One of the most glaring omissions from the fourth edition DMG is the lack of a template to design a minion class monster. Thankfully the math was relatively easy to figure out so I present to you the community;
Monster statistics by role: The Minion
Initiative...
Greetings all, I am currently finishing up designing a campaign for 4th edition and I want to include the Duergar as a part of the first adventure. I have designed the minion type creature so far and would like some feedback on their racial abilities. Thanks in advance...
If you are having a rough time with the monsters and how they are to be balanced against the party I would highly recommend starting your campaign with the H1 module Keep on the Shadowfell. I enjoyed it very much as a player and it gives a DM a very solid grounding in how 4e is supposed to work...
Healing Surges
This information is actually on pg. 7 of the MM. Monsters do get healing surges and can therefore take a second wind action. What they generally do not have is powers that let them spend healing surges. (though they would if they had a monsterous cleric or warlord in the...