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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 4447567" data-attributes="member: 158">The question I keep coming back to in my mind is &quot;Is it worth it?&quot; If a minion has hit points, they can be wounded. If they can be wounded, they can be bloodied, slowed, dazed, blinded, poisoned, and a host of other status effects. Remember there are now very few spells (sleep being the only one I can think of) that merely give statuses; most damage as well as give a status. So, if 4e spells damage a minion, they kill it, and there's no need to track it.So, you give the minion hit points, even though it's a small pool. Now, the fighter hits a minion for piddly damage, and slows him, causing a saving roll each round. Or the rogue hits the minions and blinds a few. The wizard frost-rays one and slows him. Now, you need to add die rolls for saves each round. You need to track who's blind and who's not. If it fits the sensibilities of the DM, then it's well and good, but it's worth taking all the repercussions into consideration when you make a given change.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 4447567, member: 158"] The question I keep coming back to in my mind is "Is it worth it?" If a minion has hit points, they can be wounded. If they can be wounded, they can be bloodied, slowed, dazed, blinded, poisoned, and a host of other status effects. Remember there are now very few spells (sleep being the only one I can think of) that merely give statuses; most damage as well as give a status. So, if 4e spells damage a minion, they kill it, and there's no need to track it. So, you give the minion hit points, even though it's a small pool. Now, the fighter hits a minion for piddly damage, and slows him, causing a saving roll each round. Or the rogue hits the minions and blinds a few. The wizard frost-rays one and slows him. Now, you need to add die rolls for saves each round. You need to track who's blind and who's not. If it fits the sensibilities of the DM, then it's well and good, but it's worth taking all the repercussions into consideration when you make a given change. [/QUOTE]

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