(Bladesinger).Īn ancient burial site has been defiled by a necromancer. If they investigate, they see an elven man wielding a singing sword as he dodges out of the way of a charging gorgon. The music is immediately followed by an animalistic bellow and the sounds of steel on steel. To customize a wizard of this tier, you can do one or more of the following:Īdd the 6th level ability from your chosen Arcane Tradition.Īs the party travels through the forest they hear the sounds of some sort of music, unlike any instrument they have ever heard. At tier 2, these wizards could be traveling researchers, keepers of important libraries/hubs of knowledge, or reclusive hermits conducting their experiments. You may also use them at later levels as allies or lieutenants of even more powerful creatures. Tier 2 wizards are most likely to be encountered in between levels 5 and 10, although they may be introduced earlier as a potential patron, mentor figure or future antagonist. Several merchants have banded together to offer a bounty for the capture of this elf, so that they can be paid in full.
Without fail, shortly after their dealings are complete the silver coins the elf used to pay revert back into worthless wooden discs. (Order of Scribes).Īll along a major roadway, traveling caravans and shops have had dealings with a quiet elf, heavily obscured in long robes. The bad news, it's in the possession of a cult led by a bearded devil. In order to get in the doors, he needs to provide a rare tome or piece of knowledge.
(School of Divination).Ī young wizard is attempting to gain entry into a prestigious library (such as Candlekeep in the Forgotten Realms). Somehow, she always seems to win- even when the petitioner provides the deck. Rather than charging a fee, she prefers to wager her assistance against some good or service from the petitioner in a game of cards. She has been known to accept visitors who come seeking aid, but never without a price. However, it is not necessary for you to assign an NPC a subclass, nor is there any reason that an NPC of a different subclass than the one listed can’t be used for a given hook.Ī mage lives in solitude on the outskirts of town. As typical, I will also give a subclass that fits that particular hook. As we have done for the past NPCs, I’m going to give you some potential hooks to place tier 1 wizard NPCs into your game world. Swap out one of the wizard’s spells for another wizard spell of the same level or lower.Īdd the 2nd level ability from your chosen Arcane Tradition. To further customize a wizard of this tier, you can do one or more of the following: With the table set, let’s move into our third round of NPCs: wizards!
WIZARD QUICKBUILD 5E FREE
Hopefully that will help get some ideas churning! And of course, feel free to use and modify these suggestions as encounters or adventures for your own party. In addition to creating the statblocks, for each tier of play I will give a few examples of how that NPC can be used in your game. Of course this is far from perfect, but you’ll be able to give the general feel of whether an NPC is over, under, or near the power level of a comparable player character.
These tiers are a loose way of comparing your NPC’s power level to that of your party.
WIZARD QUICKBUILD 5E SERIES
I go into more detail about this philosophy in the first article in the series on paladins.īut simply, for each of the tiers of play we’ll make an NPC stat block based on the relevant class.
WIZARD QUICKBUILD 5E FULL
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.
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