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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4393235" data-attributes="member: 22779">Does Conan throw his sword EVERY single fight?  Yet, every time he throws his sword, someone dies.  You'd think that'd be the first thing he'd do, since it's 100% fatal 100% of the time.  Surely, after all the years of fighting that Conan does, he'd realize this and be carrying a quiver full of swords to be flinging like shuriken.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm    :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />I mean, your second example isn't even a criticism.  It describes just about EVERY action movie ever made.  There have been multiple links posted to fights where the hero wades through minions then battles the big boss at the end.  Heck, we've already mentioned Inigo Montoya.  In The Princess Bride, he stabs four mook guards in succession and all four fall down and then he chases Count Rougen.  Perfect, textbook example of minions in use.Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe all have minion fights followed by a bigger guy at the end. Y'know what?  If it's good enough for Tolkien, it's good enough for my game.</blockquote>