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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 4607942" data-attributes="member: 743">How many is &quot;a horde&quot;? If it was 8 or fewer you gave them a standard encounter's worth of xp with lower level monsters, which is expected to be a fairly easy encounter.Lower level monsters aren't worthless, but they are going to die faster and do much less damage. To compensate you need good tactics and/or monsters chosen to challenge specific PCs (skirmishers vs. fighters, dwarves for push-happy types, etc.). What were the monsters and what is the party made up of?If you want even more bang for your lower level monster buck you can make them minions. A level or two is usually only a point or two of damage for a minion, and since you're expecting the weaker standards to die in one or two hits anyway, you actually get more mileage out of minions (barring AoEs of course). If you make some of them artillery you ensure that they all have a higher chance of getting to act multiple times before dying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 4607942, member: 743"] How many is "a horde"? If it was 8 or fewer you gave them a standard encounter's worth of xp with lower level monsters, which is expected to be a fairly easy encounter. Lower level monsters aren't worthless, but they are going to die faster and do much less damage. To compensate you need good tactics and/or monsters chosen to challenge specific PCs (skirmishers vs. fighters, dwarves for push-happy types, etc.). What were the monsters and what is the party made up of? If you want even more bang for your lower level monster buck you can make them minions. A level or two is usually only a point or two of damage for a minion, and since you're expecting the weaker standards to die in one or two hits anyway, you actually get more mileage out of minions (barring AoEs of course). If you make some of them artillery you ensure that they all have a higher chance of getting to act multiple times before dying. [/QUOTE]

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