These tiers are a loose way of comparing your NPC’s power level to that of your party. I go into more detail about this philosophy in the first article of the series.īut simply, for each of the tiers of play we’ll make an NPC stat block based on the relevant class. They are not intended to be carbon copies, but rather to simplify your NPCs while maintaining the same flavor and familiarity as a full character.

If this is your first time reading this series, we’re going through each of the official classes in D&D Fifth Edition and making NPC statblocks inspired by them.