4 elven bow rangers and a leader....ultimate party?

[Pbartender]

Minions....with twin strike 4 rangers would blow through minions.

Not necessarily.

Just because minions have only 1 hp, doesn't mean they are easy to hit or that they can't hit you. Plus, the DM gets four minions for every regular monster of equal level.

A while back my players tried playing a group with 3 strikers, a defender and a leader... They got beat silly whenever there was more than a half dozen enemies, and they'd get overwhelmed by minions because they couldn't take them down fast enough before getting surrounded.

 

[On Puget Sound]

Any enemy that can advance under darkness, (drow, black dragons) invisibly, by phasing or teleporting, or just quickly enough to not take a lot of shots is going to be problematic.

 

[Gort]

I find that having a lot of mobility doesn't mean very much when there's nobody to hide behind. I'd assume in any fight where the rangers can't just focus-fire an enemy (solos, for instance) that they'll have a lot of trouble.

 

[Jhaelen]

I'd say the party is viable. But ultimate? I strongly doubt it. It's likely they'll lack the versatility required to cope well with every kind of encounter. There's also less room for good synergies and tactical gameplay. It's also quite possible that the players will eventually get bored with their characters.

Still, it's an interesting experiment - if they face the whole range of various encounters (rather than encounters tailored to the party setup). Please keep us updated how it went!

 

[Wootz]

^What Jhaelen said. The party will excel where rangers are useful, but beyond that they'll probably tank badly. Oh well, only time will tell I suppose.

 

[Ahglock]

Not necessarily.

Just because minions have only 1 hp, doesn't mean they are easy to hit or that they can't hit you. Plus, the DM gets four minions for every regular monster of equal level.

A while back my players tried playing a group with 3 strikers, a defender and a leader... They got beat silly whenever there was more than a half dozen enemies, and they'd get overwhelmed by minions because they couldn't take them down fast enough before getting surrounded.

I don't see the controller in our group hitting more than 2 minion often. The cleric has when being swarmed by undead, but I suspect twin strike would have 90% of the time matched up with the minion clearing power of our wizard.