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Appendix MM-B: Nonplayer Characters
NPCs
This appendix contains statistics for various humanoid nonplayer characters (NPCs) that adventurers might encounter during a campaign, including lowly commoners and mighty archmages. These stat blocks can be used to represent both human and nonhuman NPCs.
Customizing NPCs
There are many easy ways to customize the NPCs in this appendix for your home campaign.
Racial Traits. You can add racial traits to an NPC. For example, a halfling druid might have a speed of 25 feet and the Lucky trait. Adding racial traits to an NPC doesn’t alter its challenge rating. For more on racial traits, see the Player’s Handbook.
Spell Swaps. One way to customize an NPC spellcaster is to replace one or more of its spells. You can substitute any spell on the NPC’s spell list with a different spell of the same level from the same spell list. Swapping spells in this manner doesn’t alter an NPC’s challenge rating.
Armor and Weapon Swaps. You can upgrade or downgrade an NPC’s armor, or add or switch weapons. Adjustments to Armor Class and damage can change an NPC’s challenge rating.
Magic Items. The more powerful an NPC, the more likely it has one or more magic items in its possession. An archmage, for example, might have a magic staff or wand, as well as one or more potions and scrolls. Giving an NPC a potent damage-dealing magic item could alter its challenge rating.
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Variant: Familiars
A spellcaster that can use the find familiar spell likely has a familiar. It may be a creature described in the spell or another Tiny creature. [1]
List of NPCs
69 NPCs (official and unofficial).
| Monster | Size | Type | Tags | Alignment | HP | CR | Marked | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abjurer | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 84 | 9 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Acolyte | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 9 | 1/4 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Apprentice | Medium | Humanoid | any race, Wizard | 7 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Ravenloft | Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft | ||
| Archmage | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 99 | 12 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Sandbru Duskken Assassin | Medium | Humanoid | Duskken | Any Alignment | 78 | 8 | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable | |
| Bandit | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Non-Lawful Alignment | 11 | 1/8 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Hill, Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Bandit Captain | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Non-Lawful Alignment | 65 | 2 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Hill, Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Belashyrra (Individual) | Medium | Aberration | Daelkyr | Chaotic Evil | 304 | 22 | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War | |
| Berserker | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Chaotic Alignment | 67 | 2 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Hill, Mountain | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Bladesinger Archmage | Medium | Humanoid | High Elf | Chaotic Good | 81 | 12 | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable | |
| Bone Knight | Medium | Humanoid | any race, Paladin | any non-good alignment | 84 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Changeling | Medium | Humanoid | Changeling, Shapechanger | any alignment | 22 | 1/2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Clapperclaw (Individual) | Small | Construct | Scarecrow | Lawful Neutral | 14 | 1/2 | Feywild, Grassland | Canon, Pointer | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
| Commoner | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 4 | 0 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Cult Fanatic | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race, Cultist | Any Non-Good Alignment | 33 | 2 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Cultist | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race, Cultist | Any Non-Good Alignment | 9 | 1/8 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Dirlagraun (Individual) | Large | Monstrosity | Displacer Beast | Neutral Good | 85 | 3 | Feywild, Forest | Canon, Pointer | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
| Disciple | Medium | Humanoid | any race | 9 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Ravenloft | Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft | ||
| Dragon Army Officer | Medium | Humanoid | Lawful Evil | 65 | 3 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Dragonlance | Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen | |
| Dragon Army Soldier | Medium | Humanoid | Lawful Evil | 22 | 1 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Dragonlance | Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen | |
| Dragon Blessed | Medium | Humanoid | Any Alignment | 75 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | |
| Dragon Speaker | Small | Humanoid | Any Alignment | 36 | 2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | |
| Dragonclaw | Medium | Humanoid | Human | 16 | 1 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | The Rise of Tiamat | |
| Dragonfang | Medium | Humanoid | Human | 78 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | The Rise of Tiamat | |
| Dragonsoul | Medium | Humanoid | Human | Neutral Evil | 110 | 7 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | The Rise of Tiamat |
| Dragonwing | Medium | Humanoid | Human | Neutral Evil | 33 | 2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | The Rise of Tiamat |
| Druid | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race, Druid | Any Alignment | 27 | 2 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Swamp, Underdark, Underground | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Duelist | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Neutral | 49 | 3 | Urban | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable |
