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<blockquote data-quote="TheLordWinter" data-source="post: 4611960" data-attributes="member: 63181">I am actually really surprised by how many people don't tell their players that they're facing minions. During one of the early test games of 4th edition my group was playing, I never told the PCs what was a minion and what wasn't. During a fight against several kobolds, the rogue used his Daily on a minion. When I informed him he needn't roll damage and it died in one hit, he looked crestfallen and said &quot;Had I known that, I wouldn't have bothered.&quot;After that reaction, I've been trying to let players know when something is a minion and when it isn't. This same player now plays a Shadow Assassin, and we've ruled that while a player's missed attack won't kill a minion, the Shadow Assassin riposte still will if the minion misses him on an attack. He takes a certain delight from standing in a crowd of minions and watching them fall apart around him. I presume it's payback.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheLordWinter, post: 4611960, member: 63181"] I am actually really surprised by how many people don't tell their players that they're facing minions. During one of the early test games of 4th edition my group was playing, I never told the PCs what was a minion and what wasn't. During a fight against several kobolds, the rogue used his Daily on a minion. When I informed him he needn't roll damage and it died in one hit, he looked crestfallen and said "Had I known that, I wouldn't have bothered." After that reaction, I've been trying to let players know when something is a minion and when it isn't. This same player now plays a Shadow Assassin, and we've ruled that while a player's missed attack won't kill a minion, the Shadow Assassin riposte still will if the minion misses him on an attack. He takes a certain delight from standing in a crowd of minions and watching them fall apart around him. I presume it's payback. [/QUOTE]

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