Creating my first Encounter..

[Oompa]

So i want my six, first level pc's to have an first encounter against an few human bandits..

So reading the rules i have 600 xp to spend for an normal encounter.

I was thinking this setup:

Human Beserker; LvL 4 brute; 175 xp
2 x Human Bandits; LvL 2 skirmisher; 125 xp, 250xp total

So now i got 75 xp left, enough for 3 level 1 minions..

I couldnt find any rules on creating an minion, but i am guessing this:

Making the Human bandit dropping one level as per rules of lowering an level. Insteadt it gets 25 xp insteadt of 125.

Should this be right??

 

[ZetaStriker]

There is a Level 2 Human minion, The Human Rabble, available for you to use. Just adjusting its level via the monster customization rules are enough to give you whatever you might need.

And you have the rules on minions very wrong, it seems. They aren't just weak creatures, but have a set of unique rules about them. If you drop the Human Bandit down to level 1, he'd be worth 100 xp, have 8 fewer hp, 1 lower skills, attacks, defenses, init, etc. He would be a level 1 creature though, not a minion.

Minions have set damage values, 1 hp, racial features and basic attacks. That's it. The Human Minion racial power is a +2 power bonus to defense when at least 2 other human minions are within 5 squares. 15 AC, other defenses average out to about 12, a +6 attack, and a firm 4 damage. That's basically its entire statblock, in a nutshell.