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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 4345414" data-attributes="member: 57894">I use minions mainly for very specific things, that alter depending on the circumstance.-Showcase the randomness of combat: A group of Orcs is facing the party, a couple of them are minions so when they go down they represent; a single blow that beheads them, a twist of fate that causes them to be impaled on a spear, etc.-To showcase how dangerous mobs are: In general, even someone who is fairly good fighter has a harder time dealing with large groups since they can overpower them.-Narrative effect: If I the DM want to have a very specific feel in an encounter then using a Minion can work quite well. One example for instance is one I used recently.The party had entered a island-village whose inhabitants were under the control of a Aboleth. When the Aboleth commands them to detain the party they do so with complete abandonment of their own safety. Thus, they are fairly dangerous even for PCs but since they have no care about their own safety they are easily dispatched. Plus it can affect the players having their characters being essentially forced to chop down in wide swaths essentially innocent people.</blockquote>