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This list is available all kinds of places, like the Kobold Fight Club for example, but they don’t have HD listed which I need for, uh, diegetic reasons. If there’s a HD in parentheses, that means the old HD from Volo’s.

Name HD CR Page Commoner 1 0 Monster Manual p.345 Acolyte 2 1/4 Monster Manual p.342 Bandit 2 1/8 Monster Manual p.343 Cultist 2 1/8 Monster Manual p.345 Guard 2 1/8 Monster Manual p.347 Noble 2 1/8 Monster Manual p.348 Tribal Warrior 2 1/8 Monster Manual p.350 Apprentice Wizard 3 (2) 1/4 Monsters of the Multiverse p.259 (or V209) Scout 3 1 Monster Manual p.349 Druid 5 2 Monster Manual p.346 Priest 5 2 Monster Manual p.348 Thug 5 1 Monster Manual p.350 Cult Fanatic 6 2 Monster Manual p.345 Spy 6 1 Monster Manual p.349 Bard 8 2 Monsters of the Multiverse p.59 (or V211) Illusionist 8 (7) 3 Monsters of the Multiverse p.263 (or V214) Knight 8 3 Monster Manual p.347 Berserker 9 2 Monster Manual p.344 Mage 9 6 Monster Manual p.347 Veteran 9 3 Monster Manual p.350 Archer 10 3 Monsters of the Multiverse p.49 (or V210) Bandit Captain 10 2 Monster Manual p.344 Kraken Priest 10 5 Monsters of the Multiverse p.167 (or V215) Enchanter 11 (9) 5 Monsters of the Multiverse p.260 (or V213) Martial Arts Adept 11 3 Monsters of the Multiverse p.172 (or V216) Transmuter 11 (9) 5 Monsters of the Multiverse p.265 (or V218) Assassin 12 8 Monster Manual p.343 Swashbuckler 12 3 Monsters of the Multiverse p.238 (or V217) Warlock of the Fiend 12 7 Monsters of the Multiverse p.255 (or V219) Conjurer 13 (9) 6 Monsters of the Multiverse p.260 (or V212) Master Thief 13 5 Monsters of the Multiverse p.174 (or V216) Blackguard 14 (18) 8 Monsters of the Multiverse p.63 (or V211) Warlock of the Great Old One 14 6 Monsters of the Multiverse p.256 (or V220) Gladiator 15 5 Monster Manual p.346 Warlock of the Archfey 15 (11) 4 Monsters of the Multiverse p.255 (or V219) Abjurer 16 (13) 9 Monsters of the Multiverse p.260 (or V209) Archmage 18 12 Monster Manual p.342 War Priest 18 9 Monsters of the Multiverse p.254 (or V218) Diviner 20 (15) 8 Monsters of the Multiverse p.261(or V213) Necromancer 20 (12) 9 Monsters of the Multiverse p.264 (or V217) Champion 22 9 Monsters of the Multiverse p.74 (or V212) Evoker 22 (12) 9 Monsters of the Multiverse p.262 (or V214) Warlord 27 12 Monsters of the Multiverse p.257 (or V220) Archdruid 28 (24) 12 Monsters of the Multiverse p.48 (or V210)

In the Essentials Kit there are expert, warrior, spellcaster (comes in healer & mage editions) from HD2 to HD7.

The fill-in-boxes (and I suggest using scrap paper on the side instead, so you can reuse these sheets for every NPC) are completely deterministic so you only need the NPC:s level written down in the prep.

Prep overrides details on these. If the prep says they have some armor that gives them AC 19, well, then they have AC 19. If the prep says they have magic items, +1 weapons etc, well, then they do have that. If the prep says they’re dwarven, well, then they can see in the dark obv. Defaults are just defaults. But having a default is valuable. Makes it a lot easier to only prep relevant things. If the prep says they have a particular spell: spells are overwritten from left to right (i.e. “Fly” is overwritten before “Lightning Bolt”) unless the prep says otherwise.

They use the same simplified NPC rules that the monster manual uses, i.e. all classes have d8:s for hit dice etc and they don’t have all the abilities that a full NPC would have.

When I make my own 5e stuff from scratch I wouldn’t necessarily use these four. I’d refer to the existing stat blocks instead of rolling up a full NPC, or just put down a 0e like stat line (where pretty much everything’s derivable from HD).

But I’m converting some 2e stuff right now and it’s always “She is a female elven level 12 sea mage” and stuff like that, and then these four defaults are so great to have.

5e NPC stats

Standard NPC blocks

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