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No it really does, because its pretty much RAW and RAI. People here who are complaining that minions have 1 HP are largely complaining that in fights that do not involve players these 1 HP monsters would be killed by things that should not kill them. But RAW and RAI this is not true, since its...

(short version since I lost the post) No. All stat block entries are abstractions for how they interact with players. They are there are guides for DM's to pick monsters that behave how they want an encounter to run. Whether or not the monsters exist is irrelevant. Because how they interact...

The confusion might have come from you arguing the other way earlier in the thread. Even if you changed your mind it might not be entirely obvious that you had.

The entire point of minions is that Segal as a high level fighter would be bored fighting low level fighters to the point that low level fighters should not even be there. He still has to try, dodge attacks et all. So they get statted as minions for the purpose of fighting Segal because...

Hypersmurf is right. The damage is multiple types. Such the lowest resist is the resist that is applied. You take 10 lightning and fire damage and have 5 points of resist fire. The fire resist doesn't help you because the attack is lightning, you take 10 points of damage.

No he is right, they are just like normal monsters when not dealing with players. Why? Because no monsters have any stats when not dealing with players. Nothing has stats, there is no conflict resolution, the entire thing is run by DM fiat. All of the stats blocks are irrelevant. Completely...

Whether or not LotR fits within DnD classes, Gandalf is the iconic wizard.

Yes Legion Devils exist. No, minions do not exist outside of combat. Minions are constructs for PCs to interact with. They exist however the DM wants them to outside of combat with PCs. Such "minions" only exist in combat with PCs" because outside of combat with PC's they exist exactly as the DM...

The difference is that a rogue can delay and have his turn start later at the beginning of combat. It doesn't do him any good at the end. The change was done mainly for bookkeeping i am willing to bet, and I am also willing to bet that was how most groups played it anyway. Someone mentioned it...

What fact? There has never been any bait and switch. NPCs are not PCs they play by different rules. And? At that point the Legion Devil is essentially a non-combat NPC to be interrogated by the PCs and not an encounter. The same as if you run into a goblin at a bar and he buys you a...

Actually their damage should go up slightly at the beginning of a fight and down slightly at the end of a fight. 1/round means that if a friendly granted you an attack before your turn you could get sneak attack on it. But you could not get sneak attack on your turn. So at the end of combat...

Yea, heroes would have to be intergalactically stupid to not realize that they are freaking heroes. A level 20 fighter is a human that goes toe to toe with DEMONS for goodness sake(heck, you do that earlier). Of course he is going to cut through minions like butter, the entire purpose is so...

They would also be NPCs, and because of such would be fully under DM control and their actions would be handled by DM fiat more or less.

1. I was not aware that house cats were burning walls of fire and ice and pure necrotic energy conjured from the very depths of hell and heights of heaven and the deep inner reserve of personal arcane energy by heroes on a quest to save the world. And/or Lava/pits/etc that would kill them...

Man what? NPCs are there for you to roleplay against they are not there to be fodder. Where in the nine hells did you get the idea that NPCs are there to take the place of numerous enemies that still pose a threat but will not utterly destroy you due to hit point scaling? There are no headaches...

How does it not work? I am not seeing these situations. NPCs are there to be roleplaying aides. Minions are there for when you need a bunch of guys who won't kill your party outright but also wont also be total pushovers.

First off, you are wrong, DnD was never robust enough to handle a simulation Second off. Simulations are single player endeavors. They involve no players, only DMs. If you want to pretent you're a fairy princess or talking brocolli or in a conan and gandalf buddy movie you're perfectly welcome...

The answer is that when NPCs are fighting NPCs they do exactly what you want them to. If your players are so anal that they need to know you're rolling, just roll behind your screen and ingore the roll. Its even easier in this situation because if you have a bunch of zombies and townsfolk you...

Not sure about the Warlock, but Wizards have close powers(I.E. melee powers), and Warlords and Fighters have ranged powers as well as the ranged basic attack option.

O.K. So who protested when the housecat attacked and missed that made you roll an attack roll?