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Hit Points are abstract. One can use mechanics available any which way they prefer to reflect the toughness of an Ogre as a minion in a similar abstract fashion.

So what you're saying is they're abstract in both scenarios. This is why I said my empathy goes only so far. EDIT: See there are many ways to represent the toughness of an Ogre, not just hit points which is abstract any way you look at it. You can have an Ogre with 1 hit point or x attacks...

And just to kind of complete the point the minion concept is a great idea that can be modified to match with your sim-tastes Give it the necessary defenses so it does not seem wishy-washy with a successful cat scratch attack, so to speak Besides increasing AC, there is Damage Threshold or...

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For some maybe and can also empathise but only to a degree, because if I were sim-orientated, and I used to be more so, there would be things I'd first consider first rather than worry about minions, namely magic and hit points. To be honest I'm not sure how one can touch on minions and...

There is a three-letter acronym (slightly modified) that comes to mind. I'm not convinced it will pass the grandma test though for these boards. :ROFLMAO:

Oh looks really smart UP!!! My PCs are to face their first encounter with the mythic mechanics - Iymrith (Wyrms of the Realms) They are only 15th level, with other participants for and against, but our homebrew rules also likely increases their effective level by an easy 2 at the minimum. I...

If one watched Starship Troopers Rico and his team take the better part of a minute to take one of those bugs down, but by the end of the show they take a few seconds. Similar concept. It is not only that the mechanics depict minions to have less hit points but that they also do more damage than...

That may be true, but if I were that tiefling I'd consider changing my weaponsmith.

As King Baratheon found out.

When you're 3 your cat has 25 hit points, when you're 15 your cat has far less hit points.

Nvm

I can barely keep up with the podcasters I listen to, how do you manage?

The party along with King Hekaton is hunting for Iymrith's Lair to rescue his daughter Princess Serissa. The journey sees them end up in an archaic ruined settlement, they are completely off course. King Hekaton, believing this to be the dragon's lair, bellows out demanding Iymrith show herself...

Failed Fear Teleports to Waterdeep

We have used variations for the social pillar and for some puzzles where we focus on Investigation and Knowledge etc and it works well, we have had much fun at the table. I must though experiment more with some explorative kind of skill challenges as I'm not as confident and quick in the...

So, the giants did indeed have concrete predetermined motivations. The players did put forward logical counters. The maths was skewed in the PCs favour. If the argument was one that was surprisingly good they would gain an advantage. But I didn't want the "greater good" argument to auto win the...

We allow tinkering in every other part of the system without having an issue if it morphed into something else. What would you call the below if not a Skill Challenge? Pillar: Social Pillar solely Goal: 6 Successes before 3 Failures or before all arguments are voiced (There were 8 arguments in...

Yes it would. I am fortunate to have the right table for this. To be clear this includes myself - being in the right headspace as GM. The levels for us are not as important as much as the story being fleshed out.

I reject this premise that says SC must be run abc. We certainly do not have that in combat, I do not see why there is this insistence that SC are only run like that. As we have seen on these very threads there are all sorts of ways initiative can be determined in combat. Sometimes a DM doen't...