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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6289928" data-attributes="member: 42582">I have just written up notes for running G2 (Glacial Caverns of the Frost Giant Jarl) for a 26th level 4e party. Many of the frost giants will be minions with 1 hp. That doesn't mean that they fall unconscious if they suffer a 10' fall while replacing the torches in their sconces!Being a minion is a status for action resolution purposes; it is not a statement about, nor a model of, the character's physical resilience as she goes about his/her life in the gameworld.In my game, from time-to-time the players have made skill checks in non-combat situations to &quot;minionise&quot; NPCs - and thereby enable them to be dropped in one blow without a chance to fight back, raise the alarm etc. This change in mechanical status does not mean that the NPC is undergoing any physical transformation in the gameworld. It's analogous to giving the player a &quot;fortune&quot; token permitting a one-shot kill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6289928, member: 42582"] I have just written up notes for running G2 (Glacial Caverns of the Frost Giant Jarl) for a 26th level 4e party. Many of the frost giants will be minions with 1 hp. That doesn't mean that they fall unconscious if they suffer a 10' fall while replacing the torches in their sconces! Being a minion is a status for action resolution purposes; it is not a statement about, nor a model of, the character's physical resilience as she goes about his/her life in the gameworld. In my game, from time-to-time the players have made skill checks in non-combat situations to "minionise" NPCs - and thereby enable them to be dropped in one blow without a chance to fight back, raise the alarm etc. This change in mechanical status does not mean that the NPC is undergoing any physical transformation in the gameworld. It's analogous to giving the player a "fortune" token permitting a one-shot kill. [/QUOTE]

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