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<blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 5080886" data-attributes="member: 63962"><p>Maybe using an houseruled "underling" can solve your problem? It's a mob that gets bloodied the first time it takes damage and dies the second time it takes damage. It should be worth about 2x a minion or 50% of a normal mob.</p><p></p><p>In other words, you can setup an encounter like this:</p><p>Hobgoblin Warcaster (normal mob) 150xp</p><p>Hobgoblin Soldier (underling variant) 75xp</p><p>2x Hobgoblin Grunts (underling variant) 150xp</p><p>Total 375xp</p><p></p><p>Minions are really swingy because of their huge front-loaded damage (24 potential damage from 150 xp the first round). Underlings are a bit less swingy, with about 12 potential damage from 150 xp the first round. Underlings do more damage later in the encounter though.</p><p></p><p>Comparison of 4 minions vs 2 underlings with the exact same stats and a 50% hit rate, with one hit against the minion/underlings each round:</p><p>............Minion.....Underling</p><p>Round1..12dmg.....6dmg</p><p>Round2...9dmg......6dmg</p><p>Round3...6dmg......3dmg</p><p>Round4...3dmg......3dmg</p><p>Round5...0dmg......0dmg</p><p>------------------------</p><p>Total.....30dmg....18dmg</p><p>===================</p><p></p><p>One thing to note here is that melee underlings have a much easier time flanking and actually doing ANYTHING compared to a minion. A ton of Minions can be wiped out from a single AoE, something that isn't true about Underlings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackbrrd, post: 5080886, member: 63962"] Maybe using an houseruled "underling" can solve your problem? It's a mob that gets bloodied the first time it takes damage and dies the second time it takes damage. It should be worth about 2x a minion or 50% of a normal mob. In other words, you can setup an encounter like this: Hobgoblin Warcaster (normal mob) 150xp Hobgoblin Soldier (underling variant) 75xp 2x Hobgoblin Grunts (underling variant) 150xp Total 375xp Minions are really swingy because of their huge front-loaded damage (24 potential damage from 150 xp the first round). Underlings are a bit less swingy, with about 12 potential damage from 150 xp the first round. Underlings do more damage later in the encounter though. Comparison of 4 minions vs 2 underlings with the exact same stats and a 50% hit rate, with one hit against the minion/underlings each round: ............Minion.....Underling Round1..12dmg.....6dmg Round2...9dmg......6dmg Round3...6dmg......3dmg Round4...3dmg......3dmg Round5...0dmg......0dmg ------------------------ Total.....30dmg....18dmg =================== One thing to note here is that melee underlings have a much easier time flanking and actually doing ANYTHING compared to a minion. A ton of Minions can be wiped out from a single AoE, something that isn't true about Underlings. [/QUOTE]
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