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<blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 4443912" data-attributes="member: 57894">But none of the world really &quot;exists&quot; when the PCs aren't there. Its just like a novel or movie, the whole world ceases to be a concrete thing when the focus isn't on that specific part of the world.As such, when it comes to HP, it simply represents how likely a creature is to survive/engage in combat during that moment in time. So in one circumstance a human may have 50 HP during one encounter with the PCs since circumstance, story-plot, luck, etc. is different then later on when it has 1 HP because the previous reasons for his HP are different.So yes, the 15th level Demon can be ravaging the countryside, but he can become a minion since while he himself doesn't become different at all, his circumstances surrounding the conflict does. His HP doesn't change since it was never concrete to begin with.The townsfolk (who probably couldn't even hit his AC anyways) may be bashed aside and their pitchforks simply prick his side. While, with the PCs the fighter manages to behead the demon in a single blow (now obviously this be a odd encounter if the DM was building it up as a big confrontation).The minion-rules are rules that should be used only when a DM understands when it is appropriate.To give another example too, a human can get cut by a knife and survive without a scar but that same knife could be plunged into his heart. In-game that is simply the way the narrative flows, mechanically the first time he is regular the second he is a minion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fallen Seraph, post: 4443912, member: 57894"] But none of the world really "exists" when the PCs aren't there. Its just like a novel or movie, the whole world ceases to be a concrete thing when the focus isn't on that specific part of the world. As such, when it comes to HP, it simply represents how likely a creature is to survive/engage in combat during that moment in time. So in one circumstance a human may have 50 HP during one encounter with the PCs since circumstance, story-plot, luck, etc. is different then later on when it has 1 HP because the previous reasons for his HP are different. So yes, the 15th level Demon can be ravaging the countryside, but he can become a minion since while he himself doesn't become different at all, his circumstances surrounding the conflict does. His HP doesn't change since it was never concrete to begin with. The townsfolk (who probably couldn't even hit his AC anyways) may be bashed aside and their pitchforks simply prick his side. While, with the PCs the fighter manages to behead the demon in a single blow (now obviously this be a odd encounter if the DM was building it up as a big confrontation). The minion-rules are rules that should be used only when a DM understands when it is appropriate. To give another example too, a human can get cut by a knife and survive without a scar but that same knife could be plunged into his heart. In-game that is simply the way the narrative flows, mechanically the first time he is regular the second he is a minion. [/QUOTE]

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