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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8617451" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Simple. Minions in 4ed were great for cinematic narrative. We do not have these in 5ed. Minions hit as much as the main monster of the same type and level but with only one hp. Monsters in 4ed had clearly defined roles and usually more than one way to damage the players or if they had only one, they hit like a truck. The higher the level, the more the monster would have "tricks" or the more damage it would inflict and the scale at which both was increasing was on par with the players.5ed. The main difference between high and low level is exactly the amount of HP monsters of the same type have. Yes higher CR monster hit harder, sure, but not on the curve we had seen in previous edition and character's HP scale way faster than what monster hit will inflict. Yes there are a few exceptions and guess what? These are exactly the same monsters that players have feared in all editions. The others though... I will admit though that the addition of mythical monsters in Theros was a great inspiration.</blockquote>