ilgatto
How inconvenient
Amici,
Having had to roll up some sages recently, I am having trouble deciding how many levels/Hit Dice a sage has, mainly for the purpose of calculating XP and determining saving throws.
DMG1 p. 32 says that sages have 8d4 hit points. Does that make them 8-HD/level creatures? That seems a lot of XP for a largely non-combatant (typically senior?) citizen.
Does one use a sage's spell-casting "talents" as a basis? Then why 8d4 hit points? Also, the fact that sages have "talents" doesn't seem to suggest that they ever had a character class. Furthermore, as above, this may lead to a lot of XP for what a sage is.
Does one treat a sage as a 0-level individual? Then why 8d4 hp?
Although I may have overlooked something, I cannot find an answer in PHB1 and DMG1 - or any older source for that matter.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
ilgatto
Having had to roll up some sages recently, I am having trouble deciding how many levels/Hit Dice a sage has, mainly for the purpose of calculating XP and determining saving throws.
DMG1 p. 32 says that sages have 8d4 hit points. Does that make them 8-HD/level creatures? That seems a lot of XP for a largely non-combatant (typically senior?) citizen.
Does one use a sage's spell-casting "talents" as a basis? Then why 8d4 hit points? Also, the fact that sages have "talents" doesn't seem to suggest that they ever had a character class. Furthermore, as above, this may lead to a lot of XP for what a sage is.
Does one treat a sage as a 0-level individual? Then why 8d4 hp?
Although I may have overlooked something, I cannot find an answer in PHB1 and DMG1 - or any older source for that matter.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
ilgatto