Comments on: First Report on Fourth Edition

By: d21 Gaming » Fourth Edition - Upon Further Review

d21 Gaming » Fourth Edition - Upon Further Review — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:47 +0000

[...] are just some things that I didn’t notice when I posted my early playtest thoughts a week [...]

By: umberhulk

umberhulk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:33:41 +0000

You should take a look (if you have access) to H1: Keep on the Shadowfell. It uses minions to in many encounters to great effect. A couple of kobolds become a huge menace when you add in just a few minions.

By: MetalJim

MetalJim — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:28:52 +0000

Yep - four minions should stand in for a monster at that level. By themselves minions aren’t too special, but they provide excellent fodder for the enemy to use and for the players to destroy without creating too much extra paperwork for the GM. However, I’m not really sold on the idea of using minions by themselves (like 12 zombie minions as a standard encounter), nor would I go more than a few levels above or below party level where minions are concerned.

By: umberhulk

umberhulk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:47:27 +0000

Another key issue that helps DMs balance encounters are Minions. Minions are 1hp monsters but will virtually all the abilities of their full hit point counterparts.