Talk:Rules:Player Housing

A note on NPC Hirelings

Regarding the requirements for hirelings:

1.7) NPCs cost 50,000 gold each.

Any NPC added to player housing is to have a CR of no higher than 1/8.

Player Housing NPCs will leave a corpse when killed.

A P-merchant is considered an NPC. A P-merchant costs 120,000.

Conversations for NPCs or customized conversations for P-Merchants cost 5,000 gold.

Bioware Merchants are excluded from all Player housing projects, be it single player homes or guildhalls.

Required NPC Statistics:

Ability Scores: No greater then 10. If the NPC had lower then 10, do not up the score to 10.

Classes: Must be Commoner, level 1

Skills: NPCs can have NO Skills.

Advanced: Faction: Commoner;

Feats: NPCs can have NO Feats.

Spells: NPCs can have NO Spells.

Special Abilities: NPCs can have NO Special Abilities.

What fits that bill: A Level 1 Commoner.

How far can that bill stretch: A creature with a DEFAULT CR of 1/8 (eg. a Kitten) or close enough for it to be brought to 1/8 (eg. a House cat) will be considered. They will still have to lose all feats, etc., including creature feats (IC-ly you get a declawed, slow cat).

What does NOT fit that bill: A creature with a DEFAULT CR of a much greater magnitude which has been artificially lowered to 1/8 (eg. a Dire Wolf or a Nymph).

What does DEFAULT CR mean: This is the default CR value that you will see for a creature in the NWN toolset. It is an adequate reflection of the challenge rating for this creature type, cumulative of its statistics, creature feats, special abilities and more (see: NWN CR formula). It defines the creature as such.

TL;DR: Without its claws, a house cat is a sad case. Without fairy magic, a fairy is sadder still. Please don't do this to the kittens and fairies. Hire a Level 1 Commoner. Get a pet that can be easily mauled by a child, not vice versa. :shock:

Exceptions: Most exceptions have been grandfathered a very long time ago. Thank you for your understanding. :-)

--VoidHamlet 20:35, 26 September 2013 (EDT)