| Dyrrn (Individual) | Medium | Aberration | Daelkyr | Chaotic Evil | 325 | 24 | Khyber | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Enchanter | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 40 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| First-Year Student | Humanoid | Wizard | any alignment | 33 | 1/2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Strixhaven | Strixhaven | |
| Gladiator | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 112 | 5 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Gnolloch Bandit or Pirate | Medium | Humanoid | Gnoll, Gnolloch | Any Non-Lawful Alignment | 9 | 1/8 | Arctic, Coastal, Forest, Grassland, Hill | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable |
| Griffon Cavalry Rider | Medium | Humanoid | any race | 58 | 2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Waterdeep Dragon Heist | |
| High Elf Guard | Medium | Humanoid | Elf, High Elf | any alignment | 11 | 1/8 | Urban | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable |
| Guard | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 11 | 1/8 | Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Akroan Hoplite | Medium | Humanoid | any alignment | 52 | 3 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Theros | Mythic Odysseys of Theros | |
| Illusionist | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 38 | 3 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Kalaman Soldier | Humanoid | Any Alignment | 16 | 1/2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Dragonlance | Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen | ||
| Kalashtar | Medium | Humanoid | Kalashtar | any alignment | 16 | 1/4 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Knight | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 52 | 3 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Kraken Priest | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any evil alignment | 75 | 5 | Coastal, Underwater | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Lorehold Apprentice | Humanoid | Wizard | Any Alignment | 33 | 2 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Strixhaven | Strixhaven | |
| Lorehold Pledgemage | Humanoid | Wizard | Any Alignment | 60 | 4 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Strixhaven | Strixhaven | |
| Lorehold Professor of Chaos | Humanoid | Wizard | Any Alignment | 110 | 7 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Strixhaven | Strixhaven | |
| Lorehold Professor of Order | Humanoid | Wizard | Any Alignment | 104 | 7 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Strixhaven | Strixhaven | |
| Magewright | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 9 | 0 | Urban | Canon, Pointer, Eberron | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Martial Arts Adept | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 60 | 3 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Necromancer | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 66 | 9 | Desert, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Noble | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 9 | 1/8 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Pirate | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Non-Lawful Alignment | 11 | 1/8 | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
| Pirate Captain | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Non-Lawful Alignment | 65 | 2 | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
| Priest | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race, Cleric | Any Alignment | 27 | 2 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Scout | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 9 | 1/2 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Swamp, Underdark, Underground | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Wild Magic Sorcerer | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 40 | 6 | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable | |
| Spy | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 27 | 1 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Star (Individual) | Small | Monstrosity | Displacer Beast | Unaligned | 9 | 1/2 | Feywild, Forest | Canon, Pointer | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
| Swashbuckler | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any non-lawful alignment | 66 | 3 | Coastal, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Master Thief | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 84 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Thug | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Non-Good Alignment | 32 | 1/2 | Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Transmuter | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 40 | 5 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Tribal Warrior | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 11 | 1/8 | Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Swamp, Underdark, Underground | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Veteran | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 58 | 3 | Arctic, Coastal, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Underdark, Underground, Urban | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Eldritch Knight Veteran | Medium | Humanoid | Any Race | Any Alignment | 84 | 9 | Noncanon, User Creation | Rlyehable | |
| War Priest | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 117 | 9 | Desert, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Warlock of the Archfey | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 49 | 4 | Arctic, Forest, Mountain, Swamp, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Warlock of the Fiend | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 78 | 7 | Arctic, Desert, Underdark, Underground, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Warlock of the Great Old One | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 91 | 6 | Arctic, Hill, Mountain, Underdark, Underground, Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
| Warlord | Medium | Humanoid | any race | any alignment | 229 | 6 | Urban | Canon, Pointer | Volo's Guide to Monsters |
see Category: 5e NPCs.
Sources and Notes
- Wizards RPG Team. SRD-OGL v5.1 (5e) (2015.05.06). Wizards of the Coast.
- (paraphrased) —Mike Mearls, et. al.. Volo's Guide to Monsters (5e) (2016-11-15). Wizards of the Coast. p. 213. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast (under 'fair use' clause). ↑
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