Hi all,
I am unsure if this is the right section, but here goes.
I am trying to create a human NPC - after my players have made their characters, I altered the game options, so that all new characters created were NPCs. Then, I created a new character ingame, a cleric, and applied changes after going through the process.
The result is something I dont know what is, and what do to do with? (See below)
Can anyone tell me what I am supposed to do to, to make NPCs?
Thanks!
You enter in all your values manually. All the automation that works on the PC sheet doesn't interact with the NPC sheet. This is to make an npc sheet less data "heavy" than the ones for players. Because of this, you need to manually set modifiers for all the stats, final bonus the npc has on various skills, HP, AC, etc. Basically, instead of an automated sheet with sheetworker scripts filling in values for you, you need to manually fill in any and all blanks on the stat block to run this npc.
You might want to look at the article on this sheet. Manually working with the npc sheet starts about 3/4 of the way down the page:
https://roll20.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037773573-D-D-5E-by-Roll20
In that settings area, under the GENERAL OPTIONS, unclick the option for "NPC". The character will then behave like a PC. If you have already gone through charactermancer, all of your data should be there. If not, either go through Charactermancer or input it manually.
@Kraynic - Thanks. The thing about the NPC sheet in the Wiki, is that it says I can drag and drop an NPC from the compendium - Maybe I am dense, but I simply don't know what to look for? I search for any class, and nothing dragable comes up?
I guess I am saying that I kinda understand how to enter numerical values in the npc sheet, str and so on - but the rest? I have no idea.
Say i want a cleric- how do I drag that onto the sheet? Or enter the numbers that says this is a cleric - or even a level 2 cleric?
Keithcurtis would know more than I would, since I don't actually play 5E. That being said, often times npc classes have different names than pc classes do. I fired up a test game and the 5E SRD compendium has an Acolyte in the bestiary. That is the npc cleric (level 1). I found a berserker and tribal warrior in there as well. What other things are labeled, I don't know. I suppose that some of the compendium content books might add to what is available for npcs as well.
If you want to build using the PC rules, use a PC sheet and either fill it manually or use the charactermancer. You cannot drop class features onto an NPC statblock. The sheet is not set up that way (neither is the game, actually).
Look at the NPCs in the SRD compendium and Monster Manual: Acolyte, Archmage, Priest and so on. This is how NPCs are built in D&D 5e. They use shortened, simplified rules. You can build NPCs as fully featured sheets that use the same rules as PCs. I've done it in some games, when I felt it was important. But you cannot mx and match. About the only thing you can drag onto NPC sheets are spells and weapons.
