Hordes: An Alternative to Minions

[Stormonu]

I'd like to see options for all three - minions, hordes and swarms.

Hordes would be really great for quickly handling mass battles, and a little more flexible than swarms. Whereas a swarm has to stay in base contact, the Horde could split up into individual figures over a larger area.

 

[Hassassin]

I'd rather see a slower power curve with no need to minionize creatures. However:

Sounds in concept like mobs (DMGII), which I think was a better implementation. But the basic idea of taking groups of creatures that aren't individually threatening and abstractly treating them as a unit is not a bad one.

Make it compatible with a mass combat module and I'm sold.

 

[Ahnehnois]

I'd rather see a slower power curve with no need to minionize creatures.

That I definitely agree with. I like mobs or their ilk alright but not minions. And the power curve being slower helps with a lot of things.