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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4408184" data-attributes="member: 66434">Well of course its good to mix up troop types and not always have a &quot;minion brigade&quot; standing alone. The DM doesn't have to say &quot;don't bother rolling for damage&quot;. I agree that doing so would be a bit of a buzzkill.&nbsp;&nbsp;The biggest issue this thread brings up is the contadiction of the minion concept with regard to hit points.&nbsp;The game assumes that hit points are abstract and not a measure of actual injury, instead being a measure of fighting effectiveness.&nbsp;No problem. Self heals simply mean a recharge of fighting effectiveness.&nbsp;Then we have minions who have 1 hp, which by the defined role of hp have little to no fighting effectiveness. &nbsp;We are then told that minions are supposed to provide a credible threat without having any fighting effectiveness. The rules come out and say that they are crap foes by giving them 1 hp yet they are supposed to be represent credible threats? This does not compute.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4408184, member: 66434"] Well of course its good to mix up troop types and not always have a "minion brigade" standing alone. The DM doesn't have to say "don't bother rolling for damage". I agree that doing so would be a bit of a buzzkill. The biggest issue this thread brings up is the contadiction of the minion concept with regard to hit points. The game assumes that hit points are abstract and not a measure of actual injury, instead being a measure of [I]fighting effectiveness.[/I] No problem. Self heals simply mean a recharge of fighting effectiveness. Then we have minions who have 1 hp, which by the defined role of hp have [I]little to no fighting effectiveness. [/I] We are then told that minions are supposed to provide a credible threat without having any fighting effectiveness. The rules come out and say that they are crap foes by giving them 1 hp yet they are supposed to be represent credible threats? This does not compute. [/QUOTE]

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