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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2275519" data-attributes="member: 19675">Low level types of almost any kind can be deadly if properly run.  Old HERO games maxim:  "Minions HURT!"I never had the opportunity or privilege, but i understand there was a particular DM who used to run High-Level dungeons at Gen-Con...and had a particular love for kobolds.  Some of the players said they'd rather fight dragons.They're smart & cunning and they're generally fighting on their home turf.  They'll have superior numbers.  That's the same combo that allowed poorly armed Afghanis to kick the Soviet Army out of their country.They'll use decoys, traps, and tactics.  They will not stand toe-to-toe with adventurers...unless they've got something in mind.They'll use the terrain-which is sized for THEM- to their advantage: no whips or chain weapons, no polearms, few 2-handed weapons.  They will attack from ANY direction.  You don't need levels to drop boiling oil on someone squirming up a 4'x4' passageway.  And remember, don't cast Fireball into an enclosed space...If it helps, read some accounts of what it was like fighting in the Viet Cong tunnels in the Vietnam War.</blockquote>