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<blockquote data-quote="Pseudopsyche" data-source="post: 4444812" data-attributes="member: 54600">Legion Devil Legionnaire == Level 3 SoloIMC, the term &quot;minion&quot; does not define a creature's characteristics in absolute terms.&nbsp; Instead, the minion rules are a way mechanically to express a creature's fighting ability relative to a particular level of PC.&nbsp; In short, a Young White Dragon (Level 3 Solo) and a Legion Devil Legionnaire (Level 21 Minion) are roughly the same in power level (750 XP versus 800 XP).&nbsp; Their mechanical expressions are different only because one Young White Dragon tends to fight several beginning adventurers, while several Legion Devil Legionnaires tend to fight one epic adventurer.Consider the case of one Szartharrax, a young white dragon who has just slaughtered a band of wannabe heroes on their first adventure.&nbsp; These fools barged into his lair but then froze in their tracks as his frightful roar reverberated through the chamber.&nbsp; The fighter leaned right into his breath weapon, and their puny swords and spells barely scratched his dragon scales.&nbsp; One week later, a power archmage swings by and enslaves Szartharrax, compelling him to fight in his evil army.&nbsp; In the Final Battle, he flies in a squadron of young dragons opposed by a single human warrior floating above the walls of the city.&nbsp; Szartharrax soon learns that this gleaming foe completely ignores his frightful presence, and his claw-claw-bite fury doesn't even make contact with the human's otherworldly glowing plate armor.&nbsp; He quickly finds that if he goes all out on the attack, he has a reasonable chance of striking, but only for a modest (and constant) amount of damage.&nbsp; Alas, this all-out attack leaves him vulnerable, and this 22nd level paladin has slain many dragons in her career.&nbsp; She strikes just so with her +5 vicious greatsword, a single blow neatly severing the head from a dragon that, in this battle, was just a level 21 minion.IMC, a farmer facing a legion devil legionnaire must fight a level 3 solo, not a level 21 minion.&nbsp; The exact same creature has different stats, depending on whom it's fighting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pseudopsyche, post: 4444812, member: 54600"] [b]Legion Devil Legionnaire == Level 3 Solo[/b] IMC, the term "minion" does not define a creature's characteristics in absolute terms. Instead, the minion rules are a way mechanically to express a creature's fighting ability relative to a particular level of PC. In short, a Young White Dragon (Level 3 Solo) and a Legion Devil Legionnaire (Level 21 Minion) are roughly the same in power level (750 XP versus 800 XP). Their mechanical expressions are different only because one Young White Dragon tends to fight several beginning adventurers, while several Legion Devil Legionnaires tend to fight one epic adventurer. Consider the case of one Szartharrax, a young white dragon who has just slaughtered a band of wannabe heroes on their first adventure. These fools barged into his lair but then froze in their tracks as his frightful roar reverberated through the chamber. The fighter leaned right into his breath weapon, and their puny swords and spells barely scratched his dragon scales. One week later, a power archmage swings by and enslaves Szartharrax, compelling him to fight in his evil army. In the Final Battle, he flies in a squadron of young dragons opposed by a single human warrior floating above the walls of the city. Szartharrax soon learns that this gleaming foe completely ignores his frightful presence, and his claw-claw-bite fury doesn't even make contact with the human's otherworldly glowing plate armor. He quickly finds that if he goes all out on the attack, he has a reasonable chance of striking, but only for a modest (and constant) amount of damage. Alas, this all-out attack leaves him vulnerable, and this 22nd level paladin has slain many dragons in her career. She strikes just so with her +5 vicious greatsword, a single blow neatly severing the head from a dragon that, in this battle, was just a level 21 minion. IMC, a farmer facing a legion devil legionnaire must fight a level 3 solo, not a level 21 minion. The exact same creature has different stats, depending on whom it's fighting. [/QUOTE]

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