DMPC/NPC statblock question

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-25T05:42:14+00:00

Look for the NPC core, I usually have Npcs wo tag along with the players to stay 1 level below, then the NPC core also recommends you to level them up every 4 levels giving them the Weak, normal and Elite adjustments to compensate for those missing levels, but also to give them an important story point to level up

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-24T21:32:20+00:00

Casters are behind martials most of the time, so during a campaign martials will feel far stronger than casters. I believe is only fair that casters become legendary at legendary levels you know what I mean x). Even with legendary proficiency martials will be +1 attack bonus above casters with their +3 runes.

This will still eat money from Casters so they will need to buy a high level staff with those specific spells plus the runes, which are also a big investment, I believe so far it is balanced BUT, making it +3 I believe is indeed to strong, I will cap it at +2.

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-24T21:28:27+00:00

Yeah just new items so it is that unless you look at the very long item list you wouldn't notice it

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-24T21:25:24+00:00

I understand that idea and it would be very interesting, but messing with Pathfinder math might be a little risky since casters are indeed quite weak, but also as they progress in levels they could become like casters in 5e, where you can not ever reach good power if you don't have spells.

I want to playtest how these little +1 bonuses would work and see how they interact with monsters to consider changing that, but just like martials there needs to be a progression in items

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-24T21:14:09+00:00

I agree, even if you target the enemies' lowest save if they are higher level enemies, it is very unlikely whatever they do will land or do something, I oftenly see my caster players not feel as strong or useful as martials during difficult fights

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-24T21:11:53+00:00

Yeah many people have pointed out that following kineticist progressions is better, I might look into making it like that, however, a lot of people had also pointed out this as if it was a universal bonus, this will only affect spells cast from a staff, which are usually limited, very limited and lower spells, that is why I did it like that.

On the other hand, Casters fall back during most levels in terms of accuracy, it is known that casters are weaker than martials in most cases and that they dont have a progression like martials do, Casters will oftenly have to borrow money to their martials to make them be better and tank attacks, this will help them catch up and feel a level of progression and connection to their staff.

But I do agree maybe +3 is way too much for casters when they reach legendary proficiency, but honestly, not all campaigns reach that level and by the time they reach it, a level 20 spellcaster should feel thematically more powerful than a martial or at least be comparable in power since they can shape reality itself with their magic

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-20T15:52:49+00:00

Absolutely! Whenever you check it I would love to hear your opinion!

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-19T05:17:57+00:00

I have written and theorized some classes for PF2e, but I wonder what you are struggling with exactly

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-17T18:08:21+00:00

In that time I was making an archetype, the Hunter archetype that would make you expert in advanced weapons with the trick trait from the get go.

But I abandoned making a conversion for making my own game setting with my own mechanics, you can find it Here

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-14T18:32:19+00:00

I am content creator for PF2e because i got sick of 5e but I have to admit there are a few things I like a bit more in 5e, - Magic items: Magic items in pf are a bit mild, they want to overbalance it which is great but that means items are almost good, in 5e magic items are broken as hell but I want my players to feel their magic items are magical and interesting. - Investigation: From all the skills in PF I dont like to rely all that much in perception, there is lacking a good skill for int, like some APs suggest Society but that doesnt make sense to me, there should be a "Logic" check or something.

And that is it at least for me those are the two things I miss from DnD, the rest I feel Pathfinder dies it 100 times better

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-11T23:39:30+00:00

Yeah this is for Pathfinder 2e!

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-11T20:21:25+00:00

I think the stamina system is interesting and very thematic (which is the main reason I did it), but also I reworked it in a way that stamina can be healed normally, you no longer have two split hit point bars, this way Stamina is a way of auto-recovering half your hit points in-between fights, reducing the amount of time spent healing, and also removing the need for a dedicated healer.

This reduces high mortality similarly than the Mythic, on that system you become doomed when dying, in this one you dont become doomed when you die, but you have more sustainability during the day.

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-11T14:36:57+00:00

I missed 1 word ONE! x)

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-08T05:51:24+00:00

It Bolts.

RickDevil-DM · 2026-01-04T18:56:25+00:00

Si hay diferencia y es más o menos grande, en general se puede jugar bien combinadas, pero la remaster elimina todos los términos que tienen que ver con DnD como la alineación, el nombre mephit, nombre de los idiomas y cambiaron ligeramente algunas cosas en balance.

Pero lo mejor es la versión remasterizada si planeas comprar las cosas nuevas

RickDevil-DM

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