Here's my feeble logic at work:
One of the 4e design goals is to speed up play and make the bookkeeping less tedious. 1 hp minions certainly does this.
But if minions really do have a half-damage AOE or similar exception, that creates an extra rule to employ which flys in the face of the...
I love the idea of playing monsters as characters (an old planescape habit). But I hate Level Adjustments. It just makes characters into paper tigers – terrible hp, terrible saves, & terrible skills. I know I'm not alone here.
So, I’ve whipped up the following for PC’s only (NPC’s are on...
The time honored way is to name units after the people most associated with their use/development. Especially once they die. :D
But since most of the people associated with RPG development are still alive, name the units after TSR. Afterall, TSR made RPG's widespread and its gone!
"My...