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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6066570" data-attributes="member: 463">As my Forgotten Realms campaign approaches its third calendar year and nears the Paragon Tier, I've been working on good, easy to use NPC stats. So far I like what I've come up with and I wanted to share some ideas.A) For damage, I'm replacing "miss never does damage" with a Damage Threshold: Kill= Level+4 Bloody= ½ Level+2So a 10th level minion is bloodied with 7 damage, killed with 14. This is much more intuitive for players and means that "half damage on a miss" type effects remain useful. eg A Fireball with a good damage roll can clear out a pack of minions without needing any to-hit rolls, greatly speeding up play.B) Taking a hint from MT:TTNV I am giving minions extra damage on a critical hit. What would be Encounter or Recharge powers on a standard monster can also trigger on a crit, adding some excitement and keeping minions fresh, while not requiring any tracking.Here are some standard Heroic Tier humans converted to Paragon minions - take a look and let me know what you think. MINION NPCs. Human Bandit Minion    Level 10 Minion SkirmisherMedium natural humanoid (human)    XP 125HP 1; DT 14/7  AC 24; Fortitude 20; Reflex 22; Will 20Speed 6    Initiative +12Perception +7TraitsCombat AdvantageThe human bandit deals an extra 4 damage on melee and ranged attacks against any target it has combat advantage against.Standard Actionsm Strike (weapon) • At-WillAttack: +15 vs. ACHit: 9 damage, and the human bandit shifts 1 square. Critical hit: 12 damage, and the target is dazed (save ends)r Dagger (weapon) • At-WillAttack: Ranged 5/10; +14 vs. ACHit: 7 damage.Skills Stealth +15, Streetwise +13, Thievery +15Str 16 (+8)    Dex 21 (+10)    Wis 15 (+7)Con 17 (+8)    Int 14 (+7)    Cha 16 (+8)Alignment any     Languages CommonEquipment leather armor, melee weapon, dagger x4Human Guard Minion    Level 11 Minion SoldierMedium natural humanoid (human)    XP 150HP 1; DT 15/7  AC 26; Fortitude 24; Reflex 23; Will 22Speed 5    Initiative +11Perception +12Standard Actionsm Halberd (weapon) • At-WillAttack: Reach 2; +16 vs. ACHit: 10 damage. Critical hit: 15 damage, and the target is knocked prone.R Crossbow (weapon) • At-WillAttack: Ranged 15/30; +15 vs. ACHit: 7 damage.Skills Streetwise +13Str 20 (+10)    Dex 18 (+9)    Wis 15 (+7)Con 19 (+9)    Int 14 (+7)    Cha 16 (+8)Alignment any     Languages CommonEquipment chainmail, halberd, crossbow, crossbow bolts (20)Human Guard Swordsman Minion   Level 11 Minion Soldier XP 150Replaces Halberd & X-bow with 1-handed weapon, Heavy Shield, & 2 javelins:HP 1; DT 15/7 AC 28 Fortitude 24 Reflex 25 Will 22 Speed 5Melee Attack Reach 1, +16 vs AC. Hit: 9 damage. Critical Hit: 12 damage. Ranged Attack Range 10/20, +14 vs AC Hit: 6 damage. Human Mercenary minion    Level 13 Minion SoldierMedium natural humanoid (human)    XP 200HP 1; DT 17/8 AC 29; Fortitude 26; Reflex 25; Will 24Speed 5    Initiative +12Perception +14Standard Actionsm Longsword (weapon) • At-WillAttack: +18 vs. ACHit: 11 damage. Critical hit: 14 damage and the target is pushed 1 square & dazed (save ends).R Crossbow (weapon) • At-WillAttack: Ranged 15/30; +17 vs. ACHit: 8 damage. Effect: The mercenary’s AC drops to 27 and his Reflex drops to 23 until the start of his next turn as he limbers his shield.Skills Streetwise +14Str 21 (+11)    Dex 19 (+10)    Wis 16 (+9)Con 20 (+11)    Int 15 (+8)    Cha 17 (+9)Alignment unaligned     Languages CommonEquipment chainmail, longsword, crossbow, crossbow bolts (20), heavy shieldHuman Knight Minion    Level 15 Minion Soldier Medium natural humanoid (human)    XP 300HP 1; DT 19/9  AC 31; Fortitude 28; Reflex 26; Will 27Speed 5 Speed 10 when mounted on a warhorse    Initiative +14Perception +15Standard Actionsm Broadsword (weapon) • At-WillAttack: +20 vs. ACHit: 12 damage. Critical hit: 15 damageM Lancer (weapon) • At-WillRequirements: The Knight must be mounted.Attack: Reach 2; +21 vs. ACHit: 12 damage, and a small or medium target is knocked prone. May be used as part of a charge attack while mounted. Critical hit: 18 damage, and up to large target knocked prone.Triggered ActionsHasty Parry • At-WillTrigger: When an enemy attacks an adjacent ally with a ranged or melee attack.Effect (Immediate Interrupt): The triggering enemy’s attack targets the knight instead of the ally, and the knight gains a +3 bonus to AC against that attack (AC 34)Skills Athletics +18, Diplomacy +17Str 23 (+13)    Dex 17 (+10)    Wis 16 (+10)Con 18 (+11)    Int 14 (+9)    Cha 20 (+12)Alignment unaligned     Languages CommonEquipment heavy shield, plate armor, broadsword, longspear</blockquote>

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