Despicable Me's Minions are now officially 5e

neobolts

Explorer

• Aug 16, 2018

• #1

Raise your outrage flags on high, friends! If you thought a Magic: The Gathering setting was the end of the world, prepare to be Feebleminded by the presence of a Minions stat block in Dragon+ issue 21. That's right, the babbling yellow blob-humanoids from "Despicable Me", "Despicable Me 2", "Despicable Me 3", and "Minions" are here! You've seen them shared by your aunt in lame Facebook memes about needing more coffee or "stressed" being "desserts" backwards. And now...five of them can be a hard encounter appropriate for four 3rd-level adventurers! You may be ready to dodge their slap & tickle, but are you prepared to roll vs fart!?

/s

This is just...odd. Of course it is not the end of the world. I'm not sure why this exists, but there's no going back. Is "Despicable Me" one of the unannounced settings for 2019?

The director of the upcoming "Minions 2" is a D&D player and did an interview in Dragon+ 21 as well.

The article: http://dnd.wizards.com/content/dragon.
The stat block: https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/d...21_minions.pdf

 

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the Jester

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #2

This reminds me of the ol' Giants in the Earth column in Dragon Magazine in the 1e days, when they would stat up creatures from myth, legend, and fiction. I still remember fondly seeing the characters from Elfquest in Dragon and thinking, "YES!!"

 

G

gyor

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #3

Damn I was hoping they would be an AL playable race, if only for all the horrified DM mawhahahaha!

 

M

MechaTarrasque

Hero

• Aug 16, 2018

• #4

Here is a link to the magazine: http://dnd.wizards.com/content/dragon.

And to the stats: https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/dragon/21/DRA21_minions.pdf

 

G

gyor

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #5

neobolts said:

Raise your outrage flags on high, friends! If you thought a Magic: The Gathering setting was the end of the world, prepare to be Feebleminded by the presence of a Minions stat block in Dragon+ issue 21. That's right, the babbling yellow blob-humanoids from "Despicable Me", "Despicable Me 2", "Despicable Me 3", and "Minions" are here! You've seen them shared by your aunt in lame Facebook memes about needing more coffee or "stressed" being "desserts" backwards. And now...five of them can be a hard encounter appropriate for four 3rd-level adventurers! You may be ready to dodge their slap & tickle, but are you prepared to roll vs fart!?

/s

This is just...odd. Of course it is not the end of the world. I'm not sure why this exists, but there's no going back. Is "Despicable Me" one of the unannounced settings for 2019?

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Where you hear this?

 

neobolts

Explorer

• Aug 16, 2018

• #6

gyor said:

Where you hear this?

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The stat block is included in Dragon+ issue 21.

 

Oofta

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #7

It could be worse.

 

Jer

Legend

Supporter

• Aug 16, 2018

• #8

neobolts said:

This is just...odd. Of course it is not the end of the world. I'm not sure why this exists

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Someone writing for Dragon+ is sick of minions and wanted to be able to slaughter them wholesale to relieve their anger?

 

G

gyor

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #9

I found this interesting it's from the heads up for what is coming in issue 22 "On top of that we'll be shifting planes and touching down in the world of Ravnica as Dungeons & Dragons mashes up with Magic: The Gathering. New sourcebook The Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica fully realizes that plane, the structure of its society and the region's unusual spiritual qualities so that Dungeon Masters can bring it to life for their players.

Continuing the link-up between games, we'll also discover how you can plunder your Magic card collection to use them as D&D items!"

 

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Dausuul

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #10

Dragon is doing some cross-branding with prominent D&D players, and having a bit of fun in the process.

I wouldn't read anything more into it than that.