to the stat block.
Consider usingTasha’s Cauldron of Everything’s sidekick rules, if your players are bringing along the NPC.
This creates a problem, asthe player will now forever be lagging behind the player charactersin terms of ability.
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So, you canconvert the stat block to a character sheet.
Because theNPC is preexisting, yourplayer will beworking within a world’s continuity.
This means they have less inherent freedom than your other players before their session zero.
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Spells
A lot of stat blocks come with inherent spells.
This aligns with preexisting feats in the game, so it shouldn’t cause too much of a stir.
You have to get your party hyped for next time.
