New Posts For Thread: Are there going to be minions?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minionsI love minions. They are a great way to spice up an encounter with more enemies without having to track more hit points. And they do constant damage which cuts down on the rolling.Can you do it again but with minions that do half average dmg, and die in 1-hit? Seems to me their 25% XP is justified. Are you assuming focus fire by monsters? Maybe for lawful hobgoblins but anything else I would refrain, and even the hobgoblinhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minions?post_id=524364505#524364505Can you do it again but with minions that do half average dmg, and die in 1-hit? Seems to me their 25% XP is justified. Are you assuming focus fire by monsters? Maybe for lawful hobgoblins but anything else I would refrain, and even the hobgoblinFri, 21 Sep 2012 19:45:15 -0500lvl1 Fountain of Flame is zonal dmg, you only take 5 fire dmg if you enter it or end your turn there. With kobolds having Shifty that should not be an issue, they can escape. Of course a controller/defender can throw them into the fire, that is alhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minions?post_id=524364261#524364261lvl1 Fountain of Flame is zonal dmg, you only take 5 fire dmg if you enter it or end your turn there. With kobolds having Shifty that should not be an issue, they can escape. Of course a controller/defender can throw them into the fire, that is alFri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:45 -0500Sure, I'll show you.The optimal strategy is to have all PCs in a group focus fire on the same critter. I'll assume the PCs are using this strategy when fighting monsters.Example 1Lets first assume that each PC takes down a monster in 2 rounds on averhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minions?post_id=524347791#524347791Sure, I'll show you.The optimal strategy is to have all PCs in a group focus fire on the same critter. I'll assume the PCs are using this strategy when fighting monsters.Example 1Lets first assume that each PC takes down a monster in 2 rounds on averFri, 21 Sep 2012 09:33:09 -0500Minion do not die to miss dmg, they only die to hit dmg. You must have lucky mages if they hit 25/25 individual attacks? Mix Real Demons in with the Minion Demons when one of the 'minions' turns out to be a nasty elite brute, they will be more cauthttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minions?post_id=524347317#524347317Minion do not die to miss dmg, they only die to hit dmg. You must have lucky mages if they hit 25/25 individual attacks? Mix Real Demons in with the Minion Demons when one of the 'minions' turns out to be a nasty elite brute, they will be more cautFri, 21 Sep 2012 09:14:51 -0500Actually Gnarl, I'd be interested in seeing that math.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29381147/Are_there_going_to_be_minions?post_id=524346889#524346889Actually Gnarl, I'd be interested in seeing that math.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:00:12 -0500