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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4227663" data-attributes="member: 49613">Of course.&nbsp; I can't send 100 Chuck Norrises after somebody, because I've only got one Chuck Norris.&nbsp; On the other hand, if I've got a Chuck Norris, I might not even bother sending any lesser ninjas.&nbsp; Unless Chuck needs somebody to hold his coat while he kickboxes the target into the next life.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I'm saying that Minions are those examples of whatever dude or critter that &quot;are a dime a dozen&quot;, as it were.&nbsp; If, in my world, every troll is special and of the Grendel caliber, then there are no minion trolls.&nbsp; But if Grendel is an exceptionally tough troll and there are lesser trolls, then maybe those lesser trolls are minions.&nbsp; Likewise, if Ol' Tusky the mammoth is an exceptional mammoth, maybe he stands out as a non-minion among a herd of minion mammoths.&nbsp; On the other hand, if I intend all mammoths to be as slipperly as Ol' Tusky then I won't use minion mammoths at all.Just like orcs.&nbsp; The way I see it, the vast majority of orcs are minions... they have no special destiny to avoid life-threatening blows.&nbsp; Their only defense is to keep their heads down.&nbsp; But every once in a while you run into the Audie Murphy of orcs... an orc hero.&nbsp; He is a tough customer, and well-placed slashes and thrusts that should have killed a creature of his size (and remember that even a dagger is quite a deadly weapon if it gets stuck in your chest) end up not striking his vitals.&nbsp; That's a non-minion orc for you.It's like the Iliad.&nbsp; You have to mow through a lot of fine Trojan warriors before you get to a Hector or a Sarpedon.&nbsp; There's &quot;capable&quot; and then there's &quot;heroic&quot;.&nbsp; Multiple hit points are for heroes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 4227663, member: 49613"] Of course. I can't send 100 Chuck Norrises after somebody, because I've only [i]got[/i] one Chuck Norris. On the other hand, if I've got a Chuck Norris, I might not even bother sending any lesser ninjas. Unless Chuck needs somebody to hold his coat while he kickboxes the target into the next life. :) I'm saying that Minions are those examples of whatever dude or critter that "are a dime a dozen", as it were. If, in my world, every troll is special and of the Grendel caliber, then there are no minion trolls. But if Grendel is an exceptionally tough troll and there are lesser trolls, then maybe those lesser trolls are minions. Likewise, if Ol' Tusky the mammoth is an exceptional mammoth, maybe he stands out as a non-minion among a herd of minion mammoths. On the other hand, if I intend all mammoths to be as slipperly as Ol' Tusky then I won't use minion mammoths at all. Just like orcs. The way I see it, the vast majority of orcs are minions... they have no special destiny to avoid life-threatening blows. Their only defense is to keep their heads down. But every once in a while you run into the Audie Murphy of orcs... an orc hero. He is a tough customer, and well-placed slashes and thrusts that should have killed a creature of his size (and remember that even a dagger is quite a deadly weapon if it gets stuck in your chest) end up not striking his vitals. That's a non-minion orc for you. It's like the Iliad. You have to mow through a lot of fine Trojan warriors before you get to a Hector or a Sarpedon. There's "capable" and then there's "heroic". Multiple hit points are for heroes. [/QUOTE]

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