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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Regicide" data-source="post: 4337699" data-attributes="member: 67552">The concept of a minion is pretty poorly done.  What happens if your party has a torchbearer, does it kill them in one swing?  A pet?  A mount?  What if they fall, or there is treacherous terrain that is causing damage?  Theres no room to have these things have an impact on the game with the 1 hp/1 hit rule.  Having low level creatures in 3E was fine, yes, they couldn't hit PCs often, but thats why there was the assist rules, touch attack options and such.  In 4E I'll rarely if ever use minions, I'll just use low level NPCs and cut the numbers down a bit to account for the fewer attacks per round in 4E.  My PCs murder enough sentient beings per session, I don't need to up it.</blockquote>