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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7290279" data-attributes="member: 15700">Really though, and to the point of the OP, minions are a great way to make encounters really challenging, especially with bounded accuracy. And for creatures like dragons in the examples that have been used, it tells you right in their description that they have minions for spies, soldiers, etc. I think higher level monsters work best when part of the larger adventure, rather than a one off just plopped down into an arena. I mean, they are tough, and many are smart. They should have a spy network or minions to allow it to prepare for a high level party. It should use things within its power to try to push the battle in its favor by using the environment or time constraints to force the party into battles they don’t want. They are evil, so they are not constrained by morality, which means they have no compunction in forcing PCs to either save innocents, or let them die and fight the monster instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7290279, member: 15700"] Really though, and to the point of the OP, minions are a great way to make encounters really challenging, especially with bounded accuracy. And for creatures like dragons in the examples that have been used, it tells you right in their description that they have minions for spies, soldiers, etc. I think higher level monsters work best when part of the larger adventure, rather than a one off just plopped down into an arena. I mean, they are tough, and many are smart. They should have a spy network or minions to allow it to prepare for a high level party. It should use things within its power to try to push the battle in its favor by using the environment or time constraints to force the party into battles they don’t want. They are evil, so they are not constrained by morality, which means they have no compunction in forcing PCs to either save innocents, or let them die and fight the monster instead. [/QUOTE]

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