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I want more consistency of the world than that. Obviously the DM could have taken a completely narrative approach to the commoners. But...

We played different games then, 4e absolutely locked you in. Powers were very specific and detailed to the point where I was told more...

I agree up to this point. For 3e they did try to answer everything and in my opinion just added extra overhead that lead to endless...

So just change the scenario to not have minions? I'm not following. The scenario was simple. Ogre leader is threatening the town and...

Honestly, your certainty doesn’t leave much room for discussion. I don’t need to approach conversation like a boxing match anymore. Enjoy

I always (mis)read this as the fighter getting up to one attack against each opponent in these cases, which put a limit on it based on...

The point is that it could have just been a regular cat. Admittedly it would be easy to kill and has to get lucky to hit. But if it did...

Except action economy limits what you can do and if you accidentally blew a daily on a minion it really sucked. Meanwhile even the...

But why is your strength being represented by a substantial reduction in their capability? What do their abilities have to do with how...

The idea according to WOTC at the time was to have action movie enemies that show up in large numbers that the hero easily dispatches...

Or people just didn't like the concept and it didn't fit what they wanted out of the game. But what would I know, I only played the...

I understand the concept. That doesn't mean I like it or that I think it makes sense. They were trying to mimic cinematic action where...

I didn't care for minions, even if I did understand what they were going for. But it just made no sense in the fiction. Take Grr, the...

As you say, the statblock is a snapshot. But the effect of applying "roles" in 4e means that the snapshot changes based on who's...