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Nobody claims they aren't different monsters according to the rules. That doesn't mean they aren't the same monster in our shared modern...

It's passing rare that the PCs run into 20 creatures at once that aren't one-hit wonders even with their full hit points. Last session...

Yes it is, to the point where this should pretty much go without saying. Get the mechanical simulation of its physicality vaguely right...

Whether or not that was the intent (and they were often not used that way), that was my point. Minion ogres no longer ogres, they're...

Meanwhile I've made up almost an entire sessions because the players went a different direction than anticipated. One of them commented...

But that goes back to whether or not someone wants monsters to just fill a narrative role and did minions fill that role. If I want a...

Using weapons and being proficient in weapons are not the same thing. Why do I need to keep saying this over and over? Yes, they use...

I've stated my opinion that there are game mechanics that will not work for me. As I have stated repeatedly that does not make them...

Found the first looking up tech for something else the other day, and turned up the second being curious today... On the switch to...

Though often those are toward the cheaper end, and for non-specialists are mostly melee weapons. Ranged attackers from the commoners...

I disagree, although landing in the middle of the commoners wouldn't make much difference. If they are designed so that a half dozen...

My example showed that they easily take out 100 commoners that are prepped, ready and waiting in the middle of the day even using...

Well there is no rule saying they are proficient with all simple weapons either. They also don't get proficiency with improvised...