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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 4239649" data-attributes="member: 58401">Well, I don't imagine the constituent creatures are particularly tough anyway; you'd just be replacing the Vulnerability mechanic with minion HP rules, yeah? I admit that might not make for the most thrilling of encounters, mind you, particularly if your party has a lot of large area attacks. OTOH, being surrounded by 20 minion swarms at party level might make a cool encounter once. I guess I'll have to try this out for myself.Side by side, I think the minion and swarm rules are really showcasing the inner workings of the 4E design philosophy, or at least part of it. Taken together, I think we might also be looking at one of 4E's seams; it feels like there's going to be some redundancy and overlap between minion rules and swarm rules. I wonder (perhaps prematurely, I know) if this "seam" is one the things that future editions will further refine and build upon; this seems like a whole new territory for D&D, with tons of room to grow.[/optimistic gushing]</blockquote>