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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 4383391" data-attributes="member: 57894">Well generally, I think you should only use minions in specific circumstances, they shouldn't be used to fill-up encounters in my eyes.Mechanically: They work well for creating balanced encounters against a large group of monsters, while still keeping it challenging. Since their damage and defenses are still level for the PCs.They also are nice mechanically for circumstances where single-kills are proper, ie: sneaking into a castle and snapping the necks of the guards. Who would be minions.So essentially they work best mechanically depending on the circumstance and for large-scale battles.Roleplaying/Realism: A minion can be viewed in a variety of ways in-game. I will simply list a couple ways:-They are a weaker version of a creature (don't prefer this method).-They die so quickly because of the PCs being so much more powerful, ie: a level 5 orc soldier at level 5 be a level 20 minion at level 20.-Luck, fate, chance, etc. in combat. They represent the lucky blow that beheads a orc, while a similar orc manages to only get skimmed by a similar blow.Just a couple.</blockquote